EXECUTIVE

Michigan State

MONTHLY

-ct

COMMITTEE 

Grange, P. of H,

V on 2.-‘--No. 1 2.

SCHOOLCRAFT, NIARCH. 1877.

Whole No. 2-

THE GRANGE VISITOR,
Is Published -Dlonthly,
AT THIRTY CENTS PER ANNUM,
lnvariably in Advance.

.1. J. WOODMAN, -
BB, . -

,_ T_ 00 }rub1i..mng Committee.

All communications should be addressed to
J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

Remittances should be by Registered Letter,
Money Order or Draft

Dfflcers Michigan Statelcrange.

.-—J. J. WOODMAN, - - Paw Paw.
. P. W. ADAMS, - - — Tecumseh.
C. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskegon.
- - FLEMING. - - - Pontiac.
. S.——W. H. MATTISON, - - Ionia.
.—SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co
E -—J- T- COBB. - - - Schoolcraft.
T.—S. F. BROWN, - - - H
G. K.—.&. N. WOODRUFF, - Watervliet.
CEBEs.—MRs. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.
POMONA~—MRS. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLORA—-MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.——MR’s. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Executive committee-

J. WEBSTER CHILDS, Chairm’n, Ypsilanti.
F. M. HOLLOWAY, - -- Hillsdale.
GEO. W. VVOODWARD, Shelby, Oceans. 00.
SAMUEL LANG-DON, Bowen Statln. Kent Co.
C. G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch Co,
S. E. J EFFRES, - Okemos, Ingham Co.
WESTBROOK DIVINE, Belding, Ionia Co.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Officio

State Business Agent.
J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph Co.

Deputies.

C. L. WHITNEY, General Deputy, Muskegon.
H, A. DAXVILLE, North’n Mich. P.O. Marilla.
\V m. KILPATRICK, Lake Co. Baldwin City.
ALBERT DAY, Wayne “ VVa-yne.

W. 0. SMITH, Osceola “ Crapo.

~ WM. F, LEWIS, Oceana “ New Era.

Gno. B. DI«:LoxG, Monroe “ Monroe.
Ins W. DONALDSON, Oakland Pontiac.
\\ . 0. SMITH, Osceola C0,, Crapo,Mn’ste Co.

WE give below the names of the

-Brothers and Sisters who have signified «

their willingness to respond to calls

from Granges to lecture. The arrange-
ment was made with them by the Ex-
ecutive Committee, arid the conditions
are th a t Granges wanting - their
services shall pay $2.00 per day for
time spent, and their necessary travel-
ing expenses :

THOS. F. Moons Adrian, Mich.

L. R. BROWN. Rawsonville, \Vayne Co.

REV. A. M. FITCH, Albion.

G. W. W()ODW'ARD, Shelby, Oceana Co.
_Mrs. A. B. STEELE, Bear Lake Man-
istee County.

Mrs. C. D. BLAKEMAN, Kalamazoo.

Past Master S. F. BROWN, Schoolcrait.

R. A. INGERSOLL, Kalamazoo. »

R. E. JAMES, “

—-Almost the entire vast business
Of the country is built up and conduct-

Make_ a Stand.

There is a very general impression
among farmers that they are more
poorly remunerated for their labor
than any other class of laborers. And
with the mercantile and profess-
ional classes, their pay bears no com-
parison at all. It is an accepted fact
that what the farmer possesses, ex-
cept in exceptional cases he may be
favored by streak of good fortune, or
the accident of a fortunate specula-

- tion, is the slow’ accumulation of un-

tiring industry and the result of the

most rigid economy and patient self-y

denial.
As they look about they see the
monuments of labor in the cities and

villages that dot the country over. -

There are to be found costly edifices
and abundent evidences of wealth,
but they are not found in the posses-
ion of the farmer. Farmers habitu-
ally murmur against this unjust dis-
tribution of estate, and yet seem to
regard it an immutable decree of for-
tune, unjustly discriminating against
them, which they are at liberty to
rail at, but are not permittedto rem-
edy.

Although many thousands of far-
mers have organized and united them-
selves together as Patrons of Hus-
bandry to investigate their rights and
protect their interests, they have not
made the complete stand in their de-
fense, necessary to insure their escape
from the abuses they have attempted
to reform. H eretofore they have con-
fined their operations to the narrow
sphere of home duties, leaving more
important interests ungarded and
open to the depredations of others.
One very good reason why more priv-
ileges have not been accorded the
farmer, and other rights recognized,
is because he has not made claim to
higher privileges or taken pains to
assert_ his right of equality. ’Tis,
however, but natural that the.class
with the most enterprise should se-
cure the most advantages. The only
marvel is that it should be so well
with the farmer as it is, when his con-
tinual neglect of himself has been al-
ways tempting the greed of the mer-
cantile and professional .cla.sses, and
his unprotected condition inviting
the wiles of the politician who is look-
ing for just such stepping stones to

_the position his ambition covets.

It is a universal law, what costs
nothing is worth nothing 3 that What-

? ever is valuable has toil and watch-

ful care as its price.. And this is the
lesson that farmers must learn. In

ed on the proceeds of the farmers’ toil. . obedience to this law all the grand

principles in science have been ob-
tained, to it alone are we indebted
for the possession of allthe treasures
of art we so highly prize. If it had
been intended otherwise by the Great
Master, there would have been one
unvarying sameness throughout, and
everything laid open to the percep-
tions of the simplest child; the mighty
mind of Newton would never have
been required to explore the labora-
tories of hidden laws and bring forth
facts that are the wonder and admi-
ration of the world.

VVhen farmers shall study to know
their wants, and knowing them shall
direct all their energies to the one
purpose of properly providing for
them, then may they count upon sub-
stantial improvement in their condi-
tion. Only consider the amount of
material and talent that may be used
in the farmers cause,_if every one
will contribute his share, according
to his ability, to make the meetings
interesting and useful to strengthen
the principles of cooperation by en-
couraging with his influence and pat-
ronage every means that may be used
to advance and strenghten the cause.

There seems to be a lack of faith
with many, in the ability of the far-
mer to manage his affairs with suc-
cess; they seem willing to believe

_him incapable of anything but bear-

ing the burdens. But it is noticed
that individuals regarded as having
nothing but common endowments,
when they have been brought to em-
brace a cause, and become inspired
with its precepts, have given evidence
of ability—for works which could not
be wrought by those who boasted the
highest intellectual attainments.
These are to be found in every walk
in life; one of the latest and most
notable instances is the Revivalist
Moody, whose achievments in that
direction make the efforts of the ablest
preachers seem insignificant in com-
parison. And we believe the day is
not far distant when the agricultural
people will discover ability to take
care of themselves, and insist upon
being represented in all places, and
wherever their interests may extend
by men of their own class.—J)t'r_qo
Rural.

—In'0hio the farmers pay 60 per
cent of the taxes—do they make 60
per cent of the laws ?

—The educational feature of the Or- .

der is the highest and best. The so-
cial life is a part, the business feature
is a part, but the educational is the

greatest part and the bestpart.

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gastrifs gs-pertinent:

J. J. WOODMAN, - -

- DAVV PAW.

List 01‘ G1-anges.
No efibrt has been wanting on the
part of the Secretary of the State
Grange, to obtain a complete list of
the names and post office address of
the newly elected Masters and Secre-
taries of Subordinate and County
Granges, and yet the list is not full.
Will the Zllaster or Secretary of every
Grange which has not reported, attend
to this at once. -

Patronize Your Br-other-.

In another column will be found a.
.proposition from our Worthy State
Lecturer, Bro. C. L. \Vhitney, to the
members of the Order. The loss of
his property by fire has greatly_ em-
barrassed him financially, yet he IS la-
boring with his accustonied energy, to
rebuild and "try again." In View of
his long and valuable services in the
Order, and his present need, as well
as his verv liberal offer, I trust that he
will haveythe full and immediate pat
ronage of our inembci

I have been requested by a corres-
pondent to answer the following ques-
tions through _the VISITOR :

1st. “Are Pomona Granges legally
constituted by the National Grange;
and recommended by that body, as

being necessary to complete the sys- =

tern of Granges, which the good of the
Order demands?”
2d. “Are they in any sense Repre-
eeiztativc Bodies, -or connecting links
between the Subordinate and State
Grranges?”
3d. “Are they not in direct antag-
onism to the principles of Equality,
as proclaimed in the “Declaration of
Purposes,” of our Order,—eonstitut-
ing something of an aristocracy by
giving those who are able and desire
to do so, the privilege of sloughing
off the Subordinate Grange, and forin-
ing associations in the Pomona Grange
.more suited to their tastes?"
4th. “_What advantages have they
over County Councils, if any ?”
5th. “Would you recommend the
abolishing of County Councils, and
organization of Pomona Granges in
the 5th~ degree, which excludes 4th
degree members from their meetings?”
To answer fully all the points rais-
ed by the correspondent, would re-
quire more space than the columns of
the VISITOR will allow. My answers
must, therefore, be brief.
1st. The founders of this Ord'er
,made no provisions for the organiza-
tion of “County or District Grangesg”
but the wants of the Order soon de-
monstrated that an organization was
needed in each County or District,
through which all the Subordinate
Granges could communicate with each
other; and co—operate in all the es-
sential work of the Order. To supply
this want, Conventions - composed, of
delegates from the Subordinate Gran-
es, were first called, as occasion
seemed to require; but these conven-
tions did not seem to meet the exigen-
cy; no funds were provided, and con-
sequently no means to do the work
most needed. Next, organizations

called Councils, were formed, coinpos-
ed of delegates elected by the Subor-
dinate Granges ; and each Grange
sending delegates to the County Coun

, oil, was taxed, for the purpose Of
‘ creating a fund for the support of the

Council. These Councils had no le-
gal existence, they were not author-
ized by the Constitution of the Order;
and could not use the Ritual or un-
written work of the Order, yet they
were a great improvement upon the
conventions; and lead to the organ-
ization of County Granges, in many
localities, without authority. The

* National Grange was appealed to, and

at the session held at St. Louis, in

, Feb, 1874, an amendment to the Con- ,
stitution was submitted, authorizing I

the formation of “County or District
Granges ;” and to make them more
attractive and interesting, the dele-
gates elected to attend the meetings,
were as a matter of right, and justice,
made eligible, to receive the beautiful
and instructive lessons of the 5th de-
gree. This amendment was ratified
by the State Granges, and the Nation-
al Grange, at its next session, enacted
the necessary laws, to regulate, and
make uniform these organizations.
By the amendment to the constitu-
tion the “representative system” was
adopted, and but three -lth degree
members could be elected delegates
from a Subordinate Grange. _

Our State Grange gave this provis-

ion a very liberal construction, and

provided that three 4th degree mem-
bers could be elected to the County
Grange in each quarter. But even
this was severely criticized by many
members of the Order as being “ 100
exclusive,” “creating an aristocracy,”
etc. The next National Grange was
appealed to, for the ““ removal of all
restr2'ct2'ons,"’ and they were removed,
and all 4th degree members in good
standing in the Subordinate Grange
made eligible to membership in the
the County Grange. Our State Grange
has enacted the necessary laws to
carry out the provisions of the Con-
stitution, and, County or District
Granges, are “legally constz'tutcd” not
only by the National but by the State
Grange, and are “recommended” to
the favorable consideration of the
Subordinate Granges throughout the
land. « '

I 2d. All candidates for membership
111 the County Grange, must be elect-
ed to that position by the Subordin-
ate Grange, to which they belong,
—nence they are “representatives”
from the Subordinate to the County
Grange; and it becomes their duty to
act as such.

The following extracts from the
laws enacted by the National and
State Granges for the organization
and government of County Granges,
will indicate something of the connec-
tion they have between the Subor-
dinate Granges and the State Grange :

RULES OF THE NATIONAL GRANGE.

“SEC_. 1. Reports in regard to business, stock,
crops, implements, &c., called for by the State
Grange, must be made promptly and with as
much exactness as -possible, and certified to by
the Master and Secretary. .

I “SEC. 2. All circulars, information, or intel-
ligence sent to the County Grange shall be com-
municated to the members without unnecessary
delay, and through them to the Subordinate
Granges in their district. -

“ SEC. 3. All members of County Granges

shall be on the alert to aid the Subordinate

A

GE”{ri§iET>Ie_.

Granges in their district, and shall he prompt
in communicating to them all matters affecting
the interests of the Order. To this end they
shall make it a rule to attend all the meetings

‘ of their Subordinate Grange with punctuality,

and by their example and influence encourage
the members, in accordance with the design and
purpose of the organization.”

RULES or run’ smrn GRANGE.

"1. That the Lecturer of Subordinate Gian-
ges shall report quarterly to the County or Dis-
trict Granges under whose jurisdiction they
may at the time be, the general condition of
their respective Granges, socially, financially,
and educationally, and also report the condition
of the growing crops, yield, when harvested,
amount raised, surplus tor market, etc.

“2. That the Lecturer of'Count_v or District
Granges and County Councils shall compile
these quarterly reports and forward the same
to the Secretary of the State Grange.

“3. That such blank forms shall he f1ll‘11lS‘he(l

to both County and Subordinate Granges and -

County Councils as our Worthy Master and
Secretary shall deem best suited to this purpose.

“4. That the_Lecturer of County or District
Granges shall visit each Subordinate Grange in
his jurisdiction at least once a year, and exem-
plify the unwritten work of the Order, and give
such instructions in the unwritten work as he

, 'shall, in his judgment, think best suited to its

wants and the wants of our Order, and shall re-
port all troubles and grievances that may exist
between Subordinate Grranges under his juris-
diction to the County or District Grange. and
he shall adjust the same if possible, and shall
receive such compensation for said services as
the Grange may direct, to be paid from its
treasury.”

3d. In answer to the-third question,
I can say emphatically, nol The fol-
lowing from the Declarations of Pur-
poses, is probably what is referred to,
as being “antagonistic to the princi-
ples of equality”:

“W'e desire a proper equality, equity, and
fairness; protection for the weak, restraint upon
the strong; ln short, justly distributed burdens,
and justly distributed powers.”

All of these rights are as fully guar-

anteed in the_ County as in the Sub-
ordinate Grange; and it is the very
object of the County Grange to labor
for a fuller recognition of all these
rights, in social life, business life, and
as citizens of the State and Nation.
Equality is one of the cardinal prin-
eiples of the Order; and any organiz-
ation, which does not aim to secure
this to all worthy members, is sub-
versive of the noblest principles of
the Fraternity.
7 All members of the Order, who are
in good standing, and have received
the lessons of the 4th degree, are eli-
gibleto membership in the. County
Grange, upon an exact equality. In
a Subordinate Grange, the admission
fee is $5.00 for men and $2.00 for
women. In the County Grange it is
$2.00 for men and $1.00 for women.
The ability of any organization to do
its work depends largely upon its
treasury. Money is necessary in the
County as well as the Subordinate
Grange, and if any one will suggest a
more feasible or equitable way to pro-
vide it, let him do so, and it will be
adopted. True, th poor are taxed
equally with the ric 1; but is not the
organization intended to benefit the
poor more than the rich 17 As a gen-
eral rule, it is said that “the rich can
take care of themselves.” This may
be true, financially, but in the great,
and humane work of the Order, it is
not true. Thorough co-operation is
necessary, among all its members, and
all will be benefited. ' -

_ Is it not evident, that if the allega-
tion is_ true, that the County Grange
“constitutes an aristocracy,” that any
P_0o1' but worthy member of a Subor-
dinate Grange, can in three days earn
enough with the labor of his hands,


to enable himself and wife, to become
“Aristocrats,,"’ and by paying fifteen
cents per quarter each, they can not
only continue to be such, but grow
more and more “A1-z'stocra/to .3)" Truly,
it is not thepolicy of our Order to
levwl down, but to level up; not to
make the rich poorer, but the poor
richer; "to help the needy,” strength-
en the weak, encourage the disheart-
ened, cheer the despondent, and make
all better, and wiser, and truer, and
happier. Such is my understanding
of the objects of the County Grange,
and such’ is the work being accom-
plished by them wherever organized,

and made to fulfill the objects of their :

mission, by the united co operation of
all the Subordinate Grranges in the
county.

4th. The following are among some
of the reasons, in addition to the
above, why County Granges are more
advantageous to the Order th an
“County Councils.”

lst. They are organized and gov-
erned under the laws and rules of the
Order; and the same rules of disci-
pline can be used, that are practiced

in the Subordinate, State and Nation- I

al Granges. -1

2d. Means are provided for supply-
ing the treasury with funds, without
taxing the Subordinate Grange.

3d. The presence of lady members is
secured at every meeting, thereby re-
taining all the social, moral and edu-
cational features of the Subordinate
Granges. _

-ith. All unworthy or designing per-
sons can be kept from the meetings.

5th. Uniformity of work, in every-
thing essential to the welfare of the
Order, can be secured among all the
Subordinate Granges in the County or
District; and full instructions given
and received, in all the unwritten
work, as well as Law and Usage.

6th. They are better appreciated by
those who are in full sympathy with
the objects and aims of the Order, be-
cause they are a part of it; and there-
‘fore capable ofaccoinplishing more.

5th, In answer to the fifth and last
question, I will say, that I would not
recommend the doing away with Coun-
ty Councils, and establishing of County
Granges, unless the members of the
Order in the county are very general-
ly of the opinion that it is wise to do
30. Fourth degree members are not
excluded from the business sessions
of the County Grange. They are only
excluded from the meeting while the
lessons of the 5th degree are being
given.

In conclusion I will state, that there
is on file in this oflice, a remonstraifce
against the organization of a “Pomona
Grange," from one of the best Granges
in the State. The high standing of the
Grange,and the known ability and fidel-
ity of its members, are suflicient to en-
title the petitioners to the most respect-
ful hearing. After inaking seven dis-
tinct objections agaiust the organization
of a “Pomona Gromf/e” in that county,
the remonstrance closes as follows :

“.’l’herefore, Resolved, That we have a
County or District Grange, organized
upon the same principles ofya Subordin-

ate Grange, being recognized by both 
State and National Grange; and that 
said Grange have the power to give the

Fifth Degree to persons properly qual- '

ified.”

TI-IE GRANGE V1s1'I‘01dé‘:..W ’ I 3

According to my understanding of
the matter, that resolution defines very
clearly just such an organization as the
“County Grange,” authorized by the
laws and rules of the Order; except
that only members of Subordinates in
good standing can be admitted, and
their application must receive the sanc-
tion of the Grange to which they be-
.long,—-hence, I_ infer that when the
principles of the County Granges are
fully understood, all objections to
them will cease. Sixteen have already
been organized in the State, and two
more applications are in.

Connmunicatiogns.

Interest;
Some of those who are staggering un-

ted with their eyes open, with the prob-
abilities in -plain view, now try to gloss
over their own blunders by talking
about “high interest.” But the legal
rate of interest is but one of the minor
causes of a man up to his ears in debt,
being unthrifty and disconsolate. It is
not difficult to find men who, having a
better faculty for running into debt than
for running a farm, have become poor
without ever paying but a very little iii-
terest.

1

' a speculation in which the purchaser
i has as good an opportunity of knowing
§ what his chances of success are, as has
‘I the seller. A man is at liberty to buy
1 where he can do the best, or not buy at
all; and ifhe should errin judgment,
the fault lies not with the law makers,
but with himself. If he seeks only for

. credit, not exercising any circumspec- ‘

? tion as to what and how to buy, no
amount of legislation can protect him
against his own acts as long as he is al-
lowed to run at large.

As the law allows a man to sell his
farm on credit at any price he and» the
purchaser may agree upon, why should
it interfere with the rate of interest one
chooses to ofl'er and the other consents
to accept? Is a man more competent to
judge of the value ofa piece of land than
he is to decide upon his ability to meet
the interest? Unless the law fixes a
price on land and other property, it will
be useless to try to make poor men roll
in wealth by cutting down the rate of
interest, for, ifa man must sell on credit
at a low rate of -interest, he will sell at‘ a
high price, and give the debtor but little
ease when the debt becomes due.

I have no aversion to the interest law
that we now have, but I would rather
have it repealed than to see it patched
with the provisions which have been
suggested by some of my brethren. A
, repeal of it would ruin no .one. Many

might expect that a repeal would give
them an opportunity to loan at a heavy
per cent., but they would soon learn
that it takes two to makea bargain, and
that people will not persist in paying
more for a thing than it is worth.

In Rhode Island any rate of interest
may be agreed to and collected. I re-
ceived a letter from there yerterday in-
forming me that the prevailing rate
there at presentis seven and three-tenths
per cent., and that money can be hired

 

j on good security for five years, or longer, 1

for only five per cent. '

\Vith due respect to those who differ
with me, I say, let us make progress or
not move at all; and let us not bring
contempt upon our Order by engender-
l ing in the Grange acommunistical hos-
i tility to those whose hard labor have en-
1 abled them to have something to lend,
‘ or to sell on credit.
,. ' M. FOSDICK, Sec’y. of No. 3.
l, K.-xLAMAzoo, Jan. 27, 1877.

 

GALESBURG, March, 1877.
« B-ro. Cobb .'—There are a large number
l of petitions relating to the interest ques-
1, tion being sent to Bro. Reed, who has

der debts which they voluntary contrac- ,

Buying a farm, (and that is for what 3
: the bulk ‘of farmer’s debts are made), is ‘

charge of the bill in the Senate. It is
uncertain when the bill will be reached.
It is therefore very important that our
Patrons and friends should cir ulate the
petitions with promptness, an forward
them to Senator Gilbert E. Reed, Lan-
sing, Mich., as early as possible. It is
only necessary for two or three persons
in each Grange to spend a day each in
canvassing their neighborhoods, allow-
ing any one Patron or otherwise to sub-
scribe, and in ten days not less than
20,000 names can be in Brother Reed’s
hands, which. will ensure the passage of
the bill beyond a doubt. Brother Pa-
trons, this is your work! Shall it be
done‘? H. 1)ALE AD.-\1\IS.

Until we examined the Feb. number
of the VISITOR after the edition was
printed, we supposed this first letter of
Bro. Sessions was in that number. By
some means that we cannot explain, it
was crowded out, which we very much

practical man, whose success in life
should give weight to his opinions and
advice.

l'V07’thy iSec7‘clary Cobb :

The management oftlie (lit.-xxciz Vis-
rron. has been so able, and so satisfa(-
tory to the members of the Order that I
am not anxious to meddle with it, and
.» it is not without reluctance that I now
‘ proceed to fulfil a promise made to the
VVort.hy Secretary some time since, and
to comply with a request just made to
me by the Worthy Master of the State
Grange.

It is not because 1 hope to do better
Work, but because it is reasonable and
5 just that the work should be divided and
some share of it performed by those who
are not o1‘ficers ofthe State (irange.

3 And in the outset I desire to have it
understood that what I say in the Visi-
TOR wili be said kindly, but frankly
and plainly. Some things will be said
that are not flattering to the members
of the Order, yet more worthy of consid-
eration on that account. VVe cannot
build surely, _ unless the foundation is
first made solid and secure, then we
must see that our materials are all sound
and well adapted to the use for which
. they are intended.

\Ve all desire that our Order of the
; Patrons of Husbandry should become a.
grand and noble Order. It will become
so if the foundation is first made secure
and the materials used are all approved
and perfect.

The first and greatest need of the
Grange is to secure a perfect manhood
and womanhood for its membership,
v and the chief obstacle to be overcome in

grown _With the strength of the mem-
bership before the Grange was organiz-
ed or thought of, and still -holds them in
bonds too strong to be broken.

So familiar is the yoke, so accustomed
are we to the slavery that oppresses us that
we bear it with patience and seem pow-
erless under it.

. It is my purpose in future articles to
speak briefly but plainly of some of the
bad habits indulged in by members of
the Grange and to show as wellas I may
the effect those habits‘ have upon those
who submit to -them and updn the
Grange. Very Truly,

Lansing, Feb. ’77. ALONZO SESSl()i\'S.

: -Grangers are p1‘OSp8I‘lng as usual,
5 and merchants are beginning to re-
‘ gard them as “necessary evils” to
their business. The prediction of
some, that the organization was mere-
, ly a bubble, and would soon _burst,
has not come true, and now these
“false l’1'0Ph€tS" are predicting the
l downfall of “The Patrons of Husband-
', ry” after the presidential election.
_ _But their predictons amount to noth-
ing. This order is as firmly established
as the Masonsor any other organiza-
t~ioii.—-Imlicma. Farzner.

 

 

regretted. Bro. Sessions is a thoroughly

the outset is the bad habits that have I

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.‘


SCHOOLCRAFT, MARCH: 1877,-_l

w§c:r2tary’s éepattment.

l
-1
- — - - SCHOOLCRAFT.

Oflicers and members of Subordi‘nate.Granges
in corresponding with this office, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

.BLANKS.

Blanks that are sent free from this office on
application are : "
B1,-ml; Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub-
ordinate Granges. 4
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-
mona. Granges.
Blank application for
Grange s. _ _
Blank applications for Membership in Pomona
Granges.
Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer.
Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges.
Blank Certificates of Election to County
Convention. _
Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to
the State Grange.
Blank for Consolidation of Granges. _ ‘
Blank Application for Certificate of Dimit.
Blank Plaster Order. _
Blank Certificate of Incorporation.

organizing Pomona

Plaster.

Since the last issue of the VISITOR,
the plaster trade has been lively. If
we were not ready when the Feb’y
number went to press to pronounce
our venture a success, we are now
prepared with the stubborn fact, that
Day & Taylor have already shipped
nearly 6000 tons of plaster to set up
the claim that THE GrRAN(;‘E PLASTER
MILL is the leading establishment of
its kind in the Grand River Valley.
Our friends in this business, we mean
Tun Miciiciix AND 01110 PLASTER
ASSOCIATION, give it up, and admit
that we are Masters of the situation.
The Patrons of the State have stood
by their “ Resolutions,” stood bravely
together and vindicated their claim to
fair and impartial treatment—more
than that, they have never asked.

I am not only pleased with, but
proud of the Brothers who have
maintained their position against all_
influences, and have proved in this
substantial manner that farmers can
do business when they set themselves
about it. In the outset of this con-
test, we, the many, were right—the
Association, the few, were wrong.——
They refused to recognize the on-
ward march of improvement and pro-
gress which characterizes this century,
and insisted that an established usage,
an old system of doing business
should be maintained-—that as farmers
had heretofore bought plaster of their
agents or middlemen, no trespass upon
that plan should be allowed.

The advantages we have gained are
important. More important to the Or-
der, in showing so conclusively that
where there is concerted action the
end soughtfcan be attained, than in
the amount saved this year to the Or-
der by the defeat of the plaster mo-
nopoly. This however, is no trifling
matter to the farmers of Mich.

While Patrons are -getting better
plaster for less money than ever be-
fore, we cannot for-bear saying to our
fellow farmers outside “the Gate,”
as they pay $2.00 for plaster, that they
should remember that the Patrons of
the State are entitled to the credit of

THFLW G

saving them $30.000 this year. This
little brush we have had with the As-‘
sociation has done us all good——l_ias
improved our business usage and stim-

ulated us to more prompt payment than '
; was our habit.

The Order is doing itself ‘credit by
treating this matter in a business way.

l I have no apprehension about these

bills. The pay is coming forward
every day, and will all come. At the
end of the season there will be no 3Q
or 40 per cent of the business worth
50 per cent to collect.

Messrs. Day & Taylor have spared
no pains to meet the demands upon
them for plaster, and have so far been
able to do so. They have been dili-
gent in ascertaining the best routes
to reach their ‘customers at the lowest
rates, and have spared no effort to I
secure reductions from the rates of ‘
last year.

We have satisfied the R. R. Com-
panies that we could give them some
business, and we now have no trouble
in getting mistakes or overcharges
corrected, and inmany irfstaiices have
secured lower rates. A reduction of
$3.00 per car from the schedule rates
as published in -the February Visi-
TOR, has been secured to. the follow-
ing points on the M. C.»R.'R. ' Texas,
Mattawan, Lawton, VVhite Oak, De-
catur, Johnson, Glenwood, Dowagiac
and Pokagon. There is a very gen-
eral expression of satisfaction with
the quality of the plaster shipped by
Day & Taylor, and with the weight.

Since the last issue 1 have received
many more letters, promising support
to Day & Taylor, endorsing what the
Executive Committee have done, and
pledging support to whatever plan
they may adopt to protect our plaster
interests in future; as the general
character of these letters is the same,
we do not think it best to fill halt‘ our
little sheet with them.

IN the list of Granges now in the
hands of the printer, there will be
quite a large.number of blank spaces
on account of the neglect of Secre-
taries to report the names of the of-
ficers elect for 1877. I have called
attention to this matter in every way I
could—have sent a postal card to
every delinquent Secretary of last
year, asking for the names and address
of the Master and Secretary. I re-
gret the incompleteness of the work,
but can delay no longer. The list
will be sent out the last week in this
month.

Bno. Wiii'ri~.'EY’s article has been
laid over for two or three numbers for.
want.of room. All old matter set up
is disposed of in this issue. Have
several Communications on hand that
we should have been glad to have
found room for in this issue, but we
have to stop when it is full.

The following letter explains itself.
Probably this high-toned C. C. Bloom-
field has sufficient city trade so that he
can afibrd to be independent of the farm-
ing community. To save him from an-
noyance by our J ack_son Co. friends, we
are willing to advertise his business and
principles:

JACKSON, MICIL, J an. 6th, 1877.
MR. FRANCIS HOGMIRE, Marengo, Mich.:
Dear Sir-—Your order for barrel of oil is re-

QINGE VISITOR.

CeiVed- 111 reply, by your stamp we see that
you belong to the Grange, and we decline to

sell them any oil. Yours, Respectfully,
C. C. BLOOMFIELD.

Granges delinquent more than one
quarter in reports from Secretary:

No_ 51, 54, 70,71, 93,103, 116, 117, 119, 120,
131, 132, 150,,l63, 165, 182, 184,198, 201, 215,.
224, 233, 236, 240, 245, 246, 257, 277, 299, 300,
305, 312, 324, 327, 341, 349, 352, 354, 357, 365,
396, 397, 398, 399, 412, 428, 467. 489, 490, 493,
507, 512, 522, 523, 524, 525, 527, 532, 535, 543,
546, 560, 569, 571, 572, -573, 577, -"78, 583, 586,
598, 601, 607, 612, 615, 6272.

' I have several communications that
I am unable to answer for want of P.
0. address of the writer, and one list
of olficers of a Subordinate Grange,
without name, nurnberof Grange, or
1’. 0., or any clue by which I can tell
where from or by whom sent.

By-Laws of State Grange as amend-
ed, are being sent to the several Gran-
ges of the State.

_§31n:*=’5. §,=rr*'""'*~

C. L. WHITNEY, - - -
Duties of Member-s.

More important even than the du-
ties of oflicers, are those of members,
for the reason that if every member
does his or her whole duty, and every
oliicer being a member the Work of the
oflicials must be Well done. or being
neglected, or illy performed; the ill
effects would be counteracted by the
intelligent membership. N 0 one
should ever be promoted to, or_in-
trusted with the duties of office, who
is.nota good member and Well and
thoroughly posted in his duties as :1’
member.

Brothers and Sisters—fellow Pa-
trons—as we again address you we
have stronger hopes of re:ichiiig the
larger portion of our Order in this
State than in the months past.

lst. Because the officers, will, we
trust, be more ready to read these col-
uinnsto the members for whom they
are specially designed and because
the VISITOR is getting a larger circu-
lation among the members of the Or-
der.

'2d. Because, having salely passed
the quadrennial contestin National
affairs——in which has been spent
more time, strength, good feeling and
money to secure the triumph of party
and men regardless of principle—than
the cost of our Order since its con-
ception——than it would cost to givie
four years good instruction to the
masses, making them purer men, truer
citizens-—too pure an'd true to be
bought, too bold to be driven—tliink-
ing men ever ready for duty. 7

This election has taken much of
the time of our members and ofiicers
who have not had time to attend to
the Grange as well. The true, ear-
nest Patron would not as either of-
ficer pr layman, neglect his Grange
in such times, but faithfully attend
the meetings, there to learn those
lessons which make the learner a bet-
ter, nobler man, less selfish, more
chairtable, more devoted to his God,
more faithful to his country, more
loving to his family and truer to his
own interests, fitting him the better
for action on any ‘field, for duty in
any sphere. We congratulate all
that the contest is over with its noise
and confusion, its excitement and feel-
ing, that has to long and too much

MIJSKEGONL


.time, money and effort.

 

THE é_RAN GE VISITOR.

claimed the attention of too many of
our brothers, neglecting in the mean-
time their own interests and that of
the Grange. _

Then, dear friends, we have all

something to do or we are not }’at7'0ns'

What are our duties as members of
the great Brotherhood of Patrons of
Husbandry, and We are members al-
though called to oflicial stations for a
time. It is not the officers but the mem-
bers that make a Grange, VVhat con-
stitutes membership? Having the
name upon the roll and paying
monthly or quarterly dues? By no
means, an idiot could do these and
comply with even other necessary
forms.

Who then are members? Are they
those who attend the meetings regu-
larly and know how to get in? A
child might do as much. Are they
those who buy and sell largely through
the agencies ofthe Order to the bene-
lit of themselves only? No, the true
members do not'only comply with
the forms and mechanical means of
organization, but are regular attend-
ants of all meetings, regular contrib-
uters to all the legitimate calls for
means, as well as to the intellectual,
social and moral fund. They are the
agencies of the Order as a matter _of
economy, not only to themselves, but
by using them enable the less favored
of those associated with them to have
the advantage of large orders and
wholesale rates

Every true member should do these
from their necessity to secure the
greatest good to the greatest nu'mber
with the least possible attention. He
should not consider them irksome,

but cheerfully perform them as a_

means to a.great end.

Members need to think more than
they_ do of the great Brotherhood of
which each is only a unit. They should
ever remember that as are the units
so will be the body, large or small,
which these form. ‘If the members
are in‘ earnest, active and advancing,
so will be the Subordinate Grange.
So will be its officers and work. Then
as are the Subordinate Uranges, so
will be the County and State Granges
so the intire Order and its great head
the National Grange.

Let every member keep in mind
the fact that ever so well organized a
Grange will not run alone from the
fact of being or having been a good
organization. It must have and keep
employed an active membership. It
must have and use funds, regularly
collected. It must hold and provide
for frequent meetings at regular
intervals. It must make each and
every meeting a social and intellect-
ual feast as well as a farmers routine
of business or a consultation upon
the pecuniary advantages of the Or-
der. All this is possible and easy
when every member gives his mite of
1701' without
c_17"07‘t there is no ecccellence,

Then, Brothers and Sisters, the
work is with us as members. Are
we regular and punctual as members
in attendance? Are we prompt In
the payment of dues? Do we use.to
the best advantage all the social, 111-
tellectual, moral and pecuniary ad-
vantages of the organization? Have
we that high respect for the Order
and its general work that we ought ?

Have we made ourselves acquainted
as fully as possible with the teachings
of the Ritual ? Have we studied it
and applied its precepts to our daily
life 2 Have we earnestly studied
the Constitution and B‘:/-Laws of the
Order and thus informed ourselves of
their import and requirments? Do
we read as we ought the literatureof
the Order, to glean from that the ad-
vance the workers are making, to
learn more fully our duties and rela-
tions to the Order and each other.

Each member should familiarize
himself and herself with the Ritual,
Constitution, By-Laws and’ all the
work of the Order, from any and all
sources, by any means at command,
for his or her own good, and being
thus prepared as a member, will make
a good officer, if called.

If all have not read the VISITOR, ask
the Master or Secretary of your
Grange for it, or have it read in the
Grange for all. A file of the VISITOR
should be made and kept where every
member can read it at will. Every
member shoulder subscribe for it and
read at leisure at home.

Now let us all work to improve and
perfect ourselves that we may improve
our Grange and extend its influence.
Let us take an interest -in every meet-
ing and be present and prepared by
reading, study and thought, to do all
we can to secure success. Let us not
think we must have our own way,
but let the majority decide and then
all acquiesce in, and carry out the will
of the majority. Even a bad law is
soonest changed by having it st-rictly
enforced. .

A Proposal to Patrons.
Brothers and Sisters :

Most of you are aware that on the
9th of December last my greenhouse
and valuable contents, valued at near-
ly $5,000, were destroyed by fire ; a
total loss. '

I am rebuilding, endeavoring to be
ready for ‘business by April 15th, but
finding myself greatly in. want of
ready money, I make‘ the following
offer to the members of the Order of
P. of I-I.: For each and every dollar
sent me by mail before April 15th, I

fifty cents worth of Flower or Garden
Seeds, in papers, on or ‘before April
25th, or by express. Will send the
same amount in House or Bedding
Plants or Bulbs, as soon after May
1st as may be desired.

If you state fully the purpose for
which the seeds or plants are wanted,

and what varieties you now have,§

also the soil and location, I can guar-

antee you satisfaction in making se- 
' ' I to be sent.

lections for you.

If you prefer, you may make a se-
lection from the retail catalogue of
J as. Vick, of Rochester; Peter Hen-
derson, or B. K. Bliss & Sons, of New
York, or Detroit Seed Co., Detroit, or
any first-class seedman’s list of 1877,
at their retail rates. Full directions
for cultivation will be sent with each
lot, if desired. All inquiries freely
answered. Inclose stamp.

Special rates given on other articles
for the garden. Receipts sent as
soon as money is received.
Fraternally, C. L. WHLTNEY, .

- Muskegon, Mich.

s

5
gtateg véggexits W éepgttment.

J. H. GARDNER, - CENTREVILLEI

The following firms at Detroit agree
to do business for Patrons, and with
whom°I have arrangements.

Thomas Beck, 106, \Voodbridge St.
Commission.

' M. Limbach, 116, Woodward Ave-

‘ nue. Hardware.

T. A. Parker, 91 \Voodward Ave-
nue, Grocer.

George Peck & Co. 155, \Voodward
Avenue, Dry Goods. ‘

Cleveland Bulk Oil Company, Foot
of VVoodward Avenue.

Farrand, Williams & Co., Drugs,
Paints, and Oils.

A. F. Starling, Boots and Shoes.

Detroit Paper Company, Station-'
ery. '

Wilson, Luther & Wilson, Reeding,
Lumber.

Fuller & Potter, Greenville, Lumber

E. Hayward & Brother, Casinovia,
Lumber.

Either of these three firms will
sell lumber, lath and shingles in car
load lots at wholesale prices, rough
or dressed, and all wanting to use
lumber this‘ season. had best to con-
sult me.or one of the above firms for
prices, by sending a bill of the kinds
wanted. I also have an arrangement
for doors, sash and blinds at low fig-
ures.

I am now issuing a short price list
of articles which I have on hand, to
be sent to all applicants, and known
officers of Granges in the State ; ask-
ing all to remember that prices are
constantly changing.

When my arrangements for imple-

1 ments are completed, I will send out

a list of them, and prices, as far as
they can be obtained.

I can order any Dry Goods"from
Detroit or Chicago, if you send along
the money, but not otherwise.

“ Remember, you'do not ' hurt your
Agent when you do business with
outside agents, but you hurt the
Order to which you belong, and
strengthen and encourage the enemies
of the Order.” I want all to under-

, stand that when goods or articles are
will mail the sender one dollar and l ‘

delivered to a Rail Road and receipt-
ed, they are then at the purchaser’s
risk, and any damage or loss must be
collected of the carrier and not of
the shipper. I am informed that in
a few instances articles have been
delayed somewhere on the roads and
have caused anxiety and trouble in
tracing them out. I have always en-
deavored to give plain directions to

idealers and manufacturers of the

name and place to which goods are
I must agtin insist on
money being sent with orders, asI
cannot keep long running accounts.
Some are apt to forget that several
small amounts make quite a sum
when put together, and are very for-
getful about sending the pay after
they get the goods.

I hope Patrons will co-operate to-
gether and use such implements and
articles as I am able to contract for,
and not let each ones preference for
a different tool keep us divided and
thus make my efforts of no avail to
secure co-operation. It is impossible
for me to buya few plows from a.


 

ii:

6“ c r ‘ ’7br1’'i§T§i:t.z{1?ii;Ti:V

dozen different makers at as low _a
price as I should, if I could say I will
take a hundred; and so by all the im-

pleinents used on the farin. I am,

offered the Mishawaka and the Jones. 2 teifs of thousands of Subordinate Gran- ;

ville chilled plows at 25 discount

from usual retail lists to betscnt any- 1
where I direct; and I believe that 7

these with the Kalamazoo Diamond

Iron and Steel plows are sufficient for 3‘

any kind of work to be done, and 1
that any of these are as good plows as
are made anywhere. I hope all will
be satisfied with these and not be
buying any others. _

Col. W. H. Hill, the Ohio Business 1
Agent, says: “The Buckeye chilled
plow has given such general Satisfac-
tion that it must drive the Oliver plow
out of use.” It is made at Mishawa- 2
ka. and will be furnished for $10, and 3
if I had orders for twenty or more, a }
further reduction can be had. How- i
ever partial some may be to the O1i- 1
ver or Gale plows, it is their duty to ,
drop them when they can buy another
plow equally as good to say the least, 3
and one that is sold direct to Patrons ‘
for considerable less.

Stick together if you expect to ac- :
complish anything. “ If the Grange
is expected to reach a higher plane in
the business world, you must help e1- *
evate it by patronizing your own
agents to the exclusion of all others.”

The Buchanan and Niles Wagon 1
Companies still furnish their wagons I
so that I can sail them at 885.00 for ,
either make. I now have my build-
ing filled witli them ready to ship. .
There are no better made, and I aim 1
to procure good implements of all '
kinds for your advantage, and not for
any benefit to me. p

I have the Three Rivers thllow cul-
tivator; the Browu corn cultivator;
the Richmond cultivator, and the
Cfiallenge riding cultivatoi-s on hand ‘)-
also two and three shovels one-horse
cullivators. ‘ .

The Singer Sewing Machine is now 
offered at a discount of 40 per cent
from list price, and any who want
that machine can send their orders to
me, when it will be forwarded; but ‘_
no trial is allowed, and pay must ac- 5
company the order. I think the Howe
is fully as good, and twenty days trial
is given, when if not satisfactory, it
can be returned. I have a good stock
of nearly all kinds of groceries on
hand, so that I can fill orders as fast
as received.

ganitnunicatiana

W0’/‘thy Jlfaslcr and Patrons

The request having been formally
made at the last meeting of the Grange,
that 1 should write something for this
anniversary, and recognizing the duty
of every member to contribute his mite
to the advancement of the great work

before us, I have not felt at liberty to -
wholly decline the task, although I am ;

conscious that I have nothing new or of
(special interest to say to you.

It seems to me that on this Ninth An-
niversary of the birth of the_Order, it
would be fitting and _appropriate to re-
view the progress which we have made

and also to note the causes of failure. to 
realize all of our high expectations. ;

Nine years ago to-day the Order of _Pa-
trons of Husbandry came into being.
A few men in VVashington silently laid
the foundations of a structure whicli-
has since overspread the Union. \Vhat

_I"s1ToR.i"

l  I T
‘trons, and hundreds of thousands of

i was at first an experiment, has now be-
5 come a living, inspiring reality.

I The Grange movement which started
I with less than twenty members within
its gates, now counts its devoted adher-
ents by hundreds of thousands, while

ges indicate the gigantic growth of our
Order. _ _ _
Such has been the amazing rapidity

with which our numbers have increased ,
that in nine short years our numerical .,

strength has greatly outstripped any
similar organization known to man. A

growth so sudden, a result so marked, ,
3 of Bro. J. W. A. \Vright, of California,

]could have been produced only by a.
patent cause, simultaneously and iini- 3
' united in the various co-operative as-

versally operating upon the masses.
The resistless tendency of the age is to
bring into harmonious association and
union all those who have common in-
terests. Combinrttion is the watchword

‘ dollars were saved to the wheat. growers

of that State.

In Virginia, Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania, and in fact in every State where
a proper effort has been made to practi-
cally apply the policy of co-operation to

‘ the tillei' of the soil.

In onr own State, the agency estab-
lished by our State Grange, has, under
the energetic management of Bro. Gard-
ner, become a means of obtaining many
articles of necessity to farmers at a great

‘ reduction from former prices.

In foreign lands. through the efforts

the -l00,l)0t) persons of Europe, who are

‘ sociations are in full sympathy with us,

and desire to establish depots and deal

'<lirect with our agents. In short, in

which animates every calling in life. It ‘

was this ever active and all-prevading
impulse which has produced what we
see to-day. .

The Order of" Patrons of Husbandry

was established to increase the prosper- ;

ity and promote the social enjoyment,
and the moral and intellectual advance-
ment of the agriculturalists, and I am
bold to say that in all these objects and
purposes‘ it is already a great success.
Hostile combinations, exacting and op-

, pressive inonoplies, which no man im-

aided, could resist or overcome, have

5 been made to succumb to the united

power of the many.

.\[any cases might be enumerated, in
which powerful combinations of organ-

; ized capital have with insoleut defiance

refused to uieet us and deal with us on
terms which would be alike just to us
and to them, but which have been com-
pelled at length to recognize our power,
and to accord to us every right and ad-

vantage enjoyed by those engaged in 5
any otherlegitiinate pursuit in life; and I

thus, my friends, has been exemplified
the truth ofthirt old maxim which is
hallowed by time, that: “In Uiiimi
there is Strength.”

The t'armer’s entei'prise, the (.«‘i'-aiige ,

inoveinent, rests upon the plainest prin-
ciples of common experience and coin-

mon sense. If we would go forward ‘ _ __ ‘
: day give place to the warm friendship

and acliive complete success, let us re-
ineinber that it can be attained only by
harinonious, united and persistent eti'ort

every State, in every county, and in
Subordinate Granges throughout the
length and breadth of our vast Union,
wherever an earnest etibrt has been
made to profit by the policy of co-oper-
ation, a saving in dollars and cents to
the Patrons of Husbandry has been the
inevitable result. But the money saving
feature of our Order, although impor-
tant and necessary to our pecuniary in-
dependence is not the only nor the chief
feature which commands our approba-
tion. The social, the nioral, and the
educational features are, in my judge-
ment, the crowning excellencies of the
Order. By social communion and con-
tact of mind with mind, a higher stand-
ard ofintellectual development will be
attained. The charities, the finer im-
pulses, the lot'ty aspirations and all the
God-like‘attributesfof the human hcait
are here, in the Grange room, cultivated
and strengthened, and ties of friendship
and fraternal sympathy are awakened
which otherwise would have lain dor-
mant forever. A beneticent and all-wise
Creator has titted man for society, has
made him a social being, with social
needs and aspiratioiis,

The scattered and isolated situation of
the fai‘niei', away from the crowded city
or village, compelled to spend a large
part of lit'e in comparative seclusion.
the (Range is to him, fullof promise
and hope, t_lie estrangeinents o'_f yester-

and coiifidiiig sympathy of to-day, and

' those who were strangers have become

. on the partof the meinbers of the Order. .

It is a law of nature, inflexible and iini- .
versal, that all effects have a cause, and ,
that human amelioration and human ad- 2
vancement can be secured only by the 3

. use of adequate means. Radical changes

ofthe methods of business and the habits
of society, are results to be secured by
agitation, discussion and earnest effort.
I have said italready in this article,

that the Grange, in a pecuniary point of :
view, is a great success. It may be that ‘-

? soine .9/ccptical Patron may ask me foi'

‘ the proof of this declaration, I will say

that the proof is abundant and conclus- ;

ive on every hand. I will cite only a
few of the cases which illustrate our pro-
gress in that direction.

acquuin ted and have learned to love and
appreciate each other. ‘Within these
walls_are we taught to revere God and
to practice the divine virtues of kind-
ness and charity.

Tiine may go on in its ceaseless flight
bringing’ sunshine and storm, joy or
sorrow to our pathway, yet the Grange
with its kindly greetings, its instructive
lessons and its gladsoine associations
will be ever welcome. S. F. Biiow.\'.

S(‘}IOOL(‘RAFT, Dec. -lth, ‘T6.

.\l.\n'i‘i.\', Feb. 28th, 1877.
Wort/Ly .Bi'0.—-The following preain-
ble and resolution were accepted and

i adopted by the liartin Grange at its
; last meeting, and the Secretary was in-

In Missouri the Grange State Agencv 
has been eminently successful and the 1
business of that department amounts to 7

$2000 per day. Bi-other Allen, of that i

3
l
E State, says that it gives universal satis-
‘ faction, and that through the policy of
i_ co-operation a vast sum.h-as been saved
3 to the farmers of that State.
‘; In Ohio the agency established by the
1, Grange does a business which amounts
l to tens of thousands of dollars per month
' and through its instruinentality the
profits of agriculture are much increased.
In Indiana it has likewise been suc-
 cessful.
1 In Iowa the principles of co opemtioii
‘ as applicd to the farming class have
, been ;s:l‘0V\:I]€f} with the most gratifyiiig
success. ~

2 the same results have followed co-oper-
 ation.

In California the wreat shi ‘ z -

‘ bination of Friedlantai & Co. wIaIsiisiii%cce(sg;-

fully resisted last summer by the Pa.

In Illinois, \\'isconsin and Minnessot-.i ‘

structed to f0l‘\Vf\l‘Ll a copy of them to
the Secretary of the State Grange:
VVI11-:Ri~:_a.s, It has been reported to Mzirtiii
Grange, by authority believed to be reliable.
that H. E Buxtoii, it member of Plaiuwell
Grange, has been guilty of conduct affecting ad-
versely the interests of the Order of Patrons of
Husbandry, and the farmers of the State
generally’. by making contracts with Patrons
and others for the sale of plaster, fraudulent-
ly. representing that he was working in the
interest of the Grange, and in opposition to the_
plaster ring, when in reality making sales Oi
plaster for the very men who were members of
that ring, thereby aiding to break down 0pp0-
sition to the monopoly and secure the manuiat:
ture and sale of plaster to the very men W119:
only two years since, violated their word. Y8‘
pndiated their contract, and who, we believe,
are seeking to promote their interests by the
destruction of our Order; therefore, _
Resolved, That the said H. E. Buxton, 111
thus permitting himself to become the ally and
tool of the Plaster Ring, has demeaned himself
in a manner unworthy of a. true Patron, and 15
deserving of the severest censure and condem-
nation. W31. H. SOUTHWICK,
Sec’y Martin Grange, No. ‘Z39.

 


 

L

Hoi,"rii L()\\'ELl.,l\Il(:l1., Feb. ll, 1877.
J, '1'. Cobb,

D1-EAR BROTHER : After attending
the last meeting oftlie Lowell District
Collllcll of P. ofHe, held in the new hall
of the South Boston Grange, lately ded-
icated by \V. M. J. J. W'oodman, I am
induced to give :1 briefsketch of the pro-
ceedings. _

The Council is composed of nine Suh-
ordinate tlranges. About one hundred
and fifty l’-atroiis met and the Council
was opened in due form for the ti'aiisao-
tion ofbusincss. .

’l‘lie (7oinniitt.ee on Co opeiatioii and
’l‘ransportatioii made a report which
after being discussed at length was adop-
ted.

The Committee on Sale of Farm Pio-
ducts made a report favorable to fixing
prices so as to he remuiierative and be-
low which we will not sell. Laid on
the table.

The Committee on Butter Making
made a partial report and called for 3
more time. (iranted. ‘

A very able report was presented by
the Committee on Dress Reform. Re-
port adopted and committee discharged. i

All business subjects for the good of
Putroiis, were ably argued and disposed
ofto the satisfaction of all present.

A very scholarly essa was read by
Sister Eva ‘vVliitc. Subject, “Toilers”,
which was received amidst deafening
applause.

The South Boston Choir furnislied
splendid music for the occasion, and
when the hour arrived to retire from la-
bor to refreshment in the dining hall:
Oh ! such a profusion of good things for
the inner man, as made every hungry
soul rejoice.-

Truly these meetings help us all to be
better men . and women, and better 
Cliristians also. This great, grand and 
noble institution of the Order of Patrons I,
of Husbandry, is one of the blessings of
God. It tends to more closely unite us
in the bonds of friendship, love. and
charity. And may Pal3I‘()llSl](-‘\':':' i'-:;'g«—t
their fealty to the Great l\IJ§l'\:l' of the
Universe, who has taught us to love one
another as He has loved us.

Frateriially, i\IA'rRON.

P. S.—VVliy caii we not have the VIS-
rroii ‘changed to a weekly or semi-
inoii thly '3

At the last meeting of the St. Joseph
County Grange, held at Oakw_ood Hall
on the 1st inst., the subject or publish-
ing the procegdings iii‘ the e.oii§tyt}pa-

ers being iin er consioera ion, ro er
}l)1Iimebau?gh, a wealthy and influential
member of Burr Oak (Grange, adyocated
enlar ll)“ our own urRA.\'GE ISITOR
into  tibrst-class weekly, to meet this
want. As this is a matter of interest to
Patrons all over the State, as well as
those of St. Joseph County, I thought ,
it would be proper to call attention to it.

Brothers and Sisters, do we not all ;
feel the necessity of this‘? \Ve have :
started out in a grand movement to el-
evate the farmers’ profession and to ad-
vance the interests and better the con- ,
dition of the farmer himself. Shall we
not. then, have a newspaper of our own, ;
which shall be a medium of commun-i- .
cation with each other, and give to each
other our best thoughts through ‘its col-
uinnsi’ \Ve all have our experiences ;_
shall we not lay them on the altar of 1
our common humanity '3 Patrons of i

    
ma 'e 0 our 1 e IRANGE . ' -
first-class Agricultupil anld kG 1'§tI:E_e
Week] ? I believe i we 00 a _ _iS
matteiyiii the light of its importance in {
connection witfi the growth of our 0}‘-
der in this State, the advent of 1878 will
yrltness its consummatioa. Let us hteiar ;
I'0m ever Subordinate range in 18
State. y HENIRYt C0I%L{TN5s
Past l\ as er 0 - o. 333.
Wiiiria PIGEON, Micir, Mach 1;’, ’7T.

1{ALA.iiA7.oo. March 7th, ’7i.

J. T. ‘Cobb, Sec. étate Grange: _ ,
Worrriiv Bno.—-I send you hel'eW1U1 
the names for eight copies of the VIsI'r- ,
on, members of Arcadia Grange. Out‘ 1

THE "G

1 habit of running in debt, and in order that

. must inevitably follow the practice.

1 finds his account much larger than he expected,

l he often renews it, compounding the interest,

‘ ning in debt needlessly and thoughtlessly.

' suggestions, to younger and wiser men, yet there

’ can do more, they can earn money and save it

A Bro. Cobb.-

RAN

Grange is in a prosperous condition ;
our meetings are well attended, they
have been held once in two weeks thus’
far during the winter; had" some lec-
tures, and occasionally a visitor from
another Grange steps in to give us a lit-
tle va1'iety. Good fellowship pervades
and members are coming to have a bet- 7
ter understanding and appreciation of!
the principles of our Order, as they are l
more fully carried out in practice. So- ‘
cials have been held in the evening after
Grange meeting, in which the young as’
well as more mature Grangers have par-
ticipated, and seemed to grow young in
the enjoyment of the social festivities.
A most royal feast has occasionally been
indulged in, prepared by the skillful ‘:
hands‘ of our fair sisters.

Our Grange Store is prosperiiig, and 1
Granges will find it to their interest
to call and patronize. Fraternally,

Box 962. E. Bl'ELL, Secly.

Sec’;/. Cobb :

Last month I proiuised to write for my brother
farmers a. few brief, plain letters on the subject :
of their bad habits. In this I shall speak of the '

what I say may not be misunderstood, it is ad-
mitted that it is often proper, sometimes neces-
sary, for farmers to contract debts. But the
habit that prevails every where to a greater or
less extent, of running to the store, or of allow-
ing the family to do so, and getting things on
credit, because they are credited, things not al-
ways necessary, and that would not he ordered 1
if the payment was required at the time, and
submitting to charges that would never be made
or submitted to if payment was made, is a very
bad habit, and I shall ask the consideration of
your readers a. few moments to the results that

lst. It is a constai-it injury to the man who
indulges the habit pecuniarily. He is required
to pay an extravagant price for things that he «
does not need.

It engenders loose and careless notions of
economy in small things in himself and in his
family. When he is called upon to settle, he

and often more than he can pay. He is asked
for note zoit/L interest. He cannot refuse so
reasonable a request—it only requires his signa-
ture—and the note often goes to the bank, and ,

and before it is paid there is another account,
and perhaps another note, etc. Need I say
more in that direction .5 _

2d. It is an injury to a maii morally. It leads
him into a path where there is a constant temp-
tation to deceive, to equivocate, in short, to lie.
And I have often thought that getting in debt
led to more and meanei‘ lying than all other
causes combined. A

3d. 1t makes a man the subject aiid slave of
other men and takes away his manhood. He
lives and labors and lies, to pay the interest on
what he owes. He is in the grasp of his master
and must yield at last, however manfully he
may struggle for a time. He loses confidence
in himself. his courage leaves him, his self-
respect and manhood depart, he does not hold

. tal and unequal to our commercial interests.

up his head, he cannot look honest men in ‘the
face, he has become a. poor, Weak, trembling,
cowardly, palsied, shadow of a man, and all be-
cause he yielded to the miserable habit of run-

I am aware that it may be deemed importin-
eiit for an old fogy to give advice, or even make i

are some that will consider what I say, and to
such the best thing that can be said is this: If
they are reasonable they really need but little to
make them comfortable and happy. What
they need first is self-confidence and independ-
ence, and they can supply all their wants. They

to provide for future wants. In other words,
they can thrive. And the man or the woman
that earns monev and saves it, is always a. bet- =
ter man or woman on that account. They have
more confidence in themselves, more respect for
themselves, and they always command and re-
ceive the confidence and respect of others.

What I desire, is to see every farmer inde-
pendent, intelligent and thrifty, and to see their
sons and daughters grow up—not gentlemen
and ladies—-but useful,'independent, noble men
and women. _ Very Truly. V

Iouga,’ March .3, 1877. ALONZO biassioxs.

 

EAST RI\'l<IR’FON GR.-XNGIE, No. 567.

has been ill a very low .

Our Grange ,

condition for the past few months, and
one would thinlgjudgiiig from outward 3

‘ appearances, that it was determined to 1

die. But thanks to a few staunch grau- l
gers in our midst, who were still determ-
ined that it should live, it is alive, and

: my opinion is that it is in a better con-

dition to work than ever, since its first
organization. It has only a small meni-
bership, but I think all are true hearted
and will do their best to keep the Grange
alive and in healthy condition.

The most favorable symptom I see, is
that almost every family in the Graiige
have subscribed for the Vis1Toit.

As Secretary of the Grange I have re-
ceived it free._ and when I began to give
it a thorough perusal, my faith began to
increase, and at our last meeting I offer-
ed as a suggestion for the Good of the
Order, that every family, at least, should
subscribe for it, and was surprised to
find so many willing to subscribe at
once. _

Please send to my address seven copies
for one year, money remitted with this
order. l<‘r:itei'nally Yours,

MARY E. HIILL, Sec’_v.

, 1):-:.i it Visrronz

The followiiig preamble and
resolutions were adopted at a meeting of
Birmingnani Grange, No. 323:

VViiERE.—xs, In our ltlSl;C0l1gI‘8SS there was a
Bill introduced to revive the Reciproity Treaty
between the United States and the Caiiiiad-as,
which we as an orgrinization consider detrinien—
If
the bill now before Congress becomes a law,
our Cannadiaii neighbors can compete with us

1 duty free, in helping supplyn demand for our
l produce‘ which we heretofore have always had

the ability to supply, thereby greatly benefit-
ing them at our expense, while we are the losers
in the same proportion as they are benefited,
nay, even more, when we take into consider-
ation that we have to SUpp( r our government,
they are on equality with us in the advantages
of our markets while they pay not one cent
toward the support of our goveriiineiit. There-
fore,

Resolvca’, First. VVe are op=,:osed to the hill in
all its features and desire that it does not he-
come a law.

Second. That a copy of tliese proceedings be
forwarded to our Member of Congress, and also
to the GRANGE VISITOR.

A. D. SiMo2<so.\', l (, m
G. M. TR()\VBBIl)GlC l “U ’
ADAMS BA(§LE’i", Sec’y.

l\lANILL.\., Z\Ltxis'r1:I-1, Jan. 16, 1877.
lVort/i_7/ Secretar_2/ :

It may be of interest to you to know how the
oflicers of some of the Granges of this county
were installed. Three Graiiges, viz : Pleasan-
torl, Bear Lake and Marrilla, met at the Bear
Lake Grange Hall, on Friday Evening, the 12th,
and installed the oflicers of these three Granges
at one time_ The members of Marrilla Gran,r.,re
had thirty-five miles to go. They started eigh-
teen in number, nine males and nine females,
at 7 A. M. with the mercury marking eleven de-
grees below zero. I leave you to judge whether
the lddies were or were not warm in the cause
when they all declared they were not cold when
they got to the end of the journey that cold and
stormy day.

Arriving at Bear Lake we found the tables
bending under the Weight of the bounteoiis
feast prepared with care and served with taste
by worthy sisters.

The installation was public and there was :1
very large attendance of members from all the
Granges of the county. The hall was filled with

3 members and guests. We had the pleasure of

meeting Brother and Sistir Steele. They threw
off‘ their ministerial robes for the occasion and
put on the garments of the husbaiidman and
matron. Their eloquent speeches on the aims
and principles of the Order, will long be remem -
bered by Patrons in this part of the State
Fraternally Yours,
H. A. DA_\'VILLE, Master.

OBITUARY.
The reaper death, since, our last issue, has
gathered to the Great Grange above-

Sister Adaline Rowe, of Eureka Grange No. 2.

Also Bro. Edwin T. Carpenter, of \Voodman
Grange, N0. 610.

And Sister J ulia Smith, of South Jefferson
Grange, No. 182.

Died at his residence in Ransom, I-Iillsdale Co.,
Bro. John Coppins, a, worthy memler of Ran-
som Oenter Grange. _

Our much esteemed Bro. Spencer ‘Williams,
of Sturgis Grange, No. 332, died March 1, 1877.

Each of the. above notices were accompanied
with preambles and resolutions -of condolence,
which we would be glad to publish if room
could be spared.

——Now is the time to subscribe for
the VISITOR The third volume com-
mences with the April number.


PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES
Kept in the office of the Secretary of the
MICHIGAN S T A T E GRANGE.

And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash 0r- '

dc-7', over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,
and the .si_(]nalure of its Jlaste/r 07* Secretary.

Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$1 

ooh

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,. . .
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Record Books, (Express paid),  . . .
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . .
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,. .
Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Applications for Membership, per l00,....
Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Withdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Illustrated Visiting or Traveling Cards,
each, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dimits, in envelopes, per (loz., . . . . . . . . . . .
By-Laws of the State and Subordinate
Grauges, single copies £30, per doz.,. 
New kind of Singing Books, with music,
Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“ er doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent _
free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Applications for Membership in P0-
mona Graiiges, furnished free on appli-
cation.
Blauk “Articles of Association” for the
' Incorporation of .Snbordinate Granges
With Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . .
Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . 1
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . .

Address, J. T. COBB,
SEc‘Y M1011. STATE GRANGE,

SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH.

00

 sm: 1) s 2

The Best Offer Yet!

The Best and most desirable Seeds
furnished at it Discount of 50 per cent.
or one half the usual rates for all
Seeds in small packets.

I make this a. special offer to Patrons of Hus-
bandry, Clubs, &c., which will enable them to E
save one half in procuring their Garden and ~

Flower Seeds. Address,

Eznn WILLIAMS,
Rochester, N. Y.

The Mentor in the Grange

————A.\‘I>—

HOMES of P. of H.,

‘Ought to be in every Grange and read by every
member of our Order.
Price, $2.00. Four copies for $7.00.

The “ Matron’s Household Manual,”

By SISTER SHANKLAND, is the best Cook Book
known to us. 75 cents each ; four copies to
one address for $2.50. One copy of the “ Men-
tor” and one copy of the “ Manual” for $2 50,

Address, C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegoii.

VH0, FOR THE ‘WEST !-

Round-trip Exploring Tickets to
IOWA AND NEBRASKA.

For full information and for chants and des-

croption of the
BEST FARMING LANDS

in the West, call on or send postal card to
FRANK B. VVHIPPLE, Kalamazoo, Mich.,
Agent for B. and M. R. R., for Van Bureu
Kalamazoo, and Calhoun Counties.

Oflice, 19 North Burdick Street.

MONTGOMERY WARD 85 co.,
The Original Wholesale

GRANGESSUPPLY HOUSE

227 as agar VVAZBASI-I AVENUE,

JOBBERS IN

DRY GOODS, CLOT

IN G,

Hats, Caps, Trunks, &c., &c.

CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS OF ALL OUR GOODS FREE

TO ANY ADDRESS

ON APPLICATION.

A Great Reduction in the Prices of Many Lead-
ing Goods was made Jan. 1st, 1877.

§ SEND ALSO FOR SPECIAL LIST OF

REDUCED PRICES.

MONTGOMERY WARD 6:. CO., I

Opposite the 1\'Iatteson I-louse. Chicago.

P ____'.l.'HIl PATRONS' PAINT COMPANY are nmuunI<--

. . tnrlng the I.\'GEIi'S()l.L RE.4])1'-JIIXED P.1lI.V'1'.\', and
BI_£USI{l<.‘S, and selling thein at full trade discounts, delivering thcin frci,-.-{Iii
paid, and no nioncy required until the goods are rcccivcd—making Ihein cheaper
than even the lnaterial can be bought clsexvherc. They are an absolutely pure
article, possessing great endurance and brillinncy, and are giving great satis-
faction all over the country. We have a Patron friend xvho saved ¢-nbugh alone
on Paint. purchased to pay his Grange expenses for a life-time. They also sell

ROOF PAINT 30 percent. cheaper than any one else.

It is to the interest of

all _abou,t, painting to xvritc and have sent free their book. “Every one His Own
.l‘glIlt('1‘. _ It W111 sitve much Inoney, Vvhether you buy their Paint or not. Ail
955- 209 FRONT STREET, NEW YOR.K.—(F:-mu “Fa1-1n¢>'rs’1i‘ri0nd.")

HEDGE PLANTS!
GRAPE VIN ES!

SPRING OF 1877.

I am prepared to furnish strictly first class
Osage Orange Hedge Plants, one year old, for
$2,25 per '1 000. Concord Grape Vines,
‘strong one year old Plants, $1.00 per dozen;
$5.00 per 100. Patrons would do Well to
avail themselves of the facilities afforded by
their frequent Grange Meetings to co-operate
and order by the 100. Fifty at same rate.

Orders for Hedge Plants should be sent in be-
fore April 1st.

HENRY COLLINS,

Box 311, VVhite Pigeon, St. Joseph Co., Mich.

N. B.——Evergreen Trees for Lawns or Wind-
Breaks, at low rates ; also small Fruit Plants.

HALL» PATTERSON & 00.,
liveSlucJ<CummissiunrMerchants,

Uuion Stock Yards, Chicago, Ill3.,

B()]S!'J.')}3]D AG-El\T'TS
OFTHE

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

REFER BY PERMISSION to all the Masters of
State Graiiges in the North-Western States
and to the members of the Eecutive Committeeg
of the same.

i The Whitney Ma.nuf’g Ca.

IS THE ONLY COMPA.\'Y
That offer

A Strictly First-class Sewing Machine
to Patrons at Wholesale Prices

R. E A I) :

I have sold a large number of \Vhitncy Sew-
ing Machines during the past year, 1876, and
they have given universal satisfaction. I rev-
ommeiid them to Patrons.

W. A. HENDRICKS, Ill. State Agt.

Haye sold a large number of them and have
sufficient testimony from purchasers to assert
them equal if not superior to any made.

_ L G. KNIFFEN, State Agt., Wis.

Sold 994 Whitney Sewing Machines in six
months, with privilege of returning them if not
satisfactory. Vfas not asked to do so in a sin-
gle iiistance. A. TYNAR, State Agt., Ind.

All letters received at this Agency speak in
the ‘highest terms of praise of the “Whitney
Sewing Machine. ’ J. D. GURTHIE,

State Agt. for Ky. and Tenn.
_ In view of the extensive and satisfactory bus-
iness we have done with tie Co.,'Patrons should
buy no other machine. A. J. CHIEDS,
"State Agent, Mo.

Our State Agent, Col. Hill, re orts his sales
of the \Vhitney Sewing Maching for the past
yf:ar_at 896,900.00, Indiana Agent reports $86.-
43-00, making the total for two States 3182,-
4(:u.50. _It Patrons in other States appreciate
the Whitney as well as We do, it may well be
called the Grange mac‘hii1e.—~Grmz_r]e Bulletin, 0

We send machines anywhere on trial. It will
cost you nothing to try them, if they do not suit
Y0“y_and they are sold at the lowest figures
possible. Send for Circulars.

THE VVIHTNEY M[<"G Cl).,
22 Adams St. - QHIQAGQ, 1LL_