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VOLUME XII-—N'o, 23.
WHOLE NUMBER Hi. i

COLDWATER, MICH., DECEMBER 1, 1887. l

Published 17 A. J. ALDRICH & 00.

Publishers oi the OLDWATEB nrrptrnriionn. »

OFFICMI DIRECTORY.

Oilicurs National Grange. . _ _ _
.Ma.rtzr-—PU'l' DARDEN. . . . . . . . . .Mississippi

0ver.veer—- AMES (_ DRAI-"lilR>:.'....M1ssa.chusets
Izcturer ORT. WHITE!-’ RAD . . . . . .New 
3ewarni—_]. E. HALL Vl/est Virginia

.4“-;.¢.,,.¢ 5;.-my-1_wI fix’. Hampshire
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CC‘r¢.I'—MR5. KATE DARDEN. .
Pl7uw1¢a—MRS. S. H. NEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken:ucky
iVlo."nt——MRS. _]A.MES C DRAPER. . .Massachusetts
Hod] Assixlaal S.‘e1t<ara'—-MRS. E. M. LIPSCOMB,

South Carolina

Executive UornrriJM4w-

M. BLA.‘\"l'ON. Ch'n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Vi:girii:i
5. H. BRIGH.-‘i".’i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ulllo
I. I. V/UODMAl‘l’.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Michig.r,ar.

Ilmeern Yi/ti:-,hl¥g;r:§tnte Grange.
5{.uif:r—C. G. LUCE: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l.ansing

  
  

 

Overseer-—-_lOH'.\l HULP-RO0K.. - . . . . . . . . Lansing
£e:tirer—_}ASON VV()()l3MA . Paw Paw

St:'ward—WlVI. 511 A FFER . . . . .
A.t.rr':tani‘ Ste'ward——A. E. GREE

  
 

C'.€afla:'1¢—I. N CARPENTER . . . . . . . . . . . .Sherman
TMa:urer—E. A. STRONG. . . . . . Viclsburg
Secrelao/——_I. T. COl}l‘. . . . . . . xi. Schoolcrafi
Gat¢K:e[>er.- .C.GOUI.l).... .....i’:m-Paw
Cert: IVIRS S. L. BENTLEY . . . . . . . . .E3tC~n Rapids
Banana MRS. PERRY MAYO. . . . .Batile Creek.
Flara~MRS._}. C. GOULD . . . . . . . . . . . . .Paw Paw

L .4. SI:-auard--MRS. A. E. GREI'.l\'.. .Walled Lake

Execiitlvis Coimnitt-ee.

THOMAS MARS, Ch‘n. . Berrien Center

, _ . . Ypsilanti
pic Rapids
.'I'i-averse City
. .Tuscola
rmingham

   
 
  
 
 
   

 

   

 

Fruit Ridge

C_ G_ LUCE_ . . . .. ansin

1, '1', C033, l’5“0fi‘“'l ....... .. Schoolc.-a i
Gone:-nl Deputy.

HRS. PERRY MAYO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bimle Creek

Sp:-clal Do-pntloii.

P. H. GOELTZENCLEUCHTER. Birch Run, for
Saginaw Countg.

GEO. L. CARL] LE. Kalkaska. for Kzilkaska Co.

E‘. W. RI-ZDFERN Maple Rapids, for Clinton Co.

GEO. S. GIBBS Greenville. for Montcalm Co.

KIKAM ANDREWS, Orion, A. J. CROSBY. ,lr.,
Novi for kland County.

JOHN Wl-ELLE, Flat Rock. for Wayne and Monroe
Counties.

"T305. MARS, Berricn Center, for Ber-rien Co

E. C. NORTON. Omngeville, for Barry C0.
é.;E. WAGNER.]on6ville. for Hillsdzile Co.
5. BURNE'I'I‘. Bancroft. for Shiawassee Co.
C. A. L?) INARD. Manton. for Wcxford Co.
A. M. LEITCH. North Burns, Huron Co.
E. R. POUCHER. Adrian. Lenawee Co.
W H MKITESON. lonia Iouia Co.
HENRY B. GEORGE, Coldwziter, Branch Co.
A. FORD, Alton. Kent Co.
OHN MCKAY, Romeo, Macomb Co.
’M. ROSE Summit City Grand Tmveise Co.
]AS. WILLIAMS, Eastport, lor Antriin and Charle-
voix Counties.

CHAS. E. WILCOX, Ap,)cnzell. for Crawford Co,

Michigan Gra.-nge Stores.
A. STEGEMAN, Alle an. ,
Ii. R. OSBAND. No Lansing.

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state in the union. The VISITOR,
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J. T. Conn, Editor,
Schoolcraft, Mich.

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licit subscriptions and advertising for
the Visiroiz. “We hope some of our
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To Subscribers.

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Tlicrc is no rlnubt the lionosl worth
at Aw»: ,r'»':'ip'ii'ill:1 n,» a. blood puri-
fier. ' .»mvl<., who lw:-'c biwn l)€ell-

gfiip-,1l)y in :;-r-. will f!ll,("~;l ll,-“/ll'i.Ux”:‘i.
This i'cim\.l‘.' uiircs kid.nc_v a-cl llVi'l'
con1ul:ii:it..1:.».l ct‘-'ivlic.itc4 evmy irnrr‘-;e
of Lliseusc from the sy~:te;u

. kind liearts and willing hands of our

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gusto! gottiugs.

N0. 655 prospers finely in every way
but taking in new members. We nre
getting foi-ehanded tiiianci-.illy,h:1vii g
taken premiums at the County Fair
two years in succession and by holding
literary and |musical entertainments
monthly, at the least of which the pro-
ceeds aiuounted to over $15.00. Now,
it we could obtain a few new members
We would feel quite encouraged and
set. about building our new hall with
fl hearty good will. Si~:c’i'.

Mapletou, Ti'a\'crsc Co.

In my jutting last Spring stating
that Working Graiigc No. 509 had
joined with the 1. O. 0. F. to build ii
new ball to he used by the two so-
cicties,I think 1 intimated that in the
iwai‘ future you might hear from us
again, and it is with at tooling of unal-
loyed pleasure that I can write
and tell you our new hall is finished
and dedicated. The 20th of Oct. was
the time appointed for the dedication,
and Gov. Luce was the dedicntiiig
oflicer. The morning dawned lovely-—
oue of those beautiful Autumnal (lays,
it seemed as though Providence was
with us and smiled on our good Works.

Gov. Luce arrived from Lansing on
the morning train and was driven to
the ball by bl'0tll0I'J. B. Kellogg, and
ate 9. heart y breakfast in the kitchen
of our new hall.

The building is of frame 24x52, two
stories high the upper portion being
used for holding nieetiiigs exclusively,
and the lower for dining hall and
social gatherings. There is is nice
kitchen partitionetl oil‘ in the lower
story. with pantry, etc.

At ten o'clock the main hall was
filled with nl0fl1l)€l‘<l_, and visiting
members of the Order and invited
guests; and the ceremonies began by
W. M. J. A. Fowler calling the meet-
ing to order and uimouiiciug that the
exercises would commence by singing,
then followed the beautiful dedicaiting
services of our Order, made extremely
interesting and impressive by the man-
ner in which they were rendered. At
the conclusion of the exercises. dinner
was announced, and all i'2:p:i.ii'ed to
the spacious dining hall below, where
an abundance of the good tliiiigs of
this lite had been provided by the

sisters. That it was enjoyed by all,
goes without saying among Patrons.
Between two and three hundred ate,
and still there was enough and to
spare.

At two o’clock the hull was again
filled to overflowing, to listen to the
Speech of W’. M. Luce.

The Governor made ii strong and
forcible adtlrcss, from the stand point.
ofii practical farmer to fiirmcrs and
their lnmilics. llliiny saw and listened
to him for the first time and showed
their apprcciiitloii by frequently ap-
plauding him. Brother Luce spoke
for over an hour and much good will
result from it. At the (:0ilClll.~\l0ll of
his speech ti rising vote of thunl-:9 was
l‘(.‘ll(l0l'E(l the W’. M.. of the ‘State
Grange for coming so many miles to
dctlicute our hall and for the able ad-
dress to which we liad all been
privileged to listen. Alai-iii.-1 at the
gate are so frequent now that the work
of initiating almost. seems monotonous,
yet the good work must and shall go
on. From eleven mom bars in i\'lai'cli
we lizivc swelled our numbers to
thirty-one and live new nppliczints to
put through at our next meeting, and.
ere the new your comes in, I trust. our
lIlel'i)b(}l‘Slllp will number fifty. \Vc
expect sliortly to start anotlicr con-
tcst: and at the same time luivc Gmiigc
socials once in two weeks, to replenish
our treasury.

We ll:l.\'e fl. literary progrmn and
serve a lunch at our i-iociiils, and charge
8. dime each as fees.

T. G. CHANl)L£R.

"How is your Grunge doing now?”
“Well, not very well, I guess; I do not
attend very often, but I guess they are
not doing much.” “If your Grange is
failing it is because you are not there.”
“But I pay my dues; my name is clear
on the books.” “Yes, but your dues
arcjust. hall paid when your money
dues are paid. It is your due to your
Grunge to be there. It will not ll()lIl‘-
ish unless you are. Then put brains
into your Grunge. It is the best tunic,
tho llljal .~.-Lllllulillll. to {i good ;:i'owth of
.inyth'ing that we know of. Your l,iu§—'.l-
inc:-.r-; will not lluuri.-h lllIl(Z‘r~.'1= you put

bmin-. into it, your hmnc, _\oui',-"t-liuol,
u.)l’ your i'.—i‘:-u.g<:. ll:-we an hour for,
iiivr‘lal.liL{ :.;i:,i Upullill that ll(.slll',.“o.lI hour ‘

for closing and close at that hour. Have
an objective point. and work to it and
your Grange will succeed.
Mas. Mnro.

“W'HA'rEvi-zn we do,strivc to do well.”

Patrons. these earnest words are for

you. They imply that you are doing
something. What is it? Anything to

“advance the interests or elevate the
characters” of your associates? If not
you are not living up to the spirit of
the obligations you have assumed.
They who merit. and receive success,
strive for it. \Vheii in iittendaiice at
the Smte Grange mid witnessing the
vim of the members composing that
body, I have said to myself, “biirely,
we shall see ii great increase in the
membership of the ()l‘(lel‘ during the
ensuing year, for if this body of intel-
ligent men and women go to their
homes and the leavcn they have re-
ceived works as it ought, dormant
Grangcs will be revived and those in
existence will double or quadruple
their membership, and new Graiiges
will spring into existence all over our
be-aiitiful State. That was my fancy:
here are the lhcts: The Deccnibcr gales
encountered on the way home from
Grand Rapids or the Capital City
chilled the leavcn in the majority of
the representatives and it fell, a cold,
inert lump into ii niche ofsome subor-
dinate Grange and cover emerged.
Another important gathering, our N ii-
tional Grange, has honored our State
with :1 session. Will its influence he
lost? Less than :1 year ago we prom-
ised that Michigan should again step
to the trout of the column in member-
ship. llavc we redeemed the pledge?
If not, why not, and who is to blame?
F. W. li.EI)l?}l.RN.
WE get, now a1idth(.n,:tlittlcsprin-
klc,just to remind us that there are
blessings in store for us by and by. I
have great reason to no dcvou tly thank-
ful for my farm isabnndautly s-upplicd
with good Water. Ohio is lul<cwai'in
in Grunge work and our forthcoming
report will show considerable ofri. fall-
ing olf. 1 believcnovif the third party
question is settled in politics, and
he-uceforth it will be Dcniocmcy vs.
llepublicanism with the Grange to
furnish salt. to keep them both lrom
spoiling. Perhaps we will grow now.
T. R. SMITH,
Sec’_v Ohio Suite Grange.
Tm; socialist or aniircliist being ul-
lowcd to utter their pernicious senti-
ments in public is working harm to
our society. These bad sentiments find
lodgmcnt in men’s minds and then find
expression in some act of the man that
may lead to exciting his fellows ton
riot. Fielden, who is now it life con-
vict in an Illinois I’enitenti:iry_, said
that he learned while in England to
hate kings and queens, and when he
came to this country he merely t.i':'.ns-
tcrred that hate to those who adminis-
ter the aflnirs Oftlllf-I govcriuncnt, from
the President down to the policeman.
’Tis said that he had it ready pen and
fluent speech and hqncc was more ca-
pable of doing great harm to society
by the readiness with which he could
scatter his pernicious ideas among the
lllk|.SSeFl,Infll.l)' of whom he made he.-
licve that "-socialism was a nicnus in
their liands of preventing somcbody
else from taking their propei't_v.” lle
made them believe that no nmii in so-
ciety is responsible for wliitt ho is;
that “all the ills that are in society are
tlic product of this bad govci-nmcui;"
and that the wealth_\' (¢l.“iR.S are the
cm-mics to the poor Working mau,con-
sequently by niiiklug war on the man-
:-ioiis they wouldbring peziceand pleu-
ty to the cottages. ’Tis said that the
lliiyni-arkct meeting began to flag and
the rubble to disperse li-gm lack of ex-
citcment, when Fl(‘l(ll‘.'l! got into n
wagon and by his fiery lmimigiie c:illcd
them back and excited them on to the
riot that resulted in the death of seven
policemen and the wounding of some
60 citizen.-9. V. B.
Now that the fall work is mostly
over and the evenings are gr tting long
it will be 9. good time for the lil.I‘InCl‘S
to consultcach other through the “Jot-
tings” of the Vrsrron as to the best
course to pursue next year. The ex-
perience of one farmer may be very
usciul to others. Even mistakes and
failure< are often worth relating; they

v may prevent others from doing like-

wise. The page fo1'jutt'ings is jmt the
place to illS(.‘lI~':l the best mcthod_s of
i;i)liall1(:l.l1zg (}i':1iigc iiiccliiigs. ()cvii-
.~'-ionzilly zt .-lmit itcin lroiii the Lcclui'ci'
ol c;ir:‘i G i'.uig»;- would hi.-ofgi'm.t benc-
fef ho tlic W‘.\l‘l\' ofthe OI’vlei‘. The llfill

li).‘.:7i[ 1. -‘nor? 0; 'h-' editor will EiU‘.)lil _

and throw it into the waste basket.
We learned while at Lansing last week
that Capita1Gran,¢:e,whichis supposed
to be the model Gninge of the State,

. always commences its meetings on

time without varying one minute. I
think other Gl‘all,¢!ei- would do well 10
pattern after Capital Grange in this
respect. It would induce each member
to hurry up and would be less mdimis
for those who are always on time. Pal-
myra Grange holds regular meetings
every two weeks. We have R short
literary program at each meeting. On
alternate evenings we have literary and
no Grange work, the whole time being
occupied with dialogues, rccitzitious.
singing, reading, discussion.=,et»c. It is
an ex perimcnt. We will let you know
in the spring of our success. Shall we
hear from other G1‘an,g‘es?
Lenawee Co.,Nov. 22. M. T. Com.

The above suggestions are timely at
this the close of the Grange year. Gath-
er up the experiences of the year, cull
out the benefits and send them to the
jotting pag«.. In accord with this idea
we ask every Lecturer in the State to
send usa brief summary of what he
or she has learned in that office, with
practical hints and helps that may be
of use to the in-“coming oflicers of a
new year.—En.]

TALLMADGE GRANGE, No. 639, at its
last session requested the publication
of the following: "Tnllmodge Grange
No. 639 respectfully requests our rep-
resentative at Washington to use his
influence against any rcpc.'il or modifi-
cation of the present oleomargarine
law that would be favorable to the
mauiiizictui-o.:r of any make of bogus
butter. .Fii.iNK Woonnim, Sec.

h gutirssof égectings.

Tm: annual meeting of Ililledale
County Pornoiia Grunge, No. 10, will
be held in G. A. R. Hall, Hillsdiile,
December 7. The IQ-enoon meeting
will be devoted to business of the Or-
rler and hearing reports from subordi-
nate Giz-mgcs. Let every Grunge re-
port. The afternoon session will be
devoted to hearing reports of officers,
election of o‘flicers, then responsive ex-
ercises. Let every Patron be ready to
respond. Let us have an active and 3
pleasant niectiiig.

J. 13. Wniiitnn, Sec’y.

K.\LA}IAZ(XJ County Pomona Grange
will hold its next nu-eting Thursday,
Deccinber l, with Portage Grange. The
election of ofl‘icei's, reports of subordi-
iiate Grangcs, also the reports of oili-
cers will be called for. There will be
time for reports from those who have
tbreahed corn, which Will, perhaps, be
of benefit to all. A general attendance
is requested.

Mus. II. DALE ADAMS. Sec’y.

THE County Grange of Barry Coun-
ty will hold its next meeting with the
Glass Creek Gmngc at the hall in the
township of Rutlaiid, on Friday, Nov.
25, at 10 o’clock sliarp. Patrons, it is
very necessary that you be present on
time as at this meeting the election of
otlicers will 0CClll‘ll.llilUlll‘ll[0l‘:ll'Y pro-
gmiii should not be omitted. Follow-
ing is the prograin:

Ten o’clock A. M., regular order of busi-
ness in the 4th degree.

Twelve o’clr.-ck, M., recess for dinner.

One o'clock P. M., Address of welcome-—
Wm. Otis.

l\'esponse——Cli:is. lligigs.

What lessons in agriculture has the past
season taught us --Volimteenz.

E.-say or selection Sister 3. Johnson.

The County Fair, have the rules for its
rnaxmgemcnt as carried out this your been as
SZi.llSL".Cl0l')' to the fnrniers of the county as in
years p:ist—— Chas. .\'ewland and C. II. Ston e.

Recitation-— Sister Alida Ncwlzind.

Is there any part of the Declaration of
Principles of the Order of the Knights of La.-
bor that conflicts with the principles of the
Grange—]. l.)€1V.‘.’S()ll and  Robinson.

Soil Exhaiistion, sele.-ction—A. Parker.

‘ A. PARKER, l.cct.

Tni-: annual meeting of Allegal
County Council will be held at Alle-
giiri Dec.6. it which meeting will occur
the election of officers, the general
business transactioxis of the Council,
also reports of ofiiccr-' etc. The enter-
tainment will consist of music by the
Austin and Colburu f:imilics,address of
Welcome by sister M. A. Ely, response
by S. 0. Foster ot 'I‘rowl;-ridge, “The
world as it rnoves: its lll0‘I‘fil niotiuii”
by W. J. Shirley of l\lillg_»:rov(.~, also
rcniliiigs, recil,:itions and essfiys fro.-u
lllo.-‘c who have failed to l'(‘.F1)Oll(i to
the progriuns this _\ o:ir. The dinner
will be bu.-zkct picnic

‘N. A. l‘m':z:i,i«;
Sec’_v Allcgan Couiity flnnizcil.

Cheap Wall Paper.

The M ichignn State Board of Hestlth
has published a book entitled “Shad-
ows from the Walls of Death” and
placed it in the Public Libraries of the
State. in which the use of wall paper
is condemned. Not only does the use
of paper stop wall respiration, as it is
Vt ry properly terme l, but the amount
of poisonous material which is used in
the manufacture of paper«, particular-
ly the cheaper grades, is arousinga.
spirit of alarm among scientific men
throughout the country, who are pro-
nounced in their opinion that the use
of cheap wall paper must be stopped,
or else very serious and wide spread
client-:ter it ill follow and disease and
death be multiplied. The constantly
lowering price of paper can only be
met by ,‘-i:l'X‘8Sp0!lflllig cheapncss in the
process of rrianufucturing, which has
now be;-en brought to the very lowest
point, i'cgai'dlcs's of the results that
may follow. The time has (3)1118 when
the attention of all house-holder]
should be called to this m-itter'tha.t
they may for themselves investigate
and determine whether-,or not, there is
r-.a.son for alarm. In 3 rna.ttersoclear-
ly affecting the health of the family,
ignorance is criminal.

As 8. substitute for poisonous papers
and unwholesome kalsomiiics, Alabas-
Line, the durable wall coating is being
generally recommended by those
wnose opinions are entitled to consid-
eration. As coming from 9. reliable
source and a party who is generally
known and acknowledged, as authori-
ty on such matters, we append the fol-
lowing letters.

Aliilnstine Co.--Dear Sire: At your
request I have analyzed specimens of
Alabastine manufactured by the A111-
bsstinc Co., of Grand Rapids, and find
no traces of poisonous material. The
material was carelully tested for
arsenic and copper, but none could be
found. My study has been Alnbastin-
ed, and [am very well pleased with
the result. The Alabastine makes 8-
very firm and durable covering to the
wall, and seems to be free from any
tendency to crack or scale. It is also
free iroru any disagreeable odor.

Yours Truly,
R. C. Kedzie. Prof.Chem..

Alzibastiiie Co.—Dear Sits: The A13-
bastinc put on the walls of the Chemi-
cal Laboratory more the ii four years
ago, is in as good condition and
bright in appearance as when first sip-
pllffi, .~t-ave where water from a leaky
root’ ll:l'~‘ iniured it. The: Alabastine
seems to grow harder with age. mak-
ing 8. firm and coherent covering, and
has no tendency to i-oil thcclothiiig by
coiitrsict, as VVlllIeW8i.~'ll and kalsomine
will. I am wcllsatlsfictl with Alabas-
tiue. Yours Truly,

R. C. Kedzie, l’rof.Chem.

Alubiistima is ii clean, beautiful and
ll9il»l(l1f-' wall coating; the only naturail
finish for 3 wall that will admit of ap-
plying successive coats from time to
time that will cement together and
become ii part of the wall. Write for
sample cards showing twelve beauti-
ful tints, and any other information
that you may VVll.~‘ll to

Alubastinc Co.,
Grniid Rapids, Mich.
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- Patrons, Attention!

The secretaries of county conven-
tions in most instances failed to report
the postoflice of 1'(‘[)I‘eSeIll.{l.l.lVeB to the
State firaiige which meets at Lansing
on 'l‘ue.-day, the 13th ot December. OI
that iiccoiiut we can not send delegates
llailwny Certificates tora return ticket
at one cent per mile. Representatives
will pl-,-rise apply to this otlice at once.
Be sure and liavc them signed by the
agent at the point of starting else the
certificate will not be of value.

./\l‘l‘illlgelll(3lll'.~‘ lmvc been made with
the Lilli;-‘lllg' llouse and Hudson House
for i‘..r-lcgntcs and visitors at $1.25 per
day where two persons Occupyonc bed.
Other hotels will charge $1.00 and the
Everett House will provide transpor-

tation both ways. ‘
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Tone up the systciii and improve the
appetite by taking Aycfs Sfil"o'fip‘}.l‘lllll».
It will make you feel like it new per-
son. Tliwsii.-niiils lmvc found liexilth,
and relic!‘ from sii1lci'iug, by the use of
this grcctt blood piiritici‘, when all
other incaii.-i 1‘z;.'ilcd.

,  _c..___..,.,___- L.-. , , ,
l)mi’t.dis;;ii—-it cu-,i~ylu>-my my hawk-
iiig, l.)ii)Wi!lé1_'l1llil spifti _‘::,, but \‘l.~‘r‘ Dr.
Sztgs-’-‘-1 (‘:v.‘..i‘.i'rli Remedy il!_l(l ho cured.

    

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THE G-BANG-E V ISITOR.

Dec. i, I887.

MASTER'S ADDRESS.

THE WORTHY MASTER'S ANNUAL REPORT
TO THE TWEN1'Y-FllicT SESSION OF THE
NATKJNAL GRANGE 01’ Till? PATRt')2\'a‘ OF
HUSBANDRY.

Brothers and Sisters of the National

Grange:

In compliance with an establi:-lied
custom, 1 submit this my aiiiuial rc-

rt with some‘ siiggestioiis and rec-
ommendations for your consideration.

The progress made in the work of
our Order since we last meplin aiinual
fission is commendable an ratify-
ing. éucxaess has attended i.lIt$g(liiIl‘lH
of our lecturers. as shown by the large
number of dormant: grauges that have
been revived and by the establi.-lnnent
of 174 new granges-an increase un-
usual if not unparall-1-d in an institu-
tion as old and well e.~tablislied as the
Grange. The State Grange oi’ Nebras-
ka has been re-establislicd and we inw-
the pleasure on this occasion of well-
comiug Bro. U. E. Hall, her wortliy
representative, to our meeting. We
also have the pleasure of extending
fraternal greetings through lli-other
Peclsham, the Worthy ;\la.<ter, to Pat-
rons in lthode l~l:intl \v|io liavc receiit-
I-y fallen into line with this l:ii'inei's'
niovenient, thus conipletiug the circle
ot states. and making the Ul':llI:£I‘~‘ “ill
deed and in truth" :2 national org:iniz:i-
tion.

In .'~‘f‘\'t‘l"ll localities there have lJ(‘,l:lL
established

Faimiaiis’ Ollt‘-A1\'I'/,ATIO.\‘:i

with objects and principle.-' very slitti-
lar to those ofthe I-i'»u~_w-. in .-on.-
instances‘ their estirnlichniciit has bet-n
00 rapid and etliusastio as to over-
Bll:‘.tl0\V the (1 raiige and i't}i"l‘il it~
work. 'l'hi.~'. in-in in". in Ir} to ii.it«i.
is only ten:poi'ary, for in those. liu':lli—
ties where Iii‘.-‘t org:1iii'/.ed the Ii‘-ttvlitili
has alre:uly set in, and our ineniber.-
now regard their coming as an :ltl\':ilI-
tage, as it has aroused thcin front their
lethargy and set them to work. We
do not antagonize these order-s—on the
noiitrary we welcome them as laoorer.-
in the great work of aiiieliorating the
condition of American agi"u:ultiiri.~.t.~',
and wish them success in every good
undertaking.

With proper uii(lei'staiiding of the
methods to on plll'Hll(‘tl and the oiijecis
00 be attaiutd, 1 think much good for
our class might be t1t',t'.t)Iltpll.~‘llt,'tl from
the siicccssful establislnnent oi‘ other
ugricultiiral 0l‘g2llllZlll0llFl. There is
plenty of room and a. i-iitiiciein-y oz
good inatei'i:il to inaintaina nuniber ot
thein. ’i‘lioii;_{h we liave a l:ll'_',{‘.’ num-
berofreligi«=i:sdeiioiiiination- be: ‘ring
for i1)‘€llll)t‘i'-, we know that. only a ti w
ot' our people belong; to the 4-.hurch,
Though we have a. iiiiiiibor oi‘ ’.Zlt‘li'll‘l«
ble inst iiutiozis a3eel~.iii;: niein?»i—r-‘, we
know that -’_-nly a sinall 1)l'£'i‘;'.9!‘iltr!l oi

  

  

our people unite Willi lllt'lll. Titi-
(§]'-|1ix_.-'»- l_,-ifl in-t'l! t‘~l‘ttiil~liI*ii xv.-1' \t ‘t -
appe:ilii;g totai'ziiei‘s tojoin i 7“-tl\"li!<'—

 

in=_~‘;i:al protecting thvir -' i'ij_r'lil~
and intci'e~t<, and, wli7;'.e i ..
that it. is the i-at-go»: and ;-tron:
I'ieiiltur::l ()l'g«‘lil}'.tiit)il. nun‘-. _
or 0I.ll(Z'l‘Wl.~‘(}, rver c-tibli-‘ht-tl in tbs-
history of civili;a:1tion.,aiiil \\ it ',.liii}_r :2
very gi'e:i'l. illillltfll 713, i::ore iill‘Uti2’ll the
owt.-i' ot'its org:iiii'/. ition tliah throii_g ii
its iiiiiiierical straeitgtli, yet we know
that we have a.~ni:ill proportion ol t'lll'
9n’eiiiiiiiiioits oi t'ai'iii<-i's as ine=nibcr-
History and our experieiice iI‘:tI.‘iI ii-
that we caiiiiiit. orgaiii7.c the gi'c:itr-r
portion of our i'irnu-rs into any one
oi'g:ini'/.ition, but we inay ~e«~.iii-o ::
Working iiizijority in dill‘ercnt or iii-
Z‘ttl0llt<l, and with wi.~te.<lirecti«ms \\ writ
in .-ict-.oi'tt=1ii.'e with the iiivt'=:or.is pix -
ferred to ?<1t'llit‘\'C the szinie <:ii4i~<.
Tim <.;ii.'i.\:oi=: is Tm; rioxi ER
in the work o2 Ul‘;~.{'?llll’l.lllt)l! t"-ii‘ tin-
a.dv:iiiceiii=~iit and piotection ol'::gri-
culture, and as ~ii--h it to-«l:s}'o(:cnp'n--
C()llllll‘llltlit!}.f _:roiiiui. Tlll'~>1l‘.{ll it~
regard for the rights :in<‘l lllit*l't‘~'l.~l t
Votlier.-: and its coil-"t-i'v.-iti.-iii in ‘l
-tliingi, it "1-Jliill!i‘r‘.lltl.~lllt', i'c~‘p~-=:t. oi :
Clrtf\.~‘(‘.~‘, ll its :4-tition-i are !r:*.ii--ti
reaps: i:.llyl:-y tliclaw-iii~il;i--=1 ilt}‘l‘l“«
oi‘ the lanzl. To it ‘ht’. 1'  =
-At:ie“vi. lit-ii»: tar is wise
mans ie.i-.h=r-l-iii thzi. 1'-.313. lax iuzi
 ‘ltiire ot tilt; lziiutii‘—
H‘ -~*.‘I‘l‘ii‘C.
’l he i--.‘c.—; uilllit: t)'uilli?.i‘\' arn mitt '.«,-
iii; this iiiei-tiiig. anti, \‘.'iIi e iii"
tlioii-_rhtl<cs~3 anal o\'<=i‘.'r.».-l».>::.~ ‘ -:_'.‘
pect every syi-ieiii of error to ho li"--
st:-o_\ ed l.t}’ill(?1):i.~‘.:s':Ig(3 oi llifll-.‘~t)lli]ii~
,in2‘ i‘(*§4)ill[ltJll~‘, llltliviitlgl ‘
'whi—_:h invite scorii anal |'it %~i. e, t it
«lnoretlioughtful will expcwt oi thi-
_-meeting conservative action aiid \Vi.~u,-
direction.
By pursuing a wise and tirm,but

   

 

 
     
     
    
  
  

   

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'""1triotic and progre.ssive Ci)lll'~It’. it

reached its present high position
in the estiniation of the people. and I
feel sure that you, its present leadei-s.
realizing your responsibilities, will
'nobly press on to the accoinplishinent
-of the aims ot the Order as published
in our “Declaratioii oi‘ l’iirpo-:es.”

We cannot reason ibly expect to ex-
tend the order or increase its inen2ber-
ship in any other way, than by i-'-t*tlLi-
ing out

i,r,c1"URF.Rs AMONG Tiir l’Ef)l‘l.E
to explain its pi~iiiciple:-i and piiiprwoa.
It is elt4‘0lll'3._’_’lllg to know that site 0
113,‘ atteinlcil ievcry 1,-li'oi't ot the kind
that has been niaile. All reports in
my possession troiu the National, State,
County anal 5-iiboriliiiato l0t‘,llIi'('I'~‘,
lhow that \Vi;l?l'(iVttl' they have iii-ale
an ctlort, the order has been revived
Ind streiigtheiieil. I would thcret'ore,
recoiiiiuend that you adopt asystciii by
which our order can be kept as promi-
ncntly before the people as po'-i~iible,
coiisisteiit with oiii' ahilty to pay . in
this connection I would eariicsily sug-
gest that
STATE GIKANGES
devise a system tor having lecture

work done in tlieirrespet-livejurisdic-
lions. and not tli-pt-tul upon the N11 lull-
al (lraiige. as its iniaiioial ability is
not equal to the task of lllI'|Il.~‘lIillE the
reqni~iie nuinber ot lecturers for all
the work.
'riii~; Gl{ANGl<: i-i:i~:ss
has done. and is still doing, splendid
and noble S('l'\'it'l' in su.~'t:iiiiing the
order. It is needless to say had it not
been for the a~sis't:iiir-e of the Grange
l’i-ese, the order could not have main-
tained its high f~lI.:llltl:tl‘(l ot' etlici-ucy
and u.-‘cIulne.~s, and that without. their
continued help our t'uture existeiice
would be ot'dc-ubttul duration. While
we are proud of the ability. fidelity
and excelleucy of otir pres-2. yet we can-
not expect it to extend the Order or
iucrea-e its ineiubers. The living lec-
ture inust tirst. get the people inter-
ested and enlisted in the Urdu-r betore
they will i-uscribe tor our papers. I
would. t.lieretore. urge upon State
tiraiiges the fact that a system where-
by lecturers ot the Urder iuay be
kept eoiitiiinally at work is il|(llt~‘[)(*ll~
sably iieccessary to the tutti rc growth
or the Grange. We have couipetclit
o.tl qlliilllilfll lt'cttii'ers in t'\’t'l'_\' -.‘il.:t[l‘,
it" we would only devise the ways and
iiicans to keep them at work.
THE I<ZDllt)l{lAl. l)l«‘.1‘Alt'l‘_\ll~'.N'l‘

of the Iicctiiit-i".~‘ ollirc, ('tI.~l, during
the past year, :i'oout one llltlll.-illtiltlttl~
l-tr.-. Tliis i- a inatter worthy oi‘ _\ our
t-on~i<h,-raiioii. \\'nu|«l this .-miouut
~pt-ul in the l-.-t'itii'i'li»'l4lo|o lllt)l’(‘1{‘tmtl
is a ‘lllt‘.~?liUlI for your tl(‘('l\‘itili. it no-
cui-.~ to iiu- that the In-st polh-_\' to he
p-.it"lii-il ill llii.~‘i'oI:iit‘t'lioiI i~ l'«‘t' tin-
Nationzil tlrzziige to give such :1~.~i.~t-
.to-ct‘ 113 ll ls tttiu-. hi ltio.~L'. \\t-:il{ jIlt'in-
\ilU|-“Hi-"J \\ ll‘-‘l't£ our (~Ei':iiige papa-is are
not l‘Il\t‘lt. iiiul wlu-i'i- I-ltl\' the iI'l‘i'lt'-
ers can do good, and li.~:i\‘c tor the
sii'ong j'clt‘i.~(llt'llUtiS to devise t--tioh
way s and nu-an.-i t"--r the work as they
ni:i_v think best. if the plan siiggest—
ed isthc better one, then the lllulle}
expended in the editorial work oi the
Lecturer's otiirc could be more advan-

tageously expended in the lecture
iiclil.

With three months’ active work in
each t'Ullgl'i.‘s‘.:lUlt:ll district in the

counti'_\', by an earnest ettieicnt lu':tur-
er, we would add titty per cent to our
ll|t'|lll)t5l'5l1lp in the next twelve
nionil-.3.

co_\i)t'i'ioxoi«‘ A_\ii«:uiC,\x 1t'All3il£ltS.

An :tltUlll.li()ll:i condition coiit'roiit.~
the .\incrican lt|'lllt_‘|'::'~. l’i'utlII«iiHg‘. its
tlit,‘_\ do, iiniiicnsc crops, \\ hich coi-..~I.i-
.|l|t.‘llIt';1l‘t‘.;ill‘I‘ part of the weallli oi
tlie,eoitiiii'y,tlicy Ullgilll. to be pro-:
pt:roii.~, and they would be it tui-
weilih th. y })i'UtlUt'-L'll were pi‘.-pr~i'f_»
-tt.‘ll'L-:'tlt\,‘\l. Lu; taut llt.tl lltI_‘_\ arr
....i i-- c\i—.li-tire oi gloat. iiroiig :i.‘.-.
_._i;t-iiwc. \\’b:ii is tin: iiiaticifl’ lif-
.\ nat tilt-.11‘.-‘ 7tl‘U i:tl'lllL'lh t't pi i-.u,-ti ui
ill\3 i‘c\\';ii'ti.~ ol tlirit‘ l.iLiol'-L‘ l}i~,;ntt~-
_‘;.- ;;..-t 4, \ no in it , i'«_=\’t-r it up \\'tl:.
-ophi-ti'y and ii:;_-,ciiio-.i.~_- lt(fiiillL':ti|llt“\.
lllI,‘.'l!lill" iUl‘Ulli-"!‘
‘3:llV lot‘ in

  

'IIlHil' .2 tut‘ ii, i:.\
llltith-.l'l'.w mat the title‘. _

ici.t..i iiiipi-.:it:;iii,-tits, L-ii'.., :-till lilt‘
iuzt ix ill it-iiuiin that tii:oti,;,ii Lia“
i;‘."(;l§i-ti'il'l’ utlnl‘ il|iL'l'L~‘,'l.‘i iii the tli~
iriuitiimi oi lin: \V'.’illlll oi the Liiul ."l'!:
~_~..:-,.iii;et to .ii;»oi‘u .:.i umiut: itiul Itoiiisi.‘

   

ililulllil, ui ills,‘ tl:"l\liti't.'uti lllt‘ i.t!'ll"\‘i'.~.
livery other iuiporiani in'icre.<t in tilt
.t:z.i A) piou;-'i=.tt U) licipitil li'gl~l-:~
tum, wiuh: l.tl'l|1t‘I'3 are tti.~i:i‘i:iiiii.tt-on
.g*:-.n~t .il tizul--, ti'.i\'i:'i and t.t:xc~'. Tin,-
p ,n'titr.i~.- oi thcir l£tl'lith‘ Elli.‘ pi'tcL'il lot
.t.-in by til_llt,'i‘~‘, as also the ai'it~:h:.~
-hi;-ii,iio.i hi‘ lllt‘Ill. two slliilltlllwli
l)1‘t‘.pill'tjii :.;ui well :l.l‘l‘.ilI;_'0 l is this leg’
isltiion that it is tpiiie tltlllviilat 1.
trier it -ipnn 1 .-now _;.i~L how it. op-
erates to sup the 1)l'tS‘i>l’1[_\' o-.
iiriii-~i'_-'. Um-, says the i.iriiici's are
out pt'u~pt*t'-Jtls‘ IIl.‘t7«|l|.‘U l';itii‘o.Itl:‘ till
.-.ii'.;‘.‘v.L',%.l to --h.ti'gc "all the .'ll‘il-‘-it.‘ wil.

Another s.i'_\.-5 it is h'cc_tii~i:

    
 

oi:.ii'."’
li.i liiL’l'S :‘.t'L‘ l'i'tjitl1't:tt in |t:l_\ JiIi,il'u llI.th
tilt i:'_jtls’t ~.il.tt‘i: UL the DL:llt_‘. and coun-

tv lIt.\|.'-3'. Unc iiiinin. it is (the to the
ilil.tl!t ‘Ii p-.:lu:._\-' oi" the go\ri'iiiiu'iit.
.'\i-us ' "1' llllitixh it is till-.: in tin.‘ puui-.1;

 

tin. 34,- ,2. 1-,; our in tllllllt.‘l,\tl't ~. :«oi;.c
'.ui.iK ii is iilli) 1.; our pi’-)«_tiii::ion.
.\ .‘i'.l--:)t,lii-i‘.- .illi litlltt.’ ii. to .2 \\.iiil. 1;.
i3\'-‘t’~1i:y’ l.i ;i-r:|‘l<'.llltii'.li |.|l'U-.llII_‘~ .l'!.'£‘.
etc Now, i there it? any irni.i t..
.'t .y. or all oi the
1- the i ii;-t \-l l. t,‘ l;ll|lit‘i‘,t\:- lllti.‘-' liztir
Kilt’ 1yt1“.t,i‘ i-= i‘-«,ll' unit ...iiul~ to ', r-
rcct an). «it the ziliifi.-',"‘l gi'.c\';iia:c—.
\'»liullit:i ln~.'_\ UK.‘ in lili'lllitt-U‘-'lilLTiil ix.
tin: _L‘_'U\'l‘l'HlltL‘lil or in tho iii...i..gt-.iu:ii'.
oi" ilu-ii‘ t:iriii.-. ii" the gu‘(cl‘ii-
incnt lias tailed to give equal protec-
iion toour ltul.tl.~.lI'_\', we soouut not
t-,oiiip1:iiii,norsnoui.t we attempt rc-
foiui by iiiakiiig deuiands tlirough re.-»
ulttliuti-3 on paper, but we should use
power now in our liands and pi‘uct.ii:L~
what we have been preaching tor the
last twenty-one years, and elect with
our l)lllUl.‘l li.I'}_)i't:~t:lll.15.llVt.'S who will
legislate in the interest ot a.g'ricult.ure,
and not against it.

But, botore we adopt this policy.
we should be certain: lst, That we are
right; 2d, That we are agreed; 3d,
That, it is pnicticable lor us to co~op-
erate in seciiring the pl'opo.~ctl rc-
torni. \'car~i ago, when the Grange
ill':~.l dcuisinded that i'aill'nzttl.- should
be ia-stmiiietl by law, we were sure
that i~i;_:;lit was on our side, and the
.\'ationaI ()li':lli,‘[(§ and all the b't.=-te.
County and S|llM)l'tllllIllU granges uei‘
agioed as to the ju-iicc oi’ the cause,
and the ll(lC(5I,‘\Sil_\ for action, and with
a united trout they (‘lIl"l'L‘tl the con
test, and so far success has attended
t:~.'i-r_\' L-ll'ort.

it‘, as sonic think, otir iiii=atisfactoi'y
condition is due to the ui.i'iir propor-
tion ott:ixe,~i we p-iy to support our
State and county govt-ruiiients, then
our .S'.t:itc, county and .~:iibor-.liii:itc
Urangt shonltl look into the iiiatter
tc:».i'ic's.-sly amt without delay, and cor-
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stI'tltllelll: in their hands, viz: 8. free-
inan’s ballot.

It’. as others think, it is due to errors
in the linancial policy of the govern-
ment, we should use the ineans at oiu'
couiliutnd to elitiuge the pl'e.~'ciit sys-
twin. and li.-we the public debt; extin-
guished, and the national banking sys-
tem repealt.-d, and legal tender treasury
notes substituted for the is-.ucs of the
national banks. Or, it‘ it be true as
C-t)lIlt5u(l(‘(.l by some, that fartiicrs are
kept poor by protective taxation that
iiiaiiuthctiii-ei-s may keep rich, then we,
as the only national body ot organized
ftll‘lIl(‘l‘r- should see to it that this
wrong be corrected, and that "equal
audju.~t taxation” continue the lead-
iug principle of our tree government.
llut we Patroiis are not agreed upon
this question. Yet its importance de-
in mus the fttllest and trei-st investiga-
Liuii possililu. We should, and do.
throw open wide the door to discus-
.-ion and let in all the light possible
that. we inay sec and know how to act,
l t'ully believe the time has conic in
our history and ciliic:it.ion when we
can tli.~p:tssioiiatc.ly‘ ili.~,ciiss this or any
()l.lit3I' qtiestion lroni a non-p:irii-an
but pa;rh-tic stainlpoiiit, and 1 think
tlic "pin-:3. hi.~'toi'y oi the tji':iiig‘e will on-
iloi'~e the :i.~‘<ei'tioii, that, when l'.itrons
are conviiictsil, they have the courage
o: their coiivtctioii-‘- and will act to-
1--ihci‘l’ort.licir inutii..l iieiietit. pro-
tects-osi aznzt Qtiiiflilitlt nicnt. it. >ttliil(l-
tlll!'t‘,:t:wu(l‘ii>l‘.f to .-my that orci'-pi'otiii«;—
tioii i- the t~|:i-v-l'oiii' iroiihi-. - l.-ri..g-
ll!;’ iiiui’ -' co-tl ir:itii- l'llplt'1t'~‘ :in:i pro-
tliiciiisgj :mi!ioii.~ of l.l'.'tlllp'~'. it would
l'il but ;.pp2-._ir in-rrc re r-Ullttiiii,‘ to may it
is 2:2!’ {in \‘.'-’lllli)lii1€llllll‘ll‘lt{'f'Ul.lll|)ll'
ey :ti.»§ _iii--t lt‘§',i"i‘tilUll to iii.~'tribnte
our [>iuti‘tIi‘iiti!l~‘ propi-il_\' aiul_iu-tl_\'.

(luv ol the gi'v.*aic.~t. of the lllilli_‘\' ric-
tor1e,.~', of the Uriwingi: was the L'.3l.3llti.l~,ll-
uu:nl oi the

lN'l ct: - s"[‘ATl-'2 cmi.\ii«:i:oi«: (,.‘().\1.\llsS|0‘.\I.

in the language oi‘ a distiiigiiislitstl
Cou;_ri‘ts.<iii:iii, "llail the Gi'aii.*c done
nothing more than create the public
sentiment which lorced the enactiueiit
oi luv.» to li:1-ill".tllt the llljlthllcu oi rail-
l'U't(l corpora tions, it has ainply repaid
cVot'_\‘ etiortaial i-acriticc made and t} I‘
all tiinc and inoucy spent, in its limit]-
tciiaiiicc." While this l:~‘ true, yet these
t‘,'\>l'pUl'.lliOtt!-i are not iestrainetl front
ire.-passing upon the rightsut‘ the poo-
pleas tlicy should be. Unly a good
oegiiiiiing has beets uiade by establish-
ing the piinciph-. that titty arc vt'c:i-
tures of the law.aud ll)L'l‘t‘lCIl‘t‘ :~i|ivj0ct
to the law. it is not. claiuictl that the
tiw t'>l."l;il.sllillg the lllltfl'~§~i:tiL' t_'oin-
l|ll.'l't‘(,‘ l,‘oni:ni.-.-ioii is pe:i't'ect by any
oiiraiis. {hiil{Ei1tI':il‘£tl')',illifltlllliilt‘-l
to ill. Vrrf. i,li'tn‘3é‘.' -. c-pi‘-xi-=il_'.’ in that
l".'ll!Y't't’ \'. lil('ll ;,;i\ 2:-x‘ in t he t‘i.>iiiiiii.~.<iv-ii
.-.iitli«.\i'i:}. .2.iul:~t' (‘t '1 i:!il: t'ii'i'lttiisi;iiu'c«,
to -lisp-.-int i!i<'=.»'p i':itioii~t-t'llii- loiirth
~t‘~'.‘liUll, whitli l-..»i'hid.~' i:iilro:ui (‘trill-
p.inir-- tl'='.'-:1 ('ll:t ‘ innit‘ in‘ a -lit-rt
iYi.in:t ion-.5 h:iu'i. 't’hi«,is :1 =‘i'e:eL in-
ill-i is i. --on:pi:iini-ii oi’ amt t:\'t‘l'_\' L-il'oi';
-hoaii-9 i.t_- ill uh: to liar-'-. the ho‘ ~o
liill‘I! ei as to take ziwziy lroiii thi-
tloiuaiai-.~ioi: the i'i;,_»lil. to suspvii-.l the
..;>-.: rztlioits‘ oi si:i',tioii tout‘.

L‘d‘ilIill|l'l‘ltilIlllll\i“,i1illi§fi§‘l'Uilt§lM)e('ll
belore the litter-h‘t:i'.e 4 Ioiiiiiirimc Uniti-
nii-.»ioii, . zittt.-i‘ia*y l'!‘ltl't5>L‘llliil‘:},‘ tia-
st.-tie Ur we oi‘ Vi-rinoni, soiiiitli-tl tin-
le_\ note lot‘ our lulurii giiitlaiice aiui
ivtiou when he saitl: "1 think it will
turn out to beam in the next ten _\c:r~
-—not upon any siippo.~i.-d coi:.<triiction
oi tii'isl:iw that you iuay iuz:ke,oi' upon
any too extcuilctl t:oii<ti'iu:tion ot‘ ii,
bzit as :-i tin,-t in the sociil economic.-: oi
tlii-A co1ioti'}', i't-,~tiii;; upon jllr-lit't',
which gives to every in ill his due. a ,--.1
tair play to all, (It ll hr: ry .~cl'\*lcL' that
i i'.iiiro:ul or any bod} i.-l~e does, for an-
oih.-r iin«.ler i'«-_~_-‘iil:itioii.~‘, andof which
he is not the iua.-u-i‘ as t'\'L‘l'_\' man has
the l‘l_::,‘lll to l‘ctft'i\"L' protit. {ruin hi-
l;ti)Ul' which he lilll rel: at any pr.c - he
t-.uo.,~~e~i to lzllxt.‘ or not) will be regu-
l.lli‘tl'1lt‘t'Ul'tlll2;.; to the value oi ‘lu-
‘~\‘i'|lt'L‘\‘ 1i~'l'li>l‘iIIt',‘:l,llUt I-ll.‘t'(,"tilllg' to
t.hv.: p zrt it iil:ir viz’ 'llllI~'i:ltlt‘t'S-tliiill: per-
son. or tilt} i‘oi'p«.-'i'il ioai,'.\'liei ‘tax it! per-
ioxni it.” .\g.'.in in lite: ~.iuio .\iIl_‘i,‘\'li.
tilt‘ Seia:iioi' saiii: "lEl it»: thin ten
_\i.':t!'~_. 'ltl.lf'.~'*- llu‘ pt oialu l,|l Hit‘ L/vlliitftl
niiiios il".'i'tl lost their i'«.~;i.-mi, this in:it -
ter will M» tlt"‘~ll with i.-_\' ('oi:g'i'e~-, so
Jar as thc_\' Ei:i\'e the po‘.‘.'e:', ilil.l _\oii
will not be iroiiblid with any t]".lL'.\'-
tiou an--ut t‘UlI>’lIlL’l‘?l.liUll~' as to conip~--
.iiion. Y» n \\ iii only ‘o'_~. troubled
with tlio,-o.io.-tioii oi what is reason-
ible tlt:('t)l'illll}_" to the value of the ser-
Virc pertorined, l;ec.:tii.-e til it staiids and
c. Ill only stand upon pi-inciplcs thatare
beyoial the rcacli of any coiitrivances
that men ltl't}’ inakc.”

in addition to the above, I will ven-
ture to express the opinion that the
time is not far distant when raili'oad
coinpauies will be allowed. by law to
charge only a specitied amount per
liunilred pounds per uiile,jii.-t as some
of them are now permitted to charge
only a specitied amount. per mile for
passenger travel.

For a iiiiiuber of years the Grange
lias been agitating the iiecessity ot' hav-
ing agriculture rcpreseiitcd in the
tlabinet ot'iln-. l’i'e.~i.lciit. The idea met
with uiiicli opposition and ridicule,
which has tlclayctl longer than was ex-
pected tliecousuiiiiiiatioii ot our wishes.
While our progre~s in creating; t'avor-
:ible scutiinent has been slow, it has
been sure, and now I think 1 inay with
certziinty congratulate you upon the
prospect of success in the near t'u!ure.
'l‘lie iuiportance ot this iiiattei'dcsei'\'es
inore ihiii it pissing iiotioe.

lion. Henry L. Muldrow, ot Missis-
sippi, now lirst Asslslttlll Secretary oi
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llou.-eot'ltcpreseiitatives,iuMay,1sr<2,
det:l;i1'ctl thit, "if I have a hobby, it. is
the creation of a Depiirtineiit of A;:‘ri- l
culture, with a Cabinet Minister at its!

Cougresiu I otfered the tirst bill, the ob-
ject of which was to elevate this De-
pai'tiueiit (ngricultiire) and make its
cliiet' an executive otiicer, with a right
to 1. place in the Cabiiiet, of the Presi-
dent. The measnre was criticised by
some and i'idi<:uled by others. The
New York Tribune asserted that it
emanated front a member who hailed
from a. State where snot guns were the
principal iiupleinents ot' husbandry,
but lain glad to know that it. had the
etfect ofdrawing attention to this sub-
ject and was supported by some ot the
best nun and leading journals of the
country. The ranks ot' its advocates
have been steadily augiueuted until We
tiud to-day but few politicians repre-
senting agricultural districts disposed
to run counter to the all-perv-.iding
sentiment ot the people.”

Mr. Muliirow, in subsequent Con-
gresses duriug his public service, 1' -
newed this uieasiire and ably support
ed its passage. Other bills tor the eu-
largetuent ot the powers and duties oi
this Department were also introducetl
or supported by inenibers in both
Houses, in the Senate by Messrs Mil-
l='r. of New York. Jones. of Arl~.:iiisas,
tic-orgc,ot i\li.<si.-sippi, and \Viiidoni,
ol .\liiiii(:-sota; iind in the House by
Me: »-'i'.-:. Aiken. llate-ii.Andersoii. Updm
gi';i!i'. and others. in the iueaiitii'ne
tlu-tl:':i:i«_»;esiii iie:irl_'-' e\‘er_\‘ State in
the lfizioii coiitiiiiicd. to pour in on
(,,‘xilI._’l't‘.~'.~‘ petition.-' prayiiig‘ tor the i.‘~'-
t:ibli-liiiu,-nt oi‘ this l)e:_i:ii'tiiieiit. In
both lloiiwe ti::- iiie--.=iii'o \\’:t~‘ att,:u'l{e«.l
vliivllj.’ upon the ,;i't\iii;il that it 'a.~
iiucoia-'ti:u:iot;::i :ll;<i iiiiiii-ct-ss:ii'_\'. it
was I‘-ltiillltftl that it would not atl\';'iiu-i-
the 3,-'i'e::t i-:iii.~:= oi’ fi_13l‘lt'lllll|l‘(‘, that it
would only ht-iwlii the lr-adiiir "ilicer-
bjf iiiciw:-siizgr their salaries and hail-
ritliial inipoi'taiu'e and llIiili‘..‘iit‘l‘, amt
iiltiuiati-ly i.-._jtii'e ti;_="ic:uliiii'o by dc-
zvnerating intoa in-.-re political ina-
oliiiie.

But the friends of the measure, em-
bracing some of the most einiiient
nu~nihcrs of both llt)ll:~it*f~', with great
power (lt‘lt‘lltlC(l. it upon grouiiils of its
:ib.~'oliitc iiecessit_\', its nianih-st jiistiue.
and as :1 .<iibstaiiti:il i'(-co,<_rnition of the
iiuportaucc of agriculture. They had
no doubtsas to its constitutioiriiity.
'l‘lu-_\' exliaiistcd our lc}_risi:itire hi~tor_\'
and the liis-tory of civilized states in
uiultiplying |)l'(‘('(':l('ill.<ll,litl:1l'51'ilitir‘lli<
in its supp-n-t. ETCIY government it
Europe had an Agi'it-tiltiiiuil l)rpar.-
inent fostered and protected by the
.~‘tatc. Even Mexi--o and the south
and (Jeiitral .'\lllUl'l(.'fl|l republics had
~iu-ii departincnts. The most illustri-
ous inch of :li;t'lt'ilt and niodern tinn-.-
li:ul borne cviilciiec, oi‘ its i:ic.-:tisii;-.h‘n-
iuipoi’t::iu't~to the people. Ainoiiu‘ oth
c:‘~ in iuocieiii titties. (_iilil!t)lI lltl? e-.
lt‘l‘lll(‘li :l,L1'l'it‘!llllll'L'zl.\‘ the lUllliI.l7illl)h
and ~‘tip}nii‘t. ot' lli11!liI!iU'liil’lt‘~=. l)r.
i\‘tlllll(‘l -lo'iiu.~'on ll!=litti:lllli'(l that.
".\_'_»'|'l-"il':i!ll‘(,‘ not on‘.y }_»‘i\'e‘~‘ l‘li'll(‘-‘ to
at lltlll‘-ill. but the only i"i:-hes wliivli it
“till t‘:éil its on ii." .\iui iiu: _'_‘l‘l‘2l.l Na-
poleon had ties»-t‘il.=’-l it as -‘the :-zotil
:iiid'ho.i;. oi‘ the Empire.” lnourou n
"Hli'x:1i‘_V i‘:-;p<-i'ii-in-e-I .-‘tat .~nu«n and
\t‘.l!t|l:li'~'. czgiially eiiiinent for le:2riiiiiu‘
and :i5>i!it_\'.li:iveadd:-d their testiiiioiiy
In its itI1p»ii‘I:tiu-e. \\':t~l1i,.n_rttin_ in hi.
tirst. St)! wit lwthi-e t,‘oii_n_rres.<_iii':£etl the
-':ul\':n:cciiieiit of :12‘l'lI‘ltlltti'(? as an in-
ti-rcst ot priinary iiiiport.~iiice,” and in
his l‘l'~'i >'}ll‘4'l'llfltl\'nt':ll('-l the (I<[:[l)li\l|-
nieut of it llozird oi-g:i.iii7.ed by law tor
its pr-iinotioii. llo l(’5_!"ll‘ilt‘il it as a
proper "object oi" public: p-iti'oii:i_-go."
lle km-iv or no -’~ol;_iet-I" to which “illi"
public piii:-e" enultl"bc dedicated with
gi'eatoi' propriety.”

in l.\‘:'.*.) an app:-oprieition of $l."‘it>t)
was inmleto be tllxlil||‘.\'{‘tl uinlr-r tlio
't.‘-oiiiiiiiswitiiiei‘of l’.-iteiits for the col.
l(‘(‘li-\ll and distrilnitiou ot‘ semis, and
sin-ill annual t1|l|)l'0pl'i=Itioll-1 were sill)-
<i"qllt‘l)llV inaile for the .~‘:llll(’ piii-pose
until l\’t‘i2 when ‘l‘_{‘l'lClllllll‘t‘, was :<ep:i-
rated front the P.-itcnt ()tl1‘ce and made
‘ill inilependeiit Dcpzwtiiieiit as it now
exists.

llrother D. ‘V_\'51l'l’- Aikcii, ti-out his
set.‘ in (‘0!l:_rl't"~‘.< on .\l:i_v the Hill. l:~‘.N~_>,
.~ rid. ~-.\’ii':——l“o~‘tci'iii_<_r t‘.5fl'lt'llll'Hl‘4‘ i-- no
cl-i.~< lt'}_fi~]~!li«)ll—-Illtivlt lv~.’< i< it won.
ll"‘.li'/il:'_" power in tlt‘ll‘llln"(* of" the Con.
stitutioii. for it is the people‘: .-:iu~e ris
\\‘=‘-ll as the ii-ition"< lilr-_ You nmv
s ‘-llllt‘ cvcrr .\lHt'l'it'.'1ll \'es:<el and 1-n7,e
t t'=t‘u'l'oiin«l all our ui-iiiiit‘..ctiirin<_r
I'«‘l:ll)ll~'lIlilt"lli<Z this pm-pie would rt».
nriin as proud tllltl iinlepeeulent and as
-'eli'-.~‘iipp<-i't'in-_»_' tt.~':tn\‘ 1;:-opt.-, on .\;;r'.'n_
lint should the ven<_ret'ul power of an
otfendcd Deity dost:-or but for a. siiigle
so-isiiiiall our ll‘_"l'l(‘,IIli;ttl':ll products,
.-iunihilatiou._bntli indiviuiaul and na-
tional. would be our iiievitable doom.
No, sir: agzriciiltiire, is :1 set-vice ton vast
in its extenttoo powerful in its hear.
ing upon the ivelfare at the people,
to be considered in the samelegislativc
("!1l(‘.‘_"0l‘_V with our other manifold iii-
ilustries.” '

Agriculture has outgrown its primi-
tire state. All the material condi-
tiom of tl10('01lllll'_V have advmiced a
thoiisaud fold; ,<_rrerit cities and towns
have gt-owii up; population has in-
creased very greatly. l\lflllllfil(‘tlll‘09
and eoiniiiei-ee.iiutter the fnsteriiig care
of the Federal Governineiit, have pro-
poi'tioiiatel_v advaiieed. and now n«_ri-i.
r'ulttII'9. no longer a passive iiitni-est,
lnitor2“inized throughout the Union
in the National. .\‘t.ate,(}otiiitv and Sub.
ordinate (‘rrau,<_res. has as-‘iiriied the ag-
gressive in the inaintenanr-c oi‘ its just;
rights and .'u-kiimvletlged grraiid ‘int-
portaiice to all the manifold tier-iipn-
tions and interests of our Whole ponple_

After the presentation and failu re of

a iiiiuiber of bills in diti'erent Cmi.:

,t_fI'f’S-st”. a bill was otl'ere<l at the last,
()oii<_rress and pa.<-soil both lloiiep_q~ put,

, having been aiuended in the Senate and

not i'eaeliim_r a eoiifr-i'eiice. cotnriiiltce,
it lhiletl. llut the establislinient by the

ricultural Departm>nt may be confi-
dently anticipated. Let. us not relax
our etI’oi-ts, however, “to make assur-
ance doubly sure.”

'riii«; DRIVEN \’Vl:‘.LL PATENT.

At loriner sessions of this body,
measures have been con-idered where-
by tlieinitpiities ot a t_\ nuinical law
as shown in the e;it'orced exactions oi
royaltits on patents, might be allevi-
ated or unit igatedwitliout dv.=privingiti-
ventorsof tliatprotection towhich they
are justly entitled as pioneers in ine-
cliaiiical progress.()u rurdcr has always
gladly contributed by its support and
eiicoiiraging influence to lighten labors
and increase rewards ot all who serve
usefully in every tield of science and
art. But we haxe been compelled again
and again to meet. the dratts oi’ swind.
lers for whom the law supplied con-
venient iiiacliiiiery, and we have gone
to the courts with the plea that rob-
bery of which we are made the vic-
tiins was also it tii~grace when it had
the sanction ot Govermnent.

This has been iiiostcoiispiciioiisly ii.
lustrated in wliatlias been aptly term-
ed the "driven well Iraud,” a. scheme
ot' plunder against which our protests
have been iiie1l'v.-ctiial until within the
past. week, when by a rigutcoiis decis-
ion of the United :',«t.ttes bu preinv Court
the iniquity is strippcti ol iui"ihority
and has now no scinbhiiiiriz ot’ siippoi-t,_
‘ret we can not ll‘ri'_';-L/Pi, that .f!ii'in;_; the
life ofa patent l'oiind<’:<i in t'i'.iiiu, thou-
~1ili4.l.Ht)i our people ll.lVt,‘ liven coni-
pelh-d to pay tribute, ‘to tlilu‘.‘(',- \\ ii-3
Yisitcil th--in with iltjlllillltl‘; that 1el't no
recoiir.-eexcept through tzn:-low proc-
c—»'oi law, that in the lil't'.~,t,‘lit ii.-siziin-6
ii.-is 'tiilt'i't‘tl its voice too late to :ill'oi'd
relit-t’, ext t pt for tint’-c o are t.n':tV6
o.-noiigh to i‘e-'i.st, ii hiie w::rtEni: iiiiglit.
be pi'oti'.u-ted tlimiigli weary years.
aitill we re-juice. in at triuniph cinbodic-I
in the l’igill(.‘()llS(lt‘tZl>l\Ill .3 hicli siziiiipa
with shame ll villainy lll.‘l.I, il.'l.~,' drawn
from lioue-gt iiniu.-try Vilfii F-llllls of
inoii-cy, as the price of protection
against. is ruin: of even greater iuagiii-
iude. Let us hope that our ri-pi'e.~eiit.~1-
tires in Congress may now see the ne-
ces-ity of so inodit'ying the p itciitsys-
tent that fraiuis can iiotiuvoke ‘nllt}CCSS-
folly its protection.

"there are other subjects to which
your attention might. be called, but; as
it. would beaiiticipating the reports of
our standing coiiiiiiittees, 1 will tie.-'ist».

For the l)llC\‘lll(‘:é.'~‘ operations and the
tinancial conditioii o. the Order, l rei'ei‘
you to the reports to be llltltlc by the
Executive U-niiiiiiittees, the Worthy
-3L't‘!’t*l:li‘_V' and the Worthy ’i'i'easui'ei‘.

\Villiiig obetiieiu-e on the p irt of our
iiicinbers to our luvs and ready acqui-
‘.'t~'t‘,Cllt't3 in cll tlcci~i-. I and tlie1i'=.iterii.1l
i'e;_r:ii'o iii:i;-iii-stctl to :ill the lIl(llll'!l
and l't*,i‘l}1l'iu::ll duties Of-'5 l’:ttro1is,
prompt» the to say l,il‘ti illl.‘til.~{'l_-,»l1Iie
in our ()riler is as [)\:’i.iel:t/ as could be
-l’r.~i l’tj(l.

'ltll£ w--nu AM) Sit tzigss (1t~".i:"

   

 

<;i:.-tutti
has liI't‘ll plici;oint:ii:al Iuitl it-au~oii1-
‘,)ii.s‘lililt'lli.~i \'.'o:niei'iiil. ll-_;:n;iiiig
t,wt:.at)'—oiic }'é>:ii'~‘ ago ‘Willi at class
llil1l>l‘tl to oi'g:iitiz:itioii and lll\.:lt‘i‘ll§s
toiiu;-l to -li.~cipliiii-, it, ha" c~..-ntiniacd
to ;tii\':itu't.‘ iintil now it h—: s .4. in=.—inbci'-
ship roll in ‘-)V|..‘l"\ State in the union,
tznd "l)ll.tlS ll.~' in zniitual ill‘-':‘.tl'llii\’ as
\\'ililt'tl>:t\hltJlll'U';:ittit,:iiil1oilgii its
iutlueiire is n'i)i)i)‘uV't‘l‘l|ll,il.~‘f1iiplii::1l.it’i!1
is as gentle an that, oi tier ,~i‘ii-;«-n Lilia-ad
that binds a wri nth oi" iiom-i-.-."’ Un.
der siich cir i|l!}Sltit1i,'t‘~‘ \\ llll it~ incul-
bcrsliip .~ ieggatc-,1 :in.l .- f!ll.t;§'t'ti ore:
.-ucii a wide extent oi it‘l‘l'i‘;tii“i', with
ei'i‘oiiou..-'. views‘ ofiho . s-millctl iiide.
1)L‘iHlL’llt't.‘,Ui. i‘:-.r:n liiln, _-,:iu'£':tt.l oi’ the
laws oi" t"Jl)lllll’l‘4‘(: Iilul the problem.-4 of
l)l>illit‘.:1l(’t't)lli*l!!\', l)]'i>!j'1't-55 ii”; “an.
es-:ai'ily _n-so-ii sl-.=w in the ;:ecoiiiplish-
uient oi he iIl‘.lli_\’ oH_i<~a:i.<oi'1lu-:oi'-

'.:‘ani7.:'itioii. Yet thi.-4-~.~low pi=ogi‘c.-5"’
has proven our >~_t:(?l_\‘ riéie nrg'-~.iiiz:i.-

tion has stood the «aim iai tc~t at time

critici.-ni Illltlt_Il)l!-i>iL,i1)il,illlll now all
[ll-’o.'»L who are I“I,"ll ti. will t.‘lititrl‘.~'tl the
vi.-.~;ert,ion ii; in all the ~.-.--eniia
t.'lt‘il|zlli~' of :~it':‘fl-"lit. t'(3l'l‘.l".i't‘litf.y
and cl‘ _. 1% i‘-'l ll  i t, he
only ti'=.tl:' iii‘ >l.i'i_tl'-’ti'1,|ll‘t‘. ill-,:;~‘8-I-ll-l‘.\\
lion in the t:oiiiit:_\’, 3:» r-ti'.»ll;,:2;i‘ that)
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its i-~~..t.>'.i-“ :n:*.'it liri-‘ ?u'<:'.I so ?l'il]!fl._

pliant. i!.l\ iiifg a-. _\'t-t, -ow
I’.ll~i;ii\‘i‘-’, \\ iih nu»; rly 4- oh]: rt uii.
(iL‘l'l2ll\t'll iii ii iii.‘ w.ij; -_.--.’.t-:«~).iipli.\l1.
lllt1lll,2lixtlli1vJ lu: t.'i.:i' in 1 that so tew
l:liil|l't‘-'4 li'i‘\'i-‘ luvu iiimle iii:i;i'i--‘s one
with the ieh-.1 lll‘!l,:tllllll.st:lfL‘il1:i.lit.l. is
directing it.» ti-.:.~:iiiiy.

There is llrjlll'_\’, liowever, to be ap.
pi'elieiidc.d trout the rc~'llc.~'~i and in]-
patient spirit. l‘ii:ilIllt‘,:lt’4l by soineol’
our ineiiibcrs in deiiiziiieliiig rzulicil
changes in our Constitution and By-
Laws, and in our beaiititiil ritual. An
idea seems to prevail in some quarters
that it" our tees and dues are reduced to
very small aiiiounts, and all the (le-
grces coiisoliilated into one short de-
gree, that our numbers would increase
to such an extent as to secure the ac-
coinplishiiieiit of all our pu_i'poi=cs:it.
once. Upon .~'-:ober reflection it will be
S(‘:t‘.ll that ive have tiiulert:ii<en an im-
niense work, that of elei'.~ii.ing the
fairnier and pi-cp:'n-ing llllli to co-
operate iiitelligcntly with his :ieigl1-
bors for the protection and :uii';iiicc-
inent. ot his own rights and inn-i-ests,
and that it will take time and patience-

The Giuiige is not a te.n~.poi'.-ir_v or-
g_':1iii7_:tilt)lI,f-_1‘Uil(‘.ll up to secure some
re\'olution:ii'_v purpose. It is to ag.
riciilture what iu:t~'our\'  tochariiy.
Foltiuled as i is upon the ;_§i'e:it plin-
ciples oi‘ ll‘ili-il,j\l~llLfL‘, an-l cqii:ilit_v,
it is destined to live on anti on, pro-
gicssiiig with the iiiarcli of iIn'pi'ove-
inc;-nt, the t-{Paint eoi2.<r-i'v:iIoi' nt'l:ii'iii-
ers’ rights. promoting t,h«'- gs-iiei':il in-
terest,-: ofall people. Sin:-c it has tri-
tiiiiplniiitly battled througli tkc ex-

 

 

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THE G-HANG-E‘ V ISITQR-

 
   

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Ind perrnauently established under the
Workings of our laws and eonstitu tioii,

and the teachings of our ritual, I:

would suggest that only those changes
he made where experience has proven
them to be absolutely required.

While We are conteinplatiiig with so
much pride and pleasure the growth
and prosperity of the Order, our
hearts are saddened as we prtllse to pay
8 tribute of respect and honor to the
memory or

BIKOTIIER DAVID VVYATT AIKEN,
whom we all loved and veiieriitetl as a
latlier iii the Grange. \Ve use no idle
expression in 5J:)'lllJ' we teel the want
of his presence, his counciliiiid wis-
dom, for he never missed a I'epl‘L‘S‘..‘lllZil.-
t1Ve_ lneitilig 01' the National Urrange
until prevented by sickiicss, and the
history ofthe Order bears the ini press
of hisalnlity, zeal and fidelity. Lan-
guage ls luttuequaw to express the
emotions experienced in reporting to
the Natioiial (jwaiige the death ot one
so thoroughly identiliul with all its
workings and so universally esteemed
by the entire meuibersliip. II is able
pen and eloquent Voice were ever used
to ztdvtfcate the rights and interests of
farmers. He displayed the same cour-
age and earnestness in lavor ot lariiiers’
rights before the Congress or’ the
United States that he did in the secret
meetings of the (‘rt-ange. lie was
truly an able, tititliful advocate and
friend of the fariiicr. Last spring I
heard that he was prostrated by dis-
ease b_e_\‘ond the hope of l'eco\'t:l') . and
knowing the grezitdistaiice to his home
would prevent the atteiitlxiiice at hi.-
Iiiiicral of any of the olii :ers of the
Nzllltlllill L‘rr:i.iigc, and beiiig zissiiretl
t.li.it it would meet. with your zip-
provzii, I Wl'ul.<: in zttlviiiirc to llrotlii,-r

lpacotiih, tltc Wortli_v i\l:isti-i' ot‘llii-
South Uaroliiizi State ll ritiigu, to iiiitkc
hi-l ‘il"'.lll ’lJI_,‘tlls to he pt'e~:eiil. us it
I'C'pl' A ittniivc of the .\:itioii;tl lli'.~iiig_;t-
tiiitl ,g".\'e tcstiiiioiiy ol the lll_‘._4'll t,‘~'lL'l‘lll
lll wliiuli llrotlicr ;\Il{l.‘ll was livid b\
the I’.i.troiis of II il.-il):llltll‘_\'. i

‘Alter I liziii received 1'roin I}l‘l>Ilit'l'
Lip.-conib the sad news that Ilrotht r
Aiken was de;t.l, I W rote Ul'UIilt'l
Tl'IillI)lC,U'tlI‘ wortliy secret:.ii'_\', lllltl re-
quested him as "one of the louiiilcrs ol
the order, well acqii-tiiitcd with Iii-
valuable services. to pei-l'orni the sad
duty or Writing ll. tribute to his mem-
ory to be otlicially pi'oniiilgatetl.”
I include this very npproprixile tri-
bute and ni:il-:e it a part ul this report
that you iiiay see how proinpily and
fceiingly tliese Brothers perforiiied the
duties assigned them, as follows :

HON. I). WYA l"I AIKEN.
DIED AT COKISSBURY, s. c., APRIL 6, i857.
NATIONAL Git.-i.\'ci;, l’. or l-l., '

fvIASTEP.'5 UFI-‘ICE, l".Avi;'i'rr., 34155..

May 20, i287. I
To the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry:

“iih emotions of the deepest sorrow I ad
dress myself to the sad duty of announcing
to you the recent death of our beloved broth
Er, lion. I). ‘.‘.’yart Aiken, which occurred :1'
his home in Col-zcsbury, S. (2., April 0, I887,
itfiera long and painful illness, which wa-
borne by liim with manly fortitude and Chris
tian patience.

Anticipating his death, and fearing that
time and (ll:sI£1ll(.‘C would not permit me oi
any other officer of the N itiunal (iraiige to
attend hi’; funeral, Ifcqlltixltibl Brother jiis.
N. Lipscoinb, Master of the State Grange oi
S. (2., to do :5; as a rcprcsevitaiivc of the Na
tional Orange.

Iii» report and the following coiiiiiiunicrr
tions are Iiertzwitii published as ti part of l.l'Il.\
announcement:

MASTER'S Orricic, P. or H., l
Si‘.-i'rr: (}it.i:.'t;i«; or S. C., —
COI,lE.‘.ll£lA, S. (.1, April ii, 1857.
Hon. Put I).iidi:n, Master National Grange:
Dear Sir and Brother — In nccortlance Wllll
our request I attended the liuiial of Pro. I).
Vyait Aikeii on the 7th of April, 1837. I
had it unrlcrstood that I was present at youi
request and authority as a representative ol
the National Grange, and that had time per-
mitted a much larger number would have
been in attendance.

I had arranged with the Secretary and oth-
er ofiicers. of the State Orange to be prcseni
in regalia, but they were unable to arrive in
time for the funeral. I was the only one
who succeeded in arriving in time to take

art in the services. I was from home when

rc-ceived the telegram, and took the next
train from where I was. I send you by this
mail a newspaper containing resolutions and
an account of the funeral.

Very respectfully and fraternally,

jns. N. LIPSCOMB.

I soon after addresse I the following
letter to the Worthy Secretary of the
Natioiial (.‘rr;tnge:

NA‘l'lUNAL GRANGE, l‘. or IL,

MASTER'S Ul-'l<‘lCE, FAVE’! rrz, Miss.. f
Dear Brother Trimble:

May 2, i887.

Brother I). VVy.itt Aiken is (lead. He
whom Patrons everywhere loved for his fidcl
fly and devoiion to the Order of the I’;ttrons
of Husban .ry. honored for his integrity, abil-
ity and zeal. and revered for the sincerity and

uriiy of his Christian character, noiv rests
in eternity.

It is rignt and proper that his distingiii~;li-
ed services in behalf of our order should be
officiiilly recognized.

I therefore request you, and I am confi-
dent Patrons everywhere will €Il(If)l'.\C the re-
quesi, as one of the founders of the oiilcr,
well acquainted with liis. valuable .-,erviccs,
to perform the sad duty of writing a tribute
to his memory to be olficially proniulgatctl.

Very truly and frntcriially,
l’i,:'r I)AR[)l£.N',
Master National Grange.
To which the follo-.\in__; reply was received:
NA’l[ il\'.\l. (IRAN E, l’. or fit’?

-r:citr-;'i'zti<'{‘s (.)i-‘r‘ir:i-;,
WA5;lIlN(;'l‘t)N, 1). L'., May :2, i837.
Hon. l’ti: Udrtlell, .VIa.~‘lt:r .\';iiioiiaVl)r.iiige:
Dear Sir and Ilrothi:r—- \Iihoi.-gh in:iiIc-

   

 

goals to the task, I take a iiiclniiclioly pleas» '

-Ire in C.’).'Vlll)l_\lli_'-_f with your rerpi-.:st ti ny a
tribute ol lvlll’ rcspcttt upon the toinli if our
~Iameiit~:il Iiizir-icr Aiken, for few men l>{l!C‘V
Iiin lJ‘."l*.‘l' or lllttfél Ii:vu uiorc. I"-..r foi2!1...n
years I i-‘as in qilniuat (I lily prr-on 1| int-:r

luur-~c or III Iii.-’lll'Illi fiit.ii<l.y or o1f:...i: g VII

     
 

lesponrl-soc. with liirn. We v.i;i,- ., '(l lg.
:»... -:i.z. .1 tics oi l'ii:;i.i2»'-.p,

4 'ill.
) "4. .' of live 0;’!-_~r if ll." I‘.-t

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I

rons of Husbandry to his early advocacy of
its principles, and his subsequent and con-
tinuous devotion to its interests, can never
be overestimated or sufficiently expressed.

To quote from the pen of another of the
founders of the Order:

“His early conceptions of the possible
achievements of the Order were very ad-
vanced, and he saw beyond most others its
vast and comprehensive educational features.
Ile proved the sincerity of his convictions by
his earnest and long continued labors in in
troduciiig the Order throughout his native
State as well in other States, and many
tlioiisaiids of Patrons first heard of the Or
(Yer from his eloqiicnt lips or from his able
pen. I-‘or :1 period of fourteen years he was
a prominent nicinbcr of the Executive Com-
mittee of the Natioiial Grange, and no high-
cr praise can be accorded than his contiiiued
election to this important and re:eponsible po-
sition.”

In II72, when the Order wasrin its infan
cy, obscure and unknown except to a few
earnest thinkers and viorkers, before the first
representative session of the National Grange
had been called together, Col. Aiken came
to Washington as a delegate from his State
to an agricultural convention called by the
Coininissioncr of Agriculture, and to satisfy
hiniself as to the merits and claims of the
new Order that had been brought to his at-
tention.

Finding that the convention was going to
prove a failure, so far as it was proposed to
benefit the farmers, he made a short, em
phatic speech, in which he was called to or-
der by the chairman. Brother Aiken, how-
ever, held the floor, and, in ringing tones,
startled and astonished the politicians and
tlicoretical agricultiiralists cornposing the
convention by the following prophetic lan-
guage:

“ fliis is an agricultural convention, but I
have not licarti the word agriculture spoken
3lIlC€ it conzcncd. We seem to be gatlieretl
here in llit‘ iiiicr is of L‘t.)ll]l'l‘it.'l‘CC and ethics.-
tion. The lIlll.’l't.'SI\ {If the fziriiicivi (lpl_Jc11l‘ to
be ~;:iitircly lg ort-d. 'llii.s will Il1‘IfLl\VIly\' hr
the L“l>C, for tin c is nor." .~.pi'iiigiiig up iitiir-ng
I.l‘c lit!-iicis of our C0ll:‘.x'i')' an organ‘
that will tczicii them their rights, and, know-
ing tliciii, l|iv.\‘ Will ti :1". lo Ill.‘-.l!ll.llll lllijill.
Ii1ic;inlht~ uni ‘t'l(Il‘ l'!H)\\,‘ll as the lllticl’
of the l’.1‘iro=.v. of I.ll.l~l".ll: ry."

At fl. >illl.llfl.!'Ct)l1i!.3lillI)Il, called by the De-
priiliiient of r\gllClIll‘J!‘C :1 few ye. r.
ilro. \ll(€ll TL"\tl an ailtlress ii'oi:ri
Grange: its (lrigan. l’l‘-";gl’€$.~}, and l£iliic;ition—
‘1ll’ill’pL).~C.\_.” that so pl\Jl<}Ul"l(lly iinpresscil
the convciiiion that it was printed mid Will:
ly circiilzitcd by the I):-prirtinciit. More than
10,000 copies of tlii~ famous atltlre.-S-. which
has become one of the classics of the Urilcv,
has ‘since been clistiibttted by the .\-'.itioii?.l
L.‘-range.

Dtiriiig his many years of service in Con-
gress he was ever vigilant and active. in com
iniltecs and on the floor, wheiievcr the inter
tlnlri of the farmer were afiiccietl by proposed
legislation.

When a change of national ailminisiration
rendered the appointment of a new Comniis
sioncr ol .~\gricul'ure probable, I’-ro. Aiken".-
name wasproinptly and earnestly presented
to the President or that important ofiise. IIl;~
feelings in the premises are best explained by
quoting from a private letter to the writer un
der date of .\iarch 25. 1885:

“It was delightful to B.\l_)L‘Yl€lllIC the reliel
I felt on 5 ttiirday when Isaw that lilo. Col
inan was nude C'JlllllllS$li)nEl' of .~\griculturc.
I did not want the i;-fficc; it would hrtvc been
,'.S€l’l!ll.lS sacrifice to have taken ii. My ev
cry earthly inve~tincnl is in my farm and
ll()iilE) and to have sacrificed them for four
years would have been trying. My wife sel
«loin alluded to the possibility of my success
'.Vllill'll1I. tears. My home, my Churcli, my
clilldren—-all l9.ll1Clll.Ctl ii, andl my.~;elf:1l-
tnost prayed against it. The Naii.ii1al Griiiigv:
most kindly Pl'r.i.\Cfll.L.‘(l my rixime and thi-
compliment I could not have ignored, for I
tlzill not realize towlut extent I would not
illlllie sacrifices for the Patrons of lIu.~tl\illldl')'
and for this reason alone I C0l1:sGlllt‘(l to iht
use of my name.

“I would rather to day be Master of the Na
tional Grange th ill. to be L‘oiiiinissioiicr of Ag
.icultitrc. cvcii if I were out of Lloiigr  for
there I think I could rind my field of useful
iicss."

\'t.rily, in the death of Bro. Aiken the 01'
ilcr of the Patrons of Ilusbaiidry ha»; lost one
of the stroiigest pillars of its support.

I can not close this brief and imperfect
tribute to the memory of Brotlicr .\ilten
.vithout bearing my personal testimony to hi.-
moral wo-th and his exalted Clirislian char-
acter. The teachings of our religion had often
oeeri the subject of our serious consideration.

just before leaving Ilaltimore, where he
had been for medical treatment, I spent a
Sunday with him.

Mrs. Aiken, taking advantage of my pres-
ence. had gone to church and we were alone
together. He Iiad been informed of the
hopelessly incurable nature ofhis disease and
believed death to be near anti inevitable. Our
conversation naturally turned upon religion
and the future life. In response to my in-
quiries, in the most earnest and solemn man-
ner, he declared his belief in Christ and in
the cfli -acv of H's atone item, and hat
through H m his red.-m_i ion and s\["fl[ilOn
were :l.\5‘tll’:d. It was the suhliniity of Chris
tian faith. In every relation of life his char-
acter stands as a shining exemplar, worthy of
all itiiitation. In conclusion, allow me to
quote from an editorial in the Charleston
News and (lourier, whose columns had been
so often enriched by Bro. ;\il<en's pen:

"Faithful and feailcss, tried aiitl true, hon-
est and livmorable. independent and incor-
ruplilile. fearing (‘nod and guided in all the
walks of life by the one unvarying rule of
right, I). Wy.->.v.t Aiken wasasoii of whom
South Carolina had more l.ll.lll reason to be
proud, and a citizen who.-re loss she has every
reason to mourn .Nll‘lCCl't‘ly and long."

Sorrowfully and fraternally yours.
Jl)H.\' 'I‘in.uiii.s.

Patrons, as your repri-seiit.'itlve,I de-
sire to eiidorse. eiiipliiisizr-,, and repeat
every expressioii contztiiied in the
nlmve; anal, turning to the bereaved
fiimil y of our deceased brother, in
your iuime, beg peruiission to rev-
ermilly approach the Sfl(‘.|‘Od precinct
of their grief, to mingle our syinp:i-
thizing tears with tlieirs, and to as-
sure them that the ll?|llt)W(3(l grave of
D. Wyatt Aiken will ever be to us, as
Pntroiis, holy grouiitl.

(JICOICIIE I)l-IXTICR IIINCKI.I“.Y.

 

 

 

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Soon itfti,-i‘ the last $Ill2|lI’l.l ~‘t‘.5-‘~'tlflll 4

-uniiiy of the int-inlii-r.-i who nttziiiili;-ii,

our ll|l‘l*l'lllj_’.'i in the t'orIii-tllvi- pi‘:-ioil

'ot'our (Mli.-i‘. \v«-re piiur-xl by the mil

ll:ll‘lll‘_"f‘lll‘l‘ tlirit one of its int-sl vil-
ll-'~l war‘-:vt‘~I llllil lll'l‘lI l'Illl-.‘(I lir-in iv, his

vf’|l‘!i.l'.’ labors rl-wt-vl, ii iwvlsil lil'i:-

if.'il'.l"V‘

’l'lioi‘~: ziro iimiiilieis now pre.i- |

ent who remember with ii.tI'i-ctioii this
good Bi-other George Dexter llin«-k-
ley, the tirst Master of the New York
State Grange, who gave that body the
coniinnniliiig influence that has m-tale
it since illl able coatljutor in our work,
and a living moiiunient to the iiieino-
ry of our depiii-ted brother, whose
wise counsels have frim the earliest
formation of our Order exerted such
beneficial iiifiuence. In this presence
I m ty he pei-iiiitted to say that every
meinber of every subortliuate Grttiitre
in our land, when impressed by the
beauties of our l‘ltl1lll~}l.lc service. his
felt the silent influence of thought
that hail its origin in the lnll]'I of our
depirteil hrotlier George D. IIllMkle}',
for to him we owe some of the most
delightful lessons of our ritual that
have survived Without chaiige all the
ye,-irs since they were first (30IlBltIl‘I'(’(l
by the few brothers and sisters who
were pioneers in a work thit has its
late~t exemplication in this 21st mi-
nunl session of the National Orange, in
a State. upon whose rolls are lionorml
names of its Governor, its (ll~‘llllglllSll-
ed statesnieii, jurists, teachers and
thousanils of Patrons to whom the
life of George D. Iliiickley was the
benison that virtue gives to all who
seek to promote the good of their fel-
lows and the weliare of mankind.

ELLA ziioLi.ii-2 Lirscoua.
The mortuary roll, that in its read-

ing now thrills with pain every heart.
is extended by the n-tine of it sister ii.
whom were grouped all the virtue
that iidorn highest \V0lll‘lIlll()U(l, and
the Cllfl-l'llls‘ tli-it beget :i1l'i-.ctioii sub-
linirttoil .-is the :ippre--i=itioii of Woui~iu-
Iy ivortli and the ::i':iit-cs tliztt by their
so set inllueiit-e rel'ine and elevate hu-
nriu Ulllll'2ll"lI!l'. llut two sliort _‘.'(f'll‘.~
siiico you who nlteiiileil the l|lil€’l,(.‘Cllllt
--.iiuu:il so-sioii or this l£i'-iiige f_"Il\'t'
;"l.l<l \\‘eli-,oint‘- to Si-lei‘ Lip~eoi:i?i.
who in tlie .-o<-ioii lint one yi-:ir he
l'nri: laud l|l‘(illj_;'lli within our eiri-,lu :i'
ll(".‘.’ ('lllI‘lll, but wlio.-o tl:i_\'.~e, non
‘llIllll)Cl'|',‘ll, have I-eeii too iillnfi. unit
ivliose lift: i;li.-st-«I ere its noon ilriy ru
-li:tn<:e li:iil l'('lli'lll’(I its full, ll‘l.S Il‘ll
sill l'(’llll’llll)l“.ll<'.l3 ol'il«-_p-ii'tcil joy. 'I‘--
our sister bi-longeil the iliggiiiry of ex-
ztlttrii womiiiiliooil, with all its power-
or uselnl iiilliieiitct-, ngniii.-t \VlllI‘.ll tlw
liir-Ii tit-ei‘ei-. of iiie.\'oi':ible title inter
pl)~'(‘,(l, wliile life wits yet in the bloom
it‘ riizh proiuise, has not bemi wholl_\
elf-utuitl, for its ciltll'|ll is still left as :i
-tiveat reiuinder ot virtues that in their
-exeriiplifiitutioii by those who l'l'llltIlli
we liunibl_v trust will lll:~‘lll'C to uni
()rdei‘ that iiiiiiiortnlity whit-.li is tha-
ever present desire of the soul as it dis-
tinction ofmiiitl and its subtle quill
lies, iiivisible but real {IS our world.
limited by life, so tar as liiim:iii vi-'i-in
 coiicei-iicil, Init more real when Illl'
Vail shall be lifted, as it wll be :it last.
to its nll. Fi':1teriiall_v f~‘lll)llllIl”(l.
PUT I)Aimi:N.
----———~——-I:o1—-—
THAT BAD MA

   

N!
Some of the Influences that Make
Sinners of us Instead of Saints!

;\Ior:il chni':ictei'istics are too often
tlie.oiit;_gro\vtli of |)l]_V~,1lt‘.:ll(3?l.ll~ZC-‘I. II
so should a man with it (llSl‘:l.S(‘ll boil_\
be tru.~'ted with uriiiies. b.-iiilts, rail-
roiiils or other great eiiterpi'i.<e~?

In order tosti'eii,-_rtlieii the llllllll, wi-
niust sneiigtlieii the hotly. lint in
titling pliysiciil l'oi'irt--2, tzertziiii iiiu=<:li~,.-
are t'i'i-qiieiitly :~,=li'eiig1lieueil.lioscxiiiscol
their ll~‘t*, til the sticrilioe ot the part.-
of the body uiieniployeil.

Tlio o:ii'.-iiiieii develops the lllll§Cll'.\'
that are bivuiglit into use in rowing.
ind by contiiiually developing tlirni
he is prep:ircil for the great event.
The poetinid the artist. study nature
to improve the mind and the 93 0.

The irritable man, the unjust man.
the iiiisticcessfiil mun, the Wulllzlll in
her duties of life, the counting l'0IIIll
tlefaulters, and the tlioiisaiiils continu-
ally lll:ll\'IllJ,' failures, receive too little
chitritv, even when the result is p os-
tration by disease, or sudden death by
.-'l1lCltlC‘, or some terrible crime. For
not until lit'e is ended, and the result
of the post-mortem exaiiiiintioii is
kiioWu,can the physician declare that
the cause was organic tlemiigeinent oi
the system. They pronounce it blood-
poisoiiing. inelanclioly, loss of vigor.
or nervous prostration. These so-call-
ed diseases, nine times out of ten, arise
from the kidneys, which are (ll-8:H(3tI
so that they cannot expel the Waste
iiritter from the blood.

There are liundreds of tlioiistiiitls of
people who do not know that the
saine qnaiitity of blood that pisses
throueli the heart (this much fzivoreil
and 8.(lll|Il‘e(l organ). passes also tlirougli
the kidneys. If the latter oi-grins are
lieziltliy, injiirious lll*l.tIl§l' is not retain-
cd, but the pure blood that has be-
come liltei-ed by the little hair like
tubes which till the kitlueys, goes to
the heart to be tlilliised tlirougli thi-
entire body, piwliieiiig lieiltli, and
again tikiug up deadly waste lIl:1lIi(‘.l',
as it goes.

But if the kidiieys are diseased, the
uric acid .tf,t:i.cl;.~: the weakest organ in
body, which must eveiitinilly {rive
wny. It is then that the physiciiiii
and the patient treat what are re-illv
the effects, not the causes The strong:
point that t.lie propi'ietoirs of \V:u'iier’s
safe cure make is that their great rein-
ed_\' cures so many geiieriil tlisezises be-
cauac it corrects the (:‘llI<C.~‘, leaving the
ell'e<-.ts to right Ill\‘llISl,‘.lVl'.~i.

Now. no-ir|_v every one who lieconies
pro~lr ll(‘(l. is, il' l'oi'tiiii:tt.i-, euou2‘li, nlilc
tisi-t-iii'e the iitti-iitious ot':t pliy.-'ii:i.tii,
who .-risks to iii-Ike an ztii-.il_v-is of the
lluitls passeil. We h-ivc no iloiilit that
t.'wo loiiii.li~i's of W.ii'ner‘.~i F‘lli,‘ viii-.:
h,l’t'(‘ "\\"ll{«‘lll‘lI the int-ilii-:il llll'.il front
in--"r lo I: ii-;;_v on the i:iip=u'l.-iiice of
u 2 . ‘. ‘
We ll

.l~‘.

rii I12-IIJVIII i'::a;:iipt of it little

book. \V:irner’s safe cure pfuwiphlet, in
wlil--h we find very viilualrle internm-
tion in i-i-gm-4-l to diseases, the causes of
their existence and their cures. It is
very ingeniously put before the read-
eriiicoiiversntiiiiizil style, the render
asking questions. and the puhlisliers
in their l|ll.'4WCI‘S iintklin: very plain
mine points but seldom tinder.-touil.
Tliis in-titer will be received with
mu--h more iiiteri-st tlrin the mass of
stuff which is flouting about tiie
country. procliiniing the various iner-
its of preleiitled no.-trtiuis.

He Tried Eviction.

The wliol.-.-ile evltati-nu ol farmers
from Iowa r iilro id l.-ind-i reniintls me-
that at one time I es.s:t_\‘etl to be a land
shark. and although ye.-irs have p:lS.~‘I-ll
Ishal-I never forgo-t the plezi.-tire ox-
perii-iicetl iluriiur the few short llutlrs
that I held at i-.l:iiin—-or thought I In Id
it. It was niilroml lrtntl, too, in tho-
gztrdeii spot of a W(.’.~Kl,‘l‘lI stuti-, in d is
now inn-mg the most V:llll:ll)lt'. proper
ty in a rich county. B it to the .ator_\:

The Sioux City & St. Paul I‘-‘lll|‘n:|Il
nouip-my Iiiul lorleiteal its claim to 9
large tract ol'l-iiit|—torl'eitetl by non
ooinpliince with the I iw I|D1I('l' which
the ,-_rriiit was in-ule The lU|‘|ll1ll (INI-
l:ir.-itioii of torI'eitIlre had not be-en
-publisht-il but there were :1 numb:-r ol
«-iiibryo [Il2l|Ilt'l’S with tlieireurs to tha-
ground waiting for the annoiiiic-miii,-nu:
and I was one of them. One |IlI'H.8-‘till
iviiuer nfteriiooii the report c.-tine ili.-ii
-'oiigre.ss was about to do soiiii-tliiiitr.
I‘he news in itself w:is in-‘piriiig. tho-
more so when it was lI‘?ll“lll‘ll that thin
-'soiiivtliiiig"\v:is to tliroiv the torleiti-il
l'llltl open for so-ltli-iiii-nt. A lllIllll)t'I'
«nl'oppi'es~e-I and l.‘|X~l‘l1lll(‘.ll l'i'i't-nu-ii

|"llI ii llll'l'llll‘._" in the upper i-lizinilu r
--I‘ it privnti-. l‘l'-lil1‘|ll‘l.‘ thzit. €‘\'I‘lIIll‘I.
ll|‘l ri iii-ip of tilt‘ ltiiils \'l':l-i (_'-;ll‘l3lllll\
lIiV1“ll;_"Il('1l. \\'e tliviilt-il the pi'opo-in
ty lioiiv-‘ll_\'.:iiiil we \Vt'l‘t.' it .‘it'li‘-*-’lIl*

lll’ll pirl._v ulli-i'ili~piti-liiiig :iii l’.2't‘lll
'-i I)o.-i .\Iniiu>~1 to locate our izliiiiiis.
‘hi-rt-, wsis neliippiiir in uI'SL.'U eiiitli to
p‘l)' the t‘llll.~N'll'_\ ’s i-xpeiisi-s.

In ztboutit week the iige-iit. retiii'iied
\Vl[ll a roll of ni~ip~=, tlirigrnnis iiiiil
-il inks, which were (lt”\'lill_‘Ll in tha
-'-tine ;.teii«-rolls lll‘lllll(‘I' that IlI:Il'l\'l'll
ihe 1l[)ll0l'll()lIl|l1I of the l.-in-ls. I Illlll :i
i’l'l!("—l‘l-lllll iiiiil it liouii-ste.-itl—~iiot wish-
ing, you -‘W0, to nbsorli the whole t‘.2lI'llI
at the tir.-‘t gulp. ;\l_\’ tree rlnim i~
~'till l.\'iii;.’ out of doors viitliout it tree
upon it: but the honieste-til was that
ip-in which I iuteniled to rear my lit-
iIefnuiil_v:intl raise potiltry. It wu-
Iocnti-il in section 3;’, township 92.
i-nige 4:3. rind without mii -.li ilitlicii -
l_V I ll isrovi-i'eil that l Illltl strtick :-
'siinp.” The "t]llfll'I(3l‘” Ii.-iil l)(.‘€‘Il uiitlt-r
-iiltiviition for .-evi-i':il _\'€:ll'H, being in
the possi-ssioii of :1 siiirily fririner who
ii-til bought it from the i':tilro:id com-
piiiiy on 21 miiirii-.'t, and was waiting
fut‘ his devil.

Iivns :iIw:iys of :t peuceztble turn.
“lllil priiii in others lll tile me sorrowful.
I tliilift want to turn the iitil'oi'tu:i:ilt=
l':iriiiei‘ out into the bleak winter with-
.iut {I ]il:lt'0 oi slieltt-r. The good in
llll’ pl'l,‘lll>liIlll:lll’(l, and kept predoiniii-
uing uiiiil I iiulile-l ll. letit-r to the
~qlI‘-1.Il.l.‘i‘. That letl-_-.i' siiiilz

Iii‘ virtue ol‘.=i can-l.-iiii tiling now on
|'L‘('()I'(l in the i*i‘~_ristt-i".-i ollirv, I am [In-
-ole. Hlll\ zinil i'i;_-'hit'nl owner of .\I. E.
l :32 U2--if», :tlIol I write to .-iiggest that
you will upon me :llllI iitnlte. me an
-iller lookiu,~_r LU:|.N‘Iill'lllOlIL Of coiirsi-,
I i't-mgiiizi-. in you :1 ?~qll:lIIL‘l', with no
i-i;:lits on the [)l'l'llll~‘L’.*!, but I li-ive no
-li-sire to l!l.ll{t‘ jmti itny tri-iible. I
would i-:-.il:i:i' that we 2ii*i':i.iigc lil'l[l.l‘l'.~l
niiiii-.:ihly. I xvi.-li to niove my t':unil_v
upon the fnrui at my e:ii'liest conven-
ieiict-,.'iiixl it tlinre-.t'oi'e will be neces-
~:'tI‘l' that you call upon me soon.

That was :i pretty well written let-
ter. I diil:i’t wait ni:iii_v days for an
‘lll~'\Vel; and it was the most soul-s:it-
islyiiig letter that has yet come into
my life. l<"ew and short were the
Words it mid, but it S|l\I. them right
out. The reply rt-ud:

Stu: If you take me for 8. sucker,
you are wonderfiilly inislaken in your
man. No spindle-legged titnilertoot
can scare me into giving up my rights
to the farm I bought and p iid for-no.
not ifl know it. Just come up here
and take p--ssessioiil I woii’t sho-it
you; you neeilii’t be nl'r:iid of that; bu t.
this I do promise: l’ll kick you from
here to the county seat, and then make
you go before ii. not:n'y and swear that
Iilitljiistsiii-h  tllIll}£. If you feel
like settiiig me out in the bleak win-
ter llll(ll‘l‘ the oimiiiiistrtiices, try it on.

My lie:irt got the better of my iu<l<.'-
ment. and I let the 1‘.-llow have undis-
puted pos-essioii of the property. and
he holds it to this tiny. I zibtiiidoiietl
I'C‘|l estate i-pet-,nl:ition then and there.
—EV(3lllII‘__[ .lourn ll.

..._.4>O&>————-
Beauty Withou t Paint.

"Whit: inukes my skin so dark and niiidtlv?
My chunks w-~r.: once so smooth and rod iyl
] use the best t‘t\fiI|lt‘l.I(‘B iiinde,"

Is \vliu.t a lovely maiden said.

“Thii.t’s not the cure, my cliitrmirig Miss,"
The doctor s:i.id—“i'i iiioiubt-r this:

If you your skin would keep from taint,
Discard the powder and the paint.

‘-The proper thing for such ills

Is this," rem-.i.rkei1the iiiiui of pills;
"Enrich the blood mid iii:-.lto it p.'.r¢.~- -
In this you'll find the only cure."

Dr. Pit-rce's Golden .\ledi—.:sil Dis-
cover_\' will do this without tail. It
has no equal. All tli'iiggists.

.,___.___,._,,_,__ W , ,

The Nlllllllltll cutile groivers‘ associ-
ation,at liniisiis t-it_i', ¢l!,’lll)|lll»“.ClI the
pi'es.<i-il lit-el iiioiioply; ‘.ll'l,'.l:l|'(’(I in fri-
vor of the oli:«>iiiiii'g:ii'iiie lnw: urged
('.Ullgl‘l'S'4 Ill [I115-9 21. |lll_‘lll'lI—[)ll!'IllllUlIlily
bill, and in view of the piei-‘i-iii-niil‘
3 t-ziitle ili-czist-s in Elll">]>=‘, czillt-ll upon
I the si-t-.i't-l"ti'y of ti'ei-iii'_v to t-tl-;e
: prompt rictiou to pri-t'i-nt the impel‘-
 tutioii of ini'e.-in-il tzitliei.

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Mills. Lacey&Dicltinson’s Pharmacy
N. E. Cor. Monroe and Div. Sta,
GRAND Ritrtns, MICK.

YES I

You can get

Dairy Thermometers,
Hydrometer: for Mill and Cites.
Butter lllllll‘,

Lllllllll llflllllfil,

and in fact anything in the Drug an!

Chemical line of

Mi11s,Lacey
and
Dickinson.

I39-141 Monroe St., N. E. Ger.

Division .

We are Sole Agents for

KASKI NE,

“The New Quiriine."

which we are having a great sale of

Send or call for descriptive samples.

Don’t mistake the location,

N. E. Corner of Mon-
roe and Division

::lts., Wenham Block.
inayll

IL. s. & M. s. R. R-
PULLAMAZOO DIVISION TIME TABLE.

Stand’ ard time-—9om' inen'd.tan_‘
GOING SOUTH.
_,-SJ-V‘ IEEUSJ ‘Z Szwlii
___M____ _ __ '___"____V__v (Express. Ex & M
be Grand Rapids 7 ’
Lr -‘illegal; . . . . . . .

Wgy P.

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\r K'.alain;~_~.oo. . I3 :5:
\i' ScI’inolci‘aft. . . . so 27
\r Three Rivers. . ii 05
Lr Whit»: Figeon.. it 3;
tr Toledc. . . . . . . . 5 05
‘xi’ ~'.‘lesz,-L..i:i:.l 9 40
\.r Llulf-.iI~3.
N Y S: B N‘! I’: C
lEx B: Mllixpnss “'3, H
L‘! l$iif'f"iiI . H 55 AM it 40 AM .
\r Cl-.-vet 6 4o PM‘ 5 35 "
\: Tolewli,  . iioo “ 9“) “
\r Wliitc l'igeon.. S 55 an 2 40 PM
\r Tlir:-e Ir‘-.iV'crs. . 6 2 “ . on “
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Al‘. more connect at Whimgirgeoc with trains on
unlit line. T F. ‘vVHrr'.'isr.si:V.
Supt. Kalamazoo Division. l~...iI.a" mazoo.

MICHIGAJH CENTRAL RAILROAD.

DfiPl\R".‘UE8 or nuns FT-toll IcAx..u4Azooi
ITME-TABLE-—-MAY :3. i884.
Standard lime—«;oth meridiaziq
WE‘.TI'WARD.

  
 
 

    

Kalamazoo Accommodation leaves” 
Kalamazoo Express :urivcs.......,.... . . . . ..
Ex"2nIl‘l[Z Express. . . . x
Pacific Ex .. . 3 17

all . . . . . . .. . . . . . . it 38
I__:¢-:y_Eir'p7re<.s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EASTWARD.

V 'i_—_— A 7- A. M. I‘. M.
Night Eiqm-.ss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    
  
 
 
 
 

Kalamazoo Accommodation I-eaves. .. . .
K .ilarri-.4200 E'.x-press arrives. . . . . . . . .

M.-Lil.
Day Express. . . . ..
New York Expres-3..
Atlantic Express. .

New York. AKli;l:I:.:i‘3liA||d Pacific Exprsses _da.lIf.
Evening Express west and Night Express cast daily at-
cept Saturdays. All other trains daily except Sundays

Fr:-ig,l.t trains carrying pa.-ssengers out from Kalamazoo
as foil-awe: No. 29 -(east) at gzxo P. M. and No. 2o(wefl
at 32r—\, brim: passangen; from cam at 12:45. P. M.

H. B. LEDYARD, Gen. Manager. Detroit.
j A. Evil-33?. General Freight Agent, Chicago.

(3. W. RuGr.Ls:s. G P. 8:. I‘. A.. Chicago

  BUEIEWFITSI

When 1 say cure I do not mean merely to stop them
irviaand tlirvi have them return again. I mean &
t’l.'l?K‘. I lnxo mridva the disease of FITS. EPIL-
Y or FALLING SLUKN  Is Iiio-long study

ifl" it: my remedy to cure the worst cases. Becauso
I- ..z have failed is no rezisou for not now receiving I
I" - ‘-lend at once tor A trozttise and 8. Free Bnttlo
.,;' y lzzinllible rt-medy. (‘x_iv>:a Express_und_Poat (mine.
ll. 62. 1tiJ0’1‘.lI1. (L. 133 Pearl 3!. how ‘torts.

unwise nus’ TRIAL.
_  THI3 NEW

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ll ~i at Pad ditlercnt from
H. l~4r,-up ::ha.r\c. with Bell-
uiii-tirg 1<;ill in ct-not r. arlnpll
l ; ditto‘-A t»l’thi\lioi'y,\'-'hlle
impresses back

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of every month,

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lvfich., ‘.5 F-econd Class. matter.

I

The National Grange-

Thc tweiity-fir;-t scs.-ion oi the rep-
rcsentativcs of the several states was
called to order in the Hall of tho}

,H0use of Re-pi'esciit:i_tives on ‘ll’:-iliic.~>'

'da_v., Novcinbcr 16, at 11 o’clo«.:k, by
Worthy l\l»:ister D.~irden, of M i.--i-1-ippi.
Little was done beyond the appoint-
ment of a committee on ci'cdcnii;ils at
the morning session and recess was tak-
on until eve ning. It was aniiounced
that the evening session would be put-
lic and that the annual adcliess ot the
Worthy Master would then be read.
It will be found on another page and
we com mend it to the careful considera-
tlou of our readers. At its close briei.
speeches were made at the suggestion
of the Worthy Overseer by Giller, oi
Illinois, Hawkins, of Alabama, Messer.
of Vermont, and Whitehead, of New
Jersey, and the Grange took recess un-
til Thursday morninv.

THE second day of the National
Grange opened at 9:30. The Standing
Committees were announced, resolu-
tions were presented and retei-ed, oili-
ccrs of the National Grange who were
prepared read their annual reports
and they were ordered printed in the
journal.

The Treasurer’s report showed the
receipts for the year from States as
dues were $5917.08. The Secretary ’s
report gave 143 new granges Organized
and the receipts of the ofli to $3536.99. '

Reporis of Masters of State Granges
were called for. W. M. llavrkins. of
Georgia, said the Grange had livv d

beyond the period of inflzitioii, had-

struck bottom with but a in1iiici'ic;il
remnant and was now oi; the up grade
with ekeelleiit prospects. Many incin-
bers are aviiiliiig themselves of the ad-

vantages ot co-operation with good‘

results. .

Brother Draper, of Massirtliusetts,
referred to the Work of his State done
in Rhode Island which aided by the
National Lecturer had brought that
State into the hue of Grange States
Within the last few months.

California represented by its newly
elected Master W. L. Overhiser has
by her splendid exhibit been it the
from ever since the doors of the senate
chamber were opened on the first day
of the session. The exhibit of the ag-
ricultural products of localities has
been a prominent feature of Grange
work in California. The State Agri-
cultural Society ofl'eriiig special pre-
miums to Granges as did the Mechan-
ic’s Association of San Francisco. Sev-
enteen Counties competed for prizes.

The old Nutmeg State has made
commendable progress in Grange work_
“Holding our membership in all
Granges in ilie State and making mode-
rate gains in most of them and with
the organization of 21 new Grzingcs
We have added more than a iliousaiid
members to the Orderwithin the year.”
Such is the language of Worthy Mas-
ter J. H. Hale, of (lonnccticui, and he
adds, “Our relations with othe:-r agri-
cultural organizations are ’of the most
cordial character.” Little l,)c!z-aware
reported again in nicmbership of 10
per cent. to its 25 subordinate G ranges.
Georgia was reported as liohliiig its
own without (ll?'5(30lll‘.‘i2'(‘Illl3llI. under
einbarrassments and dilliciiltie.-'. E. A.
Giller, of the great agricultural State
of Illinois, said: “We are lioliling the
fort with 8. slight gain in mciiilm-i'sliip;
have wiped out a debt and have :i lit-
tle surplus in our trezisury which we
intend to use ior lecture work.” Mil-
ton_Trusler, of Indiana, said: “The Ur-
der still lives and does much to mold
public sentiment. We have several lire

thousands of dollais to the fai-niers.”

Keiitucky’s Worthy Master, J. D.
Glardy, said: “We are about holding
our own with some favorable signs of

   GRANGE, VISITOR.

...e . uI:ny1l‘aI.l\l. llliil Willi the drouih
and low prices tends to make farmers
give it the preference. He, too, asked
that the initiation fee be reduced and
quoted as authority “the language of
our laiiieiiled Bro. Aiken: ‘Our initia-
tion fcc never kept out a corrupt man,
hut it has excluded many a poor but
wortliy nian.”’

non. Frederick Robie. of Maine, rc-
poi‘i(=il agood liealtliy growth of the
1 lriler, with :1 presciit nieinbcrsliip of
I.">,(lU(I, tvra~lve new Grange halls bull!
and dmiicatcd witliiii the year and
viianyinorv in process of Con-tl‘llCliUll'.
"(iil'.'lIlg‘Cil:1-llS in Maine are very nu-
lll('l'U1lH, costing from $‘,000 to ."r‘.">,U«'N>.
-ind they are a sirong. clvim-iii of suc-
--ess. The kei iioie of Grange siictwtss
is the education and development of
the brain power of the farmers of this
lI.‘ltI()ll. The Cliruitaiiqiizi methods of
-ii-live. co-operation have done miicli
nor the (lraiiges of Maine.”

“TllPl‘e is liardly 21 Grange that has
not added new iiienibcr.~ the past yoair,”
.--rid the vi ir 0-awake James Draper.
Master of the lflasszichusctts Stale
4;:-aiige. A I)I'pu(i(*u’ Inspection Ser-
\ ice has been es-iablislied in i\i:issacliii-
-cits. The authorized ofiiccr inspects
his entire work ofthe Grange when in
-tPH$i()ll, the books of the Secretary and
'l‘reasurer. points out errors in manner
«it doing business.Graiige work, care oi
i-pgnlia, and in this way secures con-
formity and makes the Order more
highly educational. This State lias
-ilso“organized a Patroiis’.Mutual= Fire
Insurance Company on a solid basis,
confining risks to members of the Or-
der.”

Gov. Luce, responding for Michigan,
reported the Order in “healthy condi-
tion,” but recognized “a. ta(‘ll(l0lJC)ff to
apathy and carelessness in some places,’7
referred to the" contest plan” as useful

in stimulating rivalrv and developing ’

the boys and girl:-, the men and women
of the Grange. to the great benefit of
individuals and the Order.

Bro. R. Colis i'cpoi'ted for New Jer-
~cv.
~-riing a healihy influsence. “The Far-
mcrs’ ll.e'li>iiicc, a. (,:i'aiigc fire lllSlll‘2‘.ll(’(’.
--oiiipaiiy organized and (-(zinliii-tori by
lil(‘(ll'iit‘l‘, lias given it much sti'eiigtli.f
l‘hc Stale Board of Agriculture aiid
the Grange are working in liuruioii_\
ind giving inucli strength to each oth-
er.” ,

Bro. (‘liarlcs-M . Daniel,VVorthy Mas
10!‘ of New ll:nup~iiirc, by his report
proved his diligenccfi He l‘GI(l‘l‘L(l to the
:UlllIbl'lZHl “Arbor Day,” "(,'hildren’.-

day,” the success of the Patrons’ Fire

Insurance Company, the second annual
State Grange Fair, with its 20 000 peo-
ple in attendance. ‘-I\‘o gambling,pool-
selling, or horse-racing allowed; tem-
perance was fully illustrated.” The
Order is flourishing in the old Granite
State.

W. B. Williams, the Worthy Master
from North Carolina, said: “Tiie
Grange has been on the up-grade the
last year in my State,‘ but within three
months a real boom has set in. We have’
organized two new Granges, re-organ-
izcd 55 and have at least 1.000 more
mvmbers tliana year ago. The most
of the re-organized Granges had not
had a real existence for nearly 10 years.‘
The Alliance is moving rapidly for-
ward in alinostevery county. Itclaims
to be cheaper and more aggressive than
the Grange.”

Little Rhoda was next heard from
through her Master, J. G. Peckliain,
who gzivea brief history of the work
and its results that made him so soon
a iiicniber of the Naiioiial Grange.

Worthy Master Nelson inside a very
brief report for Tennessee, in no wise
llattering.

A. J. Rose, the W'orthy Master of
the Texas State G'l'8llg(3, might well be
proud of the position of his State.
staiiding,as shown by the report of the
Treasurer of the National Grange, as
it does, next to the head of the column
in its contribution of dues to the Na-
tional Trcasury. He said: “Our whole-
sale and purchasing Grange, the Texas
Co-nper.-itive Association, Patrons of

_ E IIuSl):ill(il'_\', hasdoiic rcinarkably well,
ipsuraiice companies that have saved ,

returning a net profit of over $20,000
the past year. This Association has es-
tablished a purchasing agency in the
city of New York. This has brought
us to the door of the inaniifacturers,

ipnpI‘0V8m€1lt-” H3 holled ‘he “*3 0‘ thus accomplishing one of ourdeclared

gdipissiou would be reduced.

purposes. This is an important step-,

Bro. J. H. Blackford, of lowa,while 2 onein which every State should unite
ggreiting the low condition of the Or- I in order to secure the best results. In
der in that State, was glad to report a ,’ failing to unite and carry out our prin-
giin,and a gain that he believed would ’ ciples, is the great hindering cause to
continue to grow. He said: “The rap- our progress. The key to our present

id growth of the Farmers’ Alliance
proved that the farmers felt that they
oughtto organize.” The Alliance is

 

and future success will befound in the
means that will unite us in carrying

out our Declaration of Purposes. Out

With little gain the Order is ex - "

Fire Insurance Association has been
more than self-sustaining the past year.
,Our paper, the '1‘ 3X1lS Farmer, is ex-
itoudiiig its usefulness every year. * *
.Perhap:: there is no State doing more
for the education of the colored people
than T8."&.‘lH, with her free scliool-lieu-es
all over the State, and iipiiblic fund
:l.lI.=l.l.l1l:lllll::Il).”s' the heliools from four
to .-l): niontlis in the yc:ir."'

 

’Worib._v Master A. ‘;‘eI;:ssci- reprcseiit-
ed the (l raiige for the Green Monntaiii
Sf-Site. Said in): "Tlie gaiii in incin-
i)£¢l‘Si_ilp has not l..‘{:(5ll large, but the
‘_”.'ilU in p-.i.‘i';ic sentiment and miigible
|'i'.‘.~ilIiSIl{lS bceii .'-‘:iti‘-’t':icto1'y." In re-
ferring to the iigciicies tliat lnui edu-
cated the fariiierslie rct'(-.rre.'i to ilicaid
:iil'or,iied by the i\'-atioiiiil Gl'£lllEe Lec-
llll'!’l'.~i, ilro.-2. Whitcheail arid Wing, of
Maine, to the llur.-il V\,‘I‘l1ll)lllCl‘,llllfig
l‘ICllilUl'1ll piper of the S ale, and last
ly, :o the ~‘vit~t-.)ry gained over rail-
road iuoiiopoly at the l_icai‘iug ‘l)i‘iUl'('
the lntci'State Coiiiuicrce Ctlllllllbdsloll
at Iliitlainl. iii Ss>ptcmbei', by which
the lSll'lIl(3l‘.'~‘ of the State vindicated
their rights and secured a reduction in
freight rates of nearly 3:1; per <:ei:t.”
He gave great credit to the Govt-,i'iioi'
of the State for assistaiice and added.
“Great honor is also due to U. S. Sena
tor G-eo. F. Edmunds for his able ar-
giriucnt of the case for the Grange be
fore the Uoiiimission. Iiis valiuible
sei'vices to the liirniers of tlieSta‘t.c21nd
Nation in this connection will not soon
be forgotten.”

The‘ report of X. X. Clizirtters, of
Virginia, was in no wise discouraging,
although no great advance has been
made. Some gain, however, in the way

of increased know ledge among the peo-
ple concerning the objects of the Or-
der has been made. Trade under the
"‘()l?dGl'Illg‘- system?’ has given great sat-

,I~f:lUl.l0ll to the Patrons of the State.

V Worthy Master Carr, of Wisconsin,

‘was hopeful but could not report an
improved condition of the Oi'dcr.

_ Other states that we have passed
were not ready t.o report. '

, We printtho condoiisr-ii report of the Public
Rctroptioii in lteprcsoiitwtivo Hall on 'l‘liui'.~;il:ty
iiftunnoon as it appoixrud tlic Lie;-t duiy in the
State lt-.-pub-lieiin.

The i(iC.‘l()f the State of Micliig:2:i
tciicliing tin-Soiitlu-rii States and all:
the rust oi inziiil-Liiiil :1 les:-xoii in llU.'~‘[)l-
t ulity would licrctolorc sceiucil liki-
scnilingcoals to Newcastle; but that
she has done it, well and 4-ilietu:ill\' is
CUllCt.'ilt‘.(.i on all sides, and her pi';i.i<c.-
and the pmisc:-i of the people of Lans-
ing are echoed on all sides in eloquent

and even cxtiavagaiit l('l‘lllS. Said
_llol. Bi'igliam,of Ohio: "You’ve maili-
us happy and done yourselves proud.”
iloii.Jon:itl1uii Woodin2iii:—"Tlie ar-
raiigeiueiits are surprisiiigly com plcte.”
«Col. Hiram Hawki.i.s:—“Never ex-
pected such an ovation. Hope we
jmay be able to approach it at Mont
goinery, some of these times.” Secre-
-tary John Trimble:—"Tlie arrange-
,ments are the nearest perfect of any in
my experience of the Graiige, and I
,thank you reporters very much for
not pestering me as they usually do.
1Bu-t o.hl*tlie- proprietor of this hotel
keeps it terribly warm.” Mortimer
Whitchead:—“l know Michigan well
and told the boys they would get the
best reception they ever had and 1 was
right.” Worthy Master Put Dzll‘dell:
—"We are perfectly overwlielincd
with kindness and attention. Michi-
gau’s a great state.” Treasurer Mc-
Dowcll:—“'l‘he utmost courtesy, the
strictest attention and the best accom-
modations we ever had. I for one am
very much gr-atiiiei .” llou. J. M.
Lipscoiiib:--“ l‘lie iiiicst building and
the best iiccouioilatioiis ever‘ placed at
.our di-‘po-al." Dr. Blaiiiou:-—"A right
good.|ie irty Welcome. 1 hope we may
have the pleasure of reciprocating at
Ricliinond some time.”
i>i;ai.io RECEl"l‘I()N EXERCISES.

Both gallery and door of ltcpresen-
tativc !l.:ll w- re ci'oivdcd to their ut-
lll(;SI'. capacity when the N-iiion.-il
Giungc was called to order in open
session 'l‘liursd:iy -.ificruooii. Every
foot of available space was occupied.
Many were unable to gain ailiiiiitaiice.
It was probably the largest g:iili(-ring
that has ever coiigmgziicd at Michi-
g:iu’s Capitol. At. a low estimate not
less than 5,000 people were presciit.
The exercises were opened with a wel-
coiiiiiig song, fo|l- wed with a fervent
prayer by Pzitrou Ro~:e,\VOI'Ll1y Chap-
lziiu ol the Nritioiial Gr:i.n_-__re. In his
SllpplIC‘;'lti0l]., God’s gre:itc.-t gifts were

‘especially petitioned for me l’eninsu-
lar State and its worthy Governor.
ADDRI-SSS or WELCOME.

As Master of the State Grange and
Chief Excutive of the great coinuiou-
wealth of Michigan. Cyrus G. Luce
extended to the visitors a most cordial
welcome. He deemed it the proudest
day of his life to he thus able to re-
ceive at the political metropolis of the
State one among the grandest organ-
izations that has ever been consummat-
ed in the Federation of States. le-
lerring in a. casual way t.o the several
sections of this Union, their wealth of
soil, great natural advaiitages, and the
excellency of their people, he f ilcd
not to impress upon the minds of his
hearers 'he unbounded resources of
this great State of the North. its pro-
ductive farming lands, forests of ines-

richne-s beyond conception. a popula-
tion whose wholesouled generosity and
hospitality Wereuiiquestioued. It was
with pardonablc pride and pure de-
light that he .-jtood as the month piece
oi i\lichig:in’s people in c:-:tendiiig a
wariii W(‘lL‘,0llle to ilic brethren ii-om
the .\'orth, South. Exist. and \V'<=st. The
Souiliei-ii rt-pi'i-scntzitivcs were gi-ecied
with especial w.-iriiitli. and those from
the lat!‘ \V(-stern slope were :i<jo_voii-.l_\'
i'cci-iicii. Ucii. Put I):ii'di'ii,of Miss-
is-ippi,

MASTER or Tm-: NA‘l'l()NAl. c.i:A‘sGi:
:i.‘>ly l‘!‘fi[I()ll(lf‘(i to the wcliroiiiing {Lil-
dress. The ‘_'1.-taiiii1vci's:ii'y of the or-
‘_':liilZ'llIilll ot the X:itioii:il Gi':1iige
c :lieil forth (iCil?;[.‘li(‘~1 lroiii uc:iri_v ev-
:-r_v State in the [Inioii and the joyous
l't‘(‘(‘[)l ion which liaa been tciidereil
them by the people of Micliigizii in
<_rener:il and the citizens of Lzin ' g in
p |l‘liI’lli‘.ll‘ has uiadc an impi'es.sioii on
their iiiiiids and hearts tlint time will
never a—il:ice. 'l‘lieorg:iiii'1i.iioii of tin-
.\“iLioii:il Grzingc. tho objei-t. of whicli
was iIl\fl accepted with grave doiibts,
iI)l'IllL‘li un epoch in the lite of llic
;\Hl1,‘l‘lU2lll llll'lll(‘1' that will Slfillii out
in bold i-4,-licfiii the aiinals of the zigcs.

"For ye.  it great deal of igiiormn-e
was imiiiifcsied as to the iuoiivcs of tilt‘
.-oi-.ict_v,” said he. *~\Vlict|icr the great
cliziiiiiei ofcouiuiuiiivation, the l’i'c:~:s,
igiiored the order or wlietlier the

 

oiinicii l(é.\'f‘Il{lCl) THE PRESS
I know not. but it is probable the lini-
itcd ll-')ll=‘e given the body has been
for its eternal good. Its growth has
been steady and SlIl'(". and to-day is a
power in the body politic. Oi'gauiz1-
tion is the only ineins by which a
i'uriiier C'tll protect his home and tire-
sidc. lteferring to the great lllllIt:ll'_V
organizritions of Englaiid and conti-
nental Europe and the great i‘(-stills
they aeconipli-h, he advocated the ne-
ces-ir._v of Cl - vpel'.'lliVc work to resist
the enroachiiiciits of organized capital
in the shape of monopolies. Of the
7.0()0,000 farmers in the United States,
but h',5UU,U(lU own their own farms and
they are hopelessly mortgaged. The
Grange is the great protector of the
tiller of the soil, and he who is thor-
oughly inl'ormed in the'order and
doubts it is of poor understanding.
"I am a
MISSISSIPPI D1-Z.\lOCliAT,”

said Gen I):ll'llCll, “and Cyrus G. Luce
is a Mia.-liiga.ii ltcpiiblican. \Vhen
cruel war swept our fair land Gov.
Lin-c Was on one side and I was on the
otlicr. lut when I received iiiiorni:i-
iioii as to his }_"lliM'1'll«‘ll()l‘l:lI iioiiiiiiatioii
I was tlirilli-ii with joy that was only
c.\;cr-eilcil ivheu the liappy iicivs -.‘:llIlG
ol his clot,-tioii. liiliicaicil illlHl_).‘1liiil'}’
knmvs no p:u'iisaii.-liip. aivl wlicn tin-
i)n'<)plt;' oi Micliignii chose for (iii.-ii‘
c.liiel'e.\'ei‘iiIivc one whoiii we (il‘:llig-
c-rs knew would siilisi-rve the best iii-
tr-i'esi.-'ot Blicliigan we all i'ci<>i:-ed.”
In i'eli-rciir-c to :igi'icul1i:r.-il (’(lll¢‘:lllHll
Gen. l)ill‘(lC‘ll .<poi\c of the Blissi.-‘-ippi
Agricultural Uiillcge. the cxcellcncy
oi‘ the institution and the good work
that is being acconiplishecl. High
coiiipliuients were paid to Profs. Gul-
ley and Meyers, l’oi-nirr students at the

MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,

who are rendering eliicient service in
th 1: Southern instituiion. The cour-
tcsies extended by the Michigan State

Grauge and the Capital City were.
most. gracefullv received. Gen. Dar-__

den is a clear forcible speaker, and is
ill) ethusiastic worker in the interests
of husbandry.

Hon. 0. M. BARNES’ ADDRESS.

On behalf or the citizens ofLansing,
Hon. 0. M. Barnes welcomed ihe visi-
tors and tendered to them the freedom
of the Capital City. His remarks
were pleasing and very appropriate.
Among other remarks, Mi‘. Barnes
called attention to the grcatloreign
immigration which has Ameri a for
its destination, mid cited the dangers
to which our free institutions were
subjected it these straiigers were iii-
vestcii with governmental authority
shortly after setting foot on these
shores. Political ideastlint have caus-
ed rank disorder among the nations of
theold world should not be counten-
aiieed in this free land of America and
all .

ANARCIIIST OUTBREAKS

should be suniiii.-irily dealt with in
snbserviiig the best interests of this
peci'l::ss 0'.‘-illl1lUll3VC;l.lii’l. .\ll( the
t:irincrs, ofall otln-,rs, should see that,
goveriiiiieut is llltlllltilllltlil. The gen-
tleIiiaii’s re-uiurks were well i'ec-cived.
Dcviating froui the i'cg‘ul:ii' pro-
gmiii, Elton Es-‘cl.-'tyn iiivored the
aiidio-lire with a solo, “ltockcd in the
Cradle of the Deep.” l~1isin:igiiiti«enL
voice was in fine form and the vast
audience evinced an zipprecizitiou of
his effort by mo.-sl libei'.'il appluiise.
EX-GOV. ROBIE, or MAINE,

Master of his State Gr.-inge, and one of
the niosi. eniliusizistic patrons of :i,;_rri-
culture that this country }‘:lS ever
pi-esi-iited, was the next speaker. Ilc
is li.-irily and robust, of rugged consti-
tution, and ii gentlcniau of the old
school. His SlllJjl‘Cl3 was New Eng-
l:ind, and his consideration of the
theme did him great credit. Begin-
ning with the early history of New
England, he marked the progress of
events that characterized the settle-
ment of that section, from the landing
of the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth
Rock to the present era, his eloquence
of words measuring with magnitude
and B0lPI'l1lllly those stirring annals.
The influence of the early fathers of
New England has followed the history
of the Nation through all of its re-
markable revolutions. changes and
progress down to the present. period.
The typical New Euglaudler has done
h-s part in populating and developing

timablo value, mineral deposits of! the country beyond his New England

Dec. I. I887.

Her sons and daughters 
I:

led

home.
found in every State, city and tow
this broad land, and they have
an unusual number of places of
«nu-:AT HONOR AND ’l’liUST.
The blood of New liiiglaiiil mingles
with that of every kimlred current.
“ill. let the New .l‘lll,¢4'i:lllli~3l‘ cniigrrite
where he will, he never l'oi';ct..=i but
coiitinucs to love the pine ivo-:.wl~1. hills

and V=1llt‘_\'-,Hi‘)i:iiliP, llli",1[l‘.'l.lllIi’illllEsv

and White .\loiini:iiiis ol N-‘iv ll:mip-
sliirc, the Hl'(.'l’ll :\I=.)lllllilliN. of Ver-
rnrnit, ilic *i'.Illll(i .'lil-'i ro~.n- of the ocean
as it iJl'(‘,:1i\':’~‘ iipoii the l‘U<'l{i)f)lllI(l coast
oi')l:i.<.-zwliiisciis, the lriites and culti-
\"‘li1'(i lllli-S of ‘iVoi'cr-siei- and Berk-
Sllll‘€‘. the powr,-i‘ .~iii.i iiiiiuciice of little
l{lio<I_\'. the Uil:ll‘li‘i' (J-ik oi‘ UU!lll9CI.i»-
cut and its bc:iui.ii'ul river hu.-'i.li'.ig on
to the i-ea.—All pi-4-.-exits itself in re-
view l_;ci7..>i-c the iicttive of New En --
lin-l. Gov. {obie dwelt in fond reco -
lectioii on the
l~‘.‘\ll.\IlCll or M A I{.'\IilFll;l.!)
and his ll4)ll|>I':li)i'_’ and commendable
l'(’.I'()l‘(l. The Gi'.'ii:g'e has built up a,
poivcrfiil organi7,:i.iio:-i in Nciv Eng-
land and is Iully rcpresciited at this
Natioiizil meeting.
PRES. iaiiwizv WILUTS.

Pl'(‘Si(lClll3 Willits, of )lir;l'iiga.u’s
Agi-iciiltiiral (Jollege, dc-liw-i'ed a
wholesome zlddross upon the subject
of Agriculturiil L‘-ollcges. ills enthu-
.-iasiii on this point. is ‘widely imowa,
and the great success of the iustituti- n
of which he has charge fully demon-
strates tlic practicability of his theo-
ries. liis reniarks struck :1 popular
chord, and his apt comparison occa-
sioned frequent and liberal applause.
Scientific agriculture is the great de-
mand of this age. Farming was man-
kind’s primitive occupation and every
man has the natural right to be a far-
iiier. The world gets along after a
fashion without kings and princes
lawyers and merchants, poets an
priests, drive wells or patent medi-
cines, but you blast the world’s agri-
culture and mankind would disappear
as a snow-flake in mother earth. The
Agricultural College believes that it
is no disgrace to be 3. larmer. There
is no disgrace in the proper exercise
of a natural right. A man has no
iia‘tural right to steal, therefore a. thief
is whipped out of decent society. N0
iiirtn has 3. iiiitiiral right; to make an-
other a driinkzird, and he who does 18
iiiarked wii h inl':z.iiiy. His occupation
is a disgrace and always has been.
But the sun shines in ri-gal glory
arouiirl the labor of the f:irui. It has
been ilie stock sneer of men who live
on the labor of otlicrs to il(=prec—ite
t':iriiiiug. Any wicicinzd hub in their
c.-tiiiiaiioii  good I‘llUllf_"il for :1, far-
iiier or fora iniiii.=itei', while it is ap-
p:ii'<-iit to all caiidid 1.lii:il;ers that this
is :1 iiifilj of wide -QVUPC for the best iii-
ie-lh-cis in :lg1'lCllltlll’C and religion.
The iii-ld has been occiipicd by some
of the brightest minds that adorn the
pages of history. Mr. Willits pro--
gi'essc(l at some length, and none but a
prejudiccd mind could fail to appre-
ciate the great and important benefits
of agriciiltura] institutiozis’ where
farming is taught from a thoroughly
practical and scientific basis.

After music by the choir, Gov. Luce
introduced

HON. J‘. M. LIPSCOMB,

of South Carolina, and Master of the
Palmetto State Grange. A slight dis-
turbance was prevailing in the rear of
the room and in the gallery, occasion-
ed by the excessively crowded condi-
tion ofthe house, but Mr. Lipscomlfs
quaint expressions and sallies of wit
very soon placed the audience in good
humor, and the gentleman’s address
was immensely enjoyed. He has at-
tended every meeiing oi the National
Grange, and for the pa-t 12 years has
leen an active member of the Order.
He considers the organization the
great benefactor of the South. Mr.
Lipscomb is a. farmer, and while not
actively engaged in superiiiteiiding
his agriculiural interests lie is lookiiig
after the duties of a goveriimciital po-
sition at the Natioiisil Capitol.
CAPT. ALLEN, or YPSILANTI.

Hon. E. P. Allen is a familiar flgure
to every Micliigaiiilei- and especially
to the citizens of Lansing, where he
passed the Wlllt4‘l' of ’77——’78, ably
rcpi'eseiitiiig the Wasliteiisixv district
in the ll:.:;i.<c. (‘,:‘.pt. Allen is not a
lllI‘llll)el‘ oi" the Grange, but addressed
the body at the request of Gov. Luce.
llis l‘CIll:ll‘i-(5! were timely and a high
tribute was paid to the I’:itroiir-i 0!
llusbiiinlry. Upon the point. of edu-
cation he i'cfci'cd to the f_{l'(}2lt :i-;ivan-
tages of this Striie and other common-
wenltlis iii the North. but deplored
the lack of opportuiiities South. lle
€X[)l‘L‘SS(3(l llllll!~7<"lI as hea.rtil_v in favor
oi’ the Niiiioiial Govcriinieiit appro-
priating aid for edlic:itioii:il benefits
and (l0I'l2ll‘Cii it to be her s:ici'cd duty
to assist the Soutliern States in this
vital iu:ittci'. He also strongly advo-
cated the iiect-ssit_\' of |3l(3‘.‘$lIlllg the
llepiwtiiiciit of ;\f_[l'iCllll!ll'f‘ to a cab-
inet position. The address of

HON. J. H. BRIGIIAM,

was the last upon the program. He
is Master of the Ohio State Grang

and is a strong .speaki"i'. His Subjetf:
was ilie “,Gl'Eflt Nortliwest,” and he is
most emphatically a worthy repre-
sentative of that favored section. lie
considered briefly the early settle-
ment of the Northwest 'l‘erritor_v, IIB
rapid progress and traiisforination
from a howling wilderness into a re-
gion unsurpassed for produclivenesu
and great National coiisequeiice.
Dwelling 131011 the organization ofthe
Grniige. an the great fraternal feeling
which it has aroused between tho
North and the South since the devasta-
ation of that once prosperous region

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Dec. l. l887.i

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by th<;‘thi-oe.-‘i of war, Col. Brigham
grew granrlly eloquent. and the broth-
erly manner in which he gmspetl Gen.
.D.irdeu'.=4 lruiil thrilled the audience
With an ec.-t.-icy of delight, and more
tli.-in one swift move clearctl away a
tear ofiiiy.
Tm: CU)-ING EXl~lllU[5E.

The ('.lUsl:l_‘_.’,' G.Vil‘l‘Cl.~'0 was :1 recitation
by Ctiluinbii and tliirty-tivr-. associ-
ates, the \‘f‘I'S(‘.i of wliii-li were pnb—
lishod in Tliiir.-‘il:i_\"s S'l'A:l—2 _lli:i't;ni.I-
CA.‘-N. _ Lnii.-iii}.-' lligli S<:lio.>l suiig *-My
Mwl"-£5111” in Ill-xii. [)l':llS(‘\\'vil'lll_\' style
and by rcquc-t Coluniliia \v:i.- produc-
ed. Tlii-cc (7ll(.'Cl'S t"u:i .\lii-lilg.-jcii were
then otl'cre«l by (Fol. ‘it-i_2'li:tiIi_. and
they were g.-jivuii with a. will.

The moist interesting feature of the
Whole Rf-'ll..~‘l()ll was the pi‘o;-__r,r.ini as ar-
ranged b_v Gov. Luce and carried out

~ln its (".()ll)plt‘l(‘lltNS on the afternoon of
_Thursday with the tullowing
ORDER OF F.Xl‘Il‘\Cl"’-E5.

Music.

Prayer, Chaplain.

Address of Weiconie, Gov. C. G. Luce.

Response, Put l).ii-den. of ;\lississippi_.
Master National (irangc.

Address, lion. 0. \|. BTLYIIES, Lansing.

Address, Ex (luv. Frederick Ruble, Maine.

Address, "Agricultural College," lion.
Edwin Williis, President .\‘licliii_.;aii Agricul-
tural College.

Mu-ic.

Address, Hon.  M. Lipscomb, South
Carolina.

Arldroz-s, lion. l3. l". .\ , 11- i.

Address, Hon. J. H. Biigliani. Ohio.

‘Exercise, Columbia. and thirty-live Asso-
ciates. '

Music, Lansing High School.

By all odds the prettiest feature of
the open H(*.if-loll was the exercise by 36
young ladies, who personified Co

sistcrlinod of States
in costume, and gave the following
recital:

‘-

   

COLUM BlA—-ANNA ROBlN$.

Welcome, welcome daughter fairl

Our kinde~t wishes let :5 ch share
Coliitnbinfs hundred years have passed,
Each one more prmperoiis than the last.
From I3 to 38 w 've grown.

And each some source of wealth has shown.
Should Uncle Sam ask u- to-day

Some tok--II oi -~ur love to pay.

What could you bring with hearty will
This horn of plenty here to fill’!

MAINE—-PBARI. BANK.
The Border ‘tan: will give you spars
For ships whose masts will reach die suits;
And if you lack in the good cause
can furnish Prohibition laws.

NEW HA\ll‘SHlRE—-Ina Sore».
The Granite State with looms and mills,
Yieils fabrics for your frocks and frills; '
Her val ey- fiirnislzi fine-‘i grass
Her chee-e and butter are tirst class.

VER M 0N'l‘—Ni-:i.I.ii: CRl’.\"I‘S.

Our wool and men n.re fine and strong,
i \ii_;.ir sweet :is -(mg

. . . .lLl tl.. piiri:—t s'ate

(l in the (;fL"'ll Mountain State.

   
 

Are loin.

M A>'SALZll US F.'l"l‘5 — K.vii~: EVlIRE'I"l‘.
Front .\’i:.s-i;:h-t-ctr: you mziv ('lIt‘()5t3
Her -innit.-ti~‘ cu'.toih_ l::ii~'l<-l-;ti:tCk.s,sl1r)t:S:
Front Piym--uth Rn I»; .iiit.l lliinkcr Hiii
We give you lmgal {calty still.

C()N\'lic"l’I\.‘U'l'—MAtID ALLEN,
Connecticiit with \'.mk-ee s’»::ll
Can give ynu ii velties at will;
Old '1 ime with 5- ythe is How old stock.
We give insti-ad a Yankee clock.

RHODE ISLAND-Daisv CHAMPXON.
Little Rhody's two plantations
Will give their share of Gr-angers’ rations:
And though the quantity is small,
The qu .liiy «in suit you all.

NEW YOKK—CLARA S.-urrit.
The Empire S ale finds wealth in these:
Stock-breeding, hrootii—corn. hop; and cheese;
hi wea'th and comiuen e. numbeis, shops.
All other States she overtops.

PENN SY LVAl*IlA——M AE VALENTINE.

The Keys'one State beneath her soil,
Find- coal and iron gas and oil;
Her woods as in the days of Penn,
Yield walnut which delighteih men.

N EW J).-‘.RSEY—-_IosIiz McKnt.
New_Iersey's garden-truck and fniit
Wilt e’en lllf‘ rnost !'~._<tidi-ms suit:
‘Berries apples, cid- r, cleans.
Pumpkins, cabb-ages and yams.

DELAWAR E-——LAuiu STALKER.‘

Her strawberries and peaches fair
Give fame to little Delaware.

And J:r§gy’§ {arms will grow to grass
1:: they excel our "garden sass."

MARYLAND-—boIu MURPHY.

Whose luscious bivalves do we eat?
Whose fruit and fish are hard to beat?
]’otomac’s waves, that hay so grand.
Give back the answer "Maryland. '

VlRCvlNlA—LlBBXF. Dowurzn.

As long as men will use the stufi'.
Of good tobacco we've enough:
But noble men we grov. as well,
As famed historic records tell

WEST VlRGINlA—GizAcE GILLZIT.
Salt and iron. ink rind coal.
from We-t Virginia’; riches roll:
I e ve sulphur spripgs of which a smell,
Will rn;.ite the sii.‘l:c.'. lIu'»‘;lcr wcl’.

N()l-(TH CA R()LlNA—- RHODA (J-ARK.
The Old North State adds to our joys,
Peanuts and gum. {or girls and boys:
Potato 5 sneer, and tar so strong.

We add to help the world along.

SOUTH CAR()LlN.-\-ANNA RAPP.
our is and cotton and line rice, _
Comrnzirid the ii.-.irktt’s hightst price;
Thu-, biiiith Caroliiia mitts lac: share,
To till the born at plenty there.

GE()l{GlA—.\'oRa REEVE.
Georgiifs rich l~| various ways,
Rick‘ and cotton on her bays.
Golden corn her up and- bear,

Of coal and iron ~he's a share.

FLURlD.~\—Stisiv'. ANGEL!-.
Here's Florida. the "Land of Flowers.”
B'4I'l4lt.:\ nrati-.;es and sh ewers;
Herc: fruit and \'C,L<l1b-kiidbiundo
And alligators sotIii:times found.

ALA HAM A-—_I ENKIE Towhll.
labama, "Here we rC.'t[."
er t in n and cotton are _her best,
great mines 0{'U04l and iron pre,
ill run he horn of pienty 0 er.

MlSSlSSlPPl—Moi.i.nz Cnirmntirii.
On Vii-sis ippi's bottom land,
Gieat crops of cum and cotton stand:
' in, fruit and sugar t--o We'll show,
car by where pines and cypress grow.

LOUlSl'AN \—-MABEL Cu/tri>su..

Louisiana yields to thee

Good sugar for thy evening tea;
Her rice and cotton, too. not small.
She gladly ofien you her all.

'.l'EX!rS—-llxssit-1 Guivmsou.
The Lone Siar.State will lreely bring
A little of almost everything;
Lotion. corn and hosts of aC.0Ck. 4
And sheep by Ihouanti |l the’ God.

'l'ENNESSEE—MAv BEAL.

Our wheat and stock, our hemp and hay
Are at your service without pay.

Our mines and t'ores:s, too, are rich.

In fact we're flu‘ from the last ditch.

KEN'l'UCK\'—AiIA.~'nt GRI-mta.
Ki:ntui:ky's rattle mice the prize,
Her horses too (l(:llL{lllI the eyes:
We raise of hemp the larsz crop,
And beat the world on llllll'::3 and pop.

 

Ol-l_l()—Ei_t,.-\ ‘r‘itt:rnu.
Now if there's at-.'."u':in_:: you lick.
Don't be ili-cri.ii';ig.:cd. don't It in; back:
I‘;-i-rit mic 2» mil xlierp to corn in .3ll0ClI.
(lino keeps It all in :;!0Cl{.

ll.l,ll\".)l*'i—».\l ‘.‘ll‘ ‘
in wheat and ';4r"ll our 
ln tVill(‘7' grtiii 
Uur ling; at
\Ve'll :1lV\'.|jx‘ help the C.lll_\|Z .iloti~.;

 
  

‘it i>',l1)f\.s'ii\'-iuiitil. -ii-..'...~iNix
Vast crop-' of izmiii Frein Ulll our ’<,0ll.
Repay ll|i_ furincr for his toil.
And lunthcr. l.ictoi'iL. and titiiies
lti various‘ p.:"l$ Aft: iv.:’ilr_lifi:7 signs.

l\ll‘i\':\i'E~‘()'i'.t\—l\lI.\'Nii-: Main‘.

Of wheat and ours we linvc jzri.-at store,
Our mill.-‘ gi ii Ll'l'.’ l)u\'llCl)' tnow

. .1’.-:11-_;._......,._.

Mi&<nuri‘s crops are com and whctit.

-'lic's l ."i‘(i

   

lO\\’A~M.\i,;t;ii: T\'lUi<i*iii‘
tlttr pfitlrik‘ ii is {lull and 3, ck.
For L{l'.‘.lll iiorii wt: (it, not latzk,
with lines, jH)lLl{.I€\‘ hay anti tlmt,
lnwa very little lzicks.

   

 

ARKANSAS-—Mi.~:A .‘:':‘Ar-'l"LV.
W'e'r<: tlratigersa all in Arkatisus,
' , corn cotton (in its draw;
. A .‘ - '

   

Ni’-:'.l¥R.\S.‘~'..\ —-lDA C04)‘-:.
Corn and cattle .. .

. Irinrg,
. of them sing

 
 

And like our 5

 

INT)IANA—Mi.v.s l‘»t'rti<Ev.

The llr.-o-‘icr tmys are good for grain.

Hogs mid hominy and blue jean:

She can't be lm.-t. voti see it's so-~-

She's close to Micliigaii, you know.
KA7‘€.s‘i\S——-I~‘Aiv NY Ovm-rr.

In fiercest strifi: our State wits born,

Now prairies teem with wheat :ind com;

()ii western slopes our cattle graze,

And dxovcs of porkcrs eat our maize.

COLORADO—/\Ml£I.lA Hnincn.

Colorado came in late,

You c:-ll her your ‘Centennial State."

Our wealth is our silver ore.

Iiut farming now is at our door.

CALI FORNIA-—Ni=:'I'i‘ii: MCCURDV.

The Ai‘;_;oti:t-uts of furtv-nine

\Vhccl L.a|ifm‘uia into line:

llcr gold and woods. her ft-uiu. and grains.

She sends by c:ir-loads o'er the plains.

In res-poii:~:e the 50 school children
of the filth and sixth ,c_rr:ide.-ii present
Rfl.llg“.\'llClllg:lll, My l‘iliclii}_~j:iii.” and
Columbia pt‘ocei:dcil to impart to the
Stats-sa very Hood quality of advice
for future zictioii, the niosit strikiiig
beiuiz:

“Keep your old Saxon honor liriizht,
Not a-l-; i-.'lia!'s policy but right '

Tlii-, lllltll vcr.-"c was recited by all
the States in chorus.

No iwsnltitioii oll'ci'e'1 during the
sos;-ion was -iiloptcd with inorc hear-
ty unaniinity than was the fullowiiig
ullerod l:\ lirotlier (Jliarttet's, Vii‘i_rin-
ia, which Was adopted b_v fl. rising
vote: “Tliat. the lllttlllifi Hi the Na-
tional Grange be cxtontled to the
young ladies of Capital Grange, pans-_
ing, Mieln. for the entertaining exer-
ci~es which contributed so much to
our enjoyment; also to Mrs. Ritrick
and the pupils of the high school, for
siuging.”'

'rIIi: THIRD DAY.

The business of the session on the
third day was opened by the adoptit n
of a resolution presented by J. N.
Lipscomb, of South Carolina, “That
the Commissioner of Agriculture
when the incumbent is it Patron in
good standing, shall be ex-otlicio an
h niorary member of the National
Grange during his term of ollice and
have all the rights and privileges per-
tiilulng thereto.”

Brother A. N. Brown, Delaware,
oifered tho tollowing which was
adopted:

Resolved, That the Worthy Master of
the Nauon;1lCirangc is hereby instructed to
extenii the frateriizil gccctings of this l\'ntion~
al Grange to the Natioiial body of the Worn»
en’sChri:auan T¢:lIl[JL‘lallC€Uf1l0ll Ci.-nuention,
in annual session in the city 01 I\'asliville,
Tennessee, and express our high apprecia-
tion of the noble work of their association for
God, home and our native land.

Under the call or uiitiiiished busi-
ness Masters of State Graiiges who
had not reported on Thursday made
reports.

First that of VVortby Master Arm-
strong, of New York, is so brief and
eimoiiraging that we present it entire.

“The Grziiige in l\Tew York has made
progress in ih: past year as in each ot
the haltdozt-it years iinmedintely pre-
ceding, its course liaving 11] that pc-
riotl been uniiiterruptedly lllzlrlfétl. by
gains in membership. it is uratitynig,
however, to )lJS6!‘VB that gains in the
past year have been greater than be-
fore. New fields have been occupied,
new organizations etfectcd in localities
from which rad iatiiig iiitl-ieiice ex-
tending into still wider fields givi-s
pr nnise ot a larger harvest awaiting
only the process of time. As a proof
ofinterest in the Order, it is worthy
of note that several officers of the New
York State Grange attend this session
its visitors, moved by desire to know
more of the Order in which they have
rendered nsetul service. In the State
of New York all signs are eiii:oui'.-igiiig.
There is that confidence which is be-
otten of strength. There are no
‘ lonsies, but everwhere good will
abou nds and hope is buoyant.”

The Executive Committee of the
Pennsylvania State Grange have with
greater persiatency perhaps than any
other State endeavored to secure pecu-
niaiy advantage to members of the

Order. The report of Worthy Master
Rhone is of such length and contains
so many good points that We propose
to preseiit it to our reaiers in full
when We have a less pressing demand
upon our cnlu H1113.

W'ot't-lty .'\lisr.er Sitnuis. of Iifiiisae.
reported a sliglit gain in Iiieiii3)et':~'liip
and closes with those ‘\V\|l‘kl:~‘, '-while

the oiitli.-ok is not i2i1ir(>tli'fi_g;iiig, we are 

by no lllt,'3.:ls' (ll~".'-Olll‘:l:‘,’(‘il. and pi‘-Lipo-‘e
ilnriii-._: the i-,oiiiiii;: _\'c.n' to lllzil-.’(.‘ :1

1' St1'iiii;: r=tl'ot't to l't'.‘('(l\'i‘l' lost _g‘i‘i—1ln<l.”

in this -_-:ii'l)' E46-\'i_*iitio*.:-‘ the “ir(‘<lt‘,l'll

, L!’glil:Lllil'G by

during the past six yeari‘-'. Through
our influence we now have a law
similir to the Reagan bill. \Ve also
have a Railroad Commission doing“
pretty good work; their recommenila-
tions it‘ obeyed by the R. R. (and I
think they will be) will save two
dollars pt-r ton on the Wlieatt shipped
ll'Ulll ea:-:tern (_)re;zmi and \V2l.~‘lllllglt)ll,'
wliich will ciinuiint to not lC.~'H tli=in
ton-t 1llll!I:i.ll_V. Tlxese laws
not only r-upportcil by the
Utl'{lli‘;.’€. but the original bills were
iii‘.-,i.u‘n by the Legzialziiive coizzitiiiiee
ct’ the Grange-. and piwceritetl to the
{:'I‘.‘llll)t3l‘8 v.-ho :l.il't5-

 

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._..  .c....——-.—i.__.. .,._.., ..

l.’.‘iTlL'r-i.~(7-Lil-ll\il"tl by lilt‘ t‘:iiIii.-nitils.
'l‘l-- y rutiic into living lllll~'llL‘4l witli :1
Vi.-.oI:it_v linpe, lo;-.ilul with pri‘.~niise.~:
and lli :i ii:-it l_ii-lot" _i cars they lriil dis-
appe.-ii't~l witli j.>:ciiev_':il tllstlplltlllllllltflli
often with pUl‘.\'clll.tl loss, This iiict.
vse slioiiltl Z,»r=;ii‘ in mind as We ‘imar
from §l‘:£)S(‘ Wc.slc1'ii ?§t:ites.

?.li.-~'-miri is lit pviiil as the tipt‘-lilllg
}t‘lt;l;£l'Hpil til‘ the \\"ot'tliy Master 1).

  

5 S. Tlioiiipsei) lll(ll(‘2ltL’=~'.

“l lure the ple:i~‘iir-.: of -::i_ving to you
that tlit-, Griinge in .\li<.soiiri has lll:l(l(‘
a ti t'\\‘:zi'ii 'tll()V(‘ in the ye:;i'jii;-t ttliisetl.
There have been sonic new Inctnlicrs
added and some forty Gmiiges reor-
'_ :?:l. :::::‘. l l-.'_“:i-:‘.'i.‘ ‘.‘:'!‘. l‘.‘1V(' ms'=€(l
the lliiliicon.”

J. H. Brigham, Wort.li§' Master.

tn.-Ide I‘epm‘t SH follows: “in some
counties of Ohio remarkable zeal and
activity in Grzuigc work has been
iiiaiiifestcd during the year just past,
and good results have followerl. ln
other counties, Wliere zeal and activity
has not been so iiiaiiilest, the order has
suffered in the i-stitiiatiini ot farmers
and has lost somewhat in l’llllf1(‘l‘lC:ll
strenizth. I am sure that the interests
of the order in Ohio would be promot-
ed by a reduction of membership fees
to one dollar, as many of our Iarmers
wait tor the time to come when they
can spare three dollars to pay the ini-
tiation fee, and before that time (Ol]lCS
the iioy lia.-5 grown to lli£‘illllU‘)(l, or
lost his desire to enter the Grange or

ganization. \Ve hope for incrimsctl
interest and incnibership for next-
yearn”

Nebraska losing her coiinection with ;

    

the I\'ational Grange ten year.-—r .
this year i'eeovei'c-il it. Hi r represent-
ative (). E. llaill closed his report. its
folliiwsz

‘-We do not expect to
rzipiil growtli of ’7:3 and '74 again in
N(,‘lIl'8%h:l. .\'i=itlu-r do we ilv.~i:‘c it.
But. we do Pxpiwtt :1 .-tt::ii.‘._v and whole-
.~‘Ulll€)§Il‘U\Vlll stud one that. will .-'t:iiiil
by the Grange periiiaiwiitly. \\’c are

go, has 1

500 the Z

‘‘ L'1ll.‘_~‘lllg.

weal; in l'illlllll(‘l‘?. _\(-t. l ll:'l\'t‘ no fear in ,

saying to our Brotlicr tlllil Sister Pat-
rt.-na tliruugllont tile 'v\Ul‘i(l, that the
Graiige is in .\'cbraska and is there to
stay.”

The report of \V'ort'liy Master Dar-
den, of Mississippi, had no rosy line
though he believed in time farmers
would find their true interest demand-
ed loyalty to this Order.

Brother Lipscomb, of South Caro-
lina, the last ‘to report believes the
Grange should be more aggressive.
The Order has made some gains in his
state and would be strong if it could
fulfill its intended mission.

AFTERNOON or THIRD DAY.

The advertised program of work
required the conferring of the sixth
degree on all fourth degree members
who presented the proper vouchers.
Those not having previously been
inatruced in the fifth degree were
first obligated in a class by thetnselves
by Bro. Whitne_v_.Who,  is his habit,
was in atteiitlance to render what
service he could to the Order.

The facilities for conferring this
degree in form by the 1\':ittonal Grange
Wcie ot‘ the very best, and the gay
court of Flora presented such a rare
picture ol beauty that there was a
general demand that it be photo-
graphed. This Was done the nevi
morniiig, and although not advised on
that point We suppose all who wisl-
cau be suppliecl. The :it'teruooii anti
evening were devoted to tire Work 0:
the sixth degree. Seine win
expected to li-ten to the beiiiitifii.
lessons of this degree were conipcllei
to leave on evening trains before their
wants were met. Four hun 'i-ed am
sixteen l’.-itrons, mostly froin Michi-
gaii, will reinernber with pleasiii-e tli
brilliant spectac l e that met tliei
expectaiit gaze win 11 tlrst introilucet.
instructed, welcomed and advance.
to this higher ticgree.

The inorning session of the font-t‘
day was devoted to business. Nuniei
ous resolutions were introduced an-
relerred. A report from R. P. Boi.-i
Worthy Master of the Oregon Stat
Grange, was read. Not being able I
attend the session, he had forwardr
his report by mail. The report as
whole was favorable as to the oond;
tion of the Order. Its value to tl
people of the State may be lnferri
trom this brief extract: _

Our influence in matters of Stni
legislation has constantly increaset.

We are now pl’(:_’J:ll'll'Ig to StT:)lll‘Cj!lSb
l"-.\v.~'. ma i".‘I“.llUli that will t-ompi-l the-
vi-i'j.' i-iizli tn:-L dotlgeri-I to pay on their
prop::i'ty as i'aru1i__-12-1 pay, ;-tiid we are
also in favor of a gt‘-uiczl iiicoine tux.‘
We are :il.-o :-ntisiied tii:it.J-it-itn;1's will
never be able to get. their I'l§.{lil.S until‘
ilij)’ take tiiteni,and Llilit they will
lll. vi:-1‘ ltllii’. tlii.-tn until 1':u~nicr-' till the
piililiv e-llires in such niiinbcrs as to
tll1't3'l~ public policy and secure a. pub--
lit-. iiil-':,L_;r’=_t_V that <-.-nniot be corriiptt-tl
i y nioiie_\'. i-ot;iora.tc influence or po-
litical pzn‘.rmi:ige.

This sort. oi" itiillenium  not in
sight, but the right thing to do is to
Inake it an objective point until we
have scciirizil our fair and €Qlllt:'ll)lt}’
share of pI.)wer and influence in the
ii:gisia.i.iI_eu oi‘ the <:.ouii'try.

limitations to visit the Agrieultiiral
College and the State Reform School
had been receivcil and accepted and
Saturday afternoon had been set apart
for the (3X(5lll‘al0ll. 'J.‘lie city authori-
ties §.;enerou.~:ly provided traIispo1'ta-
tion. The afternoon was stormy and
distigreeable, but it did not deter the
.l)iLI-l'Ol]S as the long line 01 hacks and
other vehicles filed across the bridge
looking like a funeral proceszsion. But

.- the inmates were jolly despite all dis-

agreeable conditions, and returned
well pleased with these Institutions 01
"F'll‘:"l) Mll’l!lgTll1 may Well be proud.

In the evening the l\i:itional Grange,
visiting; 1’:I'tro11s,and some of the
citizens of the city atteiided a reception
to which they had been invited by
ex-.‘..l.a.yor Donovan and lady. And
here we wish to recogiiize one of the
best. lcatiires oi" the .~ot-ial character‘ of

he Capitol City. 'l‘lit-in is prol,-alil_i,'
no otlicr vii)‘ in the State '-Nliera: {lie
wealtliy t,‘l[lZ('l!.~} .~n‘c so free froiii that
0l.l".)1l>‘l\’0 “I am better than thou”
spirit in all illtjil‘ social rr:l2ttiii‘:isas
The Incst. pei'ii.-ct, l’i'i-<‘i‘.<ii'ri
seetned to be felt and c1ijo_\'ci'l by all
prt-sent. The re1’rcslinieiits:1ild s--rvice
were or the best and notliing occiiri-ed
to intirtlie general ciijoyznent so gen-
erously provided. This closed both
the labor and recreation oi the Incin-
bers of the National Grange for the
lirst _week of the session.

Since the last meeting of the Na-
tional Grange, tour of its members
have crossed to the other side.

In recognition of this solemn fact,by

3. special order, the Grange assembled ‘

at 3:30 o’clock P. M_., on Suidiy,
and was declared in open session by
\Vorthy Master Darrlen for

MEMORIAL EXERCISES.

Said be:

We have assembled here this Sunday
evening tor thepurpose of paying a
tribute of respect and honor to the
memory of a departed sister and three
deceased brothers, that We may com-
Incmorate their virtues and consecrate
a page in our proceedings witha token
oi our affe -ticnate regard.

Tinie,in its onward flight, is de-
stroying and being destroyed by its
own operations.

But. yesterday the friends Whose
death new saddens our heart»: and
tn:-ikes tlii.-' an oecasioiiof‘ niourniiig
xvcre with us. They have e1'ii.-asetl the
ilurk river and now rest securely in
the gl‘t"?li unknown beyoiitl. T0-l'lI0l'-
row will (‘Ollie our time to surrender
to tlic (ie<troyei' Death. when others
will drape our chairs in Iiionruing tliltl
pl:n:e our iiatncs on the tlcatli roll of
-he ('ii':iIi;,rc,wliicl1 is now so rapidly
iiu‘:i'e:i.~itig. It is right that ‘.VCSl]t)|ll(l
llt>l]()l' the meit1oi'_v of our dead. llav
'lll}ll'(~"”~'.“5l(IllS be Inadc here that will
,.n'cpare 11.5 to mi (:1 il!(’lll in lleavcu.

The several coininiitces previoiisly

-ppointed made l‘tl(.iSl- toiicliin-r refer-
-nre to the ilcp:i.t'tc(l dead, pi'esc-tiled
-niI..-iblc resolution». that were supple-
nenteil by I'eiiI;i1'l<-. from .-‘istcrs and
-rothcr-.s full cl" alfeiztioiiatc reinem-
-rance and l't'zi.‘.i:i'3t:il iegard. Space
yill not permit. l‘:i1't,liei' lcil;l'Cllt‘fl to
his u1einoi'i:Il (}.\'€l‘“.l5et:>5 aiitl we can
nly add that there was no itiistrilgiiig
‘re sincerity of the sorrow so Well
xpressed.

Monday, the fifth day of the session,
iuud the Grange in session at the
anal hour. The Worthy Master
mmulgated the amendments submit-
d at the last session which had been
itilied by the constitutional majority
i‘ State Granges.

The first authorizes County or
‘oinona Granger to be represented in
Late Granges under such regulations

.3 the State Grange may provide.

This has been Michigan Gt-atige law
for years. The other anieiidment
adopted authorizes State Graiiges to
confer the sixth rlrgice on all inenibers
In good standing tor wliii-h the re-
qiiirctl tee is one dollar, one-liztlf of
wliicli goes to the tiw:-iii*_v of lilo‘ State
Grl‘Lll‘-g't3 and the otiii,-r hall‘ to the
trt~asiii'_v or till,‘ l\':it,ii:»n:il Grange.
li«€}iUl'lS oi i-'t:iiiilii.;_f (.“'llllllllU‘,f‘Sl
with ili.-tii.-1-i-it. and ‘iitiul at-ii. ll llH'I'C-
on l)e‘~1i2plt‘(l ii-e |lll.ll'i‘ ':‘i.e
\jI'zt.'.:_{e ailoptr.-ti Lin’ J‘(  iuiiu Ilil.‘.ii»_|l..‘i‘
oi’ the i-,oiti:nitt-»i:- on 1;-..»-f! ol‘ the. ( lg (if3l‘
for “a l‘t:l.~.~ll(‘ iii’ ll'i.(‘llUli£il -ty
for lie!) in the lliull.\“‘1’ i}-i- aiiolilii,-;.~ of
the pi‘csciit [)L>-‘lltll lltlll.‘ Ziltll "pio\'i.--ion
for the is.-iiiiitci oi" 1)“-~l?;l iw:ni‘y Ul-l(fl'S
in Slllllfi of -$.3.iii',l or lo-< llll‘ :1 lie of
three ceiits.” "flit-. (ii-.iii,yi: li-id pre-
vioii-sly apprcvi-d iii’ :1 l‘-'..~lUl“.i’.iillOf
the foriiier 1':ile ol 9. ll ill‘ i‘l_‘lll. an iillilC0
on si2::ils, plains, eie.. iii~:i-~..l oi” the

,1,.,}._

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pI‘esL-ut om: cent. pct‘ i.:‘tiv.-1* rats-/. wiiivli
is exoi'bii.zint -‘L:-. 1',tIill[J‘tl'|':l \\ l|.ll gsipiws
wliicli are v:ii'ri-.-ii ti.-i" two <'(‘lll« per
pound. A11.-.-oliitioii W‘ -ai.-u .ii1-wpii-d
aiithoriziiig the uvi:i'=i'ei' oi a State
Grange to l'E3pl'l‘I~‘t‘.llL a .-t.i:+3\vl-mi. tI'I)lll
any cause the .\l.'t.~teI' is tin.-il~!e, :ii.-it if
the tlverscer is iiiiatfze i.'l\,’ l~3xi:i-,i.~—:ii‘e
Coininiilee 1il:i_y app-vint. ti -ubititiite.

The followiiig, pre.-eiitr-ii by the
Master of the State Grim;-_e of Wall-
l‘v‘-rtiia, was adopieil:

llesolved, 'l‘li:it the Natioinil (1 2' ange
II';;'c our RG1)l't!nClll.2l.I.l\‘f¥S llt Coiiut-ess
to only prepare and lil‘t"“t"l'it to Con-
gress such bills for i-.u.-it-tnie-iit. as will
better protect the riglits o1'ou r people,
and rigidly ciilorce our l)l‘l‘,Ft‘,llL laws
against legislative and judicial corrup-
tion.

At the 19th session or the Niitiiinal
Grange a system of lecture WOl'l\ was
adopted and the sum ot $3,004) appro-
priated. At the 20th, or sessio.-i of
1>~’S6, $-3,<IUt’) was appi-opt-iated less the
unexpentlcd atnouiit oi the pl'(‘,Vlt)LlS
appropi'iatioti,aIid the conni'r_v lll\ iiled
into four districts untli,-r the su p~ ;'vis-
ion of Tiling of Maine, Lip:-tiiiiil) of
South tjairoliiiii, lii'I'gli.iIu oi‘ Ollie and
'Wootliiia-.n of 3-liciiigiizi 'l‘J.c i-«port
of the lixiu,-iiiivc C4tllI7‘:illlt'i‘. Hll<i\V('tl
tI‘i:Lt 154,-')«:.'E.J‘>:5 il‘:4_l l)=.'(:ll t-xp-Jwit-l liy

 

the ..‘.~£ati~ii;il il§t'llll‘\_‘l' um! l:i.- ;i.-.-i.-‘t-
:ii-tr-. A l=:dgi:p1.:.I tin “*.iH',.ti1.(l;Il tie
Et.~,L >'t_‘.:s-ii’.-‘ii, lI«llL‘lilt‘(l, aim :-2 \‘('ltil’i-it

101‘ tin; iii.i'niit'ai~,tiiiv> oi liii‘ Hlillfl llI.'i1.l3
witli Slill‘)lli‘i l‘»i'i.»s. iv L1o.,t.-1'l‘i.:l:iilcl-
pliia. 5})ti=,‘t‘ wiii not l;'f3l'll£ll i:u-Iliirr
rcl'ei'mii:i- to the Vt,'l') leiigiliy ]’(:]ml’l- of
the .l'lx. Call}. The Uolllliilllkft,‘ on
COLlSlll?.illUll mail By-Laws l‘t‘1,i()l'lC(1
the followiiig imzeiiilttieiit Wllltfll was
adopted:

list. Amend ai'ti<:le Vll by in-'erting
in lieu tlicreof the tolloivingc “A
State GI‘-aiiige shall have the ].|uWt‘1' to
regtiliite this fees for tiieiiiiici-.sl1ip
within its ,iurisdit.tion, providetl,iioW-
ever, that the iniiiinium tee shall not
be less than one dollar ”

An invitation from A. ().Bement,
an extensive uiatiiilaiztiircr of the city,
had been received and accepted by the
;\'atioIial Grange and visiting P-itrons
to attend a reception on Monday
eveniiw. We were ab.-tent from the
city, and lost an occasion for social
enjoyment that was spoken of by those
who attended in very 1l:itt(-ring le1'IllS.
We omitted to state in place that. an
invitation by Capitol Grange to attend
21 regular meeting on Saturtlay evening
the 19th inst. had been accepted and
several distiiiguislied lIl0lIll)(rI'S ot the
National Grange put in an :lpp(.‘l1‘:l.IlC6
at an early hour. That the meeting
lllld(‘I‘ sucli favoi-zililc conditions was a
success goes without sayiiiu.

The printer izoiiiplaiits-i that lie is
ove:=loailcil with copy and we shall
dctcI'f:irtliei' report of the ..\':itional
Grange St-~':‘~'l0Il until the next issue,
only adding that the ulllt‘<§l‘S of the
last two years v.‘et'o llt‘2ll'l)' all re-
elected, rnd tlic ll€’Xl..S(‘.?!-’lt)ll ofthe
National Graiige will be held in T0-
pelsti, Kati.-zns.

-ninnin

SINCE tlieil:i..-'t“i.'-V.-‘tic oi the VISITOR
the press has given free circulation to
a tlmzisicii of Justice Blatcliford, of
the United States n‘npi'eine Court, in 8.
ilriven well suit, that decision being
adverse to the i;-.l.iini of N. W. Green.
This report. has 0v"CllSl0ll(‘(l geiieml re-
joicing; but we zirc not sutiii-icni ly ud-
\ lS("(1$1t tl.~.i:-' date of the real tn-i-ts and
are not i'cail_v l(H7.r“~.=lllll€ that weare out
of the woods iintfil we know more
about this tnattitr, which we hope to
bet'o1'e another issue ot the VISITOR. If
the decision is ill al the l\liclii,<,rau peo-
ple may well be tliankml to the State
Grange for promptly coming to their
rescue and staiiding in the l.)l‘P80ll be-
tween them and the parasites who so
vigorously and successfully plied their
trade in other states to the annoyance
and cost of driven Well ownere.

SEVERAL articles are crovi (rd out of
this uiiinlier that will appear in next
Issue. National Grange proceedings
to those who did not attend has pre-

cadence.

 


  

‘ 'I'ZE-IZE3 GRANGE V ISITOR.

Dec. l. I887.

gommuuicatious.

[The following poem was written
for and read before Pumon-i Gr-uige.
No. 1,oi' llerrien County, held at Pearl
Grange hall Oct. 25 and 26, 1887.]

The Farmer.
The farlui-r is the keystone man,
He fills the center of the curve,
His arms the coiiimoi.wes.lth doth span,
With lllllhclf-l3 strong and steady nerve.

To—d:i.y be is 9. leailing man,
With well develops l, patent brain,
He helps to guide, to form, to plan,
As well us grow the golden grain.

His home is cultured and refined,
His children are his special pride,

He strives to ClllCl\'li.tt* t to mind,
And awkwardness to thrust aside.

"I‘is true he has H. cheek “of ten,"
And brawny arms for runners’ work,
He can not sit in shade with fun,
And sit the lioi:sun‘s labor shirk.

But while he trudgcs with the plow,
Or cuts the golden grain or hey,
His brain is busy iniiikiiig now,
And me .1 oi t taught help clear the way.

No more he keeps those old back siczits,
No more he stands wiau silent lip,
But living issues now he meets.
And holds those issues in his grip.

He knows the u1l—prevs.iiiiig truth.
“Tin-. world is moving." inovi ig last,

And if he would preserve his youth,
Hi: must 1.i0i;l.iu_.;cr with the pitlst.

But he must think, and thinkiiig do.
Tlic=ru's Work for all in iuiitiy ll way;
1tu_lt:t;£ the false, u..-ce,,>t tho tru-*,

Arid l.tii ll‘ "xliiil-4 ‘Its railed I v--zlay. '
Th 1'  irosli for ii.iii:i and not’; fit‘ iirullx,
\Vii‘.. Elisa‘! '1.-[1'lf|l‘l'l.‘!il.lllil.;

'I‘n-.ii-‘I-ix zll tliil gliir-i.'.il:i,
Tun‘... -i.i~.n', l'.l.‘i‘ll rs: \\'oL‘.; 1’.-t 2-.ll.

 

 

'l'lii-i:, ilirui. r, lx!l0'»‘i t.., unit'-
Limit ' I
Be :;il.-~.

.i.lul. not ill,
- -ii mt,

if t.'li-.- :ii'iiti ‘Pill \' ii‘f",}

  

    

ifrotit \v...'.l=. i» ll

Anti i-rror and t-or.-iiptiiit: itiiilf. _‘,

 

Wat-.o. York l‘o_, Ni-b.. is a tlii-iii)
tuwii iii" iv‘) to ."iUU itiii:iliit:i~il.~', on ill!‘
llni- oi the l‘.,t\", .\l. ll.gli.. witliii
good cl:i;~i< oftzitlzi-ii~ and g'l'UWlll_£. it
has lllI'l't) rfli-\':llol'-. tun lil!Iil)i‘l' )'2Li‘tl.~.
two drug -io.'c<. three liat'tlw;iro, throt-
cliurclic-. one weekly -tow.-piper, l)(3-
Sltlfts‘ several dry goods‘ i-itori:-I, gro-
cet'lc.<_. i-tc. Tiic country ;~‘ll|'l'Ulllli,lllIg
is pi-airii-, 01 a ti.-irl»: clay lo.iiii about
tlii-ire feet deep. then (‘.l:t}' front -50 to 60
feet iiiili-pLli bclorc hiilil is re.-icliod.
WlH‘.‘(,‘ w:ilct' is foniid. 'l‘lu-. i'i'm_is l'ai.~:t-il
aI'1‘i".l)l‘|l.(I.il~‘. but'le_\’, Ilix, and l)llL'.l{-
Wllt‘:lL. in the Ut‘il(,‘l' n--.iiic:l-—vcry liltin-
ivliesit. (‘.<=rn is .-i (W0-l.llll'(lS i-rop,witli
voi-y llttlt old on ll:lIl(l2 new is mlliiig
at the pi'i-.-"(mt time at 2.3 cents.

l<‘t-4-tliiig c.-ittlc for live! is done by (1
Few on quilt: an i,‘.\'lell:,~i\'L‘ .-‘mile. Out
tit-i-,:'silior li.i- 1'36 ll(‘.‘ill that lie li:i.~;- ft-ll
alioiii. :-. iiioutli, li.‘C(llll}_{ (‘.'.)l'll from tlii
iii.-ld in ll'ulli!‘lN, it t-lites one iii:in to
sliui-.l; and ill'zl\V to Llu-in. ’l‘lu-rc i~
qiiilcaii uiuounl of priiirie still no-
bi'--kv-ii \\'lll-fl! int-iii-lio-' good list-.d and
Sl*lll1l~‘ tlroutli. \Vlicu ()|l('.(‘ brok(=n and
Blll)illl\‘(l the ll‘iiill'«ll gr.-is-‘ iloczs not re-
turn. Clov--r and tiiiivuliy snisiii to :l«»
well and are t-own tiiiitc extol:-.ivcl_\
by llu‘ older t'ii'iiie-r.--.

llor-c l‘.'ll~'l?.|_1-_" i< quite an iiitlusiry or
Will l,Ii.‘. .\ll the tl'oIll>l:: l:~:.-' been fill‘-
lIl(,‘l‘~‘ li-ivc il<('(l <'.UlllIllHll .‘~‘liIl‘l{ :iii«
tlii-rv .‘ll'(‘. fl 5_{i'o:it in my .'1lll'lll int) and
l0Uu-p<-aiiall llUl'~‘i.’S; but the ill-ll)l'!)\'('»
Hli?lllS :ii'i-roiiiiiig and ill’ l\ iur lior-‘i-4 lo
lsliip and ll<i! will be l':ll~'I‘«l in the fu-
tttru. The tunic is here in plenty :tii.l
When vi goziil.-‘izc out-sells hi-' t'ri-.-iiii.
the lior-‘e. Altiio-‘t the wot‘.-it llllllj.’ tin
hor-'0 llilm‘ to coiitend with is the wire-
few,-t,-. 'l‘ii«-_v are l‘ll>'i;\l and t:.ia.i't'tl for
‘the s.-inir-. as cattle. it‘ they ll:l.‘-'(.‘ ii
striw pilo anti ,<_ri-ova to l¥l'(‘._tl\' the win-
ter wiiid il:c_\' 2tl'<= lttcky.

>.'«to.-,1; loo‘.-;.=. well !lllll0ll_L'{‘ll it has
been ilry all the fall. The r-. ll‘\.~t been
quite 2+ loss in lIU§_"i by lfilll‘ (‘ll()l"l' l.
Uni: ot the toriiicr K‘il:ll[l‘l'I.«il) boy.-. ll‘rI.~'
lost. 513 out of hits‘ lI(‘.l'(l. (Inc stile 0|
cattle iicir li--rca tcw «live since in-
cliidod loo spring ar2iii'es—lieii'ci-.4, $17:
stcci--, -$1.") pvr ii--nil; so that young c:it
tic are worth uior ;'ian in Mi-xiiigaii.

A Sllllll town clglir miles north and
west on a lmiiicli oi’ the U. & N. W. ii
1{__ in-t iiiilsliml so as to run trtiiiis.
Wliorc thrrc was only a mill and post-
oilici: ilirec lll()lli.ll'-‘ rig -. has twogood
elL‘.\'il.li)l'.S. stovl-2 _V'2ll'tlH. t.\v«.~ aloft‘-‘, t-ti-...
so you cut: the ci.~niili'_\' is growiii,<_r
sonic. Neill‘.-i-it-t i~x c.-illcd the ll'L‘.t‘lL‘-f~'
St.-me. So it wa- in ll:l.l'.il‘0', but mo-l
kllhlis‘ oi tiinbt-r do \\/(‘ll and two-.ij.'
f‘.|,|'lll ll‘h in g‘t'«I\'l‘.!l§lIi".l'lll_V S'.‘l. Ull the
north and \Vt'.~ll of l)lIllllllIu'1 ior pro-
tection. It wein-* l'2llllel‘ [)i'.‘|"lll'll‘ t‘ ir fl
lilitlllflll iii in to sun cob-' u-‘c-l for fool
in pl we of wool. S >l‘l l'i)l.l of ii guml
quality is i-‘liippntl in-rt-. ll'(Illl i'oloi:ulo
and ."u~"S iroin S-3 to :36 pct‘ ton. Tl‘i(‘l"}
is 51 i!‘llIl(‘ll -y li«;ri,- to build on the lii;:li-
el‘,g'l'v.illInl witlioittauy l'(‘,‘.f'll'll to tilt-
roul. it is not lllllfllllllllllli to st c build-
ing.-‘ from 2|) to 4'.) rods i'roin the high-
way and to li-ive t liciii sprtniil over two‘
or Ihl‘l‘(! times as lllllljll groilnd ii-i |lP(.‘il
be. l*‘t-iiccs arc Ill-Ntly b:irbcti wire
Wm; goint-. lli3il£_’i'H. but both are scarce
on a good lllltllv f~irui‘-. llou<c-' sir»:
gonrl but not so l1t'2_'e as in Mic-liisraii.
B ll'll4 -‘l!'l" not vs?-ry plt:nt_v. The. ro-
niark l ni-idi-. in my lll'w‘i still hr-l.ls
gowl—wli_'.' do the people sell the corn
and not lt'('Il i=‘?

Yuri-:, tho miility seal, iviili soiiic
4,0 H.) p ipulzilioii. l-1):! it.‘ llllll‘« wt--i.on
tlirt-c lill=‘.w' of riilroul, with “t >":’Ti.’>.’i-l.
C(:lll'l~lll)'l§”. built on it ~1|trIt'«' \\‘iiii'
tin; lni<iiii--< [N‘l'llt)ll ol'ilu~ town l_r=ml-‘
in.r*il l’-viii‘ ~'l<lt'-'. silualvl in :i \"lll:'V
Oil ill" liE'i‘.’4'l' li.l\"l'. 'l"il~ '1':-ll: v i4
not All "ivy l -r o='tl ll‘ "-'
lsy «(til gr I! Ill-l fl. fwv ll!ll“"7.

iii ii. in Iii; t‘ ,-lit:-3, i):.il_ {l.1_';'.'l 3.1.‘

if i-\ at‘ ~~.‘~ =i.i[
_.\i ll in-‘V
.1 ’.li-'_

Platte River you find sand and plenty
oi it. This is the third week we have
been here and every day has been
pleasant; roads good but soruewhiit
dust} . There must be some improve-
lllellti going on as nearly every third
team you meet. draws more or less
lunilier into the country.

There are some queer expressions
here. For plou ing. --i-tirriiig” is used,
plowing corn instead oi citltivating,
sliuckiug instead of linsking. etc. The
c ~llllll'_\' here is settled by an intelli-
gr-nt class of people from most. oi the
caslerii states and Catmtln. Very low
forcigiicrsare in this neigliborliood,but
south of Waco they have nearly an eli-
tire G(5t“llltI.l) settleittciit. (}i'aiigers are
not Very plenty. The Grange organi-
iztul here failed to have it good working
set of oificers and has not held meet-
ings in a long time. East of here, in
Si.‘\V.‘l.l‘tl County, they have some extra
good Grraiiges, lniidi-rstaiid. The Or-
der should be built up ui this country
and ought to be sell-supportiiig and
prosperous.

Nov. 9. ‘.887.--On our way home. A
(lflllll), rainy day‘, the first since lciving
home.

A- you remember, wearrived in this
place at lllltllllgllt, so that we really
saw nothing of the country this side
oi Ourilia. Utiizzi, the iir.-‘t town east,
has the same geiiernl tlirifty appear-
ance and is about the saute size as
Waco. with new buildings, ctc., and it
has about the same country or prairir
airound it. As We llf}:ll' Seward. the
county seat of Sciviiiui County, wt-
.~ti-lite bottom land and find it more-
titicreii. Oiircotiil'it'ioii of this cutti-
trr, ltiril to illficulllif for. is wli.-it i-
ll='t'0 (‘-'lll(‘ll "<lr;i\v.:," Ct)l!Illll‘ll('.lllf_;‘ on
tliieli-ii-l Willi :-‘ii-_-;lit ti:-pi‘c-t~'ioii and
_'_"i"lvlll=lll_'\' ilt:L‘l)0lllll*_',‘ until ll(,‘.‘tl' .-.oou-
slrcxiiii-; ll’ic_V l)"CvIlll1.‘ ‘.lLfi:l> iillll lilllil~i~
s’illllL r tviri  Vllll vi-r_\' l'l‘(u)l-:L‘tl and iiii-
U‘.'l,-‘ll borders‘, in '-ting llu‘ land into
-in aliiio.-‘t. \V\)l'illlL'SS condition ior any-
tliingliiit pa-litre. It does‘ not $t‘t‘ilI
lit:-a-‘llllc that ii iroiild lizivc liecii (loin
oy either w;itvt' or wind. l)(‘lllgCt)\".‘l'(‘tl
with the p|':lll'l45 zgwlil: but who can tell
wli-it tlioii-‘:iii<,l.~‘ Lil‘ }'c:,ii-s‘ i-oii=l-int \Vl":l.l'
iii.-if.’ do?

As we go towards islllclllll. we iiiid
lllL‘ suriiu-c level with coil!-tilt-i':ilile titti-
bt-r on the boltoiii lanai until wt: I'o:it:li
()iii2ili:i on tiuie and with better luck
than when cotiiiiig out. We arrive in
Council [llttif-4 without delziv, l'(‘.:lll_\'
tor the train: raining liard andjust the-
thing for this sectioii, they lniving ll‘l(l
no rain efcotiseqiiciice tor 21 long time.
.3‘liulb_v, again. and it ride of two miles
in the rain brings us with otir friciitls.
After it nlglit’s go .d rest. we iind the
\V{‘7llll0l‘ tine. The rain has not done
llic lit-iiciit cstpccted and hoped for.
'[‘lit~re is coiisidcra hie complaiiil. oi’ hav-
ing to lower wells tor more water.
Corn is mostly llllSl(vI‘.(l and iii the crib:
not miiiy sales and the fai'inei's have
plenty of lime to spare tor the next
iltrc-c tnontlis.

'[‘liur.-"tiny 0VOllillg,(ilI'.‘.‘ll' and [)lt31l‘s'ltl)l‘,
irlii-n we continue our w.i_v tU\V2lI‘ll-
lioiiic. Tlic qll(‘.~‘il()il of most iiitcri-~u
ll. prczcnt i-'. "Wlizil. will be done in
lfliicitgii to-tiiot'roiv? \Vill law and or-
-lcr pr-~v.iil, or lllllit wt: i-cc inolis and
lll‘ll‘('.'ll~'l* vluslri-_V lite and pi'op0i‘t_\"."'
it. would iseein to be the |)'l‘opt:i‘ tinn
.ioiv Lunclllt‘. tlic vcxctl qucstimi for
-ill time to come, for it must be settled
-‘will.

A-' we neiir Des ..\[()lllCS we see lll0l'(*
iiiiilitr and Hit‘ ll|'~'[ rail i'etii-cs .~:int:i-
it-nriiig (i'llli'Il_'g,i'rI iii.-‘oa saiv mill and
wood |>ll(‘:Hll ilie.--tzitioiis. Des Moiiic.-‘.
with its co:il tiiiuos and qu.-ir ‘leg. with
it- ('i'ilii.li loratioii in the State, must
liccoiiic it l’ll'f_{(.' and important city.
.~‘l.oppiit_;' oiilfxzi. short limo. we saw
viery little of it, but what we saiv in-
rlllfiliffil a pi'o.~:pt:i'oiisziii(i growing cil_v.
"icon lllglll.U\."i".l‘l:ll{L‘P: us and we fziil to
we tin‘ \VUllll¢-l‘lill Mississippi River
ind the grand l)|'lil§[(,‘- at Rock lsltiiid.
which we have uiziny times wished to
s -i-.. \Vo r-ro-s it abotit ll o'clock and
.vlieii dityliglit comes we are ll(‘.il.1‘ Chi-
l,':i'_:'O. As we go over the G. T. it. it.
we see the iirsi. winter wlieat in ludi-
-ina and the Slllrlll growth indicate.-
that it. has been dry weather or cool.
~iiiil the same appearance l‘€:lllllllli until
w.;— rt-aoli lioinc. Si-.liool.-i-iift, Mich.

W l. C.

   

     

-»-—~-—— 
The Knlckerbocl-(ere.

This wot-ii, iiizide i'amou- by the wiz-
=ird pen of the iuiniurtal Di3itli'ii-.h
Kill<.'l{l‘l'l)l)Cl\'el', h:i.~i bcrome historic
a id will ever be used as a t_\'p'it:.al nanie
for the llntt-.li of New York.

Tue l.)ill,<'ll iirst settled New York
and estrililislieil there a new nation.
with all the Cll-‘i()lli<, li:iii'its, maiincrs
and mode of lite of their fatlierlautl
?l='l‘0~‘S the waters. and it his been
Dutch tlion_w.ht and i.tiilti»-tifiv, Diiic-li
lioiu.-rlly and coniuicrcl:tl iiitogrlty.
l)‘.llt'.ll love, of biisiiitsss and trade. tint
ll:l.\'t‘ in llli‘ .\:(“.\' York the great =iUlll-
iiirix-.i:il inel'ropoli.~.x oi" Aiiicriva, and if
E2l;Il:tll(l may be (ralicd the niotlu-r
country of this grcitt. ctiiitiiioiiwcaltli.
his not llollainl zi l‘l_1_‘,'lll. tlirougli tlllf
l’il;_rrim ll‘.-itliei'.~, to be called its spir-
itual i:itiicrla.tul?

“But what avails history before Irv-
ing‘.-: tits:-iii ding cai"ii~aturc:iiid iimiior-
i.;il ji-.-1?" iii.» cit-ic.-iliircd Dnti.-.liiii:iii
l-i so :t.lniirably and fellcimu -'ly dr.-iwu
that it ll‘l~‘i l)("‘0lI1l!tlli3l‘0:ll l)lll(‘lllI]‘lll.
‘-Na-xv lu'ii,<_rl:tml llll-l[()l‘l?lll.i and book-
lll’ll(l:l':~l. with iiiitzouscioits but tell-talc
1)':'c!.l.Sl()ll. gt-t. tlicir .‘\,*' .':l.l"|‘ll, l'itci:~t, copy
l,l'i4.‘ll' l!l‘.E.'l-i,'l.llll daul) on lll(5ll"lUl‘:ll col-
or.-“ from li'vii-1.-2"’ Oh, llli‘ iii.-t;_r'tt: of
.~,'i_\'lil:lllil tho llll'.’lll of ni-rlli? A_2‘vs
may l)l. l'(‘(]lll!'0(l to ovurc -mt: the spoil
0!’ Nil. hi.‘ ll‘ll"Ill~' zluxt (’:l~l. (JV 'l‘ ill’?
0 "ly iii-it-i'v o" Vi-w Yuri; bl‘ -inc oi
ii 'i' .'-‘Uri-I. ll will ho only 0"f-:'-"mic
\\*,ir«',i -l hm‘; in l -. ll v-vat ii‘. illIoilil;\'-‘li-.-.1

 

nit-:in~ ii.-ivc lliili-d. 'l‘lioi.ts.-iiiil:~i i-.:iti
rzi-.-ilcftilly ti-silly to this. All u_lru;,r-

. ‘(fl-l*5.
7 --»- ----Qoj-—------—-—-

'.i Eli l'lI“ pol,t'.!'i=:y oi‘ style tux-l (‘.l'(};l-

‘:'>~.'c ii  - ry oi gu.;.>Ii:- I'.~‘.l’!.l'.' iii.-. ryl

wizard shall arise to recover the for-
gotten truth.” When such a writer
shall arise who shall set forth in fiction,
which is the vehicle, not of fact, but
of truth. the sweetness. the purity,
the loveliness, and the heroism of tlic
SOVPlllP.(,‘llill ceiitury. Dutch history
will be instilled. May that genius soon
arise and do his part, while the scliolar
and historian. with ole.-iro~it argument,
will demonstrate the ll-.illaiidcr's part
in the lll:ll{llI2' of AllI0l‘ll‘:i and the Con-
stitution of the Uiiitcil ‘,'[fl[(‘r3.

From the wise l~'l3l!(‘_~¢Ililll down to
the busy inerchaiit zuid honest toiler,
what does not New York owe to the
Kuickerbocks-r element?

It has been Stiltl by an able Frencli
toiirist that New York has produced
l:iw_\'ers, but nojurist. To repel thi-
charge we have but to point to Edward
Livingston, oi‘ the old Kiilckei'boi~.l-‘ci'
family of “Livingston Maiior,” who
i-’ recognized in Ainerici, as well as in
the Old World. as an eminent juri-It.
[ii statesm-niship, law and or.-itrii-y. we
have the Liviiigstoiis, Van Nesses,Van-
llnrens, lloiimans, Van Vechtena, Van-
Derpools, Vaiishacchs, and in-my oth-
er er‘ the genuine Kiiickerbocker fra-
ternity.

But our tlieme. also finds a rich de-
velopment in Kiii<:k<=i"- *kcr literature.
This li‘.er:iture lll‘:‘.' Li: iiciiiied as cm-
ni-aciiig the poetv - roiil prose produced
in New York Ci  State during
the iir.-t hall‘ of ' nineteenth centu-
ry. As it win the ".s‘0l)L‘l‘., second
tliouglit” that l‘l=‘ll‘l-"lf:l"lI’.(’ll all titling.-
that the Dutch ~ .~ public. tii:ii:tci--
l'roiii .'~'itl.ié,‘~‘lll‘lil- :U\Vll lo the sim-
plc.-lt all'.tir of l: i_-. .-o it was the “.“lt)l)(‘l'
~v..‘('t)l|ll iliottglis” --9’ it- -illlll()l'.~1 that
_."‘l.\'<3(ll“1>l.ll. val -.i:l l'll‘lllll.’.~S to thi-
ii lll’\'l{l_'l‘lI~ re kor .' ‘illl‘('.

'l'.'I-3 piotit=:=.:- ....-it-ii‘,-' tltcsc liltilitiiu
wt~i-»- ill1l.\l_' ll[!;i“|l’y p ll‘ll'il,‘l'~', .l:iiI.n,-,- K.
l’:iulvl.iii_<: and \V:.=-'iiiiI*:_‘loti ll"i'lll‘.f.'\‘.'ll\
\V4‘l'I‘ joini‘ wriivr- of "h‘.iliiiij;'iiiiili.‘
wliii-ii hit oil tin: ziuuiors of l.lll': iii}
in a f_[I)l):l-illlllI’l"\l, .-iritl -’pivy llltl!lln‘.l'.
lli‘<lIll‘-1 l'tuldliit.r :ui:l lrviugr. llicrv
\\’(?l'(‘. iii'y.-int. oopi-r. l)l';ll~'.1‘. llIlll‘Jl'l{.
l[oil'ui iii, .\l(.l 1-. \‘i'illl<. Ycrplaiit-it.
Poe, 'l‘:iyloi'.:iiit‘.. in-iny otlu,-rs, €1.~ll':l.~’:l_‘.'-
l-ii-. iii.-‘L-vrl:iii.-, iio\'e,-li~tl.~a and pout.-
l‘lic i-hint‘ oi tlie.-‘u uiitliors, iiio-‘t oi
whom have long ago ‘.'J5‘la'i‘(l their lit-
’r;iry lzl.l)ill'-‘i, tho l‘\E:li'llll_'{ publi-.,-. art
'-Vifll llCqllttlll‘CCl.l. with through tlicir
boo Va, We have a few words to say 01
their loss proiiiiiictit ft-llows:

Samuel W'oodwoi'tli (1785-1849).
who !ll‘t_V be called a siiiglc-soil! poet.
l.'§('.lll(lll)' known by his tine lyrics. 01
"'l‘lic Old Oiken But-lcet."

John l"icrpoiit. (11732-ltlliii). ills po
out calli-.tl ‘-l‘as-‘iiig Aiv:i_i"' is reg-irilcd
imong the siveetest in otir literiitui-v
[once licard \'aiidetilioil' read it and
the ~‘p-issing away” Anlllllli-)(l like tin-
echoes oi 8. distant bell. “W:ii'rcti‘.-

\ildi'c.-is” \i.“ns a favorite with the gen-
ial old poet.

iiuliin I). Vcrplaiitsk (l‘i’F<G-1870).
lie is licst known b_v.-ivoltiiiic oi'i,-:t.-t:i_\'.-
«ill the “Nature and l.7~:c~i oi‘ the Vari-
ous Eviilciices oi licvealcd lit-ligioii."
llis cilitioii of Sliakespe:ii-0 is yet popu
lzu‘.

Jxtlllefl Al)l‘.‘tll21l1l llillliouse (1799-
lsll). llis pulilislied works are poem.-
lllll .~¢ti<li'v<.-‘cs.

Dr. John \V:'.l{GllI".ltl Fritiicis (I789-
1:5‘-ii), 11.-, with Dr. llo:-:i«-l:. edited
The /_‘uiier1c:iii Mvdiczil and Pliilosopli
it-.:il liegi-le-1'. 'l.‘lie purely lite-i'ar_\‘
Work by’ wliicli he is best t'eiiiciiihei'eil
i~ his *-()lil New York" or *-lli-.iiiini~t-

     
 

  

  

notices of the Past Sixty Ycat'.~t.” lit-
wa-: a gciiiiiiie old liiiickei‘bockcr.
.lolin lloward l’a_\'i e;l79l-15. .2) It

is enougli to say of hint that he wit-
the :-.ntlior of that dcathless soiig—
"lloiiit-, ‘sweet lloiiic."

Willlaui Lcete Stone (1792-1M4).
llis llllhl. iniportant works are Meni-
oii-.-t oi [ll-.-inilt. and lied Jacket, :1 ii is-
tory of Wyoniitig and Border \Vai'.-'
of the Aiiioricaii llcvoiiiiioti.

C-ll‘ll‘lO.~ I’. (‘lint-.h (17597-1850). Ho
was one of the an lZll0l‘e oi “The Creek-
eiu-i." lie had it vcrszitile pen and was
a worthy I{nicl-:erbock4,=.r,

“Who bore without reproach
The grand old name of gentleirian."

Robert Charles Sands ([799-18:32.
lie. with Bryant.-ind Vi-.i-plain:k,wrou-
the three VUlllIlIPFi oi “Tlie Tali-iii:i.ii.”
lie was from 1827 till his (le:i.l2ll editor
of the Couimerclal Advertiser. Ili-
was a mciiibcroftlicold‘*Sketch Club”
whit-.li was tnergr-d into the present
Century Club oi New York.

Ciiroline i\'latilil:i. Kirkland, nee
Stan-bury (1801-1861). This success-
ful te;iclier, cliarining convers:itioiial-
i.-‘t, and i‘l.(il[lll'8.l)l0 auili-ii-, lived in
.\liuhigan lrom 1835) to lriitl, when slu-
l'i3lll0\’t‘Ll to New York City. Her ii rsi,
works were “A New llonu-: Wlio’ll
l«'ollow‘.”’ “l<‘orcst L'ii'i*,” and "West.ci'ii
(,‘—lc:it'iii;_rs,” rt-iatiiig to pioneer lifc in
this State. Then followed "llolidays
.\liro~id" and ii. well written “Life 01
\Vasliltigi.oii.” V. 8.

—~-— or-————~---~~
A Horse Who Can Talk!

Evervbody has lie.-ird oi a “liorsc
laugli, bitt who has ever seen an equine
gifted with the power of spcocli?
Such an aiiim-ii would be proiiounccd
ll. inii-.~icle: but so would the tclegrapli
and the telcplione have been a liundred
_\'e‘.ll‘S ago. Why, even very recently
a cure for consumption would have
been looked upon as miraculous. but
now people are begiiiiiiiig to realize
that the ili:-tease is not iiicnr;iblc. Dr.
l'i--i-rc‘s (loldi,-,ii Medical l)iscov(-r_v
will (I-lli'(‘ it if taken in time. This
world l‘(!llU\‘v'lll‘il rcnicil_\' will not ni.-ikc
iicw luii,-1-. but it will l‘(!.'~‘l,()l'C ill.~'lf:l.~’i‘il
once». ton lic:iltliy .-'t:ilc ‘lVlil'll all other

_ It 1-4 :_|'|',l[l,.\'i g Lu Hl‘~t‘i"iU ilrii l)i‘(.‘l'
:iml l!l,l'::‘l' i~‘tri.in__r dri ’ 'll'(‘. losing;
ti.» ll‘ p‘ was i:‘- ti 'l\‘llll.-ll’ ll i'.iii‘.i. l

 
 

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gunfire’ grpartmmt.

Life and its Aims.

[Essay read at the last reg ilnr meeting of
Lentiwet: County Pomona Umiigc, held with
Madison Limngc, by Si-ter C. l5al(lwin.]

The question l1:l.F been asked, "What
is ottr lite?” llnman liie coines nearest
to Divinity oi’ anytliing belonging to
our .-plicrc. Even t‘ If most liunible
lives are lll:ll’Vi.'lS oi wondi-r wliicli the
gt'c:itcs1: niindscan liardly comprt-liend.

From our C‘il‘ll(3~4l. iiniincy life seem-i
to have its aims. At this period our
chief aim is to supply the pliysi--.2il
needs of our ll:‘zi’ll|'L'.s‘, but each mile-
stone cliaiigcsotir aim-1 from phy.-iic.~i.l
to moral, from moral to mental and
t'roin menial tospirittnil. Longlellow
tells us in one 01 his lieautiful poem:-:

Our lives are rivers gliding free
To that unlailiomeu, boundless sea,
The silent grave.

Our cradle is the starting place;
In life we run the onward race,
And reach the goal.

When in the mansions of the blast,
Death leaves to its eternal rest
The weary soul.

Lite is soiiiething grand if we are
fircd by noble purposes and high as.
pirations. It‘ we stand with foldi-d
lllllltle until occiisioii tells us what to
-lIl,\‘V(' will rczu-li the end with our
lllls‘Sl0l) uulullillcd. Tin-rc is n lI(‘t'i‘l~'
-ity for at-tioii on the voyage of lilc.
We must not allow our barks to drill
with the title. We must take the our.-
in our own hands and inakc a vi~{,_rorou.-
wil'ori to t'c:icli l lic.-iiui we have in \’i.»\\.
i think :ill arc :lllllllIf_{ for lI'li>])ii:(.‘.~.~.
out in liow lllll2_\' ilili't-will \Vil_\'.\llll \\i
Lind it. hoiiii» *i‘i‘l\' lot‘ it lil iii.
ind in liit- l)lli'~'llll oi‘ pit-.-isttii-. llllll1£l=
-.vitli --oinpiiiion.-' oi t-orrupt li=ili'il~.
»vili~. ilic [:I'Ui.‘3ili'. line tii'liil\'iii3_r. iii»

iliis

-.'llIli:llll-lrl't‘:il{ii|;£. with lllU.~'i3 wlio-i_

.-ideal‘ iii-liglii l~l. i:i i'i.<itin;,r stloons and
wlio-i‘: liigii~.-.~'t aiiibitioii is to PXITCI in
C'lI'il.< zinil ~‘~lci;:‘liI. oi hand ti'it~kf-. lilll
this i-: not line ll?ll)plll(‘.~.s‘ :'llll wim-
lillli.‘ is told you ran but lbrl that you:
lay-,4 ll'l\‘l.' l)l‘.L‘il ltIl.~lHlI(‘l1l, your illi
wasted and lli('l'.'lll_\' thrown aw.-iy anu
y.'ou‘w1ll ri-:ip the bitter fruits oi yoni
lt)ll}'. it" our aims end in this world
uoiv very short will be our day of re
ioicnlv‘.
Let. us make duty, p-‘lll(’llCe, virtue.
cliiirily, and Clii'isti:iiiii_v our aim. Lifl
its aim to elevate the minds ofall tlio.-r
with whom we come in coiitiict. year
oy year. Let us strive to do good. and
thus while seeking the good of otlii-r.-
we ottrseives will be lifted to :1 liigbci
plane in life.
The mines in the mountaini-i of tin-
west are l)(‘2|llllll!l illiisti':uioi.s of out
lives. The precious nictal-' arc inixou
with rock and rust and coumion i-la)
ind it is with much labor that the)
ire brought to a state oi pei‘i'cclioii
our lives are tilled with loves and
mites, doubts and faiths. hopes and
fears, :,ispii':uioiis and anibitioiis, joy.-
it.d SUl’l'U\VS, with tendencies for good
and evil, and we innst silt the (ll'U.~-
ll'Ulll the pure metal and make the llluel
of our opporiniiitics.
As we wt-rc going over to the dealt
t:;itioii oi \Vo1‘klng Utfzlllge ll.-ill, wt-
passed two tciiiii.-4 drawing lieavy load.-
oi wood. on their way to town. A
i‘ariner was driving the iii‘-t, w tile iii.-
wife drove the sccoiid. My liiidmiiil
icuiurkcd: "' ‘here are no Urraiigc incur
lugs lor them; they are aiming to girl
ricli and tliey prub:ibly will.” "Would
you uxcli-ingc places with tlieni?” I an-
-ivcrctl.“ No, indeed; a thoiisaud tinit-.~,
no. i would not c:a;i=ii;iiigc our inodc-L
home and the opportunities we ciijo_\
far all the riches such 11 life can
bring.”
Whatever be our calling, whatever
be our siatioti, let. its aim to do right.
There i-t an old silage, "lie who aim.-
at the sun will not hit it, yet his ur-
row will fly much higher titan his who
niiiis at the eartli;” and so it is with
our lives. If we aim to be pure, lion-
orable, hottest, cliuritable men and
women we will cotne much nearer per-
lection than those who have no aim.
“Ah, :1 life is before thee, a life full ofcares,
Gentle youth, and mayhap, thou will fall in
Ila snares.

Can thy bark speed thee now, without wind,
wii.lio..t tide.

Without the kind angel, thy beautiful guide?

Ali, no? then what lures thee, fair youth, to
depart?

Was: thou rushed into danger from impulse
of heart?

Lo! above in the bright arch of heaven I see

lhe vision. the rum :0 alluring to thee.

"l‘is the temple of faiiie, with its pillars so
fair,

And the Genius of wisdom and love reigneth
there.

Advaiicc, then, proud vessel, thy burden is
light,

Swift speed thee and guide his young steps
in the right.

Foriri life's iitful changes are many dark
streams,

And paths unillumined by the sun’s golden
bcains."

v ~-——:——-joj———-—-__
Health Notes, etc.

A year or tvio ago Mrs. Lyman, nu.
titer of "The Coming Woman,” visited
our townand among the lllall} good
tliings we learned from lierli.-ill dozen
conversations on health and dress w; 8
how to cure cold leer, a subject in
which, it is needless to say, niaiiy were
liIlt‘I‘0-Slcil. On taking tip the lllel. issue
oi the Cliiiiitziiiqiian we tound the same
remedy sttggc-teil for the saline tliitig:
and .151 can ligstify to its (-ilicacy 1
am pliilantliropicnlly iiiovul to ~-;-ct
the l)‘Ill ii rolling” tor the benciit of

like ziillicted niortzils.
‘Vt’ quote llr. Coin: “'i‘lici'e is a lo-
cal tunic til’:-ct of cold to \Vllll‘ll I

would t-till llIi’('ill'll(,‘.~'l. at lieiiiioiiol'di-li-

i-.-itc lll\':lllll'~‘.:!ll(.l (’,.¥l'(’.('l£ill'\' of tlioscl

win.» .~nllcr lroin lri:<pu3nt ct-Ids. tiucli

inviilitle may be fllll‘pl‘l.~‘9(l to learn that
a. cold Cl0UL'l|00ll the feet, or a foot. ball
as cold as it can be lN)I'llP, i.-i an almost
iiinilliblc prev--iitivo iiii-sits against
ciilcliing cold. it lnibituates or tough-
ens the nerves of the tick to the im-
pre:-sion of cold; it is followed by a
warm reaction in persons who are far
too tll'llCfll(' to endure a general cold
bath: and thus it is available for all.
The water should be as cold as it can
be liiul,ntiirst only for a minute or
two at a (into. it is surpri-ing how
soon this simple rcuu-dy will cure cold
i'ect,evcii in those who have been life-
long siiilvn-1'3, and how eil'cc-tire it is
in pl‘(2\'t'|lllllg one from catching cold.
This simple and coniiiioii-setisc reniedy
iii-serves to be l)€N1‘I' l\'l|0"‘l| and more
widely I)l';l(:lli‘€'(l than it is.”

The proper test as to the good result
of 3 cold b.-ill, general or local, is the
warm reaction which should always
lolluw.

“The most valuable effects ofa bath,”
says our !lllll)0I‘,“:Il'(' the tonic «fleet of
the cold and the friction of the skin
which should always iiccouipany it.”

The tlii~or_v ot cloi-ing ol pores is ex-
plained nway by Dr. Conn and the
good lit-allli of niany uiiclcanly people
is tlieri-by iiccotiiitt-d for.

"It is next to llllpofl-ll)lP to clog the
pores of the -kin except by some firm
-ind iiidiesolublc coating, as varnish,
etc.”

"The pores of the skin are :1 million
little‘ i'ivvrs; you can not stop their
ruiiiiing b_v putting mud in their
niontlis.”

--()ii the other hand it is quite possi-
‘'l(‘ in l't.‘l|ltiVL‘ luti lIllll‘.l| (bl. llm epider-
iuis tor fs:lll‘l)'. To .-um up the whole
l|'t'll'llll‘ oi colil l):lllI~Z in hi.-il=li they

ire Ilic li.--<1 oi‘ ti-nlc.~: for the X-lxlll. the

it-i'via~'. ll!i‘i'll‘l'lll'lllUll,:Illil ilwy i-;i.niu-
lrll('. too. llll‘.‘l"lll|il til [.ll(‘ \'i~<':-r:i. For

lic ll.-i=lili*, lliuj-' arc’. il' lil‘- pi'l‘l\'ti.'-1-tl..*\
no.-‘I v.-iltt:l;I(-. |iiv:iti.-' ol tsiiiiiifi up the

‘iilal Nit-I'g_»'it~.~'. lint lll('_\' mu-‘t _l,M: used
only uillt llIi('.lll_£_!‘l‘ll[ i‘el'i-wtice to the
‘on-lilulion oi the palii-nt. in con-
juiu-iioii with friction, the cold bath
-iiiisttttitcs onc oi our mm; v,,]1m[,1e

iiciiiir-x oi pro.-terviiig and restoring
lit':illll."’

Upon gooil nuihoritv salt is recom-
IIlt'i'iIli*il to be ands-il to. the water.

When wecoii-i«lci- this lll.'l§IV serious
I'(‘Sl|l[§ of “catcliiug cold"—-ofie author
-:i_\'s, ‘-More people have died urcoldg
tli-in wct'ccvi-r killed in battle”-—we
will do well to coiisiilcr (line things.

As the st-nson is at. hand when liou-ea
~iiust be closed to shut out the cold, it
zeiv wt-r.ls ontlic .-iilijcct oi \'8lll.l.l.Ltl.l.Ull
.iia_\' not be ill-iinn-d.

A r-iinple and i-Iii-ciive ventilation
in-_iy be pi'odtu-t,-d by l‘tll?~'lllg the luW(‘l'
t\'llltl0»\' stisli about tlircc inches and
letting it re.-‘t on a board oi lltc same
ivitltli, llitis closing the lower opening
--iitiri-ly. 'l'lic ventilation is carried
-in wlierc the upper and lower sashes
ovci'i_.-ip and adriiit is prevented.

it is a nail plan to open windows in
llI.V'()lll<,'|' way in a living room, es-
pi-t-rilly where there are litilccliildren.

\Vc know how’ Vlll:lIi‘(l is t-verv ex-
li2l_|:illon front the lungs with cgii-[ionic
ii-nl l|lI(l'()l'g2llIl('. llllplll'll.l(,‘:l and that
the blood run only (ll.~‘('ll9ll'g€ impuri-
ll(‘S by coiiiing in (’illll.2il.‘L with the
~>.\'_\'gCl| of the air. Tlicn, cvei'_v l)l‘(’.‘llll
we draw which lacks the lll'CL‘:-8'll‘)'
'llllUlllll. oi t>.\'_\'go*ii to do its pt-t'i't-cl:
work oi turning the carbon of the
blood into c:ii'lionic utrld and water to
no C:ll'l'l(‘(l out into ill!‘ grc.-it out door
world to lie l't.‘lIn\':ll(‘ll, SL‘l'V("r3 to i.-tart
the li‘ill'-(‘ll-all-‘Hi lilooil out :t;_r_>lilluli it.-I
building-up tour, for it can not strike
tor bcucr pity only it‘! it.-trilws at the
:'Ull.~LllllllUIl. which it llIV2ll‘l:llll_V docs,
'lllll cvi-r_\' stroke oi'llic (.'C2h-(,'l(‘:9S pump,
the ll0:l.l'l, sends on a new supply to be
rcsiorcil. When we l'(';lllZL‘ that it takes
'-‘Noll t,-ublt._ it-ct ol good air every hour
ind more ior one person. we do not
woiider at soinucli ill lu-alth nor at Dr.
ll:tlc’s statement that en-ry one must
-‘pend two hours every day in active
oiit-doori.-.\'ei'cise in order to prc.-erve
liealth, in all seasonsand in all kinds of
weal her.

_ Every one who lends a. sedentary
lite should at the end or evcrv two
hours step out doors or before a'raii-ed
window. and llll'0Wlllg' the arms back
and iortli and in ditl'i-rent direi-.tioiis,
brcatlie with closed lips for iive min-
utes the life-giving oxygen of the out-
door air.

Tliu:-t it was that 1\lr.=. Emma W il-
lard preservcil robust health to a ripe
old ago.

We liave no right to neglect this or
any other pliysical dutv. not onlv on
our own :ii~t.-.ouiit lint tor 0Ill(‘l‘.~’. ' We
i_£_iior:iiitl_v or carelessly disobey a law
oi nature and an llllIU('¢‘ll[ 1)?‘-l'l~'Uil may
be compelled to lniperll licalili toutin-
i'~’l(‘l‘ to its as lll|.' l‘a:5ulL of our fool-
llil.l'(.llllL':9.

;\ln.~i. BF.l.l.F‘. M. PERRY.
---——-—————<ou-——-———--—
“As glarcs the tiger on his toes,

lleinmetl in by liuuters, .~:pc::1rs and bows,
And, ere he liounils upon the ring, ‘

Selects the object of his spring."

So disease, in m_\'ri:id forms, fastens
its faiigs upon the human race. La-
dies who .~utl'e,-r from tlislt-e-siiig ail-
ments pc-cnliur to their i-ex, should use
Dr. I’icrcc’s Favorite I’rcscription. It
is a positive cure for the niost compli-

alod and ()l.)SlllilllU cmzt-s oi'lvtiooi-i-lica,
Dx(;(3sSi\‘(} flowin3_r. p:iiul'ul iiivi::-iru:i.-
lion, uiiii:itur:il .~‘lll)lDl'(‘.N‘.~‘lt)ll.\‘, prolap-
siis, or fiiliiog of the womb, \Vi‘2l.l\' litick,
‘-l'i-iii.-ilc WL':ll{ll(‘.~‘S,” :iiiti-vi~i'-iioii, rt-tro-
version, l.it-:ii'iii;,;‘-<lo\\ii Sl'l!C~‘ill.lUlll-J,
chronic ct)ti;.-‘v.-liiiii, llIll'lll2ll| tiion, and.
llll‘(‘l':lllIlll of tho woiuli, iiill~iiiiii‘iziI.ion,
pain and li‘iitl(*t‘ti(-es in ll'i»:- H‘.'.=|:’l('.<, ac-
coiiipliiilctl with “lllli‘l‘:i:ll hi-.it.”

,,..____._.....~,.,._,__,..,_ ,,

Siniiiu-l li‘:ls(‘l'. in’ "tort .c.'i- }.l.".iila-
loo i-ouui_. , l;-:4 .«lu.~ii.i:.l i i~et=,i.f_y oi‘
t-:irp .'llltl lntirnils to Sii)l.'l.( r. pond on
iii.-; l:l‘.’l1l.

 

 

 


Doe. I. I887.

THE GRANGE ‘VISITOR.

The farmer who is out oi‘ debt is!
very independent anywlu-re; he is al-
ways sure oi" a good living. and that
is about all that can be enjoyed by any
one. lint multitudes ot young far-
mer.-: (-ind smile old ones) are in debt,
p>:yin;_r 7 per went, and sometimes
Til-»l'(‘,. Wllllt‘ Wltll l:i.‘(t‘.R illltl ||t*ce§s:||-‘V
8X[|C‘llSCs they cannot make the ends
Ill(3l_'l, and their minds are constantly
revolving the out-r\': "Wlrtt nlmll we
do to be unveil?" The nn~\ver is plain.
Raise such things on your t:trm as will
command a re,-ul_\' sale at r-rmunerative
prices. Now. what shall it. In-'1’ W'e
will venture an answer which is de-
duced from our own experience and
0l)EKO|‘\'fltl0ll. Large liorsos alwa_v.-
command it ready sale. and at good
prices. \Vhat then? Rai.-e or buy
colts trom large stock; it’! them run in
the pastures in the summer and in a
yard with a good shed in winter: they
will pick up all the coarse butts ot'
clover whit-h sheep leave: also the
refuse from the man,¢_rers of the cattle:
and with a very little. grain. and hay
it‘ necessary, they will grow into
money value at very little expense,
and the more you do for them by way
of breaking and training, the more
money llI('_\' will l-rin,<_r.

Always l'\('('ll :1 low sheep, not the
tltorottglibrt-tl~'. 1 r the ;_reneral tartnt-r.
for only those 1.‘. tlll:ll'l_' adapted to
the bu~'ine~~i can mike them p:ty. hilt
goml .~‘i'/,e-tl gratle em-<, with sire \\'lll"l'I
will .<eetti'e l:ir__-‘e l:tvn‘~s are vi-r_\’ pro-
fitahie. L‘!-ll )'t"ll' we1-u.-ei\'mlon-1-51;’
per head tor our “Hill. a hull» iii 1:;
t.‘ot~‘wnltl sire north 55:3. and li:n'e tin-
ewes hit just :l.~ ;_'(I\\tl as (‘\'tl'. old}
8. )4-.~ii‘ older. .\‘otliin_«_r on the lixrm
bt‘iII."~ th easier ll|‘.)1ll‘_\' tlirtn .'~'ltt,-ep.

Next f_'l'l is-w t'2ll\'t‘.-' oi’ the largrer
brecd~'. not thore.nghl»re.l, but gtsntl
gl':Nlt‘«~‘. the-_\' (‘ihl la‘-~' in the st:II'l and
will ('tIllllt‘.::litl a tine price in the mar-
lil‘l1Slll:lll. st-I‘.-twii_\' cattle are not pro-
fitable, they eat nvarl_\‘ as tnurh and
are not much souglit for in the market.
A ti-w hogs and lllUFL' of the best
breeds are fairly pt'otit:tble, but tow
many soiiietiiiivs prove expensive as
they are gt-ta~rally good t":IlI‘l'.~'.

Lastly, don’t run into extremes in
an_vtliing', but try :1 little of l~(’VC‘|‘tll
things and then you may lll:ll\'(‘ a little
and cannot lose very mucli.-—l£x-
change.

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The report of the Chief of the Bu-
rrau o‘ .\‘t::ti:-lice at \\'asliington on
sheep industry shows that the number
()1 mitt-p in the Ullll(‘(l Stairs 1'o.~t-
from l$l.lllll.l,tltlll lll tsio to :'.1.ooo.Uno in
1h‘t-ll, but tl(‘I'llli(‘(l lo«l5.t.ltl|l.t'Ilvtl in 1887.
Thi~ lll:ll‘l\’t’(l decline ot-t-uried lll?llt|l_\‘
in the >‘otttlwi'ti and \V§‘.~lL‘I'll .\.'t:ttta~.
l]nl:tltl_\‘ in 'l‘t-t-;.x.~‘. and i~' tllll‘llllll|‘tl in
great part to the (let-tine in the 1)llt't'
of Wool ~in--e ltlifil. A 5t'l'll‘€ oi" l‘ll)lt"
lllil~‘ll':tlt?‘~‘ the ltH'l‘t‘:l.~t3 in pm-tltiv\.~
and in l!tll_-l.Ii‘ltlllUl|~1 and the I'<'l:ition~
l)t'll\'|‘(’ll the two, as tor t-xainplt-, irnin
ltwil to 1-ti>?. it‘.l.4.l:)ox.ion pt nntl.-. \\‘t*l't'
pt‘ov‘..‘.iwt-tl and 4I‘~_tltM.H\M import
etl: ti-uni l.\1?.1 to t.s7.~~. i‘.!>3.tl'.l=l.H»=.l \'.'t'2’<'
1)i'ml‘dt‘:':l an-.l ~t.).InIo_o-its ll|llll|I'li‘ll'.
from 1352 to 1557. 2‘.lT.oou.t=H:= \H'!‘l

it-otitn-t-ti and ‘.l_’.llllll.lllll) iiiipni-trti.
l'-‘rom 152;’ to lhiili the annual iinport~
0t‘ w-.v.ul in iii:-.init':n't=_it‘t».< :1\'!‘l'.'lj_gt:tl owr
S‘.).tIUt‘».IM:l) in \’:llilt‘. or more than st-~.'—
eJIt_\‘-one 4-mats pt-r t'~tpiI:i: \\‘l1ll(: tronx
1‘?>'Ii‘_’ to lb‘-ll tliry l't'?lt‘llC(l <:\'('l' fill.-
(.ll.‘U.llllll(;l't‘li1lll)'-ltllll‘ rrnts per rapi~
ta. The value of the Unitml Stzlllw
woolen protltn-t oi’ ihotl was $‘3.'y.HUU,
000 in round numht-r~. nntl of import~
Sl‘.l.t:t>n.l‘Ul_l. In l.\',>%tJ the prodtn-t hrui
grown to C§'lt;l.t;t.I:v.xit;<.i, and import-
tvere V.-thn-.l at -‘J:;l,oUU,t)t)U, being .Z“:i.Ul
perc.apit;1.
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A l‘ _ (jit_\' 5ll].‘ll't‘lll‘t iirztnml lioh.
ert I’.-ichow .llt)l>l('.'l a red ll.-i: drapt-.1
in tnotiimiixg‘. and stirred up so mm-It
ft'l‘llll_:1‘ that ht’ t':llll(‘ twat‘ lrt'lll;_" lIoi~t-
ed him~t-lt'. The mayor Ul’lll'l"(‘tl tin’
ragtlowiiantl the polite t-arrictl out
the ut’tl<‘l’. The people also htin_,:
Linng in ( llir‘

llr=un~' \\ill .‘~'ll0\V their (]il5llll_‘»'()l.
the Ixtrzn a~' ‘i\'l’ll :e.~‘ any \'v'lll'l'l‘|’l“”v
Tin ; art» tho; but ll'l'llll'/,t'l'§. ljtlmtiml
B121-lo: l“‘llli it '.'«q':i:«--l tiiurt-int.-ill
g--in-t» and l-’Ii't‘.~'lj,1lIl to he 21 _gv-n.-ti thrill
Cl‘ lllitl.‘ llzt =lll_\' lIllH'l' t>t,t7llp.nllmr. ::tnl
he \t’:..~: ht .:n«.~&:t it.

'1‘lwv_ri-t-at" .-I’-‘W’! tor ]\l'l".’t‘3iil!lL; Ill‘-
cat‘ in trttil lli';"Ill;,i1‘lllllllllltvli »l \\‘in
trr. i- t-: trt‘<'~’l'\t- a lll=llHl‘!l»i_'»' lm
tmx-.;~:~~~ ".s.'_'e-. lfI'.l!t!:;_'i1i_*_=".iI-“lltII'll::>-
llt_‘_’. tln-3: qtti:'l\ly rot. ('nrrt~nt.~ of
air are b ul. lH‘<‘:tll.S(.‘ tin y m.tl;e ch ~n..< s
in tempt ratnre.

l’rt-wot prices of protlut-0 will In t
allow t':ai'iin-rs to pay .~'tt-atly tititliltil
hands as much read_\' money as they
can ,l,_'t'l by ‘\'lll'l\lllg at some tr.-nle in
the (fllil-R. and thus the depopulatiou
of the c iuntry (‘Ulll innr-s.

At B ty City a couple ofsalooiiker-p-
ers have l)t'€ll arrer~.ted for concealing
their brirs behind screens. cuntrar_v to
the new liquor law. These are the
first prosecutions ot' the kind and ate
rcgartled as test eises.

Too runny people cling to nn old cue.
tom or mo-thotl as ten:n:ionsl_v as they
do to tht,-ir hirtli-place, alter the proof
has l)('(‘il platro-tl ht-tore them that they
are l)t=ltin(l the times and arelosing
money by so doing.

Jacob St-li;_rman, of East Sigzinaw,
has in-en givin<_r t-i«_r.-u-:-i to the new<p-t-
per men ot l\l:irupn-tie by the box, and
they ])l'u])t){~‘(’. to make him 3. perma-
nent, fixture of their town it‘ they have
to l»'idnap him.

   

 

l-‘I

Anarehiet Rot-how apologized to
Bay t.1it_V atttlioritics tor hoisting the
rut fling. and said he would not have
(loiw so had lit‘ Ell|)[I0.'~‘I'tl it would be

When hem begin to eat their eggs it.
becomes iieccesaary to watch them. bu t-
suuh work is tronblesotne. The s:tt'est
plan is to in-tke the nests in a dark
place, with only stitfieim-t Iivrht toen-
able the hens to go in and out.

- — 

l).uit'ttlia_5ti.-t eve:-_voo.ty by ll'1\Vl{-
ing. l)lu\\’lII;.' and spitting. but two Dr.
S:tge.'s C.-ttztrrli llmm-tl.y tttnl be cured.

-——————---—joj-—--»——-~~  »
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor:--

Please intorm your reatle-rs~tl\atl
have a positive l‘(‘lIlt’tl)‘ for the f£ivOV(‘
named dise:t.<e. By ii» tinn ly ttsr
thousatnls of h<)pclezs:s m.'~'e.~t have been
permantly cured. I shall be ; ial it‘
send two bottles of my retinfl !-‘illtil-'
to any oi your readers who i at - c »n-

sumption ifthcy will send out ieir
Express: and I’. 0. tlLltll0-iéi.
ReEpectt'ttliv,
'l‘ \. Snocnia. Mu ,
l~:'. Pea ‘ ~‘t . ‘ M’ Y . '

It is A b s u rcl
For people to expect a cure for Indiges-
tion, unless they refrain from eating
what is unwholesome; but: it anything
will sharpen the appetite and give tone
to the digestive orcans, it is Aye-r’s Sar-
saparllla. Thousands all over the land
testify to the merits of this medicine.

11:2. Sarah Burroughs, of 248 Eighth
street. South Boston, writes: “ My l‘.l‘lS4
band has taken Ayer's Samaparilla, for
Dyspepstia and torpid liver, and has
been greatly benefited."

A Confirmed Dyspeptic.

0. Canterbury, of 141 Franklin st.,
1’.ost.on. Massn, writes, that, suffering
for years from Indigestion, he was at
last induced to try Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
and, by its use, was entirely cured.

Mrs. Joseph Aubin, of High street,
Holyoke, Mass., suffered for over a. year
horn Dyspepsia, so that she could not
eat snbstzantial food, became very weak,
and was unable to care for her faintly.
Neither the medicines prescribed by
physicians, nor any of the remedies
advertised for the cure of Dyspepsia,
helped her. until she commenced the
use of Ayel"a Sarsaparilla. "Three
bottles of this medicine," she writes,
“ cured me."

Ayer’s Sarsaparilla,

PREPARED BY
Dr. J. C. Ayer 8:. Co., Lowell. Masz.
l“:*ic4z Si; six bottles, $5. Womb 85 I bottle.

PATENTS.

LUl.‘li.'S (T. ‘t\’L'.‘~.l‘. f4v.viicits,: of /‘.iimrir.‘:'.:
and lwircigo l".iLtit-2, maxi L‘ tscilorétz l':‘.tc-,n

 
  
   
   

‘rinses, '1 liltlvif ry:i;;ht~‘.. _'t.~».i;;n
waits. Caveztt ‘.|,‘.”|. r.:tt‘; ‘rfriten
‘ll"1'\\'Illg=v (Ii 2-, mt .~., Main St

l{alamn;eo, 3 Branch otti(..e, l..,r.=mion,
liiig. t\'otar_v l‘u' l=c. apnz

 

3' is g A H
"Ci-llCHESTER’S ENGLISH."
'ii‘i:o:.- 0I'ig:iII'll :11:-ii only (éenltit-rm.

'i ‘ -mi :s'.‘Jl‘Hy* it an’ '~ iv-'1-are of rxortltiwas Iv‘r:i*..tlona.

DIFT 5. Ask )‘»'  lvruiztziu T0
=.t.t‘.«m.' -rm .m lt|£:.1~,‘ -.

: -. 3. .n .i~' t: g ». ~...~.~t': ‘ Tk‘i(§.lI'II! mall.

‘I . ER. ('9 I ~ 11- em on .=)..

ll‘ Ar"  FA spat: l :; 518(:‘I4:\’1le::‘(‘L|;“r,1 l’h.llutl'.L. Po.

Sold by Di-ting?-in (‘V1-I'y\\'!‘H1P.". ‘ A;t; Trr "('hlrliI?tv

    
 
 

          

tor‘; Eugllah" l’enIi}'x'o5-ul Pills. '1!-\l£0 51001112!-

Mr

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. .. t.o'-r.‘-.’ ‘,
til-‘u---1 I-Inlalrllsllclly and
'i{ifé.7§i":t'§.'...r;5 t'{?.§'Q5i..'.i
'=:.:,-,:=:,'.:::s'. GENEVANUBSERY
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TH. (E l-INICVA. New Yc~:'l;.

    
 
 

(.‘I‘.'l’l!;.‘i'“'!Hta~l.i
;"$"E"tf.}t3K 
Poland China wviise :. Spmzézaity.

vii-egditi-,; : t.':»' it vet ,\.':'§<_'.i tn llhitfi 1’. C. l{-':-'',':‘., Lfm.
re~pr»vi'l<-.n(e ruwi xztkygc» l: -r iewtci

ll. G.I§1§TII.I.,
LITTLT4‘. PRAIRIE RHNDE,

Case Co.. Mich

A11...iiin‘..}f.e,

FURNISIIING

FUNERA L DIR ECTIIR,

No. 103 Ottawa Street,
Grand Rapids, - - Mich.
Residence, 193 J elfe-rso_nl 
J“ Y "

Great Slaughter l

_m._

FURNITURE!

for the next 60 days to make room for
tall stock. Good chance tbr (lrangers
L0 turnish their hotnes tsheap at
C().\ll’TON llllOS.,
109 S. Div. St. Gr:1nd l{:ipid.§, M.

ANTI-II), LA DIEL for our Full nuri Chiat-

an atlront. to the autliorities and citi-

Iehil. I
Chronic nasal catnrrh positively f

cured by Dr. Sage‘: Remedy. ‘

X‘ mus T!'1.l.ll|', to take liglxt, pit-nstuit work (ll?
their own homes. #1 to as per tiny (mu be
uietly made. Work sent by until on distance,
articulate free. No cniivnssiug. ritlrusst at
once. CRESCENT Al.t.'l.' C0., 147 Milk St, Boa-
ton, Mass. Box 5170- sum‘. 1,m6

 
  
        

Mll8llN & HAMLIN
llllllANS.

instruments, but the Mnsou ti’. llnmhn ttrzuns have
always inainmined their r~ilp!'t‘lTl2l.t')’us the best in
the world.

The cabinet organ was in-
trorlncett in ll.‘l])l‘I‘I-«'ll[ form
ir\'fll'::<t\ll & llainlin in isol.
follotrt-d in

 

 

Mnwn 3: Tinmlin otfer, us tlemomtrittion or the
at all oi‘ the <_'rt-at \Vorl«.l'n Exhibitions. situ-o that of
l’uris, 1862', in c~-nip«~t.itinu W! it best lll:Il{k'l'S of all
honors. Illustrated \ ntalogm-a flee, (
Mason 8:. llamlin‘.~I Piano
PH them in ](>_,&-!,‘.', 2: d has been
I pronouncce. by CI{llt‘l‘l>' the
l7 :u:os in halt’ a century." _ .
A circular, Cllnlzlllllll‘: testnnomnls from three
;.._»-, ther uicu llu:cl'lpl tvt-catulu,-_:ue, Ionny upplit-ant.
Pianos uuu Organs soldtor cash or easy payments;
MASON &. HAMLIN ORGAN & PIANO CO.
I54 Tremonl St., Boston. 46 E. 14th St.(Unlon Sq.l. N.Y.

nrwqrmierl t-xi-ellence of their or«.;aii.<. the tart Ilia:
countries, they l.lll\Gl!1Vul‘l:ll)iylulxell the liisthcst.

S:rin«_-er was llll.l‘t)(lllCl'll by
n  “;:l'eult.'5i. irziprovenient. in
lunnlrcd ptirclmscrs. musici2n1~', and tuners, sent,
its » rented.

_l 49 ,w5‘l’“il‘_’ll°‘ '_9l‘.lE:”‘.l3_°'_ _ ., _

  
  

tt has hmm in constant one
for 11.3 _vcnr.-‘, tvitli 0. record
equaltzti by none.

W A Fl Fl A N T E D

not?-x ‘olov’ down, -iulesn the
'i‘o-.‘..':r goes with it; or

 

tv.g:i.ltntt titty xx in-i tivmt does not rii’ hie S‘.ll)[«t!l.l.l<
tinl liltiltillilltil to he ]wrft- to outltist.
.41‘ \\'m'l; than any otlnr mill Iflfilllt.
‘.ili('Illl‘(.‘ l~(-ti: .l’u1itpiu:' and tietzred
Xliiis tiznl cn.rl‘y :3. full line of \Yiutl Mil] Sup.
l‘rliu5.

AGENTS VV AIN'T‘?!-ETD.

Send for Czttulcguofcircular null Prices. Ad~
alroa-7. PEl<lKlNS WIND MILL 8: All CO..
ill} 1112 l\[lSh!L\Vl}.k8, Inditma.

 

 

PRICE LIST OF SUPPLIES

Kept in the office oi the Secretary .2: the
_VllCl‘IIGAN STATE GRANGE,
ms! .l”n'7lf ant Pusi-paid, an rardp! of ".25).
Ortier, water" M. Sm! of :2 .‘71u‘>c;-~ mt:
G'rznz_gr:, rznd 2'/1:‘ :z'gn..zturz  its /lIa.:':!:7
or Srrretzzry.

  

   
 

    

     

*’orcel:dn ballot marbles, per hundred .. . . .. . . . .$ 75
xi. l«-<i,;cr ruled, for Secretary t

account.» . Ll‘! me: rs, . .. i (X
'€i:uik rcttord books L¢.)\'pr:.‘>. pa.’ . . . . . . x C!

lrder book, comniningz no orders on the . .»
5i

       
   
   
  

rer. with stub. well hottiizl. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ..
- k. cotttututnq mo rear.-mb‘ t-

     

l)imI.t<, in :—i.'.«-lope:.
‘{y—i,'.|\\'\ of Ll‘.L .

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‘ti

pcr ct-;.y..
ll( ‘ .\rttt‘i-.- oi A~
‘tn E‘l>.‘l1ll‘ll‘(ll

 

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‘. r. all I:;;:n;il- IL
xul. v.‘ to (.lt.lllttlul'l',I 'Tl€V‘l"il\f.T\ pa 4:
.‘-st: Ii--l‘. of l’urpo.<-:.~'. =,-er dv 4»
\rr.e:ne.tn Man-.x:.l of Parhatn-:nt'.try Law . . . . . . . 3v

" “ " (morocco tuck) x e.
i‘vig:c<tof Law: and Rulings”  . 4‘
~<oY,l hom;< . r_=
’.ttr us’ list 23
lliicei-s‘l;nd_ “ st

95

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\t,I]l:€ ot the \\. » ‘-('lt'\ of Co-aoevrat . 0:
F .ut|<2n.iI Fords; How to l.l><: lliem. . or
' tit. ‘ min,~:.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0

t: :\.~'[i£‘t‘! of Co U[16L".’l(:i'1.. . 0.

)II and Etl\‘.«'.'t[lOll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0

{he l‘rmt:iplr_-5 of Uniiv.. -3
.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c

muplcz of (.0 opemt o-

 

Dr. V~.’illi2un Rose,

’ _, . . .

“tail”; lllgnhq in up u I
zlfielivilv >.-lvrlln I . at o ‘to
tii‘:t-.’.ti:ilu of t)::t:u'io Vt-tei'inm'y (fol-
:<g_rt-, '1‘-iruiito, l‘an.-nlzt. Will proli~~-
~io~.=iil}‘ atlrini to all tllw-.~«~v~nt‘ llut'~'e.-

:t1nlU:.lilI'. 'l‘»-leplr-.'a:.e' No. .31.-"i.
l;3a\.° ldlzlsl. l“tI'2t/AH ?‘I..(ill. llapltl.-=, .‘\li:,'li
julylyl

The Chicago lviorket.
i\ ,-\.lL"il:l<1i~’, 20, 1387.

 
 

l‘ov_atoes, No. 1. ripe, “pl l;n$ 75 (11 .80
“ oft‘ stock. . . . . . . .60 @ _7o
’l'ui'ttip<. ye -. . .25  .23
fltiimis, it‘-1-i.C£-, “ . . . . 6:) (TI) .65
.\pplcs, “ No. I,  bbl. 2.25 (fzv 2 50
“ No. 2, stock, “ .. I 23 Q9 I .50
Apples, dried, per ll; .... . 4 QD 6
Applt-2:, ev:tporal.eLl,  ll». . 8 @ lo
Tnrnips, white, “  .75 @ I 00
Beans, navy,  bu. . . .. 2.30 (zb 2 .40
“ medium, “  2.20 @ 2 50
Wool, washed, 7:9 lb . . . . . 26 (V , 35
“ unwashed, “  .18 @ .25
Veal, choice, “ . . . . . .06 (6; .07
Egzgs, fresh, “ . . . .13 @ 20
Butter, dairy, Fl lb. . . .. . 6 (rig .20
“ crezunery “ . .. .22 @ .27

" roll “  .14 @ .I7
Clover sced,'{§ll)u....... 4.10 (at; 4.15
Timothy “ “  2.30 @240
Hides, salted, G, ‘P ll; . . . . .07 ((1) .08
Corn, per ha . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4s (:17 .46

On produce not named write for prices.
Iwill mlvzuice on all car lots of choice
whiter apples 5! 00 perbhl. and freight; and
will keep posted on values here all that wil.
corresportl with me in relation to what they
lnve to dispose of. Hacks for l>e:1n<, \vot-l
and potatoes furnished free for their use in
shipping to me.
THOMAS MASON,
tieneml Grange lgzrviry
[63 South Water St, Chicago.

'1ncy Lead toe Moi-.d.-$.55 to @500.-
Sold. Direct to mmllies. No Middleman.
Solid \Vuluut—50t-taves-Double Couplmg

“N|VERSl'I"Y_ O R G A N S.-

‘ Gunmnteed for Six Years and sent,

with Stooltmd Book, fornmlmn YOUR 
1)“ N tlomi: BEFORE YOU BUY. V°TAB1.lSH£KD
lV[A_R(3IIAL &: SMITH,

- 335 but flit Ettcfita heir York.

Nll t’. 1.1516

 

 

   

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Patrons’llroceryllouse

Under Contract with the Executive C0nlIIll|I¢’(’.‘§ of me
Pemnsylvania and New York state (:1-altar-s md recognized
by the state (-‘ranges of Ohio. New Jer-we-y and Delaware
to fnmish Granges with all kinds of Groceries. We carry 3 large and
complete stock of all Groceries, Sugars, Syrups, Molasses, Cicutlhes, Teas,
Spiccs,etc. W: till all ortlers frolll Patrons when the order is
under Seal or Grange and signed by the waste-r and :~,‘eereta-
ry of the Grange, and upon receipt of goods and found satisfactory pay-
ment to be made within 3c days from date of bills. We are now fllli ng
tn-ders from Patrons in Michigan as the through rates from
Philadelphia are very reasonable, as the railroads are cutting tiwrougli rates.
A trial order from Granges in Michigan will convince them that they -can
Purchase Groceries to advantage in Pltiladelpliia. It
you desire information in regard tx prices on any goods in out line
of business or freight rates do not hesitate to WI'ite us. as ‘we «:ndea.«/or
to answer all inquiries promptly and sati.~;f:tr«to'nly. We will mail tree upon
request our Complete Price List of Groceries ',{iving the V\'lltWle§3l(""lrlCeS‘
of all Goods in the Grocery Line.

THORNTON BARNESE,

\Vholesale G1'o«:er:md Grange .‘~‘.+=l.iiii;.: Agn=nt.,
2-ll,‘.\7oa°£lI \\'ater Sn-Am-I.

Philadelphia. §"k?:‘I}.11.

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HA1’ we issue our BUYER’S GUil)F.‘ AND CATALOGUE in March
and September of each year. t is the largest and mostcom-
plele Book of its kind in the world, and contains prices and
descriptions of ever 25,000 giiffereni articles for every day use,
besides a few for rainy days and Sundays.

\."v'E ENUMERATE THE FOLLOWING:
DRY GOODS, LACES AND EMBROIDERIES, NOTIONS. STATIONERY,
ALBUMS, FANCY GOODS, BOOKS, LEATHER GOODS, MUSICAL

INSTRUIYIENTS, TOYS, DOLLS, GAMES, 0PTiCAL AND PHOTO-
GRAPIHC GOODS, SCIENTIFL. WSTRUMENTS, ETC.,
MAGIC LANTERNS AND VIEWS, l|t)SiEP.Y, CORSETS, KNET
GOODS, Sl~i.~‘».WLS, RUCHINGS, FUFNISHING GOODS,
UNDERWEAR, HATS, CAPS AND -".'LOTiih‘-lG. RUBBER

GOODS, BOOTS and SHOES, HARNESS AND SADDLERY,

liAlil3l‘eltlllEI. TINWARE. Gi_AS.3i‘:.’.\%‘tE TKERY, TRUNKS

Alli) '\’.«‘\L.l‘$I':S, GUNS, liE'»’0l_ii"-.'*?‘§, :1PJl»Jl fiiliflhl. SPORT-

ll‘t=3 AND AT!iLE‘£tC GOODS, :'5E'tf...~(i l':'lA‘3ll’.7\ES. $‘l'APl.E AND
FANCY GROCEREES, A.GRlCUt'fLsR.. HS, !ill.'_13, FEED

CUTTERS, l.'t(.!~.-iiGllES. ZSU ' lrtf.-‘ill CARTS.

in fact. we sell a‘;::'.~t emu ’ ‘l:-3 -'it‘:l 981E10-

ct'3iEc Vow-=5. We scad the “(sill pl Of ii! Cents to

pay Postage or Ex,;:'esr.;n.:c.
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.9. V01‘ tn‘,

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Gener9.1Commissio:n Mt-3i*:3.l‘1t9.nt,
163 South Wiater 313., Ch.i::etgo.

R€.:pL?t:lfL\lly Solicits Consignments at

Fri11*s,V"getallas,Bu'ttr,lii,tt,,llitass Stet,RawFt2s,liiir:s,Pelrt.Ta1ltwits

BONDED AGENT of the N. Y. Produce Extalmng-e Association,
Chartered Feb. 13, 1878.

é;t.l§ti‘i*t.t'tE;.t«'.”: 35$.  i=::;:n;r

All O1.-dens Réaneivle Properfittention.

illllake Your llloney Easy!

I
i
i _ A'r\‘.i."-lillfi and Farmers’ Sons 4::-.71 make
‘ more niot'i:__v by eiignging with us than
‘la? zmjxvlfing cl»e th.~:y can do. \‘.'lvj;? lst.
|R'.‘CaliS€ we l"'.‘l7i‘i.\'li only lmoks which any-
, one can ~.v‘.‘ll and whiclw, F'.\’t"'.y."rllC hays. 2d.
. y larger than can be
i
.

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$5.00 outht. free.

' earned at any

\Vt'i'.e tr:-r p'.u'rit:\ .

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OMAHA, STJ USEPH, A?
on KAN SAS CITY.

For dates, rates, tickets or fut - '
apply to Ticket /\;_;,=r:ts of can

or address
PAUL M OHTON. Gen.Fass.&T.;t..Agt.,Ch|cago,lll« 1

Mari5y!

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ll it-"Au-t.~I in r 16,.
limhea . ‘Ll: but it
time B Lin "l for’
/ down. and km; . 3 .

y velar tr:-o,i yt_-1: in-x .- n this pl-
/" vex.  C. NEn1oN.B:.ta.via.ul.

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THE

F A Bird's Eye Vlew only. It '1" I
We defy the Union to present a spot

In: re thoroughly converted to Grange

do-.-trine than is our capital city.

Laiisiiig is shaken from centre to
circumference with eagerness to evince
a cordial welcome to the Patrons gath-
ered in its midst. Public buildings
present, :1 gala l()Hl(—fltlgS quiver from
ei _\' point and “\Velconies,” unique.
i;i_:_;eiiioIis. ?ll‘llJ~li.lI) and suggestive are
aS\fi't-qiieiit turns. The fruits of agri-
culture have been utilized in more
\‘r"t_\S l‘\‘\l.' or be dreanipt of in the
}-liil...-..,,,hy o.’ the home staying Pat-
ron.

l)L.l:lpkllIS, turnips and onions with
tliclr rctiuue of garden ll(;lglllJul'5
:~.tloI'u tltahal heretofore sacred to the
works of art and literature.

The very senate chamber itself is
given over, as one of its last winter’s
inhabitants was heard to observe, to 9.
devotion: to a,c.ri'iuultnrril interests such
as it never betore witnessed.

No orgaiiizatioii extant or that has
existed has ever called together such :1
‘si-idy of men and women in the iii-
t':r-sts of the farriicr as does the Nat-
lonal Grange annually. To-day it cel-
e ll':il9.S its majoritr aniiivers:u'_v in
Alldlilfillll with a Mississippi man in
the Master’s chair, and, ‘as there is
nothing more inspirintr than appre-
ciatioii, this desirable soil for the lux-
urious growth ol the twenty-first 
sion, Lansing fnriiislics in unstinted
area.

The would be listener and spectator,
-standing atop the uppermost seat in
the giillvry, {our-Ili tier, back, unable
to see the spe;iker’s desk in Represent-
:1.t.i\'e ll;'.ll ll}-il:l_V', had plenty of time
and xnstei-i~il fur iiieiiml .-oliloquy. It
was such a sight. as was u<-ver seen in
lllicliig-in liefoiki. ll-iiidreds, coming
pl'Ul.)ill)l._V Il1.‘.'i.l‘ :2UOU, intelligent men
and vvoiiicn were gallicred from the
distiizit -rites, with a iiiajoritv trom
-iuroivu, for the d(‘(‘.l‘.ll‘e(l purpose of
cxnltiiig and promoting the farmer’s
cause. There were Ilouorables ("So
are they all, all honor.-ihle men”) with-
out number. tiieie were some of the
world’s best specialists, there were
scoros ol men in tl‘-v~ rear ranks of
learners and listeners who. in other
asseinlilies, occupy the plattorms and
front seats.

The entire body is inrirked by a dig-
nity and intelligence in the highest
degree creditable to the high priiici-
ples the members proless. The atmos-
phere oi the occasion is invigoi'a.tii_ig
and must refresli Grange energy in
evm-_v par». of the State.

It is little Inore than a preview that
one can give of the work of the Na-
tional (l'l"tl]:’{(‘. at this writing, the reg-
ular sessioiis of the Grange having on-
ly fairly begun. So fair time has been
mostly spent in settling into its new
qiizwters and finding out what sort ot
a :pl=u-.e We \rV()lV0l'lllP.n‘ inhabit. The
weather is most propitiously smiling
and it is to be hoped it rnay continue
so, iiizismuch as naturally we are eager
to iiiipius: our southern and western
friends with northern snnniiiess in let-
ter as well as in spirit. as it were.
\Vc do not mean our Calfornia friends
shall carry off all the laurels.

Nor is it. needful here and now to
atteuipt a full account of this great
conclave of t'ar!ner folk. At :-. later
date broader and more comprelieiisive
pens than mine will take up the work
of the session and speak in p:i.i-ticular
of our distiiignislied visitors. I t‘ froui
tllP~lL li-isty notes the home abiding
Patrons or the VISITOR only catch at-
ter the skirts of the spirit of such 8.
gzitliering as this is and are tilled with
some regret at missing so large a treat
of lielpfiiliicss and inspiration, com-
fort and rest, I shall have ac..omplish-
ed my llllllll)l(’ object. J. B.

Lansing, Nov. 18.

.- . -- .---u§o-————---- - -
Representatives to State Grange-
Frtteerith Annual Session.

The following is a list of l‘(‘pI‘I3-*~"3Ill3-
tires, as t'a.i- as rcpc-i'ted to this ntticc.
e1o,;:_:i,i ts: attend the next -vs’-:iu1i oi‘
the rfctute (lI‘:lll'f£‘, wliich will be called
to order at ll) oclock A. .iI., 'In Repre-
seIit.;iti'.'e Ilwll. in the wily of Iiaiisiiig.
Deeeiriiici‘ 1,55, 1581.
repi‘eseiita1-ire: so tar as reported to us
up to the time of going to pro.-s.

"the printing of tliis should be suf-
ficient notice to llt.'lill-llielll Secretaries.
'I‘l1.,se who «it-ri’t t::l~;e the Visiion
should be kindly i'eiiiiiidi:Il by some
Patron tricnd ot this ollicial duty.

Ailegzin, 3--l‘.r.ie-t l.. H art. Marshall ling
den, M. W. Wzirrl.

Antririi, I -

Barry. 2-—I“rnIik S. _[erikin~'. ,C. R Honey-
well. '

Brriiicli, 2 - Ellison Vi/ariicr, L. .\l. Borers.

Berrien, 2 ~-l\'. \,. Tliaycr, R. iii. olizitir; .

Benzic, I-

Calhoun. I—'l‘. W. Huggctt.

Cass, I-—l\'obt. Wiley.

Ljraw-ford, I—-\’\/. U Br'.1tll.ord.

Clinton, 2-Wiri. E. Crzimpton, jos. A.
Hum. .

hmiuetz, I-

Eaton, 2-P. II. Nye, D. G. Carpenter.

Crclldhcu, I-

Grand Traverse, I——\Vm. Rose.

Graiiot, I j. N. (iuthrie.

I-Iillsdale, 2 ——Reuben Strait, F. N. Kirby.

Huron, 2--\. M. Lcitch, I;dw.ird Flu
geraid.

Lignain, .‘.—Amos C. Lawrence, G. F. Ful-
ler.

Tonia, 2-Ilferiry Pierce, T.  Colton.

Jackson, I—j. .\. Courtrighl.

l~’_;1imn;:,/.00, 1-]. Q. Aclauis.

Kn. kn-».; i, 2-Homer Ennis.

Kent, 3-1. D. Davis, Wm. C. Slayton,
Frgnk llale.

I.£‘.p€4.'I, I-Levi Soles.

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ll‘lz:'.I; 1.1, I»--l‘). I". lilélkl ‘A
Mon :i’.m, t~ (.‘rii*irl.'II.i
Ill, I— jo... _‘vl" 1 
NE ,<.')gn, I-i.~:'.=.].- .‘r’»*'

   

We give names of

Ocean. I——Wm. H. Bury.

Oakland, 3--A. 8. Richmond, Geo. W.
King, 5. -McCartney.

Ottawa, I ~ Reuben Woodman.

St. Clair, I-Wm. Sage.

bt. Joseph, 3—Gutelius Snyder, _lno. Mat-
thevisoii, Stephen A. Nichols.

Saginaw, I -Adelbert Reed.

Samlzic, I—-F. W. Feriipicton.

Shinwasscc, I--Chas. St::v::ns.

'1 uscolzi, 1-

Van l.lLllCll, 2——_le’»:'c Fhrimars, .‘i.iui’F liicr.

Washterimv, I--

Wayue, 1- r

\’VexforIl, I-H. I). tirisvvold.

I’Ol\'iUl\A GRANGE Rl".l‘l.<hLl$LlV'i'A'I‘I\'l‘2h.

Calhoun I\'o. 3 ~—(,'h'.is. (.5. Mcl)::rrnid.

SI. joscph No. 4 -Win. llull.

(.)d.l\I3.ll(l No. 5-

vi nsnicnitw i\o. 7 --

\Vayuc No. 8—

Huisdale No. 10-11. H. Dresser.

Newaygo No. II-W. C. Stewart

St. L.-lair, No. 12-

Van Buren No. I3-Wm C. Cook.

[nghaui No. I4 - W.  Heal.

Lcuawee No I5-E. R. Puncher.

Rent No. I8-

lonia No. 16-

\VcsIcru No. I9—H. E. Hudson.

Cass No. 2r_i—

Nl2llll:1'.Ce No. 21- —

Branch No. 22-

Allcgzui Nu. 23—A. T. Stark.

Montcalm No. 24 —Geo. Gibbs.

Ulimon No. 25-

Raiamazoo Nu. 27-Judson Edniuzids

Eaton No. 28 — Kelly liosworth.

Lapecr No. 29-Ira. Reed

Tuscola No. 30-

Shi.iw;is»ec No. 31 

l.1v'Iug:'l0tI No. 34-

iiuron No. 35-Uuiican Iiuchniiaii

U-ratio’. No. 36-

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How Intelligent women Declde.

When the question has to be met as
to what, is the best course to adopt to
.~'0('.lll‘L' il sure, sale and agreeable reme-
d y tor those organic disiezises and Weak-
iiesses which afllict the lemale sex,
there is but one wise decisioii. viz., a
course ct‘ sell"-treatment with Dr.
l’ierce’s Favorite l’rc.'-:cript.ion. It is
an uiifailing‘ specilie for periodical
pains, inisplacement, internal inflam-
mation, and all tunctional disorders
that reiidcr the lives of so many
women miserable and joyless. They
who try it, praise it. 4Jt'<lI'iiggist-1.

— ——-—-—-———o»—-—-- - --
New Pullman Line Between Detroit
and Chicago.

The Detroit, Grand Haven .5‘; Mil-
waukee and Chicago 36 Grand Trunk
l't1llVV3_\'r3 have placed a line of I’ullma.n
sleepers between Detroit and Chicago,
via Durand. The new cars are named
“Paulina” and ’*I~‘eruando"’ and are the
most elegant sleeping cars ever turned
out ot Pullman. They are composed
of drawing room, smoking room, but’-
tet, and have 10 regular sections. The
larger part of the cars is finished in
nialiogaiiy. liig"ly polished. The up-
liolstery of the seats and of the body of
these mag iiiliceut parlors on wheels is
:1 pale blue “g'lasc” plllSll.YVlllCll makes
a strkinglybeau titul contrast with the
niahoganv. The carpets are of the
ricliest Wilton make, in attractive de-
signs. The general effect of the furni-
ture and decorations. is highly pleasincr.
A particular drawing room at one end
ot the ear is flnished in satin wood,
with large mirrors on several sides.
The upholstcring is in terra cotta
plush. The smoking rooms have sides
ct liiierustc. Walton of unique design
are titted Willi divans, and are the very
seat ofcomfort. Drawing rooms, the
svuokiug room. the sections and even
every seat are furnished with electric
aiiiiuiiciators.

The cars will be on exhibition at the
Brush street depot every day this
week, between the hours of 2 and 5
o’clock in the afternoon. They will
run on the new Detroit and Chicago
Line, leziving Detroit at 8 l'.M. and ar-
riving iu (jhieago at 8:10 A. M. Break-
t‘«i-t. will he I-‘f-I‘\'erl ina dining car be-
fore reaeliuig Chicago.

Eist bound. the sleepers will leave
Chicago at 8:13 1-‘. M. and arrive at De-
trnit at 8 A.lll.——l)el1‘Ull Evening Jour-
nal, Nov. :31, I837.

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For coiistip.-ition, “liver complaiiit,”
or bilioustr ._, sick headache, and all
diseases arising from {L disordered con-
dition ol the liver and stomach, take
Dr. l'ieI‘r‘e’s l’l(:;isant Purgativc Pel-
let.--:». gt in ie l:i.xatire or zictive cathar-
tic, acconliiig‘ to size of dose.

_, _ ‘_~_— -- -——IIoa—----~

The following is a simple way to

trick!‘ niro lil'(i\'.’!l l)r(~sirl: (me quart of

.ml«-rniill-'. enough soda to sweeten it
wliicli of course depends on the sour-
ness of the milk, one teaspoon of salt,
one cup ot brown sugar. Stir in Gra-
ham llour enough to make a thick bat.-
trir. let it rise in buttered tins forty
minutes, then hnke l'ort_r minutes in a
lIJO(ltI‘t1tC oven.

 

of-—-—

II is wise to pI'0v'Iil€*. :ig:«.iii.=it eiii<-r-
uencies which are lial.-le to arise in
c-very family. In sudden attacks of
('Ol(l,l'l.'()i!1), : -‘llimzi, ('~Ii-., .‘1 bottle of
i\\'t-i*’.~H‘lu-i'i'v l't'(‘l()l‘tl.l will prove 9.
never failing reniedy.

——— ----——1o§---—-—-—.

Cllfl.ll,£Illlg the subject. I will give
my llltflllotl lor making an omelet: For
a larnily of four. six eggs; add salt to
taste and two-thirds of a. cup of sweet
milk to the yolks and stir Well, then
add the whites which have been beaten
ton .-:tifl' froth, and stir all Well to-
gether, then turn into a hot, well lint-
tr.-rcd spider and cook, not too fast, for
about Iivc minutes, or until the whole
.~‘l‘£’lll.’~' done. Loor-mi at the sides Hlltl
uudcrnezitli with a knife. and dexler-
mi.-ly fold once iiml slide upon ii plat-

ter. 'l‘|ii«: l'l‘qllll‘I*:’-I fl little J-l«.iil but it
nialces Ii lrwrily 5-ml ]i‘ll‘li.'l‘-vlvi’ ti-« wt-ll
.~.- ~. lmiiamiil (ll~ll, ivitli very little
ti'o::'a>li-.. ll. slioui-‘i l-r- f?:*l'l‘ll at om-c.
- -—-~--——v—-unou—----- "-"m".
l)"rH1i7‘< prm:r.-iiiru lg. gt--zy <-mi have
I'm,-ii’ iiuir re -‘ -rel M if“ ‘liillllllll
l’I,‘l'.lll‘- , by ii.-‘ail: litlfs V'eLu:I;-.l-iv Hi:-.

1’rKNI!'E£ortioUonoyII'l'H3WORlaD'.

vjhatflo. Pol-

nnrun. navia rennin),

v g L ‘
cnocoarnmnmn Ben on nest of.
inseam:-s 01-1’. 0. money order. wx'.“fil’i%nAnlil'5o.. cumungf oino.

liau Hair ltenewcr, the best article in
the market.
- —-—-—<1o)—--—---~ --

Conneticut lius‘.i:iiiv.ls nrv I)Vl(l‘.'lltl}'
taking advantage oi’ the .~uperllui[y of
Wonieii in that state. The Hartford
Post says: “lfwe could have a Whip-
ping: post. with a good lively switch
tender, right here in Colllleclluul. to
thrash wile-boaters, he would be a
pretty busy fellow for a while, and
every decent man would wish him suc-
cess in his mission.” Il women were
scarcer in the wooden nutmeg coni-
pionwealth they would be treated bet-
or.

———-————-—101—-—-——-—-~——» —

By its mild, soothing and healing
properties, Dr. Sagc’s Uatarrh Remedy
cures the worst cases ot llflfitll catarrh,
also "cold in the head,” eoryza, and en-
tarrhal headaches. 50 cents, by drug-
gists.

I3_HlLADELPHlVAl ivilifikars.
77 ---~. Wholesale Grocer

[Corrected by Tliomb
~ ‘(-3. 241 North Water

and Grantxc S€llin,f_'
$2.. I’hif2id2~lp':.i.., I’:

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Cut loat, pcr lh . . . . .. ...7,5/i
Pulverizedperlb.... . 
Standard qranulzited : 7

Staiidnrd A White per '.. . .. .
Best white soft A per 
Good whit-: soft A p»:-
Ifxtm C while per 1‘:
Scindard 15 per lb. . ..
Extra C yellow bri:.‘~' -...
C yellow per l'o. .. . .. __ ..
Brown per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New Orleans tI.\[l’3 light per lb.

SYRUP ANT) -'\II)L.-\b..ES——~-lii Barrel.-.

 
  

Sugar drips pure sugar per gallon . . . . . . . . . 23
Amber drips pure §lAl_.lZll' pct‘ gallon . . . . . . . .5.-
Fancy white niziple drips per gulloii. . . . . . .35
Extra golden pure su;;.ir per gallon . . . . . .. 3:

Fancy New Orleans new crop per gallon. . 5.:
GO( d Vew ()rIc:ms, new crop per gallon .5u
While hone ' d-ip. vanilla Ila-. or . . . . . . . . . .39

IMPORT -The above quotaiious are for syrup in
whole ban: only. All syrup in half barrels 4 cents
per gallon extra and no 'li;ir'.:: for package _- md
to gallon pr-.c'-mgr.-v. -_', cents per gallon uduiuoniii and

   

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the cost 0 package.

COFFEES—GRI<IEN AND ROASTED.
F-.irn:yRio per lb . . . . . .  . . . . .... . . . . ....2X)£@‘.‘3
Green Rio extra choice per lb. . . . . . . . . . . .zi@2i9-_’.
Green I-{lo prime per lb . . . . . . rg;y,@'-o
Green Rio good per lb..... '
Green Rio common per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Green Maracaibo choice per lb. .
Green Laguayra choice pcr ll... . .
Green java choice per lb. . .
Roa.-‘led Rio best per lb. .
Roasled Rio No. I per lb.
Roasted Rio No. 2 per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rented Laguaym best per lo
Roa.sted_]ava bc<t per lb. .

 
  
 

  
 
 

Barnes’ Goldzn Rio wasted ui  p'k. . .2555
TEAS.
Imperialperlb.............. .25, 35, 4c, s3, 5:
Young Hyson per lb . . . . . 22, 35, go, 45
Oolong per lb.. 2 , 32, 35, 45
japan per lb. . . . . 30. 37, 4,2. 45
Gunpowder, per l 38, 42. ¢,, 5:

FOREIGN DRIED FRU TS. '

 
  
  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  

Raisins. New Muscazclls per box. .. . . . . . "$2 33
“ Uld Muscarclls. " . . .
" London layers " 2 So

“ London layers )6 boxes...

‘- Valencia per lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7%
“ Seedless. mrus. so .:, 25
" Undzira, box, 28 lbs . . . . . . . . . . . zclé
" “ " ulbs..... . ic‘»,’,
Prunes. French boxes, per lb. . . . . .1: ((11 L355
“ Ni:wTurkc , perlb..... .... 4%@ 5
Currants, new. per b . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 6};@7
WHOLE SPIC
185-;

Black pepper, per lb.
White "

  
 

   

   

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Ginger “ 10
Clnriarnon " 9
Cloves " 27

llspice “ E
Mace " 85
Nutmcgs " . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. Sc

PURE GROUND SPICES.
Pure pt: per, black, per lb . . . . . . . . . ec-

" A riczin cayenne pcrl ‘ll

" cinnamon per lb... 16

" cloves pct lb. . . . 29

" ginger perlb.... . . . . .. 22

" zillspicv.-. per lb l§

GROCERS SUNDRIES.
Sal Soda. r12 lb kegs, per lb I .
Flour sulphur per lb . . . . . . 5
Bi-carb soda, loose, 112 lb Lg. . . . . .. .,
'- " “ 25 lb boxes . . . . . . . . 
" " “ iolb b01‘r:§........ t
" " in lb packages. . . . . . . . . . 6
" " in 54 lb packzig-. . . . . . . 1
Corn suircli, C-ilberfs. per lb .. . . . . .. . 65!.
‘‘ I)uryca’s. per lb . . . . . . . . . . . 7
St:i.'ch.lump.Duryea’s,4.i ll) boxes, per lb 3};
" Gllberfs “ " 4
Com starch, new process. . . . . . . . . . . . 5%
Starch, new process, lump . 353,
“ " 6 lb boxes . . . . . . . . . (L
“ " rlbboxcs......... 5%

What a Time

People formerly had, trying to swallow
the old-fasliioned pill with its film of
magnesia vainly disguising its bitter-
ness; and what a. contrast to Ayer’s\
Pills, that ll1l\'£.‘ been well culled “med-
icated sugiir-plIiin.~i“—tlie only fear be-
ing that path,-iits iniiy be teniptcd into
tziking too m'.in_v at 2). dose. But the
directions are plain and should be
strictly followed.

J. T. Teller, M. D., of Clllll('llalI‘,10,
N. Y., expresses caxamly what llll.‘Itll’(‘\lS
have written at gI'r:i‘.ei‘ lcrigtli. He
says: “ Aycr"3 Catliurtio Pills are liiglily
appreciated. Tlicy are perfect in form
and coating, and their effects me all
that the most careful pliysiciau could
desire. They have supplanted all the
Pills iornici-ly popular here, and I tliinl:
it must be long before any other can
be made that will at all compare with
them. Those who buy your pills get
full value for their nioiit-y.”

“Safe, pleasant, and certain in
their action,” is the concise testimony
of Dr. George E. \Valker, of Martins-
ville, Virginia.

“ Ayer's Pills outsell all similar prep-
arations. The public having once used
them, will have no otliers.”-Berry,
Veiiziblc &. Collier, Atlanta. Ga.

A e r’ s P i I l s

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l.‘rk-pIii'erl by Dr. J. (‘., Ayer 8; Co., I.owell,Mzum-
Sold by all Dealers in Ill:-divine.

 

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Pat1'0n’s Shoe Iiflousel

12-3. North 8th. Street.

Ph.i1a.de1phia.

Under contract with the Executive Committees of the New York, Pennsylva-
nia, New Jersey, Delaware, Maine and Michigiui State G anges, and rec-
ognized by the Granges from all over the country, to supply Pritroiis in

ATTIIE-—-—

Lowest Wholesale Prices !

The grand and elegant selection of Solid Boots and Shoes we have on‘ hand. at such remarkably Low

Penn..

Prices should have some inducement to attract the attention of Patrons. enabling them to purchase at nearly
50 per cent. less ih:in regular retail prices. ALL GOODS WARRANTED.

Men’s solid Boots-Special Prices.

Men's Solid Iiczivy Kip Boom.
Mo.-u's Broad lleavy Kip Boots

  
  
 
    
  
 
  
 
 
 

 

   

Cliilrirciis Best l’<
Childr».-ii‘; ('-noel Dre, .
Shoes" Ill \\'holesalc Prices.

lies: lliibliv-r llonrs Si 50. Boys‘ Rubber Books, 52 10.

Ladies’ Solid Shoes-Spevolnl Prices.

Ladies’ Solid Morocco Button . . . . . . . . . . .
Ladies’ English Nip BuIton.. . .

  
  
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 

     

Men’s Elegant English Kip.. . . 2 5.) I Ladies‘ Ccnuiue English Calf” 1 so
Men’.~; Solid "Rock Bottom" Boo.. _ Ladies’ Heavy Pebble Buuon.. .,,._g 74
Merfs English “l}::rby" Boots... 1 75 Ladies’ Soft Donuola Button ..... g 90
-.\ic:i'.s mlul T.‘-ip sole Kip Br.-ots . . . . . . . . . . . '-.0 Ladies‘ Solid H-.':ivy (lrziin. . . . 1 75

Men’: “High Top" American B00! . . . . . . . . . 2 75 ’ Ladies’ Hes! “Anierican Kid" . . I 25

Men's “l"i<ina-er" Kip Boots . . . . . . ... . . . . .. 2 30 Ladies’ Pebble "VV:«mkenphan". , 2 15

i\Icri’~. solid Heavy Veal Calf. . . . . . . . 2 75 Ladies’ French kid Hutton . . . . . . . . .. .. . 3 45

Mt-ii’.-‘ solid Light Calf Boots” . . . . . . . . 2 75 Ladies’ Heavy Kip Lace . , _, _ 1 m

F:irmcr’s Kip "Dress Iloots" . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 oo 1 Ladies Solid Calf Lice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... I 50

Mcnk “St.mrl:ird Kip" warranted. 3 25 ] Ladies’ All Hand Globe Lace . . . . . . . I 75

MEN‘: Sfllld l-C’-tiller Kip lldolfi . . - . . . . . . . . . 3 15 l Ladies’ Finest Kid Hutton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 so
i\lcri'.L' All St,-wed, Soft Kip. . . . . . 5 25, | Ladies’ Clove Kid Tops . . . . I 75
Men"; French Linlf .‘lc\¥v.:Ll Boo 5 . .; no Lzidics’ Styli,-li Dress Bmmn , _ 3 25
.‘v‘l«:n 5 Fines: Calf Sc-veil Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 so , Ladies’ Solid Pebble Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 oo

Old I.;1die;~.‘ lieavcr Cloth Lace, ::ll Flannel Lined, at $1.25 per pair.
CH lLDREN'S SH OEs.—(:llll(lr£‘n’§ Sc-lid (irziin lirtttnn. Sm‘; Children's Heavy Kip L:soe,9oc
tbblc liiittoii, 87;; Lliil(lrcIi'5 Solid Leather Tips. goc; Cliildrcn 5 Solid Heavy Grain {I 00'
Kill. ex xo; in all sins from 4 to rox. Ecoiioniizc ziiid save, and buy your “Boasts |nd'
RUBBER GOODS,-Men's Be:-t Rubber Boots, 5: 75; by the case (in pairs), ‘z so. Ladies’

GRAND OPENING OF HOLIDAY LIP E .-'3 ’: " - - '
“ma Morocco, 8! ‘M; Gen“ Amgamr. $1 50: Gem's EmShoSsedl:’mg‘-S51 2(5en( A finest Velvet, ‘I 15. Cents

.77v@Send for Our Catalogue and Price List.
answered.

.A...2E?.-IE-Iano,
PATRONS’ SHOE HOUSE

121 North 8th Street, Philadelphia, Penn.

All inquiries cordially

their GRANGE.

WHY WHITE LEAD

does not last one quarter the time. lNGERSOLL’S LIQUID RUBBER PAINT does. Why
White Lead does not last as it formerly did, is answered in our Pamphlet.
their own Painter, which is full of other valuable iiifomiation about PAINTING. Color
Cards and all mailed free. MASTERS and SECRETARIES should write {or n supply for

PATROIWS PAINT WORKS,

Every one

64 Fulton Street, New York.

The first concern that sold direct to Patrons and gave wholesale trade discounts and
keeps it up. .Don’t buy any Paint till you write us.

augrtf

Elkhart, Ind. Sept15t2

Senior Life Insurance.

The American Mutual Life Ins. Co., of Elkhart, Ind.,
is the BEST Senior Life Ins. Co. in the world. The lowest assessments. Only
one each month. No annual dues. No pools. Each month pave the losses to.-
that mouth. ABSOLUTELY SAFE. Pays promptly witlfout
Will transfer members from other companies free. Address the Secre

quibbling.
1 tary at
b. STEWART, Sec’y,

Our Clubbing List- 1887-88.

Regular With

German Horse and Cow

POWDER$l

This powder has been in use many years.
It is largely used by the farmers of Peiinsjl.
Vania, and the Patrons of that State have
purchased over Ioo,o0o pounds through their
purchasing agents. Its composition is our se-
cret. The recipe is on every box and 5~ponnd
package. It is made by Dr. Oberholtzcr’;-
Sons & Co , Phoenixville, Pa. It helps to di-
gest and assimilate the food. Horses will
do more work with less food while using it.
Cows will give more milk and be in better
condition. It keeps poultry healthy and in
creases the production of eggs. It is also oi
great value to them while melting. It is sold
at the lowest possible wholesale prices by R.
E. JAMES, Kalamazoo; GEO. W’. HILL &
CO., II5 Randolph St., Detroit; THOS.
' MASON, 181 Water St., Chicago, Ill.; and
ALBERT STEGEMAN, Allegan. Put up in
60—lb. boxes (loose).

~ r 1b., 3o—lb. boxes of 6 5-D). packages,
r Tenn CENTS per lb.

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l For forty years, Ayer’s Clierr_v Pec-

-‘ tor.-'11 ll}->33 been denionstrated to be the
most relialile rcniedy in use. for colds.
coiiszlis and lung diseases. Sligliluilds
should not he iieglecteil. The I’ccto-
ml will prevent their becoiiiiiig chron-
Ic-

Pricc. Visitor.
American Fanner . . . . . . . . . . ..$! 00 st 00
American Grange Bulletin..... I 50 I 70,
Atlantic Monthly . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 00

llabylzind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 85

Breeders’ Gazette . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 00 3 00

Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 oo 4 I5

Good Housekeeping . . . . . . . . .. 2 50 2 50

Harper's Magazine . . . . . . . . . .. 4 oo 3 75

llarper‘s Weekly . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4 oo 3 90

Harper's Bazar . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. 4 oo 3 90

Ilarper’s Young People . . . . . . . 2 00 2 to
Inter Ocean, Chicago, (weekly) I co I 40
Our Little Ones . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 50 I am,
Our Little Men and V\/omen . .. I 00 I 20‘
I‘arisy............. . . . . . . . . ...Ioo I2ol

St. Nicholas . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3 00 3 19

Scientific American . . . . . . . . .. 3 oo 3 25

The Cottage Hearth. . . . . . . . .. I 50 I 25

The Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 oo 4 75

Treasure Trove.  . . . . . . . .. I oo I 25

\"ick’s Magazine . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 25 I 50

Wcnian’s Magazine. . . . . . . . . .. I 00 I 25

VVeslern Rural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. I 65 2 00

Wide Awake . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . .. 2 40 2 50

Young Folk’s journal . . . . . . . .. I 00 1 20

Price EIGHT CENTS ,

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—ARE TO BE—-

C-‘.-i've::i. to

'riri: rizcsr rim TiIot's.mn

SU.BSC.t.-I IBEIIHS

-'ro rin:—-

American Agriculturist,
English or German, I833_

S7 50 a year. single number :-
ticulars of this novel scheme seildCl'.:i'& For mu P“

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ber Just out of ueaily 100 pages, Com

aining_4oo Ed
cscnpnve AI-ti.
d T U'Ibt..|lI.V!5‘ rtpre.
_ CS Ill - ' i .
_Provinccs and liurope. and 2.130 ll|::;l::::,?'_  the
irig the ])l‘t:.~;Cllls'. by twcnw dificrcnt Artifls chclsbi
l‘0rb¢-‘S. Cary, He.-nn»::I. Mueller pa ' 31-E’ Sue as
Faiunce. Fl4'il‘I‘:Il"l(l Lvo-_1¢_ ma’ ;vh°_:n“e'érk ofllpélono
expressly {or this niiinbcr. Addrr-ss T W3: one
DAVID w,_;uDD_ pres‘.

751 Broadway. New York.

cles, written by fifty-five difikrcnt con

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IN THh 6ELECTlON OF

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Frienil,bn‘.li (-
C4)IXll)lll\"i,l in :1.

     

“"““ 3 U1-my other valn..l.le features, it coiitsrn.

A Dictionary

of11S,CO0 Words, :‘.oo:i 1-‘,y,gmv,',,g_.,'

A Gazetteer of the World

loeatizig and describing 25,000 Places,

A Biographical Dictionary

of m"‘iTlY 1'-3,90) llotc-rl Persons,

All in One Book.

300?i(!)n0rtc} Words and nearly _2U0f) mpox-e Illuggm.
us inn any otlier Al‘IlL’rl<‘1\I| Llictioriury.
G Sold by all I.‘iook~_-ellcrs. 1‘:irriplil~-t. free.

. & C. HERRIAM & C0., l’ub‘rt-', Springfield, Mum.

lllamniotli Bronze Turkeys

are the king of turkeys. Gobbler-s, whe.
matured, weigh 35 to 45 poundi

Pekin Ducks

are the largest known breed of ducks, are

good lfl}'€’l’S. Very prmliictire of ft-:itbcr5;
color {I rirth crmniy whize.

fiend for Ill-.i.s.tr:i9ed l.‘—-;'
I’i.irc Bl‘(’.(l Poultry. free Io all.

L. D. Sl‘.'\I’I.l5§.‘>'.

 

[hire List of
.‘\(l(ll’C:>S
l’ci.-<.ierid, Mich.

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