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PAW PAW, MICH., J .-XNUARY I5, 

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   ‘.of the government.‘has developed,ma_rket. we see Ir iinmec_liate‘law_. either in principal or detail. utive coniinitteo of the State
- and made productive a vast ex- relief. Expansion ll« the cultivat- until a fair time has been given Grange is the working <-ommit-
PUBUSHED SEM'_M°NTm_Y_ tent of the richest lands of the~ed area of Russia. l’ndia. Africa. ;lt by actual application to the tee, and it numbers among its
I t d H I h a country. Over two hundred;Australian. New .r.t.-aland and business of the country. to de- members some of tlieslirewdest

H H .‘ l - - » V I - - . . . .

K "S 3" ‘5 '° ° ° N"'° ‘_’ V P I imillion bushels of wheat are South America may continue in- , termine ‘It-S nierits 01- (1(,,m.ntS‘ “.OI.ke1.5m1d best thin1{m.S in th“
M T“ 0"” °*;f;,Th;‘}CfL ‘’“”“‘”-’‘v *" iannually grown. and a propor- definitely. The l1!‘.0(JCl1p1€(1 area, its benefit or its inpiry. State. Judge Rainsdell. of this

of arable lands i11 those countries,
is for the present i texhaustible. ,
For the farmers of the United‘

l tionate increase in the production

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E'2§’c?.’§§gZ‘§f”§3?...§3¥ica?i2ns, ‘§.i’vt.‘r'i;.‘i..‘.§’"i',u"§;. ‘annually of oats and corn. where
Indian

ness,and subscriptions should be sent.

A(;R]CL'LT[;RAL ])EI)AR'pA“.;:\"p_ ,pla(.'0. has l)0(}ll Ill the ll08.(l of
Wrhile acknmvledging th0gI.ea_t this coininittee for some time.

TERMS 50 Cents a Year. 25 Cents for Six
Months. Subscriptions payable in advance,
and discontinued at expiration, unless renewed.

A. C. GLIDDEN, Editor,
PAW PAW. MICH.

Michigan State G-ra.nge—Report of
Executive Committee.
[Concluded from last issue.)
GOVERNMENT VVAREHOUSING OF
FARM PRODUCTS.

This. too. we regard as a pro-
position unjust, impractical and
utopian in the extreme. If the
products of the farm are to be
received and stored by the Gov-
ernment and advances made upon
them, why not the products of
all other industries.

for the farmer. why not a broker
for all other producers. the
cotton, the woolen. the silk and
the linen manufacturers, the iron
masters. the potters and glass
makers and all other ma1iufac—
turers of warehousable products.

.If we ask the Government to
interfere with the law of supply
and demand by hoarding our pro-
ducts for arise. why should it

not interfere with the same law]

by hoarding all other non perish-

able products of labor for theé
We regard the-,

same purpose.
proposition as too absurd to gain
the approbation of honest. intelli-
gent men. and hope this Gi'a-nge
will express is (.‘lll1)lliltl(' dis-
approval of the sclieiiie.
A(}RlUL'i.'l,‘lJl{AL l)l§l’l{P‘.SSlt).\'.
The causes which have led to
the depressed condition ()f agri-
culture which has prevailed not
only in this country. but all over
the civilized _world. and in Great
Britian and Germany to a greater
extent than here. have not been
fully understood by the people.
and it is to this misapprehension
that we attribute the wild schemes
proposed for the relief of the
farmer. and the discontent which
political demagogues have fanned
into a flame of indignation

against all other callings and pro- «I

fessions. While the acts of
demonetizing silver in Germany.
Scandinavia and the United
States and the cessation of silver
coinage in France was one of the
causes of such depression, it was
not the sole cause. Those acts
bore equally hard upon all pro-
ductive industry.

But a far more potent cause for
such depression in the agricul-
tural industries of the world.
comes from the rapid expansion
of the cultivated area in all agri-
cultural countries, which has
taken place in the last twenty
years. The rapid and cheap
transportation which brings the
production of this increased area
of cultivation to the centers of
demand, and the stationary con-
dition, and in some respects de-
crease in demand at those centers,
occasioned by an increased home
supply in some of the countries
which have heretofore been more
largely dependent upon importa-
tions of farm products, has been
the most potent factor in produc-
ing the decline in value of farms
and farm products.

EXPANSION IN AMERICA.

During the last twenty years
the extension of railroads
throughout the vast plain of the
west, and the great improvements
in farm implements and machin-
ery, aided by the free land system

If the Gov— 
erninent is to become a broker

twenty years ago the
reigned supreme.

The same extension of rail-
roads has opened a larger region
to grazing.where millions on inil- ]
lions of cattle and sheep are now
fed, where the buffalo and ante-
lope roved before. This expan-.‘
sion in the cultivated area has
been so great that from ninety:
million acres under cultivation at}
the close of the war. over two.
lhundred and twelve million five
’ hundred thousand acres are under ‘
écultivation now. and the average
: yield per acre of farm produce as
‘a whole has been largely in-‘
creased.

OTHER UOUNTIHES.
In other countries the extension 5
;of the cultivated areas has ad-i
ivanced from the same causef
1 (cheap transportation) not so fast}
{in any one country. but in the“
iiaggregate to a greater extents
;Russia. India. Australia. South.
§Africa. South America and New
jZeala.nd have felt the stimulus of
lcheap transportation. and have.
lrapidly extended their cultivated
‘ Modern improvements in,

‘ area.

lrailroad building and their equip-

,ment, have so cheapened inland‘
transportation. that interior are-1
able to compete with seaboard}

;countries. and the application of,

lthe compound steam -engine to
marine navigation. the introduc—.
tion of i'efi'igei'atoi' coinpzirtinents

. in steam and rail ti'ai1spoi'tatioii.

and the shortening of routes by
the Suez canal have brouglit the
whole 'clf_','l'l(‘lllt1l1’3.l world to the
very doors of the center of de-
mand as competitors for its
supply.
The center of demand is now
l confined toGreat Britian. France, 5
4 and the smaller states of Western i
Europe. And. according to C. l
Wood Davis, the equivalent of l
300,000,000 bushels of wheat and
a proportionate amount of other;
products for the table are suffici-i

ent to supply the import demandi
of all these countries. ;

Farm productions. even in;
these countries, England except *
ed, have largely increased: ac-
cording to Prince Protopkin. of»
Paris. the ratio of increase of the?
annual wheat crop of France has 
;been two and one—half per cent‘
[greater than the ratio of increase
jin population. While the popu-:
;lation has increased but fivei
§inillions in forty-five years. the‘
iannual production of wheat has
Qincreased 117,-100.000 bushels.
} Here. then we find ample caus2*
ifor the world-wide depression in
agriculture, as compared with
other fields of production. While
the import demand of western
Europe for agricultural products
iwas wholly supplied by eastern
Europe. Egypt and North
America, the profits of capital
and labor invested in and applied
to agriculture were fairly pro-
portionate to the profits of capital
and labor employed in other
branches of production. But
now, with forty—four different na-
tions competing for that market.
with a supply so greatly dispro-
portioned to the demand. no
other result than a decline in
prices all around could or should
be expected.

THE OUTLOOK.
It may be asked, how long is

this condition of things to con-
tinue. For foreign countries

.finds a market for its consump-J

I alln lntr.‘ - -. w - - -
Sb 0 0 Del be wmpellod mhave a fair basis to guide them

.both in production and market-

2 andcheaplaborofothercountries. l if the department,

T ing.

. States.

who depend upon Europe for a

"States, however. the outlook is

more cheerful. The rapid ex»
pansion of cultivation has ceased

for want of territory to occupy:

count-ry will increase much faster 1
in proportion than the fields of
agriculture. Our grain fields;
and grazing grounds have been:
pushed to the utmost western;
limit of profitable production.‘
and hereafter any "
production must result from
better methods of cultivation; D6

agricultural productions in the

lnited States. cotton excepted,
tion at home, and the urban pop- 
ulation as shown by the late;
census is rapidly increasing.
while the rural population re-
mains nearly stationary: at the
same ratio of increase in urban
over rural population. the liouie
demand will absorb all our pro-

‘ductions. cotton excepted. within

less than five years. when we-
compete with the cheap lands

East and South, for .‘.-.market in
Vv'estern Europe. TLMLS l1()1)G‘J.
that the policy lately adopted by
Congress will build up new manu- .
facturing industries and enlarge
and extend the old. and thereby
iiici'ea-se the home deinaiid and
hasten the day of our einaiicipa—
tioii froni European (l(E1)(‘ll(lL‘ll(fL‘.
THE TA l{Il“l*'.

Since the beginning of this,

government the tariff has been a

;pi'0lifi(' theme for political dis-
A cussion.

One portion of our

~statesmen contending that duties

upon imports should be levied,
only on such things as people of‘
this country could not success-‘

;improvement that has taken
:place in the Agricultui'al De-
partment at Washington, since
.it has been elevated to the posi-

~_hel_eufteI_ the population of thegtion of a cabinet department.

‘still the department falls far

short of what we think it might
and ought to be. As the price
of all exportable products de-
pends upon the worlds demand
and the world's supply. it would

. _ 1 )  be most beneficial to the farmers 1” the Counlr-Y‘ , _ _
increase 111‘-of the UH-myd States if “my Could country. of all political parties.
“mow the ratio of Supply to d,3_ic()niiiieiit, in liigliest thwiiis of

_ _i mand of an export pmducts I-mm: praise. upon the executive com-
,per cent. of the aggregate of i time to time during th‘,p1anting_ ; mittee s report. which was unan-
lgrO“ving' harvesting and ma1.k0t_'.iiioiisly adopted by the Grange.

season. As. for instance: If
they could know the acreage of
wheat sown in each wheat pro-
ducing country. and condition of

the crop from time to time. dur-.

ing its growth. the probable
‘ yield per acre at har- t
* vest time. the probable

amount available for export. and
the probable demand of the ini-

port-ing countries to cover slioi't- l

age in home supply. they would

And.
having oh‘r.ain€d this iHfr:“ITl‘rlll¢)Tl
would estimate from the ratio of
price to supply. as equalized for
a period of five years past. the
probable price which wheat
would bring as thus <le(lu(~e(l.
and publish the (_‘.()ll(‘lllSl()ll ar-

- rived at. no spe(:ulator in wheat

would dare to gamble on future
prices, as the inforination thus
obtained would be more acciii'ate
and extended than any which
could be obtained by individual
effort. False reports of crop
failures or of abundaiice would
be at once detected and gain
no credit. and the producer would
get the proper return which the

and it is froui his pen that Mich-
ligan and the country at large
have received some of the sound-
e_-,'t. most widely known and ini-
portant financial articles of the
day. The report made by this
comiiiittee at the late meeting of
the State Grange has attracted

lwidespread attention. and has

placed Judge Raiiisdell ainong
the foreinost writers upon fiiiance
‘ The press of the

The New York lVor/«I says:
"The farmers of the Michigan
Grange are men who see clearly
and think straiglit.“ and after
quoting approvingly the resolu-
tions. further adds.: "The ll'urI:/
knows of‘ no terser or more con-
vincing way of setting forth truth
than this."

In referring to the resolutions
declaring against the proposition
that the governnient loan money
to farmers at two per cent.
another New York paper says:
"We have nowhere seen so con
rise and co‘-vincing a statement
against this new scheme as is
presented by this association of
fariners. and we trust that zinv
of our f':ii'iiier f'i'ii-nds who llil\'1*
been f2lS('lllill;('(l by the idea of
getting inoni-y lll1t(l(' to order, in
qiiaiitites. and on teriiis to suit
the iioeds of the zipplicaiits. will
study the resolution with (-:m-.

The New York ’['i'i/mm» also
eiidorses them. and of the last
idea says: “The, S.')()Il(‘l' the Al-
iance plows that proposition un-
der. the better for its prospects."

The Uadillai-. .\'«u-.s- um] ly'.:‘/i/‘(aw
pays Judge Rzinisdell this high

;personal compliment: The re-

funy produce: and another pm._}unobSt1.nCted law Of Supply and port 1)}-Q1)1L1'C(l by Judge Rams.

tending that a tariff should be?
levied upon such

articles as can be successfu11y‘Agriculture that he undertake to

l t.ion about equal in number con- ‘ <1€H18»T1d Sh0111d SW9 him-
We would therefore respect»

dell. of Traverse City. and adopt-
ed by the Michigan State Grange

4

products Or‘; fully Suggest to the Sec1.etm.y Of» pronouncing against the delusive

government loan scheme and the

raised or produced in the Unitedgcarry out the plan herein Out_;go\-erninent wareliouse idea. has

industries.

for re ven 0 1 ; 1311 d, ffurnish the necessary appropria- i _ ,
itariff fdr nlfotegtibn toeAr:ee(i(i)§.mnltion and the Secretary of Statei ‘l“.Y b" .1"‘“"d. “1"’“' that “"5"
These parties have“) Coopemte with him by c01_;‘thing with which Judge Rams-

The first is Styled tariޤ1ined_ That he ask Congress to i given the Michigan Grange very

creditable notoriety. It can usu-

alternately controlled the legisu l lecting the needed informationi $1911 has 't0.tf1.(.) 1wil‘l“bf3 Il’0}1)'1f?1'1'7’?3
lation of the Government. butlthI'0l1gl10111‘II1II11Sl3e1'S2LI‘l(1C()]1S11lS‘In “‘ P139 1°“~ 1‘*“’°‘a " ‘H

of the McKinley bill. has ever
had the courage to put their the-
ories in practice by legal enact-
merit.

For the first time in American

J history a purely protective tariff

has been put in operation.
Whether it will produce the
beneficent results which its sup-
porters hope for. or the dire
calamities which its opponents
predict. can only be determined
by the actual results of its prac-
tical application. If the princi-

ple is wrong, its opponents can’

afford to wait until a fair trial
has demonstrated it.

be given to develop its virtues.
An hundred years of theoretical
discussion in congress and before
the people is amply sufiicient,
and we now demand the crucial
test of actual trial, unhampered
by fear of interference, until am-
ple time is given to the business
of thecountry to adjust itself to
the new order of things. We,
therefore. deprecate and con-
demn as unjust, unfair and im-
politic, any interference with, or
material alteration of, the tariff

If it is;
right, a. fair opportunity should.

,neithe1~, until the late anactment  abroad. in order that we may be f

l relieved from the injuries inflict-
: ed by boards of trade.

l VVe would further suggest to .
 the Honorable Secretary of Agri- ;

fculture that in case Congress
1 should fail to make the necessary
3appropriation to carry out the
plan proposed. then that the
funds now used in the ll.$‘cle.s-.s' dis-
tribution of seeds might be
more properly employed in ob-
taining and disseminating the in-
formation above suggested. All
of which is respectfully submit-
ted. J. G. RAMSDELL,

H. D. PLATT.

GEO. B. Honro-.\',

F. W. REDFERN.

J. Q. A. BURRiN(;To.\'.

J. C. GOULD.

THOMAS MARS.

J. T. C0313,

Executive Committee.

The Michigan State Grange.

The State Grange has been
wise in its selection of officers
for many years past, and Gov-
ernor Luce, one of the best gov-
ernors Michigan ever had, grad-
uated from the master's to the
guberna.toria.l‘chair. The exec-

 

creditable way. “

The Petoskey Imvml coin-
§ments: "The Ii'm‘o1'(/ has kicked
on the Grange in times past be-
cause it thought that Grange iii-
‘ fliience was unduly strong in the
I making of State appointments to
office. and its feelings were pe-
‘culiarly acrid when the editor
Ethereof was fired out to make
3,room for that horney-handed
lfarmer, ex-Probate Judge Cros-
iby. That‘s natural. But never-
gtheless the Record cannot with-
ihold its admiration. when in
3' these times of wild and visionary
jfinancial schemes, the Michigan
;State Grange exhibits a solid
;sense, and a comprehension
{of fundamental principles, in
imarvelous contrast to the wild
lutterances of the Farmers’ Al-
lliance. The State Grange sees
: clearly the ruinous results of the
,v 2 per cent government loans de-
‘ manded by the Farmers‘ Alliance
l and says: ‘We regret that other

organizations indorse such a

proposition, and express our-
selves as vigorously opposed to
such a policy. We believe that
_ the loan of one billion of treasury

1 (C'ont2'nue(l on 5!]: page.)

 


 

THE GRANGE Jan. 15. 189]

VISITOR-
I _ _

on his monument than: "He was i enough to scatter cracker crumbs sheep will have preserved all the
the father of the farmers’ insti-lin the bed of the average man. original qualities of its fleece.
tute." land what must be the feelings of The difference in the diet being

Besides these achievements he ‘ a man whose whole life is given continued up to the third genera-
has written on various other sub— up to mean acts? When there is “ tion the offspring could not be
jects of public interest. among so much suffering and heartache recognized as coming froui the
which are Ventilation of School and misery in the world. anyhow. same stock.—E.r. '

R. C. Kadzie, M. A., M. D. ;not only prevented the possibili-
Agricultural science has made ‘ ty of an explosion. but preserved
wonderful progress during re- ‘the lamp chimneys. increased the
cent years. A few years ago the i_ brilliancy of the flame. etc. One
idea that a science might be‘50f these hi:‘%'h1Y "aluable Com‘
built upon agriculture as alpounds was analyzed, and found
foundation. was laughed at bylto contain one ounce of common

v

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the scientific world, But, agri-{salt colored with aniline dyes. Buildings. VVater Supply of why should anyone adda pound; ._..>_
cultural science today haslThese frauds were all promptly Michigan. Healthy Homes. for of wickedness or sadness to tl1e}TheM-Jngy 01.1313 and Farm Lands
reached an eminence that conrlexposed and the people warned Farmers. etc. These articles.general burden? Don t be moanu.
' l

mands respect and reverence
from all her devotees. No so-
ciety that has for its object the
formation of general scientific
knowledge. is complete without
representatives from the science
of agriculture. This position
has been attainedmainly through
the devotion of those who have
been directly connected with our
agricultural schools and colleges.
Foremost among these scientific
investigators is '-lobert (Jlark
Kedzie. He now occupies the
chair of chemistry at the Michi-
gan Agricultural College. Con-
nected witli this institution. as
he has been. through four-fifths
of its existence. there is perhaps
no other man who is so conver-
sant with its history and devel-
opment. He has watched over
its growth with a jealous eye.
From small and modest begin-
nings he has lived to see it to-
day with its spacious laboratories.
br()ad acres and extensive
museums. all equipped with the
best modern appliances and aids
to study.

Dr. Kedzie was born at Delhi.
New York. January 28. 18233. of
Scotch-American parents. With
little early training in the public
schools. he started for college
with  in his pocket. After
buying his books and a wash
bowl and pitcher for his room.
he had left just three shillings
with which to go through college.
But perseverance. pluck and a
determination to win. sustained
him and enabled him to remain
at the institution. During his
course he engaged to teacli a
diSt1‘ict school for the munificent
sum of $314 for three months.
This aided the depleted state of
his finances. and finally in lHlT.
he graduated with the degree of
M. A. Four years later he grad-
uated with high honors from the
medical department of the Uni-
versity of Michigan} He pirac-
ticed medicine in Kalamazoo for
a short time. but finally settled
at Verinontville.. Mich.. where
the duties of his profession en-
gaged his attention until 1861.
when he enlisted in the war as
sui~geon of the 1‘_‘th regiment of
Michigan Volunteer Infu-iitry.
In lHLi%S he was elected to fill the
chair of cliemistry at the Michi-
gan A'.:riciiltui-al College. where
he has since been engaged. In
1*<i(iT he was a ineinber of t.lie
Michigan legislature. In 18!}-l
he was president of the State
Medical society. He was chair-
man of the section on State Med-
icine and Public Hygiene of the
American Medical association in
1t~'7li. He was for many years a
member of the Michigan State
Board of Health and did valuable
work on the committee appoint-
ed to investigate poisons. explo-
sives. chemicals, accidents and
special sources of danger. He
was also president of the board.
In 1850 he married Harriet E.
Fairchild. who is still living.

As a member of the State
Board of Health he did much
valuable service to the public.
He has never hesitated to use his
well trained mind in defense of
the people's interests. His con-
test and final victory over the
dishonest illuminating oil com-
panies. will long be remembered
by Michigan people. Stringent
laws were enacted on the statute
books of Michigan. but the
methods of testing were so crude
that the people were using not
only a very inferior oil. but an
oil which was also dangerously
explosive. An oil tester was in-
vented by Dr. Kedzie to ascer-
tain the correct flashing point of
all the illuminating oils exposed
for sale in the State. It was
found that nearly all oils were
below the required standard.
He insisted upon an enforcement
of the law, and at length secured
to the people a perfectly safe il-
luminating oil. There were var-
ious burning fluids in the State,
in addition, which were known
as “Aurora Oil,” "Liquid Gas,”
“Sunlight Non-explosive Burn-
ing Fluid,” etc. Although ex-
ceedingly explosive, the manu-
facturers furnished a mysterious
compound which it was claimed

l against their use.

As might‘
have been expected. the wrath‘
of the manufacturers was arous- 
ed. but neither threats nor money a
could drive Dr. Kedzie from his.
position. I

His investigation of arsenicali
wall papers is -deserving of no‘
less notice. After testing some‘
samples of wall paper he became‘.
thoroughly convinced that the:
health of our people was serious— l
ly endangered b_y reason of the
arsenical poisons used as a pig-
ment in the paper. He analyzed
many hundred samples of wall
paper and found more or less
arsenic. in nearly all.

Dr. Kedzie is first and foremost
the friend of the farmer. It is a
fact to be deplored. yet too often
true. that the average farmer is
slow to avail himself of the dis-
coveries of science. hence inves-
tigation along the lines of agri-
cultural chemistry has not been
so inviting as that in other
branches of the subject.

He has not only labored for its
advancement in a general way.
but has rendered incalculable
benefit to the farmer in several
instances. He has always cheer-
fully come to the rescue with his
vast store of technical knowledge
and has saved to the farmers
many hundreds of dollars. At
the time when lightning rod
swindlers were numerous in our
country and were disposing of
their rods at five or six times
their real value. Dr. Kedzie pro-
posed a plan by which the farmer
could put up his own lightning
rods. He was immediately taken
to task by the maiiufacturers.and
such emniinent authority as Prof.
Henry of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute. was quoted to show that he
was in the wrong. But he main-
tained his position and proved
that his premises were correct.
This one investigation saved to
tlie farmers of Michigan alone
thousands of dollars which had
been formerly spent for poor
lightning rods of doubtful efii-
ciency. It was largely through
his efforts that agents for fertil-
izers were required to take out a
license. and that a label must be
fixed to every package. having
the clienii<:'.il analysis of the con-
tents ])l:l-illly printed tliereon. In
one iiistance a fertilizer was
21.l12LlyLa’(,‘(l '\Vl1l('ll was selling for
$2.3 per ton. It was found to
contain just 23 cents‘ worth of
valuable niaterials. Thus a few
minutes in the laboratory saved
the farmers years of expensive
trial and final disappointment.
About the year 1877 Clawson
Wheat had come rapidly to the
front in Michigan. The peculiar
conditions of soil and climate
seemed to be eminently fitted for
this variety. At a Ineeting of
the State Millers’ Association it
was solemnly resolved that of all
the wlieats raised in Michigan.
Clawson was the least valuable
for making fine flour. This was
a serious blow to the farmers of
Michigan. An investigation was
immediately instituted by Dr.
Kedzie and the results clearly
indicated that Clawson Wheat
held a front rank as a flour pro-
ducing variety. Through this
investigation confidence was re-
stored and Clawson remained the
leading wheat in Michigan.

The Doctor is known most
widely perhaps as the founder of
the present system of farmers’
institutes. Although institutes
had been attempted before, none
were successfully established un-
til Dr. Kedzie. through resolu-
tions presented to the faculty of
the Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege and by this body to the
State Board of Agriculture, sub-
mitted a scheme which was
adopted. This established the
institutes of Michigan on a solid
basis. The movement rapidly
spread. until to—day nearly every
State in the Union has its far-
mers‘ institutes. No one thing
has done more to bring farmers
into sympathy with our agricul-
tural schools. The world will
long remember Dr. Kedzie’s val-
uable services in founding these

“colleges for farmers.” No more
fitting epitaph could be inscribed

have been published mostly in’

the reports of the Michigan
Board of Agriculture and State
Board of Health. He is consid-
ered an authority on the subjects

ltreated. and his writings are val-

uable additions to scientific liter-
ature. As an instructor. lie is a
true friend to the honest and dil-
igent student. but a "terror to
evil docrs. !‘ He believes that
the teacher is a true friend to
the student only as he holds him
strictly to the performance of his
duties. During his long connec-
tion with the college he has made
many collections of chemical
curiosities. which are made val-
uable adjuncts to his instruction.
His lectures are interesting. com-
plete. and fullof scientific truth.
I". If. .r‘|[umforrl. in Ituml NH!‘
Yo/‘/i'(‘I‘.

A Sound Document.

The report of the executive
committee of the Michigan State
Grange. a liberal abstract of
which will be found in the 1Ic-
[)7/l)l1'('(l.I7 to-day. is significant
from the fact that it not only
opposes squarely the recent ex-
pression of the national body,
and other farmers‘ organizations,
in favor of making the general
government loaner-in-chief to
the farming population. but it
outlines a financial policy for the
relief of the country that is re-
markable for its lucidness. prac-
ticability and intimate knowledge
of the present condition which it
displays from first to last.

Unlike the crude "demands"
of the Farmers‘ Alliance for
congress to accomplish certain
desired ends. Michigan Grange.
through its executive commit-
tee's report. takes up in detail
the questions of free coinage,
loans by government. govern-
ment warehousing. etc.. presents
a plan for the first that is in full
harmony v;f;,l_i the present silver
legislation. and then shows the
utter unfairness and absurdity of
the "demands" for the two ineas-
ures last named. It discusses
intelligently. and with a rare
knowledge and appreciation of
facts and existing conditions. the
causes of agricultural depression
in all parts of the globe. recom-
mends the upbuilding and pro-
lcction of the home markets.

The paper also points out how.
through the departinciit of agri-
culture. the injuries inflicted by
the boards of trade upon agri-
cultural interests may be remov-
ed. and reconiinends such action.

As a whole. the report of the
executive committee of Michigan
State Grange is at once so mod-
erate. fair. statesinanlike and
practical in its exposition of
present conditions that it could
not fail to work incalculable
good if a. copy of it could be
placed in the hands of every
farmer in the great northwest.—
L(l)'lSi)l{] Rcpublican.

~- m

Don't Be Mean, Boys.

Sometimes I wonder what a
mean man thinks about when he
goes to bed. When he turns
down the light and lies down
alone. he is then compelled to be
honest with himself. Not a
bright thought, not a generous
impulse, not a word of blessing.
not a grateful look comes back
to him. not a penny dropped in to
the palm of poverty. not the
balm of a loving word dropped
into an aching heart. no sun-
beams of encouragement cast up-
on a struggling life. no strong
right hand of fellowship reached
out to help some fallen man to
his feet—wlien none of those
things come to him as the "God
bless you" of the departed day.
how a man must hate himself.
how he must try to roll away
from himself and sleep on the
other side of the bed. when the
only victory he can think of is
some mean victory in which he
has wronged a neighbor. No
wonder he always sneers when
he tries to smile. How pure and
fair and good all the rest of the
world must look to him, and how
cheerless and dreary must his
own path appear! Why. even one
isolated act of meanness is

boys. Suffer injustice a thousand
times rather than commit it once.
—Burdette.
_ _.-___.-,____
As soon as they emerge from
the hydraulic press. postage
stamps are guiiiined. The paste
is made from clear starch. which
is acted upon chemically and then
boiled. forming a clear. smooth.
slightly sweet mixture. Each
sheet of stamps is taken sepa-
rately. placed upon a flat board
and its edges covered with a
light metal frame. Then the
paste is smeared on with a large
whitewash brush. and the sheet
is laid between two wire racks,
and placed on a pile with other;
to dry. After the gumming. an-
other pressing in the hydraulic
press follows. Then another
counting—~in fact, stamps are
counted no less than thirteen
times during the process of man-
ufacture. The sheets are then
cut in half. each portion contain-
ing 100 stamps. this being done
by girls with ordinary hand
shears. Next follows the per-
foration. which is performed by
machinery. The perforations
are first made in a perpendicular
line, and afterwards in a horizon-
tal line. Another pressing fol-
lows-—this time to get rid of the
the raised edges on the back of
the stamps made by the dies.and
this ends the manufacture. A
separate apartment is devoted
to the packing and sending off
the stamps to different post of-
ficcs.

- —A—---—--0 o o——~——

Effects of Food on Wool.

The feeding of the sheep. says
a French journal. has a most
marked influence on the quality
and quantity of the wool. In this
connection. the rules to be ob-
served are: 1. To obtain wool
of good quality and proper
quantity. the sheep should be well
fed. The increase of the wool
in length and resistance comes to
a stop if the animal be deprived
of the amount of food necessary
for it. Well-fed sheep pay for
the increased expense by the
weight of the fleece and the better
quality of the wool. There is.
however. an essential difference
to be noted in long-woolcd sheep.
Too much and too rich food soon
makes the wool of short-woolcd
slicep too long. an iiiconvenience
which has not to be f("fll'(‘(l in
long-wooledvarieties. '_’. VVli«-n
the sheep receives too little food
or when the food received.
given in sufficient quantities, is
not sufficiently nutritive. the
wool preserves its fineness and
acquires a certain length.
but its resistance fails. it is de-
prived of grease. which makes
it weak. harsh to the touch, and
dry as flax. 2-J. Regularity in
distribution of the food is of the
highest importance. the wool
soon showing the effects of this.

This is what is seen when, in
winter. the sheep are well fed
with hay. grain, beans and oil
cake, and when these supple-
mentary foods are too quickly
taken away in the spring. The
wool undergoes a time of stop-
page; later, continuing to grow
under more favorable circum-
stances. the woolly hair is less
resistant. and. in a part of its
extent. covers adead spot, a real
scar, indicating the irregularity
of growth. 4. Opinions differ
as to the action of different foods
on the wool. All however, agree
in attributing a marked effect to
fertile pastures. The fleece is
more abundant. the hair is longer
and noticeable by its softness.
whiteness. brightness and
strenght. Sturm lays down the
rule that all foods which promote
perspiration. produce afiner wool,
that is, those which include the
nutritive matters in the smallest
compass. Two sheep of the same
breed, covered with the same
wool, but differently treated, one
being for fattening and the
other in the usual way, show
quite a different variety of wool
from the first shearing. In the
first place it will be longer. coarser
and have lost its elasticity. This

is more noticable at the second
and third shearing. The other

More than one shrewd finan-
-icier expresses the opinion that
:the uioney stringency now rest-
-ing upon business circles will in
;the end redoiind to the benefit of
the farmer. Indeed. the belief
; is general that disasters connect-
led with _current financial disturb-
ances will continue to be. as they
have so far been. confined large-
lly to the cities. It is believed by
.many that the feeling following

’-this must be one of distrust of
stocks and ln\'(‘SlII)(‘l)tS of varioiis
‘kiiiils which have been so largely
Ii absorbing the surplus cusli of the
.countr_v: and that a reaction in
itlie popular estiniate of the value
l of real estate must ensue. Should
‘this prove to be the case the ten-
dency will be to eiiliance the de-
mand for farm lauds. It will be
remembered by old observers
that two or three times in the
history of the country a similar
‘feeling of distrust has resulted
in just this way. Whether the
current difficulties will be fol-
lowed by similar action on the
part_of capitalists is not certain;
but it is among the possibilities
well worth considering in at

tempting to size up the early
future of the general business of
the country. —S(‘oc/.‘m(uL uml
I*‘u'rmer.

— --O9}
Care of the Manure.

When manure is thrown from
the stablesinto the yard. it should
not be piled up so as to heat and
become fircfanged but spread out
and kept somewhat level so that
the cows will trump it solid and
keep it from heating too much.
If it can be hauled direct from
the stable to the field and sprczul
at once. there will be no daiiger
of waste froiu ht,-ating or leacliing.
but this is not always ccnveniciit
or pi':icticable. VVhen little or
no bedding is used in the stable.
the manure should be pilcd~if it
can be piled—sO that the cows
will not have to wade through it.
for they dislike very much to
wade tliroug a mass of soft
manure. If the l1()]'S(*. iuaiiiire
can be mixed with that of the
cows it will be better f'or both
kinds. if the cow inanurc is very
lwi b<-ca1is<-tlie horse iiizuiurv
lbeing dryer will absorb niucli of
Etlic ll1()l.\‘l,lll'l‘ of the cow inunui'e
'and the mixture will make a
more cvciily bul:uicc<l l'ei'tili'/.<~i'
than oitlwr would alone. One of
the profits of good dziirying is
the rich manure. and it should
be carefully saved and used. --
.S'Ior'/.'/mln and ]'?/;'mr‘/'.

51.

M O M
A Gem of Art.

The Detroit Journal Year Book
for ll-«Ell, just issued. is indeed a
gem of art. The cover is of rich
blue and gold, beautiful in de-
sign. the engravings of State in-
stitutions and public men are ex-
quisite. the latter including mem-
bers of the supreme court, lead-
ing G. A. R. and other society
oflicers. etc. All the leading
topics are clearly and concisely
treated in alphabetical order. be-
sides the full 1890 census and
complete election and other sta-
tistics.

The book is handsomely print-
ed on plate paper, has 150 pages.
and no home is complete without
a copy. Every subscriber to the
Detroit Journal gets one free of
charge. The price for extra
copies is 25 cents, by mail 30
cents. Send 30 cents in two cent
stamps to the Journal. Detroit.
Mich., and receive a copy of this
valuable work by return mail.

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The most beautiful frontispiece
ever produced in an American
magazine. appears in the Janu-
ary C(')sm.opol£tan. It is a repro-
duction in colors of Francois
Flamengs famous p.icture “The
Cake Seller.” and can scarcely
be distinguished from the ini-
ported photogravure which is
exhibited in the dealers’ windows
at the price of $7 a copy. It is
one of the most charming of sub-
jects and well worth framing and
preservation. The Uo.s-mopolitan
has become noted of late for its
frontispieces, and this very much
excels its previous efforts.

 

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For the VISITOR.
Booming Batavia Grange.

After the wedding Mrs. Bow-I

ers was very anxious to have
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman know that
we had been planning to get them
together. At first the
seemed very silly to me. but after
a time I found myself possessed
of the same desire. Now,thought
I. what is the use of winning a
great victory if nobody is ever to
know it? After a little such rea-
soning I was ready to agree with
any schenie which Mrs. Bowers
could devise.

She proposed to have a sur-
prise on them for the purpose of
letting them know what we had
been doing. That. thought I. is
human nature; we are as anxious
to expose our victories  we are
to hide our defeats.

Betsey had now become mis-
tress of the spacious residence
on the Freeman estate. Her own
independent income made her
doubly independent. Thither
she invited the sad and the gay.
the rich and the poor. Mr.
Freeman was only too willing to
advance all her plans. I could
not help thinking what a bless-
ing they might have been to the
world if they had started out in
early life in that way. We wished
to lay our plan for the surprise
sonic zly that they would have no
suspicion of it until the hour
came. I was to spend the after-
noon with them with the under-
standing that Mr. Brown was to
call for me in the evening. Such
a course would insure their pres-
ence at home. and then I would
be at hand to quiet any rumor
which might reach them of the
coming event. We spent the
afternoon very pleasantly. I was
very careful to avoid introducing
any subject which would bring
to her mind unpleasant recollec-
tions.

As the shades of evening gath-
ered around us we repaired to
the parlor for a social hour and
to await the arrival of Mr.Brown.
Good Mother Freeman was seat-
ed with her open bible before her,
having apparently but little in-
terest in the things of this world.

Mr. Freeman put on his even-
ing coat and slippers and drew
his chair close to Betsey and sat
down. After a pause he coin-
menced:

"‘\/Irs. Brown. I wish to ask
you a question."

At these words Betsey bright-
ened up. and I plainly saw that
she knew what was coming.

“Now." continued he. “I
should like to know whether Bet-
sey said or did anything when
we were visiting Mrs. Bowers
that would lead you to believe
that she wished to ride home
with me?"

“You see he does not believe
me," said Betsey, laugningly.

“No," continued Mr. Freeman,
“this is not a question of verac-
ity. I simply wish for Mrs.
Brown’s opinion. I knew all the
time that the idea originated en-
tirely with Mrs. Bowers. but I
could not satisfy myself to let
the matter rest there, so after a
time I concluded to settle the
perplexity in my own mind by
inviting Betsey to attend the
Grange supper with me."

At that instant a call was heard
from the gate.

“There." said I, dropping my
work into my lap, “Mr. Brown
has arrived.”

Mr. Freeman stepped outside
the door. but presently returned,
saying: “It is Mr. and Mrs.Bow—
ers.’.’

Betsey and I followed him out,
but I was very careful to go out
last and close the door after me.

They claimed they had simply
called on an errand as they were
passing by. but that their pres-
ence was needed at home imme-
diately. All efforts to induce
them to spend the evening with
us were unavailing. I noticed
that Betsey was listening. Pretty
soon she said:

“I believe there is somebody in
the house.”

She stepped back to the door
and opened it, when a multitude
of voices greeted our ears.

idea ;

I Then they realized the situa-
tion.

Mr. and Mrs. Freeman extend-
ed a cordial welcome to their un-
expected guests. and the evening
gwas very pleasantly begun.
After the gathering had dis-
“posed of their well-filled lunch
iba-skets. Worthy Master Proctor
,rapped for order, and spoke as

follows:

‘ "I have been urged by certain
persons to say a few words to
1this assembly. I may as well in-
troduce the subject which I wish
to talk about at once: therefore.
11 will state that two ladies of our
Grange, seeing Mr. Freeman and
Miss Dumond travelingdown the
way of life alone. resolved to
bring their influence to bear on
them. hoping thereby to effect
their union. I will call the atten-
tion of Mr. and Mrs. Freeman to
an occasion when they met at the
house of Mr. Bowers. Now, I
will say to them that the meeting
was not accidental. but was
brought about by the action of
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Bowers.
They believed that each of you
desired a union and only needed
to know that the other was pos-
sessed of a like desire. VVe eon-
gratulate you on your new rela-
tion of husband and wife, and
wish you many years of pros-
perity."

Mr. Freeman responded as fol-
lows:

"This is one of the proudest
moments of my life. I look into
the faces of my friends to-night
and I see there expressed an inter-
estin myself and family which is
real. deep-seated and earnest. No
combination of circumstances
can ever make me believe that
you do not feel all that your ac-
tions express to—night. To say
that I am happy in the new re-
lation would only be stating the
position mildly. I care not now
to inquire what influences were
brought to bear on us: or, should
I make such inquiries, it would
be only to thank the parties who
interested themselves in our be-
half. I believe I speak the senti-
ments of my wife also when I
welcome you to our home. To
have the mind well stored with
pleasant memories is the sum of
human happiness. and I trust
that this night has added an-
other bright page to the book of
recollection. not alone for us
who are the recipients of your
kindly interest. but for all our
friends  well, who have partic-
ipated in the pleasures of this
occasion." O. A. V.

[THE END. ]

It Broke Down the Partition Wall.

What has the Grange done?
some ask. To enumerate all the
good things the Grange has done
for farmers would fill a volume.
The great draw—back to farming
as a business is the isolation of
the farmers. I will not enlarge
on this. Farmers know all about
it. To get together, to shake
hands. to talk matters over. com-
pare notes, and give to each the
wisdom of all, and thus prepare
the way for united action. was.
of ail things, the most important
work.

"Farmers will not unite; they
are not susceptible of organiza-
tion; men in all other branches
of business can come together
and work unitedly for their com-
mon Tnterest, but farmers cannot.
Farmers are shy of each other.
Their individuality is so great it
is impossible for them to organ-
ize for the protection and further-
ance of their common interest.
It would seem that between the
farmer and his neighbor there
was a partition wall." This has
been the state of things. but the
Grange has broken down that
partition wall and brought farm-
ers together. * * * Now al-
low me to state that wherever I
have been in these seven states
during the last two years, I have
found Grangers enough to come
together and form a nucleus
around which others gathered.
Without the Grange the forma-
tion of the Milk Union and the
Farmers’ League would have been
impossible. They are children

 

of the Grange. From what Ii
see of its workings. my love for,
the Grange grows warmer every;
month. Give up the (lrangef.
Neglect the Grange! Rather?
push the work of extending it;
with greater vigor than ever. Itj
is the Mother of the League.

Alliance. and all kindred farmers‘ F 

all need her I

associations. and
maternal watclrcare. ,
When we have named them all I
the Grange is the citadel of thel
farmers‘ interests. The State?
Master and Lecturer should be;
in the saddle from year's end to
years end. The time has Collie‘,
when the Grange must be pusli- i
ed with all the energies of the‘
organization. Agriculture is im- 
periled and the Grange inustg
strike up double quick. —— IV.-\L’i‘Elt f
B. PlE.l{()F., Lecturer Farmers‘ ;
National League. 
-- — < O >—— V 

A Rare New Year's Greeting. i
Among greetings for the Newl

,Year the heartiest and happiest} )
I i

comes from the Ja-nuary number
of The [mu/[ins-‘ Ilomw Join‘/iii/.
Oliver Wendell Holmes. George
\Villiam Curtis. James \Vhitcoinb
Riley. George W Childs and Will
Carleton join with Henry M.
Stanley. John Wannamaker.
Rutherford B.Hayes. Joseph Jef-
ferson. Lawrence Barrett. Dr.
Talniadge. Bishop Newman and
many other well-known men, to
weave for the women of America
a garland of good wishes for
1891. It is a perfect treasury of
kindly words and bright thoughts.
and every woman should read
what these great men wish for
her. If this number is a fair in-
dex the present volume of the
Journal will be an especially rich
one. Besides the opening chap-
ter of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney's
new serial. “A Golden Gossip."
there is the second part of Sarah
Orne Jewett‘s Christmas story,
and the conclusion of Anne Shel-
don Comb‘s “Pasq"t~.le." Mme.
Albani-Gye affords us aeharm-
ing glimpse of Queen Victoria
as a guest and friend in her arti-
cle "Queen Victoria at My Tea-
Tablef’ Julian Hawthorne C011-
tributesa clever description of

our sea-coast in winter. "Pretty
Things for the Table." beauti-

fully illustrated. tells and shows
how to dress a table prettily. and
the novelties which are used:
while Charles H. Steinway tells
how to care for a piano. A cle-
ver series of portraits and arti-
cles—"Unknown Wives of VVell-
known Men“——is begun with Mrs.
Thomas A. Edison, who is cer-
tainly a remarkably pretty wo-
man. General Lew Wallace.
Hezekiah Butterworth and Ro-
bert J. Burdette make the boy‘s
page very attractive. Kate Tan-
natt Woods. J unius Henri
Browne, Elizabeth R. Scovil and
Lucy C. Lillie are among others
whose good things appear on a
particularly temptingbill-of fare.
Issued at one—dollar a year by
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The I’uIrim.s-‘ ]a'nterprz'.s-c did not
prove a profitable enterprise and

; last week‘s issue was a week late. l

this weeks will be years late. as I
the firm has quit. The Big’
Rapids I’i'onecr says that Gerls.
the editor. would have been
money in pocket if he had never
seen the newspaper business.

» »_———o-o of-i--~

While Erastus Wiman con-
siders political union with Cana-
da utterly impossible, he is a firm
and eloquent advocale of a com-
mercial union. On these lines he
has prepared a persuasive paper
for the January number of the
North American Review.

 

A Thorough Investigation.

HARDING Co.. OHIO, DEC. 24390.

Mr. O. W. Ingersoll, Dear Sir:
After quite a while I give my
opinion of the paint I had from
you, and can say it is the very
best I ever put on a house, with-
out any exception.

Yours Fraternally,
WM. S. MILLEN.

[See adv. Patrons’ Paint Works]

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"I‘I-IZEI G-E..A.1.\TCE‘:-E3 VISITOR.

Jan. 15, 1891

THE GRAut_E VISITOR.

Published on the Isl and 15th of every month.

A T _,-o C/5N1/‘S /’/ilx’ .-‘1.\Z«\'(.-'.ll.
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wish it continued. a prompt rc-
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coming and save us the trouble of
making the changes. If numbers
fail to reach you. or your post-
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Farmers‘ Institutes and Dates of
Meetings.

Each institute will begin in the
evening and continue through
the next day. closing with an
evening session.

Northern series, last week i11
January. under the direction of
Prof. A. J. Cook:

Alma. Monday evening, Jan.
'_‘(3th.

Traverse City. Tuesdayeven-
ing. Jan. '_‘Tth.

Bear Lake. \Vednesday even-
ing. Jan. 2%-tth.

Benzonia. Thursday evening.
Jan. 29th.

Southern series. last week in
January. under the direction of
A. C. Glidden:

Union City. Monday evening.
Jan. 20th.

Concord. Tuesday evening. Jan.
'_’Tth.

Napoleon. VVednesday evening.
Jan. ‘_’Hth.

Adrian. Th ursda y evening. (Jan.
29th.

Eastern series. first week in
February. under the direction of
Hon. 1. H. Buttcrtield:

Mt. Clemens. Monday evening.
Feb. :.‘d.

Port Huron. Tuesday evening.
Feb. 3-ld.

Mariette. Wednesday evening.
Feb. 4th.

East Saginaw. Thursday even-
ing. Feb. 5th.

Middle Southern series, second
week in February. under the di-
rection of A. C. Glidden:

Eaton Rapids. Monday evening,
Feb. 9th.

Hastings. Tuesday evening.
Feb. 10th.

Alpine Grange Hall. Wednes-
day evening, Feb. 11th.

Cedar Springs. Thursday even-
incr. Feb. 12th.

Middle Northern series, third
Week in February, under the di-
rection of Hon. 0. W. Garfield:

Howell, Monday evening, Feb.
16th.

Byron, Tuesday evening, Feb.
16th.

Ovid, Wednesday evening, Feb.
18th.

Muir, Thursday evening. Feb.
19th.

By order of State Board of
Agriculture.

A. C. GLIDDEN.
Ch’n Institute Com.

,,_,_..- ¢_?—.. 4 —

Collecting Delinquent Taxes.

Early in the year we announced
that we should present some rea-
sons, in a future number of the
VISITOR, why the collection of
delinquent taxes should be made
through the office of the county

treasurer in each county. instead
of at the auditor general‘s office
at Lansing. Soon thereafter
other influential papers in the
state began cudgelling the aud-
itor general's office in a very vig-
orous manner. We mentally
said “lay on Macduif," for it was
exactly in line with our estimate
of its deserts.

The messages of both the re-
tiring and the incoming govcru
ors recommend that that part of
the duties of the auditor gener-

al‘s office which pertains to the‘

collection of delinquent taxes be
discontinued, and that the taxes
be collected by the county treas-
urers. Gov. Luce says:

A change in the method of col-
lecting taxes on lands returned
to the county treasurer. is corn-
mended to your very carefulcon-
sideration. It is a question that
has been much discussed for
years. and there seems to be a
growing demand for the change.

I can conceive of no good rea-
son for the return of these lands
by the county treasurer to the
auditor general. and by the and-
itor general returned to the coun-
ty treasurer for sale. I cannot
believe that more errors would
be committed by having the sale
made directly by the county
treasurer, as it is in most of the
other states. than under our pres-
ent system. More errors are
made in the return to the super-
visor and in the assessment than
in any other way, and their go-
ing to the auditor general does
not correct these errors. The
present system adds largely to
the expense. Now the taxes
may be paid to the auditor gen-
eral or the county treasurer. Un-
der the changc they must neces-
sarily be paid to the latter alone,
but this need not eml)a-rrass.

Governor \Vinans on the same
subject has this to say:

Many who have given thought
to the subject favor a return to
the cotmty system for the collec-
tion of delinquent taxes. I be-
lieve it would be less expensive
and more efficient than the pres-
ent system. which is. in my opin-
ion. cumbersome and costly.

Vt'e have seen a compilation of
figures taken from the reports of
the auditor general for the years
1855}. 1884 and 1885, showing the
amount of delinquent taxes in
each county for the years speci-
fied, the amount collected at that
office for each county,tl1e amount

;collected at the several county

treasurers‘ ofiices. and the expense
at the auditor generalls ot'tice for
collecting each of the sums re-
turned to county treasurers. as
delinquent taxes. Taking Van
Buren county as an illustration:
In the year 1585 the amount of
delinquent taxes returned for
that year was $542.5(3. Of this
sum the county treasurer col-
lected -Z\‘-133.-1-l. The auditor gen-
eral collected $40.71; yet it cost
this county for clerk hire. post-
age charges. etc.. at the auditor
general's office. $303.06. Our
neighboring county of Kalama-
zoo makes a more disparaging
showing still. The business the
auditor generals office did for it
that year amounted to just six
cents. but they had to pay as ex-
penses for clerk hire, etc., to
handle and duplicate the return
of that six cents. $55.19, In the
35 counties composing the south-
ern half of the state, which pays
81% percent of all the taxes in
the state, the delinquent tax col-
lected in the year 1885 by the
auditor general's office, amounted
to $1,274.98. at an expense of
$18,416.29. The several county
treasurers for that year collected
$27,193.38. In the 48 northern
counties, for this same period of
1885, the auditor general's office
collected $9,270.85, at an expense
of $29,397.09. Even here, where
the per cent. of expense is great-
ly reduced, the counties send
down over three dollars to pay
the charges for collecting and re-
turning one dollar.

Now the basis for all the worklshown up. Besides. and this is

performed at the auditor gener-
al's ofiice comes from the county
treasurers of the state. where
the compilations are made and
‘kept. and the labor which it
lcosts the state so much to get
done at Lansing. is already com-
‘ pleted in each county treasurer's
loflice. and is kept there as safely
land as accurately as at the model
irooms under the direction of the

lauditor general. at Lansing. 111- r

deed. it would greatly simplify
the labor of the county treasur-
ers if all the work growing out
;of the collection of delinquent
ltaxes could be done. exclusively
{at their ofiices. For instance.

:when a delinquent tax is paid to‘

:thc county treasurer. he must
inot only make a receipt for the
lowner of the land. but he must
make a duplicate of it an(l send
to the auditor general. where it
is doubtless again duplicated to
infinity. The county clerk must
also make a monthly report of
the redemptions and collections
for the use of the auditor gen-
eral. While these reports are
required to be sent promptly. the
taxes paid at that office. and
charged against the land
on the county treasurers
books. are often delayed for
months before they are received.
It is not necessary that the year-
ly sales of land for taxes should
emanate from the auditor gen-
erals office. Each county treas-
urer has all the lands on which
taxes are delinquent copied into
a book by themselves. and a du-
plicate of these is what is kept
at Lansing. If the sales were
made entirely from the evidence,
as shown by these books. there
need be but one sales book. where-
as now two are required—made
up at Lansing as a part of the
expense»oue to be kept in the
office of the county treasurer.
and the other to be sent back to
Lansing. to go the duplicating
rounds again.

It would seem that a deed, is-
suing direct from the county.
through its judicial otiicers. for
tax sales. ought to be as compe-
tent to secure the purchaser
against loss as one having the
vprestige of the Auditor (}encral's
signature. The owner of prop-
erty is already as safe. holding
a tax receipt although for delin-
quent tuxes from the
county treasurer. as one sent him
from the former official.

coming

When the office was created. it
was a tacit understanding that.
as soon as the state was general-
ly settled, its duties should be
relegated to the counties. where
they properly belong. It is bol-
stered now by the specious plea
that it gives an opportunity for
persons in other states. holding
property here. to pay their taxes
at the state capitol. But the other
plea, not made so conspicuous
and public. that it furnishes an
institution in which our indigent
cousins can be genteelly and lib-
erally pensioned, is the real key
stone to the structure.

We hope the present legisla-
ture will make the desired change
in the interest of economy. and
the crowded condition of the of-
fices at the State House.

~——--———_{—e>}- - -
The Board of Trade and Grain
Inspection.

After wrestling with the letter
sent them two weeks ago from
this office, the Board of Trade.
or its executive committee. has
decided not to make any answer.
The question of extending inspec-
tion to receiving points in the
interior was regarded as a dan-
gerous one to handle. The Board
concluded that the best thing to
do was to keep very quiet. It
was something the Board could
not discuss openly without hav-
ing the shortcomings of the sys-
tem they are responsible for

ithe important point. any change

‘of the nature asked for. means
‘less profit for the membersvof
»the Board engaged in handling
igrain. From letters received at
fthis office within the past ten
fdays it is as certain as anything
;well can be. that the weights of
'the grades of No. 1 white and
«No. 2.‘ red were purposely left out
yby the Board for the purpose of
ideceiving the fariners who had
lwhcat to sell. Even their
lagcnts were not aware of the
fact that these grades did not re-
quire wheat to weigh (‘>0 lbs. to
the bushel. or else some of them
are champion liars. Yet Mr.
Hall will talk about farmers
knowing all about the various
grzulcs.

] The fact is. the Detroit Board
of Trade has passed into the
hands of a few grain dealers who
use its name and former stand-
i11g. and the power it possesses
through its cliartcr, to (lt‘(‘(_'l\'(~‘
farlners and secure their products
at a lower price than they are
worth. This is the whole matter
in a few words. and the qllcstion
is. "VVhat are the farmers going
to do about it"?----illiv-/u’;/an
1":/rmc/'.

\Vell we are going to kick and
clamor fora change. We don't
propose to continue to permit
stealing. however adroitly it may
be hidden under the guise of
"business" and remain the dupes
of such deceitful practices. with
full knowledge of the swindle.
Farmers have always been con-
sidered a kind of game in a
preserve. which it is the preroga-
tion of corporate. royalty to hunt
with trap and snare. The wheat
trade is one of these hunting
grounds, and the Jlir-/u’g;«o2 l"m'mr'/'
and kindred journals are poachers
who are scaring the game and
making them timid and liarder to
surround and capture. Millers
hate the VISITOR because it has
flushed the game and thus made
it harder to fill the toll bin. If
No. 2 red is sold by wheat deal-
ers at 50 to .38 lbs. per bushel.
there is a clear steal of the differ-
ence. when it is purchase at (‘)0
lbs at th_e elevator. This two to
four pounds per bushel goes to
the pockets of those who handle
the crop, and the sly sneaking
method of taking it is 1madultcr-
atcd stealing. ’l'/Ic
l"m'/um‘ deserves well of the
farmers for ft-reting out and ex-
posing trade methods. And all
farm papers ought to keep the
rascals in hot water until a re-
form is established all along the
tho line.

_lIi« ‘/1 [yo II

‘{0}
Public Spirit.

There is a class of men in
every community upon whose
shoulders fall all the labor and a
good share of the expense of ar-
ranging and planning for enter-
tainments and meetings in which
every one is interested. All the
organizations of farmers that are
in a flourishing condition. are so
because a few individuals have
determined they should succeed,
at the cost of much time and fre-
quently at considerable personal
expense and inconvenience to
themselves. Such men are never
half appreciated. The public
get in the habit of saying. "Oh.
so and so will attend to it."
and they throw off and shirk
all responsibility in the matter.
except the prerogative of grumb-
ling. All honor to those public
spirited citizens who are willing
to forget self in securing the
public good. VVe meet them at
every preliminary meeting to ar-
range for a farmers‘ institute.
They come to the front at the
organization of a Grange or at a
public installation. becoming
sponsors for every duty and
many obligations,which ought to
be more generally distributed.
If you think you cannot do as
good work as they, tell them so
and encourage them by an ap-
preciative word. and when asked

fora contril)ution give a good.
round dollar with a "God bless
There
are always a lot of small. spongy
men who go to fa1'111c-rs‘ meetings
to soak up all the information
and slide out—never before din-
ner-—--and congratulate then1—
selves that it didn‘t cost a cent.
These were well

you" accompanying it.

characterized
by a lady at Alpine Grange Hall
when arranging for the institute
and making provision for “feed-
ing the multitude.“ who said
‘there were some large-hearted
ipcoplc who would bring large
‘baskets well—tillcd. but there
‘were some who were "larger in-
side than out."

1 The (lrange has done more to
Smuliply and extend this public
‘spirit than any other institution

'lll the land. it sets everybody
to work and makes them efficient
]laborcrs in public affairs.
v . < 3 > -

Organization.

l
; \Veshould like to emphasize the
k1‘equest of the \Vorthy Master in
another colmnn. that the work of
organization be vigorously push-
ed during the season of leisure
and long evenings. The Grange
can be made the center of attrac-
tion for the young people, as well
as for the improvement of the
older ones. Last week we in-
stalled the ofiiccrs of a Grange
six miles out in the country,
three fourths of whose ofiicers
were young men and young la-
dies. and about that proportion
of the audience were also young
people. An excellent program
followed the-. cereinonies of in-
stallation. That vicinity is. and
may well be. proud of its
(lrangc. It ranks with the
school and the church. and com-
bines the good in both. lt.
teaclics deportmcnt. stimulates
the intellect. and inculcatcs mor-
ality. Farmers’ sons and dangli-
tors bred and directed
Grange, go out into the world
prepared to take part in all the
affairs of public or private life
fully equipped for active service.
Hundreds of places in the state
might be equally benefited byor-
gani'/.ing :1 (irangc.

<o>

The Harvester Combine.

This -#2i0.000.t)Hl) conspiracy
has fallen apart through tlisscuv
tions among the parties to the
cabal. It is said that corpora-
tions lmve no souls. but it seems
«that there was some ('oI1s('i<.-ncc
left in the make—up of one or two
of the leading spirits in the
scheme. who opposed the in-
creased price contemplated. We
all along had no faith in the
assertions that the price of ma-
chines would not be raised. It
was opposed to the trend of busi-
ness. when unrestrained by com-
petition. The opportunity for
larger profits needs only to pre
sent itself. or be compelled, as in
this case, to be taken advantage
of. The change shifts the battle
ground from the farm to the fac-
tory, and farmers now need only
to “stand and wait" to get cheap
tools.

in the

MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE.
MAsTER’sOFr1cE, BERRIEN CEN-
TER, Jan. 9. 1891.—ED. VISITOR:
I desire again through your col-
umns to call the attention of the
Patrons of the state to the import-
ance of placing an energetic or-
ganizer in the field as early as
possible. It is impossible for
the general deputies to visit
every locality, and therefore the
necessity of having a special
deputy in each county. This
should be done immediately.
Now. patrons. attend to this mat-
ter; and should you desire any
assistance. write me, and with
the help at my command. I think
not a county in the state need
complain, nor be neglected. I fur-
ther insist that it is the duty of
all to patronize the ‘VISITOR.

Yours fraternally,
THos. MARS.

 


  

Jan. 15, 1891

THE G-R

.A.l\TG-IE3 VISITOR.

5

(1<':-om. Is! ])a_(/('.)
notes to the people. through
whatsoever course, would lead to
a wild clamor for credit} and that
no system of distribution could
be devised. or its operation ‘so
guarded as to prevent partiahty
and favoritism: that it_would re-
sult in helpless mendicants. de-
pending on government charity:

thriftless improvidence. and. _ in -
short, prove a curse instead of a‘

blessing.‘ In regard to the mat-
ter of silver coinage it is con-
servative, but advances on the
Republican policy by recom-
mending that the monthly pur-
chase of silver bullion be suffi-
cient to secure the issue of 
0()(),000 in treasury notes, the
surplus to be used in the pur-
chase of bonds. It also waives
aside the proposition that the
government receive and ware-
house all agrieultural protlucts.
as “unjust. impracticable and
utopian."

From all over the country
come compliments to the Michi-
gan‘ State Grange. and it onl_y
shows how much good may be
derived to the State and country

from that education acquired in-

the discussions and investiga
tions of the local associations of
farmers. Certainly the utter-
ances of the State Grange would
not discredit any body of men
which might be gathered from
financial circles. and prove that
the management of the business
and financial affairs of this State or
the nation would be in good safe
hands if intrusted to the farmers
of Michigan.—(Ira.7ul '1'/‘rt1.‘cr.s'c
Ilerulrl.

- - —- «o>———~ 7

Evart Review: A farmer of
Osceola township told us that he
sent 9-13 lbs. of wheat and rye to
a neighboring mill to be ground.
and when returned there were
only 617 lbs. Three hundred and
and twenty-six pounds toll is not
so slow. and it is not so strange
that mill men grow rich and
farmers poor, if this is a fair
sample of transactions between
them.

The farmers of Osceola town-
ship are not the only ones who
have had that kind of experience.

Such lapses from honesty and

- -fair dealing come as a temptation

with the opportunity, and oppor-
tunities occur with the incoming
of nearly every grist. The only
way to prevent bald-faced swind-
ling at a grist mill is to weigh
every grist at home. or require it
weighed at the mill. which the
miller cannot refuse under penal-
ty for damages. Custom makes
law in the absence of a statute:
but the custom of taking one-
sixth instead of one-tenth. the
law will say is extortion. and
treat it as such.
._.,s,_ .

There has come to our table
the "Readers Union Journal,“
a monthly magazine. published
at Lansing. The mission of this
journal is to give to its readers
such information as will enable
them to choose from the mass of
current literature such matter as
shall be to their taste. to aid
them in selecting and obtaining
suitable books for their libraries
and to furnish a medium of ex-
change of views on current top-
ics of interest. Pres't O. Clute.
of the Ag'l College. has a very
interesting paper in the number
for December on “The Strength
and the Weakness of Evolution.”
The papers are individually
strong, and the reviews fair in
their estimate of worth and un-
sparing in their criticisms. Sub-
scription price, $1.00. Send for
sample copy and judge yourself
of its merits.

The Van Buren County Farm-
ers’ Institute will be held in the
Opera House, in Paw Paw, on
Thursday and Friday. Jan’y 22
and 23, beginning at 2 p. m. on
Thursday. Among the notable
topics to be discussed are “The
Depressed Condition of Agricul-
ture; its Remedies and its Fu-
ture," by E. A. Wildey; “Gov-
ernment Loaning
Farmers,” by Hon. J. J. Wood-

Money to .

lman. and “The Relation of Banks 
'to the Farmer." by Hon C. J.-‘
§Monroe.

l
I Representative Farm-1
jers from Southwestern .\Iichigan<.

; are expected to be present to dis-
lcuss these questions and the I
'other timely themes with which
I the program IS filled.

¢oo

"They have left this country."
‘.The above. on an otticial postal
icard from an office in Sotth Da-
l kota is given as a reason why the ;
,‘V1sI’ro1t “remains dead" in that
‘ioflice. Of course they have left.
iAll sensible people are leaving,%
‘and the \'IsI'roit readers are
‘among the first to go. ()ur sym
fpathy is entirely with these mis-
iguided people and our condem-
lnation falls upon the land sharks

1

who boomed thecountry and have
;had to take the mortgaged prop-
ierty. but we have no tears to
ished on their account.

1 Our attentioii 1&5 called to the
jfact. too late to remedy in this?
issue. that the Secretary‘s list of!
Grange supplies is still over the
signature of J. T. Cobb. Send
to Miss Jennie Buell. Marcellus,
for everything except "VISIT-
Olts.“ We advertise the list for
the Secretary. but don't keep
any of the stock.

40>.

-‘The Silo and Silage." by A. J.
Cook. Ag‘l College. This little
book. which the Professor sends
to any address for 25 cents, is the
A B C of the subject of which it
treats. More than 25,000 copies
have been sold in the last two
years. The present edition is
revised to date.

, . --,, -

\Vc have the program of the
Cass County Farmers’ Institute,
which is to be held at Dowagiac
on the :.’0th and 21st inst., be-
ginning on Tuesday forenoon at
l():2-J0. The topics are all timely
and an enthusiastic meeting is
assured.

. _‘.._

We have papers from Jason
Woodman and I. P. Bates on the
school question. which will be
found in our next issue. The
crowded condition of our columns
prevent an earlier appearance.

, 4-,A_  .
Au Revoir, G-ov. Luce.

The chief executive of Michi-
gan for the last four years will
wake up next Thursday morning
to find himself reduced to the
ranks again. It will be plain
Cyrus G. Luce on and after Jan.
1.

A really remarkable man is the
Granger Governor who will lay
down the executive reins with
the going out of the old year.
Some people get old and decrepit
before they fairly get into the
fight. let slip their hold on youth
in the forties. become sour.
crabbed, cross,kinky and cranky.
and after fifty do all their sled-
ding on bare ground.

Others have a genius for keep-
ing young. They are always in
the swim of contemporary events.
are lusty and straight of spine in
spite of summers and winters,
grow ripe and _mellow with time
and are our best leaders and
safest advisers at an age at which
the great majority have too many
twinges to care how the world
wags.

Gov. Luce is just that kind of
a man. Like Gladstone at seventy
and Bismark. Beaconsfield and
Moltke, the Governor at sixty-six
is just doing his best work, and
is a great deal younger than
some of us who are only half his
age. He has broadened and
rounded out wonderfully during
the last four years. People won-
dered what sort of a Governor
the Gilead farmer would make.
They have found out. He has
proven himself a conscientious,
approachable, hard-working ex-
ecutive. a broad-guage man of
affairs, a keen observer and a
timely and eloquent speaker on
scores of occasions. It is not
every day that a party or a state
stumbles upon such a man for its
head as Cyrus G. Luce.

And what a credit to Michigan
he would prove if he could be set
down in the United States Senate.

Cass. Chandler and Luce—the
,names look well together.—Thc

‘ Call.

Olommunications.

“Two Per Cent."

E1). Visrronz To the mort-

:gage burdened agriculturist who

has to scrape and save in order
to live in the plainest manner.
and pay his seven to ten per
cent. interest. the two per cent.
government loan scheme looks

-alluring to say the least. and in

the five to eight per cent differ-
ence he fancies he can find a re-
lief for all histroubles. .‘an he?
Farmer A. now pays interest on
five thousand dollars at seven

iper cent.. and has one hundred

and sixty acres of land worth
about 810.000. It is a pretty
hard pull at the end of the year
to pay the interest and his ht.-avy
and unjust taxation: so he fa-
vors any scheme by which he can
get money cheaper. saying he
"wants money as cheap as he
can get it." Supposing this bill
becomes a law. A. straightway
reaches out his hand to the gov-
ernment for S;'i.000—hold on a
minute! He pays $3l;'>() a year
now: at two per cent. it would
only be $100. Why not get $0.-
000 instead of $3.000. then he
will have some ready money to
use. make needed improvements
and buy tools a11d machinery that
will help him to run his farm
more economically. So it is he
gets $6.000 instead of $‘~5.()()0.
Now he only has to pay $120 in-
terest. and has money in the
bank to draw upon. and lives bet-
ter, dresses better, drives faster
horses. and does not work so
hard as he did. But at the end
of the year he finds he has made
a big hole in his extra $1.000.and
that in spite of his improved
tools. he is not making any
money: in fact. he has to draw
on his bank account for taxes
and interest. Finally he con-
cludes he needs more land for
meadow, so he can keep more
stock. Neighbor B. has 40
acres to sell. so A. reaches out
his haml to the government for
another loan to pay for the new
purchase: result. more interest.
He now has to pay $160 a year
interest an(l a proportionate in-
crease in his taxes. With more
land comes a greater expense for
running it. and too late he finds
he is worse otf than before. If
he pays less for money he will
get less for it in return. Mat-
ters will perhaps worry along
till his loan is due. but he cannot
pay it. and the last state of that
man is worse than the first.

If A. is multiplied by several
hundred thousand. some idea can
be formed of what the result will
be in case the people allow this
bill to become a law. The gov-
ernment. has it in its power to
aid the distressed agriculturist
without embarking in any such
scheme that will only end in ruin
and desolation to thousands of
homes.

VVe want more money. and it is
in the power of the government
to give us what we need. We
want the national banks abolish-
ed. and the government has the
power to abolish them. They
were created in a time of need.
by wise statesmen. The time of
their usefulness is past. and they
have no right to be allowed to
put money into the pockets of a
favored few at the expense of the
people. The government has it
in its power to increase the vol-
ume of currencey now in circula-
tion, and thus relieve the pres-
ent stringency. Our rapid in-
crease in population will gradu-
ally bring relief by furnishing a
market for our over-production.
Give us justice. We don't ask
for alms. If we have justice,
protection against the gigantic
robberies of trusts and railways.
we can work out our own salva-
tion without any two per cent.
loan also from the government.
We don‘t want the earth. but we
do want our share of it. and we
are going to have it, too. If we
can‘t get relief from the prevent
congress we will put another
there that will do our will.

APOLLOS S. Loxo.
,_<..___. I

A Surprise.

Mrs. J. C. Travers. who has
been secretary of Sherwood
Grange for the past six years,
and who is about to move to Kal-
amazoo. was made the victim of
a surprise on the evening of Dec.
6. at the home of the W. M., J.
T. Russell. where Mrs. T. was

nient which will feed both soul

making her last visit before g0- E Bates: Lady Ass't Steward. Mrs.

ing away. i

The first intimation that she
was the victim of a surprise, was
when she saw her hostess usher
in about forty happy Grangers
and friends. A bountiful supper
was served and all were merry
and joyous. Mrs. J. L. Giltner.
Lecturer of Sherwood Grange.
in behalf of its members. pre-
sented their secretary with a vol
ume of Tennyson‘s poems and a;
toilet set as a token of their es- 
teem.

.\Irs. Travers acknowledged
herself surprised. and in a few
words thanked her brothers and
sisters for their kindness to her}
in the years she had acted as‘
their secretary. The memory of
the evening would cause her
mind to wander back on Grange
nights. to her Grange home she:
loved so well. and in thoughtsl
she would be with them. The};
golden chain of love liadbytheirt
kindness been welded tog:-ther.l
not only in this life. b11t in thei
life to come. To her host and
hostess she extended thanks.

Everyone enjoyed their sec-
retary's surprise. and after bid-
ding her good-bye and good
luck. returned to their honie well
pleased with their success in
planning a genuine surprise.

Com.-

~<o>»

PATRO1\'S: By the time this
reaches you the work of reor-
ganizing for the new year will be
completed. and new officers.
fresh in hope and expectations
of the future. and earnest incar-
rying into effect their new re-

solves, will be already in the
field. May success be yours.

You have been chosen to plan
and guide in the work of our
order. the membership standing
ready to carry out your wishes.
Do not leave them without de-
signs and work laid out. \Ve
ask that you assist this depart-
ment thus: Give to the Lecturer
of your Grange the names and
post-otiice addresses of persons;
who in your opinion would like
to learn more of our order, or
whom you think take an interest
in our work. and who live in lo-
calities without a Grange, or in
places where some early organi-
zation has become dormant. Se-
lect good material and send it on.

I ask the Lecturer of each sub-
ordinate Grange to take this
matter in charge and collect the
names suggested by the mem-
bers of their Grange. thus avoid-
ing repetition. and send them on
to me as early as possible. Also
that Lecturers of each Pomona

R. Short. Hoping the \'isI'1‘on
much prosperity for the year
1891. we will close with a Happy
New Year to all its many readers.
Mus. E. L. OI{'I‘0,\'.
Grange Reporter.
,_..->_,
CA.\1mn.\. Dec. :9. Nut).
En. Visrron:

We. the members of (Tambria
Grange No. 70 have a contest on
hand. the defeated p:~*‘.‘, .o fur-
nish a supper for the Grange:
and as the outcome of the con-

-test. we have given all four de-

grees to four. two (It-grt-es to one
and have two ready for initiation
and :1 fair prospect of more. We
have o11r hall ('i|I'])t‘i(‘(l with a
a nice ingrain carpet. procured
with the proceeds of our fair pre-
miums on fruit: we also have .34)
chairs. and are out of dt-i»t- hall
and all paid for.
Yours fratcrnally.
R. .l<l. l’1~1::i:\'.

$6)
ALMA. .\Iich.. Jun. nth. l‘ll).
Visrroicz Wright Grange No.

307 has just closed :1 contest with
an oyster supper on Saturday
evening. January Sid. at which
fully seventy persons were pres-
ent and it was a time to be long
remembered. Our Grange is
one of the reliable ones and we
are looking forward to a large
increase in membership. If you
will send me a bundle of Vis-
ITORS I will try and increase
your circulation.
Fraternally.

E. N. l’o.<.'r.
409- '-

There is talk of contesting the
seat of State Senator elect Hor-
ton of this County. on purely
technical grounds. He is :1
Patron both of llusb:nidry and
Industry. an honored and rt-.~.pN't -
ed member of \'\'eston Grange.
His opponent is a member of the
K. of L. of Adrian. ii. \\'. A.

- —<o>-

The Michigan State Grange is
getting much praise from the
leading papers of the ('o11nll'_\' for
its sensible and timely protest
against government loans to the
people. and other wild schenies.
invented by political quacks who
want everything turned upside
dO\Vn.—--~I)ch'oH '1'/‘flu/mu

——<o>——--
Gi<,\.\'1)R.\mos. .\li<-li.. I)t‘('. H.

lH!!().-—--El). Visi'ron:- 'l‘lu-. ques-
tion of price for land pla.-zter is

or District Grange. and the dep-
uty of each county. shall act. at
large in their district. by helping
in this matter.

Let me hear from every lec-
turer and deputy.

Yours fraternally.
A.\'o1-:r:\\' .1. (_3i:osnv..J1:.
I\'ov1. Jan. :1, IHHI.
‘Q 0 >-
Moi.iNi-1. Jan. 1.

Moline Grange No. 24>-é is still:
in good working trim; all wide
awake and interested in a "con-
test." with the sisters on oneside
and brothers on the other. The,‘
winning side (if the ladies) are to"
be treated to a lecture from the
State Lecturer. to be paid for
from the pockets of the brothers
(not from the Grange treasury).
If the brothers win (vain hope)
the losers will give an entertain- ‘

and body. The work of the past
year has not. we hope. been with-
out some good. We have gained
some new members; have sent
several good resolutions to our
congressman. Hon. C. E. Belk-
nap. in regard to the “Lard bill”
and "Butterworth billz" have
held our meetings regularly,
with one vacation in harvest, and
are by the persistency of our
work convincing those about us
that the Grange is a fixture. and
has come to stay, and mean to
work for the interestof the farm-
er on this line if it takes a life-
time, and then bequeath the
trust to our children. Following
are the names of the officers
for the ensuing year: W. Master,
Jasper Gilbert; Overseer, J. H.
Miller; Lecturer. Mrs. S. Felton;
Steward. S. Felton; Asst Stew-
ard. John Short; Chaplain. Mrs.
L. C. Gilbert: Treasurer, Henry
Frank: Secretary. J. V. Orton;
Gate Keeper, John Allen: Po-
mona. Lucy Trautman; Flora,

so often brought bel'or<- us. and
as it has been claimed that -,\,‘::_00
a ton is too high. for the coming

:season we will give the following
ia trial. The price of land plus
iter in car lots will be H‘_’..'i0 per
!ton. f. o. b. at mills. and tor all
gland plaster sliippt-dout and paid
ifor by March 1st. lH‘.tl. a discount.
of ten per cent. will be allowed.
 per‘ ton.

' VVl<1S’1‘El(I\' l’I..\s'i't:nA«;1~:Nt'v.

_¢o>__

Little Practical Use for Flying
Machines.

Flying-machines are among
the near possibilities---an en-
thusiast might almost say proba-
biiities. Man may yet harness
himself into a light. tough frame-
work of aluminium. and. compel-
ling the electric current com-
pletely to his will. mount the
ether likea lark or cleave the
clouds like an eagle. But the
world has as little practical use
for flying-machines as it has for
the north pole. Scientists would
be deeply interested in them; the
rich might conceivably use them
as luxurious playthings: adven-
turous cranks would play mad
pranks with them, not “before
high heaven,” butin high heaven;
and the managers of agricultural
fairs and Fourth of-July enter-
tainments would hail them with
joy as the legitimate heir to that
old favorite. the balloon ascen-
sion. But the spectacle of aper-
fected fiying-machine to-morrow.
curving its graceful spi rals above
the New York Stock Exchange.
need not shake by a ripple the
watery instability of the most
dropsical railroad stock in that
hydropathic centre. The mass
of mankind will live and move
forever upon the earths surface.
The power that binds solid sub-
stances to that surface will never
be defied or evaded to any be-
yond the most limited extent.—
Artlmr Mark Cumnzings in North

Sarah Sessions; Ceres, F. I.

Arne’/‘(can Reuben.‘ for Janucuq/.

 


 

THE GRANGE V

ISITOR.

Jaii. 15. 1891

\\’lie-ii sieiiis of eliiis may rise in row.
Dark brown. from liillricks under snow.
And woods may i'i.-acli as black as night.
By sloping fields of cleanest while;
If shooters by the snowy rick.
Where trees are high and wood is thick.
Can uiark the tracks the game may prick.

They like the winter weather.
Ur where may spread the gray blue she-cl
()f ice. for skaters‘ gliding feet.
That they uplift. from side to side.
Long yards. and sit them down to slide;
(if Sliders. one that (otters slack
Of limb. and one that's on his back.
And one upright that keeps his track.

Have fun for winter weathci.
\Vlien we at night in snow and gloom.
May S('(' sonic iii.-iglilio|'s lighted rnrnii.
Though snow may show no path bi-foic
The lions:-, we still can tiurl the door.
And there-, as iountl llii: hraiids Iiiziyspiczivl
The Cf(‘(:}Jlllt{ hre of r'li«:i‘i_v red,
()ur fr-ct lroiu snow. from .\\lllIl our ll! ml.

All: warlii iii \\llll('l wi:.'i(lici'.
\\'li<-i'<-vi-i il;i_v iiiirv give out iozid.
My hills. or llUilfI\\'\ ox’:-i'siio\vi.4l.
l'._v wiiidy gaps or sliclto-ii-il nooks.
()1 lirirlgi-zl ice of fin/c-ii qnml-as.
Still lll.'l_\ we all. as night may rlillll‘.
Know wlicre to hurl ;i [)lt.|(‘t'flll lioiiiv.
And glowing lire foi iiiigcrs’ llllllll)

\\'itli cold in \\'llllt,'l wt-zitlit-i’.

- Hi]///'11/I1 /v'.ii'a1i*5.
{ 9 }

Do Farmers’ Wives Take the In-
terest They Should in Self-
Improvement ?

R1-iid lictoi'<- (,T.'illioiiii (‘o. fliiuigi: at l’.i-ll<-\'iir.()ci
gili. isgu.

I think the question implies
one of two things. either that
farmers‘ wives are below the av-
erage of other women in a desire
to make the iiiost of tlicmsolves.
or else they ought to do better
than other people. and that they
need stimulating to greater excr-
tion in this direction.

I will give a little. space to each
view of the subject. Probably
fariiiers' wives do not take the
interest in this matter that they
should. Who does? But that
they take less interest in self-
culture. or make less progress
in this direction than other mens
wives. I am not prepared to ad-
mit.

Fariiiers most certainly belong
to the working class. and the
wife being the better half. usual-
ly takes the better or larger
snare of the work. To have the
comparison anything like just
we should comp.ire them with
other classes who work for their
maintenance. People who have
much of this world's goods in
their keeping. and therefore
think they are exempt from the
work and turmoil of life. have
much niorc opportunity for self-
culture than laboring people. but
what do we sec? A few use
their gift as not abusing it-.
Seeing their advaiitage they
step onto it higher plane and
make their minds and lives beau-
tiful by study. by thought and
by coiiiinunioii with the great of
their own and other ages. Music
and art lend their charm and
they are indeed cultured. but the
large majority of the, rich spend
their time in fashionable amuse-
ments. the chief object of which
is pleasure and the killing of
time.

that farnieizs‘ wives and dangli-

tors do not suffer by the compar-
ison.

Now let us turn to the other
view of the subject. First let
us inquire what is self-iinprove-
ment? Improvement signifies
advancement. progress from any
state to a better. and consequent-
ly self-improvement means the
making better of all that goes to
make up self. The physical. the
intellectual and the. religious are
combined in one. and one of
these cannot be neglected with
out spoiling the symmetry and
beauty of the whole.

Ineed not counsel young sis-
ters to the use of dumbells. row-
ing or equestrian exercise. to de-
velop the physical. but I would
say stand erect. throw back the
drooping shoulders: find many
an opportunity to breathe in
(Rod's pure air: think not the
time wasted that calls you from
the cares and worriments of
your kitchen. Enjoy your flow-
ers. your fowls. your fruits or
whatever is of interest to you
out of doors and be happy in the
knowledge that every hour thus
spent removes you one day fur-
ther froni the insane asylum.
that bane of farmers‘ wives.
Your nerves need rest and they
will not find it in that bit of cm-
broidery. that fascinatiiig crazy
work. or even in dariiing stock-
ings. Your physical needs rest
instead of exercise for its im-
provement. and rcnienilier that
self -improvement includes the
physical. Nor would I leave out
altogether those bits of fancy
work. They brighten the home.
give pleasing variety to the mind.
add skill to the fingers and oft-
times relieve the strain on a too
slender purse: but do not get
crazy over them: your time is too
precious. Your intellect needs
attention as well as your fingers.
We are most of us like children
at school-—have not learned to
push ourselves, but need a teach-
er to prod us. Let your Grange
be that teacher. When you are
called upon for an exercise, in-
stead of failing or doing the
least possible. if you would im-
prove. do your very best-. The
mind that is not constantly ad-
ding to its store of facts is losing
ground. There is no such thing
as standing still. If we have
but one talent let us not fold that
in a napkin.

When the child comes with its

question don't tell him you have
forgotten. but as some one has

said. seize the moment of excited

curiosity and solve the doubt. It
will be a useful lesson to the
child and a recovered fact for

you.
Plan the evenings so that you

can listen if you cannot take the
time to read.

Reading aloud is
good practice for the husband or

Eon. if you must patch his coat.

and if he is just. he will not take

your time without rendering an
equivalent.
gained by both parties in a dis-
cussion of the matter read. and

Much good may be

Their opportunity is not also add to the pleasure of the
grasped: eiinobliiig work is family. Count not the money

spurned. Wearying of their self-
ish pleasures life is counted at
failure. and so it is noticeable
that our most perfectly cultured
individuals belong to the worlds
great army of workers-—work—
ers from necessity.

If. then. we count out the rich
and compare the working classes
of town and country, where
think you shall we find the most
general intelligence? Men of
town have been known to tell
their country brothers that they
could not discuss topics of gen-
eral interest with them for they
knew they were lacking; their
business was so pressing; their
time so limited. Farmers have
nothing to do; they are people
of leisure.

The mothers in town, are they
more favored‘? You, my sisters
of the farm. have many duties
they know nothing of, and they
many cares and calls that never
weary you. You may know a
leisure in your quiet homes that
they cannot command. The very
isolation of our country life
gives chance for thought and
study that the constant excite-

reading.
his evenings with his Youtli’s

lost which is invested in good
The boy who spends

Com pan {on is not likely to go very

far wrong. and he will soon be

picking up other papers and
books that will be of use to him.

But long before this. these moth-
ers of large families have been
saying to themselves:

“Where
shall we get the time?"
Teach each member of the

family to wait upon himself. leav-

ing nothing for mother to pick
up. Let each have care of some

part of the work. It will do the

child good and make it possible
for you to have an hour to your-
self. I think there is no greater
fallacy in the training of our
daughters than is shown when a
mother says, “Oh. I don't put the
work or care upon my daughter;
let her enjoy herself; she will
have it hard enough by and by.”
Don’t you see that your intended
kindness is a great wrong to her?
When she is called upon to take
your place or a place for herself,
all will be turmoil and her task
much harder than it would have
been had she learned one thing

‘do not help—when intellectual

But there is a time in every:
niother's life when the children‘

life seems to have stepped out. ‘
For this reason give the girl as

"good school advantages as her

brothers. that her husband may
not leave her too far in the back-
ground while she cares for his
children. But if she cannot im-
prove intellectually she may com-
fort herself with the thought
that she is taking a higher
schooling. She may learn to be
patient; guide the little ones
aright. mould their lives into a
pattern that shall leave its iin—
press oii the world. Teach her
sons to be honest men. who will
despise to do a wrong. even in
politics. Teach her daughters to
be pure. sensible women who will
extend the influence she has ex-
erted upon them to others with
whom they come in contact.

Let us not become so absorbed
in the thought of what we shall
eat and what we shall drink and
wherewithal we shall be clothed.
that we lose all taste for reading
and study. Let us keep abreast
with the times. young and in
sympathy with the children. that
we may not lose our influence
over them, or be left behind in
their onward march.

Then when our quiet days
come. as come they must. when
our children leave us. we may
comfort ourselves that the leis-
ure of our busy lives has been
so used that we have not lost a
taste for the improvement now
within our reach.

While we care for our physical
nature. and keep the brain bright
and active by constant use, let us
not overlook the spiritual. for its
improvement not only effects our
present but our eternal well-be-
ing. nor does its influence stop
with self.

He who in sincerity breathes
the prayer. "Thy kingdom come. "
should recognize the fact that
God works through his creatures.
and that his will may be done by
us to those about us. When re-
ligious theories become living re-
alities: when the faith professed
is worked out in the lives regard-
less of consequences; when the
question comes what is right in-
stead of what is politic. then
shall we open the way and make
it possible for that prayer to be
answered.

IVIRS. C. C. MCDERMID.
mm, -.,__,_
Woman's Place.

For the \'isi'rok.

Ruskin says: "Man's work is
to secure the maintenance. pro-
gress aiid defense of his home.
the woman‘s is to secure its or-
der. comfort and loveliness."

So far none will take issue with
me if I make this thought of the
great man my own. I could ex-
pand or extend the work of both;
the world has claims upon us its
creatures. and this work is com-
plemental and supplemental each
to the other. and draw the lines
so long‘ as you will. they will
never become entangled, parellel
lines never do.

College doors have been thrown
wide open to women and when
“much is given. much is re-
quired." Old time ideas should
pass away with old time customs
and ways. In these last days of
the 19th century the public is
looking to woman for help. at
least. in the correction of some
of its existing evils. There are
shackles to be broken.. slaves to
be freed and wrongs to be right-
ed. and well will it be if another
Harriet Beecher Stowe shall let
fall from tongue or pen. words
that will quicken the pulse and
conscience of the people. and
make ready the way for another
Abraham Lincoln.

Prof. Dwight says: “Discipline
gives man the use of his powers.
Nay almost creates them. but it
is enthusiasm that sets them in
motion.” ,

The question from what college
do you come? has given place to
this, what has your education
done for you, for what work does
it fit you. what can you do in re-
turn for the advantages you have
received? If you have taken the
pure ozone of education into your
being, the stimulating influence

‘$091115 to be one in which few can
-jeligdage for any great number of

peculiarly woiiians work. but it world. \Vith ii finger on its pulse
she notes its heart beats. and
with a womans quick iiituitioiis
she divines the cause and effect.
and back to the home in-st she
brings its teachings.

years without losing their health.
The enthusiasm and intensity
that makes their work successfull. I
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a el‘ 1'8 ease em 1.0111 t e l ilve yet to hear an V V i} x
. . i y one say an
I1eC9351t.Y- has been the S0111‘(’€ Oflwould be outside her sphere.
much poorly done work and has l I've full faith in woman. and dare
VY1‘0U{{ht d15'c1S7i9l' 3” E10118 thelto say the demands of the 230th
line. but when there is a greaticeiitiiry shall not find her want-
underlying moral purpose and . mg ‘.\_ M_ _1;‘\_A\-(5.
the strong determination to make —« . >_ .
the work uiidei'takeii. whatever 3 There Are Men and Men.
I‘ "la; in ' " ‘ -A\<~. v . . .
IL may )e i lift \\()Il\. sii(u.ss “ hat a (mf(,1.(.m... 11101.‘. is m

should crown the etfort.

The soiigs of the Swedish
Niglitingale were made sweeter
by the purity of chai'actcr of the
singer and whenever her story is
told an added vcm-i'a-tioii is given

our own sick and wounded sol-
diers were iiot more tenderly
cared for because of the exaiii—
ple of a Florence Niglitiiigale.
()f some women the world or cir-
cumstances deinand great things.
which it would be cowardice to
ignore and weakness to sliirk. or
to entrcnch upon that position by
the trite saying "VVoinan's work
is at Home." Joan of Arc saw
with a clear eye the work for her
to do. and with courage and zeal.
beyond comprehension. shc citr-
ricd that work to siiccessfiil com-
pletion. and Frzuice has had her
own Maid of Orleans. and she no
rival. Few indeed are called up-
on for any work of such magni-
tude and daring.

Shakespeare has but three
heroes, but many heroines and in
every instance.I think, his heroes
are saved. or would have been. if
they had listened to the advice
of the friendly woman. Catas-
tropliy in every play is caused
by the folly of a man, and if
there be any redemption. it
comes through the wisdom and
virtue of a woman. thus does the
world's greatest poet pay tribute
to woman's influence and work.

Within the human heart there
is set a divine instinct for its real
duties. an instinct which you can-
not quench. but only warp and
corrupt when you withdraw it
from its purpose: follow its dic-
tation and give to it your best ef-
forts and strength and you may
be sure that in thus doing. you
are in the line of duty. and that
in the way you are thus led. you
will do your best work. We need
to be watchful that the pI'(:jl1(li('Cs‘
and convictions of others and
our own interests do not become
barriers that we cannot break.
but that we hold ourselves in
sympathy with the public. ready
to help if help we may. See that
this instinct is not disregarded.
for so surely _as it is. your best
work will not be done; your pow-
er in the world. that power that
all covet will be lessened.

Again. if you would do your
best for your dear home circle.
you must widen your own sphere.
Merrifield’s picture of "Hannah
Jane“ is no fancy sketch. there
are too many of them up and
down the length of this land. in
way-side cottages and in palatial
homes they toil over their self
imposed tasks. and try in the
ceaseless round of a. tread mill
existence. to still the longing for
something better. In listening
so intently to the demands of
home. they were lost entirely to
the calls beyond. and by slow
gradations the bright promising
girl steps from the marriage al-
ter down to the position of a
menial, and all through the old
fashioned ideas of a wife’s duty.
Too late she finds her mistake.
When her children reach the es-
tate of young manhood and
womanhood, and they most of
all need a mother's intelligent
guidance. they and she find they
have a servants care. and their
natural guardians can give them
no more. Money she has saved
for them. but there is nothing
which a child is so proud as of
an widely honored mother—some-
thing more than reading is re-

to her art. and who shall say that

.lll(‘ll. SUITIU ('ilIlll()t lIlill\'(‘ ll l'l1‘(‘
without sc:ittci'iiig iislics and lit-
;tei' all over the room. whilc
lZlll()ll1(‘l' will make very little if
éaiiy dirt. and that he brushes up
gas deftly as a wonizin. and if he
cliiuiccs to slop.lie knows how to
use a mop or lloorcloth. 'l'his
sort of it llllSi)ull(l sees that tlicre
is plenty of water in the house.
and that tlierc is it big wood box
well filled; for the woiiien of his
household are not to be --liewcrs
of wood or drawers of wiitei'."

He can keep house himself if
need be. and let his wife have
her little holiday. He will sonic-
times stay with the 4.'llll(ll‘(‘,ll. and
is always i'ezi(ly to have his
sliare in the care of tlieiii. Hi-
sees in a iiiinute when you are
tired and ovcrtaxcd. and lends ii
strong hand and a willing lieart
and it is such it pleus1ii'c to re-
ceive help from such it one. Tlie
quick sympathy shown in all
these little things does more to
bind hearts together and maki-
home happy than all the new
dresses and diamonds that ever
were bought. He can entertain
company if his wife is engaged
in household duties. He can
handle tools. put up shelves and
fix things. and is. on the whole.
a blessed dispensation. He will
water the plants as carefully as
if his life depended on it.
and is always surprising you
with some new accomplishment.
I have known them to wash
dishes, make beds. and they can
even iron if necessary.

I knew a man who "thanked
the Lord that he wasn't made to
wait on women folks." and he led
his wife ii. tiresome life. It seein-
ed he thought the waiting should
all be done on one h‘l(l(‘—Sl]()l1l(l
be done by hcr——foi' he could
never do the slightest thing for
himself.

A nian‘s skill depends much
upon his observation. and it
great deal on home traiiiiiig in
youth. Mothers should teach
their boys to wait upon them-
selves. also to wait on others.
and they should be trained to
habits of thoughtful considera-
tion. which will be of great ad-
vantage to them when they get
older.

The helpless man. when sick-
ness comes into the family is a
double burden. He can't build a
fire or make a cup of tea, and
sometimes were it not for the
neighbors he might be in danger
of starving to death.

Some boys think it isn't manly
to wash dishes. or sew on a but-
ton. but the handy boy goes out
into the world far more inde-
pendent than one who cannot do
such things. Teach the boys
that true manlincss consists in
being helpful always. in every
way and to everybody. But
when these sons and husbands
are so good and helpful. we
should not abuse their kindness.
just because they are so. by ex
pecting too much of them.

The helping should never be
all on one side. but each should
be a help and a blessing to the
other" The husband can lighten
the burdens of the wife. while
she can help him in many ways.
and often advise him in business
affairs.

Some men may laugh at this.
but there are others who know
that a woman may decide import-
ant questions correctly, not by
reasoning. but by a certain intui-
tion or instinct. She comes to

merit and many calls of town life
makes impossible to the busy
worker there.

From my own observation and
the opinions of others who have
the opportunity to look at both
sides. who are acquainted in both
town and country. I conclude

ata time under your guidance
and lightened your labor as well.
Then, too, you allow her to do
you awrong, for no one has a
right to crowd another to the
wall with his neglected duties
that he may have time for pleas-
ure or even literary pursuits.

quired. there is a stimulating and
polishing effort that comes from
the contact of mind against
mind. that taken with extensive
reading yet lacks the one ele-
ment that is supplied only by
work beyond the home. It puts
the worker in sympathy with the

must be felt beyond the home
circle. Some women have no
home nor any means of support
other than their own exertions;
they cannot feel that their work
must be narrowed by the fear of
being out of “their sphere.”
Teaching is particularly and

the point at once, while he rea-
sons "all around Robin Hood's
barn.” SUSAN S.

 

To purify an offensive breath,
rinse the mouth a few times a day
with mixture of tea.spoonfu1ti‘nc—
ture myrrh to tumblerful water.

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H. 1)_ PLA"I‘T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . . _ . _. 'psi anti.
F.W. REl)Fl£RN.... .Maple Rapids.
H. H. DRESSER _ . . . . . . . ..Litclitield.
]. Q. A. BURRINGTO.  .._Tusc0la.
E. N. BATES... ..... . . _ . . . _ . . . . . . . . . ,.Moline.
GEO. ll. HORT()N_....._............Fruit Ridge.
THOS MARS, l_ F _0ffiCio_l .._.llc1'i‘ien Cemcr
_|l£2\'Nll-L151‘-liLLl "‘ I ______ ._ Marcellus
General Deputies.

Hon. C. (E. l.uce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . C(ll(l\\'£il(’I'
lloii.   \\’uu<liii;ii|..

J. '1‘. Cobb . . . . . . . . ..

Jason \\/oudiiiaii
.\l.ii‘y .-\. Mayo . . . . . ..

special
A. Luther . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Barr_\' Co.
li. \V. Allis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Loiiziwce "

Comniitlee on \l’oman'i-1 “'01-k in
the (irun.-.:r
Mrs. A. Guni1ismi_

North Lzmsiiig.
_..l’nw l’;i\\'.

       
 

A 1) Mel   reverse City.
Dlieliigan Iii-ange Storm-s.

A. STEGEMAN, Manager . _ _ . . . . . . . . . . _ ._Alll:f.{£lll.

E. R. OSBAND, Mziiiager . _ . _ _ . ._ North Luiising.

G. 1:. & 1. RAIL ROAD.
Nov. 30, 18l)0.—(‘n-iitml Stzuitlzml 'l'iine.

 

 

G01)-G S0UTH_ ‘No. 2: 30.4 No. 6‘Nu. 8
_. ‘, - - - - --1 - - - — --‘ - - — - -—‘ . . . . ..
‘P. M. P. )1. A. M. P. M.
Mackinaw City ....... __ l N 45 7 45 i
Pgtoi-1key_......_.._.... .10 U5 915‘
Traverse City .___.._. .. v 1 4 0.": 104:’) i
A. )1.‘ 1}’. WI.‘
Cadillac ______________ _ . 2 on 6 30 § 1 ~25 ~
Grand Rapids _ . . . . . ..2ir ‘ ('1 (Ill 10 51) 1 5 31) 2 ()0
“ " lv ii an 11 I15 ‘ ti on I
l{ulziinazoo_.___.__.__:ir H I5 A. M. '7 55 140
“ iv :4 21; .12 :11) 81):”: 3 45
Fort Wziyiie . . . . . . . . . . iir ll  I1 :30 T ‘J5
" " 1': 1.’) ‘ll! ll)
liichiuond . _ . . . . . . . . . .. - 3 2:3 3 40
,cn..<;. s T L&Pl>pt ; 615 - 3 7 on
>1’. .\:.I l
(-'.oi.\‘G NORTH. -‘°-1-,3“) -‘NU 530- 7
P. 1\l.‘A. .\l.P. M. A )1.
Clll.CSTL[\‘.'(’I)1)llV‘ ’755.85l)‘y
lLl(‘lllllUllLl . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14' 50 11 35 I
j . M. A. M.-
Fort wayne__.._._...ar A )1. 2-» . 3 05 4 8 «>5
“ “ l\' l 40 l 3 25 !ll 55
Kalamazoo ...... .. .ar y 3 40 b 35  7 ml 112 2|)
“ Iv; l7o.=.:72u'215
Grand Rapids _____ __-art 5 15 E s 50 1 9 20 5 on
‘- “ 1v 1‘ 7 U5 iin 30 .11 an
: A. M. P. M.
Cadillac ........... ..lv -11 30 2 30 i 3 51; 9 35
Traverse City. ar } 1 55 6 15 1». M.
Petoskey .......... ..ar l 6 10 7 55
Mackinaw .......... __ar :P. M. 7 30 9 so

 

Nos. 5 and 6 daily between Grand Rapids and Cin-
cinnati.
Nos. 1 and 4 daily between Kalamazoo and
Grand Rapids.
Nos. 2 and 3 carry through parlor car between
Grand Rapids and Cincinnati.
0. L. LOCK WOOD,
G. P. & T. Ag't, Grand Rapids.
E. BAKER, Agent. Kalamazoo.

C. & G. '1‘. RA ILWAY.
Jim. 19, 1890.—Ccnt1':tl Meridian Time.
TRAINS WESTWARD.

   

 
 
 
 

   
  

No. 2 No. 15 No. 4
l Exp. Exp. Exp.

Port Huron lv .......... .. 7 16am '5 59am 7'2(pxn
Lapeer , . _ _ _ _ . _ _ . _ _ . . _ _ .. 8 31 " 7 28 U 355 M
Flint-..__ ___________ .. 9 ()5 “ 3 05 H 945 --
Durand ___ ___________ __ 9 35 “ 8 43 “ 1030 U
Lansing _______________ __ 10 31) " 1000 “ 1134) H

Charlotte ______________ ._ 11 oo “ 10 37 H 12 05am
Battle Creek at _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ . . _ _ _ __ 11 30 H 12 .50 H
H H 1V _ _ _ _ 1 _ _ _ _ __ 12 05pm 1 ()0pm 1 00 u
Vicksburg _____________ _, 12 50 H 1 4,3 M 1 43 -
Schoolcrsfl ____________ __ 1 00 H 1 53 H 1 53 1-
Marcellus _  _______ _, 1 22 “ 2 20,“ 2 17 4-
Cassopolis _. ... l 50 “ 2 52 " 2 45 “
South Bend. . . . . . .. 2 35 " 340 “ 3 35 “
Valparaiso . ..... .. 4 00 “ 5 20 “ 5 10 “
Chicago ................ ..I 6 25 “ 10 10 H 7 30 4:

TRAINS EASTVVARD.
? No. 1 No. 3 No. 5
I Mail. Exp. Exp.
1

Chicago 1v _____________ ._‘, 3 403,"; 3 15pm 3 15pm
Valparaiso. . .'11 ‘25 H 520 N in 30 “

South Bend ..' 1 00pm 640 “ 12 mam
Cassopolis. [ 1 50 ~ 7 .7 “ 12 45 -1
Marcellus _ _; 220 H ______ __ 1 11 u
Schoolcratt 5 2 42 U ______ __ 1 33 u
Vicksburg  _‘ 2 55 H 3 01 H 1 43 u
Battle Greek or  3 45 “ 8 40 “ 2 30 u
“ “ 1v . 405 H 845 “ 235 U
Charlotte .... l 5 00 “ 9 27 “ 3 25 “
Lansing. ._ _ 537 “ 9 57 “ 400 “

Durand ... .l 7 ‘:0 “ 10 48 " 503 “‘
Flint ..... .. . 800 “ H .540 U
Lapeer_.__.._ .l 855 “ 11 48 “ 6 17 ‘-
Port Huron ............ ..‘l() 31 “ 1 05am 7 35 H

No- 42. mixed, west, leaves Bchoolcraft at 9:50 a.
111., and No. 43, east, at 3:40 p. m.

Nos. 2, 3. 4 and 5 run daily. -

Tickets sold and baggage checked to all parts of
Canada and the United States.

For through rates and time apply to E. L.
Crull, Local Agt., Schoolcraft: W. E. DAVIS, gen’l
passenger agent, Chicago; W. J. SPICEB, gen’l
manager Detroit.

.‘The State Public School-

 

lOFFlCIAL iairi-ac'T*lorl{Y..

*they were necessarly under the

Michigan Cares for her Depend— 5
ent and Neglected Children. 

The State Public School forl

}the care of the dependent. neg-3:
‘lected and ill-treated children of%
— Michigan

is an institution of;
which the people of this State‘;
may well be proud. It has
solved the financial problem of
taking care of these children.
and as a protective measure
against pauperism. vice and
crime, its value to the public is
immeasurable. Before its foun-
dation there was no place for the
children thrown upon the public
charge for various reasons. ex-
cept the county houses. where

debasing influence of pauperism
and vice. At the time in their
lives when impressions received
are most lustinv‘. they were
thrown among those whose influ- 1
ence is alniost uniformly bud.
and their young lives were
blighted.

The establishment of the State
Public School and the passage of
the wholesome laws governing it
and for the protection of chil-
dren. marked on epoch in the
child life of Michigan. The
state afsumed the right to the
guardianship of those depend-
ent. neglected 01' ill—treated. and
cures for them by furnishing
them a temporary home at the
school where, by means of per-
fect physical comfort and health
ful moral training. they are led
to ferget their old life and are
prepared to take their places
with their more fortunate fellows
in the families and public schools
throughout the state. Before
admission to the school they have
known little of comfort and hap-
piness. Tlieir residence there.
short though it usually is, gives
them at new idea of life and they
have no desire to rotur to the old
manner of living. The pric-e of
adniission is dependence or ill
treatinent. and tho qiialificzitioiis
are that they shall be between
two and twelve yezirs of age and
sound mentally a.nd physically.
They are not t2tlllt0(l with crime.

Since the opening of the
institution in 187-l. nearly 2l.()()()
children have been received and
cared for. There are now in the
institution about 1-H), and over
1.100 are with good families
throughout the state and under
the supervision of the school.
The others have pusseil out from J‘
undo)‘ the s(:l1o0l’s control. Tlioso
with fziiiiilies are pla(-.od on con-
tracts which ])l'()\'l(l(‘ for their
proper care and education.

Is it not ])1'()l)Zll)l(‘. that tlici-o
are inuny in this vicinity who
would gladly take one or inure.
of these ('l1ild1'<'-ii into l.ll('ll'
hmnes and niake thorn their own?

The best selectioiis are boys
from 5 to El yozirs of age. and it
is believed that the homes would
be blessed fully as much as the
children by coming togetliei‘.

Any information desired may
be had by a(l(li‘essing C. F. New
kirk. Superintendent, Goldwater,
Mich.. or J. C. Gould. agent for
Van Buren county. Paw Paw.
Mich.

. ,,-,- ,. __

Winter's Opportunity.

Young men of country homes.
how do you intend to spend your
time this winter?

Of the twenty-four hours of
each day, sleep should have
eight; the morning, evening and
noon “chores,” if thoroughly
well done, will consume two and
a. half; your three meals of thirty
minutes each——I know it is use-
less to ask you to give them more
time-—will use up one and a. half.
We thus account for twelve
hours. just half your time.

Now, suppose we say that, of
the remaining twelve hours. six.
three in the forenoon and three
in the afternoon, shall be appro-
priated to the performance of
such manual labor as may be re-
quired of you, or you..ma.y plan
for yourselves. This last sug-
gestion grows out of the convic-
tion that unless you do lay out
some special work for yourselves,
for a portion, at least. of these
six hours, they will not be fully
occupied. And here is a good
place to suggest that, on every
form, there should be a. work
shop supplied with a. complete
outfit of carpenters, cabinet-
maker‘s and harness-makers
tools; and whatever else may be
required to make or mend any-
thing need or fancy may call for.

How 

‘ lectual

Such a. shop is a. great educator

G-HA1? G-E VISITOR-

to young men of mechanical turn
of mind. In it. learning the use
of tools and the practical appli-
cation of mechanical principles.
may be profitably employed any
unoccupied portion of the six
hours above mentioned.

There remains at your disposal
six hours per day; what are you
going to do with them? Your
answer to this question is to de-
termine just how much higher up
in the scale of mzuihood you are
to be when the blue-bird's song
hera-lds the return of springr. F

Do you know. that these six
hours conscientiously devoted to
systematic self-(-ultiire. just this
one winter. will insure your be-
ing‘ well educated men? Not that
this one winter will cmiipletc the
work. but it will set you to limi-
gering and thirsting after knowl-
ed;_.>;e, and tea:-h you that the pro-
cess of feediiig it licultliful intol-
appetite affords the
sweetest. most SZltlSf8.(.’l(')l'_y1)l('3il..\‘-
ure known to the human idea.

And so. not this winter alone.
but your whole lives will be one
continued course of study and
mental acquisition.

1 have intiniated that systoiii
and conscience must enter into
the plan if it is to be worked out
effectively.

By system, is meant that you
should apportion your time
among the various needs and du-
ties of every day, giving to each
its appropriate share; and then
doing everything. as near as pos-
sible. at and within the time al-
lotted to it. Those who have
never tried it, have no true idea
of the time that can be saved by
systemutiziug work. and doing
everything in its appointed time.

If you are going to act upon
my suggestion and make the most-
of your time this winter. you
must work to a. schedule. which
may be as follows:

(3 to 7. morning (-,hores. 1 hour.

7 to 7:30. l)1'e:il<fu-st, .-§ hour.

7:31) to H. 1'eu(li1ig and study. 1.5
hours.

‘J to 13. work and shop. 3 ll()lll'S.

1*.’ to l'_’:2lU. l10011(‘ll()l‘0S. .1 hi‘.

'_’:2:i() to 1. dinner. 5 hour.

1 to :.’:3(). imicliiig and study.
1.1. hours.

‘_’:3() to 7)::-ll). work and shop, 3-}
hours.

3:2-ll) to (3:30. eveuiiig chores, 1
hour.

13:31) to T. supper. 5 hour.

7 to ll). roadiiig and study. 3
liours.

10 to ('1. sleep. H hours.

Total. 24 liours.

But. you say. "you do not give
us any l)l'(‘2.lllllllg‘ spell!“ \Vcll.
so for us tliut. is min-e1'i1c(l. I
think your luziiicss czm be trust-
ed to find. soniewlioi'c in lliop1'o-
g'i'zi1n1iic. zi cliuin-<—~ to indulge it-
self. and I suspc(:t, it will be in
the period of six lioiirs set aside
for desultory work and the shop.

"And do you not intend to give
us any lioliduysi‘ evenings out.
etc?" Yes. you are to lizive all
the lioliduys the law allows. and
VVednes<lay and Saturday even-
ings.

System also requires that you
shrill have a regular course of
reading and study. The course
in each particular case should be
determined by the present attain-
ments and mental characteristics
of each. If you have a special
preference for mathematics,
study mathematics; if language
is your taste, study language; if
tlienatural sciences, study natur
211 science.

The habit of study once es-
tablished, and the appetite for
reading and mental acquisition
once created, you will come to
long for your study hours with
an eagerness like that with which
you respond to the dinner-horn,
when hungry.—Lorin Ludlow in
illass. Plowman.

 

A Japanese Horse Railroad is
described by Percival Lowell in
the January Atlantic as follows:

Somehow. the mere idea. seem-
ed comic. A horse railroad in
the heart of. Japan over a pass
21 mile high! To have suddenly
come upon the entire Comedie
Francoise giving performances
in a. tea house at the top could
hardly have been more surpris-
ing. The humor of the thing
was not a whit lessened by its
looks.

To begin with. the cars were
fairly natural. This was a mas-
terly stroke in caricature, since
it furnished the necessary foil to
all that followed. They were
not, to my eye, of any known

lspecies. but. with the exception
of being evidently iised to llill‘(l
lines. they looked euougli like
trzimps to pass us such. Inside
sat. in all seriousiiess. a wonder-
ful cageful of J21-pil-U051‘. To say
that they were not to the l1orso-
car born, conveys but a. feeble
notion of their iiiiiiaitiiinliicss.
They are propped. r2itlioi' than
seated, bolt upright. with 21 de-
corum which would liuvo (lone
more than credit to ll fuiierzil.
They did not smile: they did not
stir. except to screw their heads
round to stare at me. Tliey
were dummies pure and simple.
and may pass for the second item
in the properties.

The real personiiel liogzziii with
the liorscs. These w’<_-1'0 \'(‘l‘_\.'
sorry-lookiiig uiiiiiiuls. but tnugli
enougli u.(liiii1'zLl)ly topi1lltl1i'o1ig;li
the })(‘.l‘f()l‘lIld.ll(‘(‘. .\lzu1:i;:in;_r
them with S()lll(‘ (lifiiciilly stood
the driver on the front plzitforiii.
u1'i'z1yo(l in 21. l)Oll,lt‘-;2‘1'(‘(,‘ll li\'c1'_v.
with :1. still‘ militziry cap which
gzive him the couibined look of
:1 (lcrrmui ()ll”l('(.‘I‘ and of u musi-
cian from a. street bzmd. His
energy was spent in inukiug
about tliree t-inics as mucli work
for himself as wins needed. 011
the tail of the car rode the ;:i1ui'd
also notably apparelod. whose
importance outdid even his uni-
form. He had the zid\'anta;;(-. of
the driver in the matter of it
second-c.la.ss fish-horn, upon
which he tooted vigorously
whenever he thought of it; and
he was not 3. forgetful man.

Comedic Francoise. indeed!
Why. here it all was in Japanese
farce! From the passivity of the
passengers to the pzmtomiine of
the driver and giiard. it could
hardly have been done better;
and the zictors all kept their
counteminces. too. in such a sur-
prising manner. A captions
(critic inight have siiggl-storl that
they looked it thought too lllll(‘ll
at the 1lll(llPllC1‘.: but. on the
whole. I think that i".i,lln-r il(l(l('(l
to the effect. At all (§\'l',lll..\‘. tlwy
were exc.ollcnt.ly good. ¢-.sp(~<-,i:ill_y
the ;:u:i.1'(l, whose (~rni.~u-qiioiitizil
airs could not have lwmi liuppior
if they had been studied for
you.1's.

.—<o>—-

Professor Aloxmider Wincliell
gives the following for :1. cement
that is rczidily and I)(—.‘l'llllllll'.lll,l_Y
udliesive to any siibstunccz Take
two ounces of clczir guni :mi,l>i<:.
one and (inc-half ounces of line
Sl2l.l'(‘,ll and one-halt ()Hll«'(‘ of
white s11g:'.Li'. the grum l)l‘lll_L‘ then
1)1llV('l'lZ0(l2l.Il(l (llS.\'l)l\‘¢*(l in tho
szunc qiizintity of w:i1<-r us is
('.()lll[llUlll_y' (.‘lll])l()_\’(‘(l in l:nmdi'y
()1)(.‘l'il-llnlls for tho quzintily of
slzircli lll(ll(':ll(‘(l. 2lll(l lmih stiircli
ziiidsi1;.:zi1' are (llS.\'()l\'I'(l in the
guui solution. the inixture l)(’lll,‘.!,‘
now suspended in ii \'o.\'.<<-l in
boiling wzitcr until the slim-ll bo-
couies clear. The ccinonl slmuld
be its thick as 1-:u'.2m(l H,-nnziin so.
p1'eve11t-ioii from spoiling lieiiig
insured by dropping in 21 luuip of
guui czunplior or it little oil of
cloves or S&l.SSitfl'Z‘tS. This ce-
ment is so very strong and tone.-
cious that it will hold immov-
ztbly to glazed surfaces, will re-
pair broken rocks, minerals and
fossils. and has innumerable
adaptation in the mechaniczil and
industrial a.rts.——li'.z'.

coé

A physician, writing of rest as
a. medicine. recommends 21 short
nap in the middle of the day. for
those who can take it. as a benc-
ficial addition to 1.henight's sleep.
It divides the working time.gives
the nervous system 21 fresh hold
on life, and enables one to do
more than make up for the time
so occupied. A caution is given
against the indulgence in too
long a. sleep at such 3. time. un-
der a penalty of disagreeable re-
laxation. There has been much
discussion regarding the after-
dinner nap. many believing it to
be injurious. but it is. nevertlie
less. natural and wholesome.

~<o>4 -

Mr. Luce ends 3. career as gov-
ernor of the State With. perhaps,
as few mistakes and defects as
any of his predecessors. He
has honored his office and com-
mended himself to his fellow cit-
izens by moderation, good sense
and as much executive ability as
the narrow limits of the office
permit the governor of Michigan
to display.—Det7'oit Joumml


    

8

Jan. 15. 189]

Notices of llleetings.

The next iiieeting of Inghani
(‘ouiity Pomona Grange will be
held at (‘apitol Grange Hall. N.
Lansing. on Friday and Satur-
day. Jan. 22: and 21. beginning at
it) a. in. l<‘riday. This meeting
is to be especially interesting. as
several of the Professors fromf
the Agricultural College, as well
as members from the various
Granges. will be on the program.

Yours fraternally.
J. D. TOWAR. Sec'y.

_ .._.->...__
ADRIAN. Jan.  1891.

The next regular meeting of
Lenawee County Grange will be
held with Ogden Grange. Thurs-
day, Feb. 3th. 1?-€91. at 10 a. m.
Installation of officers in the fore-
noon.

Following are the officers to be
installed:

M., M. J. Martin.

0.. E. W. Allis.

L.. Mary C. Allis

S- F. Peters.

A. S.. W. T. Rice.

(7., J. L. Remington.

F.. L. McRoberts.

 W. Dowling.

G. K.. E. R. Poiiclier.

Ceres. Mrs. T. G. Chandler.

Pomona. Mrs. M. T. Colc.

Flora. Mrs. M. Odell.

L. A.  Mrs. L. M. Rice.

A good speaker will be present
and deliver an address.

The following Granges will
hold meetings the coming year
in the month designated:

()gden~—February.

()nsted~-April.

Morenci June.

Adrian—August.

Fruit Ridge—()ctober.

Adrian City--~December.

Fraternally.
E. (‘. S.\ii'rii. Seey.

, . --,. ,

The next meeting of Kent Co.
Poinona Grange will be held at
l’aris Grange Hall on VVednes-
day. Jan. 21. 1891. Grange will
be called to order at 10 o‘clock
sharp. Each officer is expected
to have a report in readiness.

Installation of ofiieers in the
afternooii.

The fifth degree will be con-
ferred in the evening should
there be a class.

G. A. .l)()(‘}{l<2ll.-\\'. Set-,'y.
<0}-7

\Vestern Pomona Grange will
hold its animal meeting with
llavenna Grange. Jan. 2:.’ and :23.
We anticipate an ll]t(,*1‘(,‘Sllll_‘_’,‘
session. There will be election of
oliicers. All fourth degree mem-
bers are especially invited.

Mics. Tiios. Wii.i>E. Lec.

. ,-,...,

The next meeting of the St.
Joseph Coiiiity Grange will be
licld at (‘enterville Grange Hall.
on the first '1‘hursday in Febuary.
at 10 A. M. Installation of ofiicers
and reports of delegates to the

State Grange. and reports of the

oflicers of the County Grange.
All members of the order are in-
vited to be present.
GU'1‘EI.iUs S.\'vi)i~;ic.
699 *
A(:'L C()LLl;‘.(}E. Jan. 1:}.
ED. Visrroic:

There is to be a Farmers‘ In-
stitute at Capitol Grange. Hall.
North Lansing.. on Friday and
Saturdav. Jan. :13 and 24. The
Friday evening meeting to be a
lecture by Pres't Clute. of the
Agricultural College. illustrated
by the stereopticaii.' and iiist.alla-
tioii of officers of lnghain County
Pomona Grange.

J. D. To\v.uc.

Hillsdale Co. Pomona Grange
will hold its next meeting at the
G. A. R. Hall. Hillsdale, Thurs-
day. Feb. 5th. commencing at 10
a. m. Usual routine business in
the forenoon.

Following is the program for
the day:

Music: Pomona Grange Choir.

Paper: Our Civil Government.
Win. A. Armstrong.

A short discussion by Grange.

Paper: Dress and Address. Mrs.
E. D. Nokes.

Select Reading: Mrs.
Freeman.

Music—Duet: Mr. and Mrs. S.
E. Haughey.

Essay: Mrs. Hattie Dresser.

Paper: The Necessary Essen-
tials in the House and Home to
lighten the burdens of House-
keeping—Mrs. H. A. Hunker.

Following this, a discussion by
the Grange.

Closing with music by the

choir.
J. E. VVAGNER. Lee.

R. W.

Qbituarics. 3

Fl‘).-\ Ii.

TI-IE G-IE2..A.l\T G-E VISITOR.

l’.-\L.\Il£l{.

l .\Iemorial tribute to Sister Phi- l K '
‘ ‘lura Palmer. who died Dec. 31. gig
, .. H . - __. ti.-«em: '
(1f)()l'g(5 11 (1411 (llifd R()\. Jilth. v. Agdill ‘NO bring to our altar a I

infill). aged 71 years. 11 months?

and two days.

l1'lu»rm,s-. The death angel has
again visited our midst and
snapped the golden ‘thread which
bound one of our number to us.
and to his life upon earth. there-
fore bc it

1.’:-so/1::-1/. That we record with
sadness the death of Bro. Fear.
who was a worthy member of
West Handy Grange No. 613.

1fr.s‘r)ll‘cI/, That while we re-
grieve for our departed brothel‘.
and feel our loss. we cherish his
memory and extend the heartfelt
sinpathies of the Grange to the
bereaved friends.

{us-uli,:w/, That in token of re-
membrance our charter be draped
in mourning for (50 days: that
our secretary record these reso-
lutions and a copy be sent to the
GicANoE Visrroic for publica-
tion.

Mic. E. W. NOBLE.
Mics. E. W. NOBLE.
Mics. S. Maicsii.
—<o->-—~
AUBLE.

11'/icrwrs. Death has removed
from our order our worthy Gate
Keeper. therefor be it

/i'¢'.s'()/I'M]. As the sense of Cas-
cade Grange No. (33. that in the
death of Bro. A. .l. Auble we
lose one of our charter members.
a faithful officer and one of its
most ardent supporters: the coin-
munity one of its best citizens.
and the home the kind hearted
paternal guide.

1a’c.w;/rcrl. That we deeply de-
plore his loss. and hereby ex-
tend the hand of sympathy in
word. and that we will try to in
deed. to all the members of the
bereaved family. and may we all
revere his memory andrtry to im-
itate his virtues.

Ii’cso/rcll. That the charter be
draped in mourning for tit) days.
and a copy of the resolutions be
sent to the family and to the
Gl{A.\'(:E Vlts‘I'I‘()l{. for publica-

tion.
Mic. .\.\'I) Mics. H. (‘. DENisoN.
Committee.
6 I >
Gll.LE'l"l‘.

The following preamble and
resolutions were adopted by Ot-
tawa Grange No. 30 on the death
of Sister Lizzie Gillett:

WiiEici«:.\s. On the '_‘.'ith of No-
veiiiber last the Great Master
above called home our beloved
sister and organist. Lizzie Gillett:

tribute of fraternal affection for
;a sister who was ever ready to
obey the noble precepts of our
Order. She was energetic and
prompt in the discharge of every
duty. was always ready and wil-
ling to sacrifice self for the good ;
of others. and leaves with us the L
memory of a well spent life. Let l It
us ever keep in remembrance her 
many virtues. drape our charter]

with the emblems for the de art- 5 v. . _, _ . . .
ed‘ and have this tribute I_e5’0rd_ §V\ alls can be (lecoiated with Alabastine in any degree of elabora-
tion. from plain tinting. plain tinting with stencil ornamen-

ed in the minutes.  _
Mlgg, H_ H_ \V00DMAA\-, 1, tations. to the most elaborate fresco. and decorating in relief.
1

T'j-IE TIME TR|ED]°cND BE]°cUT|FUls C‘30]°cT|j\lG
FOR W]°cLLS Aj\lD @E|lslj\lCc3S.

]°l‘i...ABASTlNE IS U_Nl9lKE]°cL9l:> OT]-IER W]°cLL (90]°cT|_NGS.

is recommended by Sanitarians and is not dependent upon glue
for its adliesiveiiess.

ANNIE E. WiLiJEY.
LUCY B. BANGS.
Paw Paw Grange No. l().

s -03>-

Finer etfects can be produced for the saiiie nioney with Alabastine
Ty than with wall paper.
iSend for article taken from the report of the Michigan State Board
I ’ SMITH. l of Health. entitled “ Sanitary Walls and (‘eilings." condemn-
thlltt  triifiagpitcéil s:oi‘i'1()1w' 11 mg wall paper and showing the evil results following its use.

2 1 S) 1"n<,,eio. J.
has learned of the recent demisel
of our worthy brother Chesterj
Smith: therefore E

1i’cso/I.‘(’(I. That in the death oft
Bi-other Smith this Grange liaslMA1{E N0 M1sTA}{E_
lost a quiet. unassuming. useful: .
member_ and that we tender tO;Purchase no other wall coating tnan AL./\BAS'l‘l.\'E. put up in
the afflicted wife and children our *
heartfelt sympathy. J

1.’a»,s-o/rm]. That we offer thesel
resolutions as a mark of our re- 2
spect for the deceased. and ask,
that they be published in the;
Grange Visitor: also. that our}
Charter be draped in mourningi.
for a period of sixty days, i

Williamst-on. Dec. 20. ‘Sm.

J. H. l<‘oics'rEic.
NA’I‘HA.\' WiNsLo\v,
WILLIAM M. CARR.
Coinmittee.

“'0 will also send free. on application. a set of colored designs
showing how walls and ceilings may be decorated with Ala
bastine and the stencils we iiiaiiufacture.

paper packages and properly labelled.

Maiiiifactured only by

]°vLAB]°cSTl_NE C‘3OMP_7°cNY,
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.

Home Grown, Honest, Reliable.

I Oder you my Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for
1891 l*'l€.EE. Note lhz: imnicnsc variety of sccd it con-
rains, and that all the best novelties are there. Not
much mere show about it (you don’! plant pictures)
but fine engravings from photographs of scores ollhc
- choice vegetables I have introduced. VVould it not
be well to get the seed ofthcse from first hands? To be the

 
 
 
 
  
 
 
  
  
 
 

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business a specialty proves reliability. Hones! and hon-
I§U.\'l I’. orablc dealing is the only foundation this can rest on. My Cam-

V loguc is FREE as usual. A matter on second page of cover will
The following resolutions were » ‘“‘°“-5‘ “Y °““°"‘°’5' 5- 3- "- “"590” 5 SW "‘”"”‘°"‘- W“
passed by Wheatland Grange. 
Dec. fltitli. 18510. on the death of‘
Mary Treadwell Bump. who died ;
Nov. 14. 1HSl(). aged 41 years:
VVhereas. The silent inessen- ,
ger has again entered our midst _. p. . —> -~ H0WWfi1lAd§4Mn,01s0_EltflE(X?yS'Bt'Infl,nZ[
and removed our worthy and be- ; A. 1 3.57:: otf)i~’[i(.5gc)l(Ii,l:nA’é:3rl’il"fiirA£'i;d'lii;ir';g;fu-di
loved sister: therefore 4 » '§fi:2;!f"a§’g§‘¢g::1ey'f-1};‘f"bff'8:;m4i’ _*;J=3
]i’c.s'oli'c«I. That this Grange has. E"*!"t°"°"b“~ mmwltrouatvmnt
lost an earnest and consistent;
member and that we. as brothers}
and sisters extend our earnest 
and heartfelt sympathy to the E
bereaved husband and family. ‘
lfas-«i/iwl. That as a slight rec-5
ognition of the worth of our de
ceased sister. our (.‘liarter l)e i
draped in mourning for a period 1
of sixty days: that these resolu- ‘
tious be published in the Grange '
Visitor, and an engrossed copy‘

Every FARMEFI Boy

'11 hail with delight Indy new Wonder:
Unit "I Manna, an will be clad to

. 5c. fora pm from which to
grow 200 great. glorious, euly inelonn.

- high prices. SALT. Ell’! Northern.
Grown Seeds produce them every rim,

60,000 Bushels
Seed Potatoes Cheap.

yr 3-').Pisckn¢eI Eurllent Vegetables,
autlicieut for nfnmilapoutpmd. $1.00.
' : My new tfritalogua is elelmnilyilluazrulnl
and contain: several brilliant colon-c
Inn-s prtiritrd/roll: nature, which. when

ad. would make fine parlor orna-

"e forsn.mu.orwewiIl send

Catalogue and 'n snmplasupuu receipt.
of_ Sc” 02' Catalogue and ncknge of
City of Mexrc ‘Melon or Iacls.

 

 
 
 

  

  
 
 

 

   

    

      
 

 
 

 

 

and. , .

Wiii<:ici«:.\s. We shall no more gout U) K}? 5"‘]""""}§“°' .fi.mn]y' l D0 You READ .. |p
hear her voice in the Grange. 1 1"‘ ‘DA ,M‘“‘ l l ‘:1
thH.‘.fm.(_ E Mics. ROSE l‘AYi.oic. i   

’ J’  ‘ " lo\'Es L | ‘-1

/i’c.s‘u/I'M’. That we extend to our LI‘}”“”' ' C‘  ., ;: 9

". u I I ‘
Brother and bister Gillett and m"'“‘tL"‘" ‘ _’° 5.45 '1
‘ii-1end's our heartfelt sympathies -4 ° >- ‘f .nm ”m,"_ 5-I,;,,,\,;,.g m,‘.;,,;,,..:- E 53 989. W
in their bereavement: but reyoice NOBLE. I g g_s;’;~,,._§..._"

- _ Y _ . . . ' v. 55.,
with them that * they inourn not The Secom] ume death has on. Tilt? Clltilpllsl lllllSllillC(l lltllllllll Ill llltf 5 Vggggflg mm =
35 tl“’5“ “"th_0“t 1101“; £01’ 111911‘ tered our peaceful enclosure. and W0ll(l. 5 §§._§§ao3§ m
and ‘—’“1' 1055 ‘S her g"“n- Oxford Grange mourns the loss 5 352’ ="

Mics. S. D. M\l{\'lN. . . F . “ ~."'i:'1‘= -1:» fl
jvmg ;P W” {R of 0111 worthy brothel Henry.  as 3 Number   per Year E 32:3 3133”;
1 * - - ‘ * ~ Noble. who died Nov. 28. .1890, l ' ‘ ' ' - Sgziaggji con.
5- D: M““V“"- after a short illness therefore i if :i'§35-3° ‘
. _ V r n , , . _ .. K :mv I
(l()[11Vll1ltl'/(,'L‘. 1'I(i‘s.,)[L.(,(I. Tllat our Gluange has Tiir; Cos.\ioi-oi_i1‘A.-: is lit:-riill_vwli.1t the New Ymk a?._'m 3  9 Q
.,.. ._.-.____, .. loqt a  “olkel the  Times (-allfilll ‘ i|1l.s!pl’l(‘.(}t. the luiglm-st. mm: a-;mE‘:‘Q.2:.‘9l‘5E-535 .‘
. ' i ' ' '; varied and iest OI itci of tie .\iagaziiies.“ ;?_3 if“ g ..._." - Q 1
KE’\IT~ a kind husband and a tender and §".=;§,:§§§=  0 I
. . . . . V ' . 7 . .— .. - == « _.

At his residence in Watson. loving father. and the communi- All l.illllSlllll Olllltllllllllll l0l l\C\\ Slll)- 5533535;-gggefi-7-55 3 \|
\lov. :31st. lt-<‘.)(). Worth ' Brother t a rood cit'zen. ' ~ ' - 5'55 3° *5
M’ W Kent He wasit charter y]i’t’fDI)/('(‘(/ That the family andl Scnbers’ for one ‘Mr only "333? 

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member of VVats0n (w1'aI1ge No. friends sosuddenly berezwed have Q155:733:31!‘:.';f;:i‘;,."“‘  j: 1  :?»i§§i::=.-? :

154 has been its Worthy Master our heartfelt sympathy. and that The i>,ri“%‘ "".“"‘“Wi>§1t>ii"IHi~"~  . -— 2-51° 2'=:§?vE.§~§53 ‘
and has always been a tirm ad- these resolutions be entered upon ,w"‘"” "'""*l' ml‘ "'”"l" ””” E’ 2”" '<'"§:§§§'3"
herent to Grange principles. and our record. a copy be sent to the 123')‘:\;}’;;;{Hihgf{u_i3- 1i;:di.(.)..\\-IKrill»;-;;2l»;.;';1‘F‘3.f_{'ll‘:  2;
the best interests of humanity. family and to the Grange Visitor. 53;? "'

ll’/uinfus. Iii view of the loss foi- publication. pm”: (.OSW”,m_l.mA\. {m_m.W_§ M (M “N 
we have sustained by the decease JULIA HAiNEs. ‘ mm. in .\i.«..;..,a...- i.m-.—.-.m..., . Ié1§:§:_;;'

- . '3' ——5 ‘
of our worthy brother andassoci DORA NASH.  .5-/,;,.,,.;,-,1/_,, ///,,..‘;,.,(,,?,,, ,,,.,.l-,,,,,-,.,,, ,,, ,,  
ate. and of the still heavier loss W. I. NASH. : I’r[4-1}/[.[II1crIor/r'cm4-./ /,,,,,(,..-,.-x/,/n_ gag ii‘ 3.4;
sustained by those nearest and Committee. l TRY '1. FOR A YEAR 5 ;:;§§;€§-u
dearest to him. therefore be it. i ' -u.".‘;gF§":-1-S=‘3.

I{E,§0L‘.ED rlwhat  is but 1 1 Send $2.40 to this officti-. and st-riirc lltglllilillfl ('()S- §3§g;'-=_E:5§
_ -_ - _ < _, _ ,___ , , _ _ , .\ioroi.iT.xNam <;RA.\‘<;r: vi: ‘ck. .=g;_gs'...

Just tribute to the memory of the  E;

departed to say that in regretting ':

his removal from our midst. we  H I I M P :72:I:-so -‘i

rnourn for one vvho was in every A lI'l'l‘lPbO0l{ thnt. everv farmer on htt h --~ —

way worthy of our respect and is int» --sérgnum iiuua‘h‘nooic'- wlnfh m3aVy“ii§ '

. . . - h d .b dd v 7 Bl' ~ I

legend. and than we sincerely _  Li°t...i.i...:ri.t'*....:....i..:':.r:. :22. .*:.ii:: IMPROVED -«
condole  his V;-idOVV in her 0”)‘ 0fl€_Scm‘l1ng 10 Cents. the W-‘WEN!-BY able cropiorsyruivrnnkinpz.l'eed.nnd ioddenlnd -xcELs|oR ,'

AGAZINB will be sent for tour weelcsas atrial this pain hlet given full inloi-motion about the " '
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affliction. .
RESOLVED. That the heart-
felt testimoniol of our sympathy
and sorrow be forwarded to the
widow of our departed brother.
That these resolutions be placed
upon the Grange records, our
chartes draped in mourning for
the period of sixty days. and a
copy sent to the GRANGE VISILOR
for publication.
HENRY D. EDGERTON.
C. L. MINER.
G. A. MINER.
Committee.

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