muse I SS UED Lir EXECUTIVE Michigan State 'I'IE-IIE 13110 MONTHLY COMMITTEE if?/E Grange, P. of H, G Vor. 3.-—No. 4. SCHOOLCRAFT, JULY, 1877. Whole No. 2—8 THE’ GRANGE VISITOR, Is Published Montlily, AT THIRTY CENTS PER ANNUM, lnvariably in Advance. J. J. WOODMAN , J_ 1._ C083‘ : }Publisliing Gonimittee. All communications should be addressed to J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich. Remittances should be by Registered Letter, Money Order or Draft RATiis or ADVERTISING 2 lm. 2m.[3m.l6n1..1yr 1 Square .... --, $2.00 83.50 , 3100 I 33.00 I 31500 2 “ -__ _- 3.00 5.50 8.00 3 14.00 - 2500 34 Column -__-‘ 4.00 7.00 , 9.00 1 16.00 * 3000 1% “ ...--] 7.00 12.00 g 15.00 l 25.00 1 45.00 A Square is one inch in space, column width. IT is not the purpose of the Executive Com- mittee in continuing the publication of the VISITOR, by dii-ection.of the State Grange, to deviate from the course first marked out in Feb- ruary last, which was to furnish the most direct, complete and cheapest medium of communica- tion between the oflicers and members of the Order throughout the State. W'e hope Masters and Secretaries will not fail to call the attention of members to every matter of general interest, which appears in the Visiroii. Communications on any subject, calculated to promote the good of the Order, are solicited. i§" For Grange Supplies’ kept by the Secretary, see “ LIST OF SUPPLIES” 071 eighth page. Dmcers Michigan State Grange. M.-—J. J. WOODMAN, - - Paw Paw. 0.—P. W. ADAMS, - - - Tecumseh. L.--0. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskegori. S.—H. FLEMING, - - - Pontiac. A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - - . Ionia. C.-SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co Sec.-—J. T. COBB, - - - Schoolcraft. 'I‘.—S. F. BROWN, - - - “ G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF, - '\Vatervliet. CEBES.—MRS. C. L. WHITN E Y, Muskegon. POMONA—MRS. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids. FLORA-—MR8. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw. L. A. S.—MES. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia. Executive Committee. J. WEBSTER CHILDS, Cl1airm'n, Ypsilanti. F. M. HOLLOWA ,' - - Hi11Sda1e- GEO. W. WOOD ARD, Shelby, Oceana Co. SAMUEL LANGDON, Bowen Stat’n. Kent 00. C. G, LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch Co, 8. E. J EFFRES, - Okemos, Ingharn Co. WESTBROOK DIVlNE, Belding. 103118 Q0- J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Oflicio State Business Agent. J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph Co. Deputies. C. L. WHITNEY, General Deputy, Muskegon. H. A. DANVILLE, North’n Mich. P.0. Marllla. Wm.KILPATBICK. Lake Co. “ Baldwin City. A H “ Wayne. w’f’?>'?’§§§’T“iI’,’ 33.-"iiiii “ “ crapo. WM. F, LEWIS, Oceana. “ “ New E1‘ 3'- Gso. B. DELONG, Monroe “ “ M°m'°9- - P t‘ . {i‘:‘o‘."s.‘i?£‘i?,””5%’§a‘23i‘§‘t33 <3rapo.‘i3n"”s‘5e co- Support the VISITOR by subscribing. Qarrcsyutidciicg. _ HOME, July 12, 1877. l'Vort/Lg Secretary (7061) .- Your article in last month’s VISITOR reminds me of a very bad habit that the farmers indulge in, that they constant- ly suffer from, seem not to realize, or to regard with indifference. It is the habit of being represented and ruled by men in other pursuits, namely, law- yers, who neither understand or care for their interests, who have no qualifi- cations to entitle them to confidence, and who often recklessly betray thejtrust reposed in them, and become the active, perhaps 0 en paid attorneys, of plun- derers of t e public treasury. In the VISITOR you speak of the nomination of eighteen lawyers. My dear sir, you put it too mildly; you do them great injustice. Half that num- ber as you say, go to Congress, with one Senator to add. Then besides these elected on the State ticket, ten lawyers were elected to "the State Senate, and twenty-one to the House of Represen- tatives, in all forty-four lawyers, all but one elected at one election, and proba- bly as many more nominated and de- feated, not because they were lawyers, but because the party that nominated them was not able to elect them. These lawyers may all be very good men. Lawyers are sometimes honest, often able men, and it is well to have such men in a legislative body, and in public positions. But lawyers are not all eith- er honest or able. Many of them are not remarkable for Qinformation or in- telligence. The qualities that distin- guish them are, brass unlimited, and boundless liberality in the use of other people’s money. Not to be trusted any- where, they are tireless in the pursuit of positions of trust in order to plun- der and betray those who trust them. The last State census of Michigan shows 314,000 persons engaged in farm- ing and agriculture, 44,280 in all other pursuits, of which l,563 are lawyers. When the farmers took possession of the State forty years ago, they found it a. wilderness where lawyers, doctors, grasshoppers and rats cou1(1_not live. Farmers subdued and reclaimed the land, caused the grass and grain to grow where grass and grain could not grow before, then came -lawyers, doctors, grasshoppers and rats to live and grow fat upon the bounty secured by others toil. Let them live and grow fat if they must, but beware they do not rule. Xou may continue to live while they get a share only of what you produce, but let them rule, they take all, and you are rullbetdus see how the matter stands to- day 314 000 farmers, 1,563 lawyers, 11 C0n.gl‘eSS!ltleI1 ; 10 lawyers; 1 lumber- man ; 1 teacher; 32 State Senators; 10 lawyers; 3 farmers»; 3 doctors; balance lumbermen, merchants &c. 100 Rep- resentatives; 28 _fa1‘I11€l’S; 21 1aVjVy91’Sa balance commercial men &c. I; it nec; essary to comment upon this s owing. A great State with an agricultural in-. terest so overwhelming that all- other interests should be merely tributary or incidental; with a farming opulation equaltoany on earth in in ustry, in- telligence and enterprise, outnumber- ing all other classes more than seven to one, and hearing all the burdens of tax- ation in greater proportion than any other class, yet consenting from year to year to remain bound hand and foot, exerting no influence, submitting to be used, always to be cheated. Eager often in political contests that concerns them little if at all, yet so careless or indifferent about public matters of real importance that they fail to realize their- own interest, duty or power, and sub- mit to be taxed annually, not knowing why, apparently regarding the payment as the only essential duty, object, or re- ward of citizenship. If farmers were too ignorant to per- form the duty of legislators or too stu- pid to learn, there would be some rea- sonable excuse for sending proxies or substitutes to look after their interests, but in many ‘districts mainly owned and occupied by farmers there can be found intelligent, honest, capable men of that class, in every respect superior to the average lawyer. It is not difli- cult to find among farmers men toler- ably well educated in all the practical matters of life, good business men, com- bining shrewdness, honesty and sound your laws and they will be such laws as you need, made in your interest, for your benefit, and not as is often the case now, to enable others to lunder you. If you will look over the tatutes of your State you will be astonished to find how little there is to interest you- except the tax laws—and you will be equally astonished at the amount of legislation required by cities and villa- ges, railroad companies, &c., and you cannot :complain if this condition of things continues, as it will continue, so long as you indulge in the habit of care- less indifference to it, or so long as you continue the bad habit of electing men to represent you who have interests in direct conflict with yours. Truly and Fraternally, ALONZO SESSIONS. ONE of the best and strongest Gi-anges in this State meets alternate- ly at the houses of its members, dis- cusses iarm topics and has a plain supper at every meeting. It amounts thus, in substance, to an old-fa.shion- ed visit of neighbors and friends with the Grange trimmings stitched» on. It is a first rate arrangement and likely to be of vast benefit every way. .We heartily commend the plan and suggest that the afternoon be taken for it, and that, in summer, after the regular exercises, the gentlemen take to the stables, orchards and fields for their discussion, and the ladies have the kitchen, the dairy and the flower garden. An early supper will let all go home in time for the evening chores.- IIe{per. a judgment. Select such men to make - A V. r‘. 5 ,‘ 2 Drifting‘ 'l‘houg_hts on Co-ope- 1-anon. Webster defines co-operation ‘- the act of co-operating, or of operating together ; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.” What illustrations are suggested to the mind, showing results accomplished by a combina- tion of effort? Why, it is seen in almost every/thing relating to human industry or activity. In the family, the school, the church, in the State ; in material matters, in building of houses or railroads, or in any depart- ment of manufactures or commerce; under despotic governments the pyra- mids and costly and magnificent tem- ples were‘ built; the cities of Tyre and N inevah, Babylon, Corinth, Alex- andria, Ephuses, Carthage, Jerusalem and manv others of historic grandeur, the abodes of opulence and luxury, were built. They could not have been erected without co-operation. It was generally an unwilling, a coerced or a compu1sory'co-operation through which these gigantic achieve- ments of the past were brought into existence. The working masses who produced these results were slaves, acting under the direction of kings and emperors, or their subordinate officers. We, of more modern civilization, boast of greater freedom, and feel a kind of security in knowing that our rulers, or as we sometimes call them, our servants, cannot call on us indi- vidually or personally to aid in build- ing a railroad or a canal, a state- house, a court-house, or a peniten- tiary. But do we not forget that, in- dividually compelled tojco operate in the construction of these improve- ments? VVhy, how'?” do you ask’! By taxation, we reply. It is true that every citizen with even the smallest amount of property, person- al or real, comes within the sphere of the ‘E assessor" and the “ collector of taxes,” and contributes (realms L‘-olcns, as the lawyers say, or of necessity) to all governmental or material on ' terprises, from which each and every ' citizen 1s aflirmed to derive benefits. VVe enjoy the benefits of greater pro- tection in a wisely digested system of laws, provided these are economically administered. But we see that the profession of the law is likely to he- come to the masses a very expensive tg/ranny, if we should judge by the enormous fees which are paid to and demanded by “sharp” or “cute” lawyers when engaged in cases in which the amount involved in litiga- tion is large, as in railroad suits, where the sums the lawyers receive for their pay bear no proportion to the time or talent put forth in man- aging the case. Ultimately these large fees are wrung (indirectly) from parties who do not see that an in- crease of freights and passenger tar- iifs must be made to pay for such fees and for fat salaries of oflicers—— ten to fifty thousand dollars per annum for a President, etc. Some favorites, through the influence of a facile board of directors, are paid such sums as no sane man supposes the recipient of the salary ever earns by his labor, physical or mental. It is true that all men are not endowed with equal talents, and consequently all cannot be equallysuccessful in the various pursuits of 11f8- The brotherhood whom we are ad- dressing have very wisely p_ut among their “ principles” one to discourage litigation, instead of encouraging men to enter the legal profession, which, though not necessarily or ex- clusively filled by unscrupulous and . dishonest men, is fast becoming a dis- reputable one. The organization we are addressingprefer to submit their differences and difficulties and griev- ances to the simpler method of arbi- tration. - Arbitration becomes the antidote to much of fraud. or avaricious self- seeking. A body of men associated on principles of conscientious recti- tude, will be more willing to abide by a reference to impartial brethren banded together for the purpose of checking dishonest and grasping mo- nopolies, than to take their chances in the lottery of Law. Law and equity should be synonymous, but how often the former, in the hands of pettifoggers and charlatans, be- comes a sham and a farce. Let the Order of Patrons of Husbandry therefore not only exalt and magnify within their organization the advan- tages of arbitration, when there are disputes or disagreements, but let their example and influence’, their advocacy of its advantages in its uni- versal application, go beyond the lim- its of the Grange, that peace and goodjwill may prevail among all class- es of the entire community. How much of the legislation of the present times has been and is contin- ually being enacted really to promote the inalienable rights of man, as epi- tomized in our immortal, yet almost forgotten Declaration of Independ- ence? ‘. ' Who are the Solons assembled in our legislative halls, who draw up bills, and for a consideration will work for the passage of schemes cun- ningly devised——not to carry out means to advance the “liberty” and increase the ‘.‘ happiness.” but to cur- tail the rights, to enchain, to impov- erish, and at last, to enslave an un- sophisticated constituency. In- stead of the ruinous process of mul- t'z'pl_7/ing our statutes, if we should use the simile of comparing our code to a garden, we should propose a sys- tem of pruning or weeding out about one-lzulf of the present enactments, and ofier premiums for the best way of having the verbosity of legal phra- seology slzorm from the other half. Have we overdrawn the picture? Are wisdom, utility and brevity char- acteristics of our laws? What im- pressions have you, my friend, of the character or the acts of those who assemble from time to time at our State capitals, ostensibly for the pub- lic good, but really for spoils? Are they true representative men ? or are they a set of men who expect to live by their wits, who glory in personal and acrimonious debate, who love to prate and orate and bleat for the edi- fication of the body politic ? We are a people deeply involved in and burdened by debt. National, state, county, city, township and farm debts, all these weigh upon and op- press the people. But the people a —Mont/zly Talk. THE GRANGE "VISITOR. have immense material resources which may be developed to meet these burdens With, 197-ooidecl honest and capable men serve us in the pub- lic offices: but is that the class we have the most of in public positions and places of trust? Thes e are thoughts for thinking men to con- sider, each one for himself," for him- self and his fellow-men to act upon. To recapitulate, then, (we do not claim the presentation of entirely new ideas), we advocate with all our power—arbitration, the least possible patronage of high-priced lawyers, fewer laws, greater simplicity in those that must be retained, working to- gether for the purchase of necessary supplies at lowest prices, greater scrutiny of character and purpose in those weplace in oflice to serve us, and holding them to a rigid account- ability for their acts. We must not wait for leaders, but our incliviclzcul responsibility must come to the front! My friend, put your hand to the pen and write occasionally for the good of the Order in your organ. “M. T.” SUBORDINATE GRANGES. — Every- thing depends upon the Subordinate Granges. If they are in good condi- tion, if the officers are capable and earnest, and prompt in the discharge of their duties, and are sustained and encouraged by all the members, then the cause will prosper. The affairs of the National and State, Granges may be ably and successfully man- aged, and enterprises for the promo- tion of the interests of the farmer class be wisely planned, yet they will come to naught if they are not sus- tained by the zealous, eflicient co- operation of the Subordinate Granges. —I{clper. Tun GRANGE.—-One of the most enjoyable and important features of the Grange in its social nature is the out-door recreations afforded Patrons during the summer months. the severe labors of the busy season, the necessarily overtasked body and mind need such recreation as is af- forded by picnics, berrying, nutting and -bottanizing excursions, which are generally made particularly at-- tractive by the selection of some beautiful grove near a sparkling stream of water, or among the green mountains, where passtimes are in- dulged in entirely diffeigent from those of the farm and field.——IIelpcr. ORIEN, July 16, 1877. BRO. J. '1‘. CoBB.—Enclosed find Quarterly Report for quarter ending June 30th, 1877, of 0rien'Grange No. 259,and $4.92 amount of State dues for the qurrter. Orien Grange is alive and in good W01"kiI1g‘ order. As a proof they met at my. house on June 2nd, for a pic nic social at which time I distributed over $400.00 _worth of Groceries to them. About sixty were in attendance. Farm- ers have secured a bountiful hay crop in splendid condition and are new bar- vesting a large crop of very fine wheat. Oa_ts and Barley promises well. VVeath- er IS very dry, we need rain. Yours Fraternally, HIRAM AND1tEWS, Sec-y. —East Bloom Grange, No. 196, Ohio, has a young lady for’ Master;.‘ After .. J. J.V\V(V)V()VI)VMA§,__h- - - (EA-w PAW Ams\v_ers to Correspondents. The following are among the ques- tions recently asked by Masters of Subordinate Granges. “ Did the National Grange decide that the currency question was po- litical?” “Has the Grange nothing to do with Religion, Politics, Currency Question, W0nian‘s Rights, or Tem- perance ‘.7 7’ “Shoulda member be permitted to read an article in the Grange on Religion, Politics, Currency Question, Woman’s Rights, Temperance, or the use of Tobacco?” “Should members of the Grange take an active part in the politics of the country? ” 1st. The National Grange at its Ninth Annual Session concurred in the following resolution. “ Resolved, That the Currency Question is rapidly becoming a P0- litical Question, and therefore should not be entertained by this Grange.” 2nd. The answers to the remaining questions must be general. The Order of Patrons of Husband- ry does not discard either religion, politics, temperance, or the rights of women ; but on the contrary, prac- tically teaches and inculcates all in their purest and most practical sense. To discard religion, temperence, and’ the rights of women, would be to dis- card our Ritual and overturn the fundamental principals of our Order. To discard politics, would be to give up our rights as citizens, and allow the interests of the agriculturist to be controlled, as they ever have been, by political demagogues, corrupt or- ganizations, and monied monopolies, having no interests in the prosperity of the cultivators of the soil, save that of absorbing the rewards of their labors. The Grange is not intended to sup- plant the church, political organiza- tions, or any other “order or associ- ation of men.” It has its own spe- cific and independent work to do, and will “labor hand in hand with other Orders and Associations,” having for their object the elevation of the race, and the common good of mankind. The religion of the Grange is prac- tically taught in the “Golden Rule,” and ‘- Ten Commandments.” The politics of the Grange is clear- ly defined by the “ Declaration of Purposes of the Order.” Entirely divorced from partizanship, it teaches " principles which underlie all true politics. all true statesmanship, and if properly carried out, will tend to pu- rify thegwhole political atmosphere of the country.” It is that which aims to devise wise, prudent and sagacious measures, adapted to promote the public welfare, without distinction of class, occupation, or profession. The Temperance, inculcated in the Grange, is that which tends to influ- ence men to govern their passions and appetites, and forsake bad habits. The rights and equality of women in the Grange are fully guaranteed by our laws and our ritual. TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR. _ The founders of the Order, in look- ing out over the world of mankind, saw the religious world divided into different sects or denominations and the political into diff- erent parties. Temperence organ- izations, ditlering somewhat in prin- ciples and teachings existed, and ad- vocates to “ womau’s right to the bal- lot,” were , found among the intelli- gent men and women of all classes, and professions in community. The Order which they were bringing into existence must, to answer the object intended, receive members from all these different denominations, parties and associations, as well as from those who professedly belong to no denomi- nation or organization. Hence it was wisely provided, that no sectarian re- ligion, or partizan politics, should be discussed ‘_'in the Grange; and the broad principle enunciated, that “dif- ference of opinion is no crime,” but progress towards truth is made by differences of opinion, while the fault lies in the bitterness of controversy.” It must therefore be inferred that members of our Order have a full right to their views upon all these questions referred to ; and to allow “ articles to be read in the Grange,” or speeches to be made which will tend to create divisions, stir up strife, or offend the sensibilities of any of the worthy members, would not be wise, or in accord ,with the princi- ples and teachings of our Order. The rights and feelings of all must be respected if ha'rm.ony is preserved in the Grange. But all questions not “ partizau or personal” in their na- ture, intended to enlighten, elevate, and benefit the members, should not only be allowed to be discussed, but encouraged. 3rd. Every member of the Order should be a reading, thinking, work- ing politician,not in a partizan sense, but in that sense and spirit which be- comes every good citizen, and bene- factor of mankind. “It is right for every member to do all in his power, legitimately, to influence for good the action of any political party to Which he belongs.” “ It is his duty to do all he can in is own party to put d0WI1 bribery, corruption, and trickery; to see that none but competent, faithful and honest men, who will 'unfl_mch- ingly stand by our industria_1_inter- ests are nominated for all positions Of trust ; and to have carried out the principle which should always char- acterize every patron, that the ofiice should seek the mom and not the man the ofiiee.” I am also requested to answer the following in the VISITOR. “ Has a member, who takes an ap- peal from the action _of his Grange in suspending or expelling him from the Order for violation of Obligation, or conduct unbecoming a T’a:tI'0Da the right to attend the. meetings of the Grange, pending his trial before the County or State Grange?” A member of the Order who has been tried by his Grange, “_ upon charges of violation of Obligation or conduct unbecoming a Patron,” and suspended or expelled from member- ship, has the right to appeal from the action of his_ Grange, to the County or State Grange; but the act of ii?‘ pealing does not restore him to mem- bership. He should not be admitted to the meetings of the Grange, or re- ceive instructions in any of the un- written work of the Order, until the sentence has been reversed by his Grange, or set aside by higher au- tliority. Article 6th of the Constitution. I exceedingly regret to again be compelled to call the attention of Masters of Granges to the frequent complaints that are being made against the Masters of Subordinate Granges for violating Article 6th of the Constitution, by taking members into the Grange for less than the Constitutional fees. The complaints set forth that such practice is work- ing great injury to contiguous Gran- ges, and the Order generally. It is evident that the Master must be held responsible for allowing such irregularities to be practiced in the Grange. The Constitution, and the obligation he takes as Master of the Grange, to support it, are before him; and it is made his duty to see that no law is violated. I trust that no fur- ther occasion will be given for such complaints to the State Grange, for there they must be met. A Character--Sometime Seen. An ancient Granger hiccoughed recently that the Grange “ was doing no good—was a poor thing." And as we left him, we pondered over the strange remark and to account for it, mentally recalled some prominent features in the history of the old “Coon” himself. To our certain knowledge, he joined the Grange from selfish motives~not from any desire to enjoy the society of his neighbors, or to benefit others. He attended the meetings, now and then, to ascer- tain what was to his own advantage, refused to hold oflice or serve on com- mittees, and never paid one cent as quarterly dues. We remember he had been kept out of a lawsuit by the Grange, in which he would have been worsted ; that he bought implements, goods, boots, saddles, sewing nia- chines, and sundry other articles for his family at reduced prices, because of his connection with the Grange, the amount saved thereby being sulfi- cient to pay his clues jar a century. We remembered that while he was thus profiting by the Order, he was remarkable in his assertions to out- siders, that “ the Grange was next to Religion, was religion enough for him.” But now, crops are short, the old “ coon ” is out of cash, the Grange Agent won’t buy for him on credit, and the Secretary of the Grange has——-unpardonable offense-— dunned him for his dues l Well——let him go—he thinks he has secured all he can from the Order, and ungrate- fully and untruthfully——as he well knows—asserts the Grange to be a “ poor thing,” and serenely awaits to be dropped from the roll for non- payment of dues, and thus square his account—a martyr to the injustice of his neighbors. When the Order is happily rid of all such, we can then truly boast of its purity, decency and efiiciency.-- Exchcmge. ' 4.416%» .- 4 THE GRANGE VISITOR. THE GRANGE VISITOR. SCHOOLCRAFT, JULY, 1877. getrctarfs écpartntent. J. T. COBB, ~ - - - SCHOOLCRAFT. Oflicers and members of S_ubordinate_Granges in corresponding with this ofiice, will please always give the Number of their Grange. BLANKS. Blanks that are sent free from this oflice on application are: Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Suh- ordinate Granges. Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0- mona Granges. , _ Blank application for organizing Pomona Granges. Blank applications for Membership in Pomona Granges. Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer. Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges. ' Blank Certificates of Election to County Convention. Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to the State Grange. Blank for Consolidation of Granges. Blank Application for Certificate of Dimit. Blank Plaster Order. , Blank Certificate of Incorporation‘. The last of June I dropped in to the Grange Store of the Allegan County Patrons at Allegan. I had but one hour and a half to spare be- tween trains. I found Bro. Stegeman, the founder and manager of this en- terprise so busy dealing out goods to customers that he could scarcely snatch a minute of time from his work for any other purpose. With his wife as assistant, and a. cheap boy, Bro. S. was selling to Patrons over $125.00 worth of goods per day. There was no mistake about Patrons getting the worth of their money, as butfour per cent. is added to the ac- tual cost of the goods sold. Each purchaser receives with his goods a bill of items, with the cost price of each article. To the total of the bill four per cent. is added and the amount paid then and there. There is no higgling about prices—the goods are all plainly marked with the cost price, and the customer knows that the business is run in his interest alone. The selling party is his agent working for stipulated pay. There is no occasion for deception. N 0 cred- it is asked and none given. The Pat- nons of this County are, of course, get- ting well posted as to the cost of goods. The week before I was there the salesfooted up $1,500.00; add to this the profits usually charged and the amount would have been but lit- tle less than $2,000.00. This store was started in a small way, keeping open doors but one or two days in a week, but it has grown in the eonfi- dence of Patrons until in spite of a determined and long continued oppo- sition, it is now recognized as regular in its way, and ‘no one is foolish enough to think of killing it by any process, patent or otherwise. The cooperation enterprises do not fail when the management falls into the hands of men experienced in business, honest and thoroughly in earnest in the work. Such a man is Bro. Stegeman, and he is so devoted to the idea of demonstrating the practicability of co-operation that he inspires confidence in those who be- come acquainted, with him and his business. Though there are very many good men and women who would not aban- don the Grange if they knew its business department would never save thema dollar, yet it cannot be de- nied that financial success is potent to make the Order strong in mem- bers and influence. While our weakest Granges are often found in villages, Allegan Cen- tral Grange, N o. 53, has steadily in- creased its membership since June 1st, 1876. At that time it had 86 members. June 30th,1877, 184 are reported. Ila-1-vesters vvitll Binders. The biizcling attachment to the har- vester has been an object of general interest to the farmers in this part of the State this season. There have been in use in this vicinity, two of the McCormick machines with binders, seven Wood machines with bind- ers and one “ Harvest Queen,” manu- factured by Adams & French. I spent half a day examining these machines and their Work, and am free to say that the three machines of the kinds named were all doing good work. The McCormick Machine was cut- ting Lancaster wheat, badly injured by insect, not less than one-third of the crop down. By cutting only on three sides of the field, and cutting very low, the wheat was nearly all gathered up and bound. The “Harvest Queen” was cutting very heavy green wheat, and bind- ing it at the rate of about 12 acres per day. The cost of wire is about 30 cents per acre. Only one man is required to drive and operate these machines, and their cutting capacity varies but little. There are several of the Gordon binders in this county but I saw none at work. Harvest hands have been plenty- exceeding the demand, and for some of the poor fellows who were foot sore in search of work, and who were looking upon the harvester and bind- er as invaders, if not of their rights, certainly of their chances of earning a living I felt a sympathy that seemed only to call up the question, when will all those willing to earn an honest living by labor find an oppor- tunity. Though all early sown whe t, both red and white, was very much injured by insect, yet the quality is excellent and the crop will be an average one in amount. , From many other parts of tl'1e,State our correspondence indicates that the crop was uninjured, and is very much above an average in quality and quantity. A few Crop reports have been re- turned to this office and I hope many more will be forwarded as soon as the hurry of harvest is past, and Lecturers can get a little time to at- tendto this matter. Do not fail to read the advertise- ment of D.C. Reed & Co. I am assured by farmers who have tried the Spring Tooth barrow that it is as good in use as claimed for it by the a'dvertisers. Granges delinquent in reports from Secretariesjfor quarter ending March 31st, 1877: Nos. 4, 5, 26, 28. 44, 48, 49, 50, 57, 62, 63, 70, 75, 77, 78, 81, 83, 94, 95, 96, 111, 114,126, 135, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145 146, 147, 156, 157, 160, 161, 168, 180, 183, 191, 198, 200, 203. 204, 206, 207, 209, 211, 112, 214, 223, 225, 228, 229, 233, 236, 238, 244, 245, 247, 249, 250, 255, 257, 268, 273, 275, 276, 288, 295, 297, 302, 308, 319, 320, 330, 338, 339, 340, 347, 352, 356, 364, 371, 375, 377, 385, 396, 402, 409, 410, 411, 412, 418, 416, 430, 431, 444, 445, 447, 449, 457, 469, 470, 473, 429, 486, 487, 488, 492, 496, 498, 500, 501, 502, 508, 509, 510,523, 526, 530, 531, 534 538, 5-12, 544, 551, 552554, 560, 561, 565, 567, 569, 573, 575, 576, 585, 587, 589, 591, 596,598, 600, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 612, 617, 626. This list does not include those dor- mant Granges that have not reported for a year or more, of which there are quite a number, who seem practically dead, though they have not formal- ly surrendered their charter. After the form containing the State Agents Department was made up we recieved more copy from him. He says Salt can now be had in car lots of 80 barrels, for 80 cents per barrel. Every Grange should order a car load at once before there is an advance. Masters and Secretaries should call attention to this at the first meeting. Self-sealing quart fruit cans $10.50 I per gross—two quart, $14.00. OUR Lady friends have failed to put in an appearance in their Depart- ment this number, and compelled us to borrow an article or leave a blank column for them, Sisters, this won’t do—Now that a Department has been assigned you, we can’t get along with- out communications. Shall we have them ? VVE. have a card from E. F. VViley, making inquiry about the VISITOR. We cannot answer as there is no date, post olfice, or anything to indicate in lwhat part of the State Bro. Wiley ives. O. R. INGERSOLL of the Patrons Paint Co., 258, Front St. New York, offers Paris Green at 306 a pound in packages of 14, 28 or 56 pounds. DANIEL WEBSTER is credited with having said: “ If I had as many sons as old Priam, I would have them all learn a trade, so they would have something to fall back on in case they failed in speculations.” A Philadelphia paper moralizes thus sensibly thereon: “The number of young men who are brought up to no useful trade or calling, is on the in- crease. The effect of this is seen in political life, where thousands of men are begging, as at present in VVash- ington, for “ position” with a vague idea that their untrained powers and ignorance can find shelter in some cosy nook where they may at least draw their pay. Being practically of no earthly use to themselves or any 0119 9159. they only hope to find some _place_where they can continue to ex- 1st without benefit to any one. A destitute young man, without a trade, and who is‘not qualified by practice to fill any position to become a tramp, and the chances are that he will be- come one, or fare even worse by be- coming a criminal.— —Ea:. THE GRANGE VISITOR. 2ettur2r's’ écpurtmcnt. 1- WHITNEY, - - - MUSKEGON. C. In the Field. There is no better way to judge of the prosperity of crops, stock, die, than to go in to the field where they are. The same is true of any enter- prise. He who is on the ground taking observations is better qualified to judge of success than those who have not observed the work. - As announced in a former number of the VISITOR we visited St. Joseph County Grange on the 7th ult. and only wish every member of the Or- der in the State could have been there to have shared in the interest, and carried the same home with them. Even one of the true Patron type from each Grange could have carried a little leaven to his own sphere, and it soon would have leavened the whole body of those associated with him, inciting them to harmony, more interest, zeal and devotion to the great work of tr u e co-operation among members as well as Granges. The matter of Crop reports was well discussed in this meeting and some full and detailed reports made of the crops in some Granges which will result in maturing a better plan and uniformity of work. We are more than ever impressed with the fact that County Granges are neecessary to carry out the best sys- tem of Crop Reports that can be had and immediate results be obtained by those thus associated together The results of too early sowing- of wheat was profitably discussed for a time, deducing many facts relative to the fly which caused the destruction of so much wheat in that section. We must say a passing word of Centerville Grange. It has a fine large hall with spacious ante-rooms and a dining hall with tables and oth- er conveniences of which any Grange might be proud. The main Hall is carpeted with a beautiful ingrain car- pet and well furnished, an elegant home for an earnest Grange. On the same day that we visited Centreville, Berlin Grange, No. 90, celebrated its anniversary, and we deeply regretted that we could not attend. Bro. Thomas Moore“ was present and spoke upon the good of the Order. largest ever had in that vicinity, and those who had thought the Order would become quiet were much sur- prised. _ ' On the 14th we had the pleasure of attending a Pic-Nic and plowing match of Porter Grange. Cass County. Notwithstanding the rainy aspect of the mom, the attendance was quite large and every body seemed to en- joy themselves. In the evening the Grange convened at their hall for in- struction, which we were pleased to give. The attendance and interest of this Grange is good, and success has attended the efforts of their purchas- ing agency. _ _ The 19th was the day for the dedi- cation ot North Plains Grange Hall, No. 281, in Ionia County and the meeting of the Ionia County Grange. The turn-out was the‘ Time and space will not permit a full and minute notice of the meeting and the interest manifest. The attend- ance of the members of the County Grange was large and twenty-five more were duly initiated into the higher work of the Order. The mat- ter of marketing wool and wheat was discussed at length, and left in the hands of the purchasing and selling agent, Bro. Welch. Ionia County is fortunate indeed to have the labors and experience of so valuable an agent. It was estimated by good judges that ‘on the 18th ult. the amount of money taken by farmers for their wool was $5,00U,00 more than it would have been for the wool sold 'that day if there had been_no Grange Agent in the field. Prices ranged from 38 to 42 cents and no dockage, while at Grand Rapids the same day, wool brought but 32 cents, with the usual docking for heavy fleeces. At least $20,000,00 has been saved to the farmers of Ionia County on wool this year through the Agency and the County Grange. What has been done in Ionia should be looked into by the County Granges and like efforts made for other Coun- ties. North Plains is a beautiful town- ship of land and the owners are alive to their interests in havinga good Grange and making it permanent by the erection of a fine Hall, 60 by 28 feet, and well finished and furnished, on an acre of land to be flanked by sheds for horses on the North and “feet. The hall cost about $1,500, and is well worth the money. The dinner to which all were invited was enjoyed by many from outside of the Mystic Gate. The dedication ser- vices were well carried out. The singing added 'much to the occasion and all went off well. The Hall was crowded and many could only look in. It hasbeen said that the Grange at North Plains was dying out, however this may be we cannot say, but if what we saw was the way they die at North Plains we shall move there soon. Ottawa County is moving to organize a County Grange. May she succeed and all counties now organ- ized, perfect their work. . THERE are two classes of men that can be dispensed With: Those curi- ous fellows, who were anxious to climb the slippery pole or ride the Granger’s goat. They had their(':uri- osity gratified when they slipped from the top of the pole. and turned a sum- mersault over the head of the goat. Second, the cross-road politicians, who, through the Grange, intended to mount the firey steed that was ulti- mately to carry them to the goal of their ambition. -Poor fellows 1 they found on" examination that the spread eagle did not have half the footing in the Grange that the brahma rooster did.‘ These fellows are falling out of line, and the sooner the better. Pat- rons, lend them a helping hand. .?———————Z7<*?““ ' __ The Patrons of Illinois have or- ganized an aid society with Brother A. P. Forsyth; Master of the State Grange, as President, and ‘Brother J. M; Chambei-s, Secretary of the State Grange, Secretary. \Vlly Did VVe Not Use the Grange? “If we had but used our Granges there is not a doubt but that we could ' have united upon afarmer and placed l him at the head of the Agricultural 1 Department, Washington. A delega- 1 {ion of Patrons representing the wish- g es of the million Patrons of the § United States would have had its ef- f feet, provided the choice on our part would have been a wise one. The plan of selecting a man outside of all place hunters. within or outside the Grange would have made it practical to unite in our selection. But here is the difliculty, we do not use the means at our hand. - W'e do not pre- sent the wishes of our class and back them, as we should, by the influence of the Grange, which is a power when a unit upon any appeal. The Presi- dent is surrounded by appeals and representatives of a constant horde of politicians. They seek him by every art and avenue. Could not ac- cess be more readily gained by agri- culturists and representatives of the thousand Patrons of each State, es- pecially upon a matter of agricultural interest? VVhy do we not promptly use the Grange in such emergencies‘? Whenever we thus fail to use it, its enemies cite such failure to its in- efliciency.” There is much of truth in_ the above, which we clip from the Farm- ers Friend, but it does not justify in any degree the appointment of Gen. Leduc to the office of Commissioner of Agriculture. We are reminded of an eminent Statesman’s condemnation of an act of a fellow Senator. Said he, “ ’tis a crime, yes, worse than a crime, ’tis a blunder.” We can conceive of no more inexcusable blunder than the Administration has committed in this appointment. The case is not one for argument as the wrong is sell'evi- dent. G We commend for consideration the plan proposed by the Ilusbandman, in the following article, for disposing of the whole matter. - “ When the announcement was made that the one place in the gen- eral government devoted to the pro- motion of Agriculture was filled by the appointment of Gen. Wm. G. Leduc of Minnesota, we had a strong desire to know something of the man selected to represent the greatest in- dustry of the country. The telegraph brought the news that he had been a quartermaster in the army, a railway contractor, and a persistent seeker for ofiice ; none of these biographical hints being very assuring to farmers who have long waited to have the Agricultural Bureau at Washington’ transmitted into something which its name implies; or abolished. With a desire to learn if the appointee really had any qualifications for the place, we addressed letters to several gen- tlemen in Minnesota asking for in- formation. The replies are before us and it gives real pleasure to record this one fact. “ Gen. Leduc is a gen- tleman.” We make this statement without reserve for it is supported by the eonccurrent testimony of the let- ters received. We know the writers personally and we are pleased to add that they are gentlemen. We shall 5 . .,l_.“/.;w, _y.‘iI'|l“-3|PN‘u‘-‘:.v'nuu'a—._ ..x_ ‘was organized April 11th. They ex- ‘excellent Governor-elect is not only a ‘I I’ I’ I 7 ‘C I l be quite satisfied now if Congress? will change the name of General Le- * duc's Bureau so that his title shall be I , Commissioner of Gentlemen. Agriculture will not suffer by the ‘ change and gentlemen will be much , gratified by such recognition. It will tend to obliterate class distinction. and reduce gentlemen to a common , level. We shall have done with such ‘ designations as Military, Railroad); and Agricultural, to show the difi'er- . ent kinds of gentlemen. We should ‘~ meet on the level and part on the square—gentlemen all. As chief of.‘ the Bureau of course Gentleman Le- duc will be chief gentleman. 'i*iié"{fiI6ie Field. —The Dominion Grange of Canada was incorporated at the last meeting of Parliament. —The Uanaclizm (:'vran,(/e is advo- , eating the institution of a Grange co- . operative banking house. /There was ‘$800,000 saved to the farmers of California last year by 00- 3 operation in selling their wheat. —The Grange supply house at Tiflin, Ohio, done a busines of $3-100,00 on a capital of $2,500, last year. —There will be a convention of Patrons held at the -Grange all in San Francisco, this month, to select the questions upon which the Patrons desire legislation. ——Grange No. 90, New Hampshire, pect to reach a round hundred before ‘the close of the year. ——Portsmouth Grange, No. 22, N. H., was organized March 2d, 1874, with a complement of thirty charter members. It now numbers about one hundred and twelve, with con- stant accessions. —— Brother M. D. Davie, Master of the Kentucky State Grange, is en- gaged in visiting all the Counties of his State in the interest of the Grange. He is having fine meetings and the farmers of Kentucky evince great interest in the work. —— The Portsmouth (N. H.) lVeekly rejoices over the fact that their new, practical farmer, but also a member of the Order of Patrons—a true Granger. — The Granges situated in the vi- cinity of Malta, Morgan County, Ohio, are starting a co-operative store, with a capital of $10,000, divided into shares of $5 each. They have about $3,000 subscribed by about 200 stock- holders. — The Indiana State business agent says : “ The orders continue to in- crease each week, and it is highly gratifying to us that our efforts to supply the place of a State agency is so greatly appreciated by the Granges who have no home place for trading.” — The Master of the Kentucky State Grange stated recently that the records of the State Grange show that 150 dormant Subordinate Gran- ges have been revived and put to Work again within the last sixty days, and that the Grange is now in better working order than ever before TI-IE‘ GRANGE $321113: Eepartnteut. - CENTREVILLE. . IH. GARDNER, The following firms at Detroit agfee f ‘ to do business for patrons, and With . whom I have arrangements. _ Thomas Beck, 106, Woodbridge St. Commission. M. Limbacli, lltl, Woodward Ave .» nue, Hardware. - T. A. Parker, 01 Woodward Ave- nue, Grocer. _P Y George Peck & Co., 1.1.», Woodward ‘ Avenue, Dry Goods. Cleveland Bulk Oil Company, Foot of VVoodward Avenue. -Farr-and, Williams it Co.. Drugs,‘ Paints, and Oils. A.. F. Starling, Boots and Shoes. Detroit Paper Company, Station- ery. _ Wilson, Luther &: \Vilson, lteediiig, . Lumber. Fuller dz Potter, Greenville, Lumber. ,- E. Hayward & Brother, Casinovia, 3 Lumber. Either of these three firms will, I sell lumber, lath and shingles in ear - ; load lots at wholesale prices, rough or dressed, and all wanting to use,‘ lumber this season. had best to con- 4 sult me or one of the above firms for prices, by sending a bill of the kinds l wanted. I also have an arrangement ‘ for doors, sash and blinds at low fig-A ures. Harvest is now over and most farni- — ers have secured good crops. There is now time to look around and see ‘ what is needed for the comfort of our families, and what further implements to finish up the seasons work. Eve- ry Patron whose wife and daughter are not already supplied with a first class sewing machine, should order one of me at once. Afull Cabinet black walnut case machine is now offered for $35.00, anda good ma- chine on a plain table for $18.00, that . will do all kinds of family sewing. Send me your orders for furniture ; Walnut extension tables for '1' 5 cents a foot and all other kinds at propor- tionate prices: I have still a stock of plows on hand, consisting of the J onesville, Union City, Battle Creek and Kala- mazoo chilled plows, all good and in order, at bottom prices which I will put on car here at wholesale figures for a single plow. I am now receiving orders for drills, and I desire all wanting, to forward their orders at once.- The Champion, eight hoes, can be had for $50.00; Superior nine hoes for $60.00; the new shoe drill, eleven hoes for $68.00; thirteen hoes for $75.00 ; and plaster attachmegit to the shoe drill for $15.00 additional. This drill can not choke with grass or weeds. Orders should be sent at once, so that I may know how many and what kinds are wanted. I can now furnish all kinds of do- mefstlc 80058 b)’ the piece at cost prices ; good prints for six cents a yard; sheetings and shirtings at very low figures. BUY W001_en goods soon for. winter wear, as prices will advance before long. First class boots and shoes from the Sovereigns of Industry, and VISITOR. lladies’ boots and shoes, on hand in 1' stock. , _ 1 Masters and Secretaries should call i the attention of the Grange to these lthings at each meeting and make :1 I list of articles wanted to be ordered of the Agent, and say that all kinds of :goods are furnished by him at the ' lowest rate to be obtained. -I expect the pay will be sent to me, as dealers 5 charge me with all goods ordered of them, and confusion arises when it is I not done so. , I have a few hay rakes on hand 9 which I will dispose of for a years‘ ~ interest less than the cost, so that ,' any one needing a rake for next sea- lson can have one now as low as it r could be had next year and confer a j favor on me. - ' I can still furnish wagons for , $58.00, and buggies fo r$80.00, for cash with the orders. New Japan i Teas on hand of this season’s growth, at sixty-five cents per pound, for ' the best quality; good for sixty, and fair for fifty. I am still furnishing lumber and " shingles by the car load at mill pri- ces, and all building materials at = wholesale figures. The Master or ISecretary should sign all orders or have the impress of the Seal to avoid ‘ imposition. Entries’ éepartmenf. llousekeeplng by Proxy." Nothing can be done by any one ,» who does not care enough for the ; matter to take a good deal of trouble to get what he wants; and to those 1 who insist so warmly that a house cannot be made pretty and attractive * without money, I venture to insist as ; warmly that money is the least im- ' portant element in the business! Taste and contrivance are of far more importance than money; and of all the attractive houses that it has been 3 my good fortune to see, by far the greater number have owed their at- tractiveness to the taste and to the attractiveness of their owners rather than to their long purses. A person with no need to think about the cost of ‘anything may go into Cottier‘s rooms and buy and order right and left. and give the house commission to decorate, and furnish, and uphol- ster, and fill his cabinets with “ old blue," and never spare for cost, and when all is done, no body who comes to visit him shall say, ‘- How beauti- ful this is! How interesting! What taste you have l" but only, “Oh, then, I see that Cottier has been with you l" There has simply been a transfer of goods from one show place to another. The truth is, we are depending too much in these days on furniture and brie a-brac for the ornament of our homes, and not enough on ‘things more permanently interesting. We ought to seek (at least so it seems to me) the, individual expressions of our- selves, of our own family life, our Ways of living, ' thinking, acting, more than the doing as other people are doing, more than the having What pther people are having. I am not in for a. tilt against fashion; fashion- able people may do what they like; THE ' G-RANGE VISITOR. ’twer vain to say them nay.” They may buy..- embossed brass coal-scut- tles and put them in the middle of the '1 parlor hearths, in front of dummy fire-places, neither coal-scuttle nor fire-place ever having been intended to be used-,; they may put china cats , -' th'k'tt‘ . nmsmg 6” 1 ens on than gatm , This morning they are up nicely’. ‘It!’ sofas, and enjoy their being taken for real ones by old beaux and maiden ladies ; they may put artificial floW- : ers in their garden boxes in their‘ windows; they may do anything that comes into their nonsensical pretty heads, and all we shall have to say about it is what old Mrs. G. said after some stylish girls had been “going, on” and “ showing off” their new-fan- gled dress and airs: “How nice it is for them to do so, dear ! ”—Clar- cnce Cook. .-S'c7-ibner for Jllay. Qammunitatiuns. (ELIMAX, July 17, 1s77. Ii’/'0. J. .7’. Cobb.-—-It is pretty hot? weather and busy times to attempt to you something for the VISITOR, but. if you will for this time be content with a = little, and take what you can get, I will i try and make amends at some future time for past short comings. farmers and Graiigei's of Climax are = flourishing, and I can say that we are doing as well as most of our neighbors ; Of - course we don’t; get through harvesting 3 with "whom we come in contact. as quick as some, for we are right in the midst of it now. this section wheat has had a hard tight with the Hessian fly and a good deal of it had to knock under, but what there was left held out bravely, bound to fill if it took all summer. It has done it too, and you probably never , saw handsomer Michigan wheat than I we can show you this year. This township will raise about as much wheat as it (lid last year and of far better quality, but it makes some of us sigh when,we think how much more we should have had if these flies had kept at a distance; 25,000 bushels in the town will not any more than cover the damage caused by these pests; and speaking of the insects reminds me to tell you that our Grange is to have a se- , ries of talks, lectures or what you may please to call them, from the Master, on the subject of Entomology. He pro- poses to discuss the general structure, classification, metamorplioses and» hab- ‘ its of the insect world, describing a‘ number of the leading pests, and also those that are beneficial to the farmer. These talks will be continued along as 1, theiiiterest evinced seems to demand or warrant. The first of the series is to be given at our next regular meeting. Another member of the Grange is to. give us a lecture on the conditions of ; health, to be followed at some future time by one on physiology of animals with special reference to their diseases and method of treatment. He is one of otir new members and well qualified. ; Time for practical discussions and the other real Work of the Grange has been :1 good deal interfered with of late by the admission of new members, but We intend to get back to work as fast as we , can. \Ve hope before a great while to V have the results of some, farm experi- meiits to talk over and prepare for more. I have been busy lately with some me- chanical experiments. Last spring I wanted a seed drill to use in my garden and not being satisfied with the price or the work of those in the market, I went to work to get up one. Other business interfered so that I have but lately finished it, but now I have It. I have got a seed driil that will sow al- most any kind of seed from tobac00 t0 black walnuts, and either scatter them _ I suppose, j of course, you wish to know how we The fact is that in l and was ; l , along continuously or space. them any , distance apart you wish from four inch- es to six feet, and will_drop as much or as little seed as you wish._ It will sow turnipseed or plant corn and put it in drills or hills as you desire.‘ I just got it at work last Friday: and sowed a patch of t_llI'l’llpS to try it, dropping three seed in a place ‘six. inches apart. has cost Arne about $4.50, besides my time working at it-. it will be, and as there is only that one in existence there are none for sale. Well, I have briefly told you what our Grange is doing and what I have been doing. Now let us hear from some of the rest. Speak out brethren, and free yourininds. 14‘. HODGMAN, . Climax Grange, No. 72. S(fl{0()I.Cl{AL‘T GRANGE HALL, a July, 21, 1377. , It is not patented f yet, but I am under theimpressioii that ‘ THE KALAMAZO0 Spring Tooth Gultivalar __0R__ HABBOW! Manutactured by REED & C0., Kalamazoo, Mich. Saves time and motley to the Farmer. This new Farm Implement is likely to sup- plant ‘several of the good implements now in use as it alone will do the work of the Cultiva- tor, Harrow and Gang Flow. The teeth are about ’five feet long, bent nearly to a circle, and are made of the best oil tempered spring steel. Its advantages over the common Cultivator and ; Harrow are : lst. It is only about half as heavy as the two 1 horse Cultivator, while the teeth inclining for- ; ward enter the ground readily. IEii'i'roa L1'RA.\'(il<] Visi'roii..—A Dis-E cussion by this Grange of the question of marketing the present wheat crop awakened a good deal of inthrest and resulted in the adoption of the follow- ing Preamble and Resolution, and I lished in the Visrroir. rent to all observers that the graneries I of the world are nearly empty, and Whcreas,—'l‘lie price now oflf'ered for wheat of the new crop is below what . we believe to be its real value, therefore Resolved,——That we recommend to 1 Michigan Patrons to hold their crop at not less than $51.50 per ptishel for any va- riety of l\Ierchantable wheat. The questions for consideratioii in two \Veeks are :— \-‘Vhat varieties of wheat——at what time, and in what man- : the State put in their wheat crop this 1 year, and when manure is applied should it be done before or after plant- ingi’ VV. B. Conn, Sccy. (}Hl£S’l‘14IHl<‘ll-11.1) GI’.-AN(:I<2 HAI.I., 1 MT. CLEMENS, June 23, 1877.f Buo. CoBi3.—Please find enclosed l’. 0. Order for $2.58, for dues; $1.50, for fees; 500 for Receipt Book from Secre- i tary to inenibers and :3-3 cts. for -30 ap- plications. . The Grange interest at Chesterfield still continues to hold good. \Ve are slowly getting in such nienibers as we consider will be of value to our Order, 3 believing that ten good working incin- bers are better than a full house of those that are not in fullsyinpatliy with us. \Ve in this part of the State feel as though the next session of the State Grange should be held in Detroit if sui- , table rooms could be had at reasonable rates, believing a good interest for the Order could be awakened. Hope that the Executive Committee will take some steps in the matter as soon as is convenient, if other arrangements have not been made. J. \V. ALLoit. Dl£.\’.'l‘Elt, Mir:u.—-June 30, 1877. Ben. COBB.——Please find enclosed $1.56, our quarterly dues for the quarter ending June 30th, 1877. You see by our small returns that we are not very strong ‘in numbers, but I have to struggle hard to exist here, but ,.z.'.cto7jy has crowned our efforts thus far, we will pull togeflzer. g Fraternally Yours, ‘ _ ' \V. D. SMITH, Sec’y of No. 5-31. BERRIEN S—1:mNcts, uly 20, 1877. EDITOR VIs1'roR.——Berrien County Grange will hold a Basket Picnic near the Berrien Centre Grange Hall, August 10th. The following bpeakers have be u invited to be present: J. Webster Childs; J. J. Woodman, and C. L. VVhitney. A cordial invitation l is extended to all localitleS- HOPIDE to meet many of our friends from abroad on thisoccasion, I remain, Yours Fraternally, ’ THOMAS MARS, Master. T’-W35 instructed to h3v"e' the 531119 Dub‘ . constant motion prevent their clogging. »»I.—i‘ - respond to your kind invitation to send! Wbereas It MS been mdde appd tier should the farmers in this part of ‘~ assure you that we ai'e in fail/I» \Ve‘. and will all over our whole country if r 2nd. It cuts twice as Wide and draws easier. 3rd. It stirs more ground with less power for the following reasons ; The teeth being narrow, sharp, points polished, and inclining forward, work with much less friction. 4th. It adjusts itself more readily to uneven ground. 6th. The circular form of the teeth and their 6th. The points of the teeth incline forward, running easy and natural, thoroughly stirring the ground, and when a tooth strikes any solid substance it springs back and upward, thereby clearing the substance and immediately enter- ing the ground again witho ut interfering with the working of the other teeth. , 7th. It can be moved from place to place as readily as a. common sled, by simply turning it upside down. 8th. The teeth keep themselves sharp in using, thereby saving all the trouble and ex- pense attending the sharpening the teeth of the common drag or Cultivator. ‘Jtli. -It will alone do the work of the Culti- vator, Harrow, Drill, Pulverizer and Gang Plow, saving the expense of so many tools. 10th. The constant spring of the teeth re- lieves it from roots, stone or stubble, thereby saving the stopping and lifting olf the ground; any boy capable of handling horses can use it. lltli. The wood frame of this Harrow works so close to the ground that it prevents the sod turning up, while the sharp polished teeth out the roots of the sod, and leaves the surface of the ground even and well pulverized to the depth of about four inches. It cuts the same depth in hard ground as in soft. There being no wheels, shafts, gearing of any kind, there is nothing to get out of order. The simple frame and teeth are all there is of it, and there is no such thing as getting out of oi dei‘. Testimonials. I{.ii..-iM.w.oo, Micli., Jan . 213, 1:577. I; am well acquainted with the S1’I{I!\'G '].‘O0’I‘ll l)1tAH. I have used one for three years, and I think it will save more time and labor than any other Agricul- tural Iniplcmw-nt I ever saw, by sixty percent. JOIIN MILIIAM. K.\LAElIAZO\), .\iich., Jan. 26, 1877. D. C linen, Esq. :-—.l)I:u7‘ b'£r:—Being interested in the iniprovenicnt of Farm Implements, and feeling it A pleasure as well as a duty to encourage the niuiinfactiire of any article that will ailvance the interest of the fur- niers, I wish to speak of the SPRING TOOTH DRAG, which I have had in use on my {aim for the last two rears. 1 think it the most labor-saving inipliinent for titting ground for seed I have ever used. One pziii‘ ol horses handle it well, and will do as much work on :4 hard summer fallow in one day as two teams will do with the best forty tooth Drug or Cultivator I everownml. It saves fully oin:—lialf the labor of any other Drug or Cultivator I have ever seen. .. Very respectfully yours, W. 11. COBB, l’res‘t of Kalamazoo Co. Agriculturzil Society. KALAMAZ00, l\Iich., Jan. 28, 1877. l. have l)SDLl one of the SPRING TOOTH PUL\'E1t- I’/ZERS for the last year. 1 can safely say that I can do as much work with it in one day as I can in two days with any other Drag or Cultivator I ever used, and the spring of the tooth prevents its clogging. HENRY BECKWITII. KALAMAZOO, Mich., Jan. 24, 1877. I have been watching the SPRING TJOTH DRAG for tlic-‘last. year, to stisfy myself if it would work among stone. I took one on trial, and I found it worked per- fectly aniong stone and every other place. I think it saves halt’ the labor in fitting ground and putting in mops, JNO. F. OLIVER. KALADIAZOO, Mich., Jan. 27, 1877. I have used the SPRING TOOTH DRAG on my farm for two years. I have carefully tested its merits beside the best 40-tooth Scotch Harrow, and find the SPRING TOOTH, in passing over the ground once. will leave it more thoroughly pulverized and in better condition than the Scotch Drag will in going over it twice. In order to test this Drag further. I put in part of my wheat last fall with :1. Drill, and part I sowed broadcast, ahd draggezl it in with the SPRING TOOTH IIARROW. I found that the latter came up first and grew the fastest, and looked the best on the approach of winter. WM. SGUDDER. i§’i Send to D. C. REED A: C_o.. Kalamazoo. or J. H. GARDNER, Centervillc, for Circulars and Prices. _,......~.....».-as -» ,.;,,__.... .~:ra~s-mv:-was-mm... , I «- - 8 THE GRANGE VISITOR- THE REAPER DEATH. DIED.---Sistor Lizzie Bosworth,a Worthy ' Member of Georgetown Grange No. 458. This notice was accompanied with a lengthy Preamble and Resolutions descriptive of the meritsof the deceased. which under the rule “ adopted we cannot publish. This we regret, but frequently when we go to press, we have several of those Obituary Notices of such length as to require for all, nearly a. page of the ; paper. Our friends must be satisfied with a . brief notice of the fact with but little more than name, time and place of death. For so 3 much we always have room.‘ PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES l l l l Kept in the ofllce of the Secretary of the l MICHIGAN s TAT E GRANGE. l l l 3 And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Or- der, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange, and the simzature 0 its IlIaste7' or Secretary. Ballot Boxes, (hard Wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 2:7 Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hu11drcd,.. . G0 ‘ Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . l 00 Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . l 00 Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound, . Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applications for Membership, per 100, .. . . Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . VVi_thdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illustrated Visiting or Traveling Cards, each, . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . By-Laws of the State and Subordinate Granges, single copies 5c, per doz., . . . . . New kind of Singing Books, with music, Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . Rituals, single copy, . . .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Applications for Membership in P0- mona Granges, furnished free on appli- cation. Blank “Articles of Association” for the Incorporation of Subordinate Grangcs with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . . lfl P-atron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra- mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . l 00 Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . , 40 Address, J. T. COBB, SEc’r Mien. STATE GRANGE, SCHOOLCRAFT. MICH. SEWING MAEHIN-E8, $l8.llll. Formerly Sold for Sixty Dollars N C) I S E L E S S . The Best, Cheapest cmnl Em 31-est Runnmg" .Ma,c/mw. Any one can run it without an instructor, and do as good Work as experienced operators can on the old machine. No preparing of shuttles. No adjusting of needles. No winding of bobbins. Always Really In any Kind of Work! Physicians say the noisy, hard running two threaded shuttle machines have broken down the health of thousands of ladies. This ma- chineachild can operate without fatigue Cr injury to health. We have tested the machine in our family PARTIBULAR. _ I T I MONTGOMERY WARD 8: 00., The Original Wholesale GRANGE SUPPLY HOUSE ‘827 do 228 VVAEASII AVENUE, JOBBERS IN DRY GOODS, CLQT Il\TG, Hats, Caps, Trunks, &c., &c. CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS on ALL oun GOODS FREE TO ANY ADDRESS on APPLICATION. A Great Reduction in the Prices of Many Lead- ing Goods Was made Jan. 1st, 1877. i§“ SEND ALSO FOR SPECIAL LIST OF REDUCED PRICES. MONTGOMERY WARD ck 00., Opposite the Matteson I-Iouse, Chicago. P __'.l.'HI.‘:' PATRONS‘ ?AINT COMPANY are manufac- BR USHFV . tilting the ING12R.S()LL 1x‘,E.l1)Y-IDIIXED PAINTS, and A , and selling them at full trade discounts, delivering them freight pa id, and no money required until the goods are received—muking them cheaper Iha_n even the rnaterial can be bought elsexvhere. The are an absolutely pure ;§l‘t-:I_‘-lea llplsscssrllg great endurance and brilliancy, and are giving great satis- ac 11,01; :1‘ over the country. We have n Patron friend yvho saved enough alone $1’ ,l;1)n‘:;l:n3a:)sed to pay his Grange expenses for a llfe-time. They also sell H“ b i_ t_ "per cent. cheaper than any one else. It is to the interest of "i‘:‘:..:::::3:‘;'.‘.I:.?:fi..'::,'°.f:f.';$;f"" “ml: ”°::."-“far. "M H“ W" ' r - r , er ou u err . — ‘''*SS- 259 FRONT STREET. NEW Y0R.I{.Z(l<‘:-o1nyr‘Farn1.e1?s’ F3513?!) Ad 1 I do ENSIGN, P. of H. and S. of l. Purchasing Agents, and TIMPORTERS’ TEA AND COFFEE BROKERS, P‘ 0- BOX 3029- IVEVV YORK %~_ No Charge for Commission, Cartage or Boxing on Tees or Coffees. ’ Our Brokerage business does not extend beyond the sellin of T d C fl‘ ‘ . era in this City; , . ._ . g ‘ eas an o ees to Wholesale Deal- vvaiill resrilt beneficially to all Patrons, as th . wtill 2:: gtt))‘<])E $4 ‘ougzz 95 ' N O I _L- O (1 Cl 3 H aeqqm; -.2 exam or pe[qeue em on “squared uogqcurqtnoo ,. eqa, J0 qse[ eqo, go uopmrdxe 03, Sumo SSV'lD"J.SHl.:l V O " T7 '@®‘99ré$l