Library .A.gr'i’1 College __J__ “THE FARJIER IS OF J1 ORE (,'().\'SEQL' "NOE THANLi_:THE FARJI, ANT) SHOFLII BE F_[Ii’-ST I_l[I')1f()l'E 1)." VOL. XVII, N0. 12. ;—__._____é______ i.i.\'siNG. MICHI(iiAN, .IUNli iviioi.i:IN0. 394;. 1.3. l8‘.l?. provision that this appropriation .= calculated from the county seat or states that encourage t ‘shall not be available unless the§from one dwelling to fmanageinent shall sign an agree- .ment that no intoxicating f’0|i-fica|.._EC0non1ic. from his boarding-liouse and kick- he purchase ' ed out of the saloons who would another by Eof homesteads. by which they de- ;the simple metlrbtl dividing thelposit as they can their earniiigsfcriiige to everybody. but let him liijuorfditference by 2 “here being twobuying on credit 21 home and pay-istrikc a bonaiiza and come into shall be sold on the grounds of the i numbers in each flock) and the re- . ing by their surplus earnings until , town. and he would Sa(:1‘il‘lCi- his Exhibition. *sult by ten for aéiswer in miles. lthey have a house and shelter. _?life for his honor, The tmnsfoi-m- There is no question but that a lAs the second ste jis instantaneous : The number of these is enormous. gation would he mi1'a,(:1ilous, The majority of the people of this coiin- by the decimal in bod of pointing Now, if you interfere at once with ,1 reformation did not lit-giii until try believe the sale of strong drink , off one place, the ‘entire process is this whole problem. if you degrade, , the people got some nioiiey to go to be a curse, and no man willlveryfrapid. To illustrate: I\'o.«_l25,‘depreciate the standard of ourlto the confer-eiices. The Object deny that_it is the fruitful S()11I‘(:eE1S 2_1.3 blocks or fenths of miles, lvalue, they would be last tolrecoverlwas to keep the people away. of pfiupe1‘IS11],C1‘1IIl€’. insanity. sui- lequivalent to 21.3‘,m1les from the {from it. In the mean time the 9 They were poor mid could not at- cide and murder, and I believe itjpoint of (lepartgre, usually thejowners of real estate, who would tend, and none but nioney kiiigs would be wise to interdict the sale 1 county seat of a county. lbe more sagacioiis, would advance could be there. 7 of drink and thus add to the ra-l ,:the price of theirholdings precisely‘ This ('I't'(lltl)I‘ systt-iii which has tional and reasonable enjoyment been iiiaugurated is the most sub- tle and the most dangerous to liberty of any systeni ever invented by FROM SOME RECENT SPEECHES IN CONGRESS. Sunday Closing of the \\'orlil‘s Faii-~ Rural Mail I)e]iveries—The Silver Question. sL‘.\'DAi' CLOSING or w0RLI>’s I-‘AIR. Hon. Elijah A. Morse, of Massa- chusetts. spoke thus concerning the amendment to the \Vorld’s Fair appropriation bill providing for Sunday closing: Finally, I submit that the re- public of the United States, the 1’-UR3-L -‘I-U1.) DELIVERL las your money declines. of thousands and millions of visi-‘ ’ There is not a man who under- ‘tors who will throng its gates from Mr. Dingley, ofilllaine, said: i _ _ h _ , _ Now, Mr. Cliainnan, we have in stands the iinportan ce of holding‘ every land and clinic under the vi » germ of whose government was born amidst prayers and tears at the signing of the compact in the cabin of the Mayflower, and whose prosperity, under the blessiiig of the Almighty, has been without precedent in the history of states aii(l nations, cannot afford to give national sanction to the desecration of the holy Sabbath day, by allow- ing this Exhibition, so far as it can sun. Lesides such a proliibition as I have mentioned. viz. closing the fair on the Lord’s day and forbid- ding the sale of drinks, would se- ‘cure for the Exposition the favor f of good men and women, and above fall the gracious favor of Almighty 5 God. PLAN HF l}()L'TE(\‘ the past proceede ltheory that no , lshould be esta' lsections unless t ‘postage on such {the expenditure. that is to coii- l jtinue to be the lcourse, we can fnot have increased faciliticfs for the ‘sections. But jthat is not the rural I my belief is thatl ‘rrect theory oiil theory then, of; _ _ these 5 stead buildings that have grown up clmins largely on the j real estate,_ but who would appre- ‘ w mail mute ‘ ciate its price at once to keep,-pace ~ ished in rurall revenue from, . _ , nte would payland so far as this gap wo-id be, by his advance with the ilecliiie in the purchasing power of ii Jney; made, it would add an alir Cit iii- surniountable obstacle to {_1OII1t‘— in our country. It has been stated that in the city of Philagdr-lphia, certainly in the city of C: velaiid nian. \Ve passed through a terri- ble ordeal in coiismliieiice of slav- ery; we made sacrifices which no other people in the world ever did, but in abolisliing slavery and lib- le-rating four millions of slaves, we have coniinen<-ed to forge the to bind all the white peo- jple in the world in bonds more jgalliiig. in slavery more di-gi'a0 and plant Beurre Bose, provided you can get them. In planting trees of any kind care should be taken ‘to cut off all broken or mangled , roots up to the sound timber, and f work in the ground with the fingers ‘ among the roots and tramp the ground firmly when filling up the ; hole. The top should be cut down * to correspond with the roots of the ‘tree. If the planting is properly ;done the young tree will begin to }show signs of growth about the :twenty-fifth of May to June first. = About the tenth of July or perhaps I earlier I would prune the trees, cut otf all of the young growth except .sucli as would be necessary to form ‘the top. Corn or potatoes may be planted among the trees during the two or three years after settiiig the trees without damage to the orchard. The cultivation 11I'(‘(SSf11‘_\' to insure , a crop of corn will be sufficient for T the young trees. All limbs crossing over other limbs should be removed, and by all means prevent the young trees from forming a crotch; a crotched tree is unsiglitly and will be likely , to split sooner or later. A pear orchard to be profitable should be worked. By being work- ed I mean it should be plowed in the spring and thoroughly culti- vated during the sinnmer. If plowed toward the trees last season ‘ ering can all be done at once. . plow from the trees this season. A . light coating of stable manure dur- ‘the winter or early spring will benelit the fruit greatly. The 3 good poinologist will be careful to j i cut off all dead limbs from his trees and to keep the center of the * tree as open as possible. In prun- ‘ ing trees we should consider their ihabits and clia‘ra(-ter. Pear trees ; of the Butfuiii or Sheldon varieties ;are strong growers. shooting up- jward, these should be pruned with ‘the view of holding them down. i From my own experience. were I to make another plantation of currants. I should plant them in long rows six feet apart each way. and if the plantation were a large one I would occasionally leave a space of eight feet one way in which to drive a horse and wagon. This would facilitate the spi'ayiiig process and be a conveiiience at the time of fruit gathering. lpon sandy or gravelly soils I should plant the Long Bunch Holland and Victoria; using two year plants. I'pon clay soil I should use Long Bunch Holland; and Fay or La Versaillais are good currants for table. for canning and other uses. The Long Bunch Holland is espec- ially valuable for jelly-making and is by far the best growing and most prolific currant on the catalogue. It is not tit for table use however in its first state. Currants. like strawberries, are gross feeders and respond quickly to good treatment and an abundant supply of food. Ileturns come quickly. ‘With one years growth a fairshow of fruit can be obtained and the second year from plaiiting the prop will be a very good one. The prnnin{_;' needs especial care. The renewal process as practiced in viin-_vard.-' applies prett_v well to currants. No very old wood should be allowed inthe buslics, and every branch inhabited by a borer should be cut otl’ and burned. At one time I believed variety had some- thing to do with iininunity from the ravages of borers. l have long since abandoned this idea. I would as soon expect to tiiid a cur- culio proof plum. C-urrants as a market fruit. have an advantage over many others because the gath- At a penny a quart pickers can make good wages. but all fruit should be repacked from the pickers boxes for market. As much care should be exercised in gatliering this fruit as in the case of strawberries. There should be no loose berries and no leaves aniong the fruit. If currants are to be shipped the Disbro basket is better than the ordinary boxes with an open area beneath the bottom, and the baskets should be so filled as to require pressing down when the crate par- }v,~11i1eL+.he ;¢,;,31'is and _0t1,e1L l tition is put in place. ; straggling varieties should be help- l ed§L‘3ll}lrd1f;.m.. CON(7HllNING CURB.-\.\'TS. l CHAS. w. GARFIELD. l l i In combatting the ‘currant worm I prefer to use Paris green or Loii- don purple at the rate of one pound them weigh and the buyer. as a rule. gets left. It is not at all an uncommon thing to tind a pound or two of stable sweepiiigs tied up in the center of each fleece. Then again they put in foul wool and tie the bundles up with a great quantity of string. I measured one piece of heavy twine found on a fleece last season and there was fifty feet of it. These practices have been so general that they have queered the market for Mich- igan wool. The honest man must sutter for the sin of his dishonest neighbor. At the close of last season I took a small lot of 8.01 PO pounds that one buyer had left on his hands. When it arrived, the men liandling it reported that the fleeces were loaded. I went to see what sort of stutt it was. and told the men to open those bundles that appeared to be the worst. They shook out bundles of string, manure and other rubbish, and we weighe«l the stutf out of curiosity. In that lot of 8,00‘ l pounds we found U12 pounds of waste. and we didn’t get half of it. The de.-ilers who pay twenty-eight or twent_v-nine cents :1 pound for such stutt don't like it. “I have tried to persuade the wool growers-ol' this state to play fair and receive the saine considera- tion as those of other sections. but it is up-hill work. The northern part of the state is much better than the southern. Along the inaiii line of the .\li<-liigan (‘entral railway the wool is soinetliing fearful and if I was to buy for in_\'- selt in that locality I should not dare pay more than eighteen cents a pound for the wool. ()l' the high grades of wool. number l wasln-d. coiiibing‘ is worth from tweiity-six to twciity-seven cents: number ‘.2 ranges two cents lower. Less than three per cent of )li«-liigaii wool will rank as number one and not more than fifteen per cent as num- her two. The bulk of )Il<'lll'_,"1ll1 wool is what we call X which is worth about tiventy-live cents a pound. This wool is tine and of loiig staple, but it shrinks far more than the combing wool." .V[.\l{KH'l' l-‘.\ltl)E.\'l.V(i. _ The census investigation of truck Ifarms, shows that there are over «one-half million acres devoted to jthe business, with an invested H0 40“-0 lmmh-ed 5.3110115 of water 3 capital of about one hundred mill- l and applied with a nozzle that pro- duces a very tine spray. One ap- plication usually has sufliced with me if the bushes are not rained I have just (-on1ei11 from 1113' field l upon for Six hours after the appli- l of currants, having spent the whole i 01111011- I have rarely sold curraiits -imoming in spraying the bushes_ 5 for less than two and one-half dol- ngs as to forget _ the existence of currant bushes in 2 The ewes have horns as well as the j many stings or any trouble. If . his own garden or upon 1115 own- qiiire less care than almost any lfarm. I speak feelingly and from an experience so close to this date ,' 1 that it IS not obliterated from mem- l ,b bks about them; and with theyory. I have for years argued thatl jany one could have currants, ini lspite of worms, by simply giving; 3 them a little attention at the proper , } I am willing to modify this 1 statement by adding, "unless it’ time. rains every day.” V The saw fly which lays the egg 1 that hatches into our pestiferous g currant worm deposits its eggs near the base of the bushes and when the broods hatch out they are all congregated on the lower leaves of i, the bushes, and a whiff of liellebore or a sprinkle of poisoned water will close their career of destruc- tion at once. But one must not be away from home at that date, nor must he be so occupied at his desk giving counsel to others as to ne- glect his watchfulness, for immedi- ately when these harmless eggs start on a career with mouth and legs furnished them, the increase in their size is only equalled by the diminution of the currant foliage. They are as deceitful as the pro- verbial small cloud as large as a man’s hand in a summer sky, that develops into the heartless cyclone. Even a new broom cannot make a cleaner sweep than these fellows, if given half a chance. For years my currants have been my most profit- able crop for the area planted, and I_ have had no difficulty in combat- ting the worms, because I began in season, and the weather has been propitious. This year I applied my poison and went away from home. The rain came very soon after the application had been made, washed it otf, and upon my return a few days later many of my bushes were skeletonized. _ ‘ But anyone with a little To be successful these days with l lars per bushel, and a strictly first- reach 100 pounds at telljcolllflge, patience and help froinlcui-rants, one can not be so ab-lclass article will usually in our monthse-allcl One yea1'wan 1 4:; 170 391 453!) 1374 i (it; 185 ::sa:—; (5.30 680 = (3: 2-16 45!‘) 652 458:: 74 .70 470 65-1 4395 9.3 272 4.9.3 Pomona 37 From those received we glean the following: That in every Grange except two the "Lecturer’s Hour” has found a place. and in, all of them it has been spent in‘ various ways to please and attract as well as to instruct and benefit; lectures. addresses. readings, reci- tations, plays, discussions, music and exhibits are the line. (me Pomona reports a contest of sub- ordinate. Granges which has doubled the nieiiibe1'ship in the county. Six subordinates were running contests. Partly open ses- sions for the benefit of children. hired help and N-‘isitors were a t Creek he was employed as a Pro-~ with keeping them interested until they are fully into the work. ‘ \\'e observed floral day on May 3:28 and the ladies decorated the Hall with flowers, and it almost seemed as it Nature had seldom put forth so much beaiity for the use and pleasure of 111a11l{l11(l. resolutions mourning the loss by, death of I\ornion A Buslier, onc of‘ its C‘l]a1‘tt,'1' ineinbers. — DH. I’.\Ql'I.\'. Many of the Patrons will ’ remeinber that several years ago I‘ ealsoobserved,aswealways do, we had a Veteilinary (lepartinent. the day set apart for children’s day‘ 111 the GRANGE \ isiroi: and it was 1 and from the bright. happy faces of under the direction of Paulgthe little ones and the work that Paquin, 1). V. S. of Battle Creek, ' had evidently been put upon their KY9 think that many of older exercises and theinterest exhibited Patrons will be pleased to learn by Older p91'S011S. it iS very €Vi(i8I1t that this same Dr. Paquin now that the day is one whose use can- stands at the head of his profession llfit be denied 1101‘ the cnstglll of its in the United States. He is now 0 servence one that will soon fall followinir microscopy and bacteri- into disuse in Madison Grange. D o ‘P ology; he is also an M. D. as well “e have evei'_V T988011 ‘E0 feel as D. V. S. hopeful of a bright future for our For the past year he has been in l G1'&11§-§9- charge of the microscopic depart-3: IL-\IIL1’ GAXDER, Lcci‘u,rcr. ment of the laboratory of hygiene; at the Sanitarium in Battle Creek. l Previous to coming to Battlel l l FAR)[ER'S DAY. It will be remembered that the pleasing feature having a good ef- l fessor of Veterinary Science and E State Grange at its last session ac- fect in the community with some. The question box plays an im- portant part and by the ways in which it is handled is varied to keep it lively. Discussions of the bills before congress conducted with adherence to parlimentary rules have been used as a good drill, drawing out' much information and teaching good lessons. Roll call comes in various forms and at the opening of Good of the Order permits the opening of various subjects follow- ed by three to five minute discus- sions by others. The live working lecturers em- ploy the time and manipulate the forces in hand with much good tact and skill, and those who are awake Bacteriologist. in the Ijnivel-sjtylcejiteil an invitation to participate of l\Iissouri. ‘in a Farme-r’s Day at the Bay Close application in the labora- 1 View Assembly this summer. Aug- tory at the Sanitarium has seriouslyjust 9th is the (lay selected. Its ,thi-eatened his health and he has , object is to call together the farm- been obliged to resign in orrlerlers and their families of this and that he may have rest to recuperate ‘neighboring states to visit this his strength and health. region, to confer over mutual in- The Doctor often speaks of his terests and to spread the knowledge pleasant association with the of organized eifort more widely VISITOR, and through it with the among the isolated farmers of the Patrons throughout the State. northern counties and the hundreds M. of people who summer at Bay View. It aims to bring farmers, in and out of farmers organizations, into closer touch with each other and the rest of the World. The program for the day will in- clude addresses from some of the most prominent men interested in ALI VE AND THRIVING! Hons GRANGE, No. 129, E Battle Creek, illay 27. EDITOR GRANGE VISITOR: Not seeing our Grange spoken of in the themselves keep those busy who VISITOR very often, I thought best agriculture in the nation. Col. J. o J “'0 Gun i':uitc-0 Sat isfaction. ORKS Beautiful Sample Color Cards and Book of lristruction——FREE. ll Ll ' Including one Years Subscription to this Paper HEMM'ERS. RIEEFLEH. T['(‘KEl{. l’.\(‘K.\(il£ PL.\I’E. \VRLf\(‘.H. THRE.-XI) ('U'I"I‘l‘IR. liI.\' \\ u have marl» ~uch Z\I'!'Z1XlA:t‘ll"lt'IlfH1)R enable us to offer the ( 'hic:igo - -. L , -. : v - - - . - SlX(;l.l\ .\l.\\ l.\(; M.~\LHll\l:S atthenbove low rates. This machine is made after the lat»,-.~t iiioihdsof the Sinizcr machines. and is perfect fac .‘~lll1llP in sliiiiw, ornuuii-ntation and a rpearaiice. .\ll the parts are made to gauge exact y the .~:uiii- in: tlic Siiitzo-r.and are constructed of prwsii-:4-ly the same iiiaio-rials. The iltlnii-‘t (‘arc is exs-rci-wd in the selection of flit‘lIlt‘IZIl$l1sNl.!lI](I only tln-vo~r.\‘ best i unlity is ]IllI"ClI{lN‘1I. Each nizichiiiv is tlioroug 3" well iiiadu and i.-' fitted with the utmost nicely and "X1).(‘tI1€.‘3F.1|nil no inachine is [It'I"lllIf,[l‘lI by the iiispo-(‘tor to go out of the .-‘hops until it has been fl1ll,\'[5'l~Il>'inp:«-r Macliine has a ver import- ant lill[II'(i\l-lllvill in ii L » V furrow or rinluv. Angle of ll'I~Il| :|Il_ll1“l.’Ilrli'. .\’t-n‘_'ll". :‘l4‘lIIi'N'lI[ in all xippliciiiits JAMES P. DowN$.Pua(.lsHER. 243 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. lllll‘ IF YOU THINK or oomo ANYfl‘5§5 ‘E/IRTH PUT YOUR INQUIRIES IN , WRITING AND SEND TO " GENL. PASSR.AGENT , l GRAND RAPIDS.MIC.H. FULL INFORMATION PROMPTLY GIVEN. THE STANDARD OF THE WORLD l.‘ For Harness. Buggy Tops, Saddles. Fly Nets Traveling Bags, Military Equipments, Etc. Gives a beautiful finish which will‘not 1-cc-l_oI crack 05. smut or crock by handliiig. .\ot a varnish Used by the U. S. Army and is the ‘standard ninonsz manufacturers and owners of tine harnesl in every quarter of the globe. SOLD BY ALL HARNESS MAKERS. nlllFtI’7ltfld ' Ci1t:il- igue aM;Ti~ro .1 3 N 5 . Other llzes proportionately low ON TRIAL-FREIGHI PAID-WARRANTEIJ oscoon .9 momsow, Binghamton. II. I ; Address J. ('. GOULD. Ag‘t. Paw Paw, Mich. ECCTFS HOUSEHOLD REPAIRING OUTFIT! This consists of the tools and materials shown in the cut. It en- ables one to do his own half-soling, rubbenboot. shoe.a.ndha.ruessre air- ing. No ne ed-— slmplywire clinch nails. Saves tlme, trouble,wet feet. vexation. and -" expense. Any boy . can use it. Se is like ‘ Send for circular. might be anything but p1easant.——Tewas Sifting. ’ hot cakes. Agents - . wanted. The whole outfit, neatly boxed. 20 lbs.. only 82.00. 800’! 3303.. Rodin. 0. .-:-x.-'»-.-r=-r-...-- 2.... -‘v---- c 4 ,_..,-...-.-..4-.9-.....=.. ....._.... , .... .... THE GRANGE VISITOR. THE GRANGE VISITOR Published on the 1st and 15th of every month. Kenyon L. Butterlleld, Editor and ‘Manager, LANSING, MICH., To whom all_exchanges. communications, adver- gsnipg business and subscriptions should be TERMS 50 Cents_a_Year, 25 Cents for Six Months. Subscriptions payable in advance, and discontinued at expiration, unless renewed. §"Remittances should be by Registered Letter. Money Order or Draft. ifellow isn’t he? Haven’t you goti l the finest yearling colt, too, in your i OUR REPRESENTATIVES. For years past the cry has gone llegitimate excuse for the longer i continuance of such unions. Mich- ltownship? Don’t you think thatjup from the farmers that they areligan is fortunate in that she had 1 l east lot s going to run nigh fortyjnot sufficiently represented in our? ibushels this year? What! growlingilegislative halls. This, of course, 1,yet? ‘Veil, what sort of a fellow :1 are you, anyway‘? i r Please be prompt about sending {in reports from Pomona meetings. is far more true of congress than of ‘ Ethe state legislature. We do not I arrangement of things. but we do Enmed at the Postofliceat Lansing‘ mchfis ‘ Condense all you can and yet give wish to urge the farmers in this Second Class Matter. Just now the practical politician thriveth like a green bay-tree. Can”; the ])ep;,mm.nt Of Agri_‘G1‘al1g€S would secure the best there in force;tliey will and ought cuywre bring forth an invention articles at each meeting and have to manage matters if you are not- , the points made in papers and dis- cussions. Leave out everything that is not necessary. \Ve wish ‘also that the Lecturers of Pomona ‘campaign to go into politics. Be present at the conventions and make your voices felt. The city fellows can’t run things if you are that will prevent rain’ as Wen as them forwarded to us as early as there. A man who does not do his make it ‘.9 Patrons, you are busy, but take a few minutes and write a few lines for the VISITOR. Put them on a . . . ‘discussed rreatl ' maiiil ' ierha JS fair re reseiitation in the letrisla-a . . Observations,practicalnotes, hints _ . .3’ .y 1 I l p ° ‘ itliorouglily and will decide upon a . because it is quite a serious obsta- , tive departments of government, : to brother Patrons, anything you think of, will be acceptable. convenient. MAIL DELIVERY AND R0ADS- ; and election do not go to suit him. 3 ‘full duty as a citizen has very little I right to complain if the nomination : The road phase of the free rural The citizen has rights. he also has postal Card if you Cal“ do more pmail delivery plan has not been duties. The farnier has a right to ‘ cle to overcome. Three to four , months out of the year at best, even state and national; he has too a duty to perform in exercising the: “*9 W111 send fl-W to C‘-(.1-y Su],_;in well settled counties, a largelprerogatives of citizenship. This SCI-iber received beflor,-_. July 15t1,’:amount of Michigan highways is campaign will be a hard fought a copy of “Great C,-Ups of Smau fpassable only with great difficulty. J contest. . ' 1 Fruits)’ It is 3 Prat-tica1 work by lVe mean of course when the elc- ishare of the honor. It is but just. i ‘ a man who has made a success in his line. Patrons, can’t you get a few of your iieighbors on this offer? Miss Mary C. Allis, of whom you all know, is very earnest in her endeavor to have adopted a county annual word. VVill it not be well for the Pomona Granges to make this a subject for discussion. Let us hear from some on the question. VVhat would the Patrons think of a crop report, using Grange Sec- retaries or Masters as reporters? If there should seem to be a de- niand for this and if we can have the aid of those officers, we shall be glad to inaugurate such an ar- rangement. We Wish again to call the attention of our readers to our club offer with the Jlloderator. Show the otfer to your teacher; argue the advantage of the VISITOR as an educator for the teacher, and mention the fact that now is the time to begin. The VISITOR is printed on the day before it is dated. Matter for publication ought to arrive at least three days before the date of issue. So much of our copy is not “time matter” that the plan of the paper is made out usually four or five days before issue. So please get in your matter at as early a date as possible. Vile have at hand the report for 1891 of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. It will be of interest to every farmer. The re- ports of both Mr. Rusk and Mr. Willits are instructive. One be- gins to gain an idea of the enorm- ous work of the department by looking over the reports of the various sections. . We desire to state to all our readers and especially to those who have sent in resolutions concern- ing their departed friends of the Order, that we feel it better not to publish such resolutions entire. Sufficient respect is shown, we trust, by a mention of names, as in this issue. We hope this will be satisfactory to all concerned. Come, dolorous friend, this is a pretty good world after all, isn’t it? It rains a good deal sometimes, corn isn’t going to be much of a crop, the season is fearfully late, work is behind. And yet there are a few ( ?) things to be thankful for too, aren’t there? You’re able to do a good big day’s work with those arms of yours aren’t you? And how about that last arrival at your house? Going to make a fine § nieiit of speed is the chief concern. l The work of delivery that one man couldido in a day, when the roads’ were good, could not be done by two men, even with the use of sad- dle horses as a last resort, when the roads were as they are much of the time from December to May. This difficulty can never be over- come so completely in the country as it is in the city, but very much can be done. “ and that right early.” 0Ll'R MAY OFFERS. ‘Vs are gratified to state that our subscription list was increased by about 20 per cent during May, largely no doubt as the result of our special offers. \Ve recog- nize, as we have stated before, the loyal support of Patrons in helping us in this way. There are yet however a great many families in the Grange who do not take the VISITOR. It is our Wish to ge": all such as subscribers before Sept 1. lVill you help us do it? There are many Granges that supply the paper regularly to all the families of good standing in that Grange. VVe wish all Graiiges used this system. It is a loyal way to support the VISITOR and the burden is not felt quite so much by any one member, for all have a share in it. In those Granges where this method is not pursued we w,ish the matter would be brought up, and if it seems best, be decided to use this method. FARllIER'S DAY AT BAY VIEW. The State Secretary of the Grange calls attention in another column to a new feature in Grange work. It is that the Grange join in celebrating “Farmer’s Day,” at Bay View, Aug. 9. We are very glad that this arrangement has been made. It is fitting that a great edu- cational power among the farmers of Michigan should join hands with the great forces at Bay View which make for intelligence and culture. There is the recreation, none needs it more than the farmer—a genuine, jolly, good time. There is the travel, always an edu- cator, and of which most farmers get too little. There is the knowl- edge, the hearing of our promi- nent men, our friends in the work. Then there is the inspiration, greater than all the others—ii1spi- ration to keep learning, to keep working, to keep agitating, to keep improving. \Ve shall hope that a very large number of Patrons will see their way clear to take a short vacation at this time and to spend it at Bay View. Keep an outlook in these columns for further in- formation. Let the farmer get his AT THE GIi‘Al'E. A glance at the obituary notices in this issue is suggestive to us. One by one our brothers and sis- ters are being called from earths labor. Here, a fair young life, just blossoming into beauty; there_. a weak old man. aweary of life’s burdens, falls by the way. The old, the young, the weak, the strong, the great, the humble. the rich, the poor—all join the innumerable throng. We who rise each morn- ing to plan, to toil, to work out our abounding energy, do not wait to consider if we shall meet Death soon. And we do not need to. The lesson we garner from above the graves of our friends is not to await our final end fear, but to live—to live noblyi, grandly. The sordid cares of the world so often shrink the nobility of our ideals to a very little measure. But we must cherish these ideals, spite of strug- gle and disappointment, and meas- ure our lives to them, conscious that if we so act we can step down into the grave bravely and gladly and can realize that we are but passing from this vestibule of tran- sient life into the marvelous cathedral of Eternity. “There is no Death! What seems so is transition: This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian; Whose portal we call Death." ADDRESS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMJIIITTEE. lVe presenta portion of a long memorial of the Legislative Com- mittee of the National Grange to Congress regarding the present position of many agricultural col- leges. It is a lamentable fact that the larger proportion of the nom- inal schools of agriculture are under the control of State Univer- sities. Such are nonentities. The successful colleges, those that are doing the work for the farmer and his sons are separate and distinct institutions. The department of agricultural science does not thrive under the shades of the classics. This memorial is very temperate in tone and calls on Congress merely to see that the provisions of the original act are enforced. The situation however is one that may well arouse the wrath of all friends of agricultural education. Uni- versities, some of them already well supported, have gobbled the agricultural school and made it a department of the University for the sake of the revenue that it brought with it. And they will hang to this income as long as possible. It is time such greed, for it is nothing more, were checked. There are some ex- ceptions to the inferiority of these agricultural annexes, as at Cornell. In the main, however, there is no lcare at present to go into a discus- 3 sion of the probable causes of this 1 less. THE ROAD C.-1.7lIPAIG.V. The public are thoroughly roused to the necessity of improving the roads in rural districts. The Visiroii takes no honor to itself in thrusting this question before its readers, for all papers are doiiig so ‘more or l('SS. But it does say that it will not rest until tln-re conic substantial results along the line of country road iinprovcinent. ‘The matter lies very largely with ‘the farmers of the state. no doubt that if the Grange of Michigan will discuss this question idefinite course of legislation to be ficient number of farmers to force iaction this next winter. l av loiiger? The need is great, lthe time is ripe. The only ques- i tion is, what is best 1’ That is best iaiiswered by discussion. The = Grange can exert a great influence in legislative affairs, greater even than it has in the past. method is best summed up in three terse expressions. 1. Iizfclligcm‘il1'scussi'0ii. 2. l’Vi'sc(lcc2'sz'0iz. 3. Conccrferl action. So with the road question. there be plenty of discussion in the subordinate Granges. Let that be a sort of standing question. Take the VISITOR to the Grange meeting; talk over the various plans presented from time to time in its columns; formulate a plan that seems wise; get the matter before the Pomoiias and the state Grange. Let there be a united decision. Then the Grange can go before the next legislature with a definite demand and substantial reasons to enforce their claims. If wisely done, from beginning to end, results will surely come. The VISITOR will contain articles upon this subject from the very best Michigan talent. Read and weigh these articles. Don’t let the political issues of the summer and fall obscure this exceedingly ini- portant question of road improve- ment. Discussl decide! act! C0l\'GRESS. A con current resolution was in- troduced to make the day for final adjournment July 4. The territories of Arizona and New Mexico were both admitted as states by the House. The House appropriated 87,600,- 000 to supply the deficiency for the payment of pensions. So many of the Republican con- gressmen have been at the conven- tion that no very large amount of business has been transacted. The House refused to pass an amend- ment to the post oflice appropria- tion bill, reducing by 10 per cent the compensation to railroads for transportating the mails. It was thought that inferior services would result. The tendency, how- ever, is toward retrenchment in expenditures and it looks as though a further extension of the free-delivery system will not be allowed this session. The famous Hatch anti-option bill has at last passed the House. The vote 168 to 46. The first two sections of the bill define “ op- tions” and “futures ;” the third names as the articles to which they shall relate as “ cotton, hops, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, grass seed, flaxseed, pork and other edible products of swine;” and the fourth imposes a license of $1,000 on dealers in options and futures and a tax of 5 cents on each pound of cotton, hops, pork, lard and bacon, and other edible products of swine, and 20 cents a bushel on each bushel of the other articles which are the subject of any “options” or “futures” con- courageous men to fight the issue ?out on the start; and her college‘ ‘ has been the model from which all 5 ‘others have patterned more or‘ There is l deniaiidcd, there will (.'1‘ySl?tlllZt“ iabout it the sentiment of :1 suf-I lVhy de-. The Let E JUNE 15, 1892 itract which such dealer. as vender. ,shall make either in his own be- i half or on behalf of others. l\'E“'S .\'0TES. MICHIGAN. Hon. A. H. Crane of Pittsford is dead. 3 Tunnel at Port Huron flooded by rains June 2. American academyof medicine meet in : Detroit. Republican State convention at Sagi- naw July 20. The Michigan Sons of Veterans camp at Battle Creek. The colleges of the State are holding their coinmencenients. It is said that a lineal descendant of Columbus lives in Chicago. Peach growers say pl‘<)t-‘DBCES are now good for a large crop this season. Detroit and Grand Rapids suffered from heavy rains early in the month. Deputy customs collector Stanley. of . Detroit, was drowned in the Detroit river. ‘( leo. l“. Greene, who first applied elec— tricity to street cars, died in Kalaniazoo. The national conferenceof state boards jof health met in Lansing; various sani- , tary questions discussed. Relay bicycle race from Grand lif1pl(l> ;to Detroit. over fearful roads, made in ,‘ about 113 hours. Distance lT.'i miles. i .\ railroad running into Muskegon has ‘ put on a “ market train " for the accom- 3 niodation of truck and fruit farmers. j Reported that in Ma_v(}.4 inches of rain ‘fell and during the first three days of lJune, 3.31 inches, a total of nearly 10 i inches for five weeks. i Two hundred and thirteen Ann Arbor g law students admitted to practice. ‘ From July 1, 18191, to June 2, 18923, in- _3 surance companies doing business in i Michigan paid into the State treasury 1 specific taxes amounting to $187, 4022.51 NATIO.\'.\L. ‘ It is stated that Senator Hill with- draws. Ten inches of snow in South Dakota June 5. The Toledo cadets will be equipped with bicycles. Fire destroys Jinitown, the famous Col- orado niining camp. James G. Blaine resigned his position as Secretary of State. Frank Lenz of New York started on a bicycle for a tour around the world. Colored men meet in Chicago and pro- test against lynching outrages in the south. Sidney Dillon, the great railroad mag- nate and ex-president of the Union Paci- fic, is dead. Gov. Ingerstill of Connecticut is being talked of by democrats of that state for nominee for President. Stated that the California Chinese highbinders offer for the killing of each Christian Chinaman. It is estimated that there will 40,000 000 bushels more of wheat exported to Europe this year than ever before. It is stated that $10,000,000 of English capital will organize for building and running a fleet of whaleback steamers on the ocean. Oil City and Titusville, Pennsylvania, were damaged to the extent of millions of dollars by floods and burning oil. Many lives lost also, it is thought as many as 250. The republican convention was full of interest to all citizens. Harrison re- ceived out of 906 votes,542},, Blaine, 1753;; McKinley, 182; Tom Reed, 4; Robt. Lin- coln, 1. Whitelaw Reed, editor of the New York Tribune, was nominated by acclamation for vice-president. FOREIGN. Mount Vesuvius is blowing again. Bismark refuses to be reconciled to the Emperor. There were 400 killed in the Bohemian mine disaster. Floods on the Danube cause loss of property in Austria. - The Czar and Emperor William have had a friendly meeting. Paderewski the famous pianist is suf- fering from nervous exhaustion‘, The rebels in Matto Grossoi Brazil» have defeated the government troops. The Oriental Bank of London sus- pends with liabilities amounting to $35,000,000. The report of the death of Emin Pa- sha, the African explorer and naturalist, is confirmed. The present parliament of Britain has virtually ceased business and will for- mally adjourn J une 25. They drank the whisky and beer, To Bacchus they bended the knee, And often they said with a sneer, "A lemonade-drinker is be." He never would with them “go round." He left them to frolic at will; The’re all of them under the ground- He’s drinking his lemonade still. Doesn’t Mrs. Maxwell believe in_ co- education of the sexes? Co-education? I should say not! Why she believes that a girl ought to be raised so carefully that when she sees a man she will say, “ what is that, mamma?" How's this Dauber? You’ve painted father-time with a mowing machine in- stead of a scythe? That’s all right——We artists of the modern school keep up with inventive progress. . Y.-;. .-.«.n..~.-.. -, .>. 1 P E 1 V 3 JUNE 15, 1892. THE GRANGE VISITOR. FBOM POMONA. HILLSDALE COUNTY. Hillsdale county Pomona Grange held its June session with Adams Grange 286. Notwithstanding rain and mud there was a good repre- sentation. As the 400th anniver- sary of the discovery of America occurs this year, the usual form of program was dispensed with and the whole time given to exercises appropriate to the occasion. Pat- riotic essays, speeches, declama- tions and music was the order of the hour and consumed the after- noo11. The literary exercises were Well rendered and met with fre- quent applause. Bunting was con- spicuous, the hall being well decor- ated with flags. The declamation of Miss May Carter, “The River Tennessee,” was pathetic and mov- ing to thezold “Vets” a number of whom were present. Long may the old flag wave and long may Pomona live to show her devotion and patriotism to o11r native land! Hillsdale Pomona has accepted an invitation from Lenawee County Grange to hold a two days session at Devils Lake. a summer resort, in August next. COM. LEI\'.-'t\\'EE COUNTY. Lenawee county Grange met with Rome Grange June 2 and shared its hospitality. There has been much wet weath- er and rain has fallen every day of late yesterday over an inch of water fell in this vicinity. As one brother remarked, “ the dust flies badly in chunks and spatters.” There was a good attendance of Patrons living within ten miles, but few from beyond. Brother White, W. M. of Onsted Grange favored us with a paper on farm topics, and Sisters Hattie Beal and Emily Gander, of Madison Grange, had essays, the former on Child- ren’s Day and the latter on Hospi- tality. Among others who ably assisted on the program were Sister Addie Daniels, of Onsted Grange and Sister Pawson of Rollin Grange with recitations. Besides Grange work a fine pro- gram was carried out, including an abundance of music. Our next meeting will be with Rollin Grange at Devil’s Lake on August 4 and 5, under the direction of Rollin Grange. As this is near the coun- ty line our Hillsdale friends have been asked to hold their monthly meeting at the same place and time. E. w. A. HOW I GOT THE N0llIl‘.\'.»\TlO.\'. MR. EDITOR———I11 some of your writings you intimated that the time had come for the politician to retire. Before doing so will you allow me space in your new paper to tell how I got the nomination in my last campaign. It may help those who are to take our places in the several oflices that are to be filled at this fall’s election: I met a man on the street one day that I had figured on to help me; he was generally prominent at county conventions, and could make a good speech, so I invited him to take a walk with me and to smoke. « The street was filled with ladies going to a missionary meet- ing, and some of them looked in- sulted as the smoke curled around into their faces. To one of them I remarked, “either I or the wind owe you an apology,” she said “ Oh no! Smoke is not oflensive to to me.” After we had passed out of hearing I said to my friend “ I would have treated you to some- thing stronger, but these temper- ance people would make a fuss and hurt my canvass. ” “ Your canvass?” said he. “ What are you up to?” Have’nt you heard?” said I. The people are demanding that I should repre. sent them in the State Legislature, and I have consented to do so if I can get the nomination, and I want you to present my name to the convention, and I will remem- ber you in some substantial way. You know all the campaign funds come through my hands and I expect to pay all special workers, either by getting them an office, or in money.” He replied, “ I am at your service.” My pur- pose was now to get my name more fully before the public; so I wrote a little sketch of my life in a way so it would appear as though some other person had written it, stating among other things, that I had done fairly well in business; that I had served in the Union army, and had held several prom- inent ofiices, and had given entire satisfaction to the people, and in each case, the oflice had sought the man and not the man the oflice, and closed with the statement that I was a candidate for the oflice of l'l‘HE FARMEIPS COMPLAI.\"l'—-Tl-[E I CAUSE AND THE REMEDY. I - I ’ [Rem before Lenawee Poinona.] l It is not an uncommon thing for us to hear complaining on 3,11 sides the hired man. $10 a month through the summer ;and boards him for his _,'through the winter. Friend S. ;goes to town pretty often and-‘ !then—well, perhaps some of you representative from my district. Eof us, in these days of plenty. .know how it goes, he has to hire a Here I met my first real difficulty. lBro. J. says that taxes are so high day hand now and then to keep I learned that the editor of ourlthat he can farm it no longer.;the hired man company doing leading county paper had a candi- date of his own selection. so I decided to have my sketch printed in a paper in an adjoining county dan for that purpose visitedthe edit- or of the principal paper in that county, hoping that I would succeed, the home papers would copy it or would be induced to do so studying me a little the editor said “this is for political purposes and Imust have pay for it.” I said “how much.” And he replied " the live stock men pay me $15.00 for the space your copy will occupy. and I shall have to charge you the same price I get for blooded stock.” Now I thought that a little high. and as there had no campaign funds yet come into my hands, I was at a loss how to pay it. My wife had deposited $15.00 with me, a sum she had saved to buy a spring and summer hat, and so I handed this over and got a proof sheet before I left. I now felt meaner than I did when I made my brother-in-law pay me $10.00 out of his salary, as the price of my influence in getting him a po- sition. But I said to myself she need’nt know it, and I will pay her back with the first money I get for campaign purposes. After the paper was out I called the attention of our village editor to the sketch of my life the fellow from the other county had written up, and I inquired what he would charge for copying it. He said he would do it reasonable for a fellow townsman, but gave me to under- stand that such putts came high, a thing I was beginning to realize. I had to pay 810 but I was in luck again, for I got a letter that day out of the post office from our M. C. containing a check for $25 with instructions to use it in his district to the best advantage for his re-election. This money put my conscience to rest about the borrowed money from my wife and settled the present bill so that I felt easier about several hard places in my venture, and my way was clear to arrange for the county convention. I spent several months in shaking hands with possible del- egates, praising the wife’s dinners and in kissing the babies in the several townships in my district. I had to promise every oflice at my command several times over to prominent men, with the exception of one-—our village post ofiice. That I had saved for an emergency. I had now got all the prepara- tory work well under way, and only needed occasional puffs in the papers, which the campaign fund permitted me to pay for, to keep the fact before the public that I was a candidate. I made the state- ment prominent that I was a Un- ion soldier. But I would say just here to those seeking oflice, don’t say much about your being a sol- dier unless your army record will stand investigation, for some of my comrades got jealous of me and went to writing letters to know where I was during the war. At this point a new difliculty confronted me——a large delegation waited on me and demanded the last unpromised post office as a concession for their support to my nomination. You will appreciate my difficulty when you read the next chapter. I had visited the members of congress from my district before I knew the people wanted me to be their representative and requested that post office for myself. I then learned that there was a tacit un- derstanding between the central committee and the member of con- gress that the post oflice could be made to yield funds for campaign purposes, and that this office was expected to pay $500. I said “is not that hig .” He said; “Oh, no! I got $1,000 for that office a few years ago, and that from a man from another state, who had just moved in. Well I promised to pay $500 either for myself or for some other person whom I should name. I saw I had to promise that same oflice to this delegation or lose the nomination. so I promised and that is how I got the nomination.- RETIRED POLITICAN. After looking at the copy and ;Bro. S. says that labor is so “ tar- jnal high” that he cannot afford to jhire this year. Bro. T. says stock jiis so low that he will not raise it- iand Bro. IV. says that the crops are so large in yield that it brings ‘the price so low that he lost money , ‘on his grain last year. And there are other complaints that we hear almost every day. It has been make these complaints there cer- tainly must be some good cause for them. First, we say that taxes are too high, though I’ll not admit that they are so high that we can no longer farm it. I’ll guarantee that there is not a man here but what would feel a great deal easier in his mind if they were considerably lower. There is the tax we pay to our town treasurer every year; there is a road tax be better paid than it is to-day). the tax upon our food, the tax upon our time by worthless agents and often a tax upon our temper. Now I want to give you my remedy for these complaints as I go along. First, I would abolish the half of the salaried officers of the United States, for I am satisfied that almost any capable man is able (by giving his whole time at a salary) to do the work of ten and even more men. I would remove the tax upon our time by buying direct from the manufacturer or of men that would be satisfied to take the same profits that the farmer gets from his investment. I do not mean the poor farmer. Now brother T’s complaint, that stock is so low that he will not raise it, can be remedied in this way: Let him get rid of all the surplus stock that he has——well, better yet, get rid of all of it; don’t raise it, for your complaint is a just one. Ever since I’ve known you ym: , ept a span of old plugs for horses; have gone into the field early to Work and worked late into the night and then only plowed an acre a day in soil where you certainly ought to have plowed two acres; and then to cap the climax you bred them to horses so inferior that when the colts were 5 years old, sound and quiet to ride or drive you could only get $200 for them. Sell them and buy something that you can take pride in so that when you go to clean them you’ll be so proud of them that you’ll get up a good sweat in cleaning them off; then if you will raise colts raise good ones. Your five cows, yes, sell all of them for you know that they have cost you more for food than the butter has brought you, although your wife made it so good that you averaged 25 cents per pound the year round. Yes, you ought to be ashamed of your- self for keeping such. And don’t forget to sell the calves at the same time. Don’t keep the calf from old Cherry because she was s9 gentle; let them all go and buy good ones. They are cheap enough now. You cannot afford to keep poor ones if you want to raise that mortgage. And those razor-back- ed hogs, they have gone through your poor old rail fences long enough. You would have had a good corn crop if what you fed them last year had fattened them so they could not have got through every hole they come to; and then you only got $3.50 for them be- cause they wouldn’t fat. Sell the whole lot for what they'll fetch and get good ones. Now serve the sheep the same Way; buy sheep that will raise ten to fourteen pounds of wool per head, and keep less of them and then you’ll have just as much wool for less feed. And while you are clearing out your stock make up your mind to feed the hens something and not trust to them getting their own living; then your wife won’t have to buy eggs for your table most of the year round. Now the cause is quite evident but the remedy, though severe, is “sartin sure.” IVell! friend S. says labor is too “tarnal high.” Yes, his labor is high. His wife is hardly ever at home; they have no family but must keep a hired girl the year round to look after the milk and said that it is natural for farmers. gto growl anyway. But if men will 3 (the only tax that I would wish to. fnothing, the stock gets in the grain, cows dry up. the hired girl throws out of the house more than can be brought in. chickens die, eggs spoil. Keep at home with your wife friend 25., hire better help, remember that the laborer is worthy of his hire. and I guess ‘that your complaint will be rem-. ledied and that labor is no higher now than it was twenty years ago. Last we come to Bro. \\'.. who lsays that crops are so large in ;yield that it brings the prices so f low he lost money on his grain last jyear. \Vell I guess that is so. 2Crops are large and prices are "small but isn’t that something to zl)(‘:‘ thankful for, I mean the large ‘crops. Still I don’t see how he ;‘lost money unless it was the way ihe sold his crops. He had a large A yield of barley which he drew four- teen miles to town for 50 cents per bushel. His oats were alllsold ex- cept what he wanted to feed his horses. He held his wheat for one dollar, could have taken 99 cents once, but finally sold for 80 cents. He had a good crop of corn but sold it for 20 cents :1 bushel; his hay he sold for St’) 24. ton and drew it to town. Yws I guess he has just cause for om- plaint; stock has been very, iow, thought he’d change his mcthod of farming so as to make 2 lirtle more. I forgot to say that he baled his straw and sold that too. Bro. \V., you ought to lose r.c.o11ey, you were doing well eno1:~_rh by driving your coarse grain to town instead of drawing it. better return to your old way of mixed farming or your farm will soon be getting'that mortgage on :v {gain and your bank account be growing less. No man can sell all he raises on his farm for any length of time and farm it successfully. Try this and your trouble will be -—m- edied. Brothers, these are just such cases as we see around us every- where. I admit that we as farmers are not making the 1' xter- est on the money invested that we ought to and that the labor we put forth on our farms is mis- erably paid for, compared with merchants, professional men and capitalists, whose brain work is no better than ours. Still it certainly would benefit us all if we V\O11l(l sometimes sit down and think and then get up and act. The farmer of to-day has a struggle to wake both ends meet. It requires a constant study of the strictest economy. If a farmer is shifzless he will always have cause fov \'UZ11- plaint. He should have system in his method of working. Most and wire are striving to do so. believe that men or teams can do all the work that they ought to do in ten hours time. Tell me pray why I should work any longer than my city friend. Again I believe that we will be brighter and better men and women, boys and girls, should we take less hours for work and more for pleasure and recrea- tion. Get out of this dog’s life brothers and sisters; try it once. Don’t think that because your forefathers got to work at four o’clock and worked till nine at night that you've got to. Live as long as you can, be men and be women at fifty, sixty and even seventy years of age. Don’t inca- pacitate yourselves so that you will be invalids, as too many al- ready are. Farmers don’t live as long as merchants or professional men. They ought to live longer and would if they took the same care of themselves. When you work, work with a will; keep ahead of your work and that will always give you time to read. Attend your Farmers Club every time; go to Grange, take a part in all the exercises, be there on time. Do all these things, eat well, sleep Well, work well, farm well, take pleasure and recreation and I be- lieve that you will have less time to make complaints than you now have. SAMUEL WHITE J R. Mr. Gladstone is in good health but is showing signs of age. A set speech fa- tigues him and his hearing is failing. He pays his man ‘ work f farmers who have gained a homw, make slaves of themselves, often, working unnecessary hours. 11 Tl{E:MOSQ['ITO. V. H. L. The amount of distress and in- jury inflicted by mosquitoes would be hard to overestimate. Their monotonous and persistent song drives sleep from the eyes of many who can ill afford to be thus dis- turbed. The punctures made in their efforts to taste warm blood afford an entrance into the blood ‘of a subtle poison that often pro- duces almost uncndurable irrita- tion. perhaps arousing within the victim thoughts not akin to piety. I11 many cases the injury caused ‘by these pests is truly alarming. 'The suffering of the sick is intensi- = fied by the added irritation caused by mosquito bites. It is believed that mosquitoes are instrumental , in spreading some diseases, espec- ially those of the blood. by carry- v ing the germs ofthe disease directly from one person to another or by ,contaminating ----3 6 . THE GRANGE VISITOR. J_['.\'E 15, 1892. laadies’ Department. THE BURL-\L OF MOSES. B3: ‘Nebo's lonely mountain, On this side Jordan's wave, In a vale in the land of Moan, There lies a lonely grave. And no man knows that sepulcher. And no man saw it s-‘er, For the angels of God upturned the sod And laid the dead man there. That was the grandest funeral That ever assed on earth: But no man card the trampling, Or saw the train 0 forth. ‘Noiselessly as the aylight_ ("omes back when night is done, And the crimson streak on ocean's cheek Grows into the great sun. Noiselessly as the spring-time Her crown of verdure weaves, And all the trees on all the hills Open their thousand leaves; So without sound of music, Or voice of them that wept. Silently down from the mountain’s crown The great procession swept. Perchance the bald old eagle, On gray Beth—Pe0r_‘s height, Out of his lonely eyrie _ Looked on the wondrous sight: Perchance the lion stalking Still shuns that hallowed spot. For beast and bird have seen and heard That which man knoweth not. But when the warrior dieth, His comrades in the war. With arms reversed and muflied drum. Follow his funeral car; , They show the banners taken, 1 They tell his battles Won, ‘ And after him lead his mastei-less steed, While peals the minute-gun. Amid the noblest of the land We lay the sage to rest. And give the bard an honored place. With costly marble dressed, In the great minster_transept Where the lights like glories fall, _ And the organ rings and the sweet choir sings, Along the emblazoned wall. This was the truest warrior That ever buckled sword, This the most gifted poet That ever breathed _a word : And never earth’s philosopher Traced with his golden pen ()n the deathless page truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. And had he not high honor; The hill-side for a pull, To lie in state, while angels wait, With stars for tapers tall. And the dark rock pines like tossing plumes Over his bier to wave. And God's own hand in that lonely land, To lay him in the grave? ln that strange grave without a name Wliciice his uiicoiiincd clay Shall break iigain—() wondrous thought! Before the judgment dny, And stand with glory wrapped around (In the hills he never trod. .\nd spvfll-.{ of the strife that won our life \\'ith1lu- Incarnate Son of God. 0 lonely grave in .\l(:ab‘.s land} 0 dark lh-tli-l’ooi-‘s hillf Speak to those curious hearts of ours. And teach rhniii to be still. God hath his Hl_\‘.~‘[t‘I'l(*§ of grace, \V:iys that we cannot tell: Ho hid»-5 thciii d<-¢-p.‘like- the hidden sleep On him he loved so well. —_\!r.-. ('. F. .»1Ie.r they be read to one’s self. Let usi conclude by adding, if we would fill our lives with few shadows. we have contented minds.‘ Mus. A. l‘. B.\R.\'E>‘. Lmcrencc, Jliclz. 0 \'Eli-\\'() RKI-2]) W0.“ EN. [Read at lnghain Pomona.| There are so many distinct dc-f ‘why not put up awnings? You ‘then partinciits of this subject, and so A vigorous subordiiiate Graiige’would have plenty of light and a many WHIHGII Wl10‘Ullk so b1‘ig‘litly is invariably well reprcsciited l11=f1‘€‘€ circulation of air, and how it 8-11(lFI(lV1sc S0 correctly 011 the meth- the county Grange, and any 111Ga11sj(l€llglltS the children! by which we can strengtlicii our you find that will bring more satis- " ( )vcr-work’’ part as my S11l)Jt‘Cl. county Grangcs will add influence and support to the others. At present the greatest need of liealtliy child just coming in fromvful, weird, \Vliat- can _ faction, more of the true spirit of‘ happiness than Fl. red-clieekcd,‘ ods of work, that I shall take tlic Since the time of the beginning, of our race, related in that beauti-« wonderful story of , our county Grunge is an annual a i'omp. with a request to visit};-Xdain and Eve. and the fall from‘ word. have one is obvious, and why there should be any opposition to it some- 1 thing I am not able to understand; , but to prove that there is opposi- tion to it you have only to examine . the proceedings of the last three‘ sessions of the National Grange. In corresponding with Brother Brigliam upon the subject he says. “Several objections were offered, some of which were as follows: 1. That it would make confusion to have two annual words. 2. That any member in good standing in the fifth degree has the right to visit any Grange anywhere when open in the fifth degree. He adds: “ As I remember. these are the principal objections.” I cannot see as either of these argument. insult to the intellect of the Pa-i , trons of our land, whom we believe not, brothers and sisters, make a1 body rested, than I have out of a. to be the best class of true repre- special study of this. and if there? The reason why we should motlici"s cupboard ‘:‘ Show me if you will a housewife; ‘that is unappreciated. that has her‘ ,will be one who is nervous and ‘ly with the children. ever notice this‘? Then censure, carry with them any weiglit oiqlier for that fault, never tliiiikingfliave got more genuine pleasure out? The first- I consider an that the trouble lays in the shadow 1 of some kinds of work when con- “why 1 Oh! who can appreciate the happiness of those dear little faces but parents, know- ing full well that to them no shadow befalls but that a soothing word or a gentle caress from us would lull their disapointmeiit into a sweet repose. Oh! children, that sweet coiiiniunion with God. the spirit of good. which followed; so closely. it has been gcncrally. accepted that man, or mankind," must carn their bread by the sweat" of their brow, But that is all‘ wrong. it is man alone, not niaii-j kind, on whom the curse was laid. saving devices and not in added help, for who among us can com- pete with such an advertisement in our papers by our women of the city, “\Vanted—Good girl for house work. highest wages. wash- ing put out, no cliildrciil” ‘Ve- might carry our washing to the city laundry, put our children in :1 Home, but the third item, liiglicst wages, how would we meet that‘! Perhaps some of our briglit. iii- gcnious women, graduates of col- leges, with minds trained to solve intricate problems. and leisure to think them out, will turn their at- tention in our direction; then by the adjustment of a few screens and the raising of a lever. tlieday’s work will go easily on, rcquiriiig only our superiiiteiidence. instead of the continual application of brain and muscle from morn till night. If we could do as the women of the city do, when the kitchen help leaves us, go out for our ineals~ but we cannot, uiiless to our neigh- bor, who probably is more over- worked than we. It may be that in some trial previous to the “ Bel- lamy I’ci‘iod" we may have a very modern labor-saving dining-room, arranged with lockers for our food. containing the fincst quadruple extract of foods in bottles labeled " Extract of whcateii brcad.” " Ex- tract of apple pic.” "Extract of salads.” etc.. according to our taste, and when the different iiiembers of the family feel the need of El. little nourisliineiit,liclp tlicmsclvcs to a teaspoonful of Wl1E1.it‘\‘€-1‘ilI€l1‘ appe- tite desired. \Vouldii’t that be licavciily? I think we would call it manna. “c will hope science will soiiietiinc accoiiiplisli it. Look at our fariiicrs. are they workcd half to deatli? No: thcy l'l(t‘ out over tlicir fix-lds. driving EL lively span of liorscs, amid the scent of clover or golden grain, and all the time their \\‘O1‘liVl2-3 bciiig done by iiiacliiiicry and horses, and even the horses are savcd all the heavy work possiblc. And Wl1v1'£’ is the woman of that fmiiily? i'oast— ing amid the smell of fats, ctc., liftiiig, pulling, iiiixing, going up and down steps, always in a. rush. I’ll tell you there are some liclps we might have. I wish every one of us on going home would find a gasoline stove in the kitchen with . a patent apparatus for carrying the snicll away. But then that might cost 823, and that is too much, while a S(‘lf-l)ll1(l(’1' only costs $150. I think the one just as iicce,-ssa1'y as the Other. It would pay in the fiend by having a. l)cttei' looking, ;bct‘(c1' tempered wife. ‘man, a farnier, I would keep my If I were a wife nice, if possible; give her at lcast as much attention as I give my driving horse. and be just as proud of her when I had her out. It uscd to be fashionable for ‘ women to be pale. languid. nervous. but. better sense prevails now; and a finc-looking. admired woman now is one who is well-kept, happy. briglit, strong and good, and we can be none of tlieseif we 811* over- worked and weary cnougli for that rest we sing about. In hot weather let every man take home a good hanimock, tllt‘ best he can fi11d,lal)cl it “ motlicr,” and see that mother occupies it every day for at. least an hour aftcr what a dark and cloudy l]OI11egTI1€‘1'6 was another and (lifferciit,tli11I1e1'2 let 110 0116 'l1'E1l)l(.‘ soil.-' are clay and ll11[l0\'(‘I'lSll(‘Il lands. Tllc land should be tho1'ou;;hly plowed, coverin-_" all i'ubbi:-‘h, and if the soil is dry it should be roll- cd. Tlic Sl1(.‘('e>'S of tln‘ crop dc- pcnds upon ‘thc care with which the land is pi'xpai‘wl. Thu (‘mm- dian Ill(‘l1lO(l of sowin}_v; on l‘3llsi*Il 1'l(l}_"(‘S is probably not 2idvisabl«- in this State. owing to our hot and dry sumnicrs. About July 1 plant the secd in rows about ‘lb’ inches apart, at the mic of one pound [)('1' acre; in very dry wcatln-1‘ it niay be desirable to sow as liigli as one and one-half pounds per acre. For sowiii_{;' the seed ii gardeii drill is indispensable; any of Sl?t11(1{t1'(l niaiiiifactiiiw will do the work. As soon as the rows arc visible, culti- vation should bi-gin, and COI1‘(lI111<* until the leaves (‘O\'L'l' thc ground. Uiilcss very wccdy, haiid-l1ocin_<_,v‘ will not bc i1c<-essai'y. It. is not custoinary to thin rape. Any class of S11(‘t‘1) or oven (-at- A tlc may be paslm-i,-d on rape, but it seems to be pic-einiiieiitly fitted for fattening sheep. It usually inatures about the middle of Sep- tember and pfl;<.lS11I‘l11g may l)ef_j,'l11, It IS not an on-: at that time. I tirely safe feed for valuable breed- copies have recently been printed, pcacli-gi‘owei's and those iiiterested in the diseases of the peach may obtain this report (Bulletin No 1 of the Division of Vegetable Path- ology) by applying: to the b.'ec1'etary of Agi'icultui'e. \VE1S11ll1_:.{TOI1, 1). C. (‘UN(‘l.l'Sl0.VS RI-I(v'.\ Rl)l.Vli I-‘R l'I'l‘. The Hatch Experinieiit Station, llassacliusctts, speak.-' as follows of the results of its lI1\'L‘.~‘llgflil()l1 for 1891: Suinming up the results of the work of the past season, we arrive at the followiiig conclusions: That the apple scab, pear leaf blight and ci'ackin<_: of the fruit, ‘the peach and plum fruit rot, tllc plum leaf bli_«._:ht. and plum black wart, the 3_:i'apc powdery mildew and black rot, thc i'aspbci'i‘y ai1tlii'z1cnosc and the potato leaf l)ll'_fllll1ll(1 rot. may be wholly or lziijgcly preveiitcd when the solu- tions of coppcr are propi-i'ly applied. That by the (‘()llll)lll('-(l iisu of the ]3oi'duau_\' inixturc and l’ai‘is )_'1‘t‘i*l1 tllc al)ove fun5_"i arc pi'<-vciited, thi- 1(‘lll ('lll(‘1'[)lll21l‘5 and cniikci'-worins l1I'w killed. and ill!‘ injni'_v to lllt‘ apple and 1l(‘€1l' from the codli11}_;' ninth. and to lllw plum and ]_)(‘il('ll by the plum cll1'<‘11ll0, may lw lill'L{(‘ly prove-iiti-d. That if the spot-+-s of thc plum wart bcconio e,-stulwlislii-<1 in thc trvc. lllv coppcr solutions do not stop ‘[ll\—‘l1' ;_:i'owth. but that by paii1tiii§_;' with “kci-osi-iiv pastel‘ they are «lcstroyvd at once-. Thai tho 1)t‘l1('ll foliuigc i:- very siisceptible to injury from -v ppvr solutions and that tlii‘-;~'c so‘ itioiis must bu applied at from on» -:hii'd to ()ll(*—f()lll'lll the .\fi1‘eIl}_;‘l'1 us:-d § upon th<- apple and pear. That ])t‘il('ll buds can lM- 'x'.-ot\-('i- 3ed by lu>i1' of low lying hind arr villi:-1‘ (‘iI\'t‘l'(‘ll with wuI«-1' or lllHl‘Ull‘_L'lll}' .~‘lll1ll'lli«'ll. lint with f:i\'o1'al>l.- wontln-1’ in f1iti1i'i-lliwro l>'11U1'vl1.\'<»ll for panic or fvlll‘ of :1 l':‘iil111‘oofIl1c crop. Tl'll1l>' :11 this .\'t:ition for four y(‘lll‘S past Hll()\\' lllill g...).1 «-i'opsi1m_v lw 1-_\'])t'(‘it‘(l, in .<~-:1.-oils of oi'dinai‘y ('lllll'lli‘ln‘I‘. froni plant- im: any tinw in )l:i_v. Thu lwst yield.-‘ hzivu ('()lIl(‘ l‘i'oni |llllllll1l_‘_.',' l)('l\\‘(‘(‘ll .\lli_\‘ 11th and llith. If tlw pl:m1in_q min lw (‘()1llI)l(‘lt‘(l in (‘i-nt1'allllinois by i\lziy 2-'rtli,oi‘ even 3121)‘ 311111. the land l)(‘lllf_;' in ;_;ood condition and lutw 111:it11rin: \'l1l‘l("[lI*S zi\'oi«h-d.il1--n- llI‘t‘ll lit‘ lllllc anxiety so far :1.-‘ date of 1)lr'll]lll1_‘_flS(‘0ll<'(‘l‘l]t‘(l. l":iii' crops of corn may llv .~'HI‘l1l'1-ll by plant- in_«__;' ceii'l_v llll1lll1‘lIl}_{’ \’:u'ii-Iii-.-' as lntc as Juno lllth. should that lit‘ iii-<'c.-‘sa1'y, if thc S('{1.\'‘\\ll1lt‘ it is Very Vict. Time and Cured His Colts and Sheep. llfelefie, 8. IL, Nov. 6‘. 1%], which send me three packages of your Hog Cho- lera (, uren I have,-‘used it on colts and sheep and am well pleased with your medicine. Yours truly. A. D. BELL. GRAND RAPIDS and Indiana Railroadiellefl DBC- 13. '9l.—(?cntral Standard Time. GOING NORTH. l.\’o. lNo. 3N0. alxo. 7 ("incinnziti,Lv _______ Q Richmond _________ ,_ 1 ' Fort Wayne. AL. Fort Wayne. Lv_ Kalamazoo, Ar__ _ Kalamazoo. Lv_, Grand Rapids, Ar _____ __l Grand Rapids, Lv _____ _, (‘adillac ______________ Traverse City ______ _, Petos key ___________ _ _ _ ' Mackinaw, .\r ________ __i _ _ _ _ __, 7 some §oL'TH. ,l\'o. u-N .. ~ ' '.I:.vI' ' _ . , A. Mackinaw City, Lv. 7 Pctoskuy _________ __ 9 Traverse City ........ ..l 10 V _ , A..\I. P. (adillac ______________ __g 2 2:’. 1 4,‘, (fraud Rapids, Ar _____ __ 6 ‘_'0 . 5 40 1 (grand Rapids, Lv .... __l 7 00 f 6 0.‘. l 3 00 Ixalan1zizoo,Ar.___.____1 8 50 l 8 30 3 40 Kalamazoo, Lv ........ __l 8 5 /3 ____ __ 3 45 Fort Wayne, Ar _______ .412 40 in .11. 7 15 Fort Wayne. Lv _____ ; 1 00 .12 45 ____ __ Richmond _________ __ ; 4. '30 g 3 15 ____ __ Cincinnati. Ar ________ ._,‘ 7 00 3 6 01 ____ __ lP.)l.iA. ...lP.)I. ‘Sleeping cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw on he. 3 from (1!'BJJ(l Rapids. Nblieping cars, Grand Rapids to Chicago, on O. Nsleeping cars, Grand Rapids to Cincinnati, on . o. . Nos. 1. 4, 5 and 6 daily south of Grand Rapids. All other trains daily except Sunday. (‘. L. LOCKWOOD, G. P. & T. Ag‘t, Grand Rapids. E. BAKER, Agent. Kalamazoo. Afiew. Palnles.-i,Cerh taln cure. G|resln- slnnl relief and last- lng cure. Never re- turns. To Prove It and to convince you that it will p1-umptly (I111-gun‘ case of Piles, External, Im9"““l - Bleeding Protruding or Itching‘ we will send ‘ Package FREE to any address. sellidifitlgllfplsatg cover postage, and address PYRAMID DRUG 00., ALBION. MICH. Box 22. AGENTS WANTED To Canvass for THE GRANGE VISITOR Terms Liberal l I l l\lR.STEKE’l‘EE: D- S‘ --1. d $1.50f ‘ _ . . . 9'" " ‘en y°" mlsafe 1.1119 never to turn any an1_;(l111'1Ilg' the season of 1891) in D1’. gmal on rape when very l1l111—. -gry, but if the plant is allowed to induces scours indigestion, "liicli It is a and often scr:....";.;~‘5-,‘loating. mature the (la11gE?1' is greatly less- A constaiit and plentiful »supply of salt should be provided lfor animals pastured upon rape.,lP3111t1)“‘a"_ Wlth , Grain may or may not be fed; we and I “'15 .‘-§1'?911- i am. 5 have yet to learn whether an addi-5 - |’_:::::itl011al rat-ion of grain will prove | E profitable. Send For Terms at Once In brief the directions may be 10 summed as follows: ‘ 1. Plow as early as possible and‘ thorouglily harrow. ‘Z. Sow about July 1. 3. Sow one pound of seed to the acre. If very dry sow one and one-5 half pounds per acre. 4. Sow in rows 25 to 30 inches apart. 5. l'se level cultivation. 6. Keep a careful account of the cost of growing. 7. Commence pasturiiig about. the middle of September. 8. Before turning stock on rape always give a full feed. 9. Keep a watchful eye for bloat or scours. 10. Wleigh sheep at the begin- ning and the end, and if practi- cable, every two weeks during the . experiment. 11. The above directions are not arbitrary, and will necessarily be somewhat modified by local sur- roundings. The judgment of the farmer will be the best guide as to just what deviations from the above rules will be best for his 10- cality. 12. Report to us as soon as the experiment is finished, giving kind of soil, previous crop, time of sow- ing, methods of culture, tools which seem to be particularly adopted for its cultivation, breed of animals pastured, and the gains made. Re- port of failures and cause for the same will be valuable. Experience alone can teach us the best methods, and we desire to have as complete records as possible from all who receive seeds from this department. P. M. Ha.rwood,- Agriculturist. The edition of the report on the communicability of peach yellows and peach rosette, which was is- sued by the U S Department of Agriculture in December last, was soon exhausted. As additional ; of our 1ar_;;ei' apples. l That girdlii1_;,»‘ the giawe vine F ishe-i"s vineyard resulwd in a l weakened growth and a di‘ 'll1llS118(l lcrop in 1891. That young trees may be pro- ‘gtected from injury by ::ice by ' Portland cenient lC0)[P.\RISO.\' 01-‘ CORN ‘ND MIL- LET AS GRAIN CROPS. I [From Bulletin of Hatch Experimein §tz1tion.,l " It is impossible to pin ish at present an exact coinparisoi wf this millet and corn as grain crops, as the iiecessary analytical work has not been completed. “'9 11.2. .'v also in progress at this time \'pc“i- ments for the comparison of in u made from these two grains as fool for milcli cows as well as ot.:»:~.s for comparison of millet straw v:i‘.li corn stover. In the liglit of 4,319 results of analyses of these produ ts I~—both grain and sti'aw—and of these feeding experiments we S11“ 1 be able to make exact compai'isoi.s. For the present I desire simpl y to call attention to the fact that the millet has enormous cropping capacity. It gave us to the half- acre, 37.2 bushels of seed, wcigli- ing ~17 pounds per bushel, while the corn gave us 30.6 bushels of shelled grain. The millet straw weighed 2,191 pounds; the corn stover, (by no means as dry) 2,100 pounds. The millet straw chopped, crushed, moistened and sprinkled with meal is readily eaten by both horses and cattle; but it does not appear to be equal to the corn stover in feeding value. The mil- let seed, as shown by the results of foreign analyses, appears to resemble oats very closely in com- position. So far as our experience in feeding it has gone, the meal from it appears to equal corn-meal in feeding value for milk produc- tion. The fertilizers, it will be re- membered, were the same for the two crops. The labor cost consid- erably more for the millet than for the corn. The crop, however, was cultivated in drills and hand-hoed and Weeded, while in ordinary farm practice by judicious rotation it would be possible to secure good crops by sowing broadcast without cultivation. The cost of threshing 3 labor spent in gretting the ground zin goO(l condition and free from l weeds will probably be well repaid, ;even at the cost of two or three E (lays longer delay in plaiiting. ; Where overflowed lands do not lbecoine dry until too late for t e 1 corn crop and then do get in good working condition, it is probable so large a crop of good stock food can be pi-ocured in no other way so quickly and cheaply as by sow- ing the land to millet, which can be liarvested in tiiiic to permit the sowing of a wheat crop in Septem- ‘ ber. The question of a good ther- mometer often crops up, and H. §_j;i'cat- many dairyincii seem to grudge the price asked for a good ‘one. 1Ve know of fll1'I118I‘S and i dairymen who come in to buy their itliei'in0inetci's from those who lkecp 1l0l3l1ll1;_{ but what are true land reliable, and go away saying ltlicy can buy one for twciity-five gccnts. 1Vc do not (lispute the ‘correctness of this assertion. but iwe would not take a dozen of the clieapest and carry them home as a Egift. Reliable and correct ther- l mometers cannot be made and sold ;.for less than fifty ccnts to one : lollar each. The value of a cor- l rect thermometer in every dairy is {not appreciated, and the import- lance that should be attached to such an article is overlooked. There is many a churning of first- class cream that would have made good A1 butt-er, but has been spoilt for the want of a good thermometer. Some dairy supply dealers keep a regular standard tliermometer which is correct to lialfa degree at any time. These tliermometers, of course, are very expensive, and we know of one firm who has one that cost them $310. They use this one for testing the thermometers that are supplied their dairy customers before being sent out, and if there are any not correct they are discarded. ——Farmer’s Advocate. Maud: I am sorry to hear that you have lost your Fido. Clara: Yes, and it makes me cry to think of his painful end. He swollowed a Waterbury watch and the spring got loose. Aren’t you afraid that you are living rather to well for your health? asked the chicken. I ain’t in this for my health, answered the turkey, between peeks. I also is high when the work is done am out for the stufl’, so to speak. »‘.:;w. .. .i:‘»V~"i’ > 8 THE GRANGE VISITOR. Notices of Meefingse MANISTEE DISTRICT POMONA. The next meeting of Manisteei District Pomona will be held at Cleon Grange Hall the last Tues- day in June at two o’clock p m. All fourth degree members in good standing are cordially invited. B. DEBS. Secretary. THE F.\R.VIER‘S (‘OLLEG E. The following is a portion of an address to the congress from the national legislative committee. THE NAT. GuA.\‘(;n P. or H. I O_‘_tIice of the Leg/1‘sI(It1'1.'(: Conzmiftcc, 514 F Street. 3 \Vashington, D. C-.. June 1,1892. To THE Snxarons AND )IE.\iBERs or THE Horse or IiEI’R.\‘E.\'TATI'\'E:~‘. SIRS: \\'e propose to address you brief- ly on the following report and action of the National Grange, in its Twenty-fifth Animal Session. to wit (pages 180, 181). ‘ .in writing a good hand. noticed for several terms in our‘ district school that there has been A WRITING. Its Importance in the School. Should writing be taught in our ’common schools, and where does it rank in usefulness? None can dispute but that writ- ing should be taught i11 common schools. In (lays gone by when myself and others present were pupils, at school writing was considered, as it should be now, one of the most essential branches. \Vhy should it not be taught to all now as well as in those days when we’ JUNE 15, 1892. I {in the familiar hand writing of jdo you think the friends when their hearts had grown weary E :waiting for just a line telling them 1 the brave soldier boy was still alive, sought for bad grammar? All things considered I claim‘ ‘that reading, writing, spelling and ‘arithmetic should come first: then if there be time devote it to other studies. F raternally yours, Mas. C. L. PEARCE. would strive to outdo each other. I have no demand for writing books, Istationery, etc. \Vhenever I have spoken about it my children would Qsay, ‘-‘()3 we write our spelling ‘lessons and our teacher thinks ,that is sufficient.” Now I think 1all will agree with me, that it is :much easier to write with a pencil Bro. A. Messer otferetl the follow- . than with a pen. and to hold your- ing, which was adopted: self and pen in proper position. As “WH1-:REAs, A large proportionof 3 practice makes perfect. the more the agricultural colleges of this country are closely connected with classical institutions, with the funds and appropriations from the general government paid and disbursed from a common treasury of the combined institu- tions; and, “VVHEREAS, Owing to a variety of causes incident to such connec- ; he makes the pupil writes with a pen the sooner he becomes master of the ‘pen. Another thing. Ifachild is cil. writing his spelling lessons, I ;lo not see how he can improve very much. for he is copying his own errors all the time. If mistakes at tirst _in tion, the number of agriculturalliorming letters the mistakes are students in these combined insti-{not remedied. but the pupil still tutions is reduced to a minimum, thereby rendering the muniticcnt donations from the general gov-. ernment for agricultural education practically worthless, so far as direct agricultural and industrial education is concerned; therefore. “Rcsolrcd, That the National Grange respectfully ask Congress to pass a law 1‘cqui1'ing the differ- ent states, where combined classi- cal and agricultural colleges exist, to separate the industrial from the classical departments and establish separate and distinct agricultural and mechanical colleges in other localities, and with separate boards of trustees, directors, officers and teachers, that the true intent of the laws of Congress establishing agricultural colleges and experiment stations may be fully carried out, namely, the higher education of the rural popu- lation. And we further ask that all appropriations now paid to the ‘bombined institutions, and all un- expended funds heretofore appro- priated by the government for establishing and maintaining agri- cultural and mechanical colleges shall be transferred to such separ- ate and distinct agricultural and mechanical colleges as may be es- tablished in the several states. “Resolved, That the National Grange Legislative Committee be requested to bring these resolu- tions to the attention of Members of Congress at its coming session.” The National Grange, believing that well directed efforts in direct- ing the present expenditures of the General Government fo1' agricul- tural and industrial instruction would accomplish the end in view, presents the resolutions recited in the beginning of this paper as a first and essential step. Until agricultural and industrial educa- tion is removed from the shadow of classical and literary groves and transplanted into the sunlight of an open field for independent cul- ture, it must languish and fail of expected harvests. Mr. Gladstone, speaking at the opening of an industrial school at Saltney, Eng- land, said: “\Vhat is requisite is that the nation at large should obtain a true conception of the subject, and that true conception in this: That every man who is engaged in manual production should study, not merely to get his living out of thad production, but to raise every description of manual production to the highest excellence of which he is capable. * * * That is the principle that will live and will glorify labor, * * * that will raise the workmen of the country in the best sense and in the best manner, namely, by means of a power, an energy springing up within themselves and devoted by themselves to the improvement of their condition by the improve- ment of their work, Respectfully, J. H. BRIGHAM, LEONARD RHONE, JOHN TRIMBLE, I Leg2'slaiz've‘C0m. l keeps following one mistake after another. If the teacher had a set time for writing he could then see the copy and making unprove- ,ments instead of standing still or E worse going backward. 3 It is asserted that there are so many studies in our schools of to- day, there is really no time for writing. Also, it is claimed that teachers are scarce who understand writing well enough to teach it. I will admit there are altogether too many poor writers among teachers. Still another objection is that the farmer boys can not be taught to write very well any way because their hands are stifi and clumsy from hard work, but when they are sent to commercial college or agricultural college they can be taught to write. I do not, think there are any with hands so clumsy they can not be taught to write their names in case they are called upon to do so. \Vhat can be more embarrassing to a man doing business to be obliged to make his mark instead of writing his name decently and legibly. In speaking of teachers not having time to teach writing, is time much scarcer now with the schools graded and with a uniform- ity of text books than it was years ago when there were fully as many names enrolled: when there were classes from A B C’s up to all the higher studies allowed in common schools; and when three, or four kinds of readers and nearly all the different kinds of arithmetics pub- lished were brought into the school? Yet in those days and under such circumstances teachers found time to teach writing. Now one kind of reader, one arithmetic, will be found in the graded school. \Vhy is there no time for writing now as well as in days gone by? The master of our Grange once said he thought writing was more essential than grammar. This idea was perfectly horrifying to several present, but I thought the master’s idea was pretty nearly correct. Not but I think it is all right that grammar should be taught, but grammar can be taught at home far easier than writing can. I once heard a learned gentleman say he had rather a child of his should be brought up in a family that spoke correctly than to study all the grammars that were ever printed. If the heads of families practice speaking correctly and properly before their children the latter will learn to speak it correctly; but writing is quite diflferent. What greater pleasure can a per- son, who is far from home, and homesick, experience than to re- ceive a good long letter from home or for the friends at home to receive a letter from the absent loved one, stating that all is well. Now without writing all this pleas- ure is lost. Take the poor home- sick soldier for instance. Do you suppose he stopped to look for grammatical errors in the precious that the pupils were copying after? BAD I-‘LAVORS IN BUTTER. If you want the cows to yield jperfect flavored milk do not let gthem eat leeks, fungus growths, or if .‘any noxious vegetation. This im-f lplies that you must have a clean fpasture, which should be a part; . _jment, and are generally decided land parcel of every dairy farm. l Some cows develop a morbid ap- ,' ,-‘petite, generally those that are ill-f lrefuse and foul growths that have {a most deleterious effect on the 1 fed; and they will eat with avidity Jquality of the milk. ‘Ye have- i known cows to give tainted milk l day after day of so rank a character jrequested to do no writing with a;that aeration had but little effect into 3 pen, and all he does is with a pen- ~ upon the odor, and the butter made itherefrom was practically 11neat- ;’ able. Continued investigation for a long time faile(l to reveal the cause, ,' until it was at last discovered that jsome of the cows had been eating‘ ‘poisonous varieties of mushrooms, ‘ commonly known as “ toad-stools,” E which grew abundantly about some Sold decayed stumps in the pasture. ‘iAs soon as the cause was removed the milk resumed its normal cl1ar- acter. It amounts to one and the same 3thing to give unhealthy food to milch cows, or to place it in a mod- ified form on your table for your family’s use. Bad food given to a Ecow in milk will surely impress its bad character upon her lacteal secretion. Damaged food turned into beef may not be so quickly and thoroughly transmitted to the human stomach as in the case of milk, for the slower process of nutrition in the animal tissues gives time for considerable of the deleterious matter to be eliminated by the processes ofigggiature before the meat becomes human food. \Vith milk the case is radically different, for the fluid is practically of the same character as the feed. An after aeration of the fluid can not expel disease germs and mi- crobes absorbed from an unhealthy diet. Prevention is the only cure for bad flavor and worse results, inmilkaifectedinthewaydescribed. Stagnant or running water tainted by any foul matter, and drank by a dairy, will smirch the character of their milk as quickly as will a diseased diet. In older portions of the country where the range of the dairy is limited to a well-seeded pasture and water as a general ‘thing is pure, butter makers are not seriously troubled with such foreign odors and flavors in milk. The writer has lived in new portions of the West, how- ever, where a wild range really amounted to a hinderance to the production of perfectly flavored butter. All of such foreign flavors in milk and butter may not be poi- sonous or unhealthy as in the case of the cows feeding on wild leeks, but butter with such an odor is nau- seating to use on one’s own table, and is practically unsalable in the market. We have seen consumers melt such butter over a high heat to eliminate the bad flavor, but of course the character and structure of the butter was also destroyed fby the dissolution of the globules. .—Prair2'e Farmer. POLITICAL DISC-IISSIO.\’. How men vote is something we need not much concern ourselves with. The important thing is how they think. N ow the chief agency in promot- ing thought is discussion. And to secure the most general and most effective discussion of a prin- ciple it must be embodied in con- crete form and presented in prac- tical politics, so that men, being called to vote on it, shall be forced to think and talk about it. The advocates of a great princi- ple should know no thought of compromise. They should pro- claim it in its fullness, and point to its complete attainment as their goal. But the zeal of the propa- iletters which 08:18 to him from his ifar away home? No, if they werel gandist needs to be supplemented by the skill of the politician. {While the one need not fear to {dear ones that was enough. Orgarouse opposition, the other should: at home, jseek to minimize resistance. The; political art, like the military art, 3 -‘consists in massing the greatest‘ force against the point of least re- sistance; and. to bring a principle _. most quickly and effectively into. measure‘ .which presents it should be so practical politics, the moderate as (while involving the principle) to secure the largest support and excite the least resis- ’ tance. For whether the first step‘ be long or short is of little conse- quence. \Vhen a start is once made in a right direction, progress, is a mere matter of keeping o11. It is in this way that great ques- tions always enter the phase of po- litical action. Important political -battles begin with affairs of out- posts, in themselves of little mo- upon issue joined not on the main question, but on some minor or. the‘ collateral question. Thus slavery question in the llnited States eame into practical politics upon the issue of the extension of slavery to new territory. and was decisively settled upon the issue of secession. the abolitionist might well have looked with contempt on the pro- posals of the Republicans. but these proposals were the means of bringing to realization what the abolitionists would in vain have sought to accomplish directly. HE.\'1:v Gnoncn. Secretary T. S. Gould, of the Connecticut Board of Agriculture, denies the “ decadence” of agricult- ure in New England as evidenced by “abandoned farms.” so much talked of, from the fact that of the . ,lands devoted to farming in that state, but one per cent are offered. for sale, and of this amount b11t little can be classed as abandoned. The American Hereford Cattle Breeders Association, the Ameri- can Berkshire Swine Association. the American Shropshire Associa- tion, and the American Shorthorn Association, each ofier special prizes for stock recorded in their respective Records to be exhibited at the Michigan State Fair this year. Over exertion: Small boy (who has been playing ball for six hours): My legs a.che.-Anxious mamma: VVhat have you been doing?—Small boy: I dunno. I did an example on the black- board yesterday. Professor Whackem: Who helped you to do these sums‘? Johnny Fizzletop: Nobody sir.—Whatl nobody? Now don't lie. Don’t your brother help you?—No, he didn't help me; he did them all by him- self. He: Did you have a good time on your camping party last summer? She: I should say so. We had seven girls and seven men, and when we came home there were forty-nine engagements in the party. .\ WORD FROM A STATE GRANGE JIASTER. Spotsylvania Co., Va., April 23, 1802. MR. 0. W. INGERSOLL. Dear Sir: It gives me great pleasure to testify to the worth of your paints. I have never seen a better and hardly think my friend Ingersoll could improve upon it. Rest assured I will do my level best for you and your paints, for I am honest in my recommendation of it and when I say a thing is good, I can talk it for all it is worth. I would like to see all our houses painted with it. Fraternally yours, X. X. CHARTTERS. [See adv. Ingersoll’s Liquid Rub- ber Paints—Ed.] Excriislox nuns. For the following conventions, the Chicago and West Michigan Ry, and Detroit, Lansing & Nor- thern Ry, will sell excursion tickets at one fare for the round triw: REPUBLICAN N ATIONAL at Min- neapolis, Minn. Sell June 2d to 6th. Return limit, June 25th. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION at Detroit, Mich. Sell June 6th and 7th. Return limit, June 13th. DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL at Chi- cago, Ill. Return limit, July 8th. PROHIBITION NATIONAL at Cin- cinnati, O. Sell June 28th and 29th. Return limit, July 6th. GEO. DEHAVEN, General Passenger Agt. Regarded as an end, I Sell June 16th to 20th. S L I Morning Noon Night Good all the time. It removes the languor of morning, sus- tains the energies of noon, lulls the weariness of night. delicious, sparkling, appetizing. Don’: be deceived if a dealer, for the sake of larger profit, tells you some other kind is “just as good "—'Lis false. No imitation is as good as the genuine HlRKS'. C/GOOOOOOOCIO TH E )I()lHIR,\'I‘0l{ ..\.\'n rm-; (v‘l{.\Ntw'E VISITOII nu. July 1. 1-619$}, FOR -‘:41 )0. The ;comple- ition about ‘ June 15th of the ‘ extension from Trav- , erse City to Petoskey and ‘Bay View of the Chicago .\' - West Michigan Railway will open a new and popular route to the North- . ern Michigan Summer llesorts. The new line will be up to the high standard of ‘the C. \\: \V. M. and D., L. & .\'. system, ;and with the excellent train service, lwhich will be a special feature, it will i speedily prove to be a favorite. It will be ithe scenic line of Michigan, running as -it does along the shores of lakes and ; rivers for more than forty miles, passing through the towns of Barker Creek, ;Spencer Creek, Bellaire. Central Lake. ;l*lllsworth, and last, but by no means least, beautiful Charlevoix, than which there is no more delightful summer re- sort and to which it will be the only all rail line. Elk Rapids is also reached by a short branch from Willianisburg. For several miles the road skirts the shore, almost at the water’s edge, of Little Traverse Bay, nearly the entire distance from Traverse City being a panorama of beautiful scenery. Our new Summer Book, now ready, will be sent to any address on application, and much information may be obtained from it re- garding the Northern Resorts, and the advantages in reaching them possessed by the C. & W. M. and D., L. A’; N. lines. Through sleeping and parlor cars will be run during the summer between Chicago, Detroit, Grand Rapids and Petoskey, via Traverse City and Charlevoix. GEO. DEHA\‘EN, Gen’l Pass’r Agent. FflV0l’ll6 [H163 to the summerflfiesoris _Ml HI ’l‘I{-AVEl{Sl‘] ('-[TY ELK l{.»\l’ll)S CHAI{LI:lV()l.\' I’ E'[‘OSK E1’ BAY VlI']\V )I.—\(,‘K[.\'.—\(7 ISLAND '[‘R.~\VEI{SI‘] BAY RESORTS CHICAGO WEST MICHIGAN RAILWAY A N l’.\\' ROUTE illlll and DETROIT LANSING and NORTHERN RAILROAD Our extension now building from Traverse City will begin operation about Julyl to Petoskey and Bay View, and will be the Onlu all rail line to Gnarlevoix Through sleeping and parlor car ser- vice from Chicago, Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids to Petoskey. THE SCENIC LINE Over forty miles of beautiful lake and river views north of Traverse City. Try it when you go north this summer FRANK TOWNSEND, GEO. DEHAVEN, Agent, Lansing. Gen’l Pass. Agt., Grand Rapids. Clubbing list_ivi1h The Visitor Both Papers. 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