“THE FARJIEIL’ IS OF JIURE ( '().\'.S'EQ('I:'.\'(,'1'J T HAN VOL. XVII. N0, 19. WHAT A B.\.\'K IS FOR. Perhaps not more than one man in ten could give. off hand, a cor- rect account of the real purposes of a bank, and the chances are that only a small per cent of those thus able to rise up and explain could give any very adequate statement. backed with facts, of the import- ance of banking in our very coin- plex industrial system. Besides this banks are sometimes charged by superficial observers, to whom banking operations are as iiiyste- rious as the rites of oriental sor- cerers, with being the fruitful source of selfishly coiiceived dis- turbances in our monetary system. and consequently the cause of hard times, industrial prostration, low wages, poverty and crime. That there should be a general lack of ‘ information about banks and bank- ing is not strange when we consider that the American people have de- vised a wonderfully smooth working and well-guarded system, which no longer compels the constant sur- veillance of the public to prevent evils, and that the business should be attacked merely indicates that‘ historically banking has seen evil 3 (lays, and as a business is too coni- plex to be comprehended at a glance. _ But what are the services reii- It is a profitable inquiry. Do they perform important and necessary benefit of all classes of people, rich 1 LirsiiG.incHibAN,ocTonra a transfer of accounts on the books of the various banks, and money travels only to pay balances. The property rights in these moving commodities are thus transferred‘ easily, quickly and surely, and at a very slight expense. ‘ oi‘0iis , development. The deposit banks render a fur- ‘ ther service in capital building. The savings bank is of benefit to, _ _ only obvious to 1 thoughtful man the depositor directly by fiirnisli- ing him a convenient means of storing small amountsof value. We must realize that most men must live oti" what they prr )(ll1('t‘, and that . nothing that they produce can re- inaiii in e_\'istence for a very long; period. Houses wear out, clothes are easily ruined. animals die, and the fruits of the tl€l(l decay. The problem presents itself to a produ-f _ . _ _ too little will weaken its credit and cer. how shall I preserve the value to use it? How to store value is I have labored to obtain till I need l suggested by the bank. Turn it, into money, and put the money in the bank. the present surplus or however :large, it will be safely preserved against the time of need. may be things safer than a bank. for a bank may become insolvent. gels may be lost, so as a storehouse of value there is risk in everything. {Besides when stored in the bankl _ _ ,the value put in may be readily} dered to industrial society by banks ‘.’ ; withdrawn to its full amount at? ; will under ordinary circumstances, ? mand. E or poor, employer or employed‘.’= Can they be dispensed with? Are they aii atlclitioiial burden upon industrial operations, coming in to levy a toll on labor and capital through inanipulations of the nioiiey supply. as sometimes stated I’ There are at least three classes of services rendered by banks and an institution which performs any one, or two of the three. may claim the title. thus promote a general condition iof prosperity. 1. Banks provide means for the: safe keeping of moneys and evideii- ing on of credit exchanges. 2. Banks by discounting bills facilitate the re-employiiient of capital, and thus encourage indus- tries. 3. Banks supply the country with a part of its paper money in such a way that the monetary sys- tem of the country is rendered elastic, contracting or expanding at such times or places as such movements may be desirable. The safe keeping of moneys and evidences of property was the orig- inal banking function, but soon the superior convenience of paying an obligation with an order on the bank, so that a change in the books of the bank took the place of the drawing out of the money. paying the debt, and the deposit again by the new holders, developed the check system of exchanges. These exchanges by check rendered it possible for the bankers to loan or} use the money deposited, or a large part of it, without disturbing the exchange transactions of the depos- itors. \Vith the growth of the credit system, exchanges became simplified between different parts of the country. the expense of the transportation of money and time was saved, and consequently in- dustrial operations quickened and rendered more efficient. There is is in this one service an abundant reason for the existence of banks. Now hundreds of millions of dol- lars worth of commodities circulate ‘ about this country each year, and instead of a constant shipment of money, involving an expensive equipment for its security and con- sequent locking up of capital, and diminution in the demand for labor, all these exchanges are effected by _ operations or to establish new ones. it ces of property, and for the carry-: ’while value in land and jewels mayl functions, which redound to the‘ not always be thus readily at com- { But besides this direct bcnefitl there is an indirect benefit arising from savings banks. The small? deposits of many men combined form a control over capital large; enough to promote business eiiter- prises, encourage industry. increase 3 the demand for labor and thus in- . flucnce wages for the better, and; These small sav-l Then, however small, L deposits to be scattered in the gen- eral currents of trade. Thus the banking functions are vitally important: to a highly coni- plex industrial system. and to vig- and pros‘ rous industrial llfat banks may become the means of industrial damage, that they may paralyze industry instead foster it. is not but is evidenced by history. “lhile the baiikiiig functions and the prin- ciples of the biisiness are simple to understand, yet in practice there is no business requiring kecin r insight, a more practical knowledge of affairs, and shtewder jndgnient than the banking business. Too great caution may make the bank unprofitable to its projectors, while thus ruin its bufiiness. \Vhen to encourage industrial‘ enterprises and when to discourage them. when the developmentof the coinniiniity is healthy and natural, and when I speculative and dangerous,---tliese questions are grave ones for the‘ There 5 banker, for success or failure lies: iin the answer. But dangers and But land may deteriorate, and jew-3 liabilities to abuses beset all busi- nesses, aiid the banking business? , is not less important, less necessary 301' less valuable mg the community ' at large on that lRCC0l1I1l'i.'-~.\7. 1).} C'01'()in in Brmking. E11110“ ion. [Extract from an all lfiiiiress by bx-President Hayjs before the .\ew York Grange at Chautau- qua. Education begins at the cradle and continues while life lasts. It, is t'lie chief interest and the most iindispensable duty of the parent during the first score of years of his child’s life. and until the age of niaturity. \\'hat shall be its scope—~itS aim its purpose‘.’ I’lainly it concerns the mind. the ‘heart, the eyes. the hands, the liealtli—~—l)cfore and above all, the‘ ings form 3 free fund of capitaIl(.'l1fl1'R(‘tt‘I'. The child must be tit- that may go to extend old industrial led fol‘ the place ll“ l,S to llll lll llf_‘*- ere is the rub. What place in The more capita], the more ente,._ life shall the boy or girl fill? In prise. The discount operations of banks ; ance. The bank will pay the cred- litor his due and obtain from him i his right to receive a specified sum lat a later date. The bank is paid ? b the i c tere tdeducte lin adva ce . 3 y n S ( D ’ are farmers or mechanics, or labor- { called the discount. The original creditor gets con- ltrol of his capital three or four 3 months sooner than he would with- lout the intervention of the bank ;and although he does not get th ;full face value of his paper, yet i la paying business, he will ma e i more by discounting his paper, and 1 using his capital than by waiting. iThus industries are encouraged, Jbusiness stimulated. capital more readily utilized, demand for labor 3 perity fostered. ting medium is the peculiar prov- lince of the national banks. and the _whole process is regulated by the ‘' laws of Congress. The demand for money is like the demand for plows, we need enough plows to do the plowing, and we need more plows at certain seasons than we do others. So with money; we small exchanges and to pay balan- ,ces in large and complex ones, and 1 how much we need depends on the amount of work to be done, and ‘this varies with the season of the year. ;ters of issue, and these scattered all over the country, any local de- mand for more money can be read- ily met, while a surplus would be but temporary returning in the Having a great many cen-' l are also of great value and import’ 5 an inexorable fate fixes for life the fthc old world society and individ- uals are governed in large measure by caste. Under this blind rule place of all born into the world. §Children follow in the footsteps of l l t ling advantage. : parental duty of education. 9 blacksmith must send his boy only I D : to such schools as are needed in their parents. They are in the professions, they are idlers, they‘ ers, according to the pursuits of their progenitors before them. The old world law of caste has one seem- It simplifies the ; The ‘that handicraft, and so of other 3 occupations. But the new world 5 gospel of education inculcates other 1 principles. F The business of supplying the.‘ ‘country with a part of its circula- Here the place in life which the young are to hold is not‘ ffixed by the ancestral tree. In- streiigtlieiied. and, general pros-3 America the sons of mechanics. laborers and farmers become schol- ars, philosophers. generals, and the leaders and rulers of states and peoples. They fill the highest places for which their native tal- , ents and their training and charac- ters fit them. American education, therefore, should give to all the, young of America an equal oppor- tunity for the improvement of their i natural faculties and endowments. l _ 1 America cannot afford to chain her: need enough to use directly for- children to the past. If upon the} whole it is best for the son to adopt I the calling of his father, let it bel so, but in our scheme of public ' education——of education for all, let diversity of taste, of intellect, and of gifts be amply provided for. A good friend said to me: I want to send my boy to a school that will prepare him for the farm—why bother him with the dead langua- ges? My reply was: That de- 1, 1392. pends-- the dead languages are no fetich of mine~—but suppose your boy is as awkward \vith a scythe as Daniel \\'ebster is reported to have been- and suppose he gives signs of possessing the massive under- standing and the mighty power of speech which made \Vebster the great statesman and orator of his time. wouldn’t you give him a chance for the career for which his gifts have titted him? Rather let our education be so broad and liberal that it will furnish to all the sons and daughters in America the highest and best scholarship their talents enable them to receive. ,h'cholarship tlc-\'o'lHpS and trains the power of e.\'pi'ession. Mr. Emerson says: “ All the lhuman race have agreed to value a man accordinw to his )0W(‘l' of ex- ‘ :7 ‘Bl prcssion. power be within the reach of every ',son and daughter of our land qual- itied by natural gifts to possess it. It is a reproach to any agricultu.i'al or mechanical college if it does not teach all of mechanics and of farin- ing that can be best taught in a college. \\'c know that a large- part of practical skill in farining can be taught at home and on the farm. proaeh to the agricultural and mechanical college, but rather an ,added advaiitage, if while it holds ipractical farming and practical iii- ldustry in the shop in due honor and of unquestioned worth, it also, I in the wise words of Ezra Coi'i'ieli, l is “an institution where any person ican tind instruction in any study." ‘boby of intelligent. and practical T men is: Let there be no opposition to any scheme of education merely because it fiirnislies a more liberal scholarship than you fancy you need for your children. No parent is so wise and farseeing asinfallibly , to know the powers, the possi- bilities, the destiny of his child. If education is weak where it ought ‘ to be strongest—---if in this common sense age it makes no-adequate -provision for the wholesome avo- cations of every day life—-if it turns the young out into the world unable to make a living by the skilled labor of their own hands — helpness victims of idleness and vice, reform it, reform it, reform it altogether! But remember, I beg you, it is no remedy for the evil you dread to separate your students ;from the scholars with whom they are to associate and to compete for I 1 the prizes of life. Caste will re- main perhaps for ages in the old world. There are those who would give it a foothold on this side of the ; Atlantic. But it has no rightful place in a republic. ent. all civilized society. Put labor therefore into the education of all our children. , sometime between childhood an(l maturity. No education is com- plete and in true sense liberal; which does not prepare the young? to earn a livelihood, if need be, by ithe skillful labor of their own hands. Can it be done? The wise man has said: “Nothing is imprac- s ticable to this nation which it shall set itself to do.” HORT[Cl'L'l'['R-H IN SCHOOLS. At the recent meeting of the society of American florists at Washington Mr. Robert Farquhar of Boston read a paper to show how and why children should be trained to love and cultivate flowers. We can either stifle or strengthen the love of nature which is implanted in every young heart. If we encourage and cultivate this love the mind of the growing child will be opened to the beauties of Let this rare and select I It is no just ground of re- ‘ My earnest suggestion to this‘ Education 1 should be titted to the child~not i governed by the calling of the par- j Labor is the corner stone of; It should be taugliti THE FARJI. AN!) SH(.)l'I.l) BE Fl]f."I' lJII’li’()I'EI)." ivnoir Nn.i¢i nature. (‘hildren should have gardensof their own to care for, and they should be instructed in garden practice, They should be allowed to sow the seeds and care for the plants theinselves. The claims of children should never be forgotten in making up the lists of premiums for ln>rticultural and agricultural fairs. Prizo-s should be given for plants grown by them mid for bouquets and collections of wild flowers made by them. Village improvement societies are doing excellent work in many sections. Some have distributed seeds and plants to the school children with most satisfactory results: tlorists should profit by this e.\ample. The nn-rchants. lawyers and ministers who usually make up our school cominittces rarely seek to influence education in the interests of horticulture or -agriculture. lt. is book learning from beginning to end. As a con- sequence. we have a large surplus of middle men. and men who live by their wits. Small wonder then that a large proportion of our best all-round gardeners originall_v came from abroad. In most liluropean countries school life fosters a prac- tical acquaintance with nature. Our chil'dren here love the beauties fof nature as dearly as any, and our ischools should foster such love iii- jstead of checking it. As an agri- ‘cultural country America stands ,in the front rank, and the prosper- 1 my and wealth of the whole country ,'depend upon the prosperity of ‘those who till the soil; but these ‘facts are entirely lost sight of in our schools: at least. no training is provided which bears directly upon them. On this side of the Atlantic we justly pride ourselves upon being in advance of lduropean countries in most attaininents. VVe are very far behind many of them in the important matter of horticultural education of children. II1l‘ll‘ElIlCt‘tlXtéI'c are over twenty- six thousand primary and elemen- tary schools where gardening is practically taught in gardens sur- rounding the school houses _ Our country is young, but it is rich and progressive. The plain old school buildings are going, and elegant buildings, with costly ap- ipliances. are taking their places. But we should not be content with fine buildings, large play grounds and good teachers. In this country more than any we need the proper setting of ample grounds, filled with shrubs and flowers to bloom from earliest spring till winter. 1 Instead of books alone, we should see to it that our children have lample opportunities for enjoying a lesson from the book of nature. v—G"rmz_r/c Ilomes. Say. young man, there is one thing you cannot do. You can’t make a success in life unless you work. Better men than you have ‘tried it and failed. You can’t loaf around street corners and saloons, smoke cigars. tell foul stories. drink Whisky, and sponge on someone else Without making a failure in life. ,You must learn a trade or get into 1 some honest business. If you don’t you will be a chronic loafer, despised l by all, producing nothingssimply ‘ making yourself a burden on your parents or the State. There is no place in the world today for loafers. The ripe fruit is all at the top of the tree. You must climb to get it. If you wait for it to fall at your feet you will never get it. Smarter men will jump up and pluck it all. Move. Do something, no matter how small. It will be a starter. Help yourself and others will help. There is no royal path to success. ' Toil, grit, endurance—-these are the requisites. ‘Wake up and see what you can do.—F0rreston Herald. -ax» -.—y..;-.a.-.-.cvg:_x3~¢ .~. i 1 1 1 1 ‘V .. Field and Sfock. l’l'l:('H.\Sl.\'(& H-:l'l’I‘ 'i‘l{El-IS. The Best V111-11-ties 111111 How 111 111-1 'l'l11-n1. .IA)1E[\‘ .1.1«.x~:-.11x:.r1a.;.11.1m&1.- < ‘ l l , ti. -.--5-gsggl“-V. . A 3) .4‘§ /‘~ OCTOBER 1, 1892. PHE GRANGE VISITOR. ATRO .VI.\N N3 ('1-‘.-\(,'Tl'l{l:‘l€ Ul- LVGEI{S()LL’S LIQUID KFBBER I’-\L\'T. Ten Thousand P. of H. and (Jheapest. Farmers testify they are Best and \\"i«:i'i‘i: cs .-\I\'I) s_\vi; .\io.\‘r.v. AlNT Cheap, lndestriictilile Paints for BARNS AN]! 0l'TB['ll.l)lNhS. .\'A’['l0N.\ L l"IN.\.V(/‘ . The following is taken from the report of the Executive Committee of the Michigan State Grange of 1-S‘.ll: As we predicted in o11i' last annual report, the addition to our currency of national treasury notes based on the gold value of -1.51)”, 000 ounces of silver per month. the product of our gold mines not used in the arts, and the balance of trade in our favor during the year, have not been sufficient to meet the wants of legitimate lH1Sl1l(‘SS.§ Au unnecessary stringency hasl prevailed in the money market,‘ crippling business, and pl'(‘\'(:Illl1lf_:': the prosecution of enterprises pro- jected early in the year. That an annual increase in the. currency much larger than that ‘ furnished under the present law is ‘ necessary to meet the business wants of the country, is so univer- T sally admitted by all save lllli:~}(‘(lt.‘- pending on ti.\'ed incomes or in-' tcrest‘. on money loaned, that we. deem an extended discussion of the cause at this time uimeeessary. The balance of trade, with fHI'Plf_'_'ll countries ino1ii' favor. and theprod- uct of our gold and sil\'er mines, not used in the arts, as a basis for, demand treasury notes would be ample for all needs of the country," were it not for the immense out- flows of money to pay interest and dividends on foreign capital loanedj and invested in this country. The amount thus earned by; foreign capital as interest and dividends amounts to more than -Sl5U_tltlt),l.Itlt) a year. and is so, rapidly increasing that, unless‘ checked by proper legislation, it will exact an annual tribute froinl the American people of -‘§—lt)tl.t)tl(),. U00 for the benefit of English cap-, ital during the next generation.f This drain during the last fiscal‘ OFFICE: 243 Plymouth St., Brooklyn, N. Y. of hanks organized and the rapidlpillars upon which our structure decline of bank note circulation. As an inducement to the people to turn the money issuing power of the government over to banking corporations, Mr. Harst proposes to tax the banks two per cent per annum on their circulation for the public revenue. If this tax came out of the protits of the bank there would be some sense in pro- posing it; but Mr. Harst and every other business man must know that the banks would add this tax to their (ll.<('0l1lil>'. and as much more as the condition of the money market of their own producing would permit. The patrons of the hank who are largely merchants and mainifaetiirei-s must neces- sarily add this increased expense to the price of their goods. and the people in the end pay. not only the two per cent tax but the profits of the banks in addition. \Ve prefer that the government over which the people have control, shall levy and collect all iiecessai'y ta.\'es for revenue. rather than have the taxing’ power turned over to irresponsible corporations over which the people have no control. Ye are equally opposed to the free and unlimited coiiiage of cl‘//lei‘ gold or silver. 5 \\'ll.\'l' '|‘Hli t-tll.\.\'(-‘I-I l)H)I.\.\'l).S'. Report of Nlississippi (‘omiuittee on how! oi’ the Order. llve are of opinion that greater progress would beinade if our sub- (iranges would hold their regular monthly meeting one entire day each month. lt business is not lsutlicient to occupy the time, spend it socially. “re cannot. atlord to disregard this feature of our Order. Let no meniber fail to attend the meeting of his or her Grange un- less providentially hindered. and rests. If there be those who yet‘ think we are (lisintegrators, or antagonists of anything that is legitimate and right and has for‘ its object the advancement of any honest calling or purpose. our membersliip should seek to disa- l zbuse their minds by coming boldly" to the front and actiiig p['()IlllIlt‘I1ll_\‘ in their respective parties to effect necessai'y reforms and for the best interest of the state. “'9 should . make known to our political asso-3 ciates that while we will demand? that it is not so much honor that , we desire as good legislation in the ‘interest of our class. which will not contiict with the best interest .of the country. Our members should concede to all other classes the same right we claim for our- s('l\’:-s‘——t'<1111Llit_y. equity and fair- i uess. and nothing more. DH. 'I‘IH.V”5Ll‘l. I had a briefeliat with l)r. -lohn Trimble, of \\'ashington. l), (‘.. Secretary of the National (irauge. He has had a varied experience. Prior to the war he was for four years president of the Masonic , l'iiivei'sity, at La (lrange, Ky. l During‘ the war he was torsix years 'elerl< of the ',l,‘r« usury l)epartin«-nt, 3 under .\'eeretar_'»' ('liase. Afterwards I he tilled the position of state ageiit for Si‘.\'(‘ll different states in the .collection of funds advaueeil by them for defraying war expenses. llej_;a\'e'ii1etheinterestingdetailsof ‘ a r-oiifei'ei1<-e he held with l.’resident ‘l.in<-olu in an etl'ort to obtain the ‘ release of certain young Kentucl - iaiis formerly pupils in the college of which llr. Trimble was president. rwho were captured by General ,ll\_l()l‘§_{flll in his celebrated raid lTl1rougl1 Dr. T1'ip1hle’sintercession year has mnOmm.d to more than y always be prepared with some well l President Lincoln was induced to the entire output of our gold and; silver added to the balance of trade in our favor. , of money, or its equivalent in prod- ucts. for which nothing is return-~ I_natured thoughts to offer on sub- jects of practical importance. ing after the sick and distressed among our membership should at ,‘ liberate them. query Dr. Trimble informed me Tl)is(;011st3_11t,0ut,fl()Vv l The committees charged with look- l that Since the l In answer to my [ 'ar the Grange has lorganized nearly 27,000 branches and its Inemberhip now includes ed’ is an 31111113,] tax upon the i11-lc'tll times be diligent and ftlltllfllllllf-‘a1'ly 3» mllll011-‘"0/HUI[(UU['ll«(l« dustry of our l prosperity. work, and by close attention to it country, and thr-‘ll-11 the discharge of their (luties.,lASS(fII1/Ily Hera/rl. greatest menace to our continual 0111‘ 011161‘ Systematizes this noblel SHALL WE BE S.\’l‘lS]~‘ll-ID. How to check this increasing in- the work done will commend our; debtedness, and the consequent in- l 011191‘ t0 all 3-E00tl Ci'0iZ€11S- A.‘-jflilli i The 1111m91'0U-5‘ mld ‘'31'19‘l 00“- creasing absorption of ourcarnings .‘ by foreign capital, is one of the diflicult problems which our states- , men have to solve, and to Which». their attention cannot too soon bel directed. 3 111 the meantime, and until thisi outflow for interest and dividendsl is checked and reduced below the,‘ average animal balance of trade in our favor, and the annual output of precious metals from our mines, provision must be made for a greater increase in our currency than the present law permits—— enough to meet the demands of a rapidly increasing trade and com- merce. What shall be the amount of this increase, and how it shall be made, are questions being widely discussed and many plans have been proposed. Two of these plans we will con- sider, viz: The proposition of Mr. M. D. Harst, M. C., to turn the people over to the tender care of private banks; and the proposition of the silver kings to take control of the coinage. We are unalterably opposed to the issuing of money by either state or national banks, no matter how well secured or safely guarded. We regard such issues as a. dangerous surrender of the func- tions of the government to private corporations. It would give to these corporations the practical control of the money of the country. and enable them to contract or inflate the currency as their private interests might require regardless of the public weal. ’ That the banking business can be carried on profitably and to any extent that the business of the country demands, Without this add- ed power of currency control, is daily demonstrated by the constant and rapid increase in the number our members should take a lively interest in the education of the children in their respective juris- diction. All obstructions to peace- ful, harmonious and instructive sessions of our schools should be speedily removed. Sometimes small grievances on the part of a few deprive many children of the advantages of a whole session. Much to their injury and the best interest of the school such things should not exist where there is a working Grange. Those outside of our Order should be shown the ad- vantages of the Grange by, the practical intelligence of its mem- bers on all questions of common interest to the country. The tariff question, which has been discussed in our Grange halls all over the lvnion, is one in which all have an interest, and about which compara- tively few of our people are inform- ed. Our government must have revenue, and to obtain it without imposing burdens upon the people, will require wiser stateslnanship than we are. likely to have. And so long as revenue is to be obtained by imposing duties on foreign im- ports the system must be one not only of taxation but of protection, and it would appear that this sys- tem must be continued for the reason that our government cannot extend to other nations privileges not granted to it. Our membership should make manifest their disapproval of all kinds of corruption in the politics of the state. Reformations are necessary and must be had if our party organizations are to be pre- served, and none will deny the im- portance of political party organ- izations. No one at this late day will say in the face of all the facts that we, the Grangers of the state, are in favor of disorganization in anything,fororganization,a.gitation, co-operation and education are the pations and professions pursued by , mankind demand different kinds of ‘ schools. and various grades in }SCliOOls, to educate and prepare all lfor their alotted stations. And leach profession and occupation de- lvelop in its pursuers different ,l characteristics. Does our business bring us con- tinually in contact with our fellow men, it tends to increase our charity toward them. Not only will we do more and do it more willingly for ,others, but we will more readily {overlook their faults, and will be ltaught by the life school in which we a1'e training that character must not be judged altogether by one’s business, for all branches of neces- sary business are honorable if pur- sued with integrity and zeal. If our occupation is such that we are not brought in contact with others but little, either in business or social matters, it is apt to develop in us the habit of critisizing our brothers of other callings and to make us feel, that somehow they are plotting against us; that their path in life is easier to travel, but less honorable and not of as much importance or as necessary in the community as our own. For these reasons, it is not strange, b11t simply human nature that the farmers as a class.wI do not say all—but as a class, in laboring comparatively by themselves, and thinking over their disappointments and troubles,——for We all think of our trials much more than we think of our priv- ileges,~—have come to the conclu- sion that they are bearing the bur- dens of the whole world. And their mutterings have been heard to such an extent, that it has been written, and copied somewhat through the Agricultural papers, that the Devil himself could not satisfy the farmer. To get at this question, whether We ought to be satified or not, it an equitable. di\ision for the agri- i cultural class of I‘ept‘e.~5eI1t'iltiHll.l I l . . _ 1. ‘v Uni‘ 'll‘\VlllS('1I\'t*l_\' ll| llII‘IlIi'llII. ORKS lieautiful Sample (‘olor (‘ants and Book of In.'~:truction~-——l“lIEiC. “'0 (}u:u'ant ee Sat isfact ion. WI _ Including one Years Subscription to this Paper HE. BIFIRH. LAT l’.l'l<‘FLlCl{. T{'t‘Kl'Il{. l’.\l 'l\'.\l ll’. 1’ {. l-I. \Vl{lu'.\'\'ll. 'l'lll(l‘l.\l) <'l"l‘l'lCl l:I.\' (l.\['til‘) >'l‘l{lC\\‘. ()ll.—t‘.\N, till:-«I with (Iii, .v\.\‘l) IN The driviiu; wheel on tliisiii.".v'liim- l\1lllillllll34i V4‘flil‘[ll of any. liardened. and is finished in a superior style. und'center swing: drawer. \Ve l:tIVt' in.'i-le -uch arrainzeiuwnts as enable us to otter the l 't.ie:r.:o bl.\lxl:l\’ .\l;\\ l.\l. .\l.\t ll l .\ l:S attlu-above low rat--.~'. 'l'hi~ niachlne is iumle after the lat:-.~i imulel-oi’ the Singo-r iiiacliiiies, and is perfect t':u- hlllllll‘ in shape. ornanu-ntation and app:-araiiee. .\ll tho parts are made to galige exam-tl_vthe-sanu-astin-Hiiiwrainlareconsiriicted of pro-('i.-‘6-l)‘ the saine iiiuto-rials. The utmost care is exercised in the ~w-leetion of the metals used. and only the very In-st I Iinlity is }illI‘('.ll.'|!-'4-ll. En:-h niaclxiiie is ihoroiiglily well inade and is tilted wiin the iitinost nicely and >'Xt|CUH*.~'~'. and no iuaelnine is permitted by the in.~pet‘lor to go out of the slumps’ until ii l,;|_.~ I).-an full)‘ tested and proved to do perfect work. and to run lir.'htl_\' and without noise. The l'liicauo.\'iii:--r .\lm-lxin4- lI.’t‘~' a ver)' import- ant lill[Il‘U\v'll\1'ilY in a l.nl)ill*< with- out l'!'lillI\'l!lL‘,' the work from the lIiHl‘lllllI‘ lC.\('ll .\l.\(‘lll.VlC ls‘ Fl'l{.\'l.~‘lll'Il) \\'l'l'll 'l'lll'I l"()l.l.U\\‘l.\'(£ .\'l'l‘.‘\l'll.\ll£.\"l‘.H'-. ‘(ll-‘ .\'F.lCl)l.F..‘%. l'lll‘Il‘l\' .\'l'l{l\'fl. 'l'lll{llA'I‘ Dlili. l£Ubl€l.\.~l .‘-‘ul‘l{l‘I\\‘ lllll\’l~Ill. (i.\l'Hl£ 'l(L't"l'lt)N lltlttli. to lw the -iinpl:-st. easiest running and inn-t enn- The machine is §t‘ll~llIl‘I'J\1llllLY, inad»-of the best iiialo-rial. with the w--ariiu: parts it has \':-nu.-red cover. drop-leaf table, lend dra\\o-rs, 'l he lilZ\l|llfll(‘lIlrt’lZ~ warrant :-very iiia--lune for .3 _\«-or.-. hey sa_\: “.-\ny inachiiio not eati.~faeiory to a subscrilu-r. we will allow returned and will rv-fuiid .. l’rice ineludini: one year's snbscri >tion.$l:'i. l Sent l>_\ fr‘:-iglit. receiver to;-a_v (.'lli|l'LT|’*. (live name of freight station it dill":-rent from po.~I‘—otiice (I(llll't'H.~l. 'I‘liis Jlzu-hine will be sent for $10.00 (‘ash and I0 X1-\\ Suh- scriptions to the \'l.\'l'l'()l{ at 30 cc-nits cnrll. _\ddre~.-«. with the llitIll¢|y_ GRANGE VISITOR. LANSING. MICH. Tliis no XIT'I'l‘l]L,'1Hill> uorlott-~i\ -elienie. but :1 fat? ' ]Il'l)|IU,~lll4Il|_ which \\4- ~_ will :I~4 i'nliuu-: TfilillSllirt-‘l‘lII;Zli‘l)ll!I’”.!"§llI.IlI) t-»rm_\u--»iI--r ; n ('>ilnlIHlt‘Ll t‘.\lL'1I|:.Ll 1‘ o . and internal Il'l'.|llIM'lil known :i- [lu- PYRAMID PILE GIIRE l nlilllu--n'1it»~l\'eerluiii r-li!:- tor lH,l.\lD. Ill} I-ll)I\l-'. ITI HIV} I nod l'lll)’I'l(l'lII\(i l'll.|~..\’. tune» IN.\T.\\'l' IH'I.lI*IF. .\ so ll.-.iinle~.-‘. II l.llI be |l~«’ll txv .i ‘ item , and tile p.u-l.::.yi».-o~in.;:II\l . ' (NF III \IPlK|'II! D|ll.LAI2.\' “'0Il'l’l| (ll-‘ I I-‘mill. ul lI‘.I~l n.i.- -- llu- ~ll_\I-\1:|'e«-i-itopiiiluli-l ; liiiiirlieals ulm lune livrll vllirll b» it In the [nut \‘‘.|l ' D0 Ml‘! ' ' Fl-.ll A IM\' l.0.\lilIll but .'I\li \'ol1i‘ di'lIL'L'i lorit. u ill win! it [‘u~l[-:Ini for $1 trial pm -'l£l-Il-I tor I0:-t-. Ill 4 I tip- book in illtllll l s M II I . il.. .1. r- . : we. 1;:l‘Il .~' - 1'Yl:A.‘tHD L‘U.. .\LUl().\, JIICII» ‘ 5" [STEEL Pkssszsj l l HAYi’r<€s)"ES l ADISRL p.}(.i§‘Et:'g'i‘tii3f«fs,cg. 20 DEDERlCK'S WORKS. ALBANYoN.Y. l i l will be necessary to consider some 3 of the questions that have been raised. principally by the farmers’ organizations. and are agitating the community, and give them a fair and unbiased investigation. Among the topics which we will consider. are, Has legislation as a rule. been favorable to agriculture ‘.‘ Is the number of wealthy people in our country detrimental to its prosperity, or any indication of a lack of honor to those securing it? Shall we have free mail delivery? Should the plan of working our public highways be changed‘.’ Should the government operate our railroad and Telegraph systems‘? Does the mortgage tax law do justice to all parties? I believe all the ques- tions I have here mentioned are nonpartisan. Any one of them is a sufficient subject in itself for a whole paper, but nearly every per- son has a pet subject, or hobby, and by touching upon them all, we hope to hit a good many, and thereby draw out a lively discussion and possibly other papers at future meetings. The time was in years gone by that agriculture did not need the protection of the law that it does at the present time. The virgin soil was rich in plant food, hence no commercial fertil- izers were needed, and no law needed compelling manufacturers to give the ingredients of which they are composed. A substitute for butter is a mo(lern invention, and has been met by laws com- pelling manufacturers and dealers to sell it for what it is, this certain- ly is justice to all, and probably will not be changed, unless dairy butter gets so strong as to make an effort to break the law. The inter- state commerce law, regulating the freight charges, is a blow at monopolies, and lessens the cost of getting our products to market, and our supplies from manufac- turers. To be continued October 15. ___.......__.__.”......._.._....-.,..._.-.__,_._..,.........._.s .4 .. sioo.oii rfiii $l.0"(Tl I Catalogue ' The. greatest hatch ever no- it YOU-‘THINK or souls ANWEON EARTH PUT YOUR iuouinigs IN. WRITING AND SEND TO GEO‘ GENL. PASSR.AGENT i GRAND RAPioS.MICH. FULL INFORMATION PROMPTLY GIVEN. Ulnar rated , 3 N $ 3 5 . Othu lites proportionately ion ON TRIAL-FREIGHT PAID-WARRANTED ascoan & n/amsau, B/ngliamton, N. r Address J. t‘. GOULI). Ai.:'t, Paw Paw. Mich. lilubbing list with The llisiitir lioth Papers VVI‘t*kl)' Free l’re.-as — - - $1 0" $1 2-? Detroit. Wm-.kl_v 'l‘ribunu - - l W I :15 (‘osmopolitan I\laL:aziue - - ‘.3 -W Z 50 St. Louis " - - 1 7.4: 1 35 Deinore-st’s “ - - :1 00 :5 05 Michigan Farmer - - - 1 no 1 ii’: Farm Journal — - — - L7» 70 Farm and Garden - - — :'-(J 30 Atlantic Monthly - — - -5 OH 4 ‘ll (‘L-ntury M:u.:a.zine — - - - 1 00 4 00 wire HATCHER mnr Can show better results Over 60 in successful etern- tiou ut Decatur, Ills., H onus. Iv complished, 2% chicks hutch- egl ntona_timI:, with u ‘.!l(Jcapa- city eliable Incubator. Hum reds 0 f testimonials. [?'InclnKt-i 4 cents in stmnps for new illustrated eutulu us. lIf‘AdrIruss TH: RELIABLE lncuuaruu it iuuom-.'u (}u.. L)"LNCY. ILL SHRDPSHIRE SHEEP. 500 Choice Registered Shropshire Sheep for sale; also, SHORT-HORN AND HEREFORD CATTLE, (‘hilt-sdaile and Stnndartl iil't‘(l Trotting Hum-.-. And Shetland Ponies. SPRINGDALE FARM, J. M. TURNER, Propr. Lansing, l\l.cli. The People’s of, . Lansing Savings Mich Bank Capital, $150,000.00 VV. BEA L. President A. A. \VlLl£UR, Vice President C. H. ()SBAND, Cashier “'2 transact :1 general banking business. interest on time deposits. If you have any bank- ing business come and sue us. Pay . .-....- ......,_.. ...............-.._..+... -v wt-an‘.-.\.~.«'.-Aim;-_.. ---~.--» ....«. .,....-i..::u«=..- .,_ ... . ..;.n4.i.:s-.='v.z.va'¢L4ec.gsnu‘.iaxBnq:nxnmu-r«—®vu¢am.IAJvuvhoII£y' a..su.-mien...»-an-1»:-u.--av:-»...,u..u=...,.....; . _ . . ‘gas-‘mum .94.. —-» , an...- 4 THE GRANGE VISITOR. OCTOBER 1, 1892. a fault however of too many of our official reports. Any who desire a copy of the report should send to the Secre- tary of the (‘ollege and the book will be sent free. THE GRANGE VISITOR Published on the 1st and 15th of every month. Kenyon L. Buttertlelil, F.ditm- and .\l:inager, LA.\'SIN(i, MICIL. To_wliom alhexclianges. comn_iun_ications. adver- tising business and subscriptions should be sent. TERI\I.‘~' 50gC(ents a Year, 25 Cents for Six Months. Subscriptions payable in advance. and discontinued at. expiration, unless renewed. §‘Rernitt,ances should be by Registered Letter. Money Order or Dra t. The following is sent out to the press by the United States l)epart- ment of Agriculture: — 1 — -— ' The official proclamation by the ;‘S‘n*&<;t§’ef;§t°"iC8=*t Lansiml-1‘“Ch-vafi Secretary of Agriciilture of the freedom of the I nited htates from ’ _ i the disease known as contagious “ 9 were Obllged to Om“ some pleuro-pneumonia has been delay- reports of Pomona. meetings from cd until six full months from the .o1ir last issue. \Ve hope they will 0“““1'_‘”“'a0ftl1,9l3T;°aS‘—‘i5l1 Whlcll . . . « - _- A s - 3 still be of interest. thougrh a little 0“ 8510" H “mum 0u.n( 9." eh’ . '5 1 1 as well as all others with which it ate P” mp” had been in contact, were at once urcliascd and sl'iughtered. the. The Gmlltée he“d‘lu*n'te1'S at the iircinises being quarantined to all V V - - btate 1”“? “"’T"‘ ‘lmte *1 911“<‘<‘SS- cattle from that date to the present Two tents were pitched and a great ‘ time. Although in many cases many 1)atl.OnS visited them ,]m.;ng tour inoiithsisregarded assiitficieiit. the f,,i,._ ‘V0 “.91.? glad to “met this cxteiition of the period of f H fl M. f 1 complete immunity from four to 0’ 19 rs ml‘ many 0 m“ “M six uionths was adopted so as to BPS. satisfy the most conservative and apprcliensive that the grounds for the present proclamation were ample and its issue and the raising of quarantine in the United States ‘Vllflt are you going to read or study this winter? Is it not about the time to begin planning a. short but useful course of study for the for thisdisease tl1f)I‘()11glllyjl1Si7ll'lt‘(l winter mm,t1,S~g A few imoks Ofby the facts. The inspection sys- , . . 1 . . . standard value read each winter Km ‘ldopted. )3’. ll“ .D".p&rtm‘nt . has been maintained in full force will soon produce a cultured man and efficiency in those districts we grow if we regard only our that there are grave dangers ahead. that only 407 or less of the gradu- riches. But we know that our moral life is stronger than ever before. And this should be the theme of our glad song on Colum- bus Day. A GRANGE REVIVAL. There seems to be an impression abroad that the usefulness of the Grange is about over and that the order is in a condition of “ innocuous desuetude.” This im— , pression may have gained because of the fact that the Grange does its work quietly, without the blare of trumpets. The held regularly and quietly. and without ostentatioii the educatianal And yet it must meetings are work goes on. come home to Patrons with a good deal of force that the field of our usefulness in Michigan is not cul- tivated to its full capacity by any means. The order is growing and strengtlieniug, and yet there is room for a more abundant harvest than any yet gatho-red. And so. speaking reverently. we ‘ suggest a Grange rczrimil, and that this winter. Let each Grange. at: an early meeting. mark out the: line of work that it seems best to. “'e feel that there are great prob- lems to be solved and that upon their solution depends in large measure the perpetuity of our most sacred institutions. ‘Ye recognize the unrest of labor, the horrible catalogue of crime, the abject pov- erty of thousands. VVe know that greed of gain "makes countless millions mourn.” We know that unrestrained passion is bringing thousands to an untimely grave and plunging soul and body into the abyss of destruction. \Ve feel all this. and yet we can but be opti. mistic. \\'e have faith that the solution of these questioiis will come in due season. But that is not what we most wished to iinprcss. Our excliaiigu attributes all conflicts and nearly all crimes "to poverty and the fear Of want." lVe doiiot believe this to be true; we do not believe it can be- proved. The conflicts between mili- tary force and civil force have usu- ally originated in some insane strife for power between organized labor and capital, and not because men Wc1'c starving. Robberies are in 09 cases out of 100 due to a per- vcrted moral sense. and not to R ates engage in farming. \Ve may admit the charge for the sake of argument and let it be said that about 407} or something over one- third of the graduates follow practi- cal farming as a livcliliood. But it is further charged that the college course leads away from the fiiriii and disposes men to take up some other calling. \\'e must deny that. Let us glance at a few fig- ures: they may prove soiiietliing. Of ‘250 students exainiued during the school years of ‘S8 and ‘$19, 1355 took the Agricultural course, the remainder the Mi-clianiciil and special courses. 13!) of the 250 about one-lialf. came from farms; 8''» of them had not yet determiiied upon their life work, and but 47) had decliired their intention of be- coming fariners. ( if course few of the Mechanical students would go back to the farm and so we find that a number equal to just one- tliird of the .~\griciiltiii'iil students intended to become farniers. lie- Incmbei‘ this is on entering. before itllf‘, college work has had the least influence upon the student. And yet more than oiie-third of our grruluulcs follow farming. or woman. 3 of’ i fe ~t ‘(l d ' I’ Hi‘ t - t‘ r ‘i ' - . 1” Leta ”r%l in. fl‘ ‘ 1 unlnftbg tfxl pursue. Let there be a thorough ; S '1 \ ngiute and bah‘ S at home‘ Let us tabulate these figures: . P9110 -, 1‘ 5“'”0‘“"‘ 31“ 1'3“ “-1” U -, t- L t -t b th aim,D9f&lCflt101lS come about because AS 8 F1119 VV(‘ try t0 llflV€‘ tllt‘ \ IS- ]]1SI)¢|Qt1()]1 and necpsgary (-attlp 0r.—.B-H1/45' ‘l0n- 9 1 9 e 2.'y0:stiiilents entering college quarantine will be strictly enforced 3 and there being no possibility of the occurrence of contagious. plcuro-pneumonia save by its intro- duction from foreign countries, the 3 nor for an occasional issue which coimti-y may (-oilgi-gmilate itself is made up largely of clippings, upon the removal _of all F1[)pI‘(*l1(3l1-i “re Shall endeavor at an events to ~ sion for its cattle interests on the , furnish good reading matter. “E (imlmglous p19ur0'pueu' K I I'I‘0I{I11atl6 up mostly of original matter. But variety is a good thing, and we shall make no apol- ogy for the use of good clippings, to secure. not a great multitude of? members, lnit as many as possible: of ‘the substantial members of the‘ ‘(,'OI1lIl1l1lllty to unite with you.‘ ‘You have abundant arguments in favor of the Order. You have no reason to be ashamed of its past‘ , record, nor of its present attitude. men already well to do are morally ruiiiedby a desire for greater wealth or because of " wine and dcbased wonien.” Arsons. murders. homi- cides, are caused by the dominance of the beastly nature and are fost- ered by lax enforcement of law, and not by poverty. Suicides iii- crease because our modern life in , in _\'el|l‘H of ‘A8 and "49. l:l:'i—those taking agricultural coiirse. ; 13”-Tillflfill who canie from farms. - :2-:1-. —-ju-— -I:'ir:tlioi-ie who intended. on i-iiterimz. to go back i to the farm after gradiiaiionz or ii iiunibi-r . .11: , to 325'.’ of those taking agririiltiirul (‘(illr's4'. 303$ - "1 of izruiliiates now fariiiiiiiz. Does the college educate away from the farm? lint that is not r - __ .’“’r of its futuw l’1'°S1)eCtS' Y0" - . 1 . 1 f . ' '. . the chief coiiclusiou we wish' to V1 e published last week an ex- FARMERS’ INSTIT(’TES. 3,10 not know ho“. much you (.an.1t.SI1]fl( iusi or gain is too c.\.act- ' - _ ~ 7 l51'¥1Ct fI‘0111 the BI‘!-’I-"ll/‘7"~\‘ (lift-7-'(’lI"‘ The State Board of Agriciilturc do until vou have tried Get mg and nuns llmiws‘ Rarely mm dlia“ fr(.)m thesli h'Llun.S' 1011 Concerning the rape Seed that was 11% dgcided to hold Sixteen f,mn_3y0um: andhm to work. Let each commit suicide in iirm-1-ty, ¢.,\'(.(.pt viill l10t1(‘(i that thh nunib.-r of sown in Michigan and other states L ei-5’ insti’[,11tel-; the coming winter, ‘ this .V€‘31‘- ‘V9 113"‘? hi l?hlS iSS11Ovfour of which shall be long ones, 3 C01111Il11I1iORtlOD f1'OID PfOf- ThOS- 3 Three of the latter are practicallyl have some part to do. Get better programs. Have an occasional open meeting and {(i7cc your neigh- it has been brought about by their own wickedness. But there is a better reason for ‘those entering who intend to be- coine fariiiers, and the number of graduates who do become farniers Shaw, of the Ontario Ag,.i(.u1tum1l fixed. Applications for half the , bots along Hme jolly Social , our hope put 11“. worst Com are not far f1-om equal. Have we I ‘ i - ' - 7 - . . . - ‘ - . .' . x _ . College’ which will be of interest: remainder are already in the hands l meetings once in H“-11116 and Wake 1 sti-action I)0SS1l)lo upon these tei-1.1- 1 not now .i iight to infi i that if ‘ i . i ) ~1_ I ‘ , . - , . . _ , ) i - - v v y i - to all who sowed the rape last sum- i of the committee. ‘ people up \\'ak‘{, yourselves up ‘ hle things, and yet vn an l1()p( ful. l1Yl01“/ farm‘ 15 “‘“‘l‘l ‘“°'"l flu” :i= ' Those localities desiring to bet 1 And ‘V113’ if B“"““59 1f 3”“ “'1ll‘-Son” t" be "‘l“"“t"‘l fl” fmmers l’ ' iiier. ; l favored should at once make appli-t Once more the veterans of our», . . . . gcation as the institutes will all be last great war have gathered at. . , their ai1nu'il iiieetiiw Uld a‘ ‘located 1“ Octoben 3 , . , . _. . , . . " ‘ Address A. (‘. Gliddeii Paw’ aii tances have been renew all . , _ ’ = iiiid dld days lived over again. Btuti liimi’ Chamnfln of Institute Com‘: gradually the ranks are tliinniug, lnltte“ T: 5 and it will not be long before but, C()LI,'MI3('S DAY. aliaiidful will be left to tell the, Now that Friday. Oct. 21. hast story of the dread coiiflict. St1'O11;_{';l)Qen (le(-lared a legal holiday, itl as are the ties that bind these com- be-liooives all patriots to pl-“pm-1y; 1'8-(185 and deal‘ =15 111'? the 1‘€(‘Oll€‘C- celebrate. In a certain sense this; tioiis that are treiisured, niayly..a1.0f gl-ace needs no more of 3: Heaven (lt‘fO11 1 - ) >§The um]-Ority Could see no reason ‘was made favoring an annual word; jlations. However, few cases have oc- ; I ‘ - ' ‘ Wpxfo;-.I.—i Rep. 6333, 690. Pomona Granges will bear ini mind Article 1, Sec. 5 of Pomona{ Grange By—laws which reads: “ Each Pomona Grange shall be entitled to representation in the State Grange by one brother and his wife, if a member of a Pomo- na Grange, but each Pomona Grange shall bear the expenses of representatives so sent by such Pomona Grange.” By the neglect of some Secreta- ries, quite a number of Granges stand now upon our books disfraii- chised. For the purpose of securing representatives to all delinquent Granges we shall add to the list all that may report up to the last moment practicable, and delegates duly elected, who at the Conven- tion show a receipt for dues for the quarter ending March 31, 1892, on which is endorsed, “ Entitled to representation,” should be allowed j In the matter of recitations, our young people responded nicely. . Misses Millie Jewett, Althea Blair and Maud \Vilson, rendered some {fine ones; as also Mr. Goodsell, lPearl Houser and Mary Maybe, gave us some fine instrumental music. There were several papers left over, which will be called for another time. Action was taken to invite Bro. Jason \Voodman to he give us a lecture. Sister Mayo was with us last spring, and won much praise by the beautiful and eloquent lecture she gave. Our meeting was a pronounced success in every way; the attend- ance was very large and the inter- est was truly encouraging. Long may Trowbridge Grange prosper! N. A. DIBBLE, Lecturer. WESTERN POMONA. with us at our next meeting, the‘ first Tuesday in December, and- ! for Pomona Grange, which was car- I . tried. Motion to appoint ‘Vim. H. lBurha1is and wife as delegates to ;.attend the State Grange was car- } ried uiianiinously. Huron County §Grange would be in favor of P0- imona Granges paying dues to the State Grange and thereby receive imileage. They think the present fsysteni unfair for distant Pomona l Granges. Reports from Subordin- ; ate Granges were favorable, but all f were not represented. Resolutions and discussions were 3 then in order. ‘ Bro. Buchanan read an essay en- titled “The Benefit of Organiza- tion,” in which he declared the Grange to be the best organiza- tion for the farmer. As our county fair was the fol- lowing week there was quite a dis- cussion relating to agricultural societies. The question box was then an- nounced while the sisters of Hope lweek has been a very favorable 1 one for farm work and consequent- _ly the farmers have been stirring tat a lively gait. Some have been fputting in winter wheat, others ghave been cutting and shocking 1 corn. Potatoes are being dug and imarketed. The yield in some , counties is about average, but as a [general thing it is below. ‘Fruit has been a successful crop and is being picked and shipped rapidly. Light frost occurred on ,-the 20th in several localities, but the crops were all beyond the reach of harm. Central counties:~In this sec-, tion the weather has been veryi warm and pleasant. Pastures have ‘ advanced rapidly, and fields of early sown wheat are green. The warmth and sunshine which pre- vailed made all crops jump. Many pieces of late corn which it was N()1‘t1l81'H L‘OI1Dl31€SI‘—-r.[‘ll(,‘ PEST? [ seems to be abated, curred and the danger for the present year Qarantine regula- ’tions are strict as yet. In several in- stances unpleasantness has occurred among the various health boards and oflicers. , Somebody sent an infernal machine to overnor Flower. It was so contrived that, had the governor even opened it, :he would have been killed. He was i wamed by an anonymous letter and the l box was turned over to the police. Ex- ‘ ainination showed it to be a machine of The l most ingenious contrivance, well calcu- ,~ quality, however, was never better. 5 late“ for d"“d1Y W09‘- FUREIGN. A pan-Presbyterian council met in Toronto. Seven men killed by a boiler explosion at Comber, Ont. France appropriately celebrated the centennial of the first republic. NOW AN 1) 'l‘HEl\'. Extremes of heat and cold produce like effects. When a man is “frozen out ” he is apt to get “ red-hot.”——Life. Grange prepared supper The She’s sweet she's neat she’s “sim l . . . . . . ' . hardl thought would come n ’ ' - ,1” to participate in the work of the western Pomona Grange N0_ glpestions were lnltleresting, while thr 011:, h, matured finely. Com §r;ieI;qv4u- ~.-. ».~..n—.u«..u«-as-.u».....-.-u‘.-mac»:-s. s-:—a-a.-s,.uar~e:uo~s—a¢.—eun2v~.a;marsn.«aaInCu‘:Iuuwji1. v:- . V , 6 THE GRANGE VISITOR. OC'I‘t )BER 1. 1892. I.'N(.'t).\'S(‘I0l’S SPIRVl('l-I. "The Be-e"—she siglied~"that haunts the, clover Has nature's errand to fulfil: The bird that skims the azure over, Bears living seeds within his bill: “ Without a cause his flight, ptirsiiiiig, He drops them on a barren strand : And turns. unconscioiis of the doing. The waste into the pasture land. “I. craving service—willing. choosing To fling broad-cat-'.t soine golden grain. — Can only sit in silent musing. And weave my litanies of pain." I. making answer. softly kissoil her: “All nziturc-'3-' realm of lines and birde.—— What is such ministry, my sister. Compared with your enchanted word.»-‘I’ “ The seed your weakened hand is sowing. May ripen to a harvest broad. Which yet may help. without your knowing. To fill the grant-iries of God I" —_\!uryarel J. P1 exton, in Urloher Li/:]:i'ucotI‘s. WHOSE \\'lLLl.\'ti W()l€Kl.\'(£ WIFE. Up with the birds in the early inornitii: ' The dewdrop glows like a. pro-cioui-z i.-:¢-in; Beautiful tints in the sky are da\vnini.:. Hut .-‘lie-":4 never a moniv-nt to look at tlwin, The lHt‘ll are wanting their hrczikfa.-it. early; She must not liiigt-r. she inust not wait: For words that are sharp and looks that HT!‘ surly Are what the men give when} nit-als are late. Oh. glorious colors the clnu‘11l‘ly 'Wlll”1ll "RV“"’1'1dlY8""‘l5 of tll(*]1U1'tllt.‘l'nIV‘[)l'L‘St‘1]l’tltlV't’S\\‘ll0‘l Till?” *‘11(l<1“'-i But’ Wl11‘11 llltlv uttt-mltxtl tho Stain ('[]',‘]_])‘<_‘I'(} 1;,5t’Toni lit:-_-.;~;iii to steal pennies because- 1);-(-t-1]11l)(-1* and in\'it(-}(l 115 ,9“ (301-- lit‘ \VE1!ltt‘(l Stillltllllllg ftlltl (‘011l(l dially to their latitude. '\\'c hoped 1101 F-."t3l~ ll, 1 l'<’.‘-U111 l“ “'U11‘l*‘1' if I tliey did not. rt-pt-nt that day, ‘had done wroiig and the sin was Tlierc were many otliers; I wish I ‘ Vlslltftl 011 l11111-ii could tell you all "but spat-(1 A girl niay inarry a farmer and fm~l;i.ls,,” .» with all her life before her (l(‘('l(lt' T1113 (1(lit()1' ’-_;';t\'(1 you ext;-acts i to l)(‘ his llelplliftfe lllltl l1i01i(‘y— from the main addresses of tlie‘SftVf+1‘. How they work and strug- day a inoiith ago, only it was all ;,‘-;l0 to pay for the farm to get lllt' (;()l1l type, You lost the force’ the 1 necessary iinprovcnients made. hit personality of Bro. Luce. necessa- l Wllfi‘/11 th“ fight ls P{11'5l.V 0W1‘.-_ >‘01_110- rily. If you have never heard Bro. ,'E11116‘S tllt‘ X01111.‘-5 “"1l-'9 11515 *1 l*‘el”1.‘—,’»' Brigham, as I never had, you have Of “WY 0“ Samrday nights: Wl1“11 yet to realize the strength, the it-he husband pays the “liaiids" who speakers’ magnetism possessed by have worked for him, and has not the Master of the National Gra11ge_ a dollar for her: for she knows that The carefully finished sentciiccs 3 they l1f1V€ been fed Whllt‘ Sllt‘ of Hon. J. J. \Voodinaii were a de- Se1'V8', lt‘Il('l1<‘t'.~‘.llllrst-H. airs" and "no site,” their tltmtk-_< and so-rvaiits are the n1oltlingin- aml 111,4, 1)()St m;,,,m.,-5, 1m’.1 my,-1_y 4 lliieiices of the moral iiatui'c.-' of with Tlleil‘ best clothes to be put little ('lill+-ltu. Ohio '0V‘Rs’l:——ldlR.\M HAWKINS.Hawkinsvilh-,Ala. LECTI,‘lil<:lt—M()RTl.\iEll \\'Ill'l‘l*llll§.\l) , 161'-4 ( . St.. N. W., Washington. I). 1'. 'STEW.\RD~~E. V ’. l):\\’IS ____,_Siint.'i liosa. ('nl. Assn" S'i‘i-‘.w.\ul)—(). E. ll;\Ll. ,, l’awm-o~, N:-ln. (‘iiAi»i.Ai.\' ——A. J. ltflfll-I ,, Salado. '1‘.-xzts 'I‘Ri~:Asi7iu-;ic-—i~‘. M. Ma I)0\\'i§L_i’t-nu Yzm, N. Y. 'SEClu-:’l'.\R\'—J()HN TRIMl§lil*I.\\'asliim;1on.l).( '. G/vri-1 KFi —W. E. S'l‘()l‘l\’lN' r._ (‘iiAi'i.Ai:\‘— 0. li. l’.\SS.\l'()l{lC ,,,,, ,, '.I‘i1E.-\:~'Ii'|lFIl'- . A. S’[‘R()N(. ,__,,,,__\‘ick.sb1iri: Snciirrriizv ~Jl '.\‘IlC llU|Cl.li , .Ann .\rhor GATF l\'F.i~:i'F.ii-—(}l'.:‘.?.’i‘.‘).’:.“ “'~“ “"*---sits -‘ii fill.’ t -2'21} l Travr-r:«.~ ll lll ' 134! l ('adillar- ‘___>__H_._l lliifiliti ti .'l.'t ____ lirand Rapid-A. Ar , _ , _ N; ti ‘ 7» 30 ill lll , Grand liapids, Lv,___,_ 7 63 ll l\'alaniar,oo, Ar . . Kzilaiiirizoo. liv . _____ ,_. t .. Fort \\':i_\'nv. Ar, . . . . Fort \\'a_vne. Irv _ . liirlniiontl ,. Cincinnati. Ar. '3-:.:.:iT.:z1 Sleeping cars for P_i-toskey and .\l:icl(ina\v on No 3 from (irand Rapids. Slm>piI1i: cars, Grand Rapids to ('lti('ai;o. on \'o -l- 'Slr-oping: cars. Grand Rapids to Cincinnati, on . ti. 6. Nos. 1 and 1 daily south of Grand Rapids. Nos. 5 and 6 daily. All other trains daily excent Siinditv. (‘. L. LO('K\V(')Ol). G. P. & T. A£:'t, Grand Rapids. ss c.u\_\_ec.r. . ' ‘ :31-7 W.isiiiNo'ro:~'-Av. 5., LANSING, Mioii. Thorough and practical. Uni: of the tiniest suite of rooms in the country, and a large, wide—awake faculty. Depnrtinents: Counmercial, shorthand, typewriting. normal, penmanship. Expenses low. l)on’t decide to go elsewhere until you have sent for our year—l)ook. E. M. BAILLARIJ & cu General Produce Commission llcrchants and shippers 3449 Cottage Grove-Av. Chicago. Ill. TO ALL SHIPPERS OF PRODUCE‘-\VANTED. Butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes. onions. apples, beans. cabbages. dried fruits, poultry, game, veal, lambs, beef, mutton, pork, furs, hides, pelts, tal- low, honey,‘ beeswax. broom corn.feathers,gin- seng root, ciderbvine aily . flour, buckwheat, etc. Send for our ulletin __ {that state and Ohio. _ weather of June produced a lai'_<_-;«- R 5 growlli of straw in :\Il(:l1lg¥1Il,\\'llll(‘ t later conditions resulted in a small ' ;an(l shrunken l)ei'ry. - ;'so1ithcrn and western l\Iisso1ii'i\vus _jtl1oii}.;l1 it was . dent in Kansas. and the qiiaiitity ' lP_\It‘(‘t‘(lS expectations. ,*tliei-e was some improvement (olonege and S-fa-fig". pr«)\'enwi1tisinanift-st in New I£I1}_:- els per as-i'e. C. S. .‘9'l'i['Tl‘I)[Hl‘IIi CRUI’ I{El’UliT. (,'m'/1.--'Illie reports of (,-o1're-s- poiitlt-ms indicate 8. decline in tin- Septeuiber condition of <,-om to T'.l.li, from 82.5 in Au<__rust. The vliaiige is sliglit in the surplus corn h'mt«>s. except in Kansas. l)l'I*5‘3lll condition is 79 in Ohio. 75 in ln-. dianu, TU in Illinois. 7* in Iowa. H2 in .\Il.~‘.~'t)l1I'l. Tl) in Iiaiisns and TH in .\'<-braska. In otliier states the a\’er;1g:» of condition is t-\‘ei'_v\vlwi'o lli}_:lit-r than the imlioiml Il\‘t*I'?l_;'t‘. t*.\I('(‘[)l in Mit-lii_«_:an and \Vl.\‘4‘()l).\'lli. In comparison with Septoiitln-1' reports of the past ten yv?ll'.~§ ulll_\’ tlirce \\'t‘,l'(‘ lower Till in 1839!), 72.33 in 1857, I'll? in l8‘~li. The prose-nt ll;_{lll'(‘S are between five and six points below the ii\'ei';i;.;'o of two previous years. The crop is well §__:rowi1 and ina- :t1u'in}_: rapidly, without frost as yet in the t‘flSt€‘l‘1l states. In the llll(ltll(' states drouglit has injured t'tll'll.(‘Sl)t‘('lil.ll)' in New vI(‘l'S(’_V and ;l’s=nnsylvania, i'wliiciii_L{ ('0ll(llllt)ll five points in each. while in New York it is only (lt‘[)1‘+‘SSt*(l froin Hi) In Ma1'yland and V' ‘girlie, ;di'ou}.,rlit also (,‘Hl1SP(l a serious re-l duction, while from South( ‘zirolina 3 around to Texas high condition is; well lnaintained, no ll§_{ll1't‘S falliiigf to ‘J0 t-xi-t-pt those of l"loripten1l>t-r,i i'<~lali\'ely small in yield, with :1, soniewlizit shriveled be1'ry. A 1110- (lll1l11(‘l'0p has lwen garneretl on‘ the I’a<-ific. coast. In \VaSlllllf_{iOlll in ' ; August. and heavy decline in the condition of oats during; the past month. ; The season has been uiifavoruble, from the liegiiining, the June con-; dition l)elIlg' below the fl'\’9I'R}_','e foi" that month for a series of years: July and August each reported al decline, the average for the latter‘ month being 86.2, or, with two ex- ceptions, the lowest August return in seventeen years. The consoli-1 dated county returns of the present l month show a. decline of more than seven points, the average standing at 78.9. With one exception, 1880, the year nearest approaching a fail- ure of the crop, this is the lowest average ever reported. It is the, last report of condition for the sea— l son and may be taken as incli-3 eating a very short crop. - During the month slight im- Tllv most popular land. The Atlantic coast >‘lRIt‘.< \':iri«»ti«-s are \\'<-it-onto. .\lllt‘l'lt'?lil from New York to South Carolina lillllllt'l'. White llussimi and Si- show a small but iiniform declin--. beriim. l)«-Soto Ii. Iil('lIr’l.l'(lS0ll of while in the Gulf districts there Siiinlanc-0. has good siicct-.~‘.~' with lizis been little (-liai1§_:<-ainl tl1ccon- the .\I:immoth, plantml in April. dition is fairly lll}.{ll. no Stéltv of ii. I.. Burke of tho l)c\'il's T0\\'i*l', importance. except Alubmnzi. fiill- cuts his oats forfoddt-r and reports in_\..; below ‘.lll. The (lhio \'ullc_v is a yit-ltl of four tons l)t‘l' acre. Six the district in which the in-aviest row.-d spring l)Zll'l(‘_\' is slit-<-tl.<~,'l'iil. falliiig oil’ is noted. In Illinois Wu1.\'m1(iundvof luvun Kara. tliurv is it loss of lll pilots and in I'«‘l)t)l'l.H‘(llx'.\‘l1«)ili.-N’\\'llll¢‘I'- barh-_\‘ as Uhio of 7. A sharp (lt‘('llllt' is also «lc.int_; \\’i*ll_ plants-«l .~\u_w_:u.~'t 13. apparent in the upper Mississippi lint:-opt-an and l{us_'.~‘ou1'i Valle-y.<, llllllUll)_',’ll \'Ell'lt‘ilt‘.~' of ll¢'l\. .l:ip:1m-so lni<-k- lln-rvis little (‘ll2lll\_:‘t' in tho il2iko- wheat is :1 <_ro«ul «Top. ('anada tas. In lll-' moiintuiii tlist1'i(-tsiiinl (‘roldwn \'im> tiultl pens _\’i<'l‘Ell't‘ 'l‘llwzn:ts I’. .\'\\'w-t of Nt‘\\'(‘:lSllt‘. (‘t)l1)})Ell‘illl\'t'l_\' high. l‘t‘]N)1‘l>' }_;‘tmll sll«-t-«-ss with ;\l;l.«-ans are the ln-st for :1 field ('1‘lill. 'l'liv-siit-cc-.-.‘lllg(\fllt‘lll(’OI‘l1 is :1 ('t‘l'lllllli_\'. and illv _vi+-his (‘trill- .,,.,._,..,.,,,.,.,,,,,,,_; parv fa\'ot'alsl_\‘ with solno of the N()l'lllt‘ilSlt*l‘l1 \\'_\'olning is from fillll()ll.~‘t‘()l'll be-lts. lflinl. Yellow .l,()()()1(,5_()l)()f(.,.t ;,],,,\«,l- 5,.“ ]..\,.l_ llvnt. l’ritlo of the .\orth. Stpiaw .\L.'1'i<'ultu1'ul <-.\'p<'*l'inwi1ts for this ll-“ll -\l*lll‘lllll ’ll'*‘ lll“ l'l'l‘l.“l‘l"“l ,.,,,_:.i,,,, R“. t,.i,,,1m, 111,. S,m,],m,.,. \‘:n'i«-tivs. I“. -l. ('. .\lm'kt~il7.io of .._\-I,,.,-im,.,,t fm—m_ T1,‘. (.,,,.,.,_{t.1;,.lSuiiuluiiHlx'-‘. flu‘ “H11 has written the dc-s4-i'ipti\'e portion “'ll'l“ll“-*‘ “l"‘ lll“ l“_‘»"l f"l' l"‘l‘l“l‘- of t],j5 m-ti,-,](,._ T1“. S"‘l'i.;l("i Hf lC:n'l_v .-\mlwi' and l\tlllll' sot'}_';lnii1i, Q1-.,,,]{ and \\',._qm1 (_.(,,mti,._,-1,: ,]i, illl(l(it'l'll]tll1 and ;\fi'it-mi niilh-ts \'t‘l‘b‘ll‘l(’(l. To tho east are illv lll"'lll»*"l.‘-£"0‘l f‘>l'f”ll'l“l’- \\‘oo(l<*(l €‘lt‘\'i1il0llS of tho Black Tlll‘ l"‘5l llllll" .‘-1‘l'<'l-"-"“-“ f”l' ll“.V Hi1]5_ T,, the “vast is H pmi,-1,. Ell'6‘lllll0ll'.)'. alfalfa, l't‘(l t'l()\'t‘l‘.vUl'- (.-ountry wliosc lowhills urn‘ spa1'.<<=l_\' f'lllll"l ‘lll‘l 'l“llll5"ll .‘—5l'll-‘'-‘'‘‘’‘'- “ ’ll"l <-()\'cre'l “'ll‘l .‘-5l'll-"-“*‘-“ l"ll' and on the. north by“ the ’n~lh- ll?l.\' 7”“ lllll“ .l‘lllll- llllll‘ 5l"lll- l“oii(-lie, with their niiitn-i°oiisti'ilt- .‘-imlllll. llllll V\'lll‘=ll 's'l'll>‘-""-*‘- ililll‘ utarit-s. The (‘5lSl(‘l‘ll foot-liillsurv lll”»"l l’”lll_lllll'lllll“‘!l'il5***‘H lll’? l‘“-*'l- (-(,V,.,-N1withs,,I,,.,-i,,,-l,§,,..m,,},,.1-. urv ;m- lln1oth_\' and <-_lov<-r. and Tho wasli from the tnonntuin sillvs 'l‘lllll-“lll ‘-Il'll-“>1 ”flll(‘“'ll'l ‘-’l'?l-">'*‘>‘- ,m,k,.H 1]“. N,” “f H“. m,,mm,i,, l>ull'nlo, blue joint andgl‘ut11:tfu1'n- lmi'ks.'u1d valleys \'(‘l'Vf\‘l'ill(‘. This l-‘ll lll“ l"‘5l l>”-'*'llll"'- -lllwllu" tin- ,.,m_,.timt,._-‘. y}H.'[,|m.k‘ ],,,,m “f 111,. <_-ootl root <~t'op.~' for :~'f«n'l( are ruin- lllt':-1218 or mountain table lands. .-\l l’ll.1~"l5~ -“llf-’«'ll' l’l"‘l-‘R lllilll.‘-l"‘l'l>'~ "lll'- lllt‘ bzist-of the iiit-sas 2111- found the l"‘ll=' llll‘l llll'llll""- l‘- M~ ””l'‘“_ "f fpl-ti],. M] _,:,-],_-,-m,, W11,-_ '1}, 1]“. llul--tl. rt-ports cnrrots as tlt>li1}_: “-“st and 5(,n}}, is fnlmd 1}”. ]'i(-]] well. _'.l'lio.\‘itnoi1 l.n(ll':li1rl<-so-_:iit* lmmly Sui} 0f 11],. 534,. ‘)l"[1'\'1l 1,111.15. inlet yiolnlotl six tons of lit-wt.-A una- Artilicial i1'1'i;_{ation is llt*t't‘SSfll'_\' 1.YZlll.‘-5 3-)” l"'l""‘lll ”l1"'ll.‘-"ll'~ ()11l_Vl11lll81‘t‘_:_{lOIlS witl1sii<_;«-brusli _ Sllwli l'lll»*'lll.‘-I l-“' ‘lll llllll"l'llllll lili1(l. This soil is well ziduplctl to lll‘lll;“'l_l'."- Tll“ ‘ll'.V fllll5 "lll"‘ lll" ._51-“in and s1,._:,,,. b,.,.t_,._ T1”, 4‘-1,, l)1ll.l'lll()l1h‘ _L,rl':'1ss‘(ln' on tho }_{t‘o11ntl stun in the rod soil so \\'t'll retains fill‘ llfil‘ lll “'llll"l'l'llll¥“llll‘l llll-“llll'l‘ the moisture of the sprin_<_: ruiiis 9*‘lllll.‘—f- (_ll"l‘ll‘ ll*‘l"‘f"l'll» Sll0l't- that crops grow freely tlirou_«__rl1out ll"l'll lllltl l)0ll“'t9lll- jI“l'5“)'- vegetable nmmer to flu. 1-9,] 50115, 4, Roan Hereford and Ayreslnre cut- and in this are similar to the DI‘fLl- lll“ 31”“ llsell £01‘ lllllly lllllllose-5 rie soils of the Great Plains. being? F91‘ _1'*1Dg9 Sllevp. S011tll1'li-‘v'- f*"“llj' “”0l\"“l Sll.‘-5“l' ll‘-Til‘? nient farm is fairly typical of the lll lll-9 5“1'l\'-*‘llll"‘5- l4"!ll"l'll lllld .V0li'l'll l'I.\.\"l'l"ili.V VVYIHI I .\'li. l'l'hs- l1tllU\\‘ll1.L!.iTll(v'[| from :1 bull--tin of tin- \\'_\oiilin'.: slutitili. may prove of llllw‘l"H\I to tlm-.0 of t)lH‘i0"lIl9'I‘~ wlto \\'l~'h to l\'l1u.\‘ morn Ill) Illl our psoils of Crook and \\'eslo11 ('H11ll- Plyinoiitli IiU(‘l{ liens. l5!'H1|7-l‘ T111’- ti(.|S“l)(.‘|i11‘(:!" {L red g)'[)51111) ]n]'g(i]y l{(‘.YH, (lll('l’{S 5:tll(I gt-‘t‘S(‘ ill!‘ pl'()I'lIfi- wasliml from Sl1l'1‘<)l11l(llll}_{ hills. As ‘ lll“ l“lll'llllll.‘—f lll ll"l'lll*’ll¥“'l‘»*l'll it is _.-,imi1m.t0 flu. \-1,11“ jam] Hf \V_yoi1iin<.;l1as l)r:i'll dt-nioitstratcd llicso counties, it is well adapted 1|-Sll<“‘€‘-5'3 to repi'cs<-nt tl1mlit'fo1'viit pliziset-'. of farliiiiig in iioi'tl1custv1'1i \\'yo1i1int_f. As ii'ri_s_r;atioii is not _<__;ei1e1'al in this i'egi0i1, it will not be })1'i1(‘ilI'6’(l on the farm. Tile followiii<_{ vti1'ieties of farm crops and l)1't‘t’(lS of stock are roc- oinmcnded as adapted to nortl1east— orn \\'yoining. This selection is h'lll‘ll‘Il’ .\Nll WOOL N0'I'l‘IS. A good bl-giunin;_: is half of the work. I Allow plenty of room in the barn or shed for (‘it(.'ll Slim‘ p. The wool on thrifty, yoiiiig sheep ()(ds.—Thei'c has been a fui'the1'base:l 011 the Siindaiice e.\'pcl'i111c11t 15 5t‘l'0ll.%“l' tllml ‘lll “§w'“‘l (“WS- farm trials of1tu".l1, and on answers EVN1 110“'- Sll<‘t*l> Slliflllil llill’*‘ 3 to cirt-iilai' letters sent to the farm- cliaiige of pastllft‘ as often as pos- ers of Crook and \Veston (f()1ll1tl(‘S. Sllilti. Yields of upwards Of fifty-five‘ In fceiliiig sheep to fatten it is bushels per acre of spring Wlwflt best to class into lots 8(.'(.'()1‘(llIlg to are not infrcqiieiit. The best va- t.hei1'size_ rieties areIn1proVcd7Fyfe, Niagara The time 1.e,lui,.ed to fatten and Red O1'9§%'01l- 5- H‘ 0' I‘€:‘ntlsl1ee]) depends on their age and of Carlisle, has good success with‘ condition Red chaff’ May and Fulty‘ wllwlllter l \Vhen the ram is allowed to run Wheats pmmlse Well’ H’ C" En‘ 2 with the ewes now, he should have ken of Eothen, finds the V‘ ild, , _ . . V . , , ,a feed of rriain daily. Goose spring rye very Sl1CC€S.‘af11l., , O _h, _1 _ 3 t Black Winter rye yields Well and l, E119 ‘E89 at V‘ 191 1_“ 33:11 “(fag Sd? furnishes good fall pasture. -Iohnlbe useful as I3 nee ta t"pf.“_ " Pearson of Eothen, reports a yield ’ 131891)’ “P031 t 19 tree’ me“ lo“ en of 41 bushels per acre. He writes . ‘lurlflfé 5er"1ce- _ _ _ that if sown any time during the, IV here manure is quite an item, fall or winter it will head the next 1 with good management, the sheep summer, but if sown in the springldroppings will pay Well for the it furnishes only pasture the first l trouble of caring: for them. _ year. Oats have yielded 100 busl1- i (rrcmge Bulletin. 8 THE GRANGE VISITOR. OCTOBER 1, 1892', No‘l'ice.s of Meetings. ALLEGAN P<).\IONA. The next meeting of Allegan County Pomona Grange will meet f with Bradley Grange on Oct. 20 at 10 o’clock A. )1. there will be a good attendance. \\'i«:s'i‘F.i:.\’ l'().\l().\'A. “iestern Pomona Grange No. 15!, will hold its (lctober meeting with Lisbon Grange, Oct. 13 and 14. All fourth degree members cordially invited. I\Iio.\io.\'A. G‘)-untl Iflupzvls, Sept. 28, IATIZ. The Patrons of Kent County Will hold their annual convention in Good Teinplars Hall, No. 5351 ‘Vest Bridge gt, Grand Rapids,‘ Micli., on Tuesday Oct. 4. at l0 A. .\l. to elect representatives to the State Grange. Yours respectfully Tiios. Gii.iiiAM, Master Harmony Grange. No. 337. M()N'[‘(‘ALM i’().\l()N.v\. Montcalm County Pomona Grange No. 24 will convene at Douglass Grange Hall on Tliurs- day, Oct. ti. 1892, at eleven o’«1-lock .—\. M. At said meeting ofiicers for the ensuing year will be elected, a11d the reports of retiring officers, and for the trans- action of such other business as may come before said meeting. A large program is to be carried out prepared by worthy lecturer H. H. Hines and the executive committee. All 4th degree members in good standing are especially invited to attend. Good care will be taken or all who wish to stay at night. B. B. CRAWFORD, S(?cref(u'_I/. OAKLAND POMONA. Oakland Pomona will be held at Commerce. Tuesday, Oct. 1], at 10 O’('l()(_'l( A. )1. Grange will open in the 4th de- gree at .10 A. )1. Music by Grange choir. Address of \Velconie by Mastcr of (‘ominerce Grange. Response by Master of Pomona Grange. Reports of Subordinate Granges. Dinner. Afternoon session. Music by the choir. Essay, “ A Trip to Denver," Mrs. A. H. Paddock. It is hoped that: Singing, Working Grange. Paper, E. W. Allis. Recitation, C. N. Comstock. Selection, Mattie Allis. Music by Orchestra. Recitation, Bro. I. B. Kellogg. Those wishing to remain over ‘night will be entertained by Working Grange. )Itis. M. T. Cots, Lr(,'f/rrcr. H I I.L.\'llALE 1'0 MONA. Hillsdale County Pomona Grange will meet with South Jef- ferson Grange Thursday. Nov. 3, 1892. Grange called to order at 10 o’clock sharp, for business ses- sion. After dinner the following program will be presented: IVelcome address. Sister -I. Bow- ditch. Response, County Lecturer. Quotations from GRANGIC Visi- T01’. by every member present. Paper, “ Is there any reason why ‘ woman should not have the right of franchise 1”’ Sister Van Arsdale. . Recitation, Mabel Bowditch. Paper. “ Our Highways,” Bro. Geo. Rose. Declamation, Bro. -Iohn Hoff- man. Paper. Bro. Barrett iecitation, Katie Cox. Paper, “\Vhich is the more profitable, Reading or Fancy \Vo1'k‘.’” Sister Georgia Edwards. Recitation, Sister Alice Pease. Select reading, Sister Phillips. “Farmers in high Uffices of trust,” Bro. Bush, followed by dis- cussion. " The educational Value of brass . Bands and rag muffin processions in campaign work,” Bro. R. Evans. Music, by South Jefferson Grange. Mus E. I). Nouns, Lccl ll rer. BRANCH POMONA. The Granges of Branch county are making large preparation to fittingly celebrate the 400th anni— I Recitation, Sister Eunice Holt: vcrsity of the discovery of America 3 at Coldwater Oct. 21. Exercises are being arranged for an all-day meeting and also in the evening. The meeting will open with an anniversary address by ex-Gov. Luce. an anniversary poem, and a historical paper pertaining to the , life of Columbus up to the discov- ery of America. In the afternoon there will be a program of re-: sponses to a series of historical and patriotic sentiments especially tittcd to the occasion; all well interspersed with appropriate music and a number of oratorical selections. The cxercises of the evening meeting will be quite 1111- , like the above and will be manag- ed by the young peoplc who will , monopolize that part of the ce e- , bratioii. ned quite a full exposition depart- ment consisting of selected exhibits ‘ _ Discussion, “ Our Public Roads, [ pertainingtoagriculture. education. , 15 the A ; IN mznoaun. Ingham Pomona passed appro- priate resolutions concerning the death of Bro. O. B. Stillman. a charter member of that Grange. Berlin Center Grange, No. 272, united in a tribute to the memory of Sister Alice Lowry, who died in August, aged 51) years. g THE RE.-\S0.\'. Willz'am.s[on, JIz'cIi., Sept. 1892. MR. EDITOR~ The GRANGE Vis. ITOR of September 15 is admira- ble. The neat, large type, and general make up. call down bles- sings upon your head from all old people. Yoiirarticle en titled “\Vhy Don’t . They Come‘.”’, inferring to the Ag- , ricultural College. is pertinent. I do not propose to answer your question in (’.I'fI‘Il.S‘0, but I shall confine my remarks to one point only which you raise. You ask— “ \Vhy do not the students come 1’ \\'hy is it that so few farmers’ boys are here to get the training for future farm life ‘.’” VVhy, indeed! l'nder all the ‘ circumstances, with such an admir- able institution of learning at their command, one, at first sight, is‘ filled with wonder at the statement of facts. One would think thatour farnicr’s boys would crowd those halls to overflowing. But what a beggarly number apply each term for admission. How different is it at Ann Arbor and other state insti- tutions, it may be. But upon closer scrutiny the reason for this deplorable state of things is not hard to find. Farming itself has received a black eye. “ Calamity howlers" say that it don't pay; that it is the ¥E3CEL£5LE?I]?]L£E]ST(ErI! More Than $1,000.00 to Be Given Away. '\\'itl_i a view to increasing the circulation of the llld-Continent Ila same time encourage the study of pziiriotic. .-\iiicricau History, the proprietors of this great moral family iiiagazine have decided toofler I)]'l\HI|'IIS of U.\l'2 Tll()('.~'.-\.\'I) IJ()LLAliS in valuable ‘schools and other places of i worst business on earth; that farm- T iers themselves are a poor, despised‘ lot, worthy of no respect or con-, siderationvand the worst phase is, ; farmers seem to admit the impeacli- ; ment. that our young men desert the old farm as soon as they reach age of legal freedom. Is it strange that if they desire ,'the higher education, it is not the ‘agricultural one that they choose‘? , Why fit themselves for a despised calling, which offers no prizes in wealth, honor or influence? None In this view is it strange? so poor as to do farmers reverence. : An(l according to my sad t*Xpt‘1'1-‘. ence, an education at tl1eAgric1il- ,:tural college does not, in nine cases‘ ‘out of ten, increase the farmers There is also being plan- boy’s love for farming. Most of that number. of graduates, prefer to be teachers, professors, professional men, miners, engineers, traders.‘ pedlers-— rm_1/f/n'n_q farmers. See the reoll-call of grad- but practical " uates in recent Speculum. I am not ~ straining the facts. I am telling the truth in sorrow and dismay. Our noble Agricultural College all right. But if farming is how Should they be made}. Opened‘, history, art and Womanis work A 3 an ignoble calling, and the whole by G. M. Trowbridge. by D. M. Garner, A. B. Richmond. Song, by C. S. Bartlett. Recitation, by Mrs. Chas. Hains. Discussion, “Farm Fences. what do they cost and which is the best.” i Opened by C‘. S. Bartlett, followed by E. S. Covert. Essay, by Mrs. A. E. Green. Discussion, “VVould Free (loin- age of silver be disastrous to our financial system?” Opened by J. Van Hoosen, followed by Wm. E. Carpenter, A. E. Green. Pomona Scrap-bag, by Mrs. Caleb Jackson. A. H. P.-\DD()Cl{, Steu'm'rl of Commerce G'2'(u1{V/c. LENAWEE POMONA. The Lenawee County Pomona Grange No 15 will meet with. Working Grange, October 6. “'ill be opened in the fifth degree ‘ at 10:30 A. )I., dinner at 12 M. Thei afternoon meeting will be an open? meeting to which all are invited. Called at 1 P. M. Address of VVelcome, Sister I. B. Kellogg. Response, Bro. J. E. Jacklin. Recitation, Sister Emily Gander. Paper, M. T. Cole. Singing, W'orkiug Grange. Recitation, Lottie Chandler. Essay, “The Bank of the Ameri- can Farmer,” Sister M. \Vard. Recitation, L. G. Smith. Selection, Sister Libbie IVool- sey. Music, Madison Grange Orches- tra. Recitation, Orin Bradish. , the next issue of the VISITOR. * J. D. W. FISH. Ch(u'rm(m Colzunbirm Com. IONIA 1‘O.\IONA. Will be the fair grounds, in October. held at floral hall, ontit, limpoverished by the desertion of? jstatc of New York, Response 3 full program will be furnished foi'l§lg1'i0u1t11T31 Commllnily is t0 be‘ the correct iinswcr to in - lolluwin: -pa-~tiuii.~i on iiiiportunl .\lll(!l‘lC.elll cvcnl~. , 3 \\'ho is he"? i. This is the portrait of the greatest discoverer in history. ‘.2. What was the greatest event of his life? 3. \\'hat great celebration is about to take place in America com memorating that event? WE PAY FOR ANS\VERS, READ CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING. The ilrst person sending us correct answers to all of the ll Chicago any time :it'u~r It opens next May. and pay all car {are both way.-i, hotel hills. and ndinis.-«ioii ticket to the Fair every day, for ten days. we will as rendlly SPIHI the winner from ’I'cx:is or what part of the ifontliicni you live; (jouiiiy, Illiiioi.-z, To the second and ihiril persons so-ndim: correct aii.~\rr~rs a genuine Eliziii or \V:illh:iiu gold filled watch; val in-, $.‘,u,oo_ value, $3.00 each. cxpciiso-s for ten days. For the next ten. 3 izeiitlciiiiiirs .~|ll\'t‘l‘ waicli or ladies‘ chniclainc silver watch, I‘ilCll valued at $10.00. For the twenty-llnli, a Sullll gold ring; value, $10.00. For every twenty-ilfth correct answer thereafter. a be-autifiil. puildcd .~'!’:Il \'ol!lllH‘ of [pngfellow‘a Poem»; For the ninety-ninth, 31 complete set of (ilminbi-rs‘ I-Encyclopedia, III vols. calf. l“ori‘.c inliidle Correrl an~wer ll genuine tliaiiionil ring. with Nlllil gold 2-ciiiiiiz; vnlue, $100.00 For the live iininediaieiy hcforc, and the live iiiiiiiciiinlely after the iiiiddlc. cach n coinplulci act of Dickens‘ works. 13 vol.-., bound in cloth. I5ET'I‘ER LATE THAN NEVER. C0i\T0liATl0iT PRIZES. ...{3’.‘.’£ i‘i?.§‘“i?i.’ii.’.".i‘.‘.‘.'.?' L-i.i.‘f.-‘Ji‘.f'.1.’.‘.’."i1£'i,.‘.'.‘.“.' ' For the hut correct answer we will give the same prize as the first, VII: Fair at any time :it'ii-.r it ii;H*ll.~. with all I'X|lI'll.4t‘§ paid from start to lllllsll. For the next to the his! :1 l..'1'llllllll‘ iillgiii or Wiiltliiiiii .-ioliil gird illlc-l war-:li: vnliic. $.‘iU,oo, For the third, ll licnuiiiul, Mtllll gold pin, Willi value, :24 v. U1 1, For each of the next fifty. an ch-mint cloili-boiinil volume of lIry:inL's l'..e,m.~3. gilt C«l;.'I'.~', sill»! and back; value. $1.50 each. .\1ooiistonc setiiiig, siilinhic {or lady or For the ninety-ninth from the lust, \Vcnsici-'< lntcriiationni lnctionary, sheep; viilue, $1‘: U1). We are wliolcsah: hook dc ilers, unit to every per.-Ion answering or iiicorrecilv, we will give a certificate d art supplies. at wlioh--ale [il'l(‘<.'4. and ii copy or our in \\'llf)l(‘*I|ll3 rains, and furtlu,-r. any person answer- .\lHl:l.-\L, ii large voluinu, mini Puisoii GETS A PlllZll...... ng them to buy any and all books. music, pcriodit maminoth (‘JlUil0:lX(‘, with cvi-rytliing iiiarki--l 1n pla'n I ,,ure,.~ c 1| copy of the (.‘ULU.\lllU>§ .\Hi 12x15 inches, and an llllllflpcllsilllllt household llI.‘C(t.~.~’lly at this iliiic. rq 'l'heri_- are no commjuns to this contest. oihcr [ha | . one dollar with tliciraiiswcr.=i. fora years .~l\ll)SCl"l lug the qiicslioiis correctly or lncori-ccily. \\'lli rs-cc get the value of your ilollur alone in the llllIl.{=|I.ill0. advertiscincnt. That you get your CUlllll1l)ll‘l .\I<-morml and 1 1 l and as this competition closes the :51»-t day ately be awarded by the committee appointed for the purpose, illlll at once 1--i-wnrilcil to the proper persons. Those living at a ilistaiice from our olllcc stand as good 11 chance to get the . 1 _‘ . first or any of the priacs as tliosc living in the vicinity, us we will nuinhcr inn: lctt era as they are posted. SIT DOWN AND WRITE AT 0NCE.i..‘§tl°.. assembly throughout the land: Now, Tlierefore, I. Edwin and request the observance by the] people of Michigan of the said l 'r\V'EN'rY-Fiiisr DAY OF ocroaa R. ML’, 1 as a general holiday, that businessi be suspended, and that civil and! military organizations join in the celebration. In testimony whereof, I have here- unto set my hand and caused [L s.] to be affixed the great seal of the State, this first (lay of September, A. D. 1892. l EDWIN B. WI.\'.i.\'s, I (1'(n'c)'nm'. I’I{0(‘L.\.Vl.\'I'l0.\'. Eradicatioii oi‘l’leur0-pueuinonia. 17. s. nl«‘.1'.\Ii'i‘MF..\"i‘ or Aoni('i'i.'ri'iiI: (),_/[ice of /he Sccrcf(n'_I/. To all /r/tom {I nmy cmzcm'n.' ; Notice is hereby given that the quarantines heretofore existing in the counties of Kings and (Queens, and the ‘ counties of Essex and Hudson. state of New Jersey, for the sup- pression of contagious Pluro-pneu- Lmonia among cattle, are this day . removed. The removal of the aforesaid ;‘its best SOUS, 1% the 00118:‘-jfie _l)9iquarantines completes the dissolv- l{1b011_5hed and 0111' f3«1'm91‘S Smkiing of all quarantines established lmto 18T101‘3ni3a h€‘1P19/SS S91‘fd0m 33 by this department in the several l soon as possible. I am a farmer. and am proud of I am a Patron of Husbandry, Thelzealous for the promotion of all asections of the United States for ithe suppression of the above named disease. No case of this disease has oc- m01'11ing Sesfiion will be devoted t0 ' §I00d; inside and Out 0f 0m‘ OM91’: icurred in the state of Illinois since the usual business of the Order,lbut in View of hard facts staringi ifollowed by a " Union” dinner. ,me in the face I confess that my ‘After which the election of ‘gates to the State Grange will be ’ in order. The Grange is most cor- -‘dially invited to listen to the fol- lowing program: Address of welcome, Mrs. C. I. Goodwin. Hall. Recitation. Mrs. Bert Powell. “ HUVV bugs.” Mrs. \\'aldron. Selection. Myrtie Barnard. Essay, Mrs. Chancy Higby. land what is the cause of it?” Mrs. ohn Morrison. ,‘ Grange song, “Better to stay on 3 the farm.” ‘ “ VVhat Benefit is the county Fair ‘T to the agriculturist,” Arthur Loom- is. “ Do the Members take the inter- : est in the Importance and necessity of the Press as they should for the ‘good of the Order?” D. English. I “ What should we do to ‘strengthen the Grange?” Bro. Moon. Song, “ Plow deep’s the motto.” Mas. L. J. BABNARD, l l Lecturer. dele- f faith wa.v Response, Mrs. Dellie Barnard “ Wihat fills our Reform School, 3 December 29, 1887, a period of imore than four years and eight , ers and I find myself ' months, i drifting toward the calamity howl- , ers. But my faith only wavers; it ; of ‘still believes in God and in ( 'rod’s ,3 -39, N 0 case has occurred in the state Pennsylvania since September 1888, a period of four years vineyard: the earth and all its rich - within a, few days, ‘store of blessings for the tiller of the soil. Fraternally, JoH.\' H. Ft)llS’FEll. to destroy the C31‘l”etiC0L['.V[llL'S DAY PRO('L.\.l[.\’l'l0.\'. STATE or 3II(.‘HIGAN,$ EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. No case has occurred in the state of Maryland since Septeniber 18. ‘ 1889, a period of three years. No case has occurred in the state of New York since April 30, 1891, ‘ a period of more than one yearand four months. No case has occurred in the state of New Jersey since March 25, VVHEREAs. The \Vorld’s Congress * 1592, a period of six months, and l Auxiliary of the \Vorld’s Columbian ‘ no case has occurred in any other. _‘ Exposition has made a patriotic ‘ portion of the United States within ‘suggestion that, at the same time , the past five years. , that the Exposition the people of the United of which celebration the everywhere the center; and recommended the observance of that day by public demonstration and by suitable exercises in the l _ grounds atl lCh1cago are being dedicated onideclare that the United States is October 21,1892, the anniversarylfree from the disease known as of the discovery of America, alllContagious Pleuro-pneumonia. States! unite in celebrating theanniversary D. 0., this 26th day of September, public t A. D. 1892. schools of the Republic shall bet WHEREAS, The President of the: United States has by proclamation l I do therefore hereby oflicially Done at the city of \Vashington, J. M. Risk, 3 Secretrwy. ! M A wanted. Salary and expenses. Perma- l nent place. A ply now. Only growers ‘ of nursery stock _on_bot American and Canadian soils. Hardy varieties our specialty. BROWN l 1;.l Vvinaiis. Governor of the Statc off Micliigan, do hereby recomniendi . BRO’S. 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INGERSOLL: DEAR SIB—\Vill say I have re- ceived your communications and always met with prompt attention in all my dealings with you. I have used your paints on my barn an(l other o11t—buildii1gs, and am thor- oughly satisfied, and intend using it on my house in a short time; no fear of my using any other paint. Fraternally yours, E. KIMBERLY. (See Adv. Ingersoll’s Liquid Rubber Paints.!ED.) PRESSES OF ROBERT SMITH 8: C0., LANSING, KICK. gazlne as liirgely in possible, and at the prizes, all just as represcnled,ior hove questions we will send to the Worlil's Fair at This" lllClll(l(‘!i railway and sleep ug- lt niakcs no diflcrcnc» on California as from Look bove pri/.L‘~' will have :\ chance to get A (rec trip for ten il:\y< to (he World's gentlemnii: n that every person coinpcllng must enclose ptlon to the .\1[lHJ().\"l'l.\' ENT .\1A(iAZl N E, the irrcatcst llllil inn-i popular family literary niagiizlne for the. money, puhli.-ilie-l iii the world. You are sure to Wlicii writing you mint state in what paper you tlrst saw this your certificate and hook t:-italoguc by return n.nil, of l)i:ceml)er next inc other prizes will then l|llm"tll your name and i\ll4ll"(?.~lS plainly, and aildreiia your Lansing, Nllchlgiln l \ hi } 1’ 1 at