’ art, education, religion pure and

“THE FARJIIER IS OF’ MORE CONSEQUENCE THA THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IZIIPROVED.”

VOL. XVIII, N0. 2.

LANSING, MI(§liIGAN, JANU

ARY 15, 1893.

O

wnonj l\'0. Llid.—

Tl-[E POSSIBI LITIES
GRANGE.

OF THE

MORTIMER WHITEHEAD.

I am requested to write upon the
possibilities of the Grange?

VVhat are the possibilities of the-
acorn ? Whatare the possibilities of
the block of marble before the
sculptor? Of the bare canvas
before the painter? Of the clay in
the hands of the potter? lVhat
are the possibilities of the infant
in its mother’s arms? What are
the possibilities of “the little
red school house ?” What the pos-
sibilities of the baby Moses float-
ing among the bullrushes of the
Nile? \Vhat the possibilities ot
the coming of the child at Bethle-
hem? Of the sermon on the
mount? Of the missionary in the
wilds of Africa? What the possi-
bilities when at Concord bridge

“The embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard ‘round the world?"

Of the death at the stake, on the
scaffold or the field of battle of
martyrs for freedom, who, in all
the centuries of the world’s history
and progress, with Arnold VVinkel-
reid proclaimed.—“Make way for
Liberty?” \Vhat the possibilities
of the voyage of Columbus as he
sailed with his little fleet from
Palos. Of the new world he looked
upon four hundred years ago?
Measure theheighi, and breadth,
and depth of all of these other
possibilities and you have the pos-
sibilities of the Grange. All that
they contain of growth, beauty.

undefiled, freedom, progress and
“Peace on earth, good will towards
men” are among the possibilities
of the Grange.

It is the advocate, promoter and
conservator of all the good that
these other possibilities have
brought to make our world brighter
and better. In its life of twenty-
six years enough has been accom-
plished to base a “forecast” of its
future. Wherever and whenever
the ideal of its founders has been
kept in view, and wherever its
work has been upon the lines of
of its “Declaration of Purposes,”
which are all for good and never
for evil, there will be found sl1ad-
owed forth its possibilities and let
us hope, its probabilities. VVhat-
ever it has wrought in the way of a
better agriculture, more social life,
brighter and happier homes, higher
education of head and heart, the
better manhood and womanhood,
in dispensing charity, planting the
flowers of good works, in develop-
ing a better citizenship, a purer
ballot, in securing more equitable
laws, in protecting the weak and
restraining the strong, are but as
the first footprints of Columbus on
the shores of the new world com-
pared with its future development
and possibilities.

How far will the possibilities of
the Grange be realized? Just as
far as have all the other possibili-
ties before spoken of, if the same
means to the ends, work to faith,
care, vigilance and fidelity, are ever
and forever used. If the acorn
falls on stony ground it has no
depth of root, the oak is dwarfed
and never becomes the giant of the
forest, defying the storms of cen-
turies. If the sculptor is careless,
the perfect angel never steps from
his marble block. The painter who
only dreams, will never see his
living canvas make his name im-
mortal. The vase of the potter
may be ruined in the firing.
Mother must watch the little feet
or baby will never grow to be good
and great. The little red school
house can never develop statesmen
if its seats are unoccupied and its
children are truants. The baby

from the cruel edict of Pharoah
to destroy every male child. Th:
bile in the manger, who became
the Light of the world, must bt
V-arried away by his parents who
flee unto Egypt to escape the wrath
of Herod who ordered all babe:
under a year to be slain. The firs:
shot fired for Liberty did not bring
victory. Signing the Declaration
and the old bell ringing forth,
“Proclaim Liberty to all the earth
and to the inhabitants thereof,”
must needs be followed by long
years of war and suffering. The
trials and tests of Valley Forge
ind Trenton, and of even a Bene-
dict Arnold must be endured before
the possibilities of that first shot
could be realized. Aye, more, for
in those days false prophets will
arise. Men will dispitefully use
you. Madam Roland said as she
ascended the scaffold: “Oh, liber-
ty, liberty, what crimes are com-
mitted in thy name.” Pilgrim
must avoid the slough of despond,
doubting castle, giant despair, the
enchanted ground, the flatterer, the
net of the spoiled, and fear not the
lions in the way. Columbus must
have a brave heart, must trim his
sails to the storm, must avoid rocks
and shoals, must quell mutiny.
“Labor omnia 'vitncit.” Perse-
verance, faith, work until the end.
Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty, and combined with faith
and work, of all success. These have
trough‘. -.11’. ail pzm-.-:i‘.;ui’.l’.i;-s .~f—i'ut.3..-
success. The acorn grows to be‘
the oak; the marble becomes the
statue; the canvas the lifelike
reality; the vase a thing of beauty
and a joy forever; the infant a
statesman; the schoolboy noted
among men; Moses leads Israel out
of the land of bondage; in Judea
the child grew and waxed strong
and the world is saved; Yorktown
places the seal upon victory and
the hopes of the earth for freedom
are lighted; four centuries of labor
and faith have developed a con-
tinent, and this year with all our
wealth and civilization we honor
Columbus.
These other possibilities have
been realized. Shall it be so with
the possibilities of the Grange‘?
With this inspiration, with all it
can do before us, who will wish to
be other than a brave soldier, loyal
and true; a cheerful worker, help-
ing to develop its possibilities year
by year; aiding in bringing about
the new heaven and the new earth;
in making our home in the
Grange, our home on the farm and
our home in our country—in the
words of one of the founders of
our Order-—“An earthly heaven to
go to heaven in.”

LEGISLATION FOR BETTER ROADS.

GEO. E. STEELE.

The Legislature is invoked when-
ever anything goes Wrong in the
economy of the State, even to at-
tempting to make men temperate.
A large part of the precious time
of the law making body is taken up
in changing the name of Miss “Fide
Bona” to Miss “Bona Fide” and
such like, of vast import. It
may be readily guessed after mak-
ing these startling statements that
We are not of the class which has im-
plicit confidence in the Legislature
at once setting us on the macadam
road to glory, all in the “one horse
shay.” Revolutions do not come
by a flirt of the executive pen——-
except in South America. We
must be content to ask the Legis-
lature to do the very best it can, as
quick as it can, for the p(u‘.£c71t is
very low. VVe must then hold up
our hands and promise to do our
part. Then the era of good roads

Moses must be guarded carefully

in the East, fofiftwing it, the clear
lay. ;-3?. ’
It need not be géxpected that the
Legislature will.j»inove far in ad
vance of  sentiment; and
this sentiment {is not at present
educated up t<r:v,‘,,the point of de-
manding good ”“tf'll8.C-lS. Some are
taking advance ground, and the
subject is havingtgeneral attention,
but the most offqttir people do not
realize how  is lost by bad
roads. They  fall into the
ruts of “ well e ff; gh” or “cost too
much.” Altho Ygfwe are somewhat
behind some”d§§lfaur sister States,
we are vaccinatéii, and will in due
time break outfi‘-‘«,‘.'!.:ith “road rash.”

This period ofgfgrganization must
precede all elsiéfix as well in road
building as irriftther lines. The
Legislature is liaxjdicapped by the
constitution wl1'i«'-ti prevents it from
vacating or altejilfiig any road laid
out by Com missigtners of Highways.
Art. IV. Sec.,j‘; _, and under 11
Mich. 155,and   ich.95, confines
this action to   roads, by dele-
gating the  to Boards of
Supervisors. _  by Art. XIV,
Sec. 9: “The-', ’
party to, or in l_"‘'_
of internal i  '

‘<2

  

 
   

diture of grants
yd or other pro-
perty.” ‘ 

Under this itf.'?’as been decided
“(that townsh.§.97.,_ higlrwayrs and
r.7‘~u.‘x .i'I.JLr-7-_‘a-1-.c.«: -2 , \’~-._.Ic-t Lu ‘I’. -
en from the custody of the proper
local oflicers.” This makes the
Highway Commissioner the sine
qua non of township roads, or, to
translate the Latin, he is “Big-
Injun-Me.”

See also 15 Mich. 3-17 and 34
Mich. 46 where the Commissioner
is given full power to lay out, alter
or discontinue highways. I can-
not here enter into a discussion of
these constitutional restrictions.
VVhatever may be done to make
the constitution a help to good
roads, must be preceded by a
thorough school house campaign
of education, or the amendments
will be killed by popular prejudice.
In View of such misleading error
I believe more can be accomplished
if the Legislature does not at first
attempt too radical changes. I ad-
mit that most radical changes are
needed, but we are not to expect
suddenly to emerge from the
“corduroy” road to the “Appian
\Vay.” Then, in my judgment,
such a plan should be adopted as
would, by increasing public atten-
tion and appropriate legislation
gradually bring us into better con-
dition.

Let us map it out.

1. Preserve the township system
with some modifications for local
or unimportant roads.

2. By a local option plan provide
that any county may set in opera-
tion a county system with three
County Commissioners, who are
distinct from the Board of Super-
visors, and who shall have power of
location, construction and main-
tenance of the most important
thoroughfares. If these were treat-
ed as “State” roads they would,
under present decisions, be free
from control of the Township Com-
missioner.

3. Have a County Engineer who
shall locate all town and county
roads in conjunction with the officers
named; map carefully all roads, set
o11t work for contractors and see
that their work was properly done.
4. Do away with all building of
roads by the State at large, and
make the laws we have, so far as
applicable, to conform to new county
system.

5. Provide that by vote of the
people of any county bonds may

will begin to throw out a faint light

rate, long time and proportion to
valuation provisions as would seem
best. This money only to be used
El r a few important roads.
The modifications of the town
system would be mainly as to the
power of the Commissioner to locate
or alter highways. There is no
check on this officer. He lays roads
in the most hasty manner, and
sticks to. the section lines if they
are well nigh impassable. \Ve have
lost enough by this poor policy
ilready in State roads and high-
ways to have built a stone road the
whole length of the State. As a
surveyor I have been called upon
to make such locations as I knew
were not best, but had no power to
do otherwise. A road should be
located by a capable engineer with
as much care as a railroad (per-
mitting heavy grading) and with
curves instead of abrupt angles,
all being thoroughly monumented.
Authority should be given in this
direction, and also to alter roads
laid out so as to improve them.
We would then stop expending
money where it was worse than
thrown away. Such poor locations
are expensive luxuries. By proper
application certain portions of roads
already laid out could be condemn-
ed, these portions thereafter to
receive not one dollar of public
money. The new and best location
would follow as a matter of course.
The older parts of the State have
Liidfl ‘.3Jcix1—a‘—'.«‘1t o.-'.:..'.. «. . e. 9,,'Z‘.;' ‘.23.;
provement of location could be
made. Butit must be remembered
that, over say one-half of the State,
new roads are constantly being laid
out, and this will continue for many
years. The question of location
then becomes the very foundation
of all subsequent expenditures, and
should be committed to those best
capable of giving it attention, free
from local bias, and who make this
work a study. This would be ex-
pected of the county board and
engineer. It would be an advance
to brush the dust off from the
county surveyor and make an en-
gineer out of him. The olfice is
now of no consequence, and by
making it the “ Hub” of road con-
struction, would be filled by men
chosen with this in view, and be-
come something besides an empty
name. As to the State taking up
the road building, it would seem
that the day is passed. VVe have
no use for long military or other
roads. The railroads take the place
of such. We have already seen
the misappropriation of hundreds
of thousands of dollars in State
road building, and if these are
samples of State construction then
deliver us from any more. County
credit should be as good or better
than the State. The former can
not repudiate, the latter can. Those
counties where first—class roads are
built will find their credit thereby
improved. Other counties not mov-
ing in the matter will retrograde.
There are minor details occurring,
of which I may write, if not already
atrespasser.
Traverse City.

WOMAN’S WORK.

Paw Paw, Mich.

If the Masters of State Granges
who have not sent me the names of
their Committee on Woman’s
work in the Grange will kindly do
so, I will organize our work for an
active campaign at once. Do not
delay. The Grange work for the
year should begin now, and we want
no missing link.

Mas. H. H. WOODMAN.

Chairman of National Commit-

tee on Woman’s IVor_Ic in the

be issued, guarded by such low

Grange.

“A FEAS’l' OF REASON,” ETC.

EDITOR Vrsiron: On Thursday
evening. Dec. 8, 1892, VVest Handy
Grange No. til-'3 celebrated its sev-
enteenth anniversary by hax ing 3
feast.

The day was stormy, and old

Boreas seemed to have made up"

his mind to be as disagreeable as
possible, but a genuine granger
cares nothing for wind or rain as
was proven by the goodly number
that met in our pleasant hall and
filled the air with music, chatting
and laughter.

After listening to some very fine
singing prepared for the occasion
by the choir, the tables were spread
by tl1e ladies, and after partaking
of the good things placed thereon,
all pronounced it a feast, indeed.
After supper the gentlemen assist-
ed in clearing the tables and wash-
ed and wiped dishes, thus verify-
ing the old adage by being useful
as well as ornamental.

Seventeen years ago our Grange
was organized with 39 charter
members. It now numbers 106, a
good share of them being wide-
awake young people who will
study their own interests. So
there is not much danger of its be-
ing a dead Grange very soon.
Long may it live and prosper.

CARRIE J. Bowans,
Secretary.

  

“LINCOLN saanr Basniiinris.

We present the report of the
annual meeting of the Michigan
Lincoln Sheep Breeders that con-
vened at Lansing, Dec. 21, and
which was omitted from our last
issue.

It was the most enthusiastic
ever held by the association. Eight-
teen new members were added to
our membership, eight being from
Canada. The outlook for Lincolns
is of the most promising character
R. Gibbons of the 1|I1'clzi_qn.n Fm‘-
mer read a paper entitled, “ The
Future of the Lincolns in the
United States,” which was well
liked by every men1ber present.
The list of officers we published
in last issue.

A PROGIKESSIVE M.\G.\ZINI‘I.

The editor of the Armza says:

“I desire to call your attention to the
timeliness of topics discussed in the De-
cember Arrtmz by master brains and repre-
sentative thinkers. ‘Compulsory Educa-
tion,’ ‘ Government Ownership of Rail-
ways,’ ‘ The Opening of the \Vorld’s Fair
on Sunday,‘ ‘The Rapid Spread of Occult-
ism in Paris,’ ‘Evictions in New York,’
‘ Are VVe Socialists?’ ‘ Religious Persecu-
tion in Tennessee.’ These are all live top-
ics, with which even the busiest of thought-
ful persons are more or less interested; while
among subjects more strictly literary in
character will be found: ‘ A Chinese Mys-
tic,’ ‘\Vhittier and Tennyson,’ ‘Religious
Thought of Colonial Days,’ ‘ The Defence
of Shakespeare,’ by the eminent Shakes-
pearean scholar,’ Dr. A. Nicholson, and
Miss Dromgoole’s charming little Christ-
mas story

I would further note the breadth of
thought and the conspicuous fitness of the
authors represented to discuss the subjects
in hand, as for example. Bishop  L.
Spalding on the ‘ VVorld’s Fnir;’ Rev. Ly-
man Abbott, so strong an advocate of uni-
versal justice, on ‘ Compulsory Educalion;’
Napoleon Ney, distinguished among
thoughlful Frenchmen, and a grandson of
the French Marshal. on the ‘ Occult in
Paris;’ T V. Powderly on ‘Government
Ownership of Railways;’ so important 8
work as the story of a woman adventurer,
unattended by any white person, penetrat-
ing the wilds of Africa, calls forth words of
criticism and appreciation from such emin-
ent persons as Sir Edwin Arnold, Prof.
Swing, Col Knox and Col. l\'IcMlchael. I
wish to call your special attention to Mr.
l\IcLoug_rhlin’.-'. starlling paper on ‘ Evictions
in New York.’ This is the tint paper of
our ssries of di.<cu.<.~ions on ‘ Social Condi-
[ions of 'l‘o-day.’ The December A/‘mu: is
an earnest of what the Arrm: will be dur-
ing 18);; \Ve are determined to maintain
our review as the foremost progressive and

refurmaiive magazine of the age.”

 

 


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THE GBANG

sfvrsrron,

J ANUABY 15, 1893.

Field and S'I'oc.k.

SOME SUGGESTED EXPERIMENTS
IN FEEDING SHEEP.

Read at meeting of Breeders of Improved Live
Stock in Lansing, Dec. 20. by F. B. Mumford,
Ag. College.

It is a noticeable fact that our
experiment stations, while they
have given considerable attention
to the subject of feeding, yet have
not given the same attention to the
profitable production of mutton
that they have to the production of
beef and pork. VVhile some ex-
periments of more or less impor-
tance have been carried on with
sheep, they have usually been con-
ducted with so few animals that
the results are not of general appli-
cation.

I have examined the Experi-
inent Station Record for the years
1889, ’90, ’91 and ’92 and I find as
nearly as it is possible to discover
that the whole number of sheep
employed during the four years in
strictly feeding experiments, does
not exceed 100 for the whole
United States.

These have been fed mostly in
lots of three so that the published
results must be taken with allow-
for this reason: The in-

mals are not easily overcome in
such small lots, and these differ-
ences are often greater than the
effects of the different foods them-

two not well defined but the
division is suficiently definite to
answer our purpose. We think
right here that a misundei standing
has often arisen between the
feeder and the experimenter. The
feeder has been led to expect im-
mediate results from experiments
which were scientific in their
nature and only links in a chain
and not the complete chain itself.
In the first division we would place
all those experiments which are of
wide general application and which
aim to build up theories of nutri-
tion, the effect of certain classes of
foods on the bodily functions, etc.
This line of experiments can not
produce immediate results of prac-
tical importance to feeders of the
present day, but are nevertheless
valuable and should be given due
attention.

The other class of experiments
are called practical, because they
aim to solve questions which con-
front every feeder and are of
especial importance because the re-
sults are valuable for immediate use.
Many of these experiments will be
of only local application, yet if
properly planned and executed will
be of incalculable value to the farm-
ers of the locality, county, or state
wherein the experiments are con-
ducted.

There seems to be a tendency on
the part of some of our experiment-
ers to devote their attention almost
entirely to the first class of experi-

selves.

Notwithstanding the lack of at-
tention on the part of our experi-
menters towardthe sheep industry,
much of the work done is of
general application and applies
equally as well to sheep as to
cattle and swine.

Science has done much for feed-
ers, but it has not yet reached a
stage where it may be considered
as an exact science. There is no
absolute mathematical process by
which we can compute the nutri-
tive value of a food. Chemical
analysis in itself alone fails to fur-
nish us wit.h exact data by which
we may work out the value of a
food with absolute certainty. Other
considerations beside that of the
chemical composition have much
to do with its real value for feedin
purposes? rafatioitify, uigestib -
ity, mechanical condition, etc., all
enter into the consideration of
food values. The most remarkable
and probably most successful at-
tempt to reduce the art of feeding
to an exact science was that of the
German experimenters. The re-
sults of their experiments and their
conclusions are embodied in what
is known as the “German feed-
ing standards.” These were the
result of carefully planned and
executed experiments, and for a
time the study of these standards
was considered to be the study of
the science of feeding. Many
prominent scientific men at the
present time have taken a stand of
doubtful neutrality concerning the
German tables, while others are
unmistakably arrayed against them.
Others, among whom may be men-
tioned Profs. Henry, Georgeson,
Roberts and Goessman of this
country, and Professor Kuhn, of
Germany, take a rational view and
hold that with modifications the
German standards are guides, and
when combined with the know-
ledge of the practical feeder are in-
valuable aids in the economical
production of meat products.

Is it not possible that our ex-
perimenters have approached this
question from the wrong stand-
point and have endeavored to com-
pound rations which take into
consideration only the feeding
standards, and wholly neglect to
take into account the palatibility,
mechanical condition and pecul-
iarities of the animal?

We believe this question can
best be studied from the stand-
point of the foods themselves.
Practical feeders disagree as to the
value of foods. Let our experi-
menters investigate thoroughly
without prejudice the comparative
merits of different foods and dis-
cover if possible, if there is a
general law which can be relied
upon in selecting foods.

The question naturally suggests
itself, what lines of work shall our
experiment stations follow? It

seems to us that two lines of work
more or less distinct present them-
selves to every experimenter. We
will call them 1, scientific experi-
ments and 2, practical experiments.
The terms are somewhat mislead-
ing and the division between the

ments. ‘V6 do not propose to dis-
cuss here the relative importance of
the two lines of work, but we believe
that much of the so called scientific
investigation can be as effectively
accomplished in connection with
the practical work. For instance
the observed effects of certain ele-
ments in foods on the bodily func-
tions may be studied while carrying
on tests to ascertain the compara-
tive value of foods for fattening
purposes. The nutritive ratio the-
ory may be studied in the same
connection.

It seems to us that some of the
following experiments may profit-
ably engage the attention of our
stations. The study of the com-
parative value of grains and grasses
for various purposes of feeding may
well occupy the attention of our
-=.tntio:=~_-_=_‘-,- Lfnny fnrmmm in Mir-Hi»r.,
gan are feeding sheep and cattle as
a business in itself outside of the
ordinary farm operations. Most of
the feed is purchased and it is a
question of importance to know
what to buy. No experiments have
been conducted with an idea of
finding a standard of comparison.
For instance there are no satis-
factory data which give us even an
indication of what we may expect
from corn when fed as an exclusive
grain ration. The same may be
said of other grains and mixtures.
If accurate data on the fattening
qualities of the common foods could
be furnished, the feeder, by know-
ing the prices of the materials could
readily determine which food would
yield the most profit. VVe have at
the College 150 sheep under experi-
ment; 80 of these are fed on a grain
ration of corn, oats or bran, singly
or in combination. Each lot re-
ceives in addition one pound of
roots per day for each sheep and
all the clover hay they will eat up
clean; 40 others are being fed on
silage and roots, a continuation of
last year’s experiments; 5 lambs are
being fed on a self feed, in com-
parison with those fed regularly in
the ordinary manner. A pen of
breeding ewes are fed liberally on
silage in comparison with another
lot fed in the most approved manner
to maintain health and condition.
These experiments are all along the
line suggested and we believe are
valuable. A study of different
grasses and forage plants should
demand the attention of experi-
menters. Just now the subject of
rape for sheep feeding should be
thoroughly investigated. The sub-
jects of shelter, close confinement,
exercise, etc., are all questions
which at present are mere matters
of opinion and should be investi-
gated and if possible settled. The
preparation of food is a subject of
lesser importance, but worthy of
study. The effect of foods on qual-
ity of product, feeding for wool,
shearing lambs in the fall before
fattening, etc., are all subjects which
should not be overlooked.

 

The VISITOR is for every
farmer, whether he is a Granger
or not.

Teachers can get the VISITOR and
IIODERATOB for $1.50.

THE MUTT N TYPE.

Read before the Shro sh‘ ' Breeders at Lansing»
Dec. 21. by lguge Davenport.

Let it be borne in mind that the
mutton type is an idea, not a sheep;
and that there are as many of them
as there are of successful breed-
ers of mutton sheep. I emphasize
successful, becaus there are men
raising not only sfeep but all kinds
of stock withouta type in the mind’s
eye, but they do not succeed in add-
ing valuable qualities to the breed
upon which they inflict their atten-
tion.

So we all have ‘an ideal of what
a perfect mutton sheep would look
like, but none of us will ever see the
sheep. I shall not attempt to
picture mine to you, for it is im-
possible to fully describe a type in
words. Besides, mine is likely no
better than others.

However I will venture to men-
tion some characters that it seems
to me should be present in the
ideal of any breeder, no matter
what his chosen _ breed, together
with others most valuable when ab-
sent. And if we do not agree, so
long as we are dealing with an ideal,
there is no damage done thereby-—
not even to the sheep.

All agree in the policy of secur-
ing the highest development of parts
in themselves especially valuable,
as the loin and thigh. This is com-
mon to all meat types, and I know
of no better evidence of the mighty
power of the breeder than this fact,
that he has, so to speak, changed
ends with both cattle and swine.
As we breed them now for meat
they are relatively heavier behind
than before——the -exact opposite of
the type in a state of nature. Con-
sider in your mind the heavy
shoulder and fore quarters of the
wild form of botl: cattle kind and
swine and their related forms; then
remembering this to be true in the
majority of cases with wild animals,
especially with males; observe care-
fully the domestic forms, and see
what the breederl as accomplished.
Has he not changed ends with the
carcass? All this he has done in
developing the mt -stdesirable cuts.
Oh, I tell you if tl-e demand should
arise to breed out animals wrong
side out, I so 'mes think our
Yankee 12166 A . 1d. ulldfirtalie
the job. " ’ " “ '

So perfectly have breeders
agreed upon the policy of develop-
ing valuable parts, that in many
cases other characters, intrinsically
less valuable upon the block but
often intimately and necessarily
associated with the vigor, the con-
stitution, the health, the assimila-
tive, yes even the very reproductive
power of the animal have been ab-
solutely neglected and practically
bred out. I think, fortunately, that
the mutton sheep has 11ot yet suf-
fered in this direction as have some
of the pork and beef producing
animals. And I hereby entera
strong plea for those parts more
intimately related to the vital func-
tions of this mutton factory; a chest
that is both deep and wide across
the floor, as indicated by thickness
through the heart

Wl1ateV'er may be the reason, am-
ple quarters seem necessary to
the proper development of good di-
gestive, respiratory and circulatory
organs. For the same reason we
must avoid the short rib which so
easily appears, and the elbow that
scrapes the side.

Perhaps there is no better place
than this to call attention to the
fact that the type of the wild sheep
and his closely related forms differs
radically at least so far as I have
seen it, from that so common among
other animals.

Instead of the heavy and espec-
ially high fore quarters, we find
them remarkable rather for their
width and lack of depth. VVe find
too a broad if not deep thigh and
hind quarter, and a round body
standing on legs higher‘ behind
than before. The neck arises from
between the straight shoulders and
stands erect, giving the animal a
peculiarly high-headed appearance,
as willbe noticed among some Cots-
wolds. He is naturally a mountain
animal.

Now reversions always tend to
approach the original type. From
this fact and considering the essen-
tial differences in wild type, I am
inclined to think that a shortened
rib and aretreating brisket as much
to be dreaded as is nth in chest, and
far more likely toplague thebreeder.
Also that the tendency to long legs
is to be carefully and especially
guarded against.

In nature as with man, utility

and adaptation topurpose is always
the test of selection. Nature’s one
demand above all others is for vigor
and endurance. We have many
others.

Again, though we have never
improved upon nature in any par-
ticular to which our attention and
selection have not been directed, it
is also true that we have never
failed to improve upon her whenever
we have selected from similar stand-
ards and along the same line, what-
ever characters may be included.
I offer as example excessive milk
production, speed, etc., as among
the many qualities we breed for.

I mention this because some are
content to accept a loss of vigor, or
more mildly put, a lesser degree
of vitality as an unavoidable con-
sequence of domestication. Not at
all. The trotter and the thorough-
bred exceed both in speed and en-
durance, in will and vigor of con-
stitution, any wild type of horse we
have ever known.

Compare also the greyhound
with the wild dingo of Australia ,and
you see before you the well trained
reserve force of the-one to the great
disparagement of the nervous, aim-
less, restless activity of the other.

Neither is a degree of vigor be-
low that of the wild type a safe
condition. It is said that with food
and shelter provided, a less degree
of endurance is necessary. But
should that mean upon the whole
a less degree of vitality? No. In
all our well-bre(l animals we tax to
the utmost their physical abilities,
as the muscular and nervous organ-
isms in speed animals, so also the
digestive and assimilative powers
in those producing milk, meat or
wool.

The well-bred domestic animal
of today is doing more actual la-
bor for man than he ever did for
himself, in a wild state, to seek his
food and defend himself from his
enemies. As a manufactory, the
work we put upon him is severe.

This may be an extended plea
for vigor, but the sheep kind
are originally more active in their
mountain homes than any of our
domestic animals in the natural
state. Their hard fare, too, devel-
oped remarkable powers of getting
much out of little. Let us not ac-

nept this natural power of the sheep__

as an inborn heritage for all time,
but watchfully guard it that it never
be lost; for it is likely not too much
to say that its loss would be even
more serious than among other
domestic animals. Loss of vigor
has not yet plagued the mutton
breeders greatly, and I hope it
never may, but it is a possible evil
at any time.

So let attention be given to the
bold front, the heavy shoulder
where health and heavy weights
reside, to the deep body, where es-
sential processes are going on, to
the bright but mild eye, to the
elastic step, and, yes, I will say it,
to the pink skin, showing that the
mechanism is working well, and
that the machine is comfortable and
well satisfied with itself.

Neither would I neglect the
strong muzzle, nor those general
outlines of the face that give char-
acter to the countenance.

One portion of the body whose
possibilities have not yet been at-
tained either in mutton or beef, is
the rib. I speak especially of thick-
ness of meat. A rib roast is the
choice cut of the pig. Ribs of beef
may sometime become even better
than now, and I believe the rib of
mutton may be greatly improved.
In short I am inclined to think
that the surest way of securing well
filled crops is by selecting for a
thick meated rib.

I have not described fully a mut-
ton type, I do not intend to do so,
but speak only of certain charac-
ters. Breeders of different breeds
no doubt agree much closer in their
ideals than any are ever likely to
attain. As with an individual, so
with a breed~it is impossible to
secure all the desirable qualities,
and avoid the undesirable ones.
For each development, a deficiency
occurs somewhere, and to increase
what may be called the algebraic

sum of good qualities is a slow and
difficult process.

As the lawyer considers most
carefully the probable line of argu-
ment of his opponent, and his own
weak points as well as strong, so
the breeder of any breed must be
able to discover even in‘his favor-
ites their relative or absolute weak-
nesses. To do this requires a no
mean degree of judicial ability.

This is a period of small meat.
There is no doubt that the most

serious competitor of beef is pork.
There is no doubt that early ma-
turity is to be demanded, not only
on the score of the most economi-
cal production of meat, but within
reasonable limits, of the highest
quality. It may be a question at
what stage of maturity to slaughter,
but I think none at all as between
eariy and late maturity.

Whatever the breed, let the type
be held within the extremes of size
above rather than below the me-
dium, for animals fed for meat tend
to diminish in size, but certainly
not the largest. Aside from the-
question of maturity, they rarely
possess the quality or the feeding
powers of the more nearly average‘
specimen. Three things must not
be tolerated in a sheep,—a weak
back,and longlegs, and a bad chest,.
and one or all generally accompany
extremes in size,

No question is more interesting
than the probable wool producing
capacity of the mutton sheep, and
how and to what extent its improve-
ment is advisable. While strongly
inclined to special purpose animals,.
I do not look upon mutton and
wool production as incompatible
characters. All relations exist be-
tween the multitude of character-
istics that govto make up an animal
or a breed, some are harmonious,
some antagonistic, some utterly in-
compatible, and others, no doubt,
indifferent to each other. This is
the great law of correlation.

Given a breed with certain char-
acters well developed and in a large

degree in equilibrium with
each other and with others
less developed, including liar-

monious, indifferent, and antag-
onistic perhaps; can then a certain
desired set of characters be brought
forward and developed to a high
degree without damage to the type
characters? Your general purpose
man will say——certainly, any num-
ber of them. Others recognizing
that there is a natural limit to the
productive energy and believing
that any disturbance will be fatal,
will as positively declare it impos-
sible, especially if anything like a
high degree of excellence has been
reached.

Now it seems to me that the
possibility of the thing depends

largelyon the nature of the de rree ,
of antagonism between them; g eat " *

size and high speed are almost in-
compatible. Meat and milk pro-
duction in the same animal is a
different question from that of mut-
ton and wool. The habit of milk
production is a sexual character
peculiar to females only, and in na-
ture limited to a brief period. But
we have developed the habit till it
has become practically continuous;
till it engages almost the entire en-
ergy of the female. More than this,
it has changed her whole organ-
ism and circulatory system for its
activities are largely directed to
supplying a single gland. So pro-
nounced has beenthis development
as to react even upon the males, and
we hear now-a-days a great deal
about milk type bulls.

Beside all this the antagonism
between mutton and wool is insig-
nificant. Both require a diffused
circulation. The body covering is
not only common to both sexes but
to nearly all wild animals. I can-
not, therefore, look upon mutton
and wool as incompatible nor to any
great degree antagonistic charac-
ters, further than that the sum of
their development must always be
limited by the productive energy
of the animal, and as that limit is
neared one or the other must take
precedence, or both stop short of
the highest development.

In brief, it would be difficult to
find two characters more intimately
associated than the body and its
covering. Shall we then breed for
both? Certainly, we must. But
it introduces two difficulties.

First, by adopting two standards
ofselection the number of animals
that will meet their exactions is
greatly reduced, and a less vigorous
selection will be likely in practice to
be applied to either. All are anx-
ious for results.
than one thing at a time, and, with-
al the dollars must appear as both
oil andmainspring to the enterprise.

The fact that Shropshires, and
for that matter all mutton breeds,
are yet quite variable, is no detri-
ment to the attempt to improve in
two directions. I hope, however,
that the mutton qualities of the
mutton breeds will be kept always
and first in mind. Breeding for
two things is at best a sort of hi-
metallic attempt, and if made at all
let “ mutton wool" gravitate to its

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One more thought. In what di-
rection will wool improvement
among mutton breeds be most sat-
isfactorily direc.ted—-toward even-
ness of fleece, or toward a finer
quality?

Again consider nature. Among
wild animals if one part of the body
is better covered than another it is
always the shoulders, protecting the
vital parts. Examples are too com-
mon to deserve mention. These
are the very parts that produce the
finest portions of the fleece. This
leads us to believe the hind and
lower portions to have been the
least covered, as they are certainly
the most scantily, and the first to
lose that covering.

Without farther expansion I will
say that I am strongly inclined to
think that breeders of mutton sheep
will do well to look first to even-
ness of fleece, the covering of all
parts, and after-wart], if they please,
to its fineness. Above all, let each
breed strive for a uniform type.
It will be peculiar to that breed of
course, but let it be uniform as
possible, and not be disturbed and
deflected by the varying standards
of other breeds.

In the present popular days of
the Shropshires lies their greatest
danger. Ifthey have the inherent
quality to withstand the reducing
eifects of a decade or two of great

popularity, well; if not, then thee

future of this great breed will de-
pend upon the course of a few ju-
dicious breeders.

NEWAYGO POMONA.

Pomona Grange No. 11 met with
Ashland Grange Dec. 28 and 29,
1892.

On the morning of the 28th of
Dec. we left our home with a
light heart and hied us away to
the “Court of Pomona,” 23 miles
distant. The air was full of feath-
ery flakes, but what cared we,
snow flakes wont hurt a Granger.
The slcighing was all that could
be desired and we dashed along
right merrily, our voices keeping
time to the jingle of the bells
(isu’t that so, Bro. Dani’).

About noon we arrived at Ash-
land Grange Hall, where a warm
welcome and a. rich, reeking dinner
awaited us. After greeting old
friends and new and indulging in
a social after dinner chat, the IV.
M. called to order in open Grange.

The program follows: Opening
Song by Ashland Grange Choir.
“The Creamery,” S. V. Walker.
He seemed to think creameries
paid. “The Need of Education as
a safeguard to American Institu-
tions,” paper by VVm. W. Carter.
This was an able paper and in all
probability will appear later on in
the GRANGE VISITOR. “Woma.n’s
Work in the Grange,” Mrs. Hall.
Fine duet by Ashland Grange
choir. "Seed Day in the Grange,"
Dan Mallery. This subject brought
out a great many ideas and we found
that Bro. L. lieynolds could raise
the largest cabbage in Ashland,
perhaps in the whole county, and
make the best kraut (with the
assistance of his wife). “ Co-opera-
tion in Selling,” Chas. Haskins.
“ Should the Method of Paying
County Oflicers by Fees be Abol-
ished?” L. Reynolds. “ Care and
Management of Cows for Dairy
Purposes,” Calvin Lillie. After
supper Grange was again called to
order and we listened to the far
famed “ Peek Sisters.” This was
rendered by the young ladies of
Ashland Grange and was very
amusing. They looked very
ancient and very funny indeed
with their peeked hats and ker-
chiefs;they did themselves great
credit and possess great musical
talent, and great command of
language.

The fifth degree was conferred
on 12 candidates. This meeting
was also the election of officers
and the following officers were
chosen: M., S. V. Walker; 0, C.
Tinuey, L.; W. \V. Carter; T., L.
Reynolds; Secy., F. Terwilliger;
G. K., Sister Hillman, who thought
she could fill the office well. W. W.

Carter was chosen deputy for the
county. The Grange made a good
selection for Bro. Carter is the
“ Grangiest” of all Grangers. VVe
then took a recess until the next
morning.

On the morning of the 29th the
\V. M. called to order in open Grange
and an able paper was read by
Wm. Gould on the “Election of
Senators” which will also appear
in GRANGE VISITOR. This subject
took up nearly all the forenoon.
The Grange then closed to meet
again at Ensley the 2d and 3d
of March. IVe were disappointed
because Sister Mayo could not be
with us. She would have enjoyed
it. Ashland Hall is the finest in
the county and it is well named by
a motto I noticed on the wall, the
“Farmers Home. It has a lot of
energetic, hard-working young
people, which according to my
way of thinking is the making of
the Grange. \Ve were .highly
entertained and tenfold repaid for
our long drive. May the people
of Ashland live long.

This has been a prosperous year
for the Grange in Newaygo county;
we have added 147 new names to
our list of membership and we
have a full treasury and we intend
to spend our money in bringing
lecturers into our field to help pro-
mote our general welfare, and
when next you hear from Newaygo
you will learn that two or three
new Granges have been established
within her boundaries. That the
Grange may live and prosper in
all its undertakings, always trust-
ing in an arm omnipotent to enable
it to grapple with stern realities is
the wish of its past Secretary,

Mrs. l\1A1eY ROBERTSON.

 

INSTITUTE NOTES.

At the farmers’ institute in Benzie
county, December 20, the following
members of the Agricultural col-
lege faculty were present: Pres.
Clute, Profs. L. It. Taft, R. J.
Coryell, and P. G. Holden.

Prof. Cor-yell gave his lecture on
potato culture. The ground cov-
ered was amount of seed per acre;
distance apart in row and hill,
character of soil, and mode of cul-
ture; also amount of moisture and
season of year when most neces-
sary; also manner of cutting seed.
The proper conclusions were drawn
from experiments covering two or
three years and were as follows:
Everything else being equal, the
more seed per acre. This, however,
is to be governed by the price of
seed and the probable market value
of _the crop. The best depth to plant
is from 4 to 5 inches, and the best
fertilizers those that will retain the
most moisture, (a mulch) especially
at the time of the formation of
tubers.

VVm. H. Voorheis was called
upon and gave his paper on peach
culture. Mr. Voorheis said in
peach culture it is important to
plant right, to begin with, on
ground properly prepared and
where air drainage is perfect cares
little about the particular slope in
his locality. To guard well against
the borer by careful examination
of the stalk near the roots before
planting. Trees should be set 20
feet apart each way. The next
enemy to be met is the cut worm.
He protects by putting tin shields
around the trees. He plants corn
for the first two or three years,
partly to furnish food for the
worms (it is cheaper than peach
trees). Do not plant potatoes under
any consideration. Cultivate up
to the first of July, no later, then
leave whatever vegetable matter
may grow to take up the virtue in
the soil in order that the peach
trees may ripen for winter. When
trees come to bearing he cultivates
one month later. Plant no corn
or other crops after the bearing
period of the orchard. He cuts
back each year’s growth on main
shoots from one-third to one-half,
and keeps all shoots cut off to 18
inches from bottom. He picks

when fruit is ripe but before it is
soft; it needs nice discrimination

He grows his

to determine this.

own stock and buds the first year,
in August.

A paper on bean culture by E‘
C. Coates was discussed. Mr,
Coates opened the question, and
Prof. Holden and others followed.

The points made seemed to be
that it was a good crop for rotating,
should precede wheat, and was
capable of being made profitable
when properly managed. Perhaps
the most vital point of the whole is
to secure the crop after being
grown in good order. The plan
recommended was to pull when
ripe and spread thin enough in
rows to cure quickly, and then
haul and put under shelter.

Prof. Holden gave a lecture on
smut in grains. The following
conclusions were reached: 1st.
Smut is a parasite plant; 2nd. Smut
infests oats at blossoming time;

it

3rd. Smut infests barley at blos-
soming time; 4th. Bunt, or stinking ~
smut, in Wheat at any time; 5th.
Smut in corn is confined to that
particular crop, is unlike other
smut and no remedy has yet been
discovered; 6th. Infection not by
spores contained in soil; 7th. In-
fection not in spores contained in
manure; 8th. Wheat does not turn
to smut; 9th. The smut of one cereal
will not infect other cereals. For
preventing smut in cats and wheat
dip in hot water at 130 to 135
degrees five minutes. For barley,
soak in cold water ten hours, then
dip in hot water at 125 to 135
degrees five minutes. For full;
treatise on this subject see Bulletin 2
No. 87, Michigan experimental
station, which can be had free by
addressing the secretary of the
Michigan Agricultural college.
Prof. Taft treated the question

of insects and insecticides; alsol

fungis and fungicides. The
great remedies for insects are the
arsenites aIl(l!_,f'_0f,t‘OSeI1B emulsions
and for fungoius. The only draw-
back seemed to be lack of interest
enough on the part of the residents
of the county to turn out and show
their interest in the degree that
the subject demanded. The call
for a report of the fruit crops and
potato crop was responded to by
only five towns. The following is
the total of each article in the
townships reported. Potatoes, 70,-
071 bu.; apples, 29,381 bu.;
peaches, 2,275; crabs, 770; pears,
1,152; strawberries, 350.
C. S. LINKLETTER, Sec.

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the VISITOR to each family among
its members. Enclosed you will
please find money order for $14.80,
the amount at 40 cents each for
the thirty-seven-member heads of
families.

We have been waiting to see if
the State Grange would give the
VISITOR the “ grand bounce.” We
are glad that it is to live another
year.

Fraternally yours,
M. M. Tuonrson, Sec.

Holfon, Muskegon Co.

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FRUIT RIDGE, NO. 276.

At our last regular meeting Fruit Ridge
Grange, through its Secretary. presented
Worthy Master G. B. Horton with a nice
gavel with the request that it be used in
calling the next session of the State Grange
to order. Bro. Horton was also re-elected
Master of our Grange, Mrs. Amanda Hor-
ton Lecturer, and Alfred Williams Secre-
tary.

CHARLOTTE GRANGE. N0. 67,

elected as Master,_]as. Murray; Lecturer,
Mrs. Belle Tanner; Scc’y, Chas. Hoffner.

CHARITY GRANGE, N0. 417.

elected Will Kerr for Master, while Nelson
Geoffrey will till the Lecturer’s chair, and
R. Geoffrey will keep the books.

WHITE OAK. NO. 241.

At the request of our Grange I wish to
say a few words as a partial report of our
doings for the year just closed. We have
had 49 regular meetings of the Grange,
one for installation of ofiicers, and royally
entertained the Pomona Grange besides.
The average attendance during the year
has been 22.18 out of a membership of 60,
now in good standing. The oflicers elect
for the ensuing year will be publicly in-
stalled January 14, 1893. There will be a
literary entertainment after the installation.
All are invited. A happy New Year to all.

    

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JANUARY 15, 1893.

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your time is out, unless you renew.

Get your articles in early if you
Want them inserted in a. particular
issue.

We continue to hear of Patrons
who are working for our premiums.
Are you in line?

The Legislature has done little as
yet except organize and elect Uni-
ted States Senator.

Bro. D. H. English of Chandler,
Ionia Co., sent in 65 names last
year. Has any of our helpers a
better record‘?

We have some especially fine

DELEGATES TO STATE GRANGE.

We have sent letters and sample
copies to all delegates to the last
State Grange, with the request
that they see that a VISITOR agent
is appointed in every Grange, and
is at work, getting renewals and
winning new subscribers.

If each Grange would get one
new subscriber a week from now
till April 1st., we would have a list
almost double its present size. Any
Grange ought to do that. Won’t
you go to work with the idea of
securing at least one name a week
from each Grange?

 

OUR LEGISLATIVE CQJLIMITTEE.

The State Grange passed several
measures that it is important should
be pushed before the legislature.
We believe that the Patrons who
are members of that body will do
all they can for such measures, yet
it behooves our legislative commit-
tee to be at work. And members of
the Order should stand ready to
reinforce the requests of their com-
mittee by petitions and letters,
whenever necessary. We hope that
the legislation recommended by
the State Grange will be advocated
by our legislative committee.

THE GRANGE PA PER.

The writerof this paragraph,who
has stood at the helm of Grange
journalism for 20 years, should be
credited with sincerity when he
states that the greatest weakness of
the Order has been, and now is, its
failure to make strong by unani-
mous support its entire Grange
Press. This journal, in its eager-
ness to see the Grange occupy its
true and lawful position, pleads not
selfishly for its own encouragement-,
but for a united Grange Press,
whose heart-felt cry is, “ God bless
the Grange.”—G1'(mgc Bulletin.

The Brother knows whereof he
speaks. It is surprising how many,
for instance right here in Michi-
gan, do not take, will not take, can’t
be persuaded to take their Grange
paper. If all who ought to take
the VISITOR and who do not take
it, would subscribe at once, our list
would be increased by 30%, we
fully believe~this among Patrons.
And if every Patron worked as
hard for the VISITOR as some of
them do the list would gain 50%
more.

\Vortliy Patron, can’t you get
one, one, new subscriber to the
VISITOR this montli?

Grange articles in this issue. “Te.
mention those of Bro. \Vhitehead*

on page one and Miss Jennie Buell 
on page six. ‘’

Matlison Grange, Adiian, sendsl
pays out of the Grange treasury!
for each family in their Grange]
Have you tried that plan? If notl
try it this year. ' 

Any agents who would like a list?
of present subscribers to the‘:
VISITOR in their Grange, can have;
the same by dropping us a card“,
Be sure to give names of offices to 
which the paper is sent. .

The reading course will be ready 
very soon. There have been some;

THE PA TRONS OF HUSBAND H Y.

The Patrons of Husbandry do
not seem to make so much stir in
the world as do the Alliance, the
Grange and some other organiza-
tions, but they have a platform
that is extremely sensible and that
might well be subscribed to by
every farmer in the land. It pro-
claims that we should buy less and
produce more, in order to make our
crops self-sustaining; that crops
should be diversified, and no more
land cropped than can be thorough-
ly cultivated; that the weight and
bulk of products exported should
be condensed, selling more on the
hoof and in fleece and less in the
bushel; that farm work should be
systematizethand an intelligent cal-
culation made of the probabilities;
and that the credit system and all
other systems that tend to prodi-
gality and bankruptcy, should be

unavoidable delays in m.1.anging;disc0uraged. As they stand, these

for books. We hope in our next
issue to present a complete ex-
planation of. the course.

Our friends will remember, if
their communications do not appear
at once, that for the last two or
three issues our columns have been
crowded with advertising and
articles that must appear. We
shall reach you soon.

 

The State Agricultural Society
will probably not hold a. fair this
year. Very likely the society will
ask the Legislature for aid. It is
thought that one one-hundredth of
one mill as state tax would amount
to sufficient to make a good prem-

will do pretty well for an agricult-
ural creed, but one of these points
is worthy of special attention, and
that is the intelligent calculation
of probabilities. Many serious
errors and missteps occur through
the general disposition to overes-
timate the value of crops before
they are harvested, and the tend-
ency to count too largely on the
outcome of the year’s work. This
sometimes leads to injudicious ex-
penditures, and always to disap-
pointment, and should be carefully
guarded against.

\Ve quote the above from the
Grand Rapids Democrat. We are
glad indeed to see such commend-
able words for our Order, but sur-
prised that the writer should sepa-
rate the Grange and the Patrons

ium offer.

of Husbandry. Let it be hereafter

known that our national body is
the “National Grange of the Pa-
trons of Husbandry.” Let these
words of praise for our Order weigh
upon the minds of all Patrons, for
thereby hangs a lesson. Many
men are speaking just such good
words,——men not in the Order, but
men who are observant and watch-
ful. VVc believe that there never
was a time when the principles and
work and requests of the Grange
were so much respected. This fact
furnishes a strong argument for
earnest revival work at once. Farm-
ers are waiting for us to come to
them. VVill we go?

TEMPLE T0 CERES.

Much has been said about the
erection at VVashington of 9. Tem-
ple to Ceres; comparatively little
has been done as yet in the way of
securing funds for this very desira-
ble object. Michigan in particular
has as yet hardly taken up the work.

Brother VVoodman and -others
discussed this question at the last
State Grange. No action was taken
however in the way of providing
ways and means for raising money
for this commendable undertaking.

I have a suggestion to make to
my sisters of the Order in this
jurisdiction for the purpose of
starting this fund. and it is this:
That the committee on VVoman’s
Work in each Subordinate Grange
arrange for a public literary or feet-
ive entertainment to be held during
the winter, at which the public will
be invited to attend and a reason-
able admission fee charged. En-
tertaining programs could be ar-
ranged, and the public, always glad
to encourage home entertainments,
would be likely to patronize rea-
sonably. It might be desirable to
furnish light refreshments to those
desiring to buy. VVhat say you
Sisters? Shall we start out now
and have an entertainment at as
early 3. date as practicable for the
benefit of the Temple to Ceres?

\Vorthy Lecturer Brother Cros-
by suggests in this connection an
entertainment commemorative of
VVashington. ‘Should any adopt
this particular ._:§jn‘*=rtainment it
should be held not far from Feb-
ruary 22.

I herewith append a program of
scenes and characters for a \Vash-
ington entertainment. It can be
changed and modified to suit the
tastes of those furnishing the en-
tertainment.

PROGRAM FOR \VASHINGT()I\'yS BIRTH-
DAY.

The hall should be (lecorated
with flags and a large picture of
VVashington placed upon the wall
before the audience. Let the Col-
onies be represented by thirteen
girls dressed in white, and they
should wear red, white and blue
sashes and carry small flags. The
name of each colony may be placed
upon a Coronet worn by each one.

Music.

Recitation ——Washington’s birth-
day.

Historical Sketch of VVashi1ig-
ton——As a Youth, Man and States-
man.

Recitation—Influence of the
character of Washington.

Music.

Recitation—The Consummate
Glory of \Vashington.

Singing—-—“ Hail Columbia,” by
the 13 girls dressed _in white. wav-
ing their flags as they sing.

Tableau.

Wreathe the victor’s brow.

Let the girls above mentioned
arrange themselves, six on each
side of Washington’s picture, the
thirteenth standing just in front of
it, with a wreath of evergreen, which
she is holding up as if about to
place it upon Washington’s head;
the eyes of all of them should be
turned toward the picture. In the
evening a very pretty effect would
be produced by throwing a red light
upon the scene. *

Recitation—The Grave of Wash-
iugton.

Singing—Mt. Vernon Bells.

Tableau.

The Washington family.

A table around which are seated - — - —

Washington, his wife and her
children, a. boy and girl; Washing-
ton reading the Scriptures; two
servants stauding behind them all
in costume in ancient style.
MARY SHERWOOD HINDS.
Chairman Woman's Work State
of Michigan.

A G00!) SHOWING!

The condition of our Grange is
“A No. 1.” We have nearly
doubled our membership in the
last eighteen months, our present
number being 106. Vile have a
good hall, 28x50, two stories high,
Grange hall above and public hall
below, which is rented to the town
for township purposes only, the
Grange having the use at other
times.

\Ve have good heating and cook-
ing stoves, skeleton tables, and
dishes, knives, forks and spoons
for 100. \Ve have about 100 wood-
en seat chairs, and 50 folding
chairs for emergencies, a good
organ, and best of all, a good choir
to accompany it. ‘We have a neat
bookcase and a mixed library of
about 100 volumes.

So much for our circumstances.
I think our Grange is in better
shape now than at any time since
it was organized, Feb. 23, 1874.

Our exercises consist of discus-
sions, declamations, songs, music,
recitations and talks, with occa-
uonal dramatic performances, and
usually two contests each year.

We held an agricultural fair
which was well patronized by our
members and was a complete suc-
cess, in fact the display in veget-
ables, frnits, flowers, cookery, and
the fine arts, was beyond our ex-
pectations and would have compet-
ed favorably with fairs of much
larger pretentious.

VVe have just begun a new con-
test, to embrace three meetings for
each side, the prize, or forfeit, to
be an oyster supper. I will try to
send you the result at its close.

The only fault I find with the
Grange is that so few of its mem-
bers take the VISITOR, but I have
tried till I am tired of trying.

J. S. LOCKE, Sec.

Berlin Cenfcr Grunge No. 272.

 

A cram’.
A correspondent writes: “ VVill
some one who knows, tell us
whether a. Grange has any author-
ity over a member who has not
paid dues for a year or more, and
can he be denied a demit if he
pay dues according to by—laws,
that being the only offense.

REPLY.

Refer to Art. XIII., Section 10,
Par. 1, p. 27, State Grange By-
Laws, which reads: “ Any mem-
ber in good standing, and clear on
the books of the Grange, is enti-
tled to a demit or withdrawal card
upon application therefor, and the
payment of twenty-five cents.”
Also Par. 7: “Applications for
demits, or withdrawal cards, must
be made in writing at a regular
meeting of the Grange; and if the
fees and dues are paid, and no
charges preferred against the-

applicant, the Grange cannot legal-
ly refuse to grant the same.”

Twenty years ago the young person
rarely had occasion to ask this question.
No choice was offered to him then. The
question that troubled him then was, “Can
I attend school at all?" Times have
changed. Under favorable circumstances
every young person has an opportunity to
attend some school, This being an age of
specialism he turns kindly to the normal
school, the business school, the shorthand
school, etc. In response to the demand, a

great variety of schools have been organ- 

ized in every state in the union. Eight
years ago, the Fi«:Ri<is I.\:i>us'ri<IAL Sciiooi.
of Big Rapids, Michigan, was organized.
The attendance the first day was fifteen.
On the twenty-third of December, 1892, pre-
ceding our holiday vacation, we closed with
an enrollment of three hundred and fifty.
During the vacation, Michigan has demand-
ed more teachers, more first-class book-
keepers, more competent stenographers
than we could supply. ,After reading these
facts need any ambitious, hard working en-
quirer hesitate long in determining what
school to attend? If the reader were to
select a bank in which to deposit his hard
earned savings, he would select one that
had been organized for several years-one
lhat had a fine reputation. Ayoung person
who desires an education should exercise
the same good sense. Tuition rates com-
pare favorably with those of any other sim-
ilar institution. Board, including room,
lights, etc., in private homes $2.50 a week.
Club board $1.50 to $t.75 a week. For
further information, address the;'Principal,
W. N. FERRIS,
BI}; Rufids, Mich.

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Binghamton. N. Y.

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Expenses are low. Tuition free to citi-
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JANUARY 15, 1893.

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

The Lecture Field.

HINTS T0 Lncrunuas.

Letters From Various People of Ex-
perience—Lecturers, Read !

We will suppose that you have
recently been elected Lecturer of
the Grange in your neighborhood,
and that you are glancing about
for any helps that may enable you
to carry out a successful campaign
for the next year. It is a very
diflicult place to fill——if filled well
—and full of discouragements at
every turn, but if the Lecturer per-
forms his part well, the Grange
piilist to some extent prove success-

u .

I should secure a small, cheap
blank book, if convenient to carry
in the coat pocket, all the better.
I should at once look up and note
the dates for meetings for the
whole year and leave several pages
for each meeting.

In this “dummy” I place top-
ics of importance, and those that
are seasonable, opposite the appro-
priate dates. In this connection I
glance over the list of members,
which I have complete with post
office address of each in my book,
and see where I want and how
many times I want each member.
I do not pretend to fill the dummy
at once, but as I meet each mem-
ber from time to time, I shall try
to interest him in the cause, get
his favorite topics, and secure a
promise for future work. I should
keep a sharp eye forlive topics.
especially those which are unique
and not already worn threadbare.
I should make notes and cut slips
for the dummy, which will gradu-
ally become worthy of a better
name. The office of Lecturer gives
free scope to the broadest and best
trained mind of the most alert per-
son. There must be a constant
effort at variety, to be sure, and
get something every little while
that will arouse the enthusiasm of
every member to do his best.

Topics can be picked up from
current papers of the day, from
programs of farmers’ institutes,
from agricultural reports, more
especially from those printed in
_Qtlier states than our own. It
must not be considered a failure if
only a moderate number of the old-
er members attend, even when a
meeting is held in the day time for
their especial benefit. The old
members like topics which call out
their experience in early days when
this country was new. They like
to tell what they did in the good
old times. There should be some-
times a day meeting and a special
effort to call “back numbers” to-
gether for a reunion.

Occasional help from those not
belonging to our particular Grange
will be beneficial, but nothing will
interest a member so much as to be
aroused to make personal efforts at
speaking, debate, reading, etc. Un-
less he be set to work, or induced
to find something to do in the
Grange, he won’t think it amounts
to much, and he is likely soon to
drop out.

Avoid topics which are too broad
or general in their nature. It is
better to itemize the subject, as-
signing a particular part to one
person. For example: Instead of
placing the subject “Indian corn”
and leaving it at that, divide it up:

(1.. Time and manner of selecting
the seed.

b. The best varieties for our
nei gh borhood.

c. Preparation of the soil. The
proper rotation among other crops.

d. Cultivation: Tools, method,
times.

e. Harvesting, cutting, shocking,
husking, storing.

f. Threshing, cutting stalks, put-
ting iuto the silo.

Some letters from persons once
members who have moved away.
Try an occasional correspondence
with someone in a distance Grange,
perhaps in a distant state.

There are one or more meetings
for the children, a picnic, a meet-
ing for exhibits of farm products,
possibly a day for physical con-
tests, a visit to another Grange, an
institute, a drama, a meeting de-
voted to singing and music_, a mas-
querade, debates will be Just the
the thing, perhaps, a local papelj. 9-
contest, a spelling school, a social.
Topics of a substantial character
pertaining to live stock, farm crops,
or management, the school, the
Agricultural college; legislation in

state and nation must not be
crowded out.

Former reports and notes in
former numbers of the VISITOR
have contained most or all of these
suggestions and many of them
more than once, but there are new
members who may not have
thought of all of these hints.

Attendance at every meeting is
important, and then the Lecturer
should hustle around among the
members, as though he were work-
ing to secure votes for election to
some honorable and remunerative
position.

W. J. BEAL.
Agrz'cultura.l College.

 

A Lecturer, in order to make the
most of the time and talent put at
his disposal, should early in the
year develop some definite plan
with a purpose in view. Just
what this plan may best be must
be determined to fit the individual
case; perhaps the pursuance of
some special line of study, which
should occupy a stated portion of
the evening, the remainder of the
time to be devoted to varied liter-
ary work.

We have seen farm and house-
hold topics carried through the
year; abrother having charge of
the farm, planning barns and out-
buildings, and as the season pro-
gressed, crops were planted and
garnered and the various duties
given careful attention. In like
manner the sisters built and fur-
nished a model house, caring for
fruit, dairy, etc.

The contest system seems to
have fulfilled its mission; in our
case we found it more satisfactory
to divide the Grange into classes,
putting such a number into each
class as to fill out a good program;
each class is assigned an evening.
The work will be for merit rather
than points.

Flora, Ceres, and Pomona days
should become established festivi-
ties. The meeting nearest the
birthday of an author affords a
good opportunity for an evening
devoted to the study of literature.

Public notes make a good change
from quotations. The assignment
of farm crops to various members
to ascertain the cost of producing,
and testing experimental methods
will be found profitable and inter-
esting.

VVhile it is important for the
Lecturer to know what each can
do best, yet to accomplish the most
good, to assist in rounding out and
developing, a careful study should
be made of individual needs, help-
ing the diflident and calling out
latent talent.

MARY C. ALLis.

A(l1'1'a.n.

-_

Sample Topics.

Roll call, responses—Quotations about
winter; news of the day.

Paper, followed by general discussion
—Winter care of vegetables.

Debate—Has the purchase of Alaska
justified itself?

Debate-—Does the United States need
a navy?

Paper—The indebtedness of the United
States.

General talk— A. bird's-eye view of the
Chicago World's Fair grounds and build-
ings as completed up to the present
time. Use all obtainable charts, maps
and pictures for this exercise.

General talk, led by lecturer—-The
geology of this neighborhood.

General talk —Legislative doings.

Paper—Patents. VVho may obtain
them. What may be patented. What
do patents insure?

Explanation and discussion of the Agri-
cultural reading course advocated by
the State Grange, with a view to secur-
ing readers and using the books in our
Grange programs.

A series of five-minute papers:

General topic-——Bread,

. Quality of flour and yeast.
. White bread.

. Brown bread.

. Personal experiences.

. Stale bread.

WASHINGTON DAY, FEB. 22.

Open with a “Colonial Collection”
made-up of all the antique articles that
can conveniently be brought together. _;

C7l¥:‘°°l\Di-‘

Roll call——Sentimonts ,_Jabout our
country.

Brief papers or talks——George Wash-
ington:

1. As a citizen.

2. As a soldier.

3. As a patriot.

4. His “ better half.”

Select reading of a patriotic poem or
a prose sketch, such as, for instance, “A
man without a country,” by E. E. Hale,
several members taking turns in the
reading.

Mt. Vernon at the World’s Fair (See
Chicago Inter Ocean, J an. 3. 1893).

LINCOLN DAY. FEB. 12.

{Adopted from The Uhautauquan

with the sincere hope that many Granges
will try it.|

A Rail Party.

If the Grange can assemble in a room
having an old-fashioned fireplace it will
add greatly to the interest of the occa-
sion; an open grate or stove, however,
will well serve the purpose. The man-
tlepiece should be draped with flags and
a picture of Lincoln, or several of them,
placed over it. Each member of the
circle is to come bringing a miniature
fence rail, and is to be prepared to tell
some part of Lincoln's history.

That all may be arranged in proper
sequence, special topics must be assigned
beforehand and called for in consecu-
tive order by numbers. The following
may be found a helpful arrangement: 1.
Linc-oln’s ancestors and other relatives.
2. Childhood. 3. Education and love of
books. 4. Personal appearance and
physical strength. 5. First attempts
at public speaking and at writing. 6.
First business adventures. 7. C()1U8CtlOD
with the Black Hawk war. 8. Love and
marriage. 9. Life as a lawyer. 10.
Early political life and speeches. 11.
Lincoln as president. 12. As command-
er-in-chief of the army. 1?. The eman-
cipation proclamation, and his life-long
hatred of slavery. 14. His death. 15.
His character. 16. His biugraphers.
The number of topics may be increased
or diminished to suit the requirements
of each Grange.

The telling of these bits of history may
represent the splitting of the rails—t'oi
diffident talkers it wll not require 8
very great stretch of the imagination to
perceive some likeness between the two
acts—but each must follow the example
of the great “rail splitter,” and do his
best possible. When each has finished
his part his rail is to be thrown down
upon the hearth. When all are done
there will be a pile of rails ready for
use.

Their use on this occasion is to serve
as fagots. One after me her, now in no
ze,'ular order. is to tell a story, either
one about Lincoln or one that he told
If theseshould prove too diflicult to
find, any story of the civil war may be
substituted. As each begins, he is to
draw out one of the rails, throw it on
the tire, and while it burns tell l'11i-
story,which, as in the “fagot parties ” now
in vogue; must be adapted in length as to

:onsume just the time the rail does in
burning. If the rails are not patterned
after some uniform model, it should be a
rule that no one be allowed to draw out
the one be contributed to the pile.
After the stories are done there can be a
general conversation around the tire
regarding the whole subject in general.

Notices of Meetings.

ALLEGAN POMONA.

The annual meeting of the Pomona
Grange of Allegan county will be held with
Allegan Grange January I9, commencing
at 10:30 A. M.  will be the election
and installation of ofiicers and reports from
the retiring officers, with suggestions for the
good of the county organization supple-
mented by an interesting program. Patrons,
do you not know that “ Well begun is hall
done?” Then rally to this meeting and
make it one of our best, which will give an
impetus to the meetings to follow.

Lerlurer Allegan Co. Pomona Grange.

An adjourned meeting will be held first
Thursday in Feb’y at Centervillc Grange
hall for the purpose of finishing up the
business of January 5, 1893. All members
are requested to be present.

MRS. HENRY Cook,
' Secretary.

WESTERN POMONA.

Western Pomona Grange No. 19, will
hold its annual meeting with Talmzidge
Grange, January 26 and 27. A good at-
tendance is requested. At our last. meet-
ing held with Olive Center Grange the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:

“ That any Grange in the jurisdiction,
wishing a session of Western Pomona dur-
ing the year, be instructed to send in their
request at this meeting. The invitations to
be placed in charge of the Executive Com-
mittee for disposal.”

MRS. H. J. Avsrm,
Secrelary.

 

HILLSDALE COUNTY POMONA

Grange will hold its next meeting with
Wheatland Grange No. 273, at their hall at
Church's Corners, Thursday, February 2,
i893, commencing promptly at 10 o’clock
A. M. The following program will be car-
ried out:

Business meeting in forenoon.

Dinner at 12 o'clock.

Afternoon session open to the public.

Music furnished by Wheatland Grange
choir.

VVclcome address by Sister'lAlice_Pease.

Response, Bro. S. E. Haugliey.

Recitation, Sister Mina Truglery.

Paper “Poultry Raising,” Bro. L. D.
McClave, followed by discussion.

Select Reading, Sister Phebe Perrin.]

Music, Sister Etta Bolev.

Essay, Sister J. B. Phillips.

Music, Bro. Fred Myers.

Paper, Bro. Bert Williams.’

Discussion.

Dialogue, Bro. Carl Crittenden and Ar-
thur Taylor.

Original Poem, Sister Belle Moore.

Music, Bro. and Sister Haughey.

Paper, Bro. M. H. Walworih.

Question Box, Sister Jessie Sabin.

Interspersed with other work wc are not
prepared to report. Brothers and Sisters
come; you are welcome and will have a
profitable session.

Mus. E. D. Noxas,
County Lecturer.

Dn;D——January 2, Bro. Horace Sayles, a
prominent and much esteemed Brother of
Palmyra Grange No. 212.

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JANUARY 15, 1893.

Ladies’ Delpa rimeni.

BRINGING HOME rim cows.

When potatoes were in blossom,
When the new has filled the mows.

Sweet the paths we trod together,
Bringing home the cows’

What a. purple kissed the pasture.
Kissed and bl»-ssed the alder boughs,

As we wandered slow at sundown,
Bringing home the cows!

How the far-ofi bills were gilded
With the light that dream allows,

As we built our ho s beyond them,
Bringing home t e cows! ‘

Bow our eyes were thronged with visions,
What a meaning wreathed our brows,

As we watched the cranes, and lingered.
Bringing home the cows!

Past the years. and through the distance.
'I‘hrobs the memory of our vows.
Oh that_we again were children,
Bringing home the cows!
Camznss G. ROBERTS,
in January Lippincotfs.

 

WOMEN IN THE GRANGE.

JENNIE BUELL.

Feminine life in the country
stands depicted in two contrasting
pictures in the poems of Whittier.
The one is of a farmer’s daughter.
Maud Muller, who in her“ torn hat”

"looking down
On her feet so bare and her tattered gown,"

has been the generally accepted
ideal of rustic maidenhood. The
truth is, she looks backward over
what has been.

The other, a farmers wife, in
that exquisite setting of “Among
the Hills,” faces what is to be and
has already begun. For there is a
womanly farm life in some homes
that provokes us, too, to Wonder in
the lines of the poet

"Before her queenly womanhood
How dared our hostess utter

The paltry errand of her need

To buy her fresh-churned butter?“

As there are women in every
other avenue seeking to rise above
“the level stretches white with
dust” of motiveless drudgery, so
they of the agricultural communi.
ties have touched their every-day
living with higher inspirations,

“And culture‘-3 charm and labor’s strength
In rural homes united."

If the public was astonished
twenty odd years ago to see farmers
fairly flock by thousands into an
organization of their own, how they
would have rubbed their Rip Van
VVinkle eyes could they have look-
forward and seem what that move-
ment meant to those farmers’ wives

_ and daughters!

The founders of the Order of
Patrons of Husbandry recognized
that all life needs both its com-
plementary halves, the strength,
the wisdom of masculine qualities,
and the gentleness, the love of the
feminine, else results must be
crude and opinions biased, there-
fore woman was called. She was
needed beside the man to make of
the Grange its highest ideal, an en-
larged country home.

Think what it must have meant
a quarter of a century ago to
country women to come together
once a week or fortnight and spend
a social evening with their hus-
bands and brothers. How lonely
it had all been before! Days and
days shut in with only her own
thoughts and seldom seeing faces
besides those of her own family, is
it a wonder the mind grew distract-
ed, turning on itself, and weak in
its power to handle social amenit-
ies or topics of the larger world
beyond her door-yard? Timid,
shrinking, all empty of conceit, not
guessing the abilities that were
latent Within her, she came to the
Grange. She drank eagerly, deep-
ly. New wheels of thought began
to revolve in her brain as she
worked. So it was that the weary
worn woman of the farm, one
often read about as if she had no
ideas higher than her pantry-shelf
nor deeper than her butter tubs,
whose conversation, amid all
the wealth of “nature’s best bestow-
ing” must needs have been of
poultry and puddings and whose
hands were briar-torn and sun-
tanned, incapable it was thought
of dainty cunning, found a susten-
ance in her own province. Neighbors
revealed new virtues to her, music
from many voices stirred her soul
as never before, books and papers
held out hands of greeting that
once she fancied were only for the
leisurely. She did the best she
could with it all. She listened and

learned; she set splendid tables at
the frequent feasts. This much
she could do.

Gradually she dared to raise her
voice, she counseled, she executed,
she bore her part in all the exer-

cises. In many instances she grew
skilled in parliamentary practice, or
became an accurate clerk or a
lecturer Whose words move to bet-
ter living. In local, state and
national sessions, at institutes, pic-
nics, assemblies, fairs and festivals,
wherever farmers’ families came
together to enjoy and to improve,
woman had a share.

Did they talk of plowing and pie-
making? But they talked of poetry
and piety, too! Of hems and hens,
harrowing and hedging? So did
they of history, health and the
heathen! For farmers are but peo-
ple, and human nature, the world
over, discusses something outside
of its every day work when once
the harness is oil’. _

The Grange grew more and more
educational in its scope, although
casting off none of its practicality.
At the same time it shed, like so
many excresences, those whose love
of money had induced them to
join.

In the progress of the years,
woman’s field widened. No longer
could she sit still, a satisfied gainer;
she must become a giver as well.
The national body appointed a
“Committee on \Vomaii’s VVork in
the Grange.” The idea was trans-
mitted through thirty-four State
Granges to their thousands of sub-
ordinate societies. It is the mis-
sion of these committees to further
every legitimate work of the Order.
Really they are only another
fraternal tie to bind the women of
farm land closer in interest and in
action.

Especially have such committees
taken into their province the care
and training of the young in the
homes, reading clubs and juvenile
Granges, places of meeting are fur-
nished like homes, flowers are sent
to the sick, the sorrowing and the
,poor, libraries are established,
3 Grange papers aided in editing and
‘ by contributions, and funds are be-
ing raised for a Ceres Temple to be
the home of the Order at “rash-
ington, D. C. All these and many,
many more are the channels through
which the efforts of women are
flowing. Each committee chooses
its own work, the best it can do.
One Grange of our State this year
has begun the beneficient fresh air
work; for the giving of a rest,—and
such a rest!—to one poor soul and
body famished girl is but a begin-
ing, I believe, of what is to be done
through the Grange hearts and
heartlis for the sickened, wasting
vitality of our city sisters. 7
, The VVoman’s V-Vork in Michigan
iGranges has been carried on dur-
§ing the past year under the State
leadership of Mrs. Mary A. Mayo,
herself a practical liome-keeper on
a Calhoun county farm, as well as
an efficient and popular lecturer
on topics of keen interest to agri-
cultural classes.

It is not easily told, the whole
significance of all this. Women
everywhere, in or out of the Order,
the farmer’s wife and she who does
not know the smell of clover nor
low of cows, all are affected by the
fact that women are in the Grange.

We rise and fall together. Per-
haps no one has had the oppor-
tunity to judge of what the Grange,
opened to women, indicates, as Mrs.
Harty Hunt Woodman has had,
whose name has been in the list of
oflicers of the National Grange or
upon its W oman’s VVork committee
most of the time since their incep-
tion. In a recent letter she sums
it up in these words:

“There never was nor can be
such an awakening among the wives
and daughters of farmers as our
organization has brought about.
It surpasses anything I have ever
known. No local society, or sec-
tarian gathering of any kind, can
bring together the talent, combined
with general knowledge and phys-
ical strength. They are always
ready to respond in the Grange to
any call that may be made, but
outside the gate they are diffident
and only listeners. The time is

shine beyond and all will feel and
know that our organization has de-
veloped the mind of woman more
than the most sanguine dared to
hope for. The founders of our
Order are jubilant every year we
meet in our annual sessions because
of the work woman is doing. As
they organized they made her a
part of the Grange, knowing that
if husband and brother had wife
and sister with them it would be
perpetual.”

Mention the VISITOR in writing to
advertisers.

soon coming when their light will.

ARE FARMERS’ WIVES ENTITLED
TO GREATER CONVENIENCES
IN THE HOME?

MRS. C. H. PIKE.

It would seem almost as if this
question was without argument
when we consider the important
position occupied by the farmers’
wives of this country, and we won-
der why it is that these evils of in-
convenience in rural homes exist
to such an extent to call for public
mention. VVe look upon the aver-
age farmer and see in him a. man
who loses little by comparison with
other men; he is usually kind and
pleasant in his family, enjoying
his home and home society in a
manner that is a credit to his taste
and moral character. He thorough-
ly understands his business and
can run afarm on scientific princi-
ples, getting every bit of value out
of an acre. He knows how much
his teams can stand and he will
not overtax them. If the load pulls
hard he puts on three horses. A
considerate man is he, for his
stock and land represent money
value.

But it is when he attempts to
draw up a plan to build a house
that his genius is most apparent
and we have striking illustrations
of his judgment in this line all
through the country. Still it is
only right to say there are many
exceptions and we can all think of
almost ideal farm houses where we
have visited in which housekeeping
is almost a poem, because the con-
veniences are as near perfection as
is possible in rural districts. But
to return to the average farm house;
it must look well on the outside, for
a good farmer is justly proud of
fine looking buildings. He draws
up a plan and suggestions offered
by his wife usually fall upon a deaf
ear. Who is clever enough to
convince him that it makes a
particle of difierence how the par-
titions are set inside? Don't you
remember, when building your new
house, you almost had to have a
battle to get him to consent to have
a clothes press? Wasn’t he deter-
mined also to make the bedroom
below stairs about six feet square?
And when he cam,e.t_0 the Woodshed
wasu’t his plan (and heaven only
knows why) to have one step down
between that and the kitchen? I
know of a man who built a house
without a pantry. He made a
cupboard for dishes and his wife
1 had to keep everything in the cel-
llar and make trips up and down
the stairs to set the table; so
much vital force wasted tnat IOOK
‘years from her life. I know of
another man who despite his wife’s
entreaties built the kitchen fifteen
feet back from the dining room
because he thought if it was apart
from the house they would not be
troubled with flies and through
sunshine and shadow, rain and
storm she runs from the dining
room down steps across the green
into the kitchen, takes a plate of
meat in one hand, a coffee pot in
the other and makes the journey
back up three steps setting her
table in this way three times a day.
If this woman’s health should
break down under this strain and
she should become fretful and
nervous and complaining the
verdict of mankind would be “She
is as cross as a bear,” and no man
could be made to believe that con-
tinual chafing against inconven-
iences had anything to do with it.
A fitting epitaph for some of our
tombstones might be: “The load
pulled hard but the man did not
put on the third horse.”

Conveniences make work a pleas-
ure. Even the most menial tasks
lose much of their disagreeable
flavor if the surroundings are what
they should be. Washing dishes
can be made a positive attraction
by a nice clean table, a bright
dish pan, plenty of soap and hot
water, and soft, clean dish towels.
Blacking a stove is not an unpleas-
ant task at all if you have a decent
thing to black. An old, nasty,
cracked affair in a dark corner of a
dark kitchen calls for but little en-
thusiasm on the part of a tired far-
mer's wife; but change the scene,
put in another window to let in
the sunshine, throw out the old
nasty affair and bring in- a modern
stove or range (and it need not be
expensive), and how easily will the
blacking brush come out of its cor-
ner and perform its mission, and
the task accomplished, made pleas-
ant by the happy surroundings,
I’ll warrant that the stove will
smile out a “ thank you ” so warm

and hearty that you can’t but catch
the contagion and return the
smile.

The farmer keeps pace with the
world in regard to new inventions
in the line of farm tools, but seems
utterly oblivious to the fact that
times have also advanced in the
line of tools for housekeeping. He
becomes accustomed to hearing
complaints of hard work and lack
ofconveniences, and he pays no more
attention to them than he would
to a green bottle-fly trying to dash
out its brains against the window
pane. But many times the lack
of proper conveniences in the home
is traceable to thoughtlessness, or
a scarcity of the mighty dollar,
which latter has for a few years
past sadly crippled the best inten-
tions of the farmer. When he is
forced by a gigantic monopoly to
sell his wheat for less per bushel
than it costs him to produce it, he
is not wholly responsible for a lack
of conveniences in his home. Did
you ever think what would be the
condition of the country if the far-
mers’ wives should go out on a
strike? The business of farming
would instantly be paralyzed, so
would the whole country. Even
the 68 cent wheat couldn’t be har-
vested because a farmer can’t get
harvest hands to work‘ for him
unless there is a woman at the
wheel grinding out feed. If the
farmers are the backbone of the
nation, their wives are the other
207 bones that make up the anat-
omy. \Ve might spare the millin-
ers and dressmakers for we could
go back to first principles, but the
farm_ers’ wives are as utterly indis-
pensable to the farm and the world
as the light from the sun; and con-
sidering their important position,
who will say that they are not en-
titled to all the conveniences to
lighten the labor that the kindness
and ingenuity of man can possibly
devise?

THE SIZE OF HEAVEN.

The following remarkable calcu-
lation on the capacity of heaven,
which is a curiosity in its way, is
taken from Bombaugh‘s “Glean-
ings of the Curious.” The basis
of the calculation, which will furn-
ish much food for thought, is
found in Revelation xxi, 16, “And
he measured the city (the New
Jerusalem) with a reed, 12,000
furlongs. The length, the breadth
and the lieighth are equal.”

Let us.see: Twelve thousand
furlongs, 7,920,000 feet, which, be-
ing cubed, is 948,0b‘8,000,000,000.-
000,000,000,000 cubic feet. Half
of this we will reserve for the
throne of God and the court of
heaven; half the remainder for
streets, leaving a balance of 124,-
l98,272,000,000,000,000 cubic feet.
Divide this last by 4,096, the cub-
ical feet in a room sixteen feet
square, and you will find that
there is still enough left for
30,3'21,843,750,000,000, rooms!

We will now suppose that
the world always did and always
will contain 990,000,000 of inhab-
itants, and that a generation lasts
thirty-three and one-half years,
making in all 2,570,000,000 for
each century, that the world will
stand 1,000 centuries, making in
all 2,970,000,000,000 inhabitants.
Then suppose there are 100 worlds
equal to this in point of inhabit-
ants and duration of years, making
297,000,000,000,000, then heaven,
according to the measurement
above, is large enough to allot one
hundred rooms each sixteen feet
square to each human soul.

 

 

FROM AN OLD FRIEND.

To THE EDITOR AND ova DEAR
BROTHERS AND SISTERS on THE
ORDER——First we will address a
few words of commendation to our
young and worthy editor of the
GRANGE VISITOR. We congratu-
late you in making the VISITOR so
much of a success. It shows you
have energy and ability to_conduct
a first-class paper. All it needs
now is a liberal patronage to carry
the good work forward to make it
a complete success in the future.
Now, dear Patrons, what is the mat-
ter with us? Why have we per-
mitted the VISITOR to languish and
pine for want of support? We
think it cannot be the editors’
fault, for they have seemingly put
forth their best elforts to make it a
paper to serve the best interests of
the Grange and farmers in general.
Through it we have been informed
on various things of which we
might have remained ignorant all

our days if it had not been for our
neglected but beloved VISITOR.
Its mission has been to educate,
stimulate, and strengthen the mem-
bers of our Order, and this it has
never failed to do, when it has
been taken and read with any
degree of interest. \Ve never could
see just why Patrons of our Order
did not support our Grange papers
better than they do, unless it is
because ( please pardon us if wrong)
they think more of the mighty dol-
lar than they do of the education
and welfare of the agricultural
class.

VVe have been almost on the
point of scolding, sometimes, to see
the indifference manifested by mem-
bers in regard to reading Grange
literature; even Masters and Sec-
retaries have been known not to
take a Grange paper which would
have been to them of material aid
in their Grange work. Now broth-
ers and sisters We think the best
thing for us to do is to rally to the
support of the GRANGE VISITOR;
let every family that belongs to the
Grange take it, and then get as
many outside the Order to take it
as we can. The VISITOR will then
become a financial success and a
paying investment to all who read
it. There! So much for this time
and for the good of our noble
Order.

We remain as ever a champion
for the GRANGE Visiron and the
Grange cause.

AUNT KATE.

 

LABOR AND WAIT.

[Read by Mrs. Ellen Rumsey before Newburg
Center Grange;

“Let us then be up and doing
With a heart for any fate;

St-ll achieving; still pursuing
Learn to labor and to wait."

The present only is ours. The
future is not our own and the past
has gone forever. Then if We
would accomplish anything we
must improve the present moments.
There is no time to be wasted in
vain pursuits, either to gratify an
idle curiosity or to satisfy the tastes
of others. “To should have our

determination and principles Well‘

fixed for life and be sure that we
are not deceived in our choice. It
should be our constant aim to live
an honorable and upright life in
the sight of both God and man. ‘ ‘

There is no one living without
some object in view, however good
or indfiferent that object may be.
It is true there are some that pass
through life, scarcely aware that
they are considered among the
living, moving on day after day
with the same smooth, steady pace,
never stopping to consider what
their course is or where it will lead
them in the end.

There never was anything
accomplished by sitting still and
giving way to every discourage-
ment however small and ever wish-
ing to be rocked in the gentle arms
of content, never willing to make
the least effort to improve the mind
or cultivate the moral qualities.

A person with such habits is to
be greatly feared, for no one can
pass through life without exercis-
ing some influence in society no
matter how humbly situated. Then
it should be our aim so to live that
the memory of our lives may be
followed by the conviction that we
lived for some high and noble
purpose.

Youth is the time to form habits
and principles for life. The mind
is then in a great degree free from
the cares and perplexities of life
which in after years demand the
attention.

Let us then be up and doing and
with renewed energy ascend the
rugged hills, ever willing and de-
termined to accomplish all that we
undertake, and never give way to
the petty discouragements which
will doubtless cross our pathway.

\Vhile everything passes smooth-
ly and agreeably by we have no
means of knowing our resources;

“Let us then be up and doing
With a heart for any fate,”

and though we can not now see the
reward of our exertions we may
rest assured of a future reward.
From time to time for the past
seventeen months we hhve met in
this room in the capacity of a
Grange, and the scenes enacted at
each meeting will have their im-
pression in all coming life, and
though we may not dazzle by
proud display yet we hope to show
to the world that our time has not
been wholly unimproved, but that
We are steadily and surely approach-
ing the wished for goal, and
in“Still achieving; still pursuing"
“Lear-nto labor and to wait."



 


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r.Hi«3 GRANGE VISITOR.

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“Tan: Buvrrzs’ Gums.”

Nearly a million households use it
as a reference book.

A million purchasers learning how
to make four dollars do the work of

five.

Sent only upon receipt o'f 15 cents

in stamps to pay

the postage. (5 50

pages, 3o,ooo quotations, weight two

pounds.)

MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.,

II! 20

n6 Michigan Avenue,
CHICAGO.

In writing mention Tan GRANGE Vrsrro

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Ofiioers National Grange.
l1As'i'isa—J. H. BRIGHAM___...--_. Delta. Ohio
Ov'as‘u—E. W. DAVIS. ...... _.Hanta Rosa, Cal
Lxo'i'UizE3—lll0RTIlllEli WHITEHEAD ______ -_

16134 . St... N. W., Washington‘, D. C.
B’rEWARD—A. . PAGE _.._.Appletnn City, ‘Mo
Ass“: S‘I'EWARD—-U. E. H.\l.L.....Pawnee, .\_eb
(‘a.u>i..Ai:~1—CHAS, Mo \ANlEL, New Hampshire
TREASURER-—F. M. Ma D0\VEL.Penn Yuri, N. Y
BnoaE'rAav—J0HN 'I‘RIllIBl.l*1.\\'asliim.ztnu, D.(‘.
GATE KEEPEB—VV. II. NELBUN,..._. .Tennessee
CEREs—MR.‘l. J. H. BRIGIIAM .--_Delta, Ohio
PoivioNA—l\lRS. E. BOWEN .._. C<~r_inect_icut
FLnR\—MRS. E. P. WILSON, .___,l\lississii~pi
LADY Ass"r S'raw'n—MltS. N. B. DOUGLAbS._

Sherborn. Mass.

Executive Committee.
LEONARD RllUNE..Couter Hall. Pennsylvania
J. J. W(l()D\lA"1_ ____._.. Paw Paw. Michigan
X. X. UH.-XRTIERS ._.Fredericskburg, Virginia
Committee on Woman’s Work in the

(arrange.
HRS. L. A. HAWKINS .._..Hawkinsville, Ale.
MRS. H. H. WOOD3IAN...Paw Paw, Michigan
MRS. ELIZAB‘TI{ RUSSELL.Vancouver. Wash.

Omoers Michigan State Grange.
)lAs'rnn—(;‘r. B. HORTON ......... "Fruit. Ridge
OvEsssiiiz——M. T. (‘OLE _... ..
LEOTUREE-—A. J. CROSBY, J3.
S'rEwAan—A. P. GRAY..____,_ _
Ass‘r S'I'EWA8D—--I. H. MART

    
  

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CK.\PI’.AIN—MARY A. MAYO. _.
TanAsuana—E. A. STRI ING.___ ,_ Vicksburg
Snosn'rAnr-JE.\INIE BUELL ..... ._Ann Arbor

GATE KEEPEB—GEO. L. CABLISLE_.Kalkaska
Ci;nrts—.\IARY C. ALLIS ............... ..Adrian
PoMoNA—MRS A. ST. CLAIR. _. Butternut
FLORA-MKS. A. A. LEIGBTON.._..O1.I Mission
L. A.S'rrtw’r)—MBS. J. E. MABTIN_..... ...... --

Executive Committee.
J. G. RAMSDELL, Chn _________ ._Traverse City
H. l). Pi.\T‘[‘ _____ _,.Ypsilanti

 

  
    
 

  

General Deputies.
Hon. C. G. liuce. .. (‘oldwster
Hon. J. J. Woodin
J. T. Cobb .-_..
Jason Woodmen
Mary A. Ma 0.

Robert L. ewitt...

Si:-eo‘..zl Deputies.
A. Luther  .. .. ..-..............Barry 1‘-ounty
E. W A ' _LenaweeCouuty

. llis .. .............. ..
Si . . l). Nokes, (‘hurch‘s Cor’s, l{illsda.le(‘ounty

 

Samuel Brnce______.._ .. ._..Jones. (‘ass County
J. D. M. Fisk, . ..._(‘-oldwater, Branch County
R. V. (‘.-lark.__. ._..Buchanan, Berrien County
T F. Rodgers. ..Ravenna. Muskegon (‘-ounty
Isaac A. West. . North Branch, Lapeer County
James William. _____ Enstpprt, Antrim (‘ounty
Robert A‘wa.i' .. .. Hudsonville. Ottawa (‘ounty
Wm. Clan... .. _.. Chnrlevoix. Charlevoix County
Committee on Woman’: Work in the
Grange.
Mrs. Mary Sherwood Hinds ............ “Stanton
Mrs. Mary A. Mayo ........ _. ..Bnt_tle (‘reek
Kiss 0. J. Carpenter ............... .. Dlmondale

Revised List of Grange Supplies
Kept in the office of Sec'y of the

Michigan State Grange

And sent. out post.-paid on receipt of Cash Order,
over the Seal of a Subordinate Grange, and the
signature of its Master or Secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles, per hundred ..... ..$0 75

Secretary's ledger ................... _. . .

Sacretary’s record. _.. .._. _.-. .............--.

Treasurer's orders, bound. per hundred.._. . -

Secretary's receipts for dues. per hundred._ .

'I‘reasurer’s receipts for dues, per hundred...

A iplications for membership, per hundred..
itlidrawal cards. per dozen. 

Dimits, in envelopes. per doze _.

By-Laws of the State Grange, s,
1Uc:per dozen _  _..

" Glad Echoes.“ with mus , copies,
25¢; per dozen .................... ... ..... .. 3

Grange Melodies, single copy, 40c; per dozen 4

Opening Song (-‘vard, ac eacl1;75c per 50: 100 _ 1

Rituals, 7th edition (with combined degrees).

25¢: each - per dozen. .... .: ............... ..

Rituals, 5th dBl_{l'88..8Bb of nine

Rituals, J uven1_le, single copy.

Rituals, Juvenile, per set ......... .. ..

Notice to delinquent members. per 100.. _ _ . .

American Manual of Parliamentary Law_._.

Digest of Laws and Rulings. ...._..._.__

Rollbooks..._.._........._........__.... ..

(sample package co-operative liter-ature..___ _
Write for prices on gold pins badges. working

tools, stafi mountings, seals. ballot boxes and any

other IIFEXIRG supplies.
Address MISS JENNIE BUELL,
Sec'y Mich. State Grange.
ANN Anson. Mica.

Eli FIRST-CLASS FIRMS within
four miles of Mt. Pleasant P_. 0. An excellent
and handsome County. A ll" EYOWIH City.
now 3,510 population. Two railroads, .'ormal
school, business college, U. S. Industrial Training
School and high grade city schools afiord educa-
tional privileges rarely equaled. I90 Hood Farms in
Isabella county; l0.000 acres 0f\lnlfl'Ipl0v'(‘d lands,
choice city properties, all for sale at prices much
below those in most other localities. affording
ood advantages. Now is the time to buy in
sabella County, in the center of lower Michigan.

For sample descriptive rice list, address,

COOK'S REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
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Is the place to Educate your Boys and Girls.

Send for Year Book.
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GRAND RAPIDS ano
Indiana Railroad
July 3. ‘92.-Central Standard Time.

  
  

 

    
  
  

GOING NORTH. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No
_ P. M. ‘ A. M. P. M. A. in.
Cincinnati, Lv _____________ __ 8 05 8 50 ____ __
Richmond ____________ __ 2 20 10 55 11 25 ____ _,
P. M. A. M.
Fort Wayne, Ar _______ _. 6 00 2 15 2 O5 ____ ,.
Fort \Vayue, Liv. ____ -. 2 35 2 15 8 05
Kalamazoo, Ar... A.:vI. 6 05 5 12 11 -iii
Kalainzizoo, Lv__ 7 20 6 25 5 20 I2 0]
Grand (rapids, Ar ..... _. 9 20 S 10 6 50 I 50
P. M.
Grand Rapids. Lv ____ __ 4 15 10 40 7 20 2 00
A. M.
Cadillac .............. .. 9 00 2 15 11 30 4 55
P. M.
Traverse City _________ __ 10 45 ____ __ 1 25 6 55
PetosKey...._-_ 5 -I5 3 15 8 00
Mackinaw, Ar ........ _. 7 15 4 45 9 35
come SOUTH. No Ziblo. 6|No 4N0. 8
P.M. A.M. I i>.M. 2 M.
Mackinaw City. Lv.____ 8 45 8 00 2 30 .... _.
Petoskey....__-.-__ . 10 20 9 30 3 40 ____ __
Traverse City ______________ _. ll 10 4 30 ____ ._
A.M. P. M.
Cadillac ______________ _. 2 15 1 35 6 55 _____ __
Grand Rapids, Ar_ 8 20 5 20 I0 40
Grand Rapids, Lv. '1 00 6 00 ll 0
Kalamazoo, Ar . _-. 8 50 8 00 [2 55
Kalamazoo, In. 8 55 8 05 ._-__
Fort Wayne, Ar. 12 40 ll 50 A M.
Fort Wayne. Lv 1 00 12 10 5 45
Richmond _.__.__ 4 20 3 40 9 15
Cincinnati, Ar ________ -. 7 00 6 55 12 01
P. M. A. M. P. M.

Sleeping cars for Petoskey and Mackinaw on

No. 3 om Grand Rapids.

NSlieping cars, Grand Rapids to Chicago, on
o. .

Nslgeping cars, Grand Rapids to Cincinnati. on

o. .

Nos. 1 and-4 daily south of Grand Rapids. Nos.
5 and 6 daily.

All other trains daily except Sunda .

C. . LOG WOOD
G. P. .2 T. Ag't, Grand Rapids.

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REPORT 01" EXECUTIVE COMMIT-
TEE.

Continued from last issue.
RAILROAD CAPITALIZATION.

In our last annual report we discussed
the question of the over-capitalization of
railroad properties. We again call atten-
tion to the subject. The 170,601 miles of
railroads in the United States are capitalized
at $ii,iio,335.276; over $60,000 per mile,
nearly three times the amount they could
be built and equipped for at the present
time, and yet these corporations claim the
right to tax the business of the country to pay
interests on bonds and dividend on stock on
seven billions offirtiwz, and the people are
paying on this fictitious valuation a tax of
over three hundred million dollars, one
hundred millions of which is sent out of the
country to pay its foreign owners. VVe
deem this matter of such importance that
we incorporate herein the whole of our last
year's report upon this subject:

LAST YEAR’S REPORT ON OVER-CAPITAL-
IZATION OF RAILROAD CORPORATIONS.

The method of capitalization of railroad
property which has prevailed for the last
fifty years, and still continues in this coun-
try, is such a gross injustice to the people
who are compelled to pay interest and div-
idends upon inflated capital, that it is sur-
prising ihat~ politicians and legislatures
should have allowed it to exist so long, or

 

should longer allow it to continue.

VVhen individuals or copartnerships so
conduct their business that their liabilities
exceed their assets, they are compelled
either to make an assignment for the benc-
fit of their creditors, or be closed out by at-
taching process of the court.

VVhen a purely private corporation so
conducts its business that its liabilities ex-
ceed its assets, a receiver is appointed by
the court and its property sold for the liqui-
dation of its debts.

But when a railroad corporation, to whom
the state has surrendered a part of its right
of eminent domain, sees fit to hypothcczite
its property forthricc its value, it is allowed
to continue in business, and tax the people
and industry of the district through which
it runs to whatever extent necessary to piiy
the interest on its bonds, and dividends to
the holder of its ficiiiious stock.

There are one hundred and sixty-seven
thousand miles of rai.road constructed in
the United States, capitalized at sixty thous-
and dollars per mile, aggregating ten bill-
ions of assumed capital, upon which the
people of the United Sates are paying divi-
dends over and above the expense of opera-
tions and repairs. If this enormous tax
upon the people to pay interest and dividends
upon capital at thrice its value was retained
and redistributed in this country, it would
be less disastrous to our business interests
and less oppressive in its effects.

But unfortunately one-third of this capi
tal is owned abroad, and one-third of the
interest and dividend is sent out of the
country to enrich foreign capital.

Over one hundred millions, and nearer
one hundred and fifty million dollars per
year are thus drawn from the earnings of
American labor w,i_i_l_i_, no return. Were it
not for this constant outflow of gold or its
equivalent in American products, for which
nothing is returned, and the average annual
balance of trade with foreign countries in
our favor, would yield a sufiicient increase
in our circulating medium to meet all the
demands of an increasing trade and coin-
merce, without recourse to flat money,
bank notes, or the free and unlimited coin-
age of silver.

A number of individuals organize :1 coin-
pany under the provisions of the general
railroad law, designating the terminal points
and the general direction the road is to run.
They then proceed to make the survey,
entering upon the private property of citi-
zens wiih or without permission of the
owner. : 4'_ j_]

Under the right of eminent domain,
which the state has surrendered to them,
they proceed to condemn the right of way
through grounds or buildings, regardless of
the wishes or interests of the owner. Hav-
ing thus secured the right nf way, their
franchise is established and the construc-
tion of the road is begun. The next thing
to do is to issue bonds for its construction
and equipment.

These bonds, for the purpose of attract-
ing European capital, are made payable,
principal and interest, in gold. The amount
of bonds to be issued is based upon the
credit they hope for, and not upon the esti-
mated cost of the road. If they think that
their franchise can float $25,000 per mile
they will issue bonds to that amount and
stock to an equal or greater amount. Hav-
ing constructed and equipped the road at a
cost of from $10,000 to $15,000 per mile
with the proceeds of theisale of thcir bonds,
the difference of $10,000 per mile the cor-
porators proceed to add to their princely
private‘ fortunes, leaving the bonds as a
perpetual charge upon the patrons of the
road. Not being personally responsible to
the purchasers of the bonds for either prin-
cipal or interest, the corporators, if they
choose, might here abandon the road to the
holders of the bonds, content with the
profit of $10,000 per mile thus acquired.

But they still have twenty-five thousand
dollars per mile in stocks upon which they
may draw semi-annual dividends of from
three to five per cent, if the necessities of
the people will give business enough to the
road to earn it.

So they proceed to charge their passen-
gers all the law will permit, and tax their
freight all the traflic will bear. Thus the
producers and consumers whose products
and supplies are handled by the road are
forced to pay interest upon a fictitious
capital of thirty-five thousand dollars per
mile for all time. This is a fair epitome of
railroad building in the United States, and
the manner in which the vast fortunes of
the railroad kings are acquired.

It is thus that the American people are
taxed to pay annual interest at more than
five per cent on more than five billions of
fictitious capital, a tax equal to half the
entire expenditure of the government, and
more than four dollars per head for every
man, woman and child in the republic.
This ought not to be permitted or endured.
We are willing and desirous that the tariff
rates of railroads should be suflicientl y high
to afford better wages to their employes,
especially the trainmen, whose dangerous

occupation entitles them to better remuner-
ation.

We are willing that the management
should be paid for their experience and
ability even to the princely salary they now
receive; and we are willing that the railroad
corporations should have a fair remunera-
tion for the use of the capital actually en-
tering into the cost of the road, equal to, or
even greater, than the average earned by
capital invested in other business. But we
are not willing to be overtaxed to the
amount of three hundred million dollars a
year, or any other sum to gratify the insa-
tiate greed of railroad corpornzions.

Having pointed out the evils of over-
capitalization of railroads, we may be asked
to suggest a

REMEDY.

What would you do to avoid the con-
tinunnce of this unjust taxation by railroad
corporations to pay interest and dividends
on fictitious capital already issued?

And what would you do to prevent the
contiriuance of fictitious capitalization?

To avoid the continuance of this unjust
taxation we would empower and make it
the duty of the commissioners of railroads
in the several states, or the Inter-State
Commerce Commission of the United
States to ascertain the present value of
every railroad; by which \ve mean what it
would cost to build and equip the road at
the present time equal in all respects to its
present condition.

\Ve would also have the commissioners
make an inventory of the bonds outstand-
ing against the road and the face value of
the stock issued, and if the two exceeded
by fifty per cent the value of the road, de-
clare it insolvent, have :1 receiver appointed
by the courts to take charge and sell it in
liquidation of its liabilities.

To prevent in the future such fictitious
capitalization, we would empower the com-
missioners to supervise the issuing of stock
and bonds, and to limit the face value of
the stock to the cstiinated cost of the road
and its proper equipment; and the amount
of the bonded debt to one-half the capital
stock. And when the net earnings of a
road over the cost of repairs and running
expenses, including £1 fuir salary to its oth-
cers, exceeded six per cent per annum upon
the capital stock and bonds, compel a low-
cring of the tariff schedules to the extent
of such excess.

THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST LAVV.

This law, which seems to be ample in its
provisions to prevent the formation of
trusts and combines detrimental to the in-
tcrests of the people, for want of execution
has failed to accomplish the object desired.
VVe recognize the fact that it is much easier
to enact lnivs forbidding wrongful conduct
and fix penalties for their violation, than it
is to procure proofs that will secure con-
viction in our courts. If the law is at fault
in this respect it should be so amended as
to give ample power to the department of
justice to secure any existing evidence of
its violation and then it should be energet-
ically enforced.

\Ve ask an early passage of the Washburn
Ami-Option Law, that it may be put into
force before the next harvest is ready for
the market. We also ask the enactment of
:1 pure food law that viill prevent the sale
as genuine of any counterfeit or adultera-
tion of farm or food products. “'6 favor
such a change in our naturalization laws as
shall refuse the right of the ballot to future
foreign iinmigmiits who cannot speak and
read the English language. \Ve also favor
the extensi in of the elective franchise to
every woman twenty-one years old and :1
Citizen of this State, who can read and write
the English language.

TIIE TAX LAW.

VVe protest against any amendment of
the tax laws, that will prevent the assess
merit for taxation of real estate mortgages
or other personal property or choses in
action.

. G, RAMSDELL, C/mirman.
. H. TAYLOR,
H. l)RF.ssi2R,
. H. I‘IIl\'I)S,
\V. Rl'~:I)FERN,
. D. PLATT,

. B. HORTON,
THOMAS MARS,
JENNIE' BUELL.

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g 12. ofifcio.

AN INNOVATION IN CREAM MAN-
AGEMENT.

The following is some editorial
correspondence in the Rural N ew
Yorker from Ellerslie, the home of
Vice President Morton’s Guernsey
herd: =

Leaving the barn we walked
into the dairy house, a neat build-
ing with every facility for the work.
A small steam engine furnishes the
power, it has a. De Laval separator,
revolving churn, apparatus for
cooling and aerating, butter-work-
ers, etc., with an abundant supply
cf water, hot and cold, and a cool-
ing room with abundance of ice.

“ Are you using the accumulator
now?” said the Rural.

“ No. We do not think that the
accumulator is perfect yet. We
gave it a. trial, as you remember,
being present, and on that occasion
it did its work well, taking out all
the fat. But we could not rely on
it—sometimes it would leave seven
per cent of the fat in the milk, so
we gave it up. But we make sweet
cream butter all the same-—our
patrons like it best.”

“ What methods do you pursue?”

“ That makes quite an interesting
story. We had quite a hard time
in getting down to our present suc-
cessful plan, and very much of our
success is due to the skill and pa.-
tience of our butter maker, Mr. L.
E. Benedict. He has a. decided
taste for investigation, which was

given full scope in the matter, and

we finally came out all right.
When the evening milking is about
one-quarter done the separator is
started and the milk, warm from
the cows, is run through it. In a
few minutes after the milking is
done the cream is all separated. It
is at once aerated and cooled with
an Evans & Heuling machine
(cooler and aerator), getting it
down to about 40. It is then put
into the cooling room and held at
that temperature until the next

morning. The morning milk goes,
through the same process and as
soon as it is cooled the night and

morning creams are mixed together

and churned.”

“At what temperature do you

churn?”

“ At from 36 to 39 degrees.”

“ ' ‘liirty-six to thirty-niue!—wliy

that is revolutionary. How long,

pray, does it take to complete the

churning process with the cream at

that low temperature?”

“ You will be surprised when I

tell you that it takes only from

twenty to thirty minutes. When

we began to churn sweet cream we

started in with the cream at 9. tem-

perature of 6'3 degrees. But that

was not satisfactory. In spite of
our most careful painstaking Work

the Babcock tester applied to the

hutterniilk showed that we were

losing about two per cent of our

butter fut. \Ve then began 9. grad-

ual reduction of the temperature,

testing the buttermilk carefully all

the time. The indications were
feivorable-——We were on the right
track. VVl1en We had got down to
36 to 39 degrees, we found we were

practically getting all the fat, but
the buttermilk showing only about
one-tweniietli of one per cent. As
you sa.y,this low temperature churn-
mg seems to set aside many pre-
conceived opiuions and theories,
but it Works perfectly with us.”

 

DISEASES OF CATTLE.

A report on Diseases of Cattle,
prepared under the direction of
Dr. D. E. Salmon, Chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
is about ready to issue from the
press. It contains nineteen chap-
ters and, like the horse book, is
made of articles prepared by the
leading members of the veterinary
profession in this country, includ-
ing many of those who contributed
to the report on Diseases of the
Horse. Among those contributing
to the present volume are Drs.
Murray, Hat-baugli, Lowe, Law,
Trumbower, Salmon, and Smith,
and Prof. IV. A. Henry of Wiscon-
sin. Among the contributions
there are also articles by the late
Drs. William Dickson and V. T.
Atkinson.

Dr. Law’s contributions cover
diseases of the urinary organs and
the generative organs, also diseases
following parturition, and the (lis-
eases of young calves. Drs. Sal-
mon and Smith have a. report. on
infectious diseases, which Prof.
Henry is represented by an article
upon the feeding and management
of cattle. Other chapters treat of
the administering of medicines, of
diseases of the digestive organs,
poisons and poisoning, diseases of
the heart and blood vessels, non-
contagious diseases of the organs
of respiration and diseases of the
nervous system, bone diseases and
accidents, surgical operations, tu-
mors, diseases of the skin, of the
foot-, and of the eye and ear.

The general design of the work
is to fill the same place with ref-
erence to cattle that the report on
the Diseases of the Horse does in
regard to horses.

The volume censists of 496 pages
and contains 44 full-page illustra-
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TEACHING BUTANY.

The aim of the first course of
twelve weeks in botany as taught
at the Michigan Agricultural Col-
legs is, as stated by Dr. Beal:

1. To induce students to become
accurate and self-reliant observers.

2. To acquire a. knowledge of the
gross anatomy of plants.

3. To become familiar with the
leading technical terms used in de-
scribing flowering plants.

4. To gain an insight of plant
morphology.

5. To make some careful draw-
ings.

6. To practice describing plants.

7. To learn by observation a few
of the ways in which the flowers of

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THE GRANGE VISITOR. JANUlARY 15, 1893.
L61} lllfi Gl’0tlK6I’§ 6l’0rlll Did You Ever Think
  181:. That ten cents worth of Salt will seasonglabout thirty dollars worth of food. )

211. That the best Salt costs but a trifle compared to the cost of the food it will season.

“     Samfi” 3d. That Salt is used in almost every article of food.
4th. That pure Salt add its fine flavor to all food seasoned with it.
T 5th. That impure Salt imparts a bad flavor to food seasoned with it. .3
_ _ 61:11. That a fine Steak may be ruined in flavor by the use of poor Salt.
P‘”"““E“’“”* D”"‘ 1"’ 1892' 7th. That the best cooks will have the best Salt.
VERMONT FARM MACHINE CO” 8th. That everybody should keep their Salt where it cannot come in contact with foul odors
Bellows Falls, Vermont. 9th. That a cotton bag is no protection to Salt against the foul odors so common in grocery stores

DEAR. SiRs—We have used four of your No. 1 U. S. Extractor-Separators con-
stantly since early last spring; part of the time as Cream Separators and part of
the time as Butter Extractors.

The Diamond Crystal Salt Co. make the purity of their Salt their greatest aim and by means of 3'
We received the Same price from the commission men for the Extwctol. butter a process which they have perfected after years of ‘ experience, they are now producing an article
“for the ripened or sour cream butte,_ which is so nearly free from impurity that it is practically pure.

The last of August and early September we In this respect it is far superior to any other Salt, as the analysis printed on every box proves.
ran through these four machines 42,000 quarts The purest Salt, however, will absbrb foul odors, and other impurities from the air if they come in
of milk, dry measure, per day. 2,1,’ pounds to contact with it. Therefore the Diamond Crystal Salt Co. put their Table Salt in an air tight box which
the quart, which is l()5,()()0 pounds of prevents it from becoming tainted. This box is made of wood pulp which is sweet and clean and has a
milk in :1 single day. removable cover which prevents waste and more than compensates for the slight extra cost. V

I ha” “ml °“‘m'lf“«‘~"‘1 S"I"”“t”“" Of differ‘ Diamond Crystal Salt is made and packed the same day. It does not lie exposed for weeks to be

911'‘ kimls 1”“ °"“" “l‘~"l“l 3‘°‘“"‘- and I h‘*‘'‘‘ “"9” drained and cured like other Salt, and thus become impure as is frequeiitl the case Diamond Cr st l
5°C“ ‘“‘-V 0th" ‘““"hl‘“‘ that "°“l‘l ‘l" as much is not only pure, it is also beautiful in appearance and soft and velvety to theytouch, which (listinguishles it

“Wk ‘*5 “'9” ‘W1 Wm‘ ‘*5 lim“ "_‘”“' “5 H19” it from other Salt. Try it-, test it fully and you will use no other!
We stored our surplus butter in September and H d d f 1 _. . . . . , _
October when bum“. was Symng fm_._.,4CmtS_ We un re s o peop e visit our works at Saint Clair, Mich., every year and admire the process which
turns out such beautiful Salt simply by the application of steam heat without the use of chemicals, lime, 1‘

sold it i'eceiitl_v for 34 and 35 cents.
At the present tinio we are selling our tub
butter for 33 and  cents. and our prints for 35

butter, or any of the many substances generally used.

and 38 cents per pound.

The great iidvaiitage of your machine over all   N B d‘  I A L  N , |
Others is the easy adjustment of its bearings, and greater wearing qualities. its
eDdl:!:aX1(:etlll1(:el‘  ssevero Ztllld continuous work, which is one of, if not the. Is practically free from lime, magnesia and other impurities. Its FLAVOR is delicious. its STRENGTH ‘
"ms “DP” 3“ Pom "1 “Para 05- unrivaled its PURITY une ualed. It is refined for BEST TABLE a lHOUSEHOL) ' -

They were often tested wlieii (loiiig the most work and the ’ q n( I purposes‘ It 13 “heap
skiimiieil milk showed less than one-tciitli of one per cent of fat.

0 'thf ‘h' "th th-l. I- 't'tid % 2 -1 -
nemanran e ourmac inesvii ou tp d.ll1SdlS€ om minciniun     

six or eight of these machines, they need so little attention.
EUGENE A. SAVAGE. Foreman,

 

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No. 621 Race street, Philadelphia, Pa. l<‘.mMr:i>.s' CREAMERY Co. “ ""  "”‘ 4
SEND FOR PAMPHLET FULL OF TESTIMONIALS OF THE S.-\MI§ SORT.    >  ‘if as) 8
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All those who Wish to purchase pure- 4 I.I.l Z ' .5 3‘ §“" §
iggsernigiggirglzggsA;g;vg";;;E VERMONT FARM MACHINE 00.. bred stock of any description, will find ,__ 2 < s _ i 3,3, gag-5
mm, SEES _ _ _ _ _ BELLOWS FALLS, VT. it_to their advantage to correspond - Z <  Q ‘g  33 G, : V
with some of the following well- . >- LL! 2 :0: Z (J ,: O =1 9,’:
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known breeders. . 1 1 i E G E g ‘.3 2” EEE >3
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iHEYiELDs= ,   ,0 SHROPSHIRE SHEEP =I: 3 -=: —— 3 .. egos as g 9
0 “ 39$ VVe are prepared to furnish Clioicelmported, or F J E O  E 8  L, O
' Pg?‘ Xloiiic-bred l:wes_iiiid Rams at priccszis re:i- ;_, 043 Q) Q) .-Q »‘

._ ACRE I _ L ,__ NV  _H‘fl' “J, W“ pd~ S(7'l‘l21|l.)'lC£lt‘12l:)yEflfliblfi Brliieder can sell. Ipftyou j 3 gas 8 3 3 C3

' ' ' ‘ “V151  S 1 T ‘(I CC I “/1 pay YOU 0 \Vl'l CH5 F_‘ U)
i.‘i’}T°"i~E‘.‘;."‘..'i‘.‘.‘.?.‘:".‘.’.'.’..‘.’é3 ‘£11.?"¥...‘§¥5?éY‘“a%,§.;i“iE‘.?£§i.‘li>5i§33£‘¢i..§t‘?’ ''‘‘'°’ ‘°' rim: or better come and see for your-cIfi . § 5 =i= JR :1. 2 3
z~1'l5PKG.nAnuRs'rv:ai§ll)nLI Nogflliflfls. nimeieni forlfalnlly, Poltpald for 31.00. 0 $2! Q’ 5-: D..---~ <=

loII‘nrmGr&inBLmples.8c-wthcata. 160.1! Grsssacloversaiiiples mc;wiit.h ca.ta..l8a E. C. L.  &  [L B S3 " >‘ Q’ Q9 ‘3
8Fleld comsmipiaii izcnrizhcamiogiie zoo. 3 _,; q) Qua Q. ‘P
. Ourm-mmothseedcatuogne cosuover sao.ooii. ltiu mired you upon receipt at M°5C0W- MICHIGAN °'..:.,' -—- ,_».-3 A4 :0 ‘£3
. I Kcponnge. ltaavnlunbloworlnwonhtentliiieaitnooattoyou. ' -.~ M F: GE *;_>_>'U f-1 E
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BAY crrv, nncn it 5 2 £9 5 59
Successor to MERRILL & FIFIELD “Q O u "7: '5
, Importer and Breeder of cu CD 3 w
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5 —. " >2 O T ‘-3
 . Q and SIIROPSHIRE SHEEP ,5 +2 3 o
7-’ Choice stock of both kinds fors ile. Prices reuson- "E 5D _«-'_1 '5
able. Correspondence solicited. Dre 0 :
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to have the only perfect Creame
to use the choicest and most

H. A.  PAW PAW,MICE

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801r~ir9‘hwi=i=r}:-.orner (‘anirnll S(g;1Rl'€‘.fIA?‘l'lRf§‘TlE. Mich.   as
3 d t' . . t v tsnite L-l as
of rrxillirilsnizn llllie  and tilapllrlrenpwilllizflawake \\'c now offer Fiftv Imported Yearling Ewes "5 :3" 3;; H "‘
3900"! Departments: Pommerclfll. flllnflhflhd, ' ' from the Best En’ lisli Flocks. bred before >‘ 3 :1 0 51 O
I newriiinz. nflrmfll. I>“nmFlDFl|lf‘- EXDPYWGH l-WW.  Hg, lVl  h - lcaiviiinr England, rt. 19, to some of the hcst )— "" ‘H O ;..
on‘t decirlo to 20 elsewhere until you have sent stock ?:1in5 in England. Also :1 few grand (/0 ‘D -(E m n 5
for our ,ve_ar—bnok. _ stock rains. 3': E W in O

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and very vigor- 0 Y - - - - "
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bearing? fan“ *3“: §:5',"fas; H..—-— c i—. T... Shorthorn and Hereford Cattle ,5 F 5 ,3 :1
§;fG’jf“""° o',;i._e ,,.§,k§i, WITH THE IMPROVED glydesdale and Sta1x1idard;1Bred _ ‘'55 ‘'5 ¢ =43 _+ ‘
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..-ili'i“i'fifT‘.;“$ilnli‘i if AGENTS WANTED = *~ - A‘;-—4"T-_ gmflei FOR SALE — — -3 3 5 .
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S.'Erh_.i l»..i. i’S SONS, New Canaan. Conn. v J ms; age/f_  E  5
~ A few good pigs fro the lllllS(lfll * County ,5
“ Reg"/at,”-9 l{r_-rd of Poland Eliirilia Hogs. Cai;i furliiisl;  < ‘S "3 L
" 1-] d paiirs or irios nota in, Iirsriection o our ien Q) ' _
J E jn':J:;:§;fu1 Sollfltetlé ord\vrit_e,f d€.S(‘l'll3l.llllg'b(‘l0St:ly whgt  E E :5
opera I01]. V011 \VZlll , an S3115 ' [loll VVI E ’Ll2lI‘3l'1[€C .
WE   ed“ ‘  Stock recorded in O(lCP. C. R. l5 l) ':
Louon prl nt-a All i G)
anon ie. ‘ P'*’—""“!I¢ ° OHN BOWDITCH r~
‘ °°"’ °‘ "'° F“"‘°“” 3°“ W“ '§L§i::=:: * A '°::".:?.*:'."‘:i::.: J nmacme. mcmzan 9‘
p.¢,.g.. .. ' any other Hatchet.
BLACK BEAUTY .‘l:'.°....-.. EEO. H. STAlll.. Quincy, lll. H. H_ HINDS ‘B93 .
in good paper binding to any one sending us Stanton’ Montcalm C0 V - ~ 6 Are    \ ?
. ' - B d f ' , V Cvivin go cus_toiiiers,cash discounts on orders. We are the '
‘’“° N” ’ “"“"’“ S“"”°'"“"‘°"  °' °,, 1 °"‘VgF:i.'i.taiggiaeir.':::i'§.*;::;°::i.i.i:;:::.:::s°:.r
‘run GRANGE vrsrron. Lansing, men 511°"? °“‘ Catt e , ~  ‘ equivalent. No other Seed Catalogue. ofitmgericg
Amencan Menno — or Europe. contains so great 23 vanetx of several’o£
_ . _ , —: the standard _vegetabl_es. and. in additioii. are many
and Sh*°P="h1=e Sheep "' . ..i:.':.°.'.i°..ii.:si‘:.a::;‘.':;.‘. .°::ri":..2.*;::rm=*‘
V mlerits, we send oiircalalogue FREE to all. The t r_ee
— ' I _ warrants still hold cod. and_ our customers may rel upon it
-. D o d  that the wellearne i-rputaiion of our seed for fres ness and
SUCCESSFUL ADVERT8|NGv ‘  ~ A —~—» ...s . Iamon E ‘ ...::‘.'..i‘’‘i"‘‘i°°i‘i‘‘'2s‘i°.‘r:8t "i'r%aimrr;ti:r::s°" .4
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If youvwish to fn‘_Il{C and Save money by \ antdri-iJoy.IfBli;ht - _  3
adierti mg iiiiv thing, any where, at unv of Apples, Pears, .
tiiue .\‘ucceiusfu_lly at reduced mics, be ,, CbP|'!fl95.8}1dP1EmI S 
sure lo see or write. r i 20”‘);  a
J0!-IN D1}WSON & co.. gg;,§_I;;‘,,§;ncI;g;,-or
General Newspaper Advertising _Si>i-mug Outfits. Best Especially recommended for use in butter
Ageuts‘ :3  amended for long keeping. Butter Salt in g
I 1-Io c0l.i.ol BLOCK. IIIKEAPOIJS, miss. ing_alI insect» injurious to ‘ 14_ 56, and 224 pound but Table S3“; in 3 ‘ 3 .

 
 

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Worcester 02., 1111155., Oct. 3. 1892. Ask our H 0 M M 
0-we $I00 no Fllll N no G ' I EL 
1)F'AR SIR—Y0ur Liquid Rubber Paints Thleh no nee: was nor lottery scheme.hut in tall  i :
manufactured 1" I.-;r0‘)l\:l)'"i N- Y‘! hi”? puisinesn proposlrliun. which we carry out}: follows.   1?. 1
given me much Szlllslacll in, and m_v vessels :‘t:Jeap’££e3:(!:;Igl;!?:|I8l:’1é0;i!:Jcr’:g-Fgllégéll x_f;eran-8:331:35 . i
were well filled when I received them. I andinnernuitreatment kuowuast e v
recommend your goods to all, and when in ‘
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need of more myself, will be sure to let      

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Fraterna]l\. V0“.-S, find Pml’l'll[7lll.VG FILES. Giies INSTANT IIKIJICII. A _ - -
-.- l‘Hll"A.\l(l\'T ri:iuc. 55 ii l  'c can be used iv 1! 0ver60 in successf 1 .
l‘ . \VF.LLMA!\'. ililéiid with ])t'll'4'('b S2i?(‘lYll:I'illr;:IPlD1Il*l(fljl(‘ is-i.;Iil1ii:l)llll’. tlign at Dezcatulrdl Ilhllal, Tl ail:  l ngi M  h ' _| \'
, 7 ' ‘ ‘ ‘A I-LAB WILL DO YOU IINE IIITNDRED I)llliIiAR ll l’l‘|l (W '3 1'88 85! ‘ac ever 30- ‘ ,
(See Adl“ Ingersoll S Llcluld K ubbcr H000. at least this is the hone-stly e.\'pre~x<e(l Opllllllll (ll coinplished, % chicks hat.ch- '

Paints __ED_) D‘-]"(lT(f|ilF WllOll1l\'l‘ hm-ii viiw-rl by iii in the past your ed at one time. with 5:2 OOHDIII ’ , i Q
‘ no Mn SCI-‘I-‘Ill: A my i.oM:i-Iii. n t :k your I i-»2~:v city erable Inc b tor ' "

10!‘lt.ul‘Wt: will send ii p«i»tiiiiid"i‘ni?;l.00. ollll.~L$.il- Hun redls of mstlilmgniulal . II M I  

- — -" g’l3»l|‘P-t--kiiize FREE for 101’-L. in Sinnlim ill:a0la(.JVl1ll)l1l.ll6 Incloslvi 4 rcientsiiu stamps fir I T

W“‘"'~’ "” ='“0"“ P’ "*' -*‘*-"I" T""*‘- A "“~’" °1‘ H9" 1 "-“"'*"‘9 “'1' ° “°- ‘ A‘ "F985 8' Heated bv steam. Rates $1.00 per d-»~. People attending crnventiorii can alwa sfind comf i-ta-
ERESSES OF ROBERT SMITH 8: 00., .l’Yl.A\Ill) 1 0.. AI.l5I0l\, M ICE Bnuuann IHOUBATOB it isooni-.3 <.o..0 incii.1I.x. me mom and awnmmommons‘ "’ 3' 0

LANSING, MICK. In writing mention Tm: Gannon Visrron. In writing mention Tm: GRANGE Visirox. Cor. Michigan-av and Grand-st. Only two blocks from State Capitol.