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WHOLE N0. 418.

ROAD MAKING.
WM. APPLETON.

VVe all agree with the Hibernian
“ that the roads were jist bad
enough and can’t be no wusser.”

But you have published already
papers containing excellent advice
both theoretical and practical on
improving our country roads that
it seems hopeless to expect to say
anything new, and an attempt to
rehash at this time may seem su-
perfluous, but the tremendous im-
portance of the matter to every
one,especially to those whose homes
are far from market and society, is
a partial excuse for coming in and
threshing the old straw over, if
perchance we get an idea or at-
tract some person’s attention.

We have been told the thing of
first importance was good grade.
Water as the worst enemy of roads
must be disposed of quickly; high,
narrow road beds won’t do if holes
are allowed to remain by the side
to soak under, they soon rut and
destroy the beaten track.

Now about the course of the
road. W'e all want our roads
straight, if it is possible. If we
can have them, even at great deal
more cost, to run on section lines
between farms as at present, all
right, it is better for convenience
of owners of fields for fencing, etc.,
and more than all we are accus-
 to‘str.<'3ig};*.. roads. ‘ So far so
good. But don’t let us go over a
sharp hill of sand or clay, and have
that hill to spend our whole work
on year after year world without
end, and have no time to work else-
where, and have a dangerous gully
on one or both sides of the track on
this precious hill. Oh how costly
it is. Let us remember it is no
further round an ox bow lying
down than over it standing up, and
lots easier traveling, and who ever
saw a bad road on a side hill‘?
Swamps are not generally as bad,
they can easily be drained, if not,
let u's go round; but we prefer to
go straight for obvious reasons if
it don’t cost too much, always keep-
ing in mind that the measure of a
load on a journey is the steepest
hill or the worst place.

About staking out our grade.
Let us set stakes every fifty feet, it
costs scarcely anything to set a
stake, and the cut or fill made
around each stake at once before
disturbance will expedite work
greatly, avoid mistakes, and save
much sighting, always a costly and
uncertain method. Do it well and
that is the last of it.

There is a notion abroad much
too general, thata narrow road bed
is more apt to be a dry one, so we
find difliculty on some roads in
passinga load of hay; this is a nui-
sance. The road bed should be
from twenty to twenty-six feet wide,
according to the travel. From ten
to sixteen feet of gravel is in
most cases enough for country
roads, but no one should be crowded
into the gutter.

About top dressing. There is
more good gravel waiting to be
used than is generally supposed if
we will hunt for it, and some way
must be provided for getting it by
right of eminent domain. We must
have it, and we can afford to pay
for it. It is the cheapest, and in
most places the only road material
we have,but there is a little in know-
ing how to use gravel, as it varies so
much in kind and quality. The
most plentiful ina loose driftgsandy
gravel. This is very good for clay
or loamy soils, and if the travel is
only ordinary, it is all right to put
on without screening. A light coat
first and let it get-solid and amal-
gamated with the clay, then put on
another coat; take out large stones,

means screen it. Lay it up in
;good form (eight inch center raise
‘to a twenty foot road bed. After
a few months this will need a light
coat of finer to fill depressions and
keep it breasting enough to turn
water. This will need but little
after repairs for years, but if a small
hole shows, just fill it and no more;
Don’t make a hole into a bump,
and then two holes, and start an
, uneven road while trying to mend
lit. Man is mortal, and so are his
works, and “a stitch in time.” A good

botch repairing.

In districts where the travel is
light (and by the by here are often
the most charming homes), a very
good road can be obtained, smooth
and clean, by an admixture of clay
and sand judiciously mixed accord-
ing to strength of each; applied if
the soil be sandy a coat of clay first,
and vice versa. I have seen excel-
lent roads made thus, particularly if
original soil is sand. A loose sand is
a hard road, but treat it with clay, it
is all right; if possible put some
gravel on top to stand wear, but
without gravel they are greatly
benefited.

We have heard a great deal about
the good roads in Europe. Well
there are some glorious roads in
Europe and there are some of their
by lanes at some seasons as impass-
able as anything we have here.

poets love ’to"rav<i about, once seen
in winter, would put us in counte-
nance about our raids and we
should live on good terms with
ourselves ever after. On : minute’s
time with English roads. Those
grandly magnificent roads, ilt on
the site of the old Roman roads
where practicable, and leading
from one town to another, were
built as toll roads, and a fee, graded
according to team and vehicle, is
exacted there the same as here, ex-
cept that by law the -broad tire is
exempt from tolls. True enough
they are good roads but are not
fair samples of the ordinary high-
ways. These highways are nian-
aged by the commissioners of high-
ways elected at parish meetings by
the taxpayers in each parish, A
unit of government both ecclesias-
tical and civil, and for the latter
corresponds to our townships, and
when it is proposed to grade and
improve a muddy lane and make a
good highway, there is the tug for
and against, as the candidate is
known to favor or oppose. Human
nature is the same everywhere, but
it seems they do better in some
things in their system. Of course
much of the tax is preparing and
hauling the large amount of gravel
used, and it is desirable that the
farmer shall be privileged during
the winter and early spring to use
their own men and teams to draw
out the gravel. With this in view,
as soonfias labor is scarce in the
fall, the unemployed laborers are
put into the gravel pit to uncover,
dig, screen and pile up in heaps
one yard high, and each heap con-
taining as many cubic yards as
the commissioners shall have de-
cided to be each man’s share, due
regard being had to the length of
the haul. A small farmer draws a
small pile of gravel, and a ' larger
farmer more gravel, but not so
much in proportion if the haul is
longer.[jEvery man’s pile is sub-
ject to the inspection of every other
man. Each farmer loads and draws
his own pile, the dump being taken
care of by one of the commission-
er’s own men. This works very
well. There is no incentive to loi-
iter or trifle. As this is all

except in a general way. One meas-
urement answers every purpose,
pit owner, digger and hauler. The

road may.be spoiled by unskillful,
l is gratuitous.

These green lanes, bosky dells, that

     

_-ggarden walks.
 cast up foot
yvalk on one side offifll roads which
makes walking such a pleasure.
Wlhile the above method of road 5
‘tax may not be entirely free from '
objections, and Brojvn may think
his task harder thaii Jones, I have
never heard loud migrmurs. I think
if there was no way‘ to allow tax-
payers to put in sctme slack time,
they from all burdens come would
allow their good roads to go to de-
cay, so they get along with as few
officials as possible ‘and their labor
But while the heavy
work of preparing and hauling is
done at a slack time of year, there
is more or less labor done at all sea-
sons; without continuous labor
roads cannot be kept up. Of course
where there is much travel an ac-
cumulation of foreign substance is
always taking place, making mud
in wet weather and dust at other
times. A vast proportion of
this obnoxious stuff is fertilizer,
this in moist weather is scraped by
tools for the purpose, each way
from the center into heaps, when
it becomes the perquisites of the
adjoining property owner, and it
is his duty to remoie it within a.
specified time; I think three days.
This goes into the compost heap.
No trouble is found by default of
removal; all are  glad to get it.

5 ff " sin for their
. . .   ~‘-. xm thisis
‘too much to expe are quite yet,
but we shall get there in time, both
for profit and cleanliness. I dare
not go on in detail a great lot about
road making. As a people we have
much to learn in that branch of
economy, which we shall get by ex-
perience. We are surely improv-
ing. How common it is to hear
some one telling how to do, when
the poor fellow never even saw a
good road. The generation just
going off the active stage were too
busy chopping, clearing, fencing,
draining, working early and late,
these were to them the all impor-
tant things. Nobly have they done
their work, and let us have a little
patience and not get a road fad.
Let us make haste slowly. Good
roads are too necessary now to be
neglected. They will force them-
selves. They must be had. They
will do much to check the mad
scramble for town life and all its
accompanying evils.

“ Sad fares the state, to hastening ills a prey,
Vt here wealth a.ccumul:ites, an men deca_v."

Place rural life in the very front,
noblest as it is, the oldest of all
occupations. Make by easy travel,
social intercourse of the best attain-
able, that children may grow to
revere those pleasant homes in the
country, where nature smiles, and
man appears at his best, looks his
full height rejoicing in a heaven
born liberty.

How often have I paused on every charm,

The sheltered lot. the cultivated farm,

The never failing brook, the busy mill,

The decent church, that top! the neighboring hill,

The havvthrirn bush, with seats beneath theshnde

P or talking age and whispering lovers made.
—D?SFI'[r'd Vil/ugc.

A word about our present sys-
tem. It is bad, it is old, and be-
longs to other times, it could never
have been good, but let us hope
that our Solons will thoroughly
digest a new plan, a better plan,
not too top heavy and cumbersome,
not a swarm of officials to eat up
the substance of the people and
perhaps not benefit our roads. We
still expect the people to rule, and
elect their own oflicers. And if
they elect a Republican, Democrat,

   
 

Populist man as the qualification
to manage affairs, we shall be dis-
appointed if we expect much.
Rather let us drop every other con-

_ isideration but his fitness for the
task work no oversight is necessary 3 very important trust.

Let us have

: progressive, intelligent men, of in-
gdependent spirit, who love justice
| as the apple of the eye.

Such a one

and if the travel is heavy by all i The screenings find a ready sale to 1 may as well be called commissioner

as any other name. “ A rose by any
other name will smell as sweet.”
Lansing.

ROAD LAWS AND ROADS OF 0HIO.l

 

F. M. DAVISSON.

The road laws of Ohio while they I
are not perfect are probably the
best of any of the western states.
The object of making a law for any
kind of public improvement which
is conducive to the health, wealth,
convenience and prosperity of the
citizens of any state should not be
constructed in such a way as to
make the enterprise as diflicult as
possible by throwing every obstruc-
tion that can be thought of in its
way, but submit it on a fair, square
basis so that the friends for the
improvement can know exactly
what they have to comply with,
without having first to submit their
case to the courts before they can
proceed further. In this respect
what is known as the two mill
assessment law in Ohio has had
its defects tolerably well settled
both by legislation and by decisions
of the courts, but the place to
remedy these evils is in construct-
ing -the laws by the legislature.
The writer remembers well when
this law was first constructed in
this state, and when a petition was
presented to the commissioners for
the improvement of any road, that

-the-first thing dr.~.*-.'-".'.r: to enipley

some competent attorney to engi-
neer the petition and see that no
mistakes were made in the com-
missioner’s court and vice versa by
those who were opposed to the im-
provement. But today an attorney
seldom ever gets a fee out of a road
improvement unless it be by some
defect outside of the general course
of procedure, in the case of a
question of title to certain proper-
ties where they are not held in fee.
The writer once had an occasion to
survey a road in which a number
of undivided estates were involved
also tracts of lands held in trust.
When the case came for hearing in
the commissioner’s court they de-
cided in favor of the improvement,
there being only two majority.

The premise laid down by the
commissioners was as an undivided
estate is entitled to but one vote
that if a majority of the heirs who
were entitled to sign the petition
would sign it they would count it
in favor of the improvement, but if
a majority would not sign it the
vote was counted against the im-
provement. The estates held in
trust where the party holding the
trust signed the petition, it was
counted in the affirmative and vice
versa. Suit was brought on both
grounds even after the commis-
sioners had ordered the road adver-
tised and sold, and the contractor
had begun work, when the com-
missioners and contractor were
enjoined until the case was settled.

The parties had two trials in the
common pleas court, in which the
judge showed his hand squarely
against the improvement, and he
made the premises that as an un-
divided estate was entitled to but
one vote under the law, that either
all of the heirs must be in favor of
the improvement or all against it,
in order that the estate could have
a vote.

He spoiled his premises by’
counting every estate in which all
of the heirs did not sign the peti-
tion against the improvement, and
by so doing defeated the enter-
prise.

The case was carried to what
was then known as the (listrict
court of the State of Ohio,.who re-
versed the decision of the court
below, but who did not exactly
confirm the decision of the com-
missioner’s court, only this far,

that in case of an undivided estate .

any heir was entitled to represent
the interest which he or she held
in said estate, either for or against
said improvement, providing they
are residents of the county through
which the improvement passes,

‘only that the entire estate shall

have but one vote. Neither court
changing the commissione’rs de-
cision in regard to estates held in
trust.

This decision confirmed the im-
provement, but it was carried to
the supreme court, where the de-
cision of the district court was
confirmed.

The writer always advocated the
final decision in this case to the
county commissioners, but they
thought it a mistake to divide any

vote; but it is the only common-,

sense view that can be taken of the
casewthat any person is entitled
to represent their separate interests
in any property they may hold;
whether it entitles them to one-
tenth or one-half of one vote, in
any improvement. The writer cites
this special case to show how easy
the legislature, in constructing its
laws, can avoid having an improve-
ment blocked for years, as was done
in the above case, the principal
petitioner only living long enough
to know that the improvement
would be made.

This road crossed some very val-
uable level lands, and some rough

count__rv_ at one end. all of which-

was a clay and loam soil.

To give you an idea of the ap-
preciation of a majority of the
people of our country in regard to
good roads, a gentleman was going
to buy a farm in the vicinity of
the above road for his daughter.
After the road had been ordered
by the commissioners, but when it
got into the courts, he said that he
would not purchase at all, as he
would iiot buy a farm for one of
his children where there was not a
good road and no prospect of one
soon; where he could not visit them
at any time of -the year without
wading deep mud during the wet
seasons, as such soil, in the early
spring and late fall, when wet, usu-
ally gets very soft.

A number of coritingencies were
thrown in the way of the re-letting.
of this road: lst, the original con-
tractor had moved out of the
country; 2d, bad blood, engendered
by long litigation; 3d, and most
important, a cross road was im-
proved and the gravel estimated
for the first road was taken for the
improvement of about four miles
of the second, which caused the
first road to sell for $500 per mile
more the second sale than the first,
on account of the haul. Today
those very people would not be set.
back in the mud for twice the cost
of their road, and now say that if
they had known that such a road
was going to be built as was, that
it should have never gone into the
court, besides saving the_ extra
cost. The value of a farm in any
community depends as much upon
its proximity to a good rofld 33
upon the quality of its soil. A
good road apparently shortens the
distance to market. You can
market your products at any
season of the year, and do it with
satisfaction to yourself and team.
A good road will also stimulate
other enterprises. When a man
finds that he can have a good road,
he concludes that he can put up
buildings to conform with the pub-
lic improvement he has paid for-in
front’ of them, and by so doing
makes his road attractive to the
pleasure-seeker Wll0~v will often.
drive his way. It further stimu-
lates him to better underdrain and
improve the quality of his soil,
which aids him on the highway to
prosperity.

I/Vest Manchester, 0.

 


    

2

THE GBA : GE VISITOR.

MAY 15,‘ 1893

Field and Stock.

HOURS 01‘ LABOR ON THE FARM.
EUGENE DAVENPORT.

You ask my opinion on the above
topic. It is this. The ten hour
system is criticised for the farm
as being too much of a luxury. I
practice it both for humanity and
economy, and if warranted in put-
ting anything ahead of humanity
would mention economy first.

VVe rise at five.

finishing the care of team after-
wards.

men and teams. There is a point
when additional hours mean a
sacrifice of energy, and that point
is--at or near the ten hour limit.

We feed less than two-thirds the
grain that we fed under the “all
day and five o’clock supper sys-
tem,” and our teams do more work.
There are no long rests and no
drilled out men or teams. Both,
are ready for a full day every
twenty-four hours.

Under this plan horses eat both
hay and grain at night, and are
fresh for the morning. VVork a
horse till dark day after day and
he will bolt his grain and go to
sleep, leaving his hay until morn-
ing. Our teams never sweat in the
stable——a sure indication of weak-
ness.

Men feel more fresh and body
and mind are in better balance
and more active condition—a most
valuable consideration. Many a
case of apparent and acted heed-
lessness among men is due to their
being weakened and dulled by long ,
hours of drilling labor. '

Many a fraud has been worked
upon the farmer only because said
farmer was in low physical and
mental condition from too long
hours. He was no match for the
rogue who, had and always has a
good nights rest with few or no
business cares, fresh for each day’s
conquest with everything to gain
and nothing to lose.

Under exhausting labor the
mental powers suffer before the
physical. The first symptom of
weariness is a slight loss of mental
quickness and keenness of ideas.

The team is
fed, groomed and harnessed for:
work at 0:30.. Dinner 11:30—1 :00. ,
Stop at 6:00 and take tea at 6:30, i

This provides for a full;
day up to the capacity of both‘

It is not that the farmer is more

gullible from being a farmer.‘,
It is that he ihlhres himself. his 3 oil’. will save many vines as Well as;

ground during winter, wiill come  a starved cow asfruit from a starv- i the world over, be she what breed

out of the ground as sweet andled tree or vine. VVhen the weath-‘she may.”
fresh as Venus came out of theier and soil get a little warmer,
jexamine around the trunks of fruit 4 each breeder and dairyman has his ; two weeks.

sea foam.

The Aprill brothers of Scio,who§trees just below the ground, foriown favorite breed.

This has been found
to be true for ages past. Of course

The Jersey

are wide awake farmers, not only§grubs; if any are there they aregseems to be the ideal cow for but-

in April, but all ‘the year round,

have started this Hellanthus Tuber- i

osus. I am sure they will make it
a success.
Had the Russian autocrat raised

artichokes instead of Cossacks, his ‘

subjects would not be cursed with
a famine, which is now as bad as
last year.

Ann Arbor.

FRFIT NOTES.

w. H. PAYNE.

Farmers and fruit growers, are
you ready for the spring? Have
you made all your plans for the
summer ‘.’ If not begin now, for a 
well arranged plan of work will;
save time and allow you to com-f
plete each item of work in the best?
manner. Plan each day’s work,‘
then keep ahead of the work, and
do not let the work drive or worry 1
you, and above all things do not
attempt too much. Remember}
there are rainy days when you}
cannot work out of doors and this;
is just the time to look after the,‘
tools. Put them in order, and dol
many of the little odd jobs that you ‘;
have not had time to attend to.j
Study also to improve all youri
methods, and begin the season by
keeping a debit and credit account
with everything you raise. Use
business methods to ascertain if;
each project pays or isrunning you ;
in debt. And be sure to take at
least one paper devoted to your
particular interests. Have you an
unprofitable acre, wet land that a;
little ditching now will make pro- ;
ductive: or have you more acres in‘
cultivation than you can properly
fertilize and fit for profitable crops?
If so drop a part or seed to grass.
There is no luck about farming,
but it requires agreat deal of good
sense and judgment. The failure
or success depend mostly on well
devised plans judiciously carried
out; for if work is done in proper
season, and well done, you may
confidently look for best results.

At this season, fruit culture
demands constant attention nor
must it be neglected. Wet feet are
as fatal to all kinds of fruit as to
the grower, and a little work with

igirdling the tree. You can see
’ their work by their chips.

lthem with a knife. In fact it is

gter making in many parts of the

3 erny are not far behind. All three

{and tested 4.2 per cent butter fat.
éHer calf had been allowed at her
i side a portion of the time for nearly
N 0 grain whatever
?had been given her and she was on
i short pasture. Soon after I brought

her home she began to shrink in

Removelcountry. The Guernsey and Ald-iher flow of milk. I feared this

ifrom her treatment, and. as I was

lwell to look over the trees andjbreeds emanated from the Channel i told she had been in the habit of

ibushes frequently for insect pests.
,“Eternal vigilance is the price of
good fruit” and the worm on the
. currant and gooseberry needs to be
1 checked at the start with a solution
lof hellebore or some other poison,
ithe same as the beetle on the pota-
 to vine, or you have nothing. And
Eif you do not have all these com-
forts of life, ripe fruits in succes-
ision, to eat with your daily bread
learned by the sweat of your brow,
;can you give any good reason why
Tyou don’t have them, when it costs
so little to procure a few of each‘?
And now is just the time to get
them.

South Haven.
FRUIT THE YEAR AROUND.

How to have fruit the year
round is possible and many of
them fresh. The strawberry will
soon be here to gratify the taste
and please the eye. Next the rasp-
berry, followed by the gooseberry,
the currant and blackberry, which
may be had by all with little labor.
Next will follow the early apple and

‘its mate the pear and soon the

grape. Now by care and fore-

how. First the pear should be
carefully gathered soon as its seeds
are colored,.placed in a cool dark
room, and I would carefully wrap
choice specimens in manilla or
parchment paper to the better
exclude light and air; this will pro-
long their season: Second, the
grape may be kept to mid winter
if the fruit is carefully cut from
the vine soon as fully ripe and
when dry. Dew or rain will cause
the fruit to heat and would gather
fruit when dry and place in cool
dry room for a few days, then Wrap
each cluster in manilla paper being
careful to reinoye any berries that
are bruised afigl imperfect; after
wrapping; pmihliiv,-~}a-~ baskets and
hang them from the ceiling of a
cool dry room. I have thus kept
the grape until March, and I be-
lieve they may be kept longer if

spade and hoe to let the water run

the appetite were not so great.
With proper care the apple may

111911 and his animals by 10113  trees. Of course you have early in 5 be kept until apples grow again. if
h0‘1Ts 0111)’ because his 1101119 flhdfthe spring trimmed your grapes,,lfruit is gathered soon as ripe and
his business are at the same sP0t- ' cutting back to two buds, for trim- 3‘ stored in a cool and dry shed for a
other men C10se the Ofllee and the ming now they would suffer in i few weeks, then assorted and only

business, and go home.‘

farmer‘s home is invaded by hisg‘
business till it not only takes his‘

every thought but the very marrow
of his bones, till labor becomes
drudgery and he curses his busi-
ness and his home.

There is more in farming now
than labor only. There is much
of that. There is also business
that calls for keenness of percep-
tion, there is a life to live and a
home to enjoy, all needing a cer-
tain physical and mental elasticity.

vV0Odf(I.'l1,d.

.\'0'l‘ES.
EMIL B.-(UR. '

Some years ago I had the pleas-
ure of visiting with the late Hon.
George Sutton, whom I admired as
a true type of American character
of the good old school, and a first
class farmer. He had a very fine
lot of winter apples with hardly
any insect marks. Upon inquir-
ing in regard to this pomological
success he replied that he occasion-
ally sowed peas in the orchard.
When the pods were filled, he turn-
ed his hogs in, which harvested the
crop of peas and wind fall apples,
and were sold atoncein the autumn.

Friend John Narry of Superior, a
superior farmer indeed, thinks that
seed peas, which he sows annually,
come very high. He intends giving
the Jerusalem Artichoke a trial,
needing no seed after started, for
40 years. However, he is somewhat
afraid that he will never be able to
exterminate them. His hogs, if
turned into the field will make
tabula rasa with the tubers. When
once established he will never grow
weary of this fat and milk produc-
ing plant, which is a tuber in the
ground and a sunflower above the
ground. When dry in the fall,
these sunflower stalks will delight
his sheep and cows, while the
tubers will be enjoyed by man and

beast. The tubers left in the

with the currants and gooseberries,
are they thinned out to four or
five good stalks, cutting out the
old worn out stalks and bringing
in one or more new ones for
renewal‘? See also that the top is
not too dense, but open to the sun
and air; that no grass is growing
around the roots, and that they are
properly mulched and ,manured,
for both are gross feeders and give
back only what they receive in
care and nutriment; and coolness
and moisture are essential to fine
small fruits. Then there is the
raspberry and blackberry. Have
you taken out the old canes to give
room for new growth? A hooked
knife on a three foot handle is just
the thing for this business. If you
have removed the old canes, and
properly mulched the ground, they
will do well until it is necessary to
pinch off the ends as you do the
grapes to prevent too rampant
growth. And your strawberries—
if the straw and litter are raked off

between the rows they will need.
no further care until you have‘

taken off the crop, when they

should be cultivated between the:

rows, never before, if you want the
best results. Then the apple, pear,
plum and peach trees need trim-
ming if it has not already been
done. Apples do better trimmed
in the fall, say November, and all
large limbs should be removed long
before the sap starts. Trim up
from the ground so that a horse
can get under to plow, then down
from the top so that the sun and
air can enter freely and give rosy
checked fruit. Colorless
grows in dense shade.
and broken limbs should be remov-
ed and burned. And don’t forget
to spread a few loads of manure
around the trees and bushes and

their fruits. Feed your plants if
you expect them to feed you, for

they will respond joyfully withi
1

you could as soon expect milk from 1

fruit ;

All dead ‘

Thelvitality by bleeding. But how is itlperfect apples put in crates or

,1 shallow boxes and stored in as cool
;a room as possible without danger
iof frost. And it is well to
fexamine occasionally to remove
iany that show decay. '

‘ Fresh fruits are healthful but at
;.this writing canned fruit is not
‘_objected to, and all varieties may
ibe prepared in their season. Our
‘tables may not be without fruit a
,day_ in the year. Plant the tree
‘and vine and care for it and you
lmay eat and be happy, is the ex-
lperience of the writer and a horti-
lculturist.
lTHE VALVE 0|!‘ MILK TESTING IN

THE FARM DAIRY.

 

, Continued from last 1'.»-sue.

UTENSILS.

Along with the improved dairy
I untensils for separating the fat
? from the milk there should be used
ithe dairy thermometer, Babcock
milk tester, scales and pencil.
These are as necessary in the well
ordered dairy as are the milk cans
and churn.

No man can tell just what it costs
to feed a cow for a year without
keeping a. record. It costs just as
much to feed a poor cow as a good
one. Every cent received for the
finished product, over the cost of
production, is a clear gain. It does
not pay to keep and feed a cow
that is deficient in butter fat. Ev-
ery practical farmer knows that
there are plenty of such cows.
have disposed of two such animals,
during the last two years, whose
chief endowment consisted in the
faculty of “eating off their heads.”

The question may be asked:
"' What is a good butter cow, ac-
cording to the tests made by our
‘leading dairymen? And is it n'ec-
essary to procure thoroughbred
stock of ahigh grade to secure most
‘profitable results?”

“ A good cow is a good cow, all

thought the season of the pear and ;.
the grape may be prolonged and I

W'e ‘

‘Islands, in the English Channel,
and bear some resemblance to each
other in many points.

The Guernsey is somewhat
larger and coarser than the Jersey,
but is claimed to be just as valua-
ble a butter producer.

THE BUTTER BEEEDS.

been made of all breeds during the
past two years. It is interesting
to note these tests as reported by
the agricultural experiment sta-
tions, and the leading dairy papers.
These tests have shown, in many
cases, that some of our common,
native cows or “ scrubs" (as some
call them), and the grade Jerseys
are very valuable butter producers.
In many instances the grade Jer-

her thoroughbred sister.
the country through, there maybe
found in nearlyievery herd of na-
tive stock, one or more good butter
cows. Such a cow, giving 25 pounds
of milk per day, for ten months in
the year, and testing 41'; per cent
butter fat, is a very valuable
“ scrub." I would not trade her
for some thoroughbred, registered,

yard long. This cow, testing 4.6
per cent fat,
pounds of milk per week. In ten

pounds. Under any method of
creaming and churning, in which
not more than 0.3 per cent butter
fat is lost, this cow would yield 1.29
pounds of butter per day, or 9.03
pounds per week. This is a good
average for any cow. At this rate
she would yield 361 pounds of but-
ter in ten months, which sold at
20 cents per pound, would amount
to $72.20. The skim milk, at our
creameries, is rated at from 12
cents to 15 cents per 100 pounds.
The skim milk from this cow, at 12
cents per 100 pounds would be
worth about $8.00 to feed calves,

that should partially console our
farmers who live too far from Battle

The receipts from this cow’s butter
and skim milk would amount to
$80. 20 at this rate. Ten such cows,

go far toward restoring and in-
creasing the fertility of our par-
tially impoverished farms.

absolutely necessary to discover

their full capacity.
selected from the thousands of cows
that are so industriously at work
in the “ head eating” business.

If their owners’ heads could be
frequently tested, it would undoubt-
edly, result in weeding out many
of our “scrub” dairymen.
thoroughbred dairymen in every
county would, eventually, improve
the stock of dairymen.

BREED THE BEST.

The first and most important
thing to do after weeding out the

best animals you have to a thor-
oughbred sire, having a high test
butter pedigree. If your bank ac-
count is very small, and your pocket
book very thin, this is the best way
to do. By raising all the heifer
calves, and continuing the weeding
process, you will, in a few years,
secure a fine herd of butter cows.
The next thing is to secure a
balanced ration for a generous and
economical butter production.
Here the scales and tester come
into play again. We have
the long contined experience of
some of our noted feeders and ex-
perimenters to refer to. This is a
great aid. No need of following
the same ground they have toiled
over at great expense. Our experi-
; ment stations have given us a large
 fund of valuable information in
,this line. The leading dairymen
of the country give their experi-
ence through the agricultural and
I dairy papers.
! I have found from an experiment
 on one fairly good butter cow, con-
‘, tinned during the last four months,
‘;that a well balanced ration will do
gall that is claimed by our leading
l dairymen and scientific feeders. '
L I bought a cow last October that
was nearly fresh. She gave from
'25 to 30 pounds of milk per day,

Many and frequent tests have,

sey has proved to be superior toj
Taking.

Jersey scrubs, with a pedigree one i
would yield 1753

months this would amount to 7,000‘

pigs and poultry. This "is an item ‘

Creek to sell their milk at the door. ,

fed on a well balanced ration, would i

The scales and milk tester are,

such cows and to hold them up to‘
They must be i

A few '

poor butter cows, is to breed the

shrinking during former years.
iBefore I could prevent it she re-
iduced her milk yield to 17 pounds
‘per day. I changed her ration and
began weighing and testing her
milk. From the tests I found she
. was very slowly improving in
:weight of milk and butter fat.

Tu /in (ml/{II um/_

MICHIGAN STOCK BREEDERS.
1 All those who wish to purchase pure-
bred stock of any description, will find
it to their advantage to correspond

with some of the following well-
known breeders. '

‘ VVc are prepared to furnish Choice Imported, or
Home-bred E\vc.< and Ranns at prices as re:i~
sonnblc as anv Rcliulile Breeder can sell. If you
xvish to slzlrt ii Flock it will pay you to write us
for prices, or Ivettcr come and sec for yourself.

E. C. L. MUMFORD 8: SON
Moscow, MICHIGAN

EUGENE FIFIELD
BAY CITY, MICE
Siwccssnr to .\[liRRlI.I. .\' FIl<‘Il£l.I)
Importer and Breeder of

HEREFORD CATTLE
"‘““‘ SHROPSHIRE SHEEP

l Choice stock of lmth kinds for sale,
' zihlc. Cm-rc.<pon(lencc solicited.

l’riL'cs rc:1.~nn—

i

1; HIGH CLASS SHROPSHIRES.
, We offer ten imported 2-year-old rams from the
I flocks of Messrs. Bowen-Jones and Minton that
will weigh 300 pounds. and shear from 13 to 12'»
pounds at maturity. that are tested sites and fit to
head the best flocks, and 40 home-bred yearling
rams. We shall make an early importation for
our ‘'33 trade. Annual auction sale September 31.

THE WILLOWS, PAW PAW, MICK.

SPRINGDALE FARM

LANSING, MICHIGAN
JAMES M. TURNER, Prop

Shorthorn and Hereford Cattle
Clydesdale and Standard-Bred
.’1‘rotting Horses, Shetland Ponies
and Shropshire Sheep

FOR SALEL4
A few good pi 5 from the Ilillsdzile County
llerdof Poland China Hugs. Can furnish
pairs-or trios not akin. .Inspe(;tl0n of our llutfl
solicited, or write, dcsizrilvinr closely what.
you want, and satisfzictimi \v'ilflic guarzintccd.
Stock recorded in O. I’. C. R.

JOHN BOWDITCH
Hillsdale, Michigan

H. H. HINDS
Stanton, Montcalm Co
lln-c(lm' of
Shorthorn Cattle

American Merino
and Shropshire Sheep

{BLACK MEADOW FARM.
Standard-bred Trotters

Slmrlhorn Cattle-

Shropshire .\'lm-p
Berlishirv Pigs

‘ F. 1!. BRKER, Detroit.
.69 Buhl Block.

 Write for
,3 Catalog.

3 Oakland Poultry Yards.
Eggs for hatching per 13, Barred Plymouth
‘ Rocks, Rose Comb White, and Single Comb
Brown I_er:h_orns. $1.00 to $1.50. White Wyan-
l dottes and Light Brahmas, $l.50,Maminoth Bronze
1 Turkeys, $2.00 per six.
, My yards are all headed by hi h-scoring males,
7 hens and pullets score_90 to 95. [y stock has won
‘ premiums at all the principal shows in Michigan.
J.-\.\lI-IS )IIl.ll|£R. J1-.. Be(ldo\\'. Mich.

FOR sALE.

Three young Jersey Bulls, ranging in age" from
four months to one year old. All eligible to reg-
istry in A. J. (I. (T. registry. Alsoaregistered
Cheshire Boar.

IRA A. VAX ORSDAL,
QUINCY, MICE
COLBY STOCK FARM.

Rambouillet Sheep, Galloway Cattle, and Per-
cheron Horses. All stock pure bred and regis-
tered. Two Percheron Stallions for sale at a
bargain. Spring Rye for Seed.

Address, L. F. HOAG, COLBY, Mion..
or L. B. TOWNSEND. IONIA, MICE.

M. H. WALWORTH
HILLSDALE. IVIICH
BREEDER or -

ESSEX, Vllliflllll AND SUFFOLK SWINE

Also American Merino Sheep of choice quality

SHROPSHIRE HALL
STOCK FARM

Has now I T t, I ' -
Ewes. A0l!;oBa'I9liirvtvy?:lihrc{$is‘f<t;i"e?id 
Ewes, twenty-five in lamb to Lord Uffington
_Price on ‘the thirty head, $10 each. Large
importation to arrive about June 1.

L. S. DUNHAM, PROP
' " (‘on(',orrl, Mich,

snnorshisésffifihi

h||ll0|'W- lhgistereil and Unregistered

References: ex-Gov. Winans and Ci] 8. Gregory.

Bunker. Dexter, Mic .
Choice Yearling Ram and Ewe lambs for sale
IY’Eefi_>i_S'I§_Eil:f of freight or

P. 0. Dsxrsa, MICE.

Terms reasonable.
express.

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V.

MAY 15, 1893

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR-

3

ATRONS’

PATRONS’ PAINT VVORKSII

H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheap Paints for Barns and Out-
buildings, 10,000 Farmers testify to their merits. Grange Halls, Churches, School
Houses, Dwellings. all over the land, some of them painted 15 years ago, still
ookingwell, prove them the most durable.

Posiai Joflings. 

 

BUTLER GRANGE NO. 88,
is still alive and growing, \Ve are in the
Branch county contest for :1 banner and
have filled the stated program so far, and
will initiate 13 members at our next meet-
ing. There seems to be a falling off in the
membership of the Alliance here and a
general feeling in favor of the Grange pre-
vails. '
M. L. E.

 

PENFIELD GRANGE NO. 85-
again sends greeting to all members of
Patrons of Husbandry. Our meetings are
held regularly, sickness among its causes
them to be small numerically. \Ve hold
our own in interest of the cause.

The cyclone of the 12th inst. stirred us
up considerably. After nearly demolishing
Bro. F. B. Garrett’s new barn, which is
about a mile west of the hall, it passed over,
causing some little damage until it struck
the Grange hall sheds. The south wing
was laid flat while the other was nearly
wrenched from its foundations. A “ bee,”
last Friday, partially repaired damages. It
will take still another to complete it.

Attxi‘ _l.\Ni;.

l
l
y

 

MONTCALM GRANGE NO. 313,

is not dead, neither is it dying, but holds its
own, and has 70 paying members. Meet-
ings are held every alternate Saturday.
\Ve have lately finished a contest which
was both interesting and instructive. One :
of the leaders objected to having new mem— :
hers count; thought they might not be i
permanent and would leave after the con— 
test ended; but we gained three new ones l
and reinstated one, and all young people ‘,
whom I think will remain with us. ‘

WHEATL.-\i\'D GRANGE NO. 273 ‘
held its regular meeting April I4, with a
fair attendance. In the business session a
committeee of three was appointed to make
a selection of books in the reading course
and report at the next meeting. Instead of
the Lectui-er’s usual program the unwritten
work was exemplified by the \Vorthy
Master and the \V'orthy Lecturer, after
which (1 report of the last. County Grange
meeting was given by different members
who were present.
ALICE Pi:Asi;_

 

I think I will tell through th‘e VISITOR
how free mail delivery helps us in the coun-
try around Hillsdale. VVe still have to pay
80 centsa year box rent (when the boxes
are more help to the postmaster than any
one else), and a drop letter now costs us
2 cents instead of I cent as formerly. Now
I propose we have free delivery in the
country or have government furnish a
clerk to read letters and papers for them in
the city, so all they will have to do will be
to sit and cross their legs and smoke.

R. E. PERRY.

 

c
CALHOUN COUNTY GR ANGE

Met May 4, with Home Grange.
Worthy Master Talmage in a pleas-
ing manner gave the Patrons a
hearty welcome. Bro. Simons re-.
sponded to the young man’s ad-
dress in behalf of the Grange.

A line dinner was served by the
ladies of Home Grange.

The first question was that of
opening the World’s Fair on Sun-
day. The Grange was in favor of
its being open on Sunday but that
the machinery should be stop-
ped.

Mrs. Wm. Simons read a paper,
“ Personal characteristics of the
four first Presidents of the United
States. The article was well
prepared. It carried us back to
“ ye olden time,” so we could fairly
see the four men that were at the
head of the nation long ago.

Miss Lily Adams then enter-
mined the Grange with a fine reci-
tation.

“ Recollections of Whittier,” was
given by Mrs. C. C. Poorman,
showing many beautiful ‘things in
the life of the truly American poet.

Dialogue by Grace Fry and Har-
old Blanchard was very amusing.

Mrs. Mayo gave some very in-
teresting facts on “ How the Bible
was given to the World.” Going
through with the different transla-
tions and‘ how they have been pre-,
served. _ I

“ Ought Immigration to be Re-
stricted ?” Was discussed at quite
a length. _

Recitation, Master Elbert Lewis.

One of the young lady members
read a paper, “ Is itto the average
Fsrmer’s Advantage to keep ‘a.
dog?” It was thought that it did
not pav the farmer to keep the aver-
age d(-)g. but a well bred, well
trained collie, shepherd or spaniel,
had an important place on the farm. 

The next meeting will be held}
the second Thursday in June, andl
it is hoped that Prof. Davenport]
can be secured to give his lecture}

“Impressions of Brazil.I:I’ A‘ M. 1

“Our associations in life are the}

’ profitable

ave sold Ingersoll Paint to the Order P. of

The sisters of our Grange havel
' ‘formed themselves into an organi-?

011' the 28th day Of Feb1‘ua1'y. I zation to be known as the “Grange‘
Wheh Deputy A- 13- Bank Vlhited 3 Aid Society” and have held several
Sparta Grange 3 TGVIV31 1h0"em911l31 meetings, which Occur monthly. 
VVHS lI18.llQ'l'lI'3.l3€d and Brother Bank ‘  3:-e lnaking 3 [law carpet for
WES 111Vit€d t0 L‘011f91‘ third and our hall and will decorate the walls
f0111‘lh 119$-C1895 1113011 *1 018153 Ofiand make several good improve-
twenty—five the third Saturday in mentS_
 HE‘ flCC€pl3€‘d the ll'.lVIl8.il0Hl ‘V9 havg purchased 3 ngw organ,
Stfltlllt-‘.’ that he W0111d 110t hreflkirecently which adorns our hall very
the engagement if the C1855 631- much, and is verv useful when
ceeded that number. On April 3 initiating " '
10th notice was sent him tliatl Most every member in our,
twenty-5€‘I"_e11 SeC_011d degree 1116111‘  Grange takes the VISITOR and pro- 1
13918 W919 111 W81ti11.%I~ The meet-znoiiiices it to be one of the best
hlg W35 0311911 at ten 3- 111- Withlpapers publishedfor advancing the:
full attendance andvproved a very  interests of the farming c1as5_
enioyable d8~y- Worthy M35191“: We are surely marching on toi
K. J. Brown of Alpine Grange was 3 VictQ1'v_ ~
present and at the close of the} “
meeting drove with Brother Bankl
to Alpine Grange hall where al
class of nine were taught that;

Hl'STL]‘.\’(1‘r IN SPARTA .

lrnonon PORTER,
Lecturer.

 

.\.\' ALL NIGHT SESSION.

Pomona ;

fields in which we reap,” and tliat‘, Montcalm I Qofinty

“It is in the h0m9 that We 9hl0YlGrange No. 2-1 met with Crystal:

the fruits of the fields of the farm 1 Grange on April 6, and not Seeing .
and the fields of life-” lany report from that Grange in
D- A- M- ‘the VISITOR, I wish to say that
‘Montcalm County Pomona is a
I flourishing Grange of three hundred
members and 9. goodly number of ‘
them were present at this meeting.
I -t d- -11‘ A sumptuous dinner was furnished ‘
§".'3§l..§.“"£.1i“l>‘3.l.i..‘§T°°e‘* “gs W‘  an by Crysfiald <1:-angea Tile,
\Ve held ii very interesting snd‘“,ran%'e ‘£133 tea 9G If,’ %,r.ner y 3
contest during the Adogt 13' E 351813   ]Gm°re' Q
winter, the ladies against the ' H Ijggsec; Viiscggligeg  Sei°S1;%‘:}'
gentlemen’ the latter Wmnmg A James Taylor. Subordinate Graiiges :

April 8 we held an anniver- . . .
sary and also Served the supper reported all flourishing and taking
in new members.

due the gentlemen, and conferred . _ ,
degrees, besides rendering a. good, The qheshoh 0f_ llmrketlhg W001:
literary program, which latter will ‘ WES thoroughly d1S011SS9d, and th6 I
count on the banner contest which barbarous 011550111 of (h'iVihg Shea!’
Branch county has entered into. l3W0 01‘ th1‘€‘»€_ 1111198 and Whe_11 8111-081‘:
We are putting forth every effort 9V91‘C01119 Wllih heat Phlhglhg them
to Win the banner and We have yet into the cold stream of water, or in
to chronicle the fact that one of Other Words the P1‘3°tiC9 Of Washing
our members has refused to do sheep W35 strongly ,d91101111Ced by
what our Lecturer has asked of H011. H. H. Hindéfiitéd HOIL G901‘89
them, as we all agreed We would H. Lester and hosts of others.

do all he required. The ladies The mortgage tax law was
have had one discussion all bythoroughly discussed, andaresolu-.
themselves, and it was the first 1 tion passed asking our senators
time any one of the four ever de- 1 and representatives in the legisla-

bated or took part in a discussion. , ture not to repeal the present law, ,
Although our numbers are small, 1 but amend the some similar to the l
yet through the efforts of ouri California tax law. 

lecturer (who by the way is 9.‘,

 

BATAVIA.

Batavia Grange has not been re-
ported in your paper very recently

Sister Mary Sherwood Hindsfil
$22312‘.-g..“““u‘7: £53 :“:‘§:‘.%.‘.‘1.‘:?.il:;1.3:’°;'3::.“;5 :.Y.:;%%3:‘;?..‘3.::“§:a
$?..§%:.:“£$:i::%‘ :?.i.‘:.“.‘f.°.-f..i’:‘§ l :':.:..:s:E.f:...::. :’;;i:..;:.°:.:....:‘J
31:1 hfiflietaglieeltl; llv1v‘?itJ:~hi8:0I<:T 8:gi1'(1iie:31C;  tions of condolence on sister Ros-:_

which disables him and will incur ‘, Brown ;

quite a doctoris bin‘ Much important and profitable‘;

l
Our regular meetings are heldl, - .
0.. the second and :.....u. s.t....;j,V,<;;‘f,;;gg figngggdafgggggogébigggl

days of each month.

      “e.£i‘.1°g’;“.?.?i;'[EN F|R3.T.;§'.l2§..$..F.l'3.ll.§

proving all the time and we shall

soon make another effort to secure , -
_ . . , grand supper was given at the hall
gore subs°r1l§ers' t1 flzlsh 3111: I by the good sisters of Crystal
ranges W0“ repor 0 en as E Grange who are well skilled in feed-

always read about every onetling Gmngers. An 0 nmeetingin

mentioned as We“ as everythingl the evenin consistin of litera
else m the VISITOR‘ . iexercises, Instrumentfil and voclifl
MRS‘ J‘ F‘ BUTTON‘ lmusic which lasted until 10-30
 To  I?t$°%‘2;£“§.;’$§.G‘E.‘§i‘.§‘°.°‘:‘i£;'§‘ 1:;
- a
twenty four was instructed in the
beautiful lessons of that degree,
and had the chief of the weather
bureau been within reach, we
felt like conferring all of the
degrees in our power as an induce-
ment to stop the rain that we
might repair to our homes, but
such was not to be, and about

 

DOUGLAS GRANGE 210.650.
is holding its own, and is in a
flourishing and prosperous condi-
tion.

Our Grange was organized in
1882, on the 12th day of April, with
nineteen charter members, eight of
whom are in good standing at pres-
ent date. One hundred and fifty-
nine members have been initiated
in our Grange sihce it was organ-
ized, out of whom about eighty-five
members are in good standing at
present time. At our last meeting, , J
April 22, We initiated 12 new nearest the full moon in une.
members, four sisters and eight 13' B- CRAWFORD‘
brothers. The field work was \L"°t“7'e""
administered to the brothers, which
caused a good deal of interest and;
enjo ment. l ,

e are looking forward for al°”"‘ ”""“”AT,.',,..,,, .5 .,,.._,,
good and instructive time at next?
Pomona Grange meeting which!_
occurs in our hall some time in; _
Jam We wish to extend an um-3 ¥.‘;:i..::%:.:.;:‘::’;..':ire’
tation to all members of Patrons of ; why snap so ruthlessly in two,

- l When all I fondly hoped my due?
Husbandry to meet with us and, p,,,,,_1o,.e,,,d,,,,,c.,,g,,,,,,,.,,1,...q.,,
help make it one of the best meet-‘, *‘},9,fg;}5;m§"s‘,'J‘§;‘,},’{,);’,;,§’§g§ A5“-'
lugs we have BVGI‘  ' and W3‘; One always hopes there's more behind.
anticipate much good will be de-l
rived therefrom. 3.

er of the night in the hall, and I
must say a lively time it was.

Our next meeting will be with
Douglass Grange on Thursday

 

TO MY CORRESPONDENT.

Yours Affcc,
Of course you :irc——but why, my heart,
Abbrevizitc the sweetest part?
“Affei:tion:itely,” I've no doubt,

But write it a1l—or leave it out.

So si n “ Affectionately” mine, .
Or, earest, write and make no sign!
__M, M., in May Ladies’ I-lama ffzmrnal.

l was about to organize one more. A ,

seventy or more spent the remaind- — *

AINT

MICHIGAN PATRONS “ Buy direct froni
Factory" at full Wholesale Prices and
save all Middleman’: Profits.

o. w. INGERSOLL, Prop.

Oldest Paint House in America
241-243 Plymouth-st., Brooklyn

—- on

ORKS

Ingersolts Liquid Rubber Paints
Indestructible Cottage and Barn Paints

Sample Color Cards, “Coutiileiitial“ Grange
Discounts, Est mates and full particulars
IVIAILED FREE. \Vrite at once. '

¢ ._

THIS WILL INTEREST YOU

ll” YOU ARE 'l‘lIINKIN(} OF BUYING

Sewing Machine

Although we have sold a good many of the

 

machines we have been offering and though
they have given satisfaction, we believe that
we are making a still better offer.

FOR
WE WILL SEND A MACHINE WELL NAMED

THE COLUMBIAN

The (‘olumbian is astrictly high grade sewing
machine with all modern improvements.
Superb mechanism, graceful design, hand-
some finisli, light running and noiseless. In
fact, all the desirable features contained in
other well-known modern style. machines are
found in the " Columbian." Improved and
simplified by the best mechanical talent until
it stands the peer of all other sewing machines
on the market.

FULLY WARRANTED FDR TEN YEARS.

As additional evidence of the general super-
iorIty‘and wearing qualities of the “Colum-

bian, It is warran for ten years. The
"Columbian" will out-wear any two of the
highest priced sewing machines in the world,

All wearing parts are case-hardened steel possessing great durability. and by the turning of a screw
all lost motion can be taken up. All parts are fitted so accurately that these inuchines are abso-

expense or time is spared to make them perfect in

‘ lutely noiseless and as easy running as fine adjustment and best mechanical skill can produce. No

every respect. as every machine passes a. rigid in-

spection by competent men before leaving the factory.

Extra attachments in a velvet lined case. sent

free with each machine: 1 Tucker, 1 Rather with

shirring plate, 1 Hemmer Set (4 widths) and Binder, 1 Braider (Foot and Slide), 1 Thread Cutter.

Each machine is supplied with the following 8.ddli’.lOl.’JE.l accessories:

1 Hemmer and Feller (one

piece) 10 Needles. 6 Bobbins. 1 Screw-Driver, Oil Can filled with oil, Cloth Gauge and Thumb Screw,

and a Book of Instructions.
purpose of a competent, teacher.

The Book of Instructions is profusely illustrated, and answers the

The Balance-Wheel and many of the fine parts are nickel-plated, with other parts finely enameled

and ornamented, giving it a rich appearance.

The improved automat
thread automatically on the bobbin as evenly and
attachment renders possible a perfect control of
from shuttle thread breaking while the machine i
is entirely obvia .

A ‘self-setting needle and self—threading cylind
sewing machines. '

ic bobbin winder is so simple that a child can easily operate it-—winding the

regularly as the thread on a spool. This valuable
the shuttle tension, and all annoyance resulting
s in motion, which is common to many machines.

or shuttle are used in the “Colu.mbian" high arm

They are so simple that any one can easily operate them in a few minutes‘ time,

as our Instruction Book is fully illustrated, showing how to do all kinds of fancy work with attach-
ments. The self-threading shuttle is so simple that with two motions of the hand backward the shut-

tle is threaded.

The driving—wheel on this machine is admitted to be the simplest, easiest running and most con-
venient of any. The machine is self—threading, has the _very best tension, and is made of the best
material, with the wearing parts hardened, and is finished in a superior style. It has veiieered
cover. drop-leaf table.4 and drawers and center swing drawer and fiuislictl in oak or walnut

woodwork. _
Price including one year‘s subscription. $21.

Sent by freight, charges prepaid. Give name

of freight station if difierent from postofl-ice address.

We prepay the t'i-ciglit.

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hustler) the Interest 15 Stead] y In chmrman of the Sham Lommlttee;entirely‘sattistiictory will be l'(‘tlll‘lle(I

AT GUR EXPENSE

Gould finutnin

Address, with the money,

g be Fairer? 

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m°“d BTW“, mfe Of Hon‘ A‘ B'¥IT is WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS.

GRANGE VISITOR, LANSING, MICE.

within

four miles o . excellent
and handsome coiintry. A live growing city,
now 3,500 population. Two railroads, Normal
school, business college, U. S. Industrial Training
School and high grade city schools afford educa-
tional privileges rarely equaled. I00 Goad Fun: in
Isabella county; 10,000 acres of unimproved 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 sam ie descri tive rice list, address,

C OK’S R AL ‘STATE AGENCY.
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MAY 15, 1893.

THE GRANGE vciroiii A  

j The State Republican of Lan-

 But basing the case on the official
 figures as made public, the law has

pains to inform him or herself on! Our laws have a.lways providefl
what is seen will be equal to a;that all moneys and_all “credits
year’s schooling, beyond a doubt. were subject to taxation.

Published on the 1st and 15th of every month. : smg, quotes entm, our edltorml of . been broken, and this fact will

_ _ , Let them consult the Ytruflfs‘ If “all moneys and all credits”
May 1, on the bank affair in thatlcome Out Officlally 111 due tune

Compambn fair number, read “ A Q are taxed, and if the mortgage be
the Harper j taxed also, A would be taxed $1.0“)

Kenyon ll: Butter-field, Editor and .\l-anager.‘

. .. vwww cask‘-or-. _m..-. mt

. ......,..w-.».m.:mvv~r ~ 

LANSING, MICH.,

To whom all exchanges. communications. adver
 business and subscriptions should he
sent.

Otllce, Room 19. Old State Building.
TERMS 50 Cents a Year. 25 Cents for Six

Months. In Clubs of 20 or more 40 cents ;
4 no specific charges then and we
l 0 I h
.5 have desired merely to discover it

per year each. Subscriptions payable in
advance, and discontinued at expiration, unless
renewed.
Eflleinittances should be by Registered Letter.
Money Order or Draft. Do not send stamps.

position was at

and urged investigation. We made

in- 1

lthere were violation and where
' "  ’ “' '_ "‘:’""{the fault is, because the question
Entered at the Postofiice at Lansing, Mich.. as 1 , , .
Second Class Matter. jls one of State importance. The
'  }‘remarks of the Republican, how-
ANOTHER GOOD LIST gever, lead us to speak of several
MT5- H- 11- Dayton» Secretary  important points that are in-
Rollin Grange N o. 383, sends us a  VO1Ved_ _
1iSt0f 38 full Y3“ Subscrilfiions-l The Republican. admits that our
Sec1'et31'Y a 30 tho“ and do likewise!  reading of the law was correct, but
W ‘states that the VISITOR was “de-

WOMANlS’W0RK' fcidedly wrong when it intimates

Miss l). J. Carpenter has secured‘ that $175,000 were 10 fined to one
the articles for the present issue in divi dua1_,, We did not intend
of the woman’s work department. to intimate that $175,000 wére
We hope there will oe a very free } lmmed one We did

_ , _ _ h ‘ individual.
d““?“SS‘°“ °f these ‘°P‘“S by t 8 lsay that one individual had, as the
ladies of the Grange.

V , Wllite thel.R€[lIll)l1'C(Lll itself says, become
ISITUR your Ideas‘ ipractically responsible for the

]whole amount.

A WOMAN'S VICTOR Y.
. The National Republican League

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Now, the point of law involved

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THE WORLD’S WHITE CITY.

It was a wonderful opening,
literally full of wonders. No one
mind can span the breadth of
meaning of that first of May. For
the day, the world pivoted at
Jackson Park. American and
Spanish, Japanese and Chinese,
Greek and German, Italian and
Indian, Eskimo and English, Mo-
hammedan and. Mexican, French,
Turk and Russian met on the
world’s fair ground. And fair,
indeed, was the spectacle, and
marvelous as it was fair, to eyes
that saw it for the first and were
unfitted to the immensity of
measurement and gala lavishness
of adornment that have been used.

It was holiday in the city.
Thousands of Chicago’s workmen,
who have carried to such rapid
success the prodigious plans of Fair
Commissioners, were among the
400,000 visitors at the opening and
mingled in that uiotly multitude
that so good-naturedly tramped
through the mire 0 unfinished
streets and Walks on that memor-
able _day. I stood. in the course of
the afternoon, at what seemed to

lcity, and endeavors to answer ourlW6 b€1i8VP- {Dream City” in
liquestions. Our A ?"'—‘j
[that time largely‘ one of 0
fquiry. We stated the law, sug-?
igested that it had been broken’

Ma.gu.zine for May, fora better‘
understanding of the architecturalj
features, and otherwise study thei
many fair numbers and articles of i
reliable periodicals. The daily‘
Inter Ocean for May 3, con-
tained a good map of the grounds
and every Wednesday publishes
a colored supplement devoted to

on his “credit" on the loan to I5.
and $1,000 on his “credit” on his
loan to C, and also $1,000 on the
mortgage. This would be double
taxation. _
In the effort to secure taxation
upon that portion of the “credits”
where the security is of record the
mortgage law was passed.

Would it not be wiser to take
steps to make the taxing of
“credits” effective and wipe out the

mortgage tax law entirely?
W. L. WEBBER.
Saginaw, May 8, 1893.

the fair, valuable to intendingz
visitors.

I am not writing to advertise the
fair-—the “ lvindy City " needs no
help in that line——but am con-
scientiously saying it is an educa-
tional privilege of a life time. The
well organized forces for the com-
fort, health and protection of
visitors and the general demand
that every form of extortion be put
down will, very soon. probably‘
leave small room for complaint
even to the chronic grumbler.
One can reach the grounds from
the city’s business centre for five
cents or for ten cents and avoid a
a crowd. Transportation is varied
and ample by boat, special trains,
elevated road. street cars or by
tally-ho. The latter if you aspire
to turn even Chicagoan’s heads.

A SHROPSHIRI-I TRIP.

EDITOR GRANGE VISITOR-—I
shall start about the first of June
for England for my ’93_importa-
tion of yearling Shropshires, and
shall hope to be home and have
them ready for distribution by the
first day of August. I have set
September 21 as the date for
holding my fourth annual auction
sale, this being the Thursday be-
fore the opening of the sheep
exhibit at Chicago. I shall hope
to have present at that time Mr. J.

Michigan friends who plan to
came should if possible include

Bowen- Iones, president of the Eng-
lish society, and some of the other

. . . - ' 2 IV "h ll
last week adopted resolutions fav- -‘,is thisland we beg to cor- me a focus point of the grounds :I‘1I;311]g9m§11ttStl13Y Wh1°l:lthe¥tCf§fi Ifigggdoggflllliljlslériggirgay MEFWS11 K
oring woman suffrage. Of course ‘ rect the Republican in its inter- and of the hour- It Was beslde the 3 9 ‘me 0 16 gmun S‘ M be glad to see our friendS_

this is not binding upon the party,
but it is extremely significant.
Women who believe in their right
of suffrage will be encouraged and
inspired by this action.

SO UVENIR COINS.

We have a few of the VVorld’s
Fair silver souvenir coins which we
will furnish while they last to any-
one who will send us a dollar. This
is the price they all sell for, and
they will soon be worth more than
that. These coins are genuine. VVe

have but a few left and those wish-: bulk of Stock in the Eureka Plow

ing to purchase should send at
once.

In ‘several counties in the State
bright agents are canvassing for

histories of the county and asking l rowing as a firm. with the same

farmers to pay from ten to one
hundred dollars for a “write up,”
a photograph or both. And some
farmers are doing it, in many cases

pretation of the law “that the lia-
lbilities of a company or firm in-
clude the liabilities of the several
‘members thereof." If Mr. A
1belong to the firm of A and B, and
l the firm have loaned from‘-a.lEk
lto the legal amount, A as an in-
A dividual can not loan. further from
Efhc smne bank. But it is held by
jS0l]Je and we understand is so
lruled by the Commissioner, that
‘ethis phase of the law does not
!apply to corporations.
;words this same A may hold the

———————— jhave borrowed their legal amount
TRADING DOLLARS FOR FAME-lfroni a bank, but that would not

‘prohibit A from borrowing as an
5 individual, nor A and B from bor-

[limitations as noted before. The
 Republz'c(m’s explanation is, there-
l fore incorrect.

And here a word more as to the

In other

‘ Co.———a corporation—and they may

arm of the lagoon from one end of
which rises the gilded statue
of Republic, backed by the white
columns of the peristyle and
the blue of the lake beyond;
at the other end the Mc-
Monnie’s fountain poured its rip-
pling flood into the basin, while
across it skimmed the gay gon-
dolas of blue and silver, scarlet and
gold, mahogany and white, the
electric launches and canoes, none
seeming scarcely‘ less of life than
the flocks of gray and white gulls
and ducks that added their grace-
ful, sweeping ciirves to the scene.
The sight itself once seen, will not
be forgotten. Following up from
the water by degrees of statue

white columns, the sculptured
cornices and dr. gas of the build-
ings.
the basin below fancy himself in
him. Well may we Americans,
the picture books we’ve dreamed
over, have turned to life and we

studded Wall, plats of lawn and
broad walks, on every side rise the

Well might the gondolier in
storied Venice for all he sees before

innocent of travel, forget but that

save time and patience and, so far, '
the restaurant charges are said to

be exorbitant: but the newspapers

are on the war path and it may not

last. The \Volvei'ines’ home is a

delightful place to lunch and rest

in. It is by no means the most

pretentious or fantastic of the State

buildings in outer appearance or

inner furnishings, but it is home- 5
like and spacious and the open

wood grates have been patronized

and complimented by visitors from

other states. The free seat, check

and toilet rooms are luxuries unaii-

nounced by those who have decid-

ed the fair is a wholesale extor-

tionist.

Those who dread the South Side
noise and crowds will soon be able
to reach the grounds from the
North Side quickly and pleasantly
by boat, or, now. in three-quarters
of an hour by rail. This leaves all
the day for sight seeing the ordin-
ary flesh can endure.

The general feeling here is that
railroad rates to the city will be
greatly reduced before the fair
closes. All the fair is open for

Parties wishing to place orders
for sheep before I start for Eng-
land should do so at once as the
time is short.

Yours truly,
GEO. E. BREH-;.

 

Kl'lN'l‘.

A special meeting of Kent Po-
mona Grange, No. 18, was held at
Cannonsburg, April 26. The fore-
noon session was occupied with
the regular business of the order.

The day was cold and windy but
about forty heartily enjoyed the
afternoon session which was open
to the public. The \\'orthy Lect-
urer being absent Sister S. E.
Mofiit filled that office and the
following program was carried out:

Song by the choir

Discussion, “Our common school
system,” opened by B/ro. Thomas.
of Cannonsburg, who thought the
common school system of Michigan
as near perfect as that of any of
the U. S., he favored the present
free system. a ten months term of
school and a uniformity of tern

_ . ‘ '.-fift:t.N=' .'t'h’
Where they can 110t all-30rd 1l- VVE‘ f effect of this interpretation regard- ifiglrlgels ffmtjile olti1l1e‘V'0r¥l‘r1Ch]tectma1 E slrlnfcllgls Charl:'l:1~i1§l1:te\a;aI.;5: books throughout the state, believ-
Wonder if the same men who ai'e3in;_;- corporations. In the first But fisteng Then. ‘comes a shows" at St.-ate and county fairs ing it would reduce the price of
gulled i11t0 This b11SiI1eSS €V91'3,place there is a question in the deafening, swelling hurrah sweep- d"~ Same‘ Others favored the present"

“kick" on high taxes, wonder if
they want good roads or better
schools and are willing to help pay
for them. ,

 

SILVER AND IVHEAT.
We have in this issue an article
from Judge J. G. Ramsdell of
Traverse City, on this subject. It

is written in answer to an article,

published some time since, in the
Grange Bulletin, from the pen of
Mortimer Whiteliead. Judge
Ramsdell has been circuit judge in
his district many years, is chairman
of the executive committee of the
Michigan State Grange, and is
known as an acute thinker on
economic topics. This article re-
presents the position of the Grange
of Michigan on the silver question.

URGENT HELP NEEDED.
Patrons, the prospects are that
the bill creating a dairy and food
commissioner will not pass
this session unless its friends

want this bill to pass. Will you

your representative that you want

lminds of some as to the propriety
lof such interpretation. In the
 second place if the ruling is correct
‘it uncovers a weakness in the law.
. Law is for protection against wrong
idoing and injustice. But under
ithis law, as interpreted, could not
lone man or set of men by forming
lcorporafions instead of _fi'I"Il’LS and

.
trespassing on the l{lY‘.(l1l€SS or

4
carelessness of directors deliber-
lately and legally \_ Z’) ruin a bank?
‘Jndeed there might easily be a
lconspiracy for the deliberate rob-
lbing of depositors. Is not the
;Wll0l6 spirit of the law nullified
lby such a reading? A man need
jnot loan the money and yet he
jbecomes responsible for the debt,
las in the case at issue. Cannot
 the law be of more protection here
itllilll it is under this understand-
. ing of it?

But the Republican intimates

:that there has been no violation of
Ethe law. Again referring to the
are very alert. We, as Patrons, gstatement published
ltroit Tribzme April 28, we find
not sit down at once and writelthat of the $175,000 of the so calledlb11N70I1-
;Barnes paper, $100,000 approxi-
him to vote for this bill? This is} mately is against 0. M. and 0. F.‘

in the De-

ing along, a very billow of sound,
up from before the administration
building, beating against the broad
sides of the huge manufacturers
building and back across the
lagoon it wells 11p among the
stately arches of agrii-ultural hall.
After all and best of all we are not
transported: it is an American
sky and an American flag over all.

But this letter is not to detail
the incidents of the formal open-

time.
conclusions reached at the close of
the first week of the fair.

to come, that those who expect to
visit the exposition but once will
be dissapointed if they make that
one visit in May. For, although
there are enough exhibits now in
position to profitably spend a life
time upon, still only a fraction of
them all are complete and while
enough buildings are open to tire
a professional pedestrian in a tour
of them, many others yet wear the
‘f no admittance” badge across
their doorways. Besides, though
the chief magistrate pressed the
electrical button‘ on May first, the
grounds still await dame natui-e’s
touch upon an even more magical
Lawns, water fonts,
iwooded islands, potted plants and
choice shrubs need a few weeks of
,sunshine to bring the grounds out

important, and it is necessary that; Barnes. Here then is one viola-‘.111 happiest ,.e1_ief_

you be prompt if you get what you  tion if they are a firm, if not,‘ _
I there is one violation to the amount  P1'09P‘30t1Ve Visitor can Obtam '

want.

Again, there seems little pros- lof at least $30,000, or two, avemg.
‘jing $15,000 each.
If E against the Lansing Lllmbe/1‘ C0- l done to transform a low lake shore:

pect of the “California clause”
being inserted in the tax bill.

Also paper

Every item‘ of information the

eregarding the fair is essential in

. iforming any sort of an idea of the

enormity of the work that has been

It is,
plain, to begin with the best time

Finally, you may not be a dress
reformist but you will surely wish
fora curtailed skirt while in (‘hi-
cago. One day’s dose of such yel-
low slush as we had opening (lay
would cure the most obstinate case,
I opinc. To offset this, let the
feminine soul dwell on the thought
of the World‘s Fair without tobac-
co smoke! The delight of it!

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ing. That the papers fully did at the ,1
Rather, it is to give a few :

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Faults may be fouu(l but there is
much to be praised.
.Tia:xNiE BUELL.
(,'Iu'('rzgo, May 10, lR.‘).'>’.

 

.Vl0ll'I‘(n‘wA(1‘rl‘I TA X A’l‘l0N.

To run El)1'l‘()R Is there not a
fallacy at the bottom of this whole
theory of mortgage taxation?

Does the holder of the mortgage
liaw any ownership in the land‘?

this he any power of control
ovcr it?

To illustrate: A makes two loans
of $1,000 each; the first loan is
made to B, who gives his note, to
pay $1,000 in one year with inter-
est. To secure this he procures
his friend X to sign his note with
him as surety, and this security is
satisfactory to A.

The second loan is made to C,
who prefers to give a mortgage
upon his land to secure the pay-
ment of $1,000 in one year, with
interest. When the notes fall due
they are both paid.

\Vhat interest has A then in the
land of C, on which he held a
mortgage‘?

Why then should A pay taxes on
the $1,000 loaned to C, any more
than he should pay taxes on the
$1,000 loaned to B?

free system, and still others were
strongly in favor of the township
system, citing the approval of it in
northern Indiana as an example.

Recitation, by Cornelia Moflit.

Discussion on "'VVoman’s Oppor-
tunities in the Grange," was opened
by Mrs. Moffit.

Recitations, by Mertie Preston
and Mesdames E. Keech, Rolf and
F. Howard.

Discussion, “The farmer's Duty
to his organization," was opened
by Bro. S. C. Peterson and J. W.
Hartwell, who thought it was his
duty to attend the meetings; work
for it; take the paper which is
published especially in the inter-
ests of his order, as the Patrons of
husbandry to take the GRANGE
VISITUH, and let him do telling
work as well as discussion on legis-
lative topics.

Song by the choir.

Recitation by Mrs. Moflit.

The VV. 0. suggested that each I

Grange devote one meeting to
allowing each member to work
their way out and in the Grange.
The next regular meeting will
be held in the court house at
Grund_Rapids, June 28.
SECRETARY.

A WONDERFUL PAPER.
The VVorld’s Fair number of T/Iv 2'0/rift’:
Companion just received, is in evcrv way a
magnificent issue, a worthy contribution to

the Columbizin year and the greatest Fair .0

the world has ever seen. It gives a full
description of the different departments of
the li air, also important directions showing
how to see the Fair and what to see each
day. its illustrations are superb, no less
than thirteen full pages devoted to photo-
graphic views of those unequalled buildings
which make up the “ VVhite Citv.“

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VV.hat reason can be assigned
iwhy a mortgage upon real estate,
held merely as security for a per-
sonal debt, should pay taxes, which
does not apply equally to a mort-
gage upon personal estate, given
as securityfor the payment of a
debt?

Single numbers may be dbtained by
sending ten cents to T/ze I‘out/1'5 C01/11)a;j_

3'00 Want that t0 be (10118 Write at [of $44,000, another violation of.int0 the present pretentious city. _
l ‘ ion, Boston, Mass., or of any ne\\‘sdea1ér_

once ' to your member or to Hon. ; $9,000_ Vvhat will the R,-,p,,1,1,'c,,,,,  A visitto it means months in days,
A_ E,Wi1dey, House of Rep,-eSent_;'Bay to these two and possiblytyears in weeks, the whole world

- - , . . . . _. seen in miniature, its people of all
&lW98a L9J151Dg- ,three distinct violations.’ If the dimes met and Studied in one

If you have any influence, if you  Repulilicau can show mitigating 19,nd_ A trip to Chicago this sum.
believe in these measures, act! {facts we shall be glad to listen. mer to a boy or girl who will take

As William bent over her fair face he
},.hII:spered;' M Darling. if I should ask you _
in rench if I 'rmght kiss you, what would ‘
you answer? She summoning her

scanty knowled e f F - .
“ Billet d0ux‘!”_gT'_d0B'_ts- rench, replied.

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MAY 15, 1893.

The. Lecture Field.

Lecturers of Poiimiizi and Subordinate (irangcs
will confer ii f‘.l\‘(\l‘, by sending their l’. 0, ad.
dresses to me, that I may be able to so-lul 1.. than
direct when desired.

committee on woman’s work that I
should offer a few suggestions and
a program to serve as a guide for
the celebration of Flora’s Day in
the Grange, the following is re-
spectfully submitted:

\Vho does not rejoice to see the
new year’s first blade of grass?
And, who so selfish or unfeelinv,
that he does not exclaim with joy.
“this is the first flower of the
season?” From time beyond the
record all people have adored the
flower realm. Savage, civilized,
male or female, all respect Flora.

 

 

FHE GRANGE VISITOR.

the \Vorld’s Fair. The cards should
be of uniform size, 18 inches high
and 22 inches in length, and the
pictures may be as large as the art-
ist can take on the card and leave a

cannot be takeii in one view, they
may be on separate cards. Will
those having good buildings kindly
donate photographs of their prem-

lises for such an exhibit? I can use

them if sent any time within a
month.

I hope to secure enough to make
a creditable exhibit and show to the
World, in miniature, samples of
our beautiful Michigan rural homes
and well arranged, capacious and
imposing live stock and breeding
establishments. I have received a
good collection of fine views and

horses is increasing every year
while that on other stock is station-
ery.

Sister Bowdich.——“Farmers have
the power and should suppress it.”

serious question what the end will
be. It is running out our service-
able horses, while all our other
stock has been wonderfully im-
proved. It is cruel and dangerous
and tends to moral and financial
ruin.”

Bro. Phillips.—“Fast horses are
a good thing. VVe can get there‘
now sooner than we used to and if
bred larger would be all right.”

Sister Phillips.——“I like fast
horses, but am opposed to racing.” .

Bro. Raney.—“If the race wasl
excluded from our fair, the attend- l

ment of debt-paying money-—they were not
a legal tender. The people insisted upon hav-
ing more money and better money. Fore-
most among these was the Michigan State
Grange. By a unanimous vote that Grange
memorialized congress to purchase the en-

cial value and issuing in payment therefor
legal tender treasury notes; thus adding
fifty odd millions annnally to our legal
tender circulation. How does Mr. White-
head propose to increase the circulation of

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5

can Mr. “Whitehead or any one else tell me
why the people of the United States, who

now buy the entire output of our mines at .

85 cents an ounce in treasury notes, should
obligate themselves by law to take the same
output at $1.29 an ounce in treasury notes.

V r”“7”"”’ ”'i”" A- " """~"“" “‘- suitable margin. The name of the Bro. Raney.-—“To the People it ti”: °“‘l’.“‘(‘,"f °‘” g.°ldh““d 5ll"e'd‘“l“f5 am‘ thus d°"at9 to the Sill“ mining C0’-
“"“““‘ “N” '*’—‘—"r  '  —- . ' , ' ° ' ' “° “e‘l“"’e 0" “Se 1“ t C 21115. an ma '6 porations 44 cents for everv ounce of silver

1.‘L0RA9s DA‘'_ 0}? nelrl 1t)0WIllSl“ll.)s Collntlziaudd Stilllles 15 attlllactlvevdbut 13 Iilelflnnlentacli ljo these metals the basis for a legal tender they may mine; not only that, but obligate

, __ S ‘on ( 6 p fl1I1‘y pltlllte ull er _ 8 ourse V28 8.11 0111' C 1 ren, an 13 paper currency to be issued in payinent. themselves by law to take all the silver of

To the Committee on Woman's ll'orl.- in. me plcturev together wlth Such speclfll 3' curse‘ C.>ong:reSS m the passage of tile Sherman the World tlllll ma)’ b6 Offered, and which

g,-m,,ge_- business melltion as may be desired.  Kirby._~K£It has a strong silvei ltaw sfubstaillliallyl complciied with that can now be bought for 85 cents an ounce,

In accordance with the re uest . . 1 r rcques so _ar as e si ver pro uct extends, and pay $1.29 cents an ounce for it- would

‘M of the chairman of the nmiilonal  the resldellftle atljng  llold 073_ the pe(‘i’p_te find glhfl crime by purchasing the entire yieldlof the silver any body but a~lunatic think of doiiig such
‘ 111 ings are S0 S1 .ua E‘ 8. ey 18 growing, an 1 8.8 8001116 8. mines of the lrnited States at its coinmer- a thing in private business? \Vould Mr.

VVhitehead give his note for $129 for a horse
that was offered to him bv the owner for
$85 on the same terms? llf not, and he is
honest, why does he in the name of the
Grange ask the people to do business on

silver by free coinage when its entire value 1 such a crazy plan.

is put in circulation now? There is but

The value of gold and silver as a medium

009 “'<”l_V: 1100 that is by paying out for it lof exchange depends each as much upon
more than the market price. Instead of  the world’s supply and the \vorld’.~ demand
paying 85 cents an ounce, the market price, ' as does the exchangeable value of any
he would have the government pay 129 other world wide transportable product;

cents an ounce, the coinage value.
ncccssmjr for the government
twenty-tive millions more than the coin-
mercial value of the silver product, ::'/2;,
donate it to the silver owners? I
[T HELPS yiixr; ow_\'i:Rs.

1:l(_l ale rich alicady—poor men are not

If it is ‘ and for one country to undertake by law
to issue to force a higher value upon either than

the law of demand and supply give them,
is to throw the whole burden of maintain-
_ ing this artificial value upon the people of
‘that country, at least to the extent of its
commercial relations \\'ith the rest of the
world. This to me seems so self evident

x;m w» -cu...“ .- - -

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AS one of the famed godesses, want about fifty more to complete ance would not be near so great'.mi.“e°“’,‘,“3"“ w°.“l‘.““‘°‘b° l’e‘l°”° PM
Flora llfitl l19FI1111l'0lPll9(l3<l111lI'€1‘S; the exhibit. Send by express to nor our receipts so large, but in  ;‘{,‘;;‘“',§:’,§"’§;i,j:“§§;",?”‘°““,,“'“,§°‘3

and to this day We respect and l0V6 Michigan Department Agricultural the end would be no detriment to benefit the ii-hole lpedlple flVi'Cl)ir(1)seanci‘edtitLi:
0 the 0119 Who loves the floral garden. Building, \VQ'1-]d's Fair Chicago agriculture or the fail-_” thus used? .\Ir. VVhitehead assumes also “"1” Mr" lvhlteheadl“ tl“3‘“¢- T003.“ 5”‘

It is one of the noble missions of J. J. WOODMAN, Sister N0kes.~—“Resolt'ed, That   i".°f“°"“"‘; “lb °i'°.“l“ti°" ‘."°.“ld e:,'.l(l)lrl,E,h,i3 ,“§f,i;‘,2{ 
the order of Patrons of Husbandry Szqft. of llfich. Agri. Ezrhibif. it is the sentiment of this Grange sane, ;,",§2,“,‘.,.f’,. llvlf-iltl 1" lthe. Lmlted tenth of wheat. It Mr. \Vhitehead’s law
to stimulate a love for the floral ' l ‘ ' ‘elem allarenat

_ _ _ _ that horse racing is a great evil the price of wheat likej that ofeverv other C°“ld take effect today. gm 0unC'~fi0f Sill“
World. It IS 8 World Wltlllll itself. HILLSDALE POMONA. and should be discountenanced in product depends upon the ratio of ‘supply 0‘. the llieasllry “om recewed for ‘ti would
“To develop a higher and better

__--..7 . . .- - v < 2 ' - < VVho would
_ _ , _ l and not rmltted at our to demand, and that, uitli all world wide bl‘) ab“-hd and “me tenth“

- H(’ld 1iS May meeting at the (:1tV genera .. P6 l tmns t bl - ~ ' — . . be benefited the owner of the wheat or the

79 , ,3 _ , . ,, . - pora c pioducts like wheat and cot-
manhood B.1E1(l1W(?'JI18nl1(:0(ldl:10u9 In the G. A_ R. hall. county and state fan-s_
great aim o tie range an iere

RBPONZS ton it is the ratio of the ‘\’0r1d,Q Qupply to owner of the silver.‘ Even a VVhitehead
‘ . . . ‘ Carried unanimously. the world's demand that ii - 0 th 3' > ouulit to be able to guess that conundrum.
is no more successful and "hmlm' hem builbouflnate grilmbles proiie VV. KIRBY. lithe Supply is shortened this pl‘l:epi‘isC:s ‘Vlllch “'°“ld Salnbby SW“ 3 l‘‘“’’ 3”“
in Way of doing this than by an tO0 g0O . n _the W 1'0 9 8.11.3 - and if increased the P,-lce falls. ll ls ll“: farmer whose bushel is )’¢’(II(1‘e(/ one-third
. g 11. l f th f _ Vance co-operative buying revived SILVER AND “»HE\T stomach that makes the demand for bread. in ll‘ l’°“lCr to buy 51lV€l‘ Or the iiiining
bnte lgllnt Stmy (d illilnmil’ in some and the reading course ‘ ' Does Mr. Whitehead propose bv dointinw °0"P°"flll0I1 Whose ounce of silver IS ur-
eaut ra rrance an iiseo ‘ ora s _ . ‘ "  , , n -5 -. . - ‘ . =;  _ .1 -.tl ~-d- y_.- no .. 0“-er;
,- y’ E‘. l - _ taken up in others. To Tm-: EDITOR Ob‘ THE (rR.\xoi~; \ is— H.‘ enme$25f000'O0O_n.dear to the mmb. (l’t(l(.Sl¢:‘:(2lS(\)"n€)LIlOll1(l-Vll1ff)lS€€pllfI\V:l10:: iiiterest
ls (l bll es to on 1 d . owners to incie .~ tl
mg 0111. 6 COD] y » “Y _tl L t _ S t _ V k ITOR I have been re‘ uegted to I__ l a e IL size or the numbei -, a _ _
- _ ' . t .l 01 1)’ 90 luer 15 el 1 0 es _ l ‘ “py of stomachs and thus Cl‘e'1t¢-3 -1 ll . Mr. Vvliiteliead is working, and that the
fl'lllt'gl0W9l'y Wlth ‘l pret y P939 L . ' ' throu h the columns of the Visirok to an . ‘ ‘ ungr.‘ . -. . - . m .
- , was Opp01I1te(l 8. committee t0 , g , _ , _ . demand for more bread.‘ Does he ev cct ‘Mlle of hi” “awe” to them l" guatly en'
orange, cherry, apricot, apple 01 . _ _ l k _ . article published In the (.;-any bu/[mu b, th._ d _ g - -P _ lmlced l,,. mine the wood name of the
- set me (1 spea 81 and miislc for our Q t~ 0 mmedllsl , l d “,h t,, y is oiiation to shorten the crops f :_ ; s a _
pear l)l0SSOIi1.  you 8.11? it (l&1I‘y— ~0me ‘me 33 e 1 ‘C’ an ea - ll ,,,uSt do Grange. l‘indmg fault and ranting about the
man or a maid there are the lolly
“J olinny-j ump-up,” the buttei-cup,_

that argument I_decm unnecessary.

SILVER AND \VllEA'I‘

 

 

' ' ' . _ _ . , . and thus lessen the su 1'?
union meeting in August next. ‘In’ that article Ml. i\Iorm_ne_r \V hitehcad, one or the other or it l’Cpa;‘m0t raise the demO,,e,lzl,,g of Silver bl. this and other
AFTERNOON‘ 3 Worthy Lecturer of the :\.an°m‘1 bmngc’ price. The idea that increasing the circu- Coulmilesls“tl“"e‘l‘l“§ 010 Sllaw-H Ve"."f0“"

llllllfi given to worthy lecturer. lassullle” to “peak f0‘ and In the name of lation in the [fnitcd States will increase the dsfcml that “filo” "°“'v “ml “early all re‘

the Wild rose, the dainty daisy and Sister Alice PeaS__RecitatiOn,  the edrltil;et]Gr5liige oridtllelbnitteccii St'.’.lt€1~‘.lLl:‘l price of bread or any other necessaw am‘ g,.el that bgll, Sllvel. “ml. gold are‘ ‘not
the hundred and one other charm- d ~, “fa” l_nz: 19 ref’ 3 _‘ ” ‘ml 0 _C0l"3gC 0 Clo of food is the Verlest ,,O,,‘.eme ' equally credited, at the ratio then existing,
30" - silver in the ratio of sixteen of silver to one ‘ ’ ‘ 215 money by all natlOm_ M,._ Vvllllellead

ers for your love and reflection. If -
\ you are a gardener, flower or vege-
table, surely you liave a small share
of your heaven here on earth. For
who can mingle constantly with
the flower world and not be refined
and purified? Who can commune
with fuschias, lilies, forget-me-
2 note, Chrysanthemums, geraniunis,
carnations, pansies and the queen
of the flowers, the rose, and not be
inspired with a love for Flora?
But a love for flowers is innate.

Sister Bush 7 A paper’ good’ lof gold‘ l THE LAW OF PRICE‘ confounds the debtors and creditors of 1873

Sent to the VISITOR. V  Blr.‘ \Vliitel‘_1ef1d ll-"ts :1 perfect right I“ 1376 the Clliclllalloll ‘P9? Cilllllll “'51-*‘ with the debtors and creditors of 1893, and
QUESTION Box. ,to his mdivldual opinion upon this and all  and the lowest price of wheat in would punish the innocent creditor of ’9.3
 h t b fit fi ..   other questions, and to express them‘\vlien- I IL-ilgo that year was $1.01 and the high- to avenge the “.,.Onge(l (lebtor of W73, if ms
W 8., e_ne l1aIl(_.1a y W1 ever and wherever ll€'C3.ll get a hearing, no est pi;lce $i.7()}»s-_ loday the circulation is {me Qgllulgg business would work as great
the world S fall‘ be to farmers? fair minded person \Vlll' deny. But when‘ _0V0I‘-‘3s_2-1 p€l_‘ Cilpltfl and the P1‘lC€ Of \Vl‘t€i1t an intlation of the currency as he claims to
“*_ Kl1.by.#c.It wlll be 8 benefit l1ettlZl.l(t3GS advantageaof his exaltted p0Sll‘tlO.n lllllglleltilgphis but  gerlts. l_IereI is a case believe,
- _ ' in ie range an assumes o Speil ' in ’ l ' one- iir ess circu ation per , l _ ._ , V, _
"1 many Ways’ the ,Same as om‘ the name and by the autliority of the Caplta wheat was more than double the-: _ MR‘ “”_ITE”h‘\Db_'“LLL"' I
county and Slate _f3-Us only 011 3 Grange, he assumes aprerogative that does price. If Mi‘. \Vhitchcad will study tliel _H““'mg CO.n,L1L.1\ded “'.n~l haréli-lmentl .
Vastly more extended sCale_ It not belong to that hlgh ofhce, markets, or some good work on political 3 “ll “PW “0ll§¢_1-llr‘.t hitpfea tslilmllftbrl
will dill-use 8 general knowledge ,,Osn.lOX 0,, THE GRl\NUE_ economy, he \\,.,ll find that Supply and de_ l\Ii. VV hitehea 1 us rates is ar ic e W1
of agriculture, stimulate a more

7 l _ lmmd awn} Clem. - ll, _. an amusing comparison- and he seems to

. _Mr. \V hiteliead knows that a large min- Value of allc Comrlllgclllllges ,,e,0:;§h:,nCé’l,,e,?l:lle be so pleased with it thait he inserts it in
extenslve trade, Increase lmm1_ ority of the Grange are opposed to tlie_frec If the Supply lt shortenezl the lfrlce rlses ln' many paragraphs, always in parentheses,
and unlimited coinage of silver, especially explaining that horses mean gold and

gl-afion which will increase the that kind of freecoilygtwhich Mr. W1‘,te_ adefinite ratio unless the demand is also

. ' f,.-t son’s . . . . .. ,, _  11- . ~h d-
’ ‘ It -18 a part of the per W per pnce Qt real estate and f0re1gn' head advocates viz : the rightof anvowner thin-tened'. If the Supply. 15 mcleased the muleimelm “fill ’ be'mmp1n:‘§'t 6 8 C
a daily make up. No words can add _ _.H b . .th th d , t f _1, _ b u_ » - f _ _1 . _ l)r1cefa[1sm the some ,.at,,, unless the de_ inonetization 0 >1 V8!‘ ycongress in I 73,

81S W1 I‘1I1g W1 em an 111 ro- 0 S1 \ei u ion or oreign si ver coin to mand increases’ and that without any re_ wlth a farmer who’ havmg all the work

to the love you have filrlthf foseé duce their more careful and pains— d.eP.°Sit ‘hf’ ”"'"‘° at any 5.“b”e“S“’-V °f the gard to the relation which gold and silver thatall his te‘““°' l’°‘h °f h°’5"5 ‘md “‘“‘lf5
N0 paragraph can te 1 S 8. e O takin modes of a riculture which Lnited States, and receive therefor one bear to each other The relation f Id could possibly do, Should dispose of hm
1k 1; th . b d_ . .g g . dollar and twentv-nine cents in lecal tender - , _ ‘ 0. go ’ - h _,~ _,- to do 311 the
love so wel nown o e oys an mu m ease our roductlon ,. . o and 5,1, g, to each other may ,lete,.,,,,,,e,l,e mules and leave the or e _
oil-]g——yes old boys and girls 1100"’ crx - “P 8. trea.Sur-y not.” for eVe.r~V. Ounce of Such relative quantitv of each which a bushel of “.°rk- He assumes by the “Se Of thls Com”
:0 well as ’the rose itself It would -Bro’ btm1t'—dThe brotller tlliai  sthattlie \Iicli wheat will bull)“: it Cannot determine the parison that {he lame condltllont(iii'thmlcls
.' qven ur a goo excuse or a _ -‘ ‘ 3 _ ' . * , ‘ , h ‘bl ' -,1 . . . continues. How ct us see a ou is mu e
. then seem proper and Illgllli that an great llubmbug It is 8‘ good place igan State Grange has in four successive  e "1 He of “heat fol Othel business. Uncle Sam at that time had but
~, . order and a membership that come

f _ t G t t  f _ sessions, recorded its unanimous verdict T l H V l ’ V V6,-yfew mules onhi, farm lspooloools
in such ClOS8 COI1l.&Cl3 Wllill l'lOW€I'S or 115 U D0 0 ge 1'“ 0 our agamst free Eolnageln an)’ formv 0‘ elthel" “E (’IRLU“\Tl0‘\ 01' MUSE" all the silver dollars that had ever been

- _ money and get the cholera. If we gold or silver; holding that if the process The idea that the free and Unlimited €X- coined in the mint up to 1873). Mules had
Should Set apart  day in‘ each go and Stay long enough to get any of coinage and the government stamp gives Charqige of silver bullion fol‘. tre_asur_v notes become very unfashionable among his
year to the studyo O1‘&S 6380118. benefit our Children will go bare_ the metal any additional yalue the people at 1-9 pents per ounce will increase the neighbor farmers, and so Uncle Sam
There is no occasion S0 solemn 01‘ f ' t I . d btf 1 .f whose labor and credit give it the added circulation of money in this country. is as thought he would rather let what few he
so joyous that Florars Offerings are boo ~fi '51 lts 11 (E1 u_ 111 ”We are value are entitledllp the benefit. lhat the fgllaclous afs lh: 10661 that ll \V0l1ld increase had run wild than be out of fashion. But

‘ - - ene let 3 8. nancia y. government shoii own the raw materia t epriceo w eat. he Soon ,.awtl,e folly of letting them run
I10l? WelC0me- Thele 13 no day ln Brothel. EvinS_#uTlle gOVel.n_ from which its legaltender money is made, It is estimated by the United States wild, He needed more help and mules
f the year when and no household in

- and having assumed to prescribe the kind Treasury department that there is now were ettina plenty and dog cheap, So in
all all this fair land Where flowers ment has been trylng to stop of money with which the judgments and about $600,000,000 in gold in the United '73 hegbegali buying-—bought more in six
are not welcome.

iD1II1igr8»l10I1 and 1f many more decrees of its courts shall be satisfied and States. \Vhile this gold is not to any great months than he had ever owned before in
The committee on womna’s work

come and increase 0111‘ production, to monopolize its issue it is bound to furn- extent in actual circulation, it is used as a11hislife._and ordered his foreman Chester
_ 1 _ We will probably get 40 cents for ish sufficient of such money to the people bank and treasury reserves in place of legal  A_ Arthur to send them out on the farm to
of the National Grange lave Wheat instead of 60 “ye raise tosatisfy thedemands which its fiat creates, tender paper money now in circulation, work, Arthur did so, but word soon came
thought it for the good of the h ' 11 He also knows that the otficers of_ the Na- and which would have to be withdrawn back that the mules were ball-:y and would

d r to re nest each Subordinate  now t 01} We 03-11 Be _« tional Grange are about equally divided on when gold became too valuable in interna- not work. Arthur advised Uncle Sam to

or e . q U . d St t - 5151281‘ Pl1lll1pS.- It Will be a the subject, yet he assumesto speak for the tional exchange to be used as bank reserves. stop buying; but he said you must make

\, grunge In the Illte > ailesl 1'1-1 terrible time and 3 terrible place, entire Order. ‘ v _ As the conditions are now under the Sher- them w'or],; and kept right on. buying, pf,-.
V1eW Of the fact that 8. ove instructive but not beneficial l,-man_ It is true that at asesslon of the National man silver law, the entire product of our thur failed and Uncle Sam discharged hiin

flowers to set aside the regular .- ll 7, " Grange held in Lalifornia some years ago, silver mines is put in circulation at its ex— and hired Grover Cleveland, who had

1:. ’ i June 1893 as ;:FlOraaS C13  _ l and before this question had been thorough- changeable value, in the form of treasury gained something ofa reputation asaleader

"166  H ’ Id ’ _ d VV1ll the paying out of 0111' $100, ly discussed by the press, the congress and notes. These treasury notes being based of mules up in New York. Grover took

Day.‘ They won rlecommen 000,000 reserve damage our g0Vem_ the_pe_oplc, the Grange passed by a sinall on the exchangeable value of silver are at the reins, mounted the supply wagon and

that It be made 3 Pubhc Illeetlng ment credit‘; lnalority of it: voting melnbersda resolution par wlljh gold, and so long as they are kept cracked the whip; not a mule stirred; not

K ' f Oon or evenln r as _ ' V . avoring the rec an unlimite coinage of so, go will continue to be held as a re- one in ten winked an ear. Grover ordered
(U1 the ihtenécret business §’f)the B10. Edwards.~-“I haie $8?“ ll? silver. How much the right royal recep- serve fund in the banks instead of legal Daniel Manning to punch them with a

S0011 as 8  , . . h d  t reported that when the adlIl1SlSl’.I‘8.- tion tendered to the Grange by the bonanza tender notes; thus leaving such notes to good and make them go—then the kicking

regular meeting 15 llnls ‘3 - 3' tion leaves Vvashington the finan_ mine owners of Callfornia and Nevada, continue in circulation. But as soon as an commenced, and Dan got mad, wrote 3.

F1013 Of each Grange Should have 085 are all right but when they and_the general environment during the ounce_of silver which is now worth but 85 long report to his Uncle Samuel, telling

charge of the meeting and lllatfi return there is trouble again.” ?;Z$i‘§.?,’.'2f.§'.§§ d°B.‘.l‘ii‘o‘l.'..‘Zl‘uve‘i‘°wf.‘2’2h‘é?‘.’. Ziiifaltlitié §’."{l.Z'5?.?f$3’siL‘i2?f..§2’3‘3§ {‘.i2‘...“1.‘§§,l?.‘Z §§“'§Ld°2d5§Z’§§ iifldtomllfi

Program sultable arraxlged S dom Bro. PhillipS.~—“LO0l( out for had any effect or not Mr. Whitehead has for 129 cents in such treasury notes, then every miile he had on the farm and

be prepared. As a guide an not politicgu no more right to quote that vote as an ex- gold will raise to a premium equal to the quit buying, But U. S. was obstinate and

I to be followed when any better W Kirby __;,In Order to be Well pression of the present opinion of the difference between the purchasing power of mules were cheap and plenty, so he kept
ro ram can be prepared 0!‘, when - ' ' .1 d b h Grange, thanl would have to quote the 23.22 grains of gold, the amount contained buying until the government stables were

P g d. . t ’fav0I_able 11_lf0l'll1e(l We W1 lhave to 1'93 _ Ot sermons of Jonathan Edwards. on infant in a coined gold dollar, and 371% grains of full and more stables had to be built, and

10031 con ltlolls are Iio _ sides. lt beats all what a plle of damnation as the present opinion of the silver, the amount contained in a coined all the time the farm was running behind

the following is SubIIl1tt6(l- ‘ silver dollar, which is now 44 cents. With for want of cultivation. Then an idea

1, So g~“America.” I V
2. R.eIziding~A poem lb)’ H-_W- L908-
fellow, America’s own poeti subject.

ing for an Exhibit of Photographs
of some of our Michigan farm resi-
dences and live stock buildings for

when they talk about each other.
It ought not to injure our credit,

prominent a feature of our fair is
due to the indifference of good

people. The premium on fast

truth the old party papers do tell °"h°d°X °l““Cl‘-

I, therefore, as an individual member of
the Grange, most earnestly protest against
the use of the good name of the Order for

silver dollars were retained in the treasury
as the money of ultimate redemption. But

could no longer afford to hold it as a re-

A RIDICULOL/'S:PROPOSAL.

these certificates lacked the essential ele-

such a premium on gold, or in fact with a
small fraction of it, the national banks

In the light of these inevitable results,

struck the old gentleman and he said, “ by
gosh, I’ll just chattel mortgage every dum’d
mule on the place for traction engines

The farmer should take as much care of
the manure heap as he would of his cattle.
—W'. B. Page.

" “Flowers.” the overnment ou lit not to be the sole benefit of the silver owners and deinption fund for their notes, nor could a er mom: and set them to work and
g . . (P P Y 7
3- PT0D3l'll38 3 b0‘-lqlwly 93-Cl‘ 0110 obliged to draw on its reserve’ producers, and against the best interests of the state banks or private banks afford to See what they will do." Then the dirt be-
atin to ave a s o verse » - - e armer, e a orer, an epoor. 0 go asareserve un to meet e os- antofl and usmess e an to um on
d°“ - 3’ h h rt“ about there are millions of old locked th f th lb dth i‘ 1d 1d f d d P 8 Y. b l l3 3 l‘
the flower, or grass or leaf given. ‘_ V g d MR_ Wm.l.EHEADvS ARGUMEN-l.S_ itors‘ checks in an emergency, and conse- the farm. Those engines worked so much
4. An Oflglllal 0553)’ not t° °x°.°°d up In the bank?‘ Wall stfeet an 1 will now examine brief] the reasonln ‘l“e“tl.Y the $500,000,000 HOW held as a re- better than mules, and accomplished so
fiv. or seven ininllfrefl lll lengths‘ 500390}, the great banking institutions are of Mr Whitehead, y g serve would be withdrawn, and would much more, that under the advice of the
./[heGrang88SS9011Tl“'0118‘l1l‘l0W0l'S« trying to compel the government Fl.” 1, He assumes that free coinage have to be replaced by legal tender treas- Michigan State Grange, Uncle Samuel
by Flora of the Gmnga to issue bonds for their OWD agran- would increase the money circulation and Q”-Y .n°tes imd glleenbilcks which. are ‘low (“dared all the mulesm the C°“f“"y b°“ght
, 5. Grange Song. d,’ t ,, therefore raise the price of when To Mr_ I1 circulation. Thus instead of increasing up and chattel mortgaged at their_fu1l value
6. Short address by the W0Ttl}Y M3539’ léemen - _ Whitehead that may Seem a self evident the °“'°“l"-00“ *0 the extent Of the d1l‘l€_I'- for traction engines, and he is still buying
of the Grange. followed by taking UP «'1 Should We patronize the race ro osltionlo melt appears asa demonstm ence between the market value and the coin and mortg-aging. so that Mr.-Whitehead
I-'0ll9Ctl0Il £01‘ the Grange Temple fund’ course? gleiflallacy ‘ How’ it would increase it he value of th° Silver P"°d“Ct_“‘lllCl1 ls allfmt can see that while the mules are quietly
7' Social meeting for the- go‘-M1 of the Bro Strait ~-—“N0 most 6111- does not state and in his assumption he $25’°°°’°°°’ the Course winch Mi‘ Wh‘te' d°Zl“g l“ ‘he g°V0‘"“1“e“t Stables» they ‘"9
order and securing applications for _ - ~ - , ’ . . th ’ rlence which this Conn”, head advocates would decrease it to the still at work by proxy in the form of legal .
membe,.Bhlp_ phat1ca1lyI_10- Il313l3ll0W01'Sl35Pe01eS lhigolzifl slengifile Bland law took efiecgi extentof the difference between the amount tender treasury notes. 
Fmtemally. ' of gambling. Worse than card He must‘ be aware that the government of gold now. held as reserves and the $25,. The silver donars lie idle in the vaults 
V MRS.  W. DAVIS, playing, worse than the Louisana under both Arthur and Clevelandflllthougl, 0001000 Wlllcll lle Pl‘0P°Se0 t0 d0"3te.l° but their souls are marching on. Silver is 
' ‘H’ )7. l tt (l in res ectabilit but 8. the mints were coining two million dollars mmmg c°rp°”m°nS' Such 3’ commctlon 00103 3 greater W°‘"k 35 m°“°Y m the l
Zllember of national comm: L6’ 0 lo 1ery,hand f fll) S niyh bun amomh were unable to get more than 0‘ tl16Cu"enCyW0l§ld be ruinous to every United States than it ever didbefore it was 3
0 wo+man’s  _ , ltt e. 3' 0&1  d E - pat ? {,1 about oiie silver dollar per capita into cir- degifig ilréd to e:.er~lt'.lndustfr-y'.l V _ . 8 _dem°‘}°tlZed- The “"1165 lh°“gl‘ Seem‘ l
Santa Rosa, Cal., April 16‘, 18.95. fighting. it Is e I‘1IueI_1 8. nan- culation. Every dollar above that was re_ of whichm(I)J[1: izgvlpirtiehzadsicvei lni I 73. mgélylidle are alllat work. t I
W‘-'—"'—" (‘18.lly, morally and religiously. turned to the treasury as fast as iss'ued_ much was but~a dro Com ;::1dP‘all11: “:0 .3142 fare! for anmz_faceG;re1r1se.
WORLIPS FAIR. Bl'0- Mumf°rd"”“I endorse 311 To Satisfy the ‘"E““‘ gf tale People Sllvir oceanlof distress thatrivould ‘flow frdm Mre Traverse Ci/-v ZlI¢1J’Jzl 1303 AMSDELL.
 "__ ._ h b th has said_ That it is so certificates were issue ; t ese _were accep - Wh.t h d, V 1, - r , . 9 - _:
\ EDITOR VISITOR I am Prepal t e To er able to the people for a while, and the lnflléticfa 8 remed-7 for the ‘"”'g the“ E

 


    

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Woman’s Work.

CENTENNIAL ODE MAY. 1, 1893.

\\'ith grateful hearts on bcinlcd knee
A world com em-5 todziv.

To pay their lioinagc, Lord, to Tlicc,
And own Thy griiciniis sway.

Four hundred years of shade and light.
Of mingled joy and sorrow, _

Thou’st lit our patliway through the night,
And brightened every iiiorrmv.

\Vc thank Thee for thy guiding liaiiil.
That led o’er occ:iii's wave,

Colunihus and the “ Pilgriin liaiul,"
A continent to >‘:l\‘6.

Todav we reap the seed they suweil
In this wild Virgin soil:

\\'e dwell wlierc InLll1l11S once zilimlr,
The pl11't.'l’\‘.l>‘t) of our toil.

\\'liere \vig'\v:iiii.~ and the wild boa.-’i'~ lair _
In foi'e.~'t'.< dcptlis were found:
There happy homes and cities fair.
And Tl<.‘lLl.\‘ of grain alioiind.
Mziv cmiiing yciirs grow bri-,_-:liiei' still
Iii xvisdoiii. virtue, love-
Till all below shall do Thy will
AF it IS dune «,ibm'v.~.
-I. Cm I ii-'.R.

Butt/r C'I‘n'K'.
SUMMER “IOR-K~-H0“' LIGHTENED.

oi.i\‘iA J. CARPENTER.

The above subject is suflicient
in itself to cause a farmer’s wife to
feel like “fleeing from the wrath
to come.” And yet summer after
summer finds her comparatively
happy and contented. To shake
off some of its burdens and yet
leave naught undoiie‘that will add
to the comfort and pleasure, to
say naught of the prosperity of
the household is a diflicult task,1
yet difficult as it is, many women

make excellent progress each suc- '

ceeding year in their efforts to
accomplish it. 
The brothers tell us often women 1
do many useless things, or at
least unnecessary, and in this res-
pect I believe they are too often
correct. '
One of the best and most suc-
cessful of housekeepers says that
“head work” is what women need
to use to solve this problem.
Begin in the early spring, says one,
wash and put in order everything
that needs to be laundried and is
to be used in the household or by
the members of the family when
warm weather comes. And when
the trying ordeal of house cleaning
must be borne it will not be so
much of a monster, and when
finally in this work, don’t do use-
less and foolish things. To illus-
trate, do not wrench out the win-
dows or carry water and wash;
take instead a bottle of polish.
Mrs. S. J. Shaw, of Charlotte
Grange, will supply you and you
can accomplish the task easily,
and Without any disorder. The
first to clean should be the cellar,
then closets and store rooms. Take
the furniture from a room clean.
touching up marred places in the
wood work with paint and varnish,
place in order before another is be-
gun. Having “ put your house in
order” and all things being ready
only the daily tasks await your com-
ing and may be lightened in many
ways. One lady in our grange
says she can face a regiment of
hungry men without a tremor if
only she is supplied with good
bread. And can entertain thresh-
ers if she has fifteen minutes
notice. And this sister enjoys the
distinction of being an excellent

coo .

Another lady tells us to prepare
the potatoes and such other vege-
tables as are desired for the day in
the cool of the preceding evening.
She says take a rocking chair to a
pleasant place, pare sufiicient pota-
toes for three meals, slicing one-
third, place in a stone jar in cellar
with plenty of cold water in which is
a little salt. Cook for dinner twice
the quantity needed and while
your oven is heated place in it a
dish of the slices and prepare for
scalloped potatoes, let them bake
as is convenient and you have a
delicious dish for supper to serve
with cold meats. Warm the re-
maining ones left from dinner for
next moning’s breakfast.

Do not fuss too much; it makes
a family of children selfish and
exacting and gives them the opin-
ion that mother is only fit to cook.
Use fruit placed on the table in its
natural state. What looks more
tempting than a nice plate of ripe
apples on a breakfast table? Use
grapes, ears, melons. peaches, in-
stead of) pie and pudding. Why
will we spoil such delicious food
by folding it up in flour and lard?
Lastly, help some one else along
life’s way by purchasing conven-
iences, such as carpet sweeper,
ironing board, etc. And above all
acquire the habit of remembering
how many articles must be brought
from the cellar or carried to the

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l’HE GRANGE VISITOR.

igarret and take all in one trip.
EAnd if we shall learn to observe

I [the instruction to use “head work’’

:we shall accomplish the summer’s
Ework and have hours each week to
lgive to those best of friends, good
ébooks. .

' Dimondale.

iLAB0l{ SAVING IN THE FARMEWS
E KITCHEN.

, ___,_.

MRS. A. GCNNISON.

, Owing to the arduous labor re-
‘,quired in the farmer’s kitchen,
i with its many routine duties devolv-
»ing upon the housewife no subject
should she give more careful study
,and consideration than labor sav-
ing plans and methods to lighten
her daily tasks. Itis here that the
greater part of her life and strength
is spent. This article is not de-
signed to aid those farmer’s wives
who have money enough at their

icommand to purchase labor saving
. machinery necessary. So many of

these devices have been offered to
the public that one who is able to
purchase will find her labor much
lightened thereby. Every farmer’s
wife who is in fair circumstances
should insist upon a supply of labor
saving devices. With a great
majority of farmer’s wives these
conditions are lacking and the
money earned must go to pay the
mortgage and build shelter for
stock, thus nothing is left for this
purpose. Two of the most con-
venient helps to lighten kitchen

labor is easy access to wood and

water, this will lengthen the life of
every farmer’s wife who is her own
servant. Few can expect to pos-
sess all the labor saving inventions
that are put upon the market yet
some are necessary in every regu-
lated household. Every house-
keeper to lighten her labor should
possess a washing machine, clothes
wringer, a barrel churn, an egg
beater and many more might be
added to the list. I do not feel
that I am a judge upon this sub-
ject for I was a fresh recruit when
I entered the ranks but experience
has taught me much in this line.
One of the first and best lessons I
learned was the necessity of sys-
tem in my work to lighten the
burden and so plan that too much
work must not be crowded in the
space of one day to unfit us physi-
cally for the next day’s labor. “Six
days shalt thou labor and on the
seventh rest.” In order to fulfill
this command the division of labor
must be planned in the six days to
gain that needed rest which a wiser
one has enjoined upon us. Few
housewives get the full measure of
this rest owing to the multitudi-
nous demands upon their time. In
regard to Washing I have, through
ill health, reached the solution of
this problem by utilizing the help
of my better half as a motor power,
but when farm work commenced
this theory entirely exploded, like
many others where you depend
upon the help of man.

BRI(u‘rHTNES'S AND BEAUTY IN THE
FARMERS’ KITCHEN.

ANN M. BRIGHAM.

Spring, with its well washed
bright surface and dazzling robes
of green, again sits enthroned
among us, and every good house-
wife becomes permeated with the
thought of beautifying and‘ adorn-
ing her home, and her busy brain
strays from attic to cellar planning
this and changing that until in her
mind’s eye she becomes an artist,
almost a magician, such wonderful
changes she will make everywhere;
in parlor, sitting room, all shall be
renovated and beautified. But what
about the kitchen; that little room
at the rear of the house, for are not
most of our farmer’s kitchens little
dwarfed rooms at the present time,
in lieu of which they should be
large and airy? It is there, if in
humble circumstances, the wife and
mother, must devote most of her
time; for her work is one ceaseless
round. It is here the meals must
be prepared, the baking, washing,
ironing, canning and churning are
done, and children cared for, and
many other things too numerous
to mention; their name is legion!
It is written, that in days gone by
the Romans’ kitchens were marble
paved, and furnished with pictures
and statuary. And while this would
be ideal, we might have them large,
bright and cheerful. Let the walls
and ceiling be tinted with some
light favorite hue, let restful pict-
ures hang here and there to glad-

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mother getting weary and worn.

moments she may seek its sheltered

thing of beauty elevates and bright-
ens the home. It has long been
acknowledged that the home is
woman’s kingdom, and is not the
kitchen the most central point in
every farmer’s home?
“The beautiful: \\'li-at is it?

0 thou art ll1l1‘kl_\' ignorant: Be Sllfl‘
'Tis no long, weary road its form to visit;

For thou (‘:lI'I.St make it smile beside thy door:
Ay. love it; ’tis :1 sister that will bless,

And teach thee patience when the heart is lniiel_\'.
The angels love it, for they we-.1r its dress;

And thou art iiiaile 11 little lower only:

Then love the Beautiful.”

PRACTICAL VVAYS OF WORKING
IN A FARMEIVS KITCHEN.

After trying for several years to
discover a “ Practical way to avoid
working in afarmer’s kitchen,” at
least on the 10 to 14 hour system,
one would be likely to consider it
from two standpoints——to do, and
not to do. As no thrifty house-
wife is content to let “ dirt and dis-
order reign supreme ” and the hus-
bandmen are not willing to “live
without cooks,” there is much to do
in the average farmer’s kitchen.
Rules to be practical would have
to come in “individual sets,” suited 
to the demands and environments
of each home, but some ways of
working and saving work can be
utilized by all. A few of these
will be mentioned, hoping they
may be of use to some young or
inexperienced housekeeper. Order
seems quite as necessary in the
kitchen as in any other part of the
house, for work is more easily and
rapidly done when everything is in
its place and ready for use. Much
heavy washing can be saved by
using shields for pillows, which can
be made from 8153- sides of old
sheets, and tidies for the head of
comforts and quilts, made of wash
goods, two yards torn in half length-
wise being enough for two. Run
on the right side and coarsely hem
the other that they may be re-
moved easily.

White or bright ones are pretty
for nice comforts, featherstitched
with cotton of a contrasting color.

Better use part of the clothes
unironed than be too saving of
clean ones, and if Tuesday p. m.,
finds you tired, with ironing un-
done, take a book or work-basket
and a clear conscience to some
cozy corner and commence again
tomorrow.

VVhile getting dinner your busyl
days (or any other day) do not"
“ imprison your luscious fruit in a
paste of grease and flour” but sub-
stitute plain pudding, fresh or
canned fruit, and you will not be
the only one to profit by it. The
dishes though are likely to be
passed the second time.

If wood or coal is used in sum-

‘mar careful planning will save dis-

comfort and dollars. Often the
“fireworks” might be ended for
the day by 10 o’clock yet have a
warm dinner when fresh cooked
potatoes were not wanted. Baked»
puddings, beans, peas, cabbage or
greens, brown bread, chicken pie,
soups, etc., are improved by “wait-
ing,” in the oven or covered on the
stove. A lamp stove is convenient
in preparing warm drinks and get-
ting supper.

In putting down pork and lard
partly fry the lean pieces and pack
the same as ham. Season while
frying. Bake the refuse pieces,
pouring the clear lard over the
scraps, which saves the cleansing
process. Add lye of the right
strength, stir daily and an extra
quality of soap is easily made.

As most housekeepers are invent-
ive in their own line of work
should appreciate an exchange of
“ Practical ways.”

E. J. R.

DINNERS INPTHE FARM l{0USE.

It is my opinion that farmers’
wives are too much inclined to bake
up large quanities of pastry such
as doughnuts, cookies, etc., and
then place each on the table every

meal, but I object to this practice.

Ems that when farmers’ wives have

lfry them. If you will butter a tin,

arms for her well earned rest. May  break in the eggs, add a little sweet 1 bT0W11-
CI'eBpl1l“‘ vines curtain the win- ,’ cream salt and e er. and then l Omit the‘ I911 ’ and it is nice-
_ b 2 _ 13 Pp , _ _ .l
(lows in summer to shut out thejbake, you will find them delicious._
scorching rays of sunshine, and the 5' Scramble eggs_in this_Way. place a ,
view be clothed with sweet-scented J lump of butter in a frying pa_ii,when ; fuja of bakim, powder, a lime Salt.
flowers filling the room with their 5 hot break in eggs, season with salt ‘ Stir soft with Sweet milk Place
aroma. Letus rememberthat every- §and pepper when the white sets,§in Steamer Wen gréased Cfips; put

stirring well with a fork. For tea,
omelets are easily made and
,very palatable. I would suggest
* more puddings and less pie. Wil

enclose some of the receipts I use.
VVe think they are more whole-
some than so much pie and
are as easily made. If I were to
have pie, however, I would make it
fresh in the iiiorniiig. It does not
take long in the morning to make
a pic for dinner and a cake for tea,
and then they are fresh and tempt-
ing.

Do not neglect to have a garden,
with a fence secure from “neigh-
bors' chickens.” Plant it in rows
so you can cultivate with a horse,
and it will prove a delight and
joy forever to the farmei"swife, who
is obliged to plan for meals for a
family. Berries and fruits of all
kinds should have a place in the
farmer’s garden, and the farmer
will be surprised how easily he can
attend to them. I know how the
farmer’s work crowds him, but let
me whisper a secret, “Habit is
everything."

Mas. S. J. C.
Charlotte.

 

A M AN’S IDEAS.

EDITOR VIS1'1‘0R-A letter came a
few days ago, saying I would be
expected to give a few masculine
tho’ts on the subject of wonian’s
work in the farm house for the
summer, and my mind naturally
goesto a kitchen, which ought to
be large, airy and clean. As a. man
I consider a dirty kitchen abom-
inable. The floor should be a spot-
less white, the windows clean and
hung with snowy curtains; and
these can be secured by frequent
cleaning. Then the stove should
be polished like a mirror. Tables
and sinks clean and dry. A woman
who understands her business will
never have dirty dishes standing
around to call in flies. It only re-
quires a few minutes each morning
to pick up and put in proper places
many things that give a disorderly
appearance to ahouse. The meals
are of first importance, for upon
them depends health and comfort.
A woman should leave nothing
undone in this part of the work
that will be pleasing to the family,
and many a divorce would be left
out of the records if women
would study to present favor-
ite dishes oftener. I look with
suspicion upon the present tenden-
cy of women to drift into other
lines of work, and the inclination
to wish to belong to societies and
clubs, and so seek to lessen house-
hold labor and cares. I also deplore
the popular cry for more conven-
iences in house work. Our moth-
ers and grandmothers raised large
families, kept house well, spun,
wove, and attended to all the milk
product, and never talked about
their social, intellectual or politi-
cal needs, and it is my opinion that
they were happier than women are
now.

In conclusion I will say that in
my judgment the summer work in
the farm house does not need tobe
lightened, if our wives will con-
tent thomselves to follow the advice
of Miles Standish, “If you want a
thing well done do it yourself.”

A BROTHER.

SOMETHING T0 EAT.

GRAHAM PUDDING.

Q

One-half cup molasses, -},- cup of
butter, § cup sweet milk, 1% cups of
Graham flour, 1 even teaspoonful
of soda, 1 egg, -5 cup of raisins,
spice and salt to taste. Steam 2
hours, eat with sauce.

PUDDING SAUCE.

beat well together.

To 1 tablespoonful of butter take
2 of sugar, 1 of flour or cornstarch;

To this add 1

sired. Grape or current jelly stir-

MAY 15, 1893..

den the tired and weary spirit of iIt is not good taste, besides onelred in while hot is nice. Someuse‘
the toiler, let it be supplied with  gets tired of seeing the same kinds ‘ a little vinegar instead.

every convenience, and the best j on the table day after day, and no,
andbrightestofutensils. Itisbetterfone has an appetite for it, hence.
than to have the loved wife and ‘ much of it is wasted. It seems to‘

QUEEN OF l’L'I)I)I.\'G.\'.

One quart of milk. 1 pint of bread
crumbs, yelks of 4 eggs,  cup of

growing old with toil and burdens L the best and freshest of everything . sugar. L’I'3t€‘(l rind Of 1 18111011,. bake;
which can well be avoided by sup-  to use there is no excuse for stale §Wh€I1 done spread with a layer of
plying things to lighten her labor. :food on the table. There are soglel
There should also be an easy chair 1 many ways of preparing eggs; do  Of the 92:18, add 5, cup of sugar and
or two, so if she find a few spare 1 not think you must always boil or 1 the luice Of 1 19111011; SP1‘e3‘l 0V91'

ly, or preserves. Beat the whites

ltlie top and return to the oven to
Use sauce or not, also

P['I~‘F Pi'DDI.\‘o.
Stir 1 pint of flour, 2 teaspoon-

 in a little butter, then strawberries
 or cover with batter; steam 20 min-
 utes. Makes 8 cups.

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lTHI*l APPLICATION OF AN IDEA.
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Already the papers published
iin our large cities are beginning
{to address the country people on
the subject of outings for poor
children and tired out Working
girls; girls who spend eleven and
{a half months in store, shop and
‘factory and to whom fresh air,
sunshine, flowers, fruit and plenty
_of good wholesome food are not
jCOIDl1l0D every day affairs,

* \Ve have wondered if some of
the niatrons in the Grange
homes of Michigan could not be
induced to open their hearts and
homes to some of these needy
‘ones, and give them a rest of two
iweeks that they may gain health
»_and streiigh and be reinvigor-
lated for the struggle for existence
;Wl1lCl1 is their battle in life.

1 But the thought comes at once.
§“riglit in the middle of the sum-
imel”, during all the heat and
‘when we seem to have all we can
possibly do?” Yes dear sisters
Just then. There is hardly a farm
home in Michigan but that could
for two weeks shelter one of these
l_11‘€d, Struggling souls; hardly a
farmer’s table but that could
furnish another plate. And if at
the end of two weeks you could
see that color had come to the
cheek, health and strength to the
body, and could hear them each
day count with sadness one less

feel the blessing of giving.

Here We think woman’s work
comes in. But where shall we get
the poor children and the tired
girls? You need not go to Chi-
cago or New York for them.
The cities in our own State can
furnish all you want. VVe are sure
that the philanthropic ladies in
your own neighboring city know
of plenty of working girls who
would be only too glad to accept
of your hospitality.

There should be a mutual under-
standing. The girl should be
strong enough to wait upon her-
self—-take care of her own room
and entertain herself——and you
would expect to give her her
board for the sake of giving her
a rest and recreation.

M. A. MAYO.
—
IN MEMORIAII.

Olive Grange No. 358, has lost one of
its young members, Edward Hiiglet, who
died recently in Illinois.

 

Girard Grange No. i 36, mourns the
death of Sister Lottie Dean. Sister Dean
leaves a husband and family. Appropriate
resolutions were passed.

Waverly Grange No. 36, misses from its
ranks one of its strongest workers, Brother
John Adriance. Though he had been a
Patron but three years he was one of the
most earnest and loyal.

Brother Frederick Ulrich, of Fargo, St,
Clair Co. died May 5. He was a leading
member of Grove Grange No. 528.

 

Montcalm Grange No. 318, has suffered
the loss of one of its old members, Brother
Daniel S. Smith. Bro. Smith was 82 years.
old and had been one of the strong men of
the Grange.

 

The following lines are a tribute to Sister
Elfra Baley, member of Fruit Ridge
Grange, who has been called home.

\\'c laid her iiwiiv
In the cold silent grave,
Where the flowers bloom in spnngfigng
And the willow trees wave.
\Vhere all nature seems chanting
A funeral strain,
And the birds echo softly
A solemn refrain.

\rVe laid her away,
She sleeps in the tomb;
Lifc’s frail hzirque has anchored,
The voyage is done.
llcr soul gently wafted
To that haven of rest,
\Vhcre pain cannot enter,
Nor sorrow molest.

\Ve laid her awa ,
\Ve shall see llier no more,
'l‘ill we cross the dark river
To that beautiful shore;
VVhere they beckon us onward
From earth's troubled goal,
To the land that’s immortal,
The “ home of the soul."

pint of boiling water, flavor as de- L w_ A_
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GRAND RAPIDS and
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Tiidilvii NORTH. No i;No. 3 No. also
Cincinnati. Lv .._._, 1  ll. ,“_'.I1_'_
Richmond ___. . . j .10 55 11 45 ____ ..
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Fort Wayne. Ly... .... _. 2 35 3 :50 S 05
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a P. M. 3
Giraud Rapids. Lv ____ __ 7 20 110 10 l 10  4 15
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(‘adillac ______________ __ 11 25 1_ 2 30 5 00 9 oo
Traverse City ......... .. 1 35 i .... __ P7. ____ _.
Petoskey..,.___._.__., ____ __l 6 35 9 15 ____ __
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gagkgaw, Ar ......... ..IP. u.l 8 05 10 as p. .11.
GOING SOUTH. No 2lNo. 6No. I.i\'o 8
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Mackinaw City, Lv 5 30 l 7 10 .12 30 ____ _,
Petoskey ......... ., 7 03 E 8 40 i 2 05 _____ __
Traverse City__  ill 00  4 30 ____ __
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Cadillac .............. .. 12 10 j 1 20 6 35 7 40
Grand Rapids, Ar. 6 30 i 5 30 10 40 ll 50
Grand Rapids, Lv. 7 00 l 6 oo 11 20 2 oo
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_ the amount of seed to use for the

.worth one dollar, and the crop is:

 address the Secretary of the College,
l and ask for bulletin No. 93. It will

iGo|lege and Station.

POTATOES.

H. I’. GLADDEN.

III.
Hills vs. Drills.

, On this point I will state, briefly,
that the experiments conducted at
lthis station and at experiment sta-
,tions in other states, show that
{better results are obtained from
3 planting in drills. Few of the large
, and successful potato growers plant
lin hills and cultivate both ways.
;The drills are from thirty-three
ginches to three feet apart.

AMOUNT or SEED To USE.

L As to the amount of seed to use
I to give the best results, there is
some difference of opinion. Much
depends upon the condition of the
soil, its fertility, etc. If the soil is
made very rich,with a large amount
of manure, a. small piece of tuber
may make a plant strong enough to
‘ produce a good crop of potatoes.
The practice of one of the most
successful potato growers is toplant
one-eye pieces, fifteen inches apart
in rich soil. A large number of ex-
periments in all sections of the
country have been tried to find out

best not return. The almost uni-
versal verdict is, that a much larger
amount of seed can be used with 21
profit than is planted by the major-
ity of farmers. The best results
were obtained by planting pieces
weighing two to three ounces each,
at a. distance of twenty to twenty-
four inches apart in the drills. Use
whole potatoes of the size stated or
cut larger tubers in halves. Plant-
ing as above would require from 15
to 20 bushels to plant an acre. AWhen
larger amounts of seed were planted
than stated, the total yield of the
crop increased, but the yield was r
not enough larger to pay for the‘?
extra amount of seed used. The
better yield from the large amount
of seed is probably due to the
greater amount of food stored up
in the tuber, which gives the young
potato plant a strong and vigorous
growth at the start. The crop grown
from the larger seed pieces ripened
several days earl? ': than the crop
grown from smaller pieces. I think
this rule may be given——tha.t the,
net yield of the crop will increase}
as the size of the seed piece is in-ij
creased, up to the limit of about‘:
four ounces. If seed potatoes are}

likely to bring 20 to 25 cents perl
bushel, it may not be profitable tol

use twenty or more bushels of seed}

1 per acre; but if seed is cheap, use‘;
plenty and it will be returned with l

a profit.
For a full discussion of this point

be sent free.

POTATO SCAB.

This disease causes considerable
injury to the potato crop. A simple
remedy, easily tried, has proved
very successful. Select tubers free
from the disease, and soak them one
and one-half hours in a. solution
made by dissolving two ounces of
corrosive sublimaite (bichloride of
mercury) in fifteen gallons of water.
This substance is a. deadly poison,
and all seed soaked should be plant-
ed or destroyed. It should also be
mixed in wooden vessels as it will
destroy metal ones. If seed so treat-
ed is planted on ground that
has not grown a. crop of scabby po-
tatoes, the crop will be free from
scab. I have not space to give a
fuller account of the disease.
Agricultural College.

 

THREE BAD INSECTS.

WIRE WOBMS.

Wire worms are the larvae or
grubs of snapping or click beetles,
and breed especially in low, damp,
cold soils, feeding on the roots of
grass and probably other herb-
aceous plants. They probably re-
quire a little over three years to
develop from the egg to the adult.
No thoroughly practical method of
destroying the worms has as yet
been discovered. Their numbers
may be reduced by fall plowing,
and their haunts rendered unat-
tractive by a rapid rotation of crop
and by underdrainsge. Where
fields of corn are attacked and re-
planting made necessary it is best
to plant the second time between
the old rows, allowing the latter to
stand as long as possible in order

to hold the attention of the worms

and keep them diverted from

the
later plants. *

\VHIT'E GRUBS.

White grubs are the offspring
of the May beetles or June bugs.
While the wire worms develop to
adults in summer and live over
winter in that stage, the white
grubs pass the winter either as
grubs or pupa and develop to adults
in spring, otherwise the life history
of the two is much the same.
The eggs are laid in the ground,
notably in grass lands, and hatch
in about thirty days. The young
work little injury the first year,
but the next they ravage the fields
most seriously. These prefer the
higher to the lower lands and
therefor drainage has much less
eifect on them. Probably fall
plowing and rapid rotation of
crops are the two best methods to
pursue. Fertilizing with barn-
yard manure is a protection against
damage in infested fields.

CRANE FLIES.

Crane flies are known also as
gallinippers, and many term them
cut worm flies, though they have
no connection with cut worms.
There are a number of species of
them, some of which are one and
others two brooded each year.
The eggs are deposited in grass
and clover lands, more particularly
in low, flat, damp lands. The
maggots feed on the roots, seldom
appearing above ground except in
very wet weather. The ravages of
these larvae can be prevented
among Wheat lands by plowing
these early in September. This
measure will also preclude the
probability of injury to corn the
following year. For injuries in
grass or clover lands no remedy or
preventive is as yet known.

 

CAPONS AND CAPONIZING.

A bulletin has been issued by
the Rhode Island station on this
subject. The summary of experi-
ments and notes thereon will no
doubt be of interest to Michigan
poultry raisers.

Caponizing was easily learned
and successfully performed by fol-
lowing book directions, but more
quickly and satisfactorily by wit-
nessing the operation.

Birds apparently suffered but
little pain from the operation and
the per cent of loss was small.

Birds thus changed grew larger
'n frame, matured later,
quiet and contented, did not crow
or fight and their flesh remained
soft and tender.

Those weighing two pounds or
less were most easily and safely

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expect by published accounts.
The tender flesh and the ability to
quickly take on fat seemed to be
the only gain of importance.

During the exhibition of the R.
I. Poultry Association, the ten
Brahma Cochin capons and the five
Plymouth Rock capons gained,
while the roosters of each lot lost
in weight. The Plymouth Rock
capons made the greater gain,
while the Plymouth Rock roosters
also showed the greater loss. The
birds exhibited in pairs lost more
than where there were five or more
in the coop. _

The plan of spraying the wound
immediately after the operation
with an antiseptic solution,
requires further study to get defin-
ite results.

By the use of 3. physician’s head
mirror, we were able to operate
quite satisfactorily by lamp light.

Those wishing to produce only a
limited number of capons will find
it more profitable to secure the
services of an expert, if one can be
found within a reasonable distance,
than to buy instruments and
attempt the work themselves.

Had the roosters and capons
been yarded separately instead of
being allowed to run at liberty, it
is possible that there would have
been a difference. The roosters
were naturally more active and
might have secured more food,
although a generous amount was
regularly given. On the other
hand, preventing the roosters run-
ning about, by confinement in
yards, might have increased their
weight and made the difference
still less. In the thirty-five days
from» January 8 to February
12, 1892, the Indian Games
gained as follows: Capone, .62
%bs.; Slip, .48 lbs. ; Rooster, .12

be.

VVi'iters on caponizing compare

lthe price of capons at maturity

with the price of roosters at
maturity. To be sure, if the
cockerels are to be kept until they
must be sold asiold fowls, mean-
while fighting and running their
flesh ofi, it would certainly pay
well to caponize and keep them
until nearly a year old; but they
ignore the fact that early cockerels
weighing five to six pounds, when
they are soft and tender, will bring
as much or more per pound than
a nine or twelve pound capon that
has been kept twice as long.
Quick returns are desirable and
the danger of loss by disease de-

became j serves consideration.

 

SOJA BEAN.

[_I-latch Experiment Station, Ma.ssachusetts.]
These beans have attracted much

Capollized’ but the larger the birds,’ [attention during the last few years,
provlded they ha.d_ not ‘Timmenceu l chiefly as a fodder crop; but most
to Crow and the“ comb” had not i of those put upon our markets have

developed, the more quickly they
recovered.

The only birds that died under
the operation were those that had
developed combs.

The old Chinese tools, when
their use was understood, were
found most satisfactory of all.

Of the Brahma Cochin cross, it
was seven months before the
capons equalled the uncastrated
birds in weight, and they did not
average one pound heavier in ten
months.

The Langshaifirooster, although
weighing but one-sixth of a. pound
more than the Langshan capon at
the commencement of the experi-
ment kept ahead in weight for
seven months.

The Plymouth Rock capon
equalled the roosters in weight in
less than two months and gained
on them the rest of the season but
did not average more than three-
quarters of a. pound heavier at any
time.

The Indian Game capons were
five months in catching up with
the roosters, and were not a quarter
of a pound heavier eight months
after the operation.

The Brahma Cochins gained the
least during the first year, but
made the largest and heaviest
birds at eighteen months.

The Langshan was less affected
by the operation, but was larger at
the time it was performed.

The Plymouth Rocks recovered
less rapidly, but they were oper-
ated upon when the weather was
warmer, fifteen days later than the
Langshan.

Indian Games and their crosses
were harder to do and should be
taken when younger.

These experiments show less
gain in weight as the result of
caponizing than we were led to

been late varieties which will not
mature here. The seeds of the
varieties we have were originally
imported from northern Japan, and
all have matured here for the last
four years. We. consider them

,worthy of trial either as fodder
I crops to feed green or for the silo,

or as grain crops. The seeds are
the richest known natural vegeta-
ble substance. \Ve have had them
ground and have fed the meal with
satisfactory results to cows in milk.
It appears to be fully equal in
feeding for milk to cotton seed
meal; and has given a milk richer
in butter than that substance. Sev-
eral parties report success in feed-
ing to poultry, for which it is
thought they may prove valuable
as they are nearly as rich as meat.
They have been fed raw in some
instances and in others have been
boiled. The beans roasted and
ground make an excellent substi-
tute for coffee; and some seedsmen
are advertising them under the
name of the “American Coffee
Berry.”

For fodder we especially recom-
mend the varieties which we call
“Medium Green” and “ Medium
Black.” For seed we recommend
“Early White.” These beans
should be sown rather thinly in
rows two and a half feet apart.
About six plants to one foot of row
are enough; and it will require
only about one peek of seed for an
acre. Plant at the same time as
other beans.

 

Mrs. Fitts—-“ You write such short let-
ters when you are away. I don’t see
why you couldn't write me nice long
ones, as you did when we were engaged."
Mr. Fitts—“ Honestly, my dear, I didn’t
suppose you would have any time to read
them. In the days when we were en-
gaged you had no housework to do.”——
Indianapolis 7ourrml.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

MAY 15, 1893

Notices of Megfings.

'51-. J0. POMON A.

St. Io. County Pomona No. 4., will hold
its next session at the hall of Centcrvillc
Grange first Thursday injune. All meni-
bers are requested to be present.

Mus. l'Il<:.\"RY COOK,
Srrrelzujr.

I.El\'A“'EE POMONA .

The next meeting of the Lenawee Co.
Pomona Grange will be held June 1,
1893. with Morenci Grange. Business l
meeting in the forenoon. In the sft.er- l
noon Mrs. Mayo, who is so well known
in this county will give one of her popu-
lar and instructive lectures. Brother
Thomas Moore of Madison, is also
expected to talk on our state finances.
The afternoon session will be public and
a general invitation is extended.

P. H. Downiivc,
Lecturer.

 

V.-\_\' BUREN COUNTY l‘0M().\‘.\ GRANGE

will hold its quarterly meeting at \Va\'erly
Grange hall May :5, 1893. Following is
the program:

10:30 o’clock A. 31., business and reports.

12 o‘clock Dinner.

1 :30 o'clock I’. .\i.. .\Iusic.

Recitation.

Paper, Mrs. A. H. Smith, "Fruit as a
Food."

Essay, “ ;\lan's Best Friend," Mrs. A.
Jennings.

Paper, “ Futurc Lines in Fariniiig." H.
O. Sheldon.

Discussion, “ How shall we niake old
apple orchards pay?"

“ How shall fal‘l‘n€l‘S meet the increased
demands of labor?"

Music and recitations as usual.

i—:\'E:s‘i.\'(; SESSION.

An cntcrtaimncnt by the young people

of the Grange. All Patrons invited.
C. E. ROBl.\'S0.\",
Levi:/rm‘.

NEWS NOTES.

THE GERMAN ARMY BILL.

The emperor wishes to increase the
appropriations for the army. He is op-
posed however by the popular feeling
and his prime minister has resigned be-
cause of defeat over the measure. It
looks as if VVilliam would try to coerce
the people into submission. It is evident
that something of a crisis is at hand in
Germany.

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HOME RULE.

Gladstone has defeated his opponents
at every turn, and although it was pre-
dicted that he could not hold together
the scant majority he possessed at open-
ing of Parliament, he has not only done
that in a wonderful manner, but he has
even increased it. The spectacle of the
"Grand Old Man” thus leading one of
the grandest battles for liberty ever
fought, and leading what must be for
him the last assault, is inspiring to every
lover of freedom.

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H0, YE OFFICE SEEKERl

President Cleveland has refused to see
any more applicants for office. Forthwith
the hungry gang have taken to the off}-
oesof the members of the cabinet and
they may have to issue similar orders.
When will this reign of the spoils cease?

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woaLD’s FAIR DISORDER.

No one can geta good view of the Fair
before June 1 or 15. It is as yet a
mass of disorder. No one’s fault in par-
ticular, but it’s so big. The opening was
of great interest and was attended by
immense numbers.

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i-oEr LAUREATE.

Gladstone has tendered the position to
John Ruskin. It is considered as a fine
tribute to the genius and work of Ruskin,
rather than as a recognition of his poeti-
cal abilities. He has never posed as a
poet.

FROM ‘NATIONAL MASTER.

Delta, Ohio, April 20, 1893.
To THE OFFICERS AND Mnmnans or THE

ORDER or PATRONS or HUSBANDRY2

I am receiving many letters from the
members of the Grange throughout the
country; all of which speak of increasing
interest in the Order among the farmers.
I am always glad to hear directly from
members of Subordinate Granges, and
all letters to which I can properly re-
spond, will be cheerfully and promptly
answered. Some of these letters, how-
ever, contain questions which should be
answered first by the Master of the Sub-
ordinate Grange, then if not satisfied an
appeal can be taken to the State Master,
and if desirable, from his decision to the
Master of the National Grange, whose
decision is final.

I must protect the Masters of State
and Subordinate Granges, and aid in
maintaining the dignity of the responsi-
ble position which they hold; and I can-
not injustice to them answer questions
pertaining to the law or the U. W., com-
ing from their members, unless they
come up through the regular channel.
Any other course would result in confu-
sion and conflicting decisions, and some
Master might be placed in a very uncom-
fortable position. by a member having in
his possession a letter from a higlier
authority, which would conflict with the
the decision of said Master. ,

The Master's position is a respoiisilile -

 

language of the installation change is no
doubt responsible for this doubt, and
should be expunged. The Lecturer has
no authority to exemplify the U. W., or
give instruction therein, unless invited to
do so by the presiding Master. When so
invited he should be prepared to comply.
Under no other circumstances should be
assume responsibilities which belong to
the Master.

All queries addressed to the Lecturer
in regard to the U. W.,or the law, should
be by him referred to the Master of the
State or Subordinate Grange from
which they come. A strict observance
of this course will occasionally save some
, Grange from unpleasant controversy. I
5 have tried to make this plain. at the earn-
3 est request of some of our State Lectur-
l ers, who desire to avoid assuming powers

[which law and usage do not give them.

|The work of the Lecturer in his legiti-

mate sphere, is just as important as that
of the Master; and he should receive the
earnest support and encouragement of
every well wisber of the Order. All offi-
cers should feel that the success of the
Grange depends largely upon their elli-
ciency, and each should strive to become
familiar with the duties of the oflice in
which he has been installed. This will
stimulate the members to put forth their
best efforts, and the Grange will become
a power for good.

I hope that especial efforts will be made
by the officers of the Grange, to encour-
.age and help those who may be in need
1 of it. Intelligent co-operation will do
more for the farmer than any State or
National legislation which we are likely
to obtain.

I am glad to be able to say in conclu-
sion, that at no time since I have been
connected with the Order has my faith
in it been so strong. VVe shall not be
led into any entangling alliances; we shall
not endorse any doubtful schemes, nor
become the pliant tool of designing poli-
ticians of any party. Inscribed upon our
3 banners will be found absolute freedom
f for the individual, on religious or politi-
l cal questions, and fraternal unity on all
1 questions which pertain exclusively to
{our Order. Under this banner we will
3 move onward and upward; and secure
{ for agriculture all her rights.

l " For Right is Right, since Godis God, And Right

1 the day must win_:
= To doubt, would be disloyalty, To falter would
1 sin."

 Fraternally submitted,
E J. H. BRIGHAM.
,2 Master of National Grange P. of H.

 

.VIICHIGAN CROP REPORT.

The outlook for wheat on May 1 was
not as promising as one month earlier.
It is now estimated that five per cent of
the acreage sowed will be plowed up be-
cause winter killed or otherwise destroy-
ed. The average condition in the south-
ern counties is 73 per cent, in the central

. 79 per cent and in the northern 83 per

cent of vitality and growth of average
years. Compared with April 1, the de-
cline in the southern counties is 8 per
cent, in the central 12 per cent and in the
northern 10 per cent. This decline, how-
ever, is due to the fact that the extent of
injury could be better estimated May 1
than on April 1, rather than to actual
damage to the crop during April. The
weather during April was cool and wet,
and neither wheat nor grass made the
growth usual in this month.

The average condition of wheat May 1,
*1892, was, in the southern counties, 84,
and in the central 81, and the crop in the
State that year was 24,141,000 bushels.
2 The average condition May 1, 1891, was,
3 in the southern counties, 104, and in the
’ central 99, and the yield in the State that
year was 28,039,000 bushels. The average
yield per acre in 1892 was I5 bushels, and
in 1891 18:} bushels.

In their general remarks correspondents
in the southern counties almost without
exception report wheat in bad condition.
The fields are spotted, large areas being
killed out by ice, wind and water. In-
sects, also, have done much damage.

The total number of bushels of wheat
reported marketed by farmers in April is
811,348. Of this amount 185,576 bushels
were marketed in the flrst or southern
tier of counties, 144,583 bushels in the
second tier, 161,798 bushels in the third
tier, 246,663 bushels in the fourth tier,
49,933 bushels in the fifth and sixth tiers
and 22,795 bushels in the northern coun-
ties. At 35 elevators and mills from
which reports have been received there
was no wheat marketed during the month.

The total number of bushels of wheat
reported marketed in the nine months,
A ugust—April, is 12,341,618, which is
1,030,834 bushels less than reported
marketed in the same months last year.

The average conditions of clover
meadows and pastures is 89 in the State
and in each section of the State. This is
fully 10 per cent better than one year ago.
The average condition in 1891 was 100 in
the] southern counties and 99 in the cen-
tra .

Nothing has yet occurred to injure
fruit buds, and the outlook is favorable
for nearly a full average crop.

JOHN W. J ocnm,
Sec’y of State.

 

If you are going to the World’s fair
look up our advertiser for accommoda-
tions. Mrs. Blount is a Michigan Pa-
tron and will be glad to entertain Mobi-
gan Patrons. Write her for terms.

T /m Cosmo;‘roli'/rm scores a success in pro-
ducing in its May number, almost simul-
taneously with the daily papers, an elabor-
rate description of Professor Gray's mar-
vellous invention, the Tclautograph, which
reproduces the handwriting or the work of
the artist, simiiltancously, thousands of
‘i miles distant from the place where the
It artist or writer is sitting. Mr. Howell’s
. purpose in ‘~ The Traveler from Altruria,”

 is month by month, becoming more evident,
l . ' n . . .
land is now l‘CCL‘lVlng wide attention at the
,’ hands of the critics all over the world.

3 Hariioss.

You willnotice on page 5 the adver-

A GLIMPSE AT THE WORLD’S
FAIR.

The passenger entering Chicago from
the east by any of the MICHIGAN CENTRAL
trains will observe, after passing Kensing-
ton and Grand Crossing, that the tracks
are gradually elevated until, from a point
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he sees to the right an assemblage of domes, \ 3%
towers and spires rising above the trees * fin ’
between the railroad and Lake Michigan. r338” ‘> Altimde‘
These are some of the colossal and mag-

nificcnt palaces of the World's Columbian 00'

Exposition, far surpassing, not only in nuin- 0
her and magnitude, but in beauty and ar-
tistic harmony of design, any assemblage of
buildings that the world has ever before
seen.

First to be noticed and directly in front

   
 

  

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You
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no B U G G I E S,
C A R R l A G E S.
WAGONS or HARNESS
from any one until you have seen
our New Grand Catalogue for 1893,which
is mailed free to any address. It shows over
one hundred new styles, with prices of vehicles

   
    
 

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0°C ‘ ranging from $30 upward, and Harness from $5 upward.
fij ,0‘ Our goods are strictly hand-made and fully warr_anted for two
. years‘, and our Spiral Springs are warranted for 12 years. V\'e are
recognized maniifacziircrs for the above organizations.
mammoth display at the World's Fair. in ('Ill(‘.aL’Il.
irers in the world that sell their entire miipiii direct in the f‘(lnSl1ll’i(‘l.

Examine our
The only manufac-

Factory and Salesrooms:

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of the railway station where the MICHIGAN

one. Let all élllll I0 make if. 0116 Of Lllg'-  tirgetnent. of the Hand M;[i1e H_a1-mess
nity and honor. Some of the letters I‘ Co., Stanton, Mich. They are reliable
come from Lecturers who seem to be in l people,’ and refer to Hon, If, H, Hinds,
doubt regarding their duties in relation  of Stanton, member of executive commit-
to the unwritten work of the Order. The l tee of State Grange. Write to them.

CENTRAL trains will enter the Exposition,
rise grandly the four square pavilions of
the Administration building, crowned by
its great dome. 260 feet above the ground,——
“almost as lofty as that of St. Paul’s in
London,” says Mrs. Van Rensselaer, “ and
almost as graceful in outline as that of the
Florentine Cathedral." In front of it stands
the magnificent bronze fountain by Mac-
Monnies, facing the great basin in the cen-
ter of the great court, upon which frontthe
Agricultural building and Machinery Hall
on the south, and the palaces of Mines and
Mining, Electricity, and of Manufactures
and the Liberal Arts on the north. The
domes and towers of these buildings may
be seen in the distance, and particularly
the grcrt arched roof of the last named
building, the largest in the world. It cov-
crs an area of more than thirty acres---three
times that of the largest building of the
great Paris Exposition of 1889.

As the train approaches more closely to
the grounds, the Transportation building is
clearly seen to the left of the Administra-
tion huilding. It covers, with its annexes,
fourteen and a half acres of ground, and its
massive arched doorway,elaborately decor-
ated and known as the “ Golden Portal," is
one of the most strikiiig external features
of the Exposition. 

Next to the left is the llorticultural
Building, 21 thousand feet in length, and
with :1 central pavilion, under the glass
dome of which is grouped the fincst known
collection of bamboos, tree-ferns and palms.

Northward, and still nearer to the
train, is the Woman’s building, a chaste and
noble structure, first of all to be completed,
and the architect. artists and decorators of
which were all women. It will be filled
wtth the fruits of the genius, skill and labor
of the women of all nations.

Crossing the Midway Plaisanée, which
connects Jackson Park on the east with

VVrife for full particulars to the

Washington Park on the west, and in which
are located a section of Paris, a street ,
of Cairo, Irish, German, Austrian and
Turkish villages, a Dutch East Indian set-
tlement, ice, sliding and spiral electric rail-
ways, and numerous other interesting feat-
ures, of some of which the traveler may
get a glimpse as he dashes by. On the
right, grouped at the north end of Jackson 1
Park, are the various State and Foreign
buildings of diversified architecture and
representing an 8Xpl”!l(IIllll'8 of millions of
dollars.

No passing glimpse of the \Vorld’s Fair,
however, nor the most detailed and glow-
ing description that can be penned, can give
any idea of its surpassing size and extent,
the splendid harmony of its design, or of
its rich artistic sculpture and decorative
features. Nothing but frequent visits and
careful observation can do it. But while
every passing traveler will surely resolve
upon this, he will also surely be thankful
that he is journeying upon the IVIICHIGAN
Ci~:N'rR.-\I., the only Eastern line that gives
him such a passing view, or that takes him
directly by and in full View of Niagara
Falls, the great natural wonder of the world.

   

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MANHOOD

AND HOW TO ATTAIN 11''.

At Int ithmflcal work gflggellgmtleig causes.
B 60“, DI]! o
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BUITAIAI, N. Y. ll

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18 YEARS ON A HOUSE.

.4r»ix[raug C0,, 1341., illrzrr/1 .21, '95,
MR. EDITOR:

DEAR SIR-—A neighbor of mine, Mr.
Templeton, painted his house with Inger-
soll’s Liquid Rubber Paints 18 years ago,
and they have lasted and looked well till
this year when the building was repainted
with the same brand. This is a sure and
satisfactory demonstration of the quality
and durability of the paints, both to him
and all who intend painting.

Respectfully yours,
II. B. SCHALL.
(See Adv. Ingersoll‘s Liquid Rubber
Paints.—ED.)

BR0lHlR% 8|8llR PllRON8

ARE YOU COMING
TO THE WORLD’S FAIR.’
THEN WRITE ES.

We have first-class rooms on first and
second floors of brick residence; one
lilock from cable cars and good i'csfaur-
ant. VVi‘r.hiii easy distance of Illinois
,iC<-ntral and elevated railways. all lead-
- ing to Fair ciitrances in 10 to 20 minutes
ride. Prices moderate.

SIR.-\H A. BLOl'N'I‘.
llcnilier lliiicn (iil‘flll;IP 368.
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GRANGE DlRECTORY.l

Patrons Will Find These Firms Reliable and 1?
Can Get Special Prices From Them. f

Send 2 cents for

BINDER TWINE. s,,,,,,,,,, and ,,,,,,e_;

H. R. EAGLE & co.,
70 \Vabash Ave., Chicago.

The Smith Implement. dz Buggy Co., 22 and 24 7
East 3d St. Cincinnati, 0. has a contract with ;
Grange of Ohio and Indiana to supply their state '
and furnish goods at wholesale rates when the.’
order comes under the seal of the Grange. We t
extend the‘ same invitation to the Grange of Micb~ 3
igan. Write for catalog and prices. 2

A. R. HICKS & CO., PALMYRA, N. Y. 

are the official furnisbers of badges, working;
tools. seals, staff mountings, and all supplies. y
Illustrated catalog on application. Send orders ;
to Jennie Busll, Secretary, Ann Arbor, or direct I’
to Palmyra, N. Y. ,

“Luw-Down”. Milk Wagons, Bakery,
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OF STKNTON. NIICH.
E. D. HAWLEY, Pres. WM. II. OWEN, Trees.
0. MOORE, Sec’;/.
Retail their own make of goods at ivholcsale price.
We make a specialty of $30 double team work har-
ness and $10 single harness. We guarantee satis-
faction, and prepay freight on five sets. By per-
mission we refer to Hon. H. H. Hinds, of Stanton.

Readers will assist the prosperity
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. Over forty miles of beautiful lake and
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Try it when you go north this summer

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GEO. Di-:HAvEN, Agent, Lansng
Gen’l Pass’r Agt., Grand Rapids.

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General Newspaper Advertising
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siooiiii run $l.00i

Thlsls no green goods nor lottery scheme. but iii ink
business proposition, which we carry out as follows:
To anyperson suffering from runs in an form .we offer
the new discovery in medicine. a. com ined external
and Internal treatment known as the

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I10 I01‘ SUFFIB A DAY Lonsfln. but ask your drugglni
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package FRI-Iii‘. for 10 ets. in stamps, alsoavalnable
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PYRAMID ($0.. ALBION, MICE

7 G. l3CTR';ON STONES
Specialist Veterinary,

‘.-‘-sf Surgeru
Olrvet, Eaton Co., Mich.

  

I make a specialty of Castrating the Ridg-
ling Horse. and Spaying the Kicking
Marc. I Castrate Colts without the use
of ropes. cords. clamps or fire irons.
Spay all kinds of 't_(IOIn6StlC animals.
Capon Fowls; Deborn Cattle. File
Horses' Teeth and I will go any distance
provided a club of {sufficient size is
secured to pay me.|}I guarantee satis-
faction in all cases or no charges. Write
for circular.

iron I SALE.

In the famous fruit belt of Michigan, Oceana
county. Farm 200 acres. 180 cleared. two farm
houses. three barns. two graneries. two good
wells, 200 apple trees bearing, 100 bearing plums.
800 plums one to three years out. No waste land,
and all heavy grass, grain or plum and pear land.
One and one—half miles from court house in Hart
the county seat.

Forty acres, fair house. good packing house
wind engine and good water. Four thousand
trees planted from two to ten years. Peach.
plum. apricot, apple and cherry. Sold 2,000
l)?u»l{4‘tB peaclies in 1892. One and onc-half miles
from water transportation.

.\ililre.s.s, E. l). RIVIIMOND,
I‘I.\RT, OcE.\NA (30,, Mica.

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Aildress 2S7 E. 41st St., Chicago, Ill.

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