r 811% I155 UED @E EXECUTIVE Michigan State SCHOOLCRAFT, NOVEMBER, 1877. VoL. 3.—-No. 8. "I'IEEEZE] MONTHLY COMMITTEE El? G Grange, P. of H, Whole No. 32 THE GRANGE VISITOR, Is Published Illonthly, AT THIRTY CENTS PER ANNUM, lnvariably in Advance. .1. J. woomus, J_ T_ COBB, : }Publishing Committee. All communications should be addressed to J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich. Remittances should be by Registered Letter, Money Order or Draft RATES or ADVERTISING 2 lm. 2m.1'3m.16n\..1yr. 1 Square ———— --, $2.00 $3.50 : $5.00 1 $8.00 $13.00 2 “ ____ _-: 3.00 5.50 8.00 ‘- 14.00 25.00 % Column ____, 4 00 7.00 0.00 1 10.00 30.00 . ___- 700 12.00 1900 l 23.00 47.00 A Square is one inch in space, column width. IT is not the purpose of the Executive Com- mittee in continuing the publication of the VISITOR, by direction of the State Grange, to deviate from the course first marked out in Feb- ruary last, which was to furnish the most direct, complete and cheapest medium of con1munica- tion between the officers and members of the Order throughout the State. We hope Masters and Secretaries will not fail to call the attention of members to every matter of general interest, which appears in the VISITOR. Communications on any subject, calculated to promote the good of the Order, are solicited. XE’ For'Grange Supplies kept by the Secretary, see “ LIST or SUPPLIES ” on eighth page. Officers Michigan State Grange. M.-- J. J. WOODMAN, - - Paw Paw. O.—P. W. ADAMS, - - - Tecumseh. L.———C. L. WHITNEY, — - Muskegon. S.—H. FLEMING, - - - Pontlac. A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - - Ionia- C.——SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co SEC.-—J. T. COBB, - - - Schoolcraft. T.—S. F. BROWN, - - - “ G. K.——A. N. WOODRUFF, - Wa.terv1iet- CEBEs.—-MRS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon. POMONA—-MRS. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids. FLORA—MBS. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw. L. A. S.—M1zs. W. H. MATTISON, Ioma. I Executive Committee J. WEBSTER CHILDS, Chairm’n, Ypsilallti. F. M. HOLLOWAY, 1111155319- GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceana Co. SAMUEL LANGDON, Bowen Stat’n. Kent Co. C. G. LUCE, - - - Gilead, Branch Co, s. E. JEFFRES, - okemos_.InghazI1 00- WESTBROOK DIVlNE, Belding. IOHIB» Q0- J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicw State Business Agent. J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph Co. Deputies. C. L. WHITNEY, General Deputy, Muskegon. H. A. DANVILLE, North’n Mich. P.O. Marilla. Wm. KILPATRICK, Lake Co. “ _ Baldwin City. ALBERT DAY, Wayne “ “ Wayne- W. 0. SMITH, Osceola “ CfaP<7- _ WM. F, LEWIS, Oceana. " 1\eW E18- Gno. B. DELONG, Monroe “ “ Monroe. IRA W. DONALDSON,O3.kla.I1d “ Pontiac. W. 0, SMITH, Osceola Co.. Crapo,Mn ste Co. Support the VISITOR by subscribing. Meeting‘ of the State Grange. The State Grange of Michigan will convene at Lansing, at 10 o'clock, A. M., Tuesday, the 11th day of Decem- ber next. Below will be found a list of Dele- gates by counties, so far as reported up to the time of going to press. Secretaries of County Conventions have been very remiss in making Re- ports to this Oflice, of the names of Delegates elected to the State Grange. Three weeks after the Conventions but 24 of the ~18 Counties had been reported although the Master of the State Grange had called attention to the necessity of making such reports. Since that time I have written to some one in each of the delinquent counties and have added quite a. num~ ber of names to the list. As promised in the October No. a full list of delegates should appear in this No. we hope to hear from the Counties not reported soon after the distribution of this No. If any errors appear in the list as printed, I hope I shall be notified, that we may have a correct list be- fore us at the opening of the session. ALLEGAN—-N. E. Bates, J. J. Atherly, Albert Stegeman. ANTR1M—~ _ BARRY—-—JOl1n Lickly, Peter Cramer, E. C. Phetteplace. BAY—-B. F. Partridge. BENz1n——Victor T. Gardner. BERRIEN——Wm. Burton, G. N. Par- kerton, F. R. Harding. BRANcH—Thomas B. Buell, Geo. W. Van Aiken, H. B. George- CALHOU-N—-Jolln Woodworth, H. L. Day. CASS——Al)l‘3.lI1 Miller. CLINTON-—Richard Moore, M. W. Dunham, R. M._Brooks. _ E A T o N — H1ra1n Shipman, A. P. Green ‘ _ GENESSEE—Wm. Atgate, J. L. Smith. GRAND TRAVERSE—Gr. H. Weight- man. _ _ GRATIOT-—D£l.[1lel H. Curtiss, C. W. Howland. HILLSDALE-—R. W. Freeman, Joel B. Norris, E. C. Turner. Ingfgiil. N. Gillitt, 0. F. Miller, A. A. King . . . IoN1A———SaII1’1 T- Kidd: A 5- Nan‘ nard, John Hacketta W11 T- Inmamt JACKSON—-B. W. Sweet. H- B- For - KALAMAZ00 — N. K. Hunt, A E- st; , H. Dale Adams. Il2i]:§T—Robert Dockeray, George Meech, Wm. Croniflgm“ LAKE—— LAPEER— LENAWEE——- LIVINGSTON-—A. M. Wells. MACOMB——W. S. Hart. MANISTEE——T. W. Richmond. MASON—J. F. Phillips. MECOS’l‘A—-C. W. Clifton. MoNR0E— MoNTCALM—Martin Kickland. MUSKEGON— MInLAND—— NEWAGO——- OCEANA-—- OAKLAND -— ’Wm. Satterlee, E. C. Herrington, Porter Butler. OTTAWA——H. E. Hudson. OSCEOLA--J. W. Ash, ST. CLAIR-—L11Cll1S Beach, Geo. W. Brown. ST. Jossrn-—Wm G. Leland, Daniel Shurtz, A. T. Russell. SAGINAW—-D. M. Cook. SANILAC—-JOlln Sheldon. SH1A\VASSO—-M. L. Stevens, A, F. Place. TUSCOLA——Wm. J. Davis, Loretto Dawson. VAN BUREN —Wm. F. Traiford, J. E. Packer, E. Warner, Wm. Redding, WASIITENAW—-G. A. Peters, Rufus Babbitt, A. Campbell. ' WAYN1«:—Dexter White, Samuel A. Cady. Wnxronn——J. N. Carpenter. P001: G1RLs.—The poorest girls in the world are those Who have never been taught to work. There are thou- sands of them. They have been taught to despise labor and depend on others for a living, and are perfectly helpless. The most forlorn woman on earth be- longs to this class. It belongs to par- ents to protect their daughters from this deplorable condition. They do them a great wrong if they neglect it. Every daughter should be taught to earn her own living. The rich as well as the poor require this training. The wheel of fortune rolls swiftly around —the rich are likely to become poor and the poor rich. Well-to-do par- ents must educate their daughters to work; no reform is more imperative than this.—Ea:change. After a long delay, we have received . a new enlarged and improved song Book, in good board instead of’ p8.pe1‘_ cover. By reference to Price List of supplies it will be seen that the price has been advanced from $1.50 to $1.80 per dozen. This has been necessarv to cover cost. ' l ! Qammunitalians. HOME, Nov. 12th, 1877. lVorthg/ Secretary Cobb :— ‘Vhile doubtingandlhesitatmg whet” I am responsible for is well sheltered and er to write another letter for our ever welcome monthly VISITOR, your kind 0 storms. letter came, and the matter was decided. \Ve have had during several days? just past, frequent snow storms, one lasting twenty-four hours, and one cold rain of equal length, and on the whole I do not remember to have seen a worse week for farmers and for domestic ani- ‘ s' ..'k'.\"b.‘.? ma] [hm the first Wee In mam 91 : w ll urge that it is all well enough for The change from summer to severe win- ter weather was so sudden and unex- pected that few if any were prepared for it, and with the utmost care and effort the sufiering of animals on the farms must have been severe. ’ own animals sheltered, fed, and made as comfortable as possible, the question frequently came to my mind-—would it be of any service, would it do any good , to lecture those farmers—“ their num- ber is legion”——who habitually neglect to give thwpoorammals "1 their posses- 5 need we will be pleased to furnish you sion proper shelter and care. The conclusion is that the poor sufi'er- ing brutes shall have my services as an advocate for half an hour let the result be what it may. The moral turpitude of cruelty to animls through carelessness or shiftlessness will be left for others to discuss, after saying that it is meaner, and infinitely worse than many other things that are called wicked. There are other reasons perhaps that will be more apt to prevail with the guilty if they can be induced to consider them. If we keep animals for service or for profit they will perform the best service or yield most profit, if they are suitably fed and kindly cared for. So plain and simple is this truth that men of ordi- nary intelligence often see and profit by it. It is sad to realize that more than half the calves, lambs and yearlings of all kinds in Michigan will be less val- uable in the spring than’ they are this fall, when a little better feed and alittle better care, would double their value. All young animals should thrive eon- stantly until they are matured, then the owner gets pay for his feed and labor, but if a growing animal is fed six month more or less, without increase of weight or value, the feed and time is lost, and worse than lost, for the animal is worth less than when he stopped grow- ing, and what a mere trifle in feed and care would have changed the result. Aman who expects sheep to produce wool, or cows to give milk without the materials‘ that make wool and milk, is next kin to a fool, and yet we see the experiment being tried every day, al- ways with like results, teaching con- stantly, and ever demonstrating the never changing fact that the materials must be furnished, and furnished daily ' too, or the machine is useless, the pro- duct will not appear. If there are any animals on the farm that will not pay for kind care and liberal feed, the soon- er they are got rid of the better. But let them have a fair chance first, and remember that the man that does not feed well, shelter well, litter well and sse that his stock is comfortable, and have what they needto make them heal- thy and thrifty, will have poor stock, without regard to breed or blood. Any scrub, well fed and cared for, will show better results than the purest blood of the best breed if left to brouse on the common, and seek shelter in the fence corner. Nothing adds more to the com- fort and quiet of animals than a shelter and dry warm bed in cold weather, and during storms, and they can be provi- ded very cheaply. Those Who can afford it do well to build permanent, substantial buildings, but when this cannot be done there are many ways to provide cheap shelters that will answer quite well for a time, and until better ones can be made. It is a pleasure to know that we are , improving in the matter of kind treat- ’ ment of our domestic animals, and to know that it pays in dollars and cents, as well as in a clear conscience. _ If I know that every animal that I comfortable, what do I care for the Let them rage, sleep is easy and no horrid dreams disturb repose. But who can sleep knowing that every ‘ living thing about him is suffering on account of his lazyness or neglect. In this hasty letter ;all the reasons that urge kind treatment of animals cannot be urged. Some of your reader.-. those who can afford it, to provide shel- ter, but we are too poor. Tile reply is, 5 the poorer you are the more you need to take good care of what you have. j Your animals well fed and. cared_for, \Vhile we were laboring in the storm _ “'1” help 10 DT0V1d9 You Wlth thlllgs and using our best efiorts to get our‘ you need, will help to remove the mort- gages on your farms. or to pay your l notes and other debts. If you are un- able to pay at once, your creditors will say do as well as you can, everything about you looks thrifty and comfortable there is no danger of you, take your own time, and if there is anything you and take our pay when it is convenient. \Vhen if your animals are allowed to sufl'er and starve, they soon become poor, diseased and worthless, you can- not conceal the fact that you are guilty and mean, you realize that others know it as well as you do, you are not able to provide the things you need, those who trusted, without knowing you (as no others would) clamor to be paid, and you very soon find that you are in like condition with your cattle, not only poor and sick but “played out.” Yours, Truly, ALOl\'Z() Snssroxs. SEC. CoBB.—Some weeks ago the writer of this, received a. very urgent invitation from Bro. C. H. Butts, Secretary of Saginaw Pomona Grange, to meet, with. and address their Grange at Thomastown on the 2nd day of November. In order to reach the destination on time, it was necessary to leave home on the morn- ing of the lst. The weather was threatning, but we had previously been admonished that 21. Grange meet~ ing is never to be abandoned or post- poned on account of the weather. About five o’clock the waters that, had all day been passing just over our heads began to fall, and before the train reached Saginaw City, be- tween nine and ten, the cold rain was coming down in torrents, not very encouraging for the morrows work. But it was a good night to seep, and it was well improved at the Taylor House. The next morning the wind was blowing strongly from the east and the air was thick. with the first snow. of the season. 'lhe prospect looked dubious enough. Thomas- town is nearly ten miles north and west from Saginaw; and the thought of lacing a blinding snow storm for ten miles with no idea of meeting an audience to be gathered from all parts of the county, was anything but spirit elevating. If any doubt this, try it and see how you like it. At about eleven young Bro. Adams put in his appearance at the hotel with an in- quiry for the writer, we were soon seated ina strong buggy behind a stronger teamgwith a. driver, who by his action indicated that he was used to going along through the world. Before one o’clock we were seated at a table loaded with good things, un- der the hospitable roof of Bro. THE GRANGE Vrsrrofi. Adams, Sen. The Grange hall where the meeting was to be held is only about thirty rods from his residence. By noon the storm had ceased and the clouds had broken away, to some extent. About two o’clock we re- pared to the hall. We found it to be a new building, 28x52 feet. two sto- ries ‘ high. The upper story is all finished for hall and ante-rooms. The lower story is not finished. It is in- tended for dining room, kitchen &c. This hall has been built. not by the Pomona Grange, but by Lelia Grange and one of the best notes connected with its construction is, it is all paid for. At alittle after two, VVorthy Master Wiltvsie, assumed the chair, and your correspondent was intro- duced to a. fair sized audience, who were for two reasons. entitled to great credit. One for coming out on such aday, and the other for listening for two long hours without apparent un- easiness to a review of the rights, interests and duties of the American Farmer. After the address, came the deluge of good things to eat. Eat- ing seems to be a department of Grange work where all are able to do their part. Two or three hours were spent in a good social time. The wri- ter was forcibly impressed with the belief" that no part of the State needs the benefits of the Grange more than the Saginaw valley. The farmers are generally younger men with less ex- perience than the farmers have in the older settled portions of the State. The farms are new, and it is impor- tant in improving the heavily timber- ed land, in order to insure success, that the work be done to the best ad- vantage. and with superior skill. This skill is learned to a great extent one from another. For instance, one of the subjects much talked of du- ring the after supper conversational discus.-ions, was, the removal of the pine stumps from the land. One member estimated the cost at one dol- lar each. Another said he could pull and clear the dirt from the roots for l5 cents each. For once, for a won- \ der your correspondent said nothing, for the simple reason that he knew nothing about it. But if there is the difference in cost indicated. there must be a great difl'erence in the amount of skill used. Brothers, try and learn of the skilled, not only to pull stumps, but all other things use- ful. You of Saginaw have a rich soil when properly developed. Your lum- bar is gone, now to succeed you must devote your time and energies’ to good farming. To do it intelligently, associate together. Learn to use your brains to advantage as well as your strength. In the dark grey of the morning of the 3rd, we started back on a cold ride to reach the early train from Saginaw. As We rode along where the Wood- mans axe has laid low many a tall pine, the snow capped stumps looked like sentinels placed there to guard and - protect the soil from the daring in- vaders of their domains and well grounded rights Yet they too must yield to the ingenuity and strength of man. VVith a hopeful good-bye to all the kind friends met, I must close. C. G. L. . throw us. THE GRANGE VISI’FOR. ‘ 3 United Agriculture. BRO. COBB :—-I am constantly be- coming more and more impressed with _the importance and utility of the P. of H. as an essential factor in the commerce of the country. I am also surprised at the great in- diflerence and apathy of many farm- ers in reference to the excellent fa- cilities which it offers for the promo- tion of their interests. Yet, history shows that all great reforms are slow in working themselves into public fa- vor. Prejudice has ever antagonized every advanced step in great reforms. VVhy should our noble order share a better fate, however deserving of pub- lic favor,-or strong its claims to pat- ronage. It must be tried in the fur- nace, in order to bring out its purest gold and demonstrate its excellence. What could not be accomplished by a united agricultural fraternity? How easily might the oppressive bur- dens that cripple its progress be over- come, and farming at once assume its true rank and position among the industries of the world. It might, and ought to take the first position in wealth and honor, leaving all oth- ers subordinate and dependent. In- stead ot being controlled by all oth- ers, it might control and dictate. In- stead of remaining as at the present, the serf and vassal, it should be their master. A united agricultural interest, is the great want of society at the pres- ent moment; a remedy for the com- mercial dangers that threaten to over- With this industry op- pressed, there must be of necessity, stagnation and drouth in all other commercial relations, as farming is. and ever must remain the foundation of their prosperity. That this greatest of industries is oppressed, is too apparent to need any argument to demonstrate. 'l he richest and best agricultural portions of our State are heavily mortgaged for more than hal-f their value ; and it is very doubtful, whether in the event of a fore—closure, and force sale, they would not at once go into the hands of Bankers and Capitalists. Why does such a state of things exist if farming is lucrative or even self-sustaining? Certainlv it is not because, a-: aclass, farmers are spend- thrifts and profligates. As a rule they are pressed to the most rigid economy, in order to live at all. Neither are they lazy or indolent, they know by their‘ experience the full meaning of the words, "' by the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat thy bread.” They work more hours and live on less, than any other class of community. They are certainly de- serving of a better fate, than mort- gaged farms and insolvent estates ; yet, such are the burdens that op- press them. VVere this great industry of the country a unit in its fundamental in- terests, it could apply the remedy for the evils which they suffer. It could break assunder the chains which bind them the victims of unremunerative labor. ’l‘hey should make their indus- try, not only first in importance, but first in remunerative investment as a business. r How. we may reserve for anothe paper. s. s.-—-s. c. FENWICK, MONTCALM COUNTY, MICH. October, 29th, 1877. BRO. J. T. Conn, 6ec’y State Grange .- IVorthy Brother.-—-Not having noticed any Crop or other Report from Bush- nell Grange No. 437, I will endeavor to give the readers of the VISITOR a_ brief account of its doings. This Grange was organized May 16th, 1874, during the fall of that year it erected and furnished a hall 24 by 46 feet, with all the necessary convenien- ces for the comfort of its members. Be- ing located in a good farming section, and its members being composed of good well-to-do farmers, their wives, sons and daughters,they instructed their Purchasing Agent to order goods from Chicago and other places in quantities to meet their requirements, until De- cember last, they then erected a store building in connection with their hall, and put in a stock of Dry Gooods, Gro- ceries and Hardware sulficient to meet their wants. This store was only opened for trade on the evenings of meeting which is once a week, and then only to members of the Order. Having done all the purchasing. I am able to give the report as copied from mybooks as follows : Amount of Dry Goods Purchased, . . . .$6,l16 00 Groceries, purchased at various places, 450 50 Groceries, purchased in Detroit to date, 1,692 22 60 Tons Plaster, of Day & Taylor,.. . . 170 13 Sewing Machines, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 390 3 Wagons, of S. G, Krick, Eilezs, . . . 175 1 Buggy’ (A u u 34 Washing machines 52 13 VVringers, . 50 Gallons Ingersoll Paint, . . . . . . . . . . 87 1 Organ, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 1-55 barrels salt, purchased in Saginaw, 142 Including Hardware, Boots & Shoes, the trade has been over Ten Thousand Dollars, not including goods purchased in Ionia on special arrangements for members of this Grange, which has amounted to a, large sum. Our Grange numbered at the close of the last Quarter, 1-L0 members in good standing, There was harvested by members of this Grange, last harvest, 912 acres of wheat, the yield was large. There is a much larger crop now on the ground than there was last year, and looks far more promising than the crop did a year ago. Our members have adopted the plan of shipping their wool to Boston, in p1ar;'e of selling to local dealers, thereby securing just _what their wool is worth without fleecing or dock-age. They have adopted that plan for two years with good success. Fraternally, R. W, HoY, Pur. Agt. SHERMAN, Mich., Oct. 29, 1877. BROTHER J. T. CoBB.—Please send the GRANGE Vrsrron to the following named persons. -K- 99 9': 9': ‘I- Sherman Grange No. (332, was organ- ized the 19 of Feb. last. Our Grange has leased a hall for one year by lathing and plastering the same. VVe have it nearly completed. VVe expect to have a grand feast on the 4th of December. Have determined to co-operate by using every available dollar in purchasing through the Grange channels. Crops of all kinds have done well in this County so far as heard from, some fields of wheat turning out forty-one bushels to the acre. 1 have not heard ofany yielding less than ten bushels per acre. There is a larger acerage sown to wheat this fall than ever before in this County. Oats turned out well, the writer had a field of new ground of six acres that yielded sxty three bushels per acre. Fraternally, l. N. CARI’)-INTER, Master, No. 632. The Iowa State Grange meets at Des Moines, on Tuesday, December 11, 1877. ' Qastcfs gepartment. J. J. VVOODMAN, - — - PAW PAW Before this number of the VISITOR is in the hands of its readers, the National Grange will be convened in its Eleventh Annual Session. As the right of petition is fully guaranteed in the Order, it is but reasonable to expect that a large amount of busi- ness will be presented, which must be duly considered and disposed of. Ofiicers are also to be elected at this meeting. The length of the session will be about ten days. All communications relating to the business of the session, or which require immediate answer, should be addressed to me, at the Grand Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. As the State Grange meets on the 11th of December. but little time will be left for preparation for that ses- sion, after reaching home, and cor- respondents will excuse any delay which may occur in answering their communications. The State Grange will be in session four days; and the Rail Road Com- panies of the State, will be invited to extend the usual courtesies of half fare tickets, to all members of the Order attending the session. The wives of Masters who have been elec- ted Representatives to the State Grange, if'Matrons, will be entitled to the same mileage and per diem, as elected delegates. Will the Superintendents of all the Grange Stores and other cooperative business of the Order in the State, send me without delay, a brief state- ment of the amount of capital em- ployed, business done, expenses of the business, and profits or savings to the purchasers ? Also such other facts and suggestions as may be deemed of interest to members of the Order. For the purpose of consultation the Masters of County Granges are re- quested to meet together at Lansing, during the session of the State Grange, and I would reccommend that such meeting be held on Thursday, the 13th of December. THE Bov1NEs.——It“ a loaded revol- ver were placed at my head and I was given one minute in which to name the most useful piece of four-legged furniture, I would unhesitatingly an- swer, “ The cow,” and have forty-five seconds to spare. In speaking of the cow I embrace the ox and the bull. The ex is used on the farm in the place of a steam engine. He is as faithful as a box of pills, and some- what slower than lightning. A man who has driven. an ox team all his life is selected as a pall bearer at funerals as he never gets ahead of the pro- cession. The bull is chiefly celebra- ted for his disposition, which is cut goring and gathered in quite full. He generally wears an ear-ring in his nose, and has a curiosity to know how you are made inside.— San Jose Mercury. iii?‘ 4 THE VlSIT()R. THE GRANGE VISITOR. SCI-IOOLCRAFT, NOV., 1877. éecrctarpfiz gepartment. J. T. COBB, — - - — SCHOOLCRAFT. Ofiicers and members of S_ubordinate.Granges in corresponding with thls oflice, will please always give the Number of their Grange. BLANKS. ‘Blanks that are sent free from this ofiice on application are : Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub- ordinate Granges. Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0- mona Granges. ‘ Blank application for organizing Pomona. Granges. Blank applications for Membership in Pomona Granges. Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer. Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges. Blank Certificates of Election to County Convention. Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to the State G-range. Blanks for Consolidation of Granges. Blank Application for Certificate of Dimit. Blank Plaster Orders. Blank Certificate of Incorporation. 4 Granges delinquent in reports from Secretaries for quarter ending March 31st. 1877: Nos. 44, 48, 62, 75, 95, 111, 142, 146, 147, 156, 204, 206, 211, 223, 244, 249, 255, 302, 319, 320, 330, 347, 356, 371, 377, 385, 409, 410, 418, 431, 444, 445,447, 469, 473, 488, 500, 501, 502, 531, 542, 551, 552, 567, 587, 596, 604, 605, 607, 612, 617. This list does not include those dor- mant Granges that have not reported for a year or more. Plaster. Bao. PATRONS.—AS promised in the last N o. I have sent to the Secre taries of the several Granges of the State, Blank Orders for plaster. On no other interest has thare been con- centrated so much attention by Pat- rons as upon this plaster question. This grew out of the fact that a com- binatian was wickedly organized ex- pressly to compel the” farmers of the State to payan increased price for a staple article, and this at a time when labor was becoming every day cheap- er, and when there was not the shad- ow of areason for an advance in price, and what was even far worse, the dis- criminating against us as an Order was a greater outrage than any other act of the combination, and in fact the one that drove us to that inde- pendent action which at the end of a fight of two years enabled us to break the combination, reduce the price of plaster one~half and declare our inde- pendence. _ Do not forget that this was accom- plished by the Executive Committee of the State Grange, the members of which became personally responsible for the means necessary to work out this result, and that it has been ac- complished at small cost to the Treas- ury of the State Grange. This work has not only been done, but we believe it was well done and the farmers of Michigan, outside “ The Gates” reaped the benefits last year in common with Patrons. We are glad of this. While we believe that all good farmers in the Country, and good men who are poor farmers, should belong to the Order and sustain the Organization whose sole object and purpose is to benefit the agricultural class, yet we are not disposed to complain because the Grange has incidentally benefitted our Bro. Farmers though they have not seen fit to join our ranks. I referto this matter at this time as the season is just before us when work must be done to secure orders from the membership, all over the State, and protect this plaster inter- est as secured for you by the Execu- tive Committee, from invasion by the agents of the old Association who will appear to you in the person of the local dealer with his offer of cheap plaster this year (which was what you wanted) and will insist that your con- venience will be best secured by get- ting plaster of him just when you want it. In some places distant from a Rail Road Patrons may find it to their in- terest to arrange with a local dealer at a Railroad Station who has all the facilities for handling, to get their plaster when they want it and not take the chances of roads and weath er to unload from the car. In such cases you should order the plaster and have it consigned to the dealer, pay him for his services, fairly and honorably, but know that you have done your duty to the Ex- ecutive Committee, to Day & Taylor, and have not gone back on your friends by buying plaster manufac- tured by men who deliberately organ- ize to beat you. We cannot advise doing as was a necessity last year, taking your plas- ter right from the cars, That way is subject to so many annoyances, that as fast as possible it must be aban- doned. It is a sort of make-shift way of doing business. There are many places where it will pay for a Grange to build or rent aplaster house, and put it in charge of some reliable man, who will handle it for wages not profit, Take this matter up at your first meeeting. determine what to do, and place the matter in the hands of a committee of one or two, (not five) good competent men. The reduced price of this year will enable you to take care of the busi- ness much easier than you did last year. You can rely on getting a pure article, well ground, the product of a quarry over 20 feet in thickness of solid plaster rock, from which no part has been selected for Stucco or other purposes. 1 Day & Taylor have a large amount mined and under sheds. This will be Well seasoned and ground in good condition. Send me orders early, with explicit directions as to time of shipment and route. - Freight rates may undergo some change before the plaster season opens. That matter is of course in the hands of the Rail Road oflicials and will be determined by them when they get to it. 3@“Remember a year is soon gone and your expiring Subscriptions to the Grange Visiros should be re- newed. ' State Grange Session. In answer to all questions relating to the meeting of the State Grange, I would say that the next session will commence at 10 o'clock A. M. Dec. 11th in the Hall of the House of Rep- resentatives. Lansing. The session will probably last four days as the rule by which to judge the future is by the past and each of the previous sessions have covered that time. There is ample room in the Hall to accommodate a large number of our brothers and sisters of the Order besides those elected as mem- bers of the body. Arrangements for board_have been made at from $1,00 to $1.50 per day, and all who come will readily find good accommoda- tions. Strangers arriving will please come to the Hall and they will be ad- vised where _to stop. I hope to see a large number of members from dif- ferent parts of the State The ses- sions have always proved of interest to those who did not actually partici- pate in the business of the session and I have never seen a Brother or tister in attendance, who regretted the loss of time or expense incurred. The new Capitol Building is so far advanced toward completion that a correct idea of what it will be, can now be had. This with cheap Rail Road fares furnishes an additionl in ducement to go to Lansing during the session of the State Grange. Secretary’: Reports. VVill those Secretary's who are de- linquent in Reports, and there are several, take notice that the fiscal year closes December 1st, and that the fact of such delinquency will be incorporated in our Report to the State Grange, soon to assemble It behind one or more Reports don’t wait an hour, but forward as soon as possible. We hope our list of delinquent Granges will be ashort one. _ Irecieved for publication in the Visiron quite a lengthy communica tion from Bro. Thos. Malory, Secre- tary of Rollin Grang No. 383, in which he discribes quite minutely the man- ner in which a brace of “ land sharks" as he very appropriately calls the operators, plundered a few gullible farmers of Lenawee County, in the sale of lightning rods. From the many accounts published from time to time of the operations of this class of swindlers, it would seem as though every County in the State had been visited by them, and the wonder is that a reading people, (and the American people are such,) should have overlooked a fraud that has been so frequently described in the newspapers of the country. Rascals are plenty and probably al ways will be, and they will alnays final victims to prey upon. some new device to beat somebody is brought to light frequently, and We can but think the lightning rod swindler has had his day in that line and must turn his attention to something else. As the season for their operating is over for 1877 we must. postpone the publication of Bro. Malory’s article until next Spring. He concludes with TI-IE GRANGE V7ISlTOR. some very sensible advice. He says : “Brother farmers, when you see these insurance agents, lightning rod fellows book canvassers or other frauds enter your premises, coolly go about your own business and be sure to request them to go about theirs. Never sign a paper that a s'rangcr may request you to, and place no confidence in any man of whom you have no knowl- edge whatever. Deal with your own Order wherever and whenever it is' practicable, and you will not be gulled by these sharks. Never pur- chase a thing because you think you are getting it cheaper than your neigh- bor or purchase what you do not need because it is cheap, and lastly ‘be honest and fear not.’ ’ garresyundenrer This communication from Capt. H. H. Brown, in reply to F. Hodgman, was intended for the October No. of the VISITOR. but was not received un- til the 23rd of the month after the« matter for that N 0. had been set up and was ready for the press. These gentlemen have given each other some blows that add nothing to their opinions or arguments, and we take this occasion to caution corres- pondents against this style of proving up any proposition. Bowen STATION. Mich., Oct. 12, 1877. J. T. Cobb, Editor Grange Visitor :— DEAR Sia.—Mr. Samuel Langdon one of the Executive Committee of your State Grange has this day shown me the attack of F. Hodg- man, of Climax, upon my address at Goguac Lake, last August, and upon me personally, in your September No. If Mr H. is a. fair sample of the courtesy and manliness of the Graduates of Michigan Agricultural College, then I have only to say the less We have of such institutions the better. I have often troden upon the very tender corns of young graduates fromall grades of colleges, but have never opened so little American courtesy in any of these same “ pet- ted young men” as I find in your correspondent. Wherefore I have but little to say to him. Those who heard my address will remember me as say - ing “ our educational system was a failure in- asmuch as it educated heads and not hands. It turned out scholars to starve,” And I asked “ where are the graduates of our Agricultural Colleges F ” and I answered “ anywhere except on the farm, a few are there, but they are ex- ceptions and not the rule.” I was speaking from my own experience, and it had been so obvious to me, that I did not suppose any one had a different experience. But this young graduate tells us that “ by fara greater propor- tion of the graduates may be found on the farm.” Now I have seen a graduate of Har- vard driving a. horse car and of Yale on a home- stead in Nebraska. They are exceptions and not the rule. Now let Mr. H, give us statistics of the alumni of the different colleges and I venture to say that he Wlll find as great a pro- portion from classic schools on a farm as from our boasted agricultural and not necessarily failures. When the figures are given then wee'l own up. The names he has given are not familiar to me, and 1 am informed that two of them are horny handed hard working “ Prot’s,” and one at least not a success in private farm- ing. _ I am sorry for one reason that you Mr. Edi- tor allowed that article a place, for a large por- tion of my work is in the interests of labor, be- ing a member of the Sovereigns of Industry, and working in the interests of that Order. 1 have also spoken for several Grranges in your State, and looked for more work in that line, and this attack from an inconsiderate youth, (i’ll be charatable) will he an impediment to the good I might otherwise do. As an earnest worker against all monopolies and a promi- nent member of the Order of the Sovereigns of Industry, and special Deputy of that Order for the State of Iowa, I feel in my public capac- ity as though I had been kicked. Personally and privately I care nothing about it. There- fore I only ask you in the interests of the La- bor movement to publish this. My private repu- tation will survive the attatk even if I do “ get my living in this way.” _ , Believe me, yours for the emancipation of labor from all monopolies. Capt. H. H. Bnowx. P. S.—Mr. Willard did not speak upon nor advocate “inflation.” His subject was “the silver question” and he advocated its remoiie- , tization. For the Grange Visitor, CLIMAX, Nov, 11th, 1877. B120. J. T. COBB.—I have some- thing to say to the members of our Order in regard to its educational work. I do not intend to try and ex- haust the subject by any means, but merely to touch on some of its salient points in which I feel interested. Persons in every branch of human industry have need of the general education which our common schools, academics and colleges are designed to furnish. In each individual call- ing they need a special education of the head and hand which is not to be found in the books, but which every man must work out for himself by ‘observation and practice, To assist in this special education, technical schools have been and will continue to be established, but the schools which must do the greater part of the work are the field and the workshops. This is specially true of the farmer. This special education must mainly come irom his fields. his stock yards, and from contact with his fellow men. Other things being equal, the better general education he has, the better farmer he will be. The great wonder of the present century is the rapid advance that is made in all the arts and sciences, but it seems to me that the farmers are being left behind by the craftsmen of other vocations. Nearly every body is making more rapid progress than the farmer. That will not do. We must keep in the front ranks. Our virgin soils must be kept good and their fertility 'im- proved; our exhausted soils must be ‘ renovated; we must raise better and larger crops from the same land, must raise better cattle better hors- es, better sheep. everything better, in short must be better farmers. We must be better financiers, and when we have raised our crops, must be able to command the best prices which the markets of the world af- ford. . This means individual study and labor and united interests and action. Every farmer must go to work to better his farming. He must be watchful inselecting his seed, to ‘im- prove inslead of‘ running out his crops. He must try experiments of various kinds to improve his methods of culture. The result of all these experiments must be made known so that their full benefit may be realized. An experiment by itself may not amount to much and at the same time it may be an indispensible_ link in a chain of great value. The several links must be brought together and welded into the chain. The pI‘a_Ct1Ca1 application I would make is this, let every Patron who can do so, try one or more experiments in any bl"3.1lCll.Oi farming in which he is specially iii- terested Let him carefully note the methods he employs, the surrounding circumstances affecting It, and the results which he obtains. G,-ance for discussion during the pro- gresso of the experiment, and att gas conclusion, if the result proveh 0 9 Let him bring the matter into i.he- 5 of Qositive value and likely to be generally beneficial, let it be publish- ed in the VISITOR. We have in the Grange all the ma- chinery necessary for doing a work of incalculable value in this direction. Should we not bestir ourselves and use it 1? ’l‘he farmer needs a better general education. Many of the arts and sciences bear directly on his pursuit, and he must use their principles whether he knows it or not He can- not be too well educated in them. He '/n.a4,st have this knowledge .in some way if he keeps even with the rest of the world in the race of improve- ment. Older people must get it from reading and observation. Boys must go to school. When he has gradua- ted from the common school, there is no better place for a farmers boy than in our Agricultural College. There he pursues just those studies which he needs to use in alter life. There he is free from most of the tempta- tions which surround so many insti- tutions of learning There he is free from the contact of any would-be ar- ristocrats who afi'ect to sneer at the farmer or his vocation. He there takes just such a position as his con- duct and ability entitle him to hold. lie is in congenial society and in the midst of congenial surroundings. If he goes there to fit himself to be an intelligent farmer. he will find every- thing to encourage him in his pur- suits. If he goes, as very many do, to avail himself of its course of study while fitting himself for some other avocation, he will be taught to honor and respect the farmer and his call- ing. - Last summer a speaker at one of our Grange gatherings attacked our schools for teaching a false education. He argued that they taught their pu- pils to dispise honest manual labor and untitted them for getting an hon est living. He referred particularly to the Agricultural Colleges, saying their graduates were not to be found upon the farm. The man taught a pernicious doctrine, based upon false premises. llis audence was of labor- ing people, most uf whom received their education in the schools he be- rated. Vcry few, if any of these could say that these schools taught them that manual labor was dispisa- ble or dishonorable. Our schools do not teach anything of the sort. But little such doctrine is taught any- where, and that little is the exponent of the inherent laziness of man's na- ture. It is tooooften encouraged at our own homes and tiresides, by loud parents who have spent a life of toll and drudgery, and wishto save their children from similar hardships, and so bring them up in idleness. Schools are not provided to teach manual la- bor. It is no part of their aim. al- though some of our special schools require a cerlain 3.111-)l1lli} of manual labor to be peiforined by their stu- dents. Our Agi-icultui-al College is one of them. Right here i wish to say something further with regard to it and its pupils. \Vlien Captain B1-own told an audience of Michigan Patrons of Husbandry. that the grad-. uates of our Agricultural Colleges were not to be found upon the farms 6 it was only another way of saying toO them that our own College is a fail- ure, that the money spent in estab- lishing and sustaining it for the past twenty years is thrown away, that if they wish to educate their sons for farms, they should send them any- where rather than there, because those educated there do_not go upon the farms. If the statement is true, we have a right to know it. If it is not true, the man who makes it pub- lic, wrongs the college by creating a prejudice against it among those most concerned in its welfare. He wrongs the farmers by dissuading them from availing themselves of the opportunities for a special education which is thereaflbrded. He wrongs the pupils of the school by publicly misrepresenting them and holding them and their schools up as objects of public contempt and contumely. Now I have been more or less intima- tely acquainted with the college since it opened in 1657. I know person- ally all its earlier and many of its later graduates and students. In 1873 I knew the occupation of every graduate. of the later graduates I am not so fully posted, but have good reason to believe that the proportion of farmers is greater now than it was then. At’ that time there were 71 living graduates, 28 were farmers and fruit growers, 12 were Professors and teachers, mostly in Agricultural Colleges. There were 7 business agents, 6 lawyers, 5 students of Spe~ cial science, 4 engineers, 4 druggists, 2 mechanics. 1 clergyman, 1 physi- cian and one editor. Some who were teachers in 1873 are now on farms. Others will in time become farmers. Many entered the college without means, worked their Way through and When they left it had not a cent in the world. They could earn farms easier some other way than they could by hiring out as month hands to work on the farm. Most of them will sooner or later be found at work upon farms of their own. Some are already there. As it is, there are to- day five graduates of the college prac- tising and teaching agriculture, to one engaged in any other pursuit, and nearly as many as in all other pursuits taken together. Among the students who have not taken the full four years course, I have reason to believe the proportion of farmers is very much greater. Although the college was specially designed to give an education suitable to the farmers needs, it has been patronized nearly as much by other people as it has by the farmers. M any a studen has availed himself of its advantages who never intends to be a farmer. The college should not be censured if they are not farmers, but we should put a stop to that state of things. Let us fill it so full of farm- er boys that there will be no room for any one else, and then demand that no student shall be permitted there who does not fully and honestly in- tend to be a farmer after he leaves the college. Let us give the college every reasonable facility. Let us see to it that it keeps fully up to, if not ahead of the times. Then let us use it _ F. HODGMAN. iétate ggeitfs gcpartment. CENTREVILLE. J. H. GARDNER, - I have endeavored to secure re- duced rates of fare to all that may at- tend the meeting of the State Grange at Lansing, commencing December 11th. The Chicago and Lake Huron Road agrees to carry passengers the round trip for one fare from all sta- tions on their line, tickets to be pur- chased at the place of starting. The Michigan Central Railroad. the L. S. and Mich. Southern, and Detroit, Lansing and Northern ltail Roads agree to sell round trip tickets for two cents a mile each way; all tickets to be bought at the starting point, and good from the 10th to the 17th of December, both inclusive; so that return passage can be had on Monday, following the closing of the Grange. All Patrons that can conveniently should attend, as there will probably be alarge amount of important busi ness transacted in which all should take a deep interest. 1 am now closing up my business transactions, and will dispose of the goods and implements on hand at prime cost, and frequently below. Buffalo robes irom $6.00 to $9.00 for No. 1, whole skins; horse blankets and lap robes at net cost. Boots and shoes of nearly all kinds; rubber goods, consisting oi boots, arctics,alaskas, sandels, over-shoes, floor, table and carriage oil cloths and rubber coats ; all kinds of groceries, domestic dry goods, dress goods or cashmeres, pop- lins, India cloths, Polo cloth, repell- ants, cambrics, ginghams, suit-ings, prints, cheviots, cassimeres, jeans, hosiery, underwear, gloves, mittens, and notions generally must be dis- posed of soon. Best wagons for $56 5 sewing machines, 3525.00 and drills, wheel rakes, cultivators and other tools on hand. In the mean time, I will thank all who are owing me for goods t) remit the amount at once. I am compelled to notice the failure of G. H. Oliver and C. W. Pelham to make payment for goods sent them after repeated so- licitation by me, and I hope no future agent will send out goods on promises to pay when received, for home make it convenient to forget that the agent has to pay, and expect him to fail to make payment like themselves. All bills not payed soon, will be put in collection. Thanking all who have paid up promptly, and requesting all to send me the amount of your pur- chases and savings from all sour:es during the past year, to be reported to the State Grange I now retire from acting as agent. J. H. Gaansna. The Louisiana State Grange will ‘»meet in annual session, on the 11th day of December next in New Or- leans. A cow can yield a far greater weightin butter than she can‘ store up in fat. An animal might give the products of two pounds of butter in a day, while one—halt' that, quantity could not be laid on in fat, if fed for that purpose. TI-IE G RANGE VISITOR. gahiea gcpartment. No communications received. _Do the Sisters wish this Department dis- continued .7 ED. GALESBURG, Oct. 29,1877. lVorthg Secretary Cobb.-—Enclosed find Quarterly Report; and one dollar for a Grange Record Book. Owing to the good Works of a com- mittee appointed to visit delinquent members, Galesburg Grange has just emerged from a lethergic state into an earnest and enthusiastic condition. The present outlook is truly encouraging. If any Grange is burdened with delin- quent or indifferent members, the reme- dy is to appointa committee of enthusi- astic Matrons tovisit all such members, and the burden will soon roll off‘, the Grange will put on the armor of emu- lafion and all work together with awill. “'6 hold meetings semi-monthly and have discussions on farm topics. Yours Fraternally, Z. O. DURKEE‘, Sec’y Galesburg Grange, No. 18. Annrson, MICH., Nov. 7th, 1877. WORTHY BROTHERZ—Hel‘6With find Report for Quarter ending Sept. 30th, as it is un- usual for us to be so late in sending our reports, We hope this one will not be taken as a sample of those of the future. The fact is we have been busy with a co-operative store lately, or- ganized by our Grange. We have already a paid up capital of $730.00, and only began the organization a month ago. Since then we gave ordered and paid for over $200.00 worth of goods, all purchased through our State Agent, J. H. Gardner. We charge 8 per cent advance to members and to others me make it from 10 to 121:. So far all have been well satis- fied, for the reason perhaps, that we purchase only the best unless otherwise ordered. Fraternally, Tnos. MALORY, Sec’y. WOODBRIDGE GRANGE, No. 183, November, 12, 1877. i lVortlzy Secreta7'_1/ Cobb :—— About one year ago it became a common report that. our little craft, No. l83. had been scraping the sand for some time,and at last the cry arose that she was leak- ing and rapidly sinking. We were carrying at this time quite a number of passengers. besides the usual working crew. some folded their hands and declared that they would not pnmp wiile she was sinking, but put her out to sea with a fair prospect of a fast voyage, and then we Wlll work at the pumps or elsewhere as you may direct. Others were frightened, sprang overboard at once and were lost, yet others with cool heads and steady purpose, have kept the craft afloat until the leak has been partially stopped at least, and a safe anchorage reached. And while she has been pronounced un-sea-worthy. an inspection would show that No. 138, had been receiving the needed repairs, and is ready for service at any call. But the company propose to carry no passengers only such as pay their fare, and as we are yet a live Grange, working on this rule, we expect to iive. Enclosed please find Report and dues for the Quarter ending Sept. 30th. Fraternally, W. H. HILLYARD, Secy. The Patrons of Jefferson County, Ind., have about completed the organi- zation of a mutual fire insurance com- pany, which requires every person taking out a policy to be a member of some Subordinate Grange, and any- thing which affects his, or her good standing in the Order..annuls the policy. . A striking illustration of the hard times among politicians as well as among other folks is afforded in the fact that among the special police sworn in at the Capitol the other day were two cx-Governors, one ex-Judge and one ex-Congressman, and several prominent State politirians who have been hanging about Washington for months waiting for something to turn 11 R. P. 0. Order, I — TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR. 7 -BECAUSE the agency system is highly successful, saving Patrons annually 3. large sum of money, it does not follow that the Order should have no other facilities for co-opera- tive buying and selling than agencies. Nor does it follow that, because the existing Patrons’ co-operative stores are many of them prosperous, saving their Patron customers considerable money and making some for their Patron stockholders, they are just the machinery necessary to secure the most complete and profitable appli- cation of the co-operative principle. But it does follow that, because a cer- tain system of co-operation has been in operation for more than thirty years, and has been an astonishing success, it is safer than some untried and illogical modification of it. Therefore we are not ready to assent to the doctrine that we have the agency system and it works well, and should be let alone; nor to the doc- trine that the present Patron co-ope- rative stores,which are a modification of the Rochdale store, are better adapted to our wants than it is. We hold that the true principle of co‘ operation, whether in buying or sel- ling, is that the co-operators shall furnishflthe capital,do the business and be the customers ; tor in this way, and in this way only, they will secure the whole profit of co operation. Joint stock companies that sell goods to Patrons at low prices and pay their stock-holders eight or ten per cent. dividends each year, are not bad in- stitutions. but they are not truly co- operative, and they will not be until the stockholders and the Patron cus- tomers are one and the same persons. They are pretty nearly as great a modification of the “Rochdale plan” as Unitariaiiism is of Calvinism. The payment of dividends to the custom- ers, and allowing these dividends to accumulate and become stock, are the essential characteristics of the Rochdale association, and they have been “modified” clear out of many of our co-operative stoi'es.-—Cr’7'_cm_r/e Bulletin. From the Grange Record. The, finances of any corporation, institution or government, are of V1- tal importance to that body, and should always be of great interest to its individual members; those_ot the National Grange are no exception. The part of the Constitution re- lating to dues has been the subject of discussion, and frequently of amend- ment, at each annual session of the National Grange, to say nothing of the unlimited criticism of members of the order, and newspapers every- where. To the originators- of the Order, this subject was the one most thor- oughly considered, and the one that gave them the most anxious thought; for upon it depended the success or failure of their undertaking. W1th- out money no enterprise can succeed. It was their earnest endeavor so to frame this part of the organic law that the dues should be smallenough not to be burdensome to the individ- ual members, and yet large °P°‘?gh to pay the expenses of establishing the Order while accumulating a fund, the interest of which would pay the annual expenses of the National Grange after the Order was estab- lished, and thus relieve the State Grange from the payment of dues, thereby strengthening that part of our structure that most needs it. Owing to our unparalleled success this was in a fair way of accomplish- ment when the Subordinate Granges began to take strong ground against the idea, and our enemies, through the press, rang the changes upon it until it was thought best to reduce the dues, and finally to divide a very large sum among the State Granges. This amount has been very nearly paid, but in order to do so we have been obliged to sell a portion of the lunds already invested, and will, un- doubtedly, have to sell more to de- fray the expenses of the next annual meeting. Your expenditures are very much reduced from previous years, but are still of necessity large, and to meet them I beg to urge upon the Secretaries of State Granges to make their reports as promptly as possible, so as to enable the Treasurers to pay their dues up to the 1st of July, du- ring the present fiscal year. By doing so the payments will ap- pear in the report of the year, and avoid confusion at the annual meet- ing. It is a gratifying fact, that some of the States that were behind last year have commenced paying up, and all are actively engaged in correcting their reports to correspond with the standard fixed by the National Grange. Upon the whole, the outlook for the future is cheering, and should in- cite us to fresh and continuous efforts to strengthen and enlarge the posi- tion we have already obtained. I take this opportunity to extend a cordial and fraternal greeting to my Brothers and Sisters. and to thank my Bi-other Treasurers of the State Granges, with whom I have had official relation, for their uniform courtesy and kindness. F. M. MoDownLL, Ti’eas. Nat. Grange. A GRANGE is an organized co-opcr- tive society and is, or ought to be, at all times, in complete running order. Its object is the benefit of its members, intellectually, physically. morally and pecuniarily. How, best to accomplish the desired object and reap the full henefit of co-operation should be the constant study ot each and every member. The business feature of our order can never be a success except by com- plete co-operati on all over the country. Measures are now being adopted to establish a network of supply stores all overithe country, and we doubt not that much pecuniary benefit Wlll ulti- mately result. True, mistakes Will be made, failures may occur, but the the- ory is coi'rect——the manner of reduc- -ing to practice being a lesson to be learned, sometimes by bitter experi- ence. - ‘ Every Patron of Husbandry should now be awake “with his lamp trimmed and burning,” for in an hour when he least expects it, he may be called on, or may have an opportunity of par- ticipating in this grand movement.-— If he is dormant, been dropped from the rolls or voluntarily with-drawii from the ranks, he may repent of his remissness when too late. The Grange is not in itself a busi- ness organization It brings farmers together, and gives them opportunities to co-operate in purchases and sales. It opens mediums through which ma- tcrial benefits may be obtained. Such advaiitages are the incidents of organ- ization. If thby are the true purposes, then the Grange is a business organi- zation, and that fact should be de- clared and the general plan moulded to such purposes. We have no ob- jection to such advantages as may re- ward concerted action in making pur- chases or sales, whether made in the Grange or out of it. Our protest is against the effort to fasten upon the order visionary and impractiable schems which involve n_ot only the abandonment of established methods, but the acceptance of complicated sys- tems of interchange for which elabor- ate and special preparation is plainly the pre-requisite to success.——— Hus- bandmmz. The Tompkins county (N. Y.) Fire Relief Association, a Grange organiza- tion, is less than a year old, and has upon its books one hundred and thir- ty-six policies, covering risks to the amount of $356,641. The amount of premiums received $365. penses for the year, $195. This in- cludes printing, blanks, stationery, and all necessary equipage for carry- ing on the business. N0 losses have been sustained yet. THE Granges in Columbia Co., Washington territory, have a mem- bership of about two hundred and fifty. and have completed and paid for two houses for shipping at a cost of nearly three thousand dollars, at Grange City, one 40x80 feet, the oth- er 20x40 feet. ‘ THE Farmers’ Frieizd says: “ We do not desire to go into statistics in regard to the matter, but we find, on examination of the oflicial records of this State, that more Granges have made reports for the past quarter up to the present time than under the same circumstances last year. -2 OBITUARY. DIED of typhoid fever, on the 25th of Octo- ber, JOHN A. FULLER, a worthy member of Bronson Grange. DIED in Easton, louia County, Michigan, August 30th, 1877. Mrs. EMILY Jacigson, in the fiftieth year of her age, a beloved member of Ronald Grange, No. 192. THE UNIVERSAL SEWING MACHINES Make the CHAIN and LOCK STITCHES, And embrace all the good qualities of the old machines. No Machine is cheaper! Na Ma- chine is better I Guaranteed for five years.’ Monev refunded if not satisfied. Secretaries, send for specimens of the work, and circulars for your whole Grange. O. R. IN GERSGLL, of.Patroiis’ Paint Co., Front and Dover Streets, New York. :The ex- ' 8 VVIn. H. HARRIS, (Successor to H. D. W'ErMoB.E,) lillllfllfll llll-llllllllllllll Glillllfl Mfllll. AND SPECIAL AGENT FOR LOUISIANA, No. 48 Corondolet Street, New Orleans. Orders for Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Rice, and all Southern products filled at Wholesale cash prices. Consignments of Flour, Meal, Bacon, Lard, Corn, Oats, Hay, Wheat, Bran, Apples, Potatoes, Cabbage, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and Stock solicited. %’'Send 10!‘ Circular- llllWlll llllllll ! [l[lWll ll A FlRS_T—:CLASS Sewing Machine FOR THE ABOVE AMOUNT. Owing to expiration of the last of the "combination patents” We are enabled to make 9. further REDUCTION in the price of our Machines. Plain Machline, - ,8’ 25 Half Case Jllackine, 30 Half Cabinet “ Folding’ Case “ 40 Fall Cabinet “ 45 The superiority of our Machine is well known among the Patrons of this state. Each Machine is warranted for five years. Machines sent on 20 days trial, by depositing price with Express agent, or with Grange Sec- retary or Master. Order direct from the Company and Save all Agents Commissions. THE WHITNEY MF’G 00., 22 Adams St. CHICAGO. ILL. PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES Kept in the oflice of the Secretary of the MICHIGAN S T A T E GRANGE. And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash 07'- der, over the seal of a Subordinate Gra-ngc, and the signature of its Jllaster 07' Secretary. Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 2.‘) Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60 Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . 1 00 Blank Record Books, (Express paid),. . . . . 1 00 Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . 50 Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,. . 50 Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Applications for Membership, per 100, .. . . 50 Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Withdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Bv-Laws of the State and Subordinate ‘G-ranges, single copies £30, per doz., . . . . . 50 New kind of Singing Books, with music, Single cop 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 80 Rituals, sing e copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 “ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 60 Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blank Applications for Membership in P0- mona Grranges, furnished free on appli- cation. - Blank “Articles of Association” for the Incorporation of Subordinate Granges with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . . 10 Patron’s Pocket Companion, by. A. Cra- mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . 1 00 Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . . 40 J. T. COBB, SEC’Y Mrcn. Srur: GRANGE, SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH. Address, Accordeons, Alpacas, Aprons, Cm-1 iage and Buggy Barcge, Veiling, ills, Bag Strings, Bod Surmgs, Bed Quilts, Belting, lVIa.chine, Belts, Ladies, B<-av<-rs, Bill Books, Bishop Lawn, Blank Books, Blankets, Bed and Horse, Bleached Cotton, Blacking, lllueing, Boots and Shoes, Brushes, Shaving, Brushes, Tooih, Brushes, Blanking, Brushes, Nail, Brushes, Hair, Brushes, Cloth, Brushes, llorsc, Brussels Net, Braids, Bracelets, Bracelets, Illustrated List. Brown Cotton, Br-vadcloth, Bustles, ' Buttons, Huckles, Pants, Carpet Warp and Yarn, Carpets, Carpet Binding, Carpenters’ Rules, Cards, Playing, Cambric, Cable Curd, Canvass, Cassiniere, Cement, Rubber, Chromos, Chains, Watch and Neck, Chains, Illustrated List. Chambruy, Checked Shirting, Chrviot Shirtiug, Chess and Chess Boards, Cloths and Cassimeres, Clothing, Clothes Wringcrs, Cluuy Lace, -. Clocks, Clocks, Illustrator! List. Cotton Batting, Cotton Flannel, Cottonades, Concertin-us, Corset Jeans, Corsets and Clasps, Corset Laces, Coal: Binding), Combs, Assorted Styles, Corduroy, Crash. Cribbage Boards and Boxes, Croquet Sets. Crotchet Edging, Curtains, Lace, Curry Combs, Cutlery, U: Denims, Diaper, Diaper Pins, Doeskins, Dominoes, Dress Goods, Dress Binding, Drilling, Cotton, Drilling, Linnen, Ducking, Edgings and Ensertiugs, Elastic Cord and Web, Embroidery Silk, Embroidery Cotton, Fans, Farmers’ Satin, Feathers, Flannel, Cotton, Flannel, Union Checks, Flannel, Shaker, Flannel, Wool, Plain, Flannel, Wool Twilled, l<‘la.nnel, Wool Plain. Flannel, Opera, Flowcvs and Plumes. Flasks, Frilliug, Fringes, Fasnges, Silk and Worsted, Furs. Fustiuu, Gents’ Ties, Bows A‘; Sczrrfs. Ginghams, Gllup Gloves, Ladies‘ & Childreu‘s, Gloves. Ms-n’s and Boys, Grass Cloth, Grenadines, Grain Bags, Guipure Lace, Guns, Gun Caps, Harmonicas, Hats and Caps, Hair Pins, Hhnd Glasses, Handkerchiefs, Iladics‘, Handkerchiefs, Gents‘, Hosiery, Ladies’ Hosiery, Misses’ 52 Children's Hosiery, Men‘s and Boys‘, Hooks and Eyes, Irish Linen, Jaconet, Jewelry, Jewelry Illustrated List, Kettles, Brass rt Porcelain, Kentucky Jeans, Knit Jackets, Ladies’, Knit Jackets, Gents’, Knitting Cotton, Knives and Forks. PAliTl[lllLAll. THE GRANGE VISITOR. Linen Drill, Linen, Dress, Linen, Table. Linen. Bird-1-eye, Linen Thread, Linen Braid, Linen Floss, Linen Collars and Cults, Liury, Locks. Lockets, Lockets, Illztstratetl List. Marseilles and Piques, Mattresses. Illemorantlum Books, Miscellaneous Articles, Mittens, Hens’ and Boys’, Mohair, Dress, Rluhair. Binding, Monkey Wrenches, Mosquito Netting, Nnnkeens, Nainsnok, Napkins, Napkin Rings, Rubber, Napkin lt’s, Ill’:/.stra.fcd List Neckties, G-nts’, Neckties, Ladies’, Ne-erlles and Thread, .\'ursi-ry Rubber Shooting, Nubies, Oil Cloths, Floru‘, Overalls and Jumpers, Padlocks, Pamsols, Paper Collars and Cut‘l's, Pens and Penholders, Perfumery, Percnles, Pillow Case Cotton, Pillow Case Edging, Pins. Pins and Ear Rings, Pins, Emblem, Pins, Emblem, Ill1Lst:'atctl List Pocket Books, Prints, Quilts, White, Quilts, Colored, Razors and Razor Strops, Repellents, Regalizls, Revolvers, in 5» Rings, Illustrated List. Ribbons, Rope, Rubber Diaper, Rubber Balls, Rubber Sheeting and Bibs, Rubber Belting, lllanhiuc. Laces, Shoe. Rubber Boots and Shoes, Lave Trimming, Rubber Clothing, Lap Robes, Rnches and Ruching, Lanterns, Rules, Lamp and Candle Wick, Rum g, Ladies’ Silk Neck IIaudker- Sash ibbou, Chiefs. Satiuets, Ladies’ Cloth, Satchels, Lawn, Dress, saddles, Lesgguss, Wool. Saddles, 1llu.stratezI List. Legg1ngs,Rubber, scales, Led Pencils, Sca.rfs,Silk, Linen Shirt Boosoms, Suarfg, W001, .CA'l‘AL()GUES AND PRICE LISTS OF A ' TO ANY ADDRESS ON AP SEND also we SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED LIST or smvns AND s1 srzwmo MACHINES, SADDLES, &c_ MONTGOMERY WARD .2. 00., The Original Wholesale RANGE SUPPLY HOUSE 227 cu aas vvA.:B.A.s:E.: AVENUE, Read the following partial list of the Goods we sell at Wholesale Prices. Sewing Silk, Sewi ng Machine Needles Attachments, Sewing Machines, Sewing Machines Illustra- ted List and Seiues, Sheeting, Uubleziched, sheeting White, Sheeting, Bleached, Shining, Unbleached, Shirtiug, Bleached, Shirts, White, Shirts, Checked and Striped, Shirts, Over, Shirt Bosotns, Shirt Studs, Shears and Scissors, Shawls, shawl Straps, Shawl Pins, Shawl 1-‘ins, Illwarrated List Silesias, Si , Silver Plated Ware, Silver Plated Ware, Illus- trated List. Spoons and Forks, Silver Plated, Skirts, Skirt and Coat Braid. Sleeve Buttons, Soap, Toilet and Silver, Spool Cotton and Linen, Star Braid, Stationery, Suspenders, Swiss Mull, Syringes, Tape, Linen and Cotton, Tape Measures, Table Spreads, Teas, Torry for Cloaking, Thread Lure, Thermometers, Ticking, Tick Binding, Tobacco, Towels and Toweling, Trunks, Traveling Bags, Umbrellas, Underwear, Ladies‘ Underwear, Gents‘ Valises, ‘Valenciennes Luce, Velveteens, Veils and Veiling, Violins. Victoria Lawn, Watches, Waterproof, Wash Blond, W adding, Welting Cord, Whale-bone, Window Curtain, Wigans, Wicks, Wickings, Wool Twine, Wool Scarfs Work Boxes. Yak Lace. LL OUR GOODS FREE PLICATION. ' LVER—PLATED WARE, CLOCKS, MONTGOMERY WARD 85 00., Opposite the Matteson House, Chicago. ESSEX PIG-S. BRONZE TURKEYS. Young Stock, of undoubted purity and excel- lence. For sale LOW. Reference as to square dealing, State Agent, J. H. Gardner, Centre- ville. PATRUNS’ PAINT COMPANY, 259 Front Street, New York. Ingerso11’s Ready Mixed Paints. 50 per cent Saved. 64 page book of colors, how to paint, select har- monious colors, Jzc., mailed free on application. HENRY HAWLEY, Burr Oak. St. Joseph co.. Michigan.