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Ofiicers National Grange. ,
MASTI-2R—S. E. ADAMS, Minn. 5
OVERSEEQ-—J. J. WOODMAN, Mich. I
LBcrU12ER—MORT’MR WHITEHEAD, N. J.
STEWARD—A. J. VAUGHN. Miss. I
Assr. STEWARD—WILLIAI\I SIMS, Kansas.
CHAPLAIX-—A. P. FORSYTH, Illinois. l
TB.EASUREB.—F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y. l
SECRETARY——U. H. KELLEY, Kentucky.
GATE-KEEPER——0. DINWIDDIE, India.na_
CERES——MRS. S. E. ADAMS, Minnesota.
POMONA—MRS. J. J. WOQDMAN, Michigan.
FLORA-—MRS. JAS. T. MOORE, Maryland.
LADY ASSTISTANT STE\VARD—MISS CARRIE A. '
HALL, Kentucky.

Officers Michigan State Grange.
M.—J. J. 'WOODMAN, - .

Paw Paw.
O.—P. W. ADAMS, — - - Tecumseh,
L.-—C. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskegom
S.—H. FLEMING, - - - Pontiac.
A. .——W. H. MATTISON, - - I0nia_

C.—SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co

SEo.——J. T. COBB, - - _ S.
'r.—s. F. BROWN, - . _ °h°.°.I°"ft‘
G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF, - w'atm1iet_
CnB.1:s.—MBs. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon

POMONA—MRS. W. T. ADAMS, G d '
FLOBA———MB.S. J. J. WOODMAN, ran Rapids‘
L. A. S.—MRS. W. H. MATTISON,

Executive committee.

J. WEBSTER CHILDS, Ch ' ’ ' ’
F. M. HOLLOWAY, - mm.’ "’ Elfftfififg;
GEO. W. WOODWARI), Shelby, Oceana, co,
THOMAS MARS, Berrien Center, Berrien Co
Q G- LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch Co‘
WM. SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co‘
WESTBROOK DIVINE, Belding, Ionia. Co’
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicio

‘ For it clears the path for a nation’s tracks

Oh, a thing of joy is the Woodman’s axe,
. And it sees that the hearthstone never lacks

, Oh, a sturdy thing is the woodman’s axe,

' In the early morn o’er the crested snow

 And you hear the steady blow upon blow

’ The tall. old trees who’ve swayed in the breeze,

T Are losing their strength by sure degrees.

Bearing his Satelites crushed to the ground,

, And all the day long they're strewn along,

State Business Agent.
J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph C0.

General Deputy.

C. L. WHITNEY, - - - Muskegon.

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FOR explanation as to change in

size of VISITOR, see Secretary’s De-
partment.

Under existing regulations We are
required to send a. copy flee to’ the
Master Of each‘ Subordinate Grange,
We shall also send a copy free to 311
Secretary’s who send us ten or more
names of subscribers for one year,
with pay for the same.

We cannot longer furnish it free
to those who do not work for it. L We
must have something for something.

,er attention farmers give to the

SCI-IOOLCRAFT, JANUARY 1st, 1878.

THE SONG OF THE AXE.

Oh, a loyal thing is the woodman’s axe,
And a terror to t'rceman’s foes,

As the empire westward goes.

For it makes the old homestead bright.

Good heart of a cold. dreary night.

And the sturdy woodman's blows,
Makes his arms as hard as the wood he hacks,
And his checks as red as a rose.

To the woods he hastens away,
Of his good, sharp axe all day.

And have braved a thousand storms,
At each stroke of the woodman’s arm.

Hark .' the rebound of a crashing sound I
’Tis another old oak gone down,

Like a king when he loses his crown.

Before the strong woodman‘s axe their dumb,
Their tough hearts shake with fears,

And one by one they‘re forced to succumb-
These braves of a hundred years.

Like giants slain in a fight,
And the woodman hacks away with a song,
For he thinks of his home and the night.

At his home awaits, at the garden gates,
His pet little girl with her sled,

And on the pond his boys with their skates,
And their cheeks are all rosy red.

Within his own doors o’er the oaken floors
The old hearth-stone is laughing and bright,

And the honest wife, whom he almost adores,
Will welcome him home with delight.

Oh, a thing of strength is the woodman’s axe !
For it brightens the faces at home.

And opens the path for an empirc’s track
In the ages yet to come.

Facts ‘V01-th Considering.

From the Husbandman.
ELMIRA, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1877.

W. A. ARMSTRONG, Secretary 17’m'-
mers‘ Club :——It— has occurred to me
that the farmers of the Club may
very properly express their opin-
ions on a subject in which I am
sure they must feel a lively inter-
est, for it. affects directly the profits
of their labors. I allude to taxation.

It has been said, that the true
business of the farmers is to till
the soil—to produce the grain, the
meat and the fruits, not only for
his own sustenance but for the
feeding of all people who have ad-
vanced to what may be styled, the
wants of civilization. It has also
been said by certain persons, “wise
in their own conceit,” that the clos-

business so defined, the better for
them, leaving public questions to
be managed by the classes more ;
competent to deal with them. It
is true we must depend on farmers
to furnish us food and the staples
from which raiment is made. But
in my judgment, they should not
necessarily be confined to such
service.

In this country a little more
than one half of the population is
engaged in agriculture. A little

more than half the votes may be

YOUB SUBSCRIPTION
l_ will Expire with No.

cast by this class. I say may be
cast, for it is a tact that no other
class lias manifested so much in-
difference about exercising the
right of siitlhige. Now, with these

facts in view, it is quite surprisin}_>‘ 

that any person should seriously
assert that farmers should confine
their labors to fields and the care

of their animals to the exclusion of
I the important duties which rest

alike upon all the people in a
country where self-government is
established. Somebody must make
the laws. If it be said that farm-
ers have their special business and
should not step beyond it to take
part in the administration of pub-
lic affairs, the same rule would
confine the merchant to his count
ing-room. the banker to his coun-
ter, the lawyer to his oflice, the
manufacturer to his shop, the me-
chanic to his chosen task, and so
with all classes. -
The tlteory of our government is
that the people make the laws.
But they can not do it collectively
so they depute persons selected
from their number to do the work
for all. It is reasonable to suppose
that men who have fair intelli-
gence and at the same time happen
to be farmers should know what are
the wants of their profession, just
as well as otl;er men with a like de-
gree of intelligence, who happen
to be lawyers would know the
needs of agriculture. But those
farmers who constitute a majority
of the voters and who own more
than half the wealth of the nation.
are prone to such self-abnegation
that they select from the other
class, the men to declare the legal
status of their wealth, the tenure
by which it shall be held, and what
proportion of its products shall be
set. apart each year to defray the
government expense.
And—heaven defend us-—a pres
sure of fate has established the
custom of selecting lawyers for all
this important. work. They do not
hesitate to tell us that farmers are
not competent to make laws. A
man with a. ravenous appetite sat
down to a dinner of apple dump-
lings enough for two men of or-
dinary capacity. His little boy
looking wistfully at the plate said.
“I would like a dumpling.” “ You
must not have it.” said the father.
“They are not good for little boys,”
a n d straightway he devoured
them all. Are farmers well sat-
isfied thatmen in other business,
or without business should say
what is good for them, and then

‘ give it the solemn sanction of law?

Perhaps you will say I have
wandered from the subject, taxa-
tion, but it seems to me that I
have touched the reason why un-
just taxation is fastened upon ag-
riculture, and indicated the way by
which it can be equalized; or rath-
er the means by which such equal-
ization can be attained. Do not
supposel am asking for legisla-

3 tion. 011 the contrary, if my argu-

ment is good for anything, I have
been showing that we have already
had too much of that, and what we
now want is its correction. I would
have all the interests, all the in-
dustries of the country represent-
ed in the law-making bodies, and
then we may be sure that all will
be well and justly considered.

As in-at-lers are managed, the
productive interests of our coun-
try are made to bear by far too
great a share of the taxes. I be-
lieve it will continue to be so un-
til the men engaged in these in-
dustries give their attention to
making legislatures with direct
reference to adjusting the laws
governing assessments in such
manner that all property of every
kind, shall take its just share of
taxes, and such a legislature will
neverle made of men who add
nothing to the wealth of the coun-
try. REGNAT PoPULUs.

THE farmers of Illinois, opposed
to the Grange, organized Farmers’
Associations and admitted to mem-
bership all classes of society. The
secretary says in his last report:
“The advisory board admitted
many to our conventions who had
no real sympathy with our reform,
or with any of the objects for which
our association was organized.
These men disregarded the princi-
ples of the association and nomi-
nated men who either openly re-
pudiated the principles, or were
silent upon them.” As soon as
those labor associations admitted
parties not in sympathy with the
association, the object they sought
to accomplish was defeated. We
have the same danger to guard
against in our Order. The ballot
is our only safe-guard. If we have
the moral courage to use it, when
a doubtful candidate applies for
admission, we are safe.

 

THE Worthy Master of the Lou-
isiana State Grange speaking of
the subordinate Granges sending
letters to the Grange papers says:

“I sincerely wish that the grang-
es would adopt this plan of letting
us know their present condition
and their prospects and plans for
the future. It is encouraging to
hear that some Granges are engag-
ed in earnest work and are making
their influence felt for good. It is
important also to hear the com-
plaints of those who have griev-
ances which ought to be known,
and if possible corrected. Don’t
have the least fear of “pitching
into” the officers of the State
Grange. They are the servants of
the Order. and are always lad to
be reminded of any neg eat or
oversight on their part.”

 

-—The‘ next number wlll contain
not only the report of the Executive
Committee of the State Grange, but

others matters of interest to the Ordfilfg -

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rfi"1i'17Ii AlvlViJAL SESSION

Miclliaan State Grange.-u Pa-
trons of Husbandry.

MAST ER’S ADDRESS.

Woi<'riii.' PATi:oNs:—It is required
by the Constitution of the Order,
that the State Grange shall meet

_, but has become one of the fixed i - ties to perform and interests I
* stitutions of the lzind. r ; and shall labor for the per- ?
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'I‘o you the chosen representativ

, of the Subordinate Granges of Mich-

annually to consider and act upon,

such subjects, as wisdom, gath-
ered from practical experience, indi-

‘ The County,

cate as necessary for the welfare of the ,
. ies, deriving all their powers from the

Organization; and custom makes it

the duty of the Master to comniiini- 3
Cate to the State Grange, such matters ,‘
of interest, relating to the objects and 
aims of the Order as well as the con- _
dition, and wants of the Subordinate ‘
Grange, as circumstances may seem to Q
; able time is necessarily consumed at

require. On the fourth of December,
1867, the nucleus‘ of an organization

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of farmers was formed in the city of‘

Washington.

This was the first at-‘-

tempt in the history of this country, j
if not of the world, to organize the ‘

tillers of the soil, for social and men-

tal culture, and the protection of their E

interests.

The idea of such an organization
was first conceived by a practical far-
mer, who had gathered much valuable
information, fii relation to the con-
dition and wants of the agricultural
interests of‘ the United States, from
extensive travel and close observa-
tion, while in the employment of the
agricultural department at Washing-
ton. For several years but little pro-
gress was made, and at the 5th animal
meeting of that organization, called
the National Grange, but one Master
of a State Grange was present..

It was not until the 6th annual meet-
ing held at Georgetown, 1). C., in Jan-
uary, 1873, that the National Grange
was permanently organized and in-
corporated.

Representatives from nine States
were present at that meeting, and took
part in making the organization per-
manent. From that time the growth
of the Order was rapid, and at the
next animal meeting, representatives
from thirty three States and Terri-
tories, appeared and took part in the
deliberations of the session.

The organization of Subordinate ,
Granges in this State commenced near I

the close of the year 1872, and this
State Grange was organized April 15,
1873, hence five years of the practical
work of the Order in this State has
passed into history, and the Order yet
remains strong and prosperous. The
doubts and misgivings which many
entertained in regard to its perpetuity
have been dispelled, and the beautiful
Grange Halls which dot almost every
portion of our State, the places of
business, co-operative stores, means
provided for, and success of, practical
co-operation in Subordinate Granges,
the success which has attended our
State and local business agencies, the
intimate and satisfactory business re
lations which have been established
with manufactures and dealers, the

' general success which has attended

every business enterprise, which has
eminated from the properly constitu-
ted authority of the Order, the in-
creased confidence, and practical busi-
ness habits, which members of the
Order have acquired, by social inter-
course with each other, more intimate
relations with business men, general
reading and practical discussions in
the Grange, as well as the evidences
of reviving prosperity of farmers, tell
in language too plain to be misunder-
stood, that the Order is not only do-
ing the work for which it was designed,

a

igan is delegated power to inal-;e such
rules and regulations, for the govern-

ment of the Order in this State, and ,

recommend such changes in the Coii- .
» stitution and laws of the National
; Grange, as the experience of the past

have proved necessary for the welfare
and general prosperity of the Subor-
dinate blranges.
is of the Order is in the Subordinate
Granges, for there all power lies. and

Practically, all there .

from them all authority einiiiates—-— ‘

State and National
Granges, are but representative bod-

Subordinate Granges, from which the
representatives are chosen. Legisla-
tive bodies are largely made up of
members who have had no parliamen-
tary training, or practical experience
in legislation, consequently much valu-

the bcgiiiing of each session in stud-
ying parliainentary law, and learning
the routine of legislation. This has
been in a large degree obviated in our
Order, by a wise provision in our Or-
ganic Law, which provides, that “ the
State Grange shall be composed of
Masters and Past Masters of Sub-
ordinate Granges and their wives
who are Matrons.” This calls to
the State Grange, those whose
position has been such as to give them
one years practice in parliamentary
usage, and require them to become

four Republican institutions, 
recognizing that “ difference of opin- 
ion is no crime, but progress towards f
truth is made by differences of opin- 
ion, while the fault lies in the bitter-
ness of controversy ” Believing that
“ sectioiialism is, and of right should
be, dead and buried with the past,” in
our agricultural and fraternal brother- I
hood “ we recognize no north, no
south, no cast, no west."

Our governinent is “ of the People
and for the People." It is the first
system of Constitutional Government .
founded upon political equality, and k
the general consent of the governed. .~
“ Chartered Governments,” called Re- 
publics had existed, but they con-}
ferred only a partial franchise, and‘?
limited civil privileges; but our gov- 5
eriiinent, deriving its authority from 
the true source of power the wholei
people, must be what the people make I

i it. The Congress of the l’nited State, 1

i composed of members chosen by the

j great source of wealth, is it not unreas-

1 absence of representatives of that in-
} terest in Congress, unless it be by ,
‘ discussion. petitions, and resolutions I

thoroughly acquainted with all of the i
work of the Order, as well as the con- 3
dition and wants of the Subordinate ;

Graiiges.

j the Order of Patrons of Husbandry;

To the knowledge and experience;

thus acquired, can be ascribed much
of the practical work, and ability to
dispatch business, which has character-

and it gives me great confidence, to

know that this body, is composed of ,

members who have learned from ex-
perience derived froin untiring work
in the organization, what is most need-

: islation for their benefit, while unor-

ed to promote the good of the Order '3

in this State.
presuming on my part to endevor to
instruct you. Representatives should

It would therefore be‘

obey the instructions, and endeavori
to gratify the wishes of their constitu- .
,‘ ents, when fully made known, or de-

cline to represent them; but to make
radical changes in the constitution and

laws of the Order, to gratify the no- ',

tions of a few, who form conclusions

without duly considering the effects of ‘

the changes asked for, would soon de-
stroy every vestage of harmony in
laws and work of the Order;
weaken, if not destroy the eflicacy of
the organization.

I will call your attention to a few
subjects, which in my judgment are
worthy of your consideration; and for

lgreat interests of the country have

, 5 gress, but their organizations to which
ized the sessions of the State Grange; :

people to legislate for their interests,
is now in session, and as the soil is the

onable to claim, that some of the legis- 
lation of the country should be to en- ;
courage and protect the Agricultural :
interests, or at least should not be so 
directed as to benefit other interests 1
at the expense of agriculture. And
how can this be accomplished in the

of associations and bodies, authorized
to act and speak in the interests of
llusbaiidry? Such an association is‘

and siicha body is this. All the other

not only their representatives in Con»

their representatives look for instruc-
tions.
and powerfiil operate to influence leg-

ganizcd, and unrepresented interests,

Hence influences both direct,

there was imported 85,490,049 lbs. of
wool, costing in gold $20,433,938, and
woolens valued at $51,075,492, mak-
ing in two years, $150,132,546 of the
gold of the country paid to foreign
countries for wool and woolen fabrics,
and this exclusive of shoddy, the im-
portations of which have been large.
For 35 years prior to January 1st,
1862, the average price of wool in this
country was for fine, 50 4-100, medi-
um, 42 4-5c, and coarse. 35§c per lb.,

' on a gold basis; and yet in 1876, with

an inflated currency, the average price
realized by the farmers for that clip,
did not exceed 25 cents per pound.
The losses sustained by the farmers
of Michigan alone, by this one act,
passed without their knowledge or
conseiit, estimated at more than two
millions of dollars, can never be re-
covered, but the experience so dearly
bought, cannot fail to stimulate them
to be more watchful of their interests
in the future. I have dwelt upon this
subject, for the reason, that specula-
tors are again raising the cry of
“ cheap wool,“ and the present Con-
gress will be pressed by influences and
arguments to reduce, if not entirely
remove the duties upon wool and
woolen fabrics. Hence it is of vital
importance that, not only the State
Grange of Michigan, but every State,
County, and Subordinate Grange irrthe
land, should by resolutions speak up-
on this subject, and make their iiifiu-
ence felt.
THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT AT
WASHINGTON
should be made in reality what it is
claimed to be, “ The I)eparlme72t of
Agficulture of the United States,‘ and
its primary object should be to protect
and foster every branch of agriculture,
3 encourage a higher and more practical
education for farmers sons and daugh-
‘ters, and stimulate home production,
so as to give employment to labor.-
It should be presided over by a scien-
l tific practical farmer, who should be
made'a member of the Cabinet, hav-
ing a voice Where his influence can be

are necessarily neglected, and often
suffer.
by the Tariff‘ Legislation in l872.———.l

This was fully demonstrated 1

, direct with the government.
PATENT LAws.
Congress should be petitioned to so

VVhen a bill was introduced to reduce  revise the patent laws, as to protect

the tariflf upon lumber, which would l
materially effect the lumber interests '
of the country, that interest in Mich-

igan had a. representative there, who

sprang to his feet and raised his pro- =
test against the passage of‘ the unjust 
measure, and calling to his aid his col- '

 leges from this State, they unitedly, ;

; commendable, fought the odious bill 
d I and defeated it.
an ‘

, speculators, and derogatory to that of =

innocent parties, in using any ar-
ticle, sold in the market, and prevent
the extension of patents beyond 'tlie
time for which they were first grant-
ed.
EQUAL PROTECTION.

A tariff is a tax or duty levied by

the government, upon the products of

with a will and a persistaiicy that was l other countries, which are imported

But when a bill was 3

brought forward in the interest of:
I

3 farmers, to reduce the tariff on wool 3

principles to guide you in your de-v

liberations, I refer you to the Declara-
tion of Purposes of the Order, adopt-

lished to the world.
So wise and just are the objects
there set forth, that no opposer of -our

criticise them The opposition We have
encountered, has been more theresult
of imagination than reality, and must
cease when our principles and pur-
poses are fully understood.
WORK or THE ORDER.

Our Organization was formed for
wise and beneficent purposes, and its
Work is not confined to the individual
benefit of its members, but reaches
out to the good of our country and
mankind. We desire “equality, equity,
and fairness protection for the weak,
restraint upon the strong, in short
justly distributed burdens, and justly
distributed powers.” As citizens we

no one was there to raise his 3
voice against it, and as farmers were 
unorganized, with no means of co-:
operation whereby they could protest 3
against the outrage, it became a law, f

ed by the National Grange, and pub-  and not one wool grower in a hundred /

knew what was being done, or had

 been done, until the price of wool be- ‘l

1 gan to tumble.

. _ L was to encourage the im ortation of
Organization has ever attempted to‘ a P

The effect of that act

cheap wool, which was thrown upon
the market in competition with our
domestic wool, reducing the price of
the latter below the actual cost of pro-
duction.

The tariff was restored in 1874, yet
during the two years that it was off
the importation of wool and woolen
goods, which for eleven years prior to
the reduction in .1872 had averaged
annually of Wool 52 058,843 pounds,
costing in gold at the port of ship-
inent, $5,125,082; and woolens valued
in gold at $33,099,301. were increased
to 1:22,2_56,499 lbs. of wool in 1872,
costing in gold $26,214,195, and wool-
ens valued at!$-52,408,921. In 1873,

into the United States; and from which
the revenues are mainly derived.

Free trade, would require that all
such tax or duty should be removed,
and free importation allowed.

A high or prohibitory tariff creates
a monopoly. A low tariff’, tends to
free trade; and oppresse labor, by en-
couraging the use and consumption
of the products of cheap labor of oth-
er countries; and therefore injures
home production. It also means di-
rect taxation for the revenues of the
government.

In view of the fact, officially stated,
that “ nine-tenths of all the personal
property of the country escapes taxa-
tion,” it is not reasonable to suppose,
that farmers and real estate owners,
favor a policy which would impose
upon them the chief burden of support-
ing the government, and paying the
national debt.

What the farmers demand, and the
country needs, is a tariff so adjusted
as to protect ‘all interests equally, and
give employment to both capital and
labor. Hence the present tariff 13-W8
thould be so amended as to give the
same , protection to the raw ma-
serial, as is given to the manufactured
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and the perpetuity of our republican
institutions, depend upon the general
prosperity and contentment of the
people; and when a policy shall be
inaugurated, that will so stimulate the
productive industries of the country,

as to give employment to labor at-‘

reasonable wages, and capital at fair
profits, bringing capital and labor,

“the producer and the consumer into .

the closest and most intimate rela-

tions,” we shall again see prosperity '

reign throughout the land, and the

government made strong, not only,

among the nations of the earth, but in
the atlections and confidence of the
people.

an JCATION.

My views in relation to common;
schools, and a higher education for‘

farmers’ sons and daughters, were ful-
ly expressed in my communication to

v the objects aims, and composition of 3

 ket the falling off of railroad receipts,
‘in fact, almost every calamity that
: befalls the community, even to the
lfinancial crisis which has paralyzed

-‘ almost every business interest in the 3‘

‘ whole country, has been charged to
the "Grange.” Even the great rail-
iroad manager, Wm. Vanderbilt, has
been credited with saying that “ the

recent rail-road strikes among the,’
' rail-road employees was attributable j

to the Grange.”

Mr. Vanderbilts position and rep- ,'
utation as a business man is such as -

1 to repel the idea that he would know-
ingly misrepresent.
conclude that he too is ignorant of

our organization; and it is proper
that I should state, that our members

- are farmers, who are quiet peaceful
. law—abiiling citizens, and that neither

the last State Grange, to which I call -

your attention. together with the able 
 resistance to law, disturbing the ,

reports of our late worthy and lament-

ed brother, R. A. Ingersoll, chairman 5

of the committee on education.
I am fully convinced that one of the

rail-road officers or employees are ad-
mitted to membership. The idea of

peace, or interfering with any legiti- ‘
, mate business is directly antagoniszic ‘

' to every principle of our Order. That

greatest monopalies, which now ex-3

ists in our State. has full control over ’

the price of the text books, which are
used in our public schools. At least,
the prices which are paid for such
books would seem to indicate this.
There is no good reason why our
schools should not be furnished with

farmers are not enemies to rail-roads

has been demonstrated, by their wil- 1
’ liugness to tax them elves, and even .

mortgage their farms to build them.

‘ No class of community are more di-

rectly interested in the construction '

‘of rail-roads, and their successful
' management than fanners.

books direct from the publishers, and 

at first cost.

This subject will bear ‘

investigation, and such means of re- 
form adopted, as the interests of edu- 3

cation demand.
In no direction is the good work of

the Grange, and the influence of the 
l are apposed to the “ tyranny of mono-

Order more perceptible, than in the

growing intelligence of farmers in re- :

lation to general business, the laws of

trade, influences which govern the.
market, state and condition of the,
‘ enlightened statesmanship worthy of

same, the current prices of all com-

modities bought and sold upon thel
market, the laws and customs, relating ‘_
to interest, money, discount, com-‘.

mission, percentage, and exchange;i

and the application of such knowl-
edge to the operations of the farm.

Greater economy is practiced, less
debt contracted, larger profits from
the farm realized, and consequently
more mortgages discharged.

The Grange is a school in which
every question relating to the farm
and the household should be discuss-
ed. and all information relating to ag-
riculture and the ‘general interest of
farmers disseminated.

TRANSPORTATION.

As the position which our Order
has taken in regard to rail-roads and
corporations engaged in transporta-
tion, has been misunderstood or in-
tentionally misrepresented, it seems
proper that I should briefly refer to
this subject.

The following from our National
Platform—the declaration of purposes
of our Order-—are fundamental prin-
ciples which underlie the whole or-
ganization, and must be taken as an-
thentic: “ We wage no aggressive
warfare against any other interest
whatever. On the contrary, all our
acts, and all our efforts, so far
as business is concerned are not
only for the benefit of the producer
and consumer, but also for all other
Interests, that tend to bring these two
parties Into speedy and economical
_ Hence we Izolol that trans-
P07'5‘1tl07l Companies of every kind are
necessary to our success, and that their
interests are intimately connected u:z'th
our interest, and harmonious action is
mutually aclzzantayeous. We are‘ not
_enemies of rail—roads nor of any cor
poration, that will advance our indus-
trial interests.”

Yet every failure in business, the

i fall of stocks, fluctuations of the mar-

Capital invested in rail roads, (gen-
uine stock) should be protected by

the legislation of the country, as sa- 5
cred as any other investment. While ,
,'our organization is not oppo’~ed to:
capital. or " any corporation that will .
aid the industrial interests,” yet we ~

polies," and shall labor with all the in-
fluence of our organization, to remove
the antagonism between labor and
capital, by common consent, and an

the nineteenth century.
The government is cl--thed with
sovereign power h- id in trust, to be

exercised only for the good of the?

people; and every franchise granted
to a corporation, or privilege bestow-
ed upon a particular class, which does
not in some way benefit the commu-
nity, is an act of injustice to the peo-
ple.

IF, for instance, a corporation is
created, which shall result in building
a railroad or manufacturing establish-

~ ment, to be operated upon such prin-

ciples as to benefit the community,
then the people receive some return
for the privilege granted; but if the
franchises are so improvidently show-
ered upon the corporation as to en-
able it to oppress the people, then no
benefit is received, for the franchise
granted, but an absolute injury, and
the state or nation perpelrating the
wrong has violated its most sol:-Inn
trust. By this rule all acts of l(-.‘gi>-
lation, both state and national, should
be tried and to this test all theory of
political economy should be subject-
ed. “Individual happiness, depends
upon general prosperity.”
CO-OPERATION.

The business arm of the Order has
been greatly strengthened during the
past year, and several co operative
stores have been established, and so
far as I have been able to learn from
the reports made to me, they are gen-
erally successful, and are proving a
great benefit to Patrons.

PLASTER INTERESTS.

I can congratulate the members of
the Order, and farmers generally, up-
on the success which has crowned the
efforts of the Executive Committee of
the State Grange, to secure for them
plaster at reasonable rates. The his-
tory of this contest is so well known
that I need not repeat it. It is enough

Hence we must i

to say, that great credit is due to the

imembers of the Order throughout

,.the State, for their hearty and united
, 0-operation, in sustaining the com-
‘ mittee; that all has been accomplish-
ed that can be desired, in reducing
l the price of manufactured plaster at
‘ the mill, and it only remains for the
f farmers to stand by their friends, and
‘ purchase their plaster at the Grange
mill of Day & Taylor, to‘ reap abund-
antly of the fruits of their labors, in
_ crushing out the most gigantic mo-
nopoly ever organized in the State,
against the agricultural interests.

COUNTY AND DISTRICT GRAPQGES.

fuse anew life into the Order, and

, strengthen and build up the Subor-,
,' dinate Granges within their jurisdic- 

.tion. I am inclined to the opinion,
_ duced. and the meetings of the Grange
=held in different localities, so as to
make the County Grange and fifth
degree, accessible to every member of
the order.

DELNQUENT GRANGES.

A list of delinquent Granges has
.been published in the V1s1'roR and
;corrected monthly. I am investigat-
- ing the condition of these Granges,
and the reports as f'ar as heard from,
indicate that a majority of them can
‘ be revived and put in working order.
Several have already paid their dues
to the State Grange, and are holding
= regular meetings; others have called
2‘ meetings, and are endeavoring to re
Ivive an interest and resume work.
* There are some, however, that have
: made no progress since their organiz
, ation, and their charters must be sus-
 pended. It is a singular fact that of
I the causes given, why Granges have
,failed and discontinued their meet-
J iugs, more than fifty per cent attrib-
Vute it to the presence of members
§ who are not directly interested in
 farming, and have endeavored to make
ithe Grange subserve their personal
,‘ interests. It would be wise for the
lGrauges thus afliicted to apply the
“ pruning knife,’ and remove the
dead branches.

The work of reviving dormant
Granges. and strengthening the weak
ones, should be commenced at once,
and thoroughly prosecuted.

GRANGE VISITOR.

This sheet has been issued monthly
from the Secretary’s oflice, during the
year. I am confident that its circu-
lation has been productive of much
good to the Order, and could be large-
ly increased by a little effort on the
part of the ofiicers of Subordinate
Granges. As will be seen by the Sec-
retary's Report, it has been a source
of revenue to the State Grange. This
was never intended or anticipated.
I therefore recommend that it be en-
larged to a four column sheet, at the
beginning of the next volume.

NATIONAL GRANGE.

The eleventh Annual Session of the
National Grange was held in Cincin-
nati, Ohio, commencing on the 21st
of November and closing on the 29th.
The sesion was an unusually interest-
ing one, and in every respect harmo-
nious. A large amount of business
was transacted and some important
measures inaugurated. The following
amendments to the constitution were
recommended, and submitted for rati-
fication. I herewith submit the same
for your careful consideration :

“FEES FOR MEMBERSHIP.

“ Amend Article VI.—The minimum
fee for membership in a Subordinate
Grange shall be: for men, three dollars,
and for women, one dollar for the four
degrees.” .

Five County and District Granges ,
i have been organized during the year, 
making twenty now in the State. 3'
3 Most of these are in a prosperous con» §

dition, and have demonstrated the =
I ability of these organizations to in- I

that the initiatory fees should be re- 1

“ REPRESENTATION.

“Amend Preamble under the head of
“Organization—-“ National Grange,” by
adding the following at the close of the
lst paragraph under said head :

"Each State shall be entitled to two
votes in the National Grange, and an
additional vote for every ten thousand
paying members in excess of ten thous-
and.”

FINA,N'CE.

For the present sound condition of
the treasury, and the wise and judi-
cioue management of the finances of
the State Grange, great credit is due
to your able Executive Committee.
Their sessions have been perfectly
harmonious, notwithstanding that dif-
ferences of opinion often existcd on im-
portant measures; yet their wise con-
clusions, and self-sacrificing devotion
to the interests of the Order. justly
entitle them to the gratitude and con-
fidence of the entire membership in
this State. For statement of receipts
and expenditures, and present condi-
tion of the treasury. I refer you to
the reports of the Treasurer and Exe-
cutive Committee.

BL'sI.\nss AGENCY.

I have been unable to obtain any-
thing oflicial, re7ating to the business
of the State Agent, and must refer
you to other reports for the desired
information. That the Agency has
been beneficial to the Order cannot
be doubted; but I am yet of the
opinion that it should be made self-
sustaining.

This, together with other important
matters, to which I have not time to
refer, are submitted for your consid-
eration, confidently believing that all
your deliberations will be harmonious,
your conclusions wise, and thereby
the bond of our Fraternal Brother-
hood strengthened.

J. J. VVOODIIAN.

SINCE the last issue of the VISITOR,
the annual sessions of both the National
and State Granges have been held.-
Both sessions have been unusually in-
teresting; and tie work done cannot
fail to prove beneficial to the Order.
But few amendments to the Constitu-
tion were petitioned for, which seems to
indicate that the members of the Order
are satisfied with the wholesome amend-
ments which have been made; and that
hereafter the National Grange will not
be compelled to devote so much time to
“constitutional tinkering,” as it has
done in the past. This willgive more
time to consider subjects relating more
directly to the vital interests of the
Order. The degrees have been opened
to all members of the Order, and all
“Fourth Degree” members made eli-
gible to any any ofiice, from the “ Gate
Keeper” of a Subordinate, to the Master
of the National Grange. Two amend-
ments to the Constitution have been
submitted, one relating to a more equal
representation of large States in the
National Grange, and the other, reduc-
ing the “minimum of initiatory feees ”
to $3 for men and $1 for women for the
four degrees. These amendments will
become a part of the Constitution when
ratified by three-fourths of the State
Granges; but not until so ratified and
proclaimed by the Master of the Na-
tional Grange, eana Subordinate Grange
reduce the initiatory fees Without violat-
ing the Constitution.

ANNUAL WORD.

The annual word has been communi-
cated to all the Masters of Subordinate
Granges who attended the State Grange
as delegates, and they were instructed
to communicate it to the Masters of all
the Granges which they represented in
the State Grange ; also to the Masters of
such other Granges as may be entitled
to receive it. The new annual word is
for the ensuing year, and Masters of
Subordinate Granges are instructed to
impart it to all members of their respec-
tive Granges, that are in good standing,
and whose dues are paid up to the first
day of January, 1878.

COUNTY AND DISTRICT GRANGES.

The State Grange has amended the
Rules for the Organization and Govern-
ment of County and District Gran_g§5»
so as to reduce the “ Minimum 0finm8-
tory fees” to $1 for men and 50 cents for
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Protection to “'00! Growers.

I have received a letter from a mem-



l

ber of Congress from this State, inform- 

ing me that-a bill has been introduced
into Congress to repeal the tariff‘ upon
wool; and that it is feared that it will

pass, unless the farmers send in their .-

protests against it. I recommend that
every Subordinate Grange in the State

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take immediate action upon this qucs- 
tion, and obtain the name of every-

farmer within its jurisdiction to a re- s

monstrance against the passage of the

bill, and forward the same to their mem- 5

ber in Congress.

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petition, which can be used for this pur- ‘

pose, with such alterations as may be
deemed necessary :
To Michigan Senators and Represen-
tatives in Congress :
VVe the undersiged farmers and wool

‘ Blank application for

THE GRANGE VlSIT( DR.

“W > * W WW 7 I __ 
_‘ r _‘ , N ,30th, 1877 Re srts had been re-
HE GRANGE V IDITOP“  ce(i)v‘ied from 288 in fiill, 119 were de-
j linquent in Reports for pne quarter,
: 41 for two quarters, 3:.) for three
3  quarters, 23 for four quarters-, 105

SCHOOLCRAFT, JAN. 1, 1877.

if 7 I I C y I 7    HT , have either Sm-1-endei-ed their Char-
%""ta"‘=‘-’ 5 tpartment  ters, or are in a dormant condition,

J. T. COBB, — — — SCHO0L(}l’l.AFT.

Oliicers and members of Subordinate Grranges 3

in corresponding with this office, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

BLAN K S.
Blanks that are sent free from this otlice on

-' application are :

I have prepared the following form of  Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub-

ordinate Granges.
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-

mona Granges. _ _
organizing
Granges.

,- Blank applications for Membership in Pomona

growers of Michigan, learning that a ‘
bill is now pending before Congress to ,
repeal, or reduce the duties on foreign ,'
wool, imported into the United States; 3

and believing that such action would be
not only detrimental to the best interest

of the County; but ruinous to the wool =

growing interests of this State, and the

great north-west; desire to call your at— ,
tention to the following, among the.

many reasons why the bill should not
pass.

of the people of the United States, and
nearly one-half of the entire population
are engaged in this branch of productive
industry, hence the soil is the great
source of wealth, and upon its fertility
and productiveness depends the pros-
perity of the people, and the wealth of‘
the nation. \Visdom and sound political
economy would therefore seem to re-
quire, that legislation should be so di-
rected as not only to encourage every
branch of agriculture, but as far as pos-
sible, prevent the rapid exhaustion of
the soil by the production of cereals, so
evident in most of the grain growing
States.

2d. W’ool growing is one of the lead-
ing branches of agriculture, and flocks
the greatest renovators of the soil; yet
wool cannot be produced in this country
as cheaply, as in warmer climates, with
perennial pastures. ’1‘he price of wool
in this country, has ever been governed
by the tariff, and must continue to be,
until flocks have been so improved and
increased, as to produce more than is
required for home consumption, then
the law of supply and demand will
regulate the price; but without pro-
tection, wool growing in the northern
States must be abandoned.

3rd. The reduction of the tariff in
1872, had the effect to increase the im-
portation of foreign wool, from about
50,000,000 pounds annually, to upwards

Granges.
Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer‘.
Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges.
Blank Certificates of Election to
Convention.

the State Grange.
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges.

‘ Blank Application for Certificate ot Dimit.

Blank Plaster Orders. -
Blank Certificate of Incorporation.

Secretal'y’s Annual Report.

' Worz,‘lr_i/ jllriste-r and Patrons .'
1st. Agriculture is the leading pursuit I

000,000 pounds in 1873; (exclusive of,
shoddy). This shoddy and coarse wool, ;

was mixed together, and manufactured ‘

into asubstancecalled cloth,and thrown
upon the market in such quantities, as
to reduce the price of domestic wool,
below the actual cost of production, and
literally ruin every manufacturer of
honest woolen goods in this State, if not
throughout the whole country.
4th. The tariff was restored in 1874,
and recently a slight advance has taken
placein the price of domestic wool.-
This, together with the belief, that the
present tariff will not be removed; and
that the policy of the government will
hereafter be, to so encourage the pro-
ductive industries of the country, as to
give employment to both labor and
capital, and enable the people to pro-
duce _not oniy their own wool, but their
clothing, has_ encouraged farmers to
again turn their attention to their flocks.
We therefore, in justice, fairness, and
equity, ask you to use all honorable
means, to prevent any reduction in the
duties on foreign wool; and in all Tariff
Legislation, to use your influence to se-
cure the same protection to the raw ma-
terial, as is given to the manufactured
article; and your petitioners will ever
pray.
mt
THE business arm of the Order is rap-
idly gaining strength all over the coun-
try. The members take hold of co-op-
eration promptly when its principles
and practical workings are explained to
them. The system perfected by jthe
N ational Grange will soonbe generally
adopted.——Patrom of Husbandry.

of 122,000,000 pounds in 1872, and 85,- ‘ °f any p"eVi°“5 fiscal year‘

lVith the return of another sess’on

of the State Grange usage demands —

that I submit a lleport of the business
transacted in the Secretary's office
during the fiscal ytar 1877.

While the business of the supply
Department has fallen o.*i' very ma-
terially, the correspondence of the

ofiice has not diminished, this with,

County , _ _ _ .
; portion of our maximun membership
Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to

- 1 make Reports.

Pomona 1

the increased circu‘ation of the VIsI- 
TOR, the plaster and miscellaneous
work has demanded and received my j
;ject and scope of the organization,
, this loss of members is not remark-

1 undivided attention.

As set forth in the Report of the
Ex. Committee, the profits on sup
plies sold add but a trifle to the re-
sources of the State Grange.

ed all the facts as to the receipts and

’ 3 and the remaining 23 have been con-

; solidated with neighboring Granges.

3 nearly all those delinquent for one
1, and two quarters will sooner or later
. Of the rest the larger
 part are not likely to return to an ac-
? tive existence.

3' never have been organized.
We cannot safely count on more
than two-thirds of our total number

‘ principles of our Order, thousands of

l dollars have been saved to the Pa-

We may reasonably expect that

Quite a number of,
those that appear as do mant really -
never had an existence beyond thej
3 date 02' their organization, and should ‘

of Granges entering upon the new,

year with a, determination t0 live, and 

we havealittle less than that pro

as reported to the Nat Grange for the
quarter ending Sept. 30th, 1875

It is not my province to enter up-
on the discusson of the causes of this
decline in membership Primarily it
lies in the want of appreciation by

the men and women of the country 
of the advantages in many ways of’

association and conceited action.

first glance may awaken apprehension
in the minds of some of the stability
and permanence of the Order,

the Order, not only in this State but
throughout the Union, the absorbing
into the body of a large amount of

material that has never for a moment 3

understood and comprehended the ob-

able or in any way disheartening to its
friend s and supporters. Many who have

-iturned their backs upon this institu-
As the Ex. Committee have collect- ‘

disbursements of the Secretary’s office .

and incorporated the same in their
Report, it is quite unnecessary for me
to go over the same ground.

In the matter of collections and set-
tlement of balances, my accounts with
Subordinate Granges are in a bet-
ter condition -— more uniformly bal-
anced up to the date of their last lie-
port—than they have been at the close
I have
given this matter particular attention,
and by direction of the Ex. Commit-

tee have remitted dues of long stand-.

ing where the membership of a Grange
had largely fallen off, leaving a burden
upon a faithful few who were not re-
sponsible for the return of member-
ship dues to the State Secretary on
non—paying members.

In all cases of this kind the "‘ Good
of the Order” seemed to demand this
remission of dues and as the “Good
of the Order” is the vital principle
by which under constitutional restric-
tions our oflicial acts should be‘ di-
rected and controlled, 1 think no
one will take exception to the course
adopted.

I have received oflicial notice of
the organization of five Subordinate
Granges during the year.’ Two in the
County of Wexford. by special Dep.
H.A. Danville, one by special Dep.
W. O. Smith in the County of Osceo‘a,
and two by Gen. Dep. C. L. Whitney,
one in Washtenaw, and the other in
Oceana County. These new Granges
have all paid their dues to the State
Grange with commendable prompt-
ness.

A review of the accounts of the
Subordinate Grranges as appears on
my Books, shows that of the 634
Granges that have ‘been organized in
M1ch., at the close of the fiscal year,

tion joined only with the expectation
oi‘ pecuniary advantage, and would
have remained faithful if their ex-
pectations of profit, or pecuniary ad-
vantage had been realized. Many of
these were good men and women, and
might have been better, if they had
not forsaken the Order, for to those
who desire improvement, no school

These figures and conclusions at.

But 
when we consider the rapid and I;
had almost said unnatural growth of 5

, trons of the County.
' While I do not believe that the Or-
'3 der of Patrons of Husbandry with its
lsocial and educational blessings. is
l in any danger of decay and death, I
ido see in every successful business
enterprise carried on by Patrons, for
, Pat-rons. evidence of the most con-
; vincing kind to a large propor-

tion of our people that the Business
arm of the Order not only adds to
our material prosperity. but gives us
strength in numbers and influence.
Unsuccessful enterprises undertaken
by those who have more faith than
experience, and more zeal than discre-
tion, have in many places weakened
or for a time destroyed the Order.
We should, therefore, “make haste
slowly,” that our growth may be more
reliable and enduring.

PLASTER.

It will be remembered that your
Secretary, by direction of the Execu-
tive Committec, sent to the several
Granges of the State in September,
1876, blank orders for plaster in the
nature of a contract with Messrs. Day
‘ &7 Taylor, of Grandville by which the
parties ordering agreed to pay $3.00
per ton on board of cars at the mil of
Day & Taylor, and those orders, when
signed, were to be returned to me,
!and Day & Taylor were to forward
3 plaster on all orders under seal in ac-
cordance with directions accompany-
ing the order.

The plan adopted was carried out
and the measure of success at-tending
it can be best determined by a state-
ment of results.

The first order of the season was

 received Sept. 18, 1876, and the last,

or society has ever furnished to the 4

farmer such valuable opportunities.
Though our Organization was not

embrace commercial and pecuniary
benefits to the farmer, yet where co
operative or business enterprises have
been in the hands of the right men
who by their qualifications have made
the business a. success, it has proved a
Wonderful bond of strength, union
and growth to the Order.
In proof of this, we cite the con-
dition of the Order in the County of
Allegan My Report to the National
Grange for the quarter ending Sept.
30, 1875, gave a larger membership
than that of any other quarter since
the introduction of the Order into
this State. The 17 Granges of Alle-
gan County for that quarter reported
a membership of 1100. The member
ship of two of these Gr-anges should-
not be counted in this comparison as
one was practically dead at the time,
never having reported since, and
another was then in a dying condition.
Yet with a loss of 77 members by
these two dead Granges the remaining
15, report for the quarter ending Sept.
30th, 1877, 1181 members. These sig-
nificant figures present Allegan Coun-
ty to the Order as the banner County
of the State. and for this high honor
she is indebted to amember of this body
Bro. Albert Stegeman, the Worthy
-Master of Allegan Central Grange,
by whose business experience,untiring
industry, and zealous devotion to the

June 14, 1877 The total number of
orders was 438, and the shipments on
these orders amounted to 5,891 tons
The amount sold and delivered to
Patrons and others at the mill, and
shipped by Day & Taylor on orders
sent to them direct, is not included in
this statement, but when added made
their total sales over 7,000 tons. By
the arrangement-, I was to make col-
lections for all plaster delivered on
these orders, and apply 25 per cent
of such collections to the payment
of an advance made by the Execu-
tive Committee to H. O. VVeston, for

»which Messrs. Day & Taylor had

primarily designed by its founders to 

 were nearly all met.

. $3,310.17.

become liable to the Executive Com-
Illlttt-O. The amount unpaid at the
last session of the State Grange was
In due time, from collec-
tions that sum was paid, and the mem-
bers of the Executive Committee re
lieved of a personal liability that they
had assumed in behalf of the Orde
and carriiei for two years. ‘
The aggregate value at the mill of
the plaster shipped on orders forward-
ed by ine, was over $17,500, which
with collections for -bags and barrels
made up in bills, few of which exceed-
ed S30, 3. total of over $18,000. I take
great pleasure in bearing witness to
the promptness with which these bills
There remains
but eight accounts which are wholly or
in part; unpaid, amounting in all to
$195.00. .
Very little if any of this will be lost.
I venture to say to the credit ofthe
Order that so large an amount of mon
ey covering such a large number of
bills, was never before collected in the
State of Michigan as so small cost.
‘In behalf of brothers Day & Taylor,
it affords me pleasure to say that in
our business relations I have in every
instance found them not only honora-
ble but liberal in the treatment of
every case of complaint that was made
to me. Shipments from the mill of
Day & Taylor commenced much earli-
er in the season than from an of the

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and for a few weeks, perhaps equaled
or exceeded the shipments from all
others.

This early “ send ofi” from the
Grange Plaster Mill alarmed the com-
bination and the two leading man-
ufacturers sent cards to every Grange
Secretaiy and Plaster dealer 'in the
State, offering plaster at half their
former price, or two dollars per ton on
track at Grand Rapids. With commend-
able fidelity to principle the Patrons
of Michigan rejected this foolish and
wicked attempt to capture and de-
nioralize the Order, and faithfully car-
ried out in letter and spirit the ar
rangeinent made by the Executive
Committee with Messrs. Day & Tayor.

The reduction in price brought about
by the Grange movement was a great-
er pecuniary advantage to our brother
farmers outside the Gate than to the
members of the Order. Our suc-

cess has done more to give character ‘

and standing to the Order in the State 

than every thing else to which, as an

As early as January, when the fact
was established that the “ Grange
Plaster Mill” was not only prepared,
but was actually shipping several cars
of plaster daily, the representatives of
important lines of rail-roads sought
our patronage, and before the close of
the season made concessions in freight
rates that amounted in gross to not
less than $500.

Your Secretary has attended the
several meetings of the Executive
Committee, and as directed by the
Committee at its meeting in Grand
Rapids, on the 15th of March, prepar-
ed and had printed a circular letter in
relation to the organization of a joint
Stock Company for the purchase of
property and the manufacture of plas-
ter, and distributed this circular, to-
gether with blanks for subscription to
the stock of such company or associa-
tion.

As you all know, the project was
finally abandonedfor want of adequate
encouragement on the part of the
great bo ly of the Order, thus proving
the caution which governs our Bro.
Patrons in business matters.

We should be gratified to know that
the same caution was awake and vigi-
lant when the lightning-rcd vender
and the insurance swindler undertake
to do business with our brother farm
ers.

The Executive Committee by a new
contract with Day & Taylor, have re-
duced the price of plaster at the mill,
one third below last years’ rates, and
now not only ask, but expect, that the
same cordial support will be continu
ed to Day & Taylor for another year
that they received last season.

I have been again directed by the
Executive Committee to supply the
Granges of the State with blank Plas-
ter Orders, returnable to me as before,
and though the labor, care, and re-
sponsibility of the plaster business
proved a great addition to former du-
ties, yet I shall again undertake to
serve the Order in this direction to
the best of my ability.

My time during the month of Jan-
uary was so occupied with the plaster
business, that I found it impossible
15? glve any attention to the prepara-
tion for the press of the Proceedings
of the last Session, but with the as-
sistance of the Worthy Master, the
work was finally done, and in due
time the Proceedings were distrib-
uted to the Masters of Granges, and
lists of Subordinate Granges were sent
to Secretaries as required by the State
Grange at its last session.

_ I remain of the opinion expressed
In my last report that the publication
of a List of Granges with the - names
of the Master and Secretary and their
Dost-oflice address, for distribution is

as expense without a corresponding
benefit. The last State Grange re-
quired such publication, iiot only in
connection with Proceedings, but also
in pamphlet form, and a copy sent to
each Secretary. For all practical
purposes the publication of such list
with the Proceedings will be snflici-
ent, and I recommend that this year
only such be required. .

The neglect of Secretaries to Send
me the names of the Masters and Sec-
retaries elect for 1877, caused no lit-
tle annoyance and delay. and worked
injury to the Order. Months after
the annual election, I received com-
plaints from Masters and Secretaries,
that they had not received the Pro-
ceedings and did not get the VITITOR.

The VisI'i‘oR for January, was sent
to all the old Masters and Secretaries
of 1876, and contained an urgent re-
quest for election returns, blanks for
which had been sent to Secretaries.

I find this neglect is not confined

} to Michigan Secretaries, but is com-
organization, we have given attention. _«

mon in other States.

I have received from the Executive
Committee of the National Grange for
distribution to the Masters of the sub-
ordinate Granges of the State; fi"st
the Proc edings of the Tenth Annual
Session of the National Grange, after-
wards “Tabular Statements of the re-
ceipts and disbursements of the Na-
tional Grange,” and later, the third
number of the Grange Record, with

, certain tracts upon the subject of co-

operation.

The postage for Proceedings of the
National Grange, and for the 550
copies received of the Grange Record
has been paid by the Secretary of the
National Grange, and the distribution
of the several articles made, as in-
tended.

run GRANGE visrroii.

In my report oflast year appeared
a carefully prepared statement of the
cost of publication, postage, mailing,
and incidental expenses chargeable to
the Visiron, together with the amount
received for subscription and adver-
tising, and the amount of its future
liability to subscribers; and it was
shown to have been barely self-sus-
taining.

The interest manifested in the Vis- ‘

ITOR by the_ State Grange at its last
session, had an immediate effect upon
its circulation. Nearly all old sub-

sscribers renewed their subscriptions

and many new ones were added, so
that we are able to make a much bet

ter financial showing than last year-
having a clear profit turned over to
the treasurer of the State Grange of
$240.89. This would have been some-
what. less if the actual cost of folding,
wrapping and directing had been ad-
ded to the expense account, but your
Secretary is now required to provide
all needed oflice help at his own ex-

ense.

I have not found time to determine
the amount of liability of the VISITOR
to its subscribers on unexpired sub-
scriptions, but believe it to be about
the same as at the date of our last Re
port.

If it is determined by the State
Grange to continue the Visrros under
the present management, I cannot too
earnestly impress upon you the neces-
sity that exists for every member of
the State Grange to do what he or she
can, to extend its circulation.

Most of the subscriptions expire
with the December number, and as
the interval between issues is so great
that subscribers forget all about it and
do not voluntarily and of their own
motion renew, there is a liability of a.
large falling off Within the next two
months. It is one of those things that
will not take care of itself but needs
active; earnest friends.

That it is no better, is no fault of

5

°_U1‘5i as we do the best we can in the
little time that we have to devote to 1
IL ‘Those. who are desirous that it 1
should be improved, must secure that '
end by contributing something of 1
value to its coIuinns.

Not wanting in confidence that the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry will 
contribute to the moral, social, educa.- l
tional, and material well being of the 
American farmer, in a far greater de- l

gree than was anticipated by its foun- v
ders, I submit this, my fifth Annual ‘,
lleport to this body of brothers and 1,
31513913. to whom I am attached by%
personal acquaintance, business re- ‘_
lations, or the fraternal obligations of '.
the Order. ‘

SCHOOLCRAFT, Dec_ 11th, 1877,

To the Patrons of Michigan.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

The question of enlarging and issuing
THE GRANGE VISITOR weekly or semi- 1
monthly was one of the prominent 
questions before the State Grange at its l
recent session. The question of dis- l
continuing it was not raised at all, and
no evidence came to the surface that it
was even thought of.

The demand was general and came
from all parts of the State that a change
of some sort should be made at once.

Of course those who made this de-
mand knew but little of the additional
labor and cost that would necessarily
follow the change demanded.

After much discussion the whole mat-
ter was referred to the Executive Com-
mittee of the State Grange, without in- .
structions. The Committee was called
together after the close of the annual
session of 1877, and spent the small
hours of Saturday morning considering
this and other matters on the business
calendar. A comparison of views de-
veloped but one opinion—that for THE
VisiToR something must be done. No
member had personal knowledge on
which to base definite calculations as to
the increased cost of any desired change.
The Committee, following the lead of
the State Grange, finally referred the
whole business to a special committee
consisting of Brothers Childs, Mars,
VVoodman, and Cobb.

This committee met at Kalamazoo on
Friday, Dec. 21st, and after ascertain-
ing cost, finally concluded to t.ry the ex-
periment of enlarging the sheet 50 per
cent., and making it a semi-monthly.

By this change we shall each month
furnish just three times as much read-
ing matter as we have been doing, and
shall be able to include subjects and
matters of importance to the farmer that
have heretofore been entirely excluded
from our columns. Our readers all
know that heretofore the range of sub-
jects has been narrowed down to the
Grange—stepping outside but very lit-
tle. VVith more space we shall be able
“ in selecting subjects to include the
house and the home, the farm and the
field,” as well as those which relate to
the condition of the Order, and in so do-
ing approximate the expressed want of
our friends for “a Grange paper and
something more.” — .

The committee in responding to this
call, feel that it is an experiment, and
propose throwing the responsibility up-
on you. If you who make this demand
leave the matter with the committee,
then this venture will not succeed.

With three times the reading matter
per month a corresponding advance in
the price would have made the subscrip-
tion price ninety cents a year. We have
only advanced to fifty, and now we
place the matter in your hands.

I accept the additional responsibility
and labor imposed on me by the com-

distrusting my ability to meet the wants
of so intelligent a class of farmers as
the Patrons of Michigan are known to
be.

Although the management of the
VISITOR has devolved on me during the
time it has been published, yet, with
that experience, I have failed to learn
what seems to be an important editorial
qualification. I don’t know how to

1 prove four or five times in each issue
1 that this is the best and cheapest paper

published, and that Patrons can’t keep
house without it.

I shall do what I can to give you an
equivalent for your money, but if the
enterprise does not receive the encour-
agement, by communications for its
columns, and subscriptions to its list,
from the brothers and sisters of the
State, that have been promised this ex-
periment will be abandoned. Your de-

; mand will be returned to you with the
, evidence that you were self-deceived.

Your Executive Committee have, so
far in our history, been watchful of the
financial condition of the State Grange
of Michigan. Unlike many of oursister
States we have always had. money in
the treasury of the State Grange. VVe
have religiously lived up to a cardinal
principle of our Order, “Pay as you
go,” and if this demand on your part is
not followed up by such adequate sup-
port as will make THE GRANGE Visi-
TOR self-supporting its semi-monthly
publication will be abandoned. The
Executive Committee are willing to
take some chances, as you very well

1, know they have heretofore done, for
i‘ the Order, but you may be sure they

are not the men who will allow the offi-
cial paper of the Order in this State to
make inroads on its treasury.

The price established is low, but it is
a convenient point, hard to pass, and it
ought to tell in its favor on the sub-
scription list. Times are hard, money
scarce, and we thought better to rely on
the industry of our friends to procure
a large number of subscribers, than to
advance the price above this point. To
guarantee the continued publication as
commenced will require the renewal of
all old subscribers, and about one thous-
and new ones. In many Granges there
is not a copy taken, and it is only
known as occasionally read by the
Master or Secretary, who received it
free. Some work must be done in such
Granges. Some work in all. A few
names from each and success is assured.

MENT

will be introduced in the next number,
and will, of course, be a valuable ac-
quisition. I am confident on this point
because the committee started this busi-
ness nearly three years ago, and the
projectors were not only good men and
true, but their successors have been
worthy and watchful Patrons—brothers
in whom I have had all confidence and
still hold in high esteem. As they have
been waiting all this time to get a
chance in, they are well rested, and can
be relied on to give us something good.
V‘-Jo shall give these Brothers 3. good
1'1"- ~.::.r’.=‘.n_q, a prominent place, and if they
don't occupy it I am afraid the sub-
scribers will buy some blank paper.

The Annual Report of the Executive
Committee to the State Grange will be
found in the next number.

Granges delinquent in reports from
Secretaries for quarter ending March
31st. 1877:

Nos.:44, 48, 62, 75, 111, 142. 146.147.
156, 204, 206,211,223, 244, 249. 255. 302.
319, 320, 330, 347,356,377. 409. 410. 418-
;-31, 444, 445, 469, 473, 488, 500. 501. 502»
531, 542, 551, 552, 567, 587, 596. 604. 307»

mittee with reluctance and misgivings,

    

612, 617.

  

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Michigan State Grange.-—— Fifth
Annual Session.

At the advertised hour of opening the

gavel of the VVorthy Master called the ’

assembled delegates and their friends to
order.

All the ofiicers of the State Grange ,1

were present except H. Fleming. S§€W'
ard. S. F Brown, Treasurer, and Grate-
keeper, A. N. VVo0drufi'.

On a call of the roll of delegates, near-

ly all the 90 elected answered to their ,
names, and of thwse who did not, all 

but two reported the next day.
Fifty-five of the Sisters availed them-

selves of their constitutional rights,

answered promptly to their names at

roll call each morning, made the Old '

Hall of the House of Representatives
'brllliant by their presence during the
day and evening, were all placed on the

various Standing Committees by the'

Worthy Master, served with credit to

themselves and the Order, drew their per 
diem and mileage, and by these several ;
acts which have been repeated annually ;
for five successive years, have in some t
degree advanced public opinion upon .
the question of the rights of women. ,
A marked and gratifying feature of the ,'

Session was the large attendance of
fourth Degree Members.
have so many Brothers and Sisters that

were not delegates come from distant,‘

parts of the State to enjoy and partici-
pate as some of them did

was all that could be desired—the hotel

accommodations good and rates reason- ,
able——there was room tor all in the Hall, .

no disturbing element cropped out any-

where, and the fifth may be set down as.‘
the most pleasant and satisfactory of ,

the pleasant sessions of the Michigan
State Grange.

The personnel of the body was a mat-
ter of congratulation and pride to every

lover of the Order who looked in upon ,

us during the session. At the first rep-
resentative session held at Lansing two
years ago it was whispered “we shall
never see so fine a body of men repre-

senting the Subordinate Granges of E
Michigan as we have here at this ses- 3
The picked men are here now—— 3
next time these men by rotation will }

sion.

have to stand back and second rate fel-
lows will till these seats.”
tion——-honestly iiiade—we are happy to
say, has not been verefied. The readi-
ness with which these nien—'—mostly
new to the work before them—took

hold of the business, the straight t'or- ,

ward business like Reports presented,
the short and pertinent speeches made,

not only proved that these were men 3‘
equal in ability to those who preceded .

them, but it was also apparent that the
drill of service in the Hall of the Subor-
dinate Grange had improved and educa-
ted the members before and after they
had assumed the chair and duties of the
Master. The educational advantages of
the Order to the farmer are of incalcu-
lable value and none see it so clearly as
those who have attended continuously
the annual sessions of the State Grange.

We were favored with a visit from

. Bro. W. VV. Miller, the Worthy Secre-

tary of the Ohio State Grange. He has
friends in the vicinity of Lansing, and
with his wife, took occasion to make
them and us this opportune visit. We
much regret that his stay was so short,
Bro. Miller is a good Patron, and from
what we know of him, make no doubt
that he is a capable and etficient Officer.

The crowded condition of our col-
umns prevents a more extended notice
of the session. Many things we should
like to refer to but cannot until the next
number, the time for which, under the
new arrangement, will be upon us be-
fore we know it. -

WE shall endeavor to give the cause
of practical education more attention in
future in the VISITOR. We have an
excellent article on that subject, begin-
ning right down at the bottom, from a
new correspondent, that will be found
in the next No.-—Ladies’ Department.
It would appear in this, but the intima-
tion in the November No. that this De-
partment would be discontinued if
nothing more was done for it than had
been by the sisters, brought out a sup-

ly for this No. which was all in type
before this one from A. B. W. was re-
ceived. We know the sisters can make
this Department the best of the sheet if
they only ‘will. Why, Bro. Luce thinks
that he is not only a good judge of wo-
men, but can appreciate the good things
they say and do, and he says he knows
it Grange with suflicient talent and cul-
ture among its lady members to fill this

Never before ,

in the,‘
deliberations of the body. The weather E

This predic- i

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

l Department right along for _a year with
, essays and practical suggestions of val-
.‘ ue. This is not only true of one Grange
i but of many others and I trust that in
the future we shall not want fororiginal
. articles in this Department.

Special Lecturers.

I

i As THERE is not only a demand for

Lecturers in every part of the State, but
» an absolute necessity that more work be
done in the field, the Executive Com-
mittee have appointed as

SPECIAL LECTURERS:

Bro. Tho. F. Moore, Adrian;

Bro. Geo. VV. VVood ward, Shelby,
. Oceaiia, Co. ;

, Bro. E. C. Herrington, Four Towns,
J Oakland Co.;

Bro. M. L. Stevens, Perry, Shiawas-
‘ see Co.;

Bro. L. R. Brown, Rawsonville,
VVashtenaw Co.;

Bro. Andrew Campbell, Ypsilanti,
VVashtenaw Co.;

Sister Mrs. Salmon Steel, Bear Lake,
Manistee Co.

These Special Lecturers will respond
to calls from Subordinate Granges and
County Councils, and as the laborer is
worthy of his hire, the Committee wish
it understood that the Lecturers will be
'entitled to necessary expenses and $2
per day for time actually spent. VVlien
E a Grange is dormant, and the vital
spark has well nigh tied, and nothing
short of active treatment will restore it
,to life and usefulness, the treasury is
usually so depleted that itis next to im-
possible for a Special Lecturer to realize
‘ from the Grange anything for service
rendered.

In these cases the Committee believe
.3 the good of the Order demands that the
§ service shall be rendered, and invite the
‘ Lecturers to correspond with the Worthy
Master or the Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committeein relation to all Granges
of this character situated within a
I reasonable distance of the rcsidences of
' these Lecturers.

 

LANSING, MICHIGAN, Dec. 13, 1877.
VVi—ii-:REAs.—\Ve see by the published
proceedings of Congress, that a bill has
been introduced, which, if it becomes a
 Law, will abolish the present duty on
foreign Wools, thereby reducing the val-
ue of our home grown Wool by so
much as the amout of the duty, viz:
about one shilling per pound. Theref'ore
Res-o[ved,—’I‘hat we, the State Grange
of Michigan, in convention assembled,
do hereby urgently request our Senators
and Representatives in Congress, to use
all lawful and honorable means to pre-
vent the passage ofa law which will fall
with such crushing weight upon one of
the most important agricultural indus-
tries of our State.

Rcso/ved,——'l‘hat a copy of the forego-
ing Preamble and Resolution be for-
warded by the Secretary to each of our
Senators and Representatives in Con-
gress.

The above Preamble and Resolutions
were unanimously adopted by the State
Grange, and copies have been forwarded
as directed.

I am instructed by the Executive Com-
mittee to send to the Granges of the
State, remonstrances against the repeal
of tliecduty on foreign wool.

These I shall direct to the Masters of
the Granges, and hope no time will be
lost, but obtain as many signatures as
possible, and forward to the Represen-
tative in Congress from your district.

VVE should receive Election Returns
from every live Grange in the State be
fore the 1st of January. Masters elect
are particularly interested in this, as
without such returns they will not re-
1 ceive the VISITOR, nor will the Proceed-
I ings of the State Grange be sent as we
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must know to whom and where to send.

BRO. ALONZO SESSIONS sent us his
first contribution in March last and has
furnished a good article for each Num-
ber since. For some cause he has not
put in an appearance this time. Iam
sure he has good cause of failure now,
and we expect his sound, practical ad-
visory communications will appear reg-
ularly hereafter.

I PLAS'I‘ER.—-I have received a few or-
ders for plaster and want many more.
Do not forget that duty and interest alike
demand that you give this plaster busi-
ness close attention. Be on the alert.
A good Granger cannot “ vote early and
often,” but he can and should order
plaster early and as often as he can find
any use for it.

 

N games’ gepztrtment.

THE GOOD OLD PLOUGH.

Let them sing who may of the battle fray,
And the deeds that have long since past

Let them chant in praise of the tar whose days
Are spent on the ocean vast. _

I would render to these all the worship you

lease

1 would hdnor them even now .

But I’d give far more from my heart’s full store
To the cause of the Good Old Plough.

Let them land the notes that in music float
Through the bright and grittering hall ;

‘While the amorous twirl of the hair’s bright 

curl

Round the shoulders of beauty fall.

But dearer to me is the song from the tree,
And the rich and blosoming bough ;

0, these are the sweets which the rustic greets
As he follows the Good Old Plough.

Full many there be that daily we see
With a selfish and hollow pride,

Who the ploughman’s lot, in his humble cot,
With a scornful look deride ;

But I’d rather take, aye, a. hearty shake
From his hand than to wealth I’d bow ;

For the honest grasp of his hand’s rough clasp
Has stood by the Good Old Plough.

All honor be, then, to these gay old men
When at last they are bowed with toil .'

Their warfare then o’er, they battle no more,
For they’ve conquered the stubborn soil.

And the chaplet each wears in his silver hairs,
And rie’er shall the Victor's brow

With a laurel crown to the grave go down
Like the sons of the Good Old Plow.

Ilow Shall Vve Make llouusewon-k
Easier ?

This subject was brought up for?

discussion at a meeting of the Pomo-
na Grange of Oakland County, but
for want of time and one or two oth-
er reasons, we were not made the

j wiser as far as practical talk was con-
‘ cerned.

I will now write out a. few of the
thoughts that suggested themselves
to my mind at that time. During the
discussion, some of the brothers
were magnanimous enough to remark
that p€‘I'llapS_. the fault was theirs

that our house-work was so burden- j
some, that it might be they were not 
often ;
not doing chores ,
around the house, such as bringing"

orderly enough, and were
thoughtless in

Wood and water, and helping on
wash day. ‘Va will grant that this

. in a measure is true—but I think the _
fault is many times with ourselves,— i
we no not stop to think enough which 
is the easiest and best way to do our E
work. We say to ourselves, liouse- i

work is a hard task at the best, and
we have just so much 10 do, and we
must get it done at just such a. time,
and do it thus and so or some one
will say we are not model house-
keepers.

We are too apt not to take matters
and things comfortably. Sometimes
we think our husbands are the most
slovenly men that live, that they do
not help us as much as they might,
that our boys are the most noisy and
mischievous, and in fact no woman
has as hard a lot no woman works
as hard or puts up with so many in-
conveniences. Part of this may be
true, but a good share of it is imag-
ination. We can lighten our burdens
very much by checking our imagi-
nation somewhat and take each cir-
cumstance cheerfully and each piece
of work calmly. Don't get in a. fret
and worry in the morning and stir up
the whole house and its inmates just
because you happen to have a smart
streak. Don’t compare yourself all
the time to your most energetic neigh-
bor and try to keep up with her,
What if her washing is swinging on
the line at nine o’clock. She may have
had a smaller washing than you had,
or she may have more strength to do
it. -

I could never see where the great
honor comes in when a. woman gets
up at three o’clock on a cold winter

l morning in order to get her washing
l on the line by day light, that when
l her neighbors get up at a reasonable
f hour. she will say how smart Mrs.
Smith is.

Avoid tugging and lifting as much
as possible. Dou’t lift a tub half full
of water because you can do it quick-
er than to dip it into a pail and carry
; it out. Where is the common sense
in placing the boiler on the floor,
5 filling it with water, then lifting it
jto the top of the stove and have a
i back ache the rest of the day. When
I you have done a hard day’s work
15 don,t take an extra job on your self
just because you have a little spare
gtime. After you have done a large
 washing do not run the sewing ma-
1 chine as for dear life, or can up a
bushel or two of fruit. If work is
; suffering to be done, do the lightest
T first and rest a while before doing any
hard work.

Have 3. chair near at hand and sit
V; down to do as many kinds of work
as possible. But “Aunt Ophelia will
say how shifless.” Sit down to pear
the patatoes and apples and sort the
berries. You will gain both time and
strength too. You will be surprised
to see how soon you will learn to do
work while sitting as quickly as you
once did standing on your feet. Have
a book or paper within reach, and
gsometimas you can read a few lines
j that are instructive or a funny story,
while you are waiting for the men to
come from their work, or when you
are cooking something that does not
demand your immediate attention.
This will divert your minds from your
tired feelings. At first it may seem
that you have not time, or that it is
, all lost time. I assure you it is not.
‘ You will find that at the close of the

day you are more cheerful, have less
 tired feelings, and have accomplished
i as much work with less waste of
 strength. Stop often and think how
to do each piece of work the easiest
and best way, and not rush into work
as though you would slay all before
you. Many kinds of work can be
,' sliglited and do just as well. Ironing
i for instance——garments that are
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washed from week to week and in
constant use, need not be very elabo-
rately ironed. Some persons will
spend as much time ironing a crash
towel as would be necessary for a
damask table cloth.

But some model house-keeper will
say I could not bare to see them hang-
ing on the clothes bars so roughly
ironed. You had better have more
wrinkles in your clothes than iron
wrinkles in your temples. It is well
to have certain days for doing the
heavy work that occurs week after
week. Monday seems to be the rule
throughout the land for washing.
Yet it is not best to think we must
wash on Monday no matter what the
weather or circumstances are, wheth-
er we are sick or well A man once
said he believed his wife would wash
on Monday if it came on Sunday.

I will close by saying, stop and think
which is the easiest, cheapest and
best way of doing work, (although
the half is not told.) MYRA.

 

GRATTAN GRANGE, No. 170,

Dec. 8th, 1877. ll
_ My Dear S'isters:—I shall have to
introduce myself to you as Aunt Kate,
and you will see by my writing that
my style is old, and I also have to
wear specks; so with a trembling
hand I shall try and address a few
words to my numerous sisters. It is
this: in looking over our last GRANGE
VISITOR not a single word could I
find from a sister. I thought to
myself, where have they gone, are they
sick 9 or have they found better em-
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i to your little boys.

on‘? Now you must forgive me if I
scold a little, but I do feel that we
don’t appreciate thevprivileges 0." the
Grange as we should. It opens up a
large field for improvement to the
Sisters of our Order; now it is for us
to say whether we will be benefited
or not. I think I see where the
trouble lies. We think if we could
write as well as Sister L. or Sister R.
I would write; but is it a reasonable
excuse‘? I answer no. I think we
all have a duty to do; we must not
wait one for the other so much; let
us make up our minds what is right
and then go ahead. '

Now I don’t feel capable to write 5
for a paper. having never done so but ‘
once before in my life, and the idea
of doing so in my old age, is distress-
ing; but I hope some of my younger
sisters will have compassion on me
and fill the Ladies’ Department with-
out my help. If it had not been for
the interest I have in the Grange
cause, I could not have been hired to
write; I feel very incompetent. and
know we have many in the Order
much better qualified. Now, Sisters,
do try and keep the Ladies’ Depart-
ment full. Don't think a wise head
keeps a close mouth. I don’t believe
it. If all of the Wise heads had done
so the world would not have been as
it is to-day.

I feel that I would not be doing
justice to our Order if I did not say
something about our Grange. We
have 107 members in good standing,
a nice hall, good implements and
furniture; we have a small stock of
groceries, we make a fair profit by
co-operation. “Ye also have interest-
ing discussions, essays read, good
singing, and a real profitable time, to
say the least.

Sisters,I hope that I shall not have
to chastise you again; yours with
kind regards, if it pleases the editor.

AUNI KATE.

And it does -131).

A Word for the Boys.

I have long wanted to say a word for ;
almulpli l]egl‘<:.‘VClt€(lI part 1<l)f community, ‘
t ie oys. ' ii e sma they receive
their shage of carle perhaps, bflt as soon _
as t iey ecome arge enou to he]
themselves, instead of havigng amuse‘:
menlt and little devices of labor furnish-
ed tiem to use up their sur lus ener-
gies, they are left to wander about the
streets, to look for amusement, and al-
most invariably walk straight into mis-
chief. You that are bmotprers, lookhwell
‘ee at ‘on ave
their confidence. As long its a boy
comes to his mother with all his little
troubles, and looks to her for sympathy,
if she is a true mother, he is all right.

Every mother is in a reat measure
responsible for her boy’sgfuture. It is
her duty and should be a pleasure, to
make his home bright and cheerful,
give him something to do through the
long, dull day. You say you have
nothing he can do; then get up a small
lI):sip1¢13ss—oiie_ adaptetd it:o_ hishcapacity.

. e evening en er am im with
games, maps, puzzles, or some book
well illustrated, for he learns quite as
much by pictures as by words, and in a
far more agreeable manner than to wor-
ry his brains spelling out the words and
guessing at the meaning.

If you are so poor as to have only one
boy, you may have to lay aside your
fancy work, or interesting book and
become a child with him. If ydu do
so, you will find in after years that the
time spent in this manner was the best
investment you ever made. Nor are
the fathers entirely free from responsi-
biiity in this matter, providing bread
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man,

mcks and Slippery placvds (ii: ihgniiztrli
of the young and inexperienced youth

from which a father can guard his soii
much better than a mother. Treat your
boy as a reasonable being let him know
that you have confidenceiln his integri-
ty. If he makes a blunder—and what,
boy does not-— deal gently and kindly
Wlih him. as you would like to be dealt
with yourself in like case, not by your

.desire to address a few words to my
3 worthy sisters, in relation to sustaining

i where you have been participating in

THE GRANGE ’iv1S1'1"‘mOR.

harshness make him resort to the mean- i
est of all subterfuges—a lie——through 1
fear of punishment. Above all things, 1
do not let him doubt your word, bei;
chary of your promises, but after you 3
have made one see that you keep it to ‘,
the letter; then will your children love 1
and respect you. No child will love;
and reverence a parent if they find that 2
parent has no regard for his word. Oh '
let every father look to his boys. Have .;
a loving care for them while small, a ,1
kind and watchful care when they are 1
large, and you will have a rich reward Z
in seeing them grow up useful, honor- ':
able men. Oh, learn to love and trust '
your boy, then will your boys love and
trust you. Fr-aternally yours,
A FRIEND OF THE Boys.

HOWELL, December 18th, 1877. ,
lVO7't/1.y;§'6CI‘ClCI.'l',y.—-I noticed in thel
November number of the VISITOR that 3
there were no communications for the 
Ladies’ Department. This ought not
so to be. If there is any person in the :
world that has reason to thank God for ,
the organization of the Grange, it is the ,
farmers’ wife—formerly so isolated, now 1,
enjoying rich, social, and intellectual ll
feasts. ‘,

It is very often asked, “VVliat can
we do to increase the interest of the
Grange.” At a meeting of the Liviiig-
ston Co. Council it was decided to hold
a Children’s Festival, Nov. 24th. The
day was rainy and the roads muddy,
but the hall was filled, and a happier
gathering I think you will seldom find. ,
Children and their parents laying aside 3
for a time, the cares of house and farm,
and mingling together in social con-
course, merry jests and friendly greet-
ings. After a dinner liberally gotten
up and as liberally gotten down, the
meeting was called to order by  B.
Parsons, Master of the Council.

After prayer and singing, the children
occupied some time in vocal and instru-
mental music, declamations, &.c., the
\Vorthy Master closing with a few well
chosen words, urging all to higher and
nobler attainments in life. \-Ve sepa-
rated feeling that we had contributed to
the happiness of our children, and in so
doing our own hearts had been made
happier and lighter. Fraternally,

l\IRS. W. E. SEXTON,
Sec’y Livingston Co. Council.
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BROTHER COBB:
Through the columns of your paper I

the department assigned us.
Some of you have just returned from E
the late session of the State Grange, i

an intellectual feast. You have been
strengthened, have gathered new ideas.
Your resolutions are strong that in the
future our column shall be filled.

But home cares have multiplied in
your absence. Many things must be
done at once, and as you perform these
duties, be careful that your zeal does not
languish, and you soon feel astonished
that you ever indulged the thought that
you had the time or ability to write for
a paper.

Sisters, one of the principles of our
Order is progress, therefore do not for
one moment hesitate, but excavate the
hidden talent, remove the napkin that
has preserved it so carefully, and bring
it to light. Though it be dim through
long neglect, waste no time in grieving
over past delinquencies, but be the
more diligent in improving the pres-
ent, that when the Master calls, we can
say, here is the talent which thou gav-
est me and the other which I have
gained. If perchance your contribu-
tions are consigned to the waste basket,
be not discouraged and feel that injus-
tice has been done you, but “Hope and
Persevere” for in due time we shall
reap if we faint not. AUNT CLARA.

of interest to the readers of the VISITOR
to know What is being done in this part
of Ionia County to make the Grange a
benefit to farmers. Our market place
is Belding, and until the present season
there has been but one firm buying
Wheat. They were buying on commis-
sion for Mr. Middleton, an extensive
flour manufacturer of Greenville. Sev-
eral times others had attempted to buy,
but in a very few days were run out of
the market. A second extensive ware-
house had been built which machinery
for elevating, but laid idle except as it

5 eye opener.

was used by the railroad company as a

freight and passenger depot. This mat-
ter was talked up in the Otisco Grange

a year ago last winter, and a number of ‘

the members concluded to ship their
wheat. I sent nine car loads to Thomas
Betts, of Detroit for them, and they
found itpaid. One man netted $30 more
for his car load of wheat than he could
get in the home market.

of the Otisco and Grattan Granges,
bought the new warehouse, puta Grang-
er iii it for agent, and this summer put
an ample fund into his hands to pur-
chase wheat or to make advances on
that stored. The present crop began to

.come in about the middle of August,
 since that time 25000 bushels have been
3 taken in at the Grange warehouse,ab0ut .
,1 9000 bushels of this was stored, and one j
dollar a bushel advanced on it at 7 per I

cent interest, the balance was bought
and sold again in Detroit.
As the result We find that Belding,

though a small town, is the best wheat i
The price ‘;

market in this part of Mich.
ranges from -5 to 10 cents a bushel high-

er than any of the surrounding towns.

Farmers are now drawing wheat eigh-
teen miles fiom within one and one-half
miles of Rockford here, and say they
make 15 cents a bushel by so doing.-
We were formerly told there was no ex-
tra wheat raised here. All wheat was
bought for No. 1. But up to the 10th of
Oct. out of 37 car loads sliiped all but
one inspected above No. 1. I am satis-
fied that members do not make the use
of the business branch of the order they
should. There is no necessity for pay-
ing exorbitant proffits on things they
have to purchase, nor unreasonable
commissions for handling their produce.
Railroads will not charge them any
more freight than they do speculators.
Commission men of known reputation
in large cities will do their selling for
them at reasonable rates. VVhen I first
began ordering goods for the Otisco
Grange, the members were astonished
at the profits they had been paying.-
On many articles as high as 100 per cent.
Farmers frequently complain of the
prices speculators pay them for their
produce. Whining is worse than use-
less, action is what is needed, let two or
more Granges unite and builder rent a
warehouse at a convenient railroad sta-
tion, then they will have it in their own
hands, and can get every cent their pro-
duce is worth in Detroit, or any other
general market, they see fit to ship to.
But I will not trespass on your space
farther this time.

CHAS. B. ANDERSON, Sec’y.

l\'ANKiN, VVAYNE Co., MicH,,1
December 17th, 1877. i
J. T. 0o_bb, Sec. State Grange .-

DEAR SIR:——At the annual meeting ;
of the Wayne County Pomona Grange, '3
No. 8 of the P. of H., the following pat— ,
rons were elected officers for the ensu- 3

in g year:

M-.ister.——t1‘eo. C. Gordon, Redford.
O.—Henry Hiird, Plymouth.
Lec.—J. R. Brayton, Bellville.
Steward.——M. R. Strong, Bellville.
Asst. do.—Jabez Padley, Denton.
Chaplain.—L. Dean, Naiikin.
Treas.—1-I. O. Hanford, Plymouth.
Sec’y.-—W'. E. Smith, Nankin.

G. K.—Chas Straight, Perrinsville.
Pomona.—Mrs. H. M. Rounds, Raw-

sonville.

Ceres.—Mrs. E. M. Carleton, Canton. '

Flora.—Miss Clara Clark, Bellville.
L. S. A.——Mrs. R. Brayton, “
W. E. SMITH, See.

A Fearful liisk for Girls.

The pastor of 9. church in one of our
large cities said to me, not long ago: I
have ofiiciated at forty weddings since
I came here, and in every case, save
one, I felt that the bride was running
an awful risk. Young men of bad hab-
its and fast tendencies never marry girls
of their own sort, but demand a wife
above suspicion. So. pure, sweet wo-
men, keep from the touch of evil
through the years of their girlhood, give
themselves, with all their costly dower of
womanhood, into the keeping of men
who, in base associations, have learned
to under-value all that belongs to them,
and find no repentance in the sad after
years. There is but one way out of this
that I can see, and that is for you—the
young women of the country—to require
in associations and marriage, purity for
purity, sobriety for sobriety, and honor
for honor° There is no reason why the
young men of this Christian land should
not be just as virtuous as the women,

This was an j
So we went to work, form- 
ed a joint stock company of members ~

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ii and if the loss of society and love be the

price they are forced to pay for vice,
they will not pay it. I admit with
sadness that not all our young women
are capable of this high standard for
themselvesfior others, but I believe there
are enough earnest, thoughtful girls in
the society of the country to work won-
ders if faithfully aroused. Dear girls,
will you help us in the name of Christ?
VVill you, first of all, be true in your
inner and outer life that you shall have
a right to ask that the young man with
whom you marry shall be the same?
The awful gulf of dishonor is close be-
side your feet, and in it, fathers, broth-
ers, lovers, and sons are going down.
Will you help us in our work ?-—True
Citizen.
Topics for Discussion.

M any Granges have adopted the plan

of discussing some important agricul-

, tural topics at their meetings; and these

discussions are having a reviving effect.
Other Granges woutd have adopted the
same plan long ago, but some how or
other no one could think what subject
to bring up. VVith the aid of the Prac-
tical Farmer, we are enabled to present
quite a respectable list, and most any
one of the topics will suggest others:

The family orchard.

Best system of rotatian.

Clover as a fertilizer.

Best list of apples for this region.

Large or small fruits best.

Care of live stock.

Saving and making manure.

Cutting and cooking feed for stock.

Best breed of sheep.

Best breed of hogs.

The dairy herd.

Butter making.

Poultry on the farm.

The common school, how to improve

Education of farmers’ sons and daugh-
ters.

Home conveniences.

Household ornaments.

Farmers’ gardens.

Bee-keeping for farmers.

Domestic economy.

Fashion on the farm.

Sociability among farmers.

Keeping farm accounts.

Benefits of uuderdraining.

The best farm gate—fence—ba.rn.

The farmers’ library—list of books.

The buckwheat crop.

The best plow — harrow —- mower-
reaper—horse rake—cultivator, etc.

Corn culture—wheat culture—rye cul-
ture, etc.

Fall plowing.

Renovation of worn-out soils.

Commercial fertilizers.

Deep or shallow plowing for wheat.

_ Root culture—value of roots for feed-
ing.

Brains vs. muscles on the farm.

Our cultivated grasses.

Co-operation in buying and selling.

Small fruits for the family.

Management of meadows.

Irrigation.

Agricultural papers.

When one of these topics has been
taken up, that the others may get “the
hang of the barn,” one or two persons
known to be pleasing talkers might be
called upon by the Master, and when
they are through with their remarks-
which ought to be of short duration—if
there is a disposition to hang fire, ‘call
upon some one else; and in turn call
upon all in the room, if the time and
number will permit it. By all means
get the sisters interested.

Further, make it a special work to
have good music, and then‘, with an oc-
casional essay or address by a young
member, or even an old-fashioned spell-
.ng class by all the members, there will
be a renewal of interest in the Grange
meetings that will open the eyes of the
oldest veterans with wonderment.—E:v.

A FEW designing men can divide
our councils and overthrow our or-
ganization. Then do your duty,
and do it fearlessly and conscien-
tiously, with the one idea in view-
the perpetuity of our noble Order.

—_A proposition to amend the con-
stitution of the Order in such a way
as to, in effect, deprive lady mem-
bers of the National Grange of their
right to vote, was promptly set down
on by that body, thirty-five members
voting against it and only eight vot-
ing for it. .


  

 

Delegates to State Grange.

ON the first day of January I shall
send to every delegate elected to the
State Grange whose name I find on the
Pay Roll, a list of the Granges by num-
bers, in his County that are entitled to
the annual word, as shown by my
Books at that _d;g_te. , ___J-_’!‘- C- V

gurreaputidenrr.

J. T. Conn, Scholcraft, Micli.; _
Worthy iSec’y.-—In accordance with
the command of the founders of our Or-
der our Grange celebrated the 10th An-
iversary of the Order. \Ve met at the
house of our Worthy Lecturer, Smith
Hawkins, on Dec. 4th, where after list-
ening toa brief review of the progress of
the Patrons of Husbandry, by our lec-
turer, we seated ourselves at a table
loaded with the necessaries and luxuries
of life, spread by our good sisters. After
partaking of bountiful repast and list-
ning to the reading of an able article
and short exortation by worthy lecturer
Hawkins, we finished the day_exchang—
ing views and making out quite a large
order for goods. Each one went home,
I hope and think benefited and strength-
ened in the good work, our number is
not great, but I think we are decidedly
stronger and more determined than we
ever have been before, there is a pros-
pect of several joining that will addin-
fluence and strength to our Grange.-—-
The drones are all stung out of the hive.
Wishing you abundant success with the
VISITOR, which via, I prize very highly.
I am Fraternally yours,
' J. W. RIC‘KET'I'S,
Master, Noble Grange, No. 616.

BIRCH RUN, i\Iich., Nov. 5, 1877.
Worthy S'cc7'ela7'y Cobb .'——I notice that

in the VISITOR it is requested that on

the formation of Co-operative Associa-
tions that the same be l‘eIJ01‘ted t0 the
State Grange. I beg to state that the
members of “Fidelity” Grange. N07
326 have organized a Cooperative
Association Incorporated accortling to
the laws of the State of Michigan.

The officers for one year are: VVm.
McGregor, Pres.; David McNally, Sec.;
Thos. McNally, Treas.; Mrs. D. M.
Cook, Salesman; D. M. Cook. Bus. Ag’t.

To be known by the name of the
“Valley” Co-operative Association,
No. 326 of Patrons of Husbandry. The
rules adopted are the same as those re-
commended by the National Grange.

D. M. Cooir

—We have failed to discover an
intelligent. person, tha t uiider-
stands the principles oi the Order
and the work designed to be ac-
coniplislied by it, that has gone
back upon the Grange movement.

THE REAPEII IDEATII.

Oct. 19th, 1877, Bro. Carey H. Ireland, over-
seer of Berrien Springs Grange, N o. 41 ; aged
28 years 5 months and I3 days.

Oct. 9th, 1877, Sister Phoebe Corman, a mem-
ber of Thomapple Grange, No. 38, Middleville,
Barry County, Mich.

At his residence in Tittebawass, on the 5th
day of November, 1877, aged 40 years, Bro. Al-
mon L. Barnes, a. worthy member of Ingersoll
Grange, No. 603.

WHEREAS, On the 23d day of October, A. D.
1877, it pleased our Divine Master above to call
from our midst our beloved Brother Gaines S.
Brace : And, Whereas, By his death we have
lost a. faithful member of our Order, his parents
a kind and dutiful son ; therefore,

Resolved, By Harmony Grange, No. 337, that
we tender our warmest sympathy to the father,
mother, brothers and sisters of our deceased
brother;

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
sent to the GRANGE Visrron for publication and
the same be placed upon the records of the
Grange.

Irving Grange No. 55, deep_ly regrets the
loss by death of their Chaplain, Mrs. J. C.
Hanna, :3. Charter member, an efiicienl: worker
and a beloved companion, who died Nov. 19th,
Aged 58. J. J. HENDEBSHOT, Sec’y.

Yankee Grange No. 243, by Resolutions of
Condolence expresses its frateianl regard for
Bro. Frederick J. Copilediggi a vv;%1;1§iy member

1-an e, who is ov. ‘. _
of that G g E. H. BOWEN, Sec’y.
Sr. JOHNS, Dec. 11, 1377.
B30. COBB :—Please insert in place, a. notice

I of the death of a worthy member of Olive

Grange, No. 358, who died Dec. 11th, 1877.
'1 Y 1
Fmtema y oulris. N. CARPENTER.
Monnivci, ]lg1c1:n.,é)o]al<;. 12, i1f877f.
' N.9l:h uiaoyweo

23:3’ 7lo;ea.rs.’ A Worthyinember
gffiorenci Grange. N0- 230-

By old” of the GM?!-1:3. J. Surron.


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Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

“ er doz., . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 60
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent

free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Applications for Membership in P0-

mona Granges, 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 J. A. Cra-
mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . l 00
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . . 40

Address, J. 'l‘. COBB,
SEO’! Mien. Sum GRANGE,

SCHOOLCRAFT. MICE.

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Read the following partial list of the Goods we sell at Wholesale Prices.

Accurdeons,

Alpacas,

Aprons, Cariizige and Buggy
Barege, Veiling,

Bills,

Bag Strings,

Bed Springs,

Bed Quilts,

Belting, Machine,

Belts, Ladies,

Beavers,

Bill Books,

Bishop Lawn,

Blank Books,

Blankets, Bed and Horse,
Bleached Cotton,
Blacking,

Blue-ing,

Boots and Shoes,
lsriishes, Shaving,
Brushes, T001 h,
Brushes, Blatking,
Bruslies, Nail,

Brushes, llair,

Brushes, Cloth,
Brushes, llorse,
Brussels Net,

Braids,

Bracelets,

Bracelets, Illustrated List.
Brown Cotton,
Br.~ndcl0tli,

Bustles,

Buttons,

Buckles, Pants,

Carpet Warp and Yarn,
Carpets,

Carpet Binding,
Carpent(-rs’ Rules,
Cards, Playing,
Cambric,

Cable Cord,

Canvass,

Cassimeie,

Ceinent, Rubber,
Chromos,

Chains, Watch and Neck,
Chains, Illustrated List.
Chanibm y,

Checked shitting,

Chi viot Sliirting,

Chess and Chess Boards,
Cloths and Cassimerss,
Clothing,

Clothes Wringcrs,
Cluny Lace,

Clock

Clocks, Illustrated List.
Cotton Batting,

Cotton Flannel,
Cottonades,
Concertinas,

Corset Jeans,

Corsets and Clasps,
Corset Laces,

Coat Bindings,

Combs, Assorted Styles,
Corduroy,

Crash.

Cribbage Boards and Boxes,
Croquet Sets.

Crotchet Edging, I
Curtains, Luce,

Curry Combs,

Cutlery,

CATALOGUES AND PRICE 
TO ANY ADDRE

SEND ALSO: FOR. SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED LIST OF‘ SILVER
SEWING MACHINES, SADDLES,

Denims,

Diaper,

Diaper Pins,

Doesl-‘ins,

Doininoes,

Dress Goods,

Dress Binding,
Drilling, Cotton,
Drilling, Linnen,
Ducking,

Edgings and nsertings,
Elastic Cord and Web,
Embroidery Silk,
Embroidery Cotton,
Fans,

Farm:-rs’ Satin,
Feathers,

Flannel, Cotton,
Flannel, Union Checks,
Flannel, Shaker,
Flannel, Wool, Plain,
Flannel, Wool Twilled,
Flannel, Wool Plain.
Flannel, Opera,
Flowcvs and Plumes.
Flasks,

Frilling,

Fringes,

Fasnges, Silk and Worsted,
Furs,

Fustian,

Gents’ Ties, Bows & Scaifs,
Ginghams,

Gimps,

Gloves, Ladies’ 5: Children's,

Gloves, Men‘s and Boys,
Gliss Cloth,
Grenadines,

Grain Bags,

Giiipiire Lace,

Guns,

Gun Caps,
Harmonicas,

Hats and Caps,

Hiiir Pins,

Hhnd Glasses,
Handkercliiefs, Ladies’,
Handkerrhiefs, Gents’,
Hosiei y, Ladies’

Hosiery, Misses‘ izchildrenls

Hosiery, Men‘s and Boys’,
Hooks and Eyes,

Irish Linen,

Jaconet,

Jewelry,

Jewelry, Illustrated List,
Kettles, Brass if Porcelain,
Kentucky Jeans,

Knit Jackets, Ladies’,
Knit Jackets, Gents’,
Knitting Cotton,

Knives and Forks,

ynen Drill, Sewing Silk,

inen, Dress, Sewing Machine Needles and
Linen, Table. Attach nients,

Linen. Birds-eye, Sewing Macliiiies,

Linen Thread, Sewing Miicliines Illustra-
Linen Braid, Md List

Linen Ploi-is, Seines,

Linen Collars and Cuffs, Sheeting. Unblearhed,
Linry, Niceting White,

Locks, Sheeting, Bleached,
Lockets, Shirting, Unbleached,

Lockets, Illiwtrated List. S1-irting. Bleached.

Marseilles and Piqiies, Shirts, White,

Mattresses, Shirts, Checked and Striped,
Mo-niorandum Books, Shirts, Over,

Miscellaneous Articles, Shirt Bosoius,

Mittens, Mons’ and Boys”, Shirt Studs,

Mohair, Dress, Shears and Scissors,

Mohair. Binding, Shawls,

Monkey Wrenches, Shawl Straps,

Mosquito Netting, Shawl Pins,

Nankeens, Shawl Pins, lllualraled List
Nziiusook, Silesias,

Napkins. Silk,

Silver Plated Ware,

Napkin Rings, Rubber,
Silver Plated Ware, Illus-

Napkiii R’s, Illustrated List

Neckties, Gents’, trated List.
Neckties, Ladies’, Spoons and Forks, Silver
Needles and Thread, Plated,

Nursery Rubber Sheeting, Skirts,

Niilzies, . Skirt and Coat Braid,
Oil Cloths, Floor, Sleeve Buttons,
Overall-i and Jumpers, Soap, Toilet and Silver,
Padlocks, Spool Cottcnand Linen,
Parasol:-, Star Braid,

Paper Collars and Cuffs, Stationery,

Pens and Penholders, Suspenders,

Perfumery, ’ Swiss Mull,

Percales, Syringes.

Tape, Linen and Cotton,
Tape Measures,
Table Spri-ads,

Pillow Case Cotton,
Pillow Case Edging,
Pins,

Pins and Ear Rings, Teas,

Pins, llniblem, Torry for Cloaking,
Pins, Eniblem, Illuslrateil Thread Lave,

List. Therniometers,

Pocket Books, Ticking,

Prints, Tick Binding,
Quilts, Whit:-, Tobacco,

Quilts, Colors-d, Towels and Toweling,
Razors and Razor Straps, Trunks,

Repellents, Traveling Bags,
Reg:-.|i.is, Umbrellas,
Revolvers, Underwear, Ladies’
Rings, Underwear, Gents’
Rings, Illustrated List. ulises,

Ribbons, Valenciennes Lace,
Rope, Velveteens,

Rubber Diaper, Veils and Veiling,
Rubber Balls, vioiiui.

Rubber Sheeting and Bibs, Victoria Lawn,

Rubber Belting, Machine. Watches,

I-3999. S_h00._ Rubber Boots and Shoes, Waterproof,
Lave Tiimniing, Rubber Clothing, Wash ulond,
L3-D RODPF, Ruches and Ruching, Wadiling,
Lamerllfi. _ Rlllafi, , Welting Cord,
Lanip and Candle Wick, Riiffling, W)_m1ebone,
Ladies" Silk Neck Handker- Sash Ribbon, “ind-nw Curtain,
_ch1ei”s, Satinets, “'igang'

Ladies’ Cloth, Satchels, Wick;

Lawn}. Dress. saddles, Wichiiigs,
Leggings, Wool, Saddles, Illustrated List. VYUOI rct-me,
I-€'iri:uIizH._Rubber. Scale Wool S(‘ul‘fH
Led Pencils, Scarfs, Silk, Work Boxes
Linen Shirt Boosoins, Scurfs, Wool, Yuk Lace. ‘

 

ISTS OF ALL
SS ON APPLICATION.

OUR GOODS FREE

AND&%ILVER~PLATED WARE, CLOCKS,

MONTGOMERY WARD at 00.,

Opposite the Matteson I-louse,

Chicago.

ESSEX PIGS. PATRUNS’

BRONZE TURKEYS.

Young Stock, of undoubted

lence. For sale LOW.

purity and excel-
Reference as to square

Efigfiifgfl Shite Agent, J. H. Gardner, Centre-
’ HENRY HAWLEY,

.. Burr Oak, s

t. Joseph 00., Michigan,

PAINT COMPANY,

259 Front Street, New York.
Insersolrs Ready Mixed Paints.
50 per cent Saved.

64 P9-Be book of colors, how to paint, select har-
monious colors, &c., mailed free on application.