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VOL. 3,—No. 2
WHOLE NO. 34. 5

SCHOOLCRAFT, JANUARY 15th, 1878.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR,

Is Published on the First and Fifteenth of
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lnvariably in Advance.

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RATES or ADVERTISING:
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A Liberal discount will be made on standing
advertisements of three months or more.

i§’ For Grange Supplies kept by the Secretary,
ace “ LIST or Surrnrns” on eight}: page.

‘lhfflcersAlvllciiigafnigtate Grange.

M.—J. J. 'WOODMAN, - -
O.—P. W. ADAMS, - -

L.—-C. L. WHITNEY, - -
S.—H. FLEMING, - - - Pontiac,
A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - - Iouia.
C.—SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co
T.—S. F. BROWN, - - Schoolcraft.
SEC.—J. T. COBB, - — - u
G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF, - Wutervliet.
CEBEB.—MBS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.
POMONA—MBS. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLORA-—MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—Mas. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Paw Paw.
- Tecumseh.
Muskegon.

Executive COmITIit_1_:ee. ,

F. M. HOLLOWAY, Chairman, — Hillsdale.
J. WEBSTER CHILDS, . -
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceana Co.
THOMAS MARS, Berrien Center, Berrien Co,
0- G5 LUCE. - - Gilead, Branch 00
WM. SATTERLEE. Birmingham, Oakland Co’
WESTBROOK DIVIN E, Belding, Ionia Co.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicio.

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

General Deputy.

C. L. WHITNEY, - - - Muskegon.

Special Lecturers.

Thos.  Moore, . . . . . .Adrian, . . . . .Lenawee (Yo
Geo. W. Woodward. .Shelby. . , . , _ _ _Oceana. Co
Samuel Langdon, . .Bowen Station, . . .Kent Co
E. C. Herrmgton,.. .Four Towns, . . Oakland Co
M. L. Stevens, . . . . . . . . Perry . . . . Shiawassee Co
L. R. Brown, . . . .Rawsonv1lle,. _Washtenaw Co
Andrew Campbell,. .Ypsilanti, . . “ “

Mrs. Salmon Steele,. .Bear Lake,. .Manistee Co

Under existing regulations we are
required to send a. copy free to the
Master of each Subordinate Grange,
We shall also send a copy free to all
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.
must have something for something.

_________________
Posrsoa STAMPS.--VVG have been
1‘°°e1V|ng. Of late, mo r e Postage
Sliamps In payment for dues for sup-
plies and subscriptions to VISITOR
than we like. As scrip has been dis-.
Plifced by silver, we can not very well
object to receiving some stamps as
change; but we object to the sending
of stamps for amounts of $1.00 and
upwards, for there is no necessity,
and therefore no excuse for it, as
dollar bills can be got as easily as
5t‘“nP5- After the first of February
wfi shall return to the sender stamps
W en sentin excess of 99 cents in any
pne remittance. " “ ‘  ‘

- Ypsilanti. ‘

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1n1cH1o.4.v STATE GRANGE.

Report of Executive Committee
at Annual Session-of 1877.

To the filaste-r and Zllembers of the
JV[ichz'gan State Grunge :

Your Executive‘ Committee would

respectfully submit the following re-
ort: ~

We organized Dec. 15th, 1876, by
the election of J. Webster Childs as
Chairman. Our first business was to
examine carefully every resolution or
suggestion eminating from the State
Grange then in session, by which our
future action might be so moulded, as
to carry out the wishes of the Order,
as expressed by its representatives, as
fully as the finances of the Treasury
would warrant. We found urgent
calls upon the State Grange, by peti-
tions from many of the newer portions
of the State, for special aid, by lec-
tures and instruction, in building up
the Order in their several localities.

, These calls were endorsed by the State
 Grange, and your Committee instruct-
 ed to act in the premises.

general Deputies, we could go no
further than to appoint and call into
the field, a number of able and inteli
gent deputy Lecturers, so located in
different parts of the State, as to
make them easily available from any
given point, and their employment
attended with less expense to the par-
ties calling them, as we found it was
an impossibility for the State Grange
Treasury to assume the expense.-
These appointments made by us ;,we
are happy to know, gave very general
satisfaction ; and that by their earnest
labors, and many strong and impres
sive appeals they have aided very
materially in strengthening and build-
ing up the Order in various portions
of the State. Indeed no one general
Lecturer could perhaps have can-
vassed the field as they have done, or
given the research of thought, and ar-
gument presented by this force, with
such lasting effect. To each individ-
ually, and to them collectively your
Committee tender thanks, for their
ready response to the call and for the
ability with which they have dis-
charged the duties of the position.

In accordance with action also taken
by the State Grange, petitions upon
the following subjects were sent to
the people through the Subordinate
Granges, viz:

One covering the abuses in extor-
tionate fees in the foreclosure of mort-
gages.

One making it usurious to accept
more than ten per cent. interest.

One asking for provisions to be
_made whereby ladies might be ad-
mitted to the State Agricultural Col-
lege.

One relative to the taxgtion of mort-

gages, and one requesting legislation
regulating the weight of a bushel of
apples.

These various petitions were signed
by thousands of the tax payers and
sons of toil of the State, and returned
to their representatives in the State
legislature. Of these several matters
only one—the last in the list, and that
of the least importance in the num-
ber, received favorable consideration
at their hands.

At this first meeting your Commit-
tee took into careful consideration the
wool interests of the State; seeking
to devise measures whereby producers
in the Order might be protected from
the insatiate grasp of middlemen,
who in the past had held almost un-
disputed control over this product.-
Warned as our people had been, in
the past to avoid the maelstrom of
manufactories, which had swallowed
up the hard earnings of so many of
our farmers, we could not advise them
to seek relief in working their wool.
To recommend an asserting wool De-
pot for the State, was, in the view of
your Committee, surrounded with dif-
iiculties that could not be overcome,
such_§p.s the amount of capital, confi-

cé and large business sufficient

, to make it a success.

In View of the limited resources of ”
the Treasury, and our experience ofi
the expensiveness of the system of‘

Our conclusions were 3. recommend-
ation to the Order throughout the State
to mass their wool, as far as prac-
ticable, by County or Subordinate
Granges, and to hold the same until
such time as the manufacturers should
call for it. Fortunately our advice
worked no detriment to any one.——
The manufacturers instead of letting
middlemen and speculators gather the
wool, and dictate to them the price,
as in the past, came forward, early in
the season, and offered what was near-
ly an approximate value of the raw,
to the manufactured products. Thus
the past year was bridged over——the
future must be provided for.

Another important measure before §

us at the time, was the State Agency.

Our arrangements with that oificer
contemplated that he would be princi-
pally confined to making contracts

, with wholesale dealers and manufac-

turers, and the wants of the Order
supplied through them on the re-
quisitions of the Subordinate Granges
at wholesale prices, adding transpor-
tation.

VVe found these dealers generally

 friendly to the Order, and ready to
f extend every facility to us, which they
‘ would grant to retailers.

But the na-
ture of the requisitions sent by Sub-
ordinate Granges embraced so many
things foreign to their lines of trade,
that it was impossible for them to fill

: the'bi1ls without going on the market

and purchasing at retail prices, or
disappoint the Grange, which course
would partially defeat the principles
of co—operation, and give dissatisfac-
tion to the Grange so ordering. This
state of facts led the agent to take
the responsibility of making pur-
chases on a scale sufficiently large to

'ensnre the lowest figures, and so

varied in his stock as to meet the

wants of any Grange. To do this,
involved a capital of $6,000, which he
hadiurnished for nearly a year with-
out any return for its use. To con-
tinue to do so longer would be doing
an injustice to himself.

We therefore agreed to place in his
hands a loan of $2,500, State Grange
money, as soon as available, and to
pay him interest at the rate of eight
per cent. on 33000, until said $2500
was so placed, and after that on $500.
For the year now closed this interest
amounts to 390.

Another element in our delibera-
tions at this time was the ever re-
curring “ Plaster Question.” Our
contract with Messrs. Day &7 Taylor
had another year to run. But the
surroundings and outside influence
sho\ved strong indications of their
being prevented from fulfilling to us,
,by the sale of the property upon
l which the plaster mill was situated
{under foreclosure of mortgage. At
 the urgent request of many leading
E and influential members of the Order
fithrough the State, your Committee
, were impressed with the importance
;of putting an end to this question,
;and placing it beyond the reach of
2 all combiuatiOus_,_ and rings in the fu-
iture. \V'e accordingly- proposed to
i form a “Joint Stock Company” com-
" posed of members of the Order—and
. buy the property. and control it
 through the llxecxitive Committee of
Ithe State Grange. This proposition
 necessarily led to the postponement of
; immediate action, to ascertain "from
:5the l10ldx:1' of the mortgage, living
least, if she would, on certain pay-
Q mente being made, release that part
,3’ on which the Plaster Property was
i located. And if so, Messrs. Cobb &
; Holloway were appointed a SubvCom-
‘ mittee to have articles of Association
 prepared to submit to the Committee
3 at their meeting March 14th, 1877.—-
. On the reassembling of the Committee
we found through the agent of the
 mortgagee of the premises, that ami-
icable arrangements could be made.
 And if necessary, time could be given
‘us on a part payment. This last
 proposition we did not ask, neither
i would we have accepted it. After
ireceiving several propositions from
E the dflierent plaster interests of Grand
, Rapids, we became satisfied that none
3 would give satisfaction, or settle the
‘question permanently. VVe there-
fore proceeded to organize upon pa-
per, s. “Joint Stock Company” for
the manufacture of Plaster, and ap-
pointed BI os. Cobb, Holloway & Luce,
a Sub. Committee to prepare the
necessary papers and submit them to
the Subordinate Granges for sub-
scriptions from their members to the

every Grange in the State, about the
1st of May last, with instructions and
request that they be returned to the
Secretary of the State Grange, by the
1st of J une following:

On the 14th of June, the Sub. Com-
mittee met at Coldwater,'and by com-
paring notes found that there was not
, sufficient subscriptions to stock to

stock. These papers were sent top


   
 

   
  

warrant proceeding with the enter-
prise.

We can give no explanation of this
failure. The plans were 1iberal—the
price reasonable, and the product a
universal necessity. In this decision
of yours, you but postponed the day
of reckoning. True we have bridged
the chasm for a couple of years, but
time rolls rapidly, and what will be
the situation of this matter two years
hence none can tell. But we can tell
you, that it is, and is to be, a trial of‘
strength between monopoly, backed
by capital, on the one hand, and jus-
tice backed by good desires, and
honest intentions on the other.-
Which state of facts will imperatively
demand that, as we have in the past,
so in the future, we stand together, and

by our friemZs.. If such is our course, ‘

it needs not a prophet’s vision to fore-
see what will be the result in the end,
a triumph of the right. As we have
said to you, we have but temporarily
bridged the difficulty-—/roping and em-
pecting, that when the time of the
contract now made, shall expire, our
noble Order will be prepared to grap-
ple with, and master the difliculties as
they shall then appear. On the 11th
of Sept. last, your Committee met in
Grand Rapids, to take further action
in regard to this Plaster Question-
we met all the parties there interested
in its manufacture, and received propo-
sitions from each. Of these proposi-
tions we made choice of the one from
Messrs. Day & Taylor, of Grandville,
as being most satisfactory. With
them we entered into contract to fur-
nish to our Order, aboard the cars,
Plaster of first quality, for the period
of two years, as above referred to, at
two dollars per ton. Leaving the mat-
ter of trackage and rates of freight
to be adjusted by the parties order-
ing, and the lines of road used.

At this price there should be no
complaint, neither should there be
any holding back from afree use of
the article. Orders are to be made
through the Secretary of the State
Grange as usual. And Subordinate
Granges in making up their orders
can embrace neighbors who do not
belong to the Grange.

At this meeting Bros. Cobb & J effers
were appointed a Committee to pre-
pare for the meeting of the State
Grange. Bros. Holloway & Luce to
examine the books and accounts of
the Secretary, Treasurer, and State
Agent, and we herewith make their
report to us of these several investi-
gations, a part of this, our report to
3'0“ .

REPORT or sun. coumrrnn.

 To the Executive Committee of the
State Grange. The undersigned mem-
bers of your Board, appointed Sept.
12th, 1877, as. a Committee to ex-
amine the books and accounts of the
Secretary, Treasurer and State Agent,
for the purpose of correcting errors
should any be found, and preparing
the said accounts for the annual bal-
ancing, would submit the following
report:

We met at Secretary Cob,b‘s oflice
in Schoolcraft, Nov. 28th. We found
every facility and help for careful in-
vestigation of the year’s work. The
books of that oflice are so systema-
tized, that it is difiicult for errors to
escape the attention of careful ac-
countants. From these and other
vouchers, we summarize the follow-
ing statement:

Ain't in Treasury, Dec. 1st, 1876, . . . . . $4911 67
For Fees and Dues to Dec. 1st, 1877. . 6738 46

     

For Fees from«County Grange Masters, 18 00
For so plies sold,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 392 22
For Sn riptions to VIsrron,.. 748 00
For Advertising in the same,. . . . .... . 153 30
For Interest rec’d from Day & Taylor. 116 38
Total, . . . . . . . . . . ....  . . . . . 313078 03
_ CONTRA.
anchors for expenses of State Grange,

» i_s7s,;,,.,.., ................. ..,..g2,394 gt

THE GRANGE V.ISITOR.

Vouchers for Fees and Dues to Nat.

Grange, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1207 14
Vouchers for expenses of Ex. Com., ’77, 662 42
Vouchers for audits at last session, part

by Grange, and part by Ex. Com., all _

being for years 1875 and 1876, .. . . . . 9-93 97
Vouchers for expenses in Plaster a.cc’ts 231 34
Vouchers expenses of Printing for office 329 05
Vouchers for Stationery, for Lecturer,

St. Agt. and Ch'n Ex. Coin, . . . . . . . . . 18 G0
Vouchers for Salary of Master, 1877,. . 400 00
Vouchers for Traveling incidental ex-

penses of Master’s oilioe . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 01
Vouchers for Salary of Secretary, 1877, .1000 00
Vouchers for expenses of Secretary's ;

ofiice, Postage, 8204 78; Stationery, }

823 75; ~Rent,830 ()0; Traveling ex- ‘;

penses, 86 82; Exchange, 83 90 ; I

Freight and Drayage, 82 78; Total, l 272 03

Vouchers for Salary of Treasurer, . . . . 100 00
Vouchers for expense of Publishing
Vrsrros, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 660 41
Vouchers for Supply Bills, Stationery
and Express, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 367 08
Vouchers for advances to State Agent
Gardner, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2500 00
Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-‘$11206 70

Bal. in Treasurer's hands: Dec. 1, "77, $1871 33
Examining the Books of State Treas-
urer Brown, we find he had in the

Treasury, Dec. 1st, 1876. the sum of.»‘3l60l .30 ;

Also the individual and joint note of
the Ex. Committee for . . . . . . . . . . . .
Which last amount said Com. were us-
ing for the benefit of Messrs. Day it
Taylor, in the Piiliter interest, mak-
ing the sum tn: .1 of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
We further find that he has receipted
to the Secretary to the amount of. . 11206 70
This includes the value of Ex. Com.,
note, which had been paid with the
earned interest thereon, making the
acknowledgments of the year end-
ing Nov. 30th, 1877, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ 13078 03
We find he has paid orders to the a.m’t
of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3310 17

4911 67

11206 70
Leaving a Bal. in the Treasury, Nov.
30th, 1877, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1871 33
Passing to the account of State Agent
Gardner. we find a Bal, in his hands
from 1876 of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S5 45
We have advanced him the past year
to be accounted for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:300 00
This makes a total of . . . . . . . . . . . $2585 45
From which we deduct his per dicm,
Traveling and incidental expenses
and interest, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 945 19
Leaving in his hands to be returned
to the Treasury, the sum of . . . . . . . . 1640 26
Which with the ain't in Treasury,
Nov. 30th, 1877 as before stated of . 1871 33
Makes a total of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83511 59

All of which is respectfully submitted.
Signed by F. M. HOLLOWAY, ,
C. G. LUCE,
Committee.

And now in conclusion, your Com-
mittee would respectfully offer the
following suggestions for the consid-
eration of the Grange:

1st. That article 8 of the By-Laws
of this Grange be so amended as to
read as follows:

“The Executive Committee of this
Grange shall, from and -after 1878
consist of three members, to which
shall he added the Master and Secre-
tary as Ex. oflicio members.

The members of the Ex. Committee
shall hold their oflice for three years,
except as hereinafter provided.

The first election of said Committee,
shall be at the session in Dec., 1878,
at which time one shall be elected for
one year, one for two years, and one
for three years, and one annually
thereafter.”

Your Committee are of the opinion
that the above change would be for
the good of the Order, in that it would
curtail the annual expense of said
Committee nearly one-half. And by
thus lengthening the term of office,
would give, after the first year, prac
tical experience of its duties, and
bring to the Board as great efiiciency
as'the present arrangement.

2d. We call your attention to the
workings of the State Agency as an
arm of the Order, that it will be very
diflicult to do without, and one that

is surrounded with more difliculties’

and perplexities than all other work-
ings of the Order combined. We
have undertaken to comply with in-
structions by a former State Grange,
in making arrangements for selling
the products of the farm, and in buy-
ing our supplies from first hands,
with but one rofit. For this pur-
pose "we appointed one of the best

i has been the source of much difficulty

2 at wholesale prices.

- operative associations of their own.

‘ to enquire if it would not be for the

l

business men of our Order in the,
State, to take charge of this work at 3
a very low salary and traveling ex- 5
penses; requiring him to make con-
tracts for both buying and selling.

The last object was easily secured,
for most products, with good com-
mission houses- east and west. With
these arrangements we hear of no
dissatisfaction so far as the facilities
extend.

But the first, as heretofore stated,

and great expense to the Grange
treasury.

The difficulties grow out of a want
of confidence, or judgement in the
Brotherhood—-—each believing he can
do on a small scale without experi-
ence, what practical experience may
do with greater facilities.

The delusions are fostered and fed
by a home element without the gates,
leaving but aminority of the Order
that avail themselves of the practical
principles of co-operation. \Ve have
shown the fallacy of expecting the
State Agency to furnish goods entirely

We find further quite a per cent of
the Order are being supplied by co-

With these explanations we come

good of the Order to make the State
Agency, if longer continued, self-
supporting, instead of being a tax
upon the treasury?

This tax for the fractional year 1876
amounted to the sum of‘ $714,551, for
’77, the sum of 3945,19, making a total ,
in a little less than two years of $1659,-
74. And the same being taken from
the order at large, for the benefit of a
minority of the members. Those
who from inability,through poverty or
isolation from facilities, to avail them-
selves of the benefits of the State
Agency, and those who provide for
themselves through their own organi-
zation, contributing equally with those
who have received the benefits in the
payment of this tax. Continued as it
is, it will only be a question of time,
when it will be the means of bank-
rupting the treasury. In your united
councils and wisdom, you may pro-
vide a way of escape from the per-
plexities of the situation.

3d. One other source of anxiety to
your Committee, is the future of the
GRANGE Visrron-—a bantling, of wee
proportions, which has been tenderly
nursed and cared for the last three
years by Bros. Cobb and Woodman.
It has become so hale and hearty that
it toddles its rounds to your doors
once a month regularly. It is still a
“Tom Thumb ” but has in the last
year managed to lay by 3240,89.-
This is not enough to get it a new
dress. so that it can enlarge its cor-
porosity,or make its visits semi-month-
ly. Patrons what will you do with it?
All of which is respectfully submited
J. WEBSTER UIIXLDS,
C. G. Lucn,
F. M. HOLLOWAY,
Geo. W. WOODARD,
SAMUEL LANGDON,
S. E. J nrrnns,
W. DIVINE, Ear. Com.
LANSING, Dec. 12th, 1877.

 

CHEESE as an animal food may with
advantage be substituted for butchers’
meat, at the current prices. There
are good and substantial reasons for
regarding cheese as a wholesome and
valuable food, and it is worthy of
even a more liberal consumption than
it receives. English people probably
consume more cheese than any other
nation on the globe, or in the propor-
tion of ten pounds. yea;-1y to beach
inhabitant. In the United States the
consumption is only about half that

quantity

Our Department.

In the enlarged VISITOR, I notice
with pleasure that the Executive Com-

; mittee are to have one entire depart-
! ment devoted to them and their con-

tributions. Under this arrangement
one of the Committee hastens to pre-
sent his lirst contribution to the col-
umns of our department. As Bro.
Cobb is, or has heretofore been, ex-
tremely modest about setting forth
the merits of the Visiron as a whole,
I design to occupy the space allotted
me in this number in elaborating and
publishing some of the benefits to be
derived by the readers of the VISITOR
from a perusal of this one department
alone. Saying nothing about the
Ladies’ Department, the Master’s and
Secretary’s Department and the great
variety of miscellaneous matter that
will from time to time appear in its
enlarged columns. The. Executive
Committee is distributed all over the
State. The north, south, east, and
west are all, and about equally, repre-
sented. In starting an enterprise of
this kind the writer of this desires it
to be distinctly understood that he
does not regard excessive modesty as
one of the virtues to be observed.
Hence it is the purpose here and now
to claim for this Department all that
the ability, perseverance and faithful-
ness of the Committee will justify.
But, kind reader, look at the following
ing list of names, and you will only
require one moment’s reflection to
convince even the most skeptical that
no Patron will be justified in with-
holding his 50 cent subscription for
the VISITOR for more than one day.
In this department will be found dur-
ing the year contributions from the
careful,methodica1 and systematic Hol-
loway. He has made the most careful
experiments in the use of plaster of
any man of my acquaintance in the
State. It is hoped that he will add to
the usefulness of this department by
‘giving his experiments and results to
its readers. He is also in possession
of some important facts in regard to
the modus operandi of conducting a
junior State Fair, or at least a mam-
moth county collection of good and
fat things of the land.

Then the enthusiastic J. W'ebster
Childs will contribute to our depart-
ment. Although a childless Childs,
yet no man of our acquaintance has a
nebler or more just appreciation of
the wants of the young than he. His
contributions must and will be in-
teresting to old and young. It re-
quires no draft upon the imagination
to say that thousands have heard him
talk with delight, and now other thous-
ands will be equally pleased with his
articles in these columns. Then it is
expected that the practical Luce will
contribute to the department some-
thing of ‘what he knows about farming’
or perhaps some of his pet hobbies in
regard to the necessities of an in-
creased knowledge on the part of the
great mass of farmers and farmers,
wives and children. In old heathen
times I believe that the planet Mars
was regarded as the God of War, but
our Mars is the personification of
peace, hospitality, and good will. It
is expected that he will contribute
articles upon the true hospitality of
the American farmer’s home. And
how to entertain a large company with
pleasure to the guests and love‘ from
the host and hostess. His experience
in life has eminently fitted him for the
work.

For the really heavy work of the
department we have a Divine. From
our worthy brother from Montcalm
County the reader may look for some-

thing good. From his oflicial connec- .

tion with one of the penal and refor-
matory institutions of the State he is

 


THE GRANGE" v1sI'roR.w ‘

in position

downiall of the young, and how to

remedy it. The history of a. very
few of the young men confined in the
House of Correction at Ionia, might
be worth more as a warning to the
parents of one burgh than the entire

cost of publishing the VISITOR for a 

year. _ _
Then from Oeeana County it is ex-

pected that the steady going, genial ,

Woodard wlll give us news of the
north. He can, and _doubtless will,
tell of the troubles and trials, as well
as the pleasures of converting the
forests into improved and lovely
homes. One other thing he could tell,
and that is how to catch wild pigeons
by the car-load. If he can not, no one
else need try.

And last but not least, it is expect-
ed that Bro. Satterlee will perform the
most arduous duties of all. It is ex-
pected of him to write up for the de-
partment all that the other six neglect
or forget to write. He has a broad,
open field in which to work. There
will be enough to tax his skill to the
utmost; but he is young and strong,
and we believe competent for the task
set before him.

Readers of the Visironz so much
for the contribution to this one de-
partment. It requires no great amount
of courtesy or imagination to say that
they can all write fifty cents worth for
the next twelve months. VVe are not
in the habit of placing a very high
estimate upon our services; yet we do
confidently believe we can do better
than that if we all try to do our best.

If we do all that, it is worth more
that fifty cents in clear profit. .

The VISITOR should go to the family
of every Patron in the State. lVill
you take it? Now is the time to sub-
scribe. Begin with the year. Re-
member, Patrons, it is your paper—-
directed to your interests. Support-
ed by you or not at all.

We will close this, as we began, by
saying, read over the list of con-
tributors to the Department of the
Executive Committee, and I believe
you cannot avoid subscribing for the
paper. ONE or THE COMMITTEE.

Resolutions on Patent Rights.

The followinrr preamble and resolu-
tion was presented and adopted by
the Michigan State Grange at its late
session:

WHEREAS, The owners of certain
patent rights take advantage of techni-
cal legal rights to levy a species of black
mall, whereby great wrong and hard-
ships are inflicted upon innocent par-
ties; and

WHEREAS, A bill is now pending in
Congress to pr_ohibit and prevent the
wrongs complained of; therefore

_Res_ol-ved,. That we, the Patrons of
Michigan, in State Grange assembled
do most earnestly request our members
of Congress to use all honorable means

in their ow t _ th
the muopvmgrbifi :secure e passage of
Be it enacted, etc.,
who shall purchase in the usual course
of business for his own use and not for
sale or barter to_ another, any imple-
ment. t00l. machine, or device, covered
by a patent right, not knowing such
lmlllemeut, tool, machine, or device so
purchased, to be an infringement of
guchj patent, shall be liable to any action
or ifmages by {G9-8011 of purchase or
“:9° any Sl1_cli implement, tool, ma-
(9 me. or device covered by any patent,
is £11‘: izxlzgtlgeneralllyl kpown that there
sive sa t a e on the top of
‘£1128 Tehachepi Mountain in California,
a. lput six miles southwest of the point
(V: are the Southern Pacific Railroad
sgosseshthe _l110l1ntains. The lake is
_ mew at difficult of access, but salt
gigkflthered _from the bottom of the
t6 gixwgirfglgelst glqsfinllaygrshfrom one

_ic a '

Francisco. : n s ipped to

That no person

I
to write the cause of the E

s

, are members of the State Grange, by
jvirtue of their office. although they
= may not have been elected to be “vot-

3.

!

gasteifs if gepsrtntent.

- I

J..I.wooi)MAN. - - - PAW PAW;

ter of the State Grange, by sending

,' an order for the same, under seal, and
, signed by the Master and Secretai y

of the Grange.

Installation of Ofiicers.

I am requested to “explain the fol-
lowing rule in the digest, and define
who may install oflicers, iii Subordi-
Iiate and Pomona Granges.”

“Any member of a State Grange,
or Fifth Degree member, is competent
to install the oflicers of a Subordinate
or County Grange.”

Masters of Subordinate Granges,

ing members.” All “Past Masters
are hoiioray members of the State
Grange ” Therefore,

Any Master or Past Master of a
Subordinate Grange, “or Fifth Degree
member, is competent to install the
oflicers of a Subordinate Grange.”

Lounty Granges

As it is contrary to the theory of
our Order to authorize a Fourth De-
gree member to perform duties in a
higher degree; and as the government
of Pomona Granges is regulated by
the State Granges, subject to the laws
of the National Grange, the following
will stand as the Rule for this State,
until further ordered. '

Any Master or Past Master of a
County or .Di'sif-r2'ct Grange, or voting :
member or oflicer of a State Grange §
who has taken the fifth degree, and is
a member of a Pomona Grange in good
standing, may install the officers of a "
County or District Grange.

b'])eciul Deputies.

It will be seen, by referring to the 2
By-Laws of the State Grange, that %
counties having five or more subor
dinate Granges, are entitled to a
Special Deputy, to be appointed by
the Master and Secretary of the State
Grange, upon the recommendation of
the Masters of five Subordinate Gran-
ges in the county Two or three
counties may organize into a District,
and have a Special Deputy for the
District.

It is made the duty of such Depu-
ties to “organize and instruct Granges
and put them in good working order,”
also to “visit existing Granges, and
install officers ;” and advise and en
courage weak Granges, settle difficu1-
ties, and perform such other services
as may be required by the Master of
the State Grange.

The good or the Order demands
that a good, active Deputy be ap-
pointed in each county or district;
and that without delay Send in the ap-
plications at once, and the appoint-
mens will be made.

General Deputy for Northern
Michxigan.

The State Grange at its Fourth An-
nual Session, authorized the appoint-
ment of a General Deputy lor the
Northern Peninsula of Michigan; and
upon the proper application. H. A.
Danville, of Manistee County, was
appointed for all the counties lying
north of Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare,
Gladwin, and Bay. This district is
still entitled to a General Deputy, and
Patrons within that district are re-
quested to recommend their best man
for the position.

Annual W ord.

Granges entitled to -the Annual
Word, that do not receive it from the
delegate who attended . the State
Grange, can obtain it from the Mas-

To Whom it May Concern.

Having kept standing at the head
of our Department for nearly three
years, a request that all correspon-
dents give the number of the Grange
to which they belonged, and having
called attention to the matter fre-
quently; we now wish to give notice
that with the increased business as
signed us by the Ex. Com, we can-
not spend time looking up the number
when it is not given; our books are
so kept that frequently we must know
the number before we ean either re-
ply, or look up a matter of business
refered to.

Hereafter, we shall keep a Heading
Standing " To Correspondents,” un-
der which we respectfully suggest
that all who do not get expected an-
swers to enquiries look for informa-
tion. J. T. C.

H Meetings. I

VVe had the pleasure of meeting

the officers and members of Arcadia‘

Grange No 21, located in the village
of Kalamazoo, on Friday, the 11th
inst. A public installation of officers
took-place in the evening, a large and
appreciative audience being present.

. Bro. R. E. James was again installed

Master, and we regret that we have
not the names of his associates in
ofi-ice to present. Every thing was
done that could be done to add to the
pleasure and profit of the meeting,
and the earnestness and marked at-
tention of all, showed that the Grange
interest in Kalamazoo is of more than

‘ ordinary quality. VVith all this Grange

has to contend with in location—de-

-I sires. personal interests, &c., it num-
' bers 91 prompt members, ready to do

and not be out done.

VVhen we are told that the towns
can not have good Granges in them,
we say we don’t believe the statement.
But think that alittle Arcadia back-
bone, exercised in some other localities
would not only revive the Granges,
but largely advanced their interests.
Arcadia Grange could not run itself,
neither can any other Grange, but the
united action of oflicers and members
01 any Grange wherever located, will
be crowned with success.

Kent County Grange meets on the
16th and 17th inst. Western District
Pomona Grange No. 19, holds its an-
nual meeting at Berlin, on the 24th,
25th and 26th of this month. Prof.
M. Miles, of Lansing, is expected to
be present, and lecture on “ Stock
Breeding,” with illustrations. We
shall give timely announcements of all
County or District Grange meetings
from this column. C. L. W,

KALAMAZ00, Jan. 12th, 1878.

The State Series of Institutes, under
the charge of the State Board of Agri-
culture, occur. as follows: Marshall,
Calhoun County, Jan. 14 and 15; Paw
Paw, Van Buren County, Jan. 16 and
17; Tecumseh, Lenawee County, Jan.
21 and 22; St. John’s, Clinton County,
Jan. 24 and 25; Saginaw, Jan. 28 and
29; Climax, Kalamazoo County, Jan.
31 and Feb. 1. '

From the programmes, w 'udge these
Institutes will be of excee g interest
and great profit to the farmers, and
there should be at each place a. full at-
tendance of farmers.

At Climax, in this county, Professors
Kedzie, Fairchild, Cook, and Carpenter

from our Agricultural College will par- .
we also notice the names. of .

ticipate;
Messrs. Cobb, Neasmith, Miller, the
fish man—H. Dale Adams, Hodgman,
and others, all men of prominence,
whose papers will add much to the in-
terest of the occasion. We need hardly
say that this is a fine opportunity for
the farmers of our county. We urge a
a general attendance. FARM_EB;

_ intensely practical.

Tn}; grunge is B school-the farm-
er's college—where he is to be educa-

ted iu his rights and responsibilities, '

In the grange and through it's agency

- and influence, the farmer learns the

correct principles of government.

He learns the value -of sound political

principles, policies and measures of

government. The great questions of

political economy he there learns.

As he gathers his grass, he garners

a crop of ideas; it’s the best paying

crop a. farmer can grow——a crop of
brains. But he learns more than this

in the grange and through grange in-

fluences. I am pretty certain there

is this much, at least, in the farmer

or grange movement. There is need

of less legislation. We want more

money less law. The western farmers
are in earnest. They mean business
They do not preach the doctrines of
the commune. None are more inter-

ested in the supremacy of the law, and

a. wise and equitable adjustment of
the relations of labor and capital.

They do not belong to a class that is
visionary and ideal. None are more
The Western

farmer is non-partisan, but will always
identify himself with that organiza-
tion which makes the strongest appeal
to his sturdy sense of justice, and is
the most practical in its legislation.
It is measures and governmental

policies that he dedires, rather than

sentiment and theory.-Patron of
Ilusbandrg/.

FODDER CoRN.— A correspondent
says he can raise more feed ofl a given
amount of ground when sown to corn
fodder than of any other crop; sows
witha grain drill set to sow two bush-
els per acre, drilling in the same as
wheat. The ground must be in good
order, for if dry and cloddy the drill
will not cover the corn. By drilling
the seeds thick no weeds can grow in
the rows and the stalks will grow tall
and slender, more palatable to the
cattle. The corn is cut with a reaper
prepared for reaping grain, the reel
taken off, but if the reel -can be used
all the better. To prevent the corn
from falling the wrong way a man with
a rake walks behind and pulls it back.
If not dry enough to tie, stack it the
same as you would other corn, tying
the top with straw, being careful that
the stacks stand firm, and it will keep
well in the open fields, and can be
drawn in the barn as wanted. The
better way, after it is thoroughly cured,
is to haul it under cover, or stack
it under cover, or stack it where -it can
be got at without losing time or wast-
ing it.

THE RASPBERRY.~—Why families are.
without this delicious and easily rais-
ed fruit is a mystery. It also promis-
es to be increasingly profitable to
those who are in good markets, as from
its softness, those at a dietance cannot
compete. Pears and grapes may be
sent from California, but not raspber-
ries. I wish I could make my patrons
believe that fall is the best time to set
out raspberries, currents, etc. It set
out in autumn, top-dressed with a
shovelful of old manure, and the earth
mounded up awund tnem on the ap-
proach of freezing weather, as directed
in my manual, I do not think any
would be lost. With me they do near-
ly twice as well as if planted in the
spring. I will except the black-cap
varieties only, whichdo better in the
spring.-—E. P. Roe.

“WELL, farmer you told us your
woods was a good place for‘ hunting;
now we’ve ti-amped through it for
three hours and found no game.’
"Just so. Well,_ I suppose, as V _a
general thing, the less game there is
the Tmoare. hunting you have!“


 

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THE GRANGE V
SCHO0LCRAF—"IT,-JAN. 15,18

gerretarys gepartmcnt.

J. 'r. COBB, - - - - SCHOOLCRAFT.

Officers and members of S_ubordinate_Granges
_in corresponding with this office, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

C . BLANKS-

Blanks that are sent free from this office on
application are:
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub-

ordinate Granges. _

Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-
’ - mona Granges.

‘ -r’ , Blank application for
‘ Granges. _ _
Blank applications for Membership in Pomona

Gran es.
Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer.
Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges.
Blank Certificates of Election to County
Convention.
Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to
the State Grange.
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges.
Blank Application for Certificate of Dimit.
Blank Plaster Orders.
Blank Certificate of Incorporation;

I
t L
:-

organizing Pomona

Plastelr: A

Our State Agent has called the at-
tention of the readers of the VISITOR
to the value of Plaster as a fertilizer,
and to the excellent quality of that
made by Day & Taylor, and made the
— point that its chearpness at our con-
§ = tract price should induce our people
to use it very freely. Bro. Gardner
so well knows what he is talking

. about, and has so nearly said all that
* need be said, that I am relieved from
occupying much space in this num-

ber on this much mooted subject.

. I barely referred to this subject in
the last VISITOR, for it seemed to me
so much had been said that every
Patron in the State understood the
subject in all its magnitude and bear-
ings, and yet this is not true, for
when away from home and the mat-
ter is called up, I always find that
many persons have but a general
knowledge of the subject. All have
not remembered that the old Plaster
Association held this article at $4.00
per ton and “could not afford to sell
it a cent less.” Nor do all remember
that the Plaster Manufacturers of the
Grand River Valley went back on a
definite arrangement made when as-
sembled in their corporate capacity
in open session with your Secretary,
and refused to stand by an agreement
that had all the binding conditions
of a contract except it was not reduc-
ed to writing, officially signed and
sealed. _ Since that time some years
have elapsed, and we think we have
learned something about the cost of
Plaster and the general management
of the business, and we are prepared
to express positive opinions upon this
subject. Many, perhaps, have for-
gotten that the Association returned
orders unfilled, because the money
did not accompany the order, and

that,after having, as stated by its Pres
ident, “made this concession to the
Grangers that we will treat them just
as well_ as we treat anybody.” Put
. this and that-together and the cheek
_' that is behind the utterance must be
made of plaster hardenedgby a patent

process.

In the face of the statement that
plaster could not be sold for less than
$4.00 per ton, the price went to $2.00
as soon as the Grange Plaster Mill of
Day & Taylor was prepared to fill or-
ders at the contract price of $3.00
per ton. With the expectation that
the resolutions of the Granges were
wind, these several manufacturers

- prepared for the market for the win-
ter and spring sales of 1876 their
-usual amount of plaster, about one-

. .-.,r‘_,

.

ISITOR. '

 —..

"141—.rE'_‘ GRANGE “visor-t as.’ 

half of which was sold and the rest

carried over, to be offered __during the 5
a winter and spring of 187: for 32.00 5
f per ton—and dear at that.

In a tour of inspection last Spring,
! I found at one of the warehouses just
out of Grand Rapids four faithful la-
borers loading a car, or rather, pre-
paring to load a car with plaster. To
the ordinary implements used were
added crowbars and picks, and a hand
roller of three feet diameter for the
purpose of pulverizing. The business
I learned, on inquiry, was progressing
at the rate of about 15» cars per day.
The real condition of the plaster will
be best understood when I say that
in solidity it was just like a barrel of
leeched ashes that had been waiting
all summer for the farmer to transfer
to the compost heap or elsewhere.
And this when pulverized was the
cheap plaslcr sold last winter and
spring to Mich. farmers, and I am
glad to be able to say but little of it
to Mich Grangers. I don't know but
that sort of plaster is worth to the
farmer the old “Plaster Association
price, $4,00 per ton.” If any body
thinks so, that don't belong to the
Grange, has no obligations to regard,
and supposes that a low price always
means cheap goods, then we would
refer him to an advertisement found
on our last page from F. Godfrey &
Bro., which we received since we
commenced writing this artice.

$1,50 plaster is of the sort described,
but we do know that the man who ex-
pects to get as good plaster from any
of these old firms that have had a large
amount of land plaster on hand for
two years, and have all this time been
making and marketing stucco, made
of the choicest part of the rock that
they mined, and ground the rest

from the stucco rock, must have a
large amount of faith and be quite in-
different to results. The man who
buys that re-groun
ground by the patent process which
we have just described, or any
other,) it is safe to presume sows
plaster because his father did, and

will sow no more or less to the acre, 2

and never asked himself or his neigh-
bor What effect, if any, had been
produced by its use.

Our confidence in our Bro. Patrons
?is so strong, and that confidence is
; grounded on the observation and ex-
,‘ perience of two years’ familiar ac-

: quaintance with these Mich. Grangers, I
that we do not hesitate to advertiser for ,

I our friends F. Godfrey & Bro., as we
J have the space for the advertisement,
) and better, as the principles of our

Order demand, it was

delivery. With this brief NOTICE ofour =
new “ ad.” (which, after mature con- ,-

sideration, we have concluded not to
present a bill for,) we will only add:
Send forward to me
sible, your orders for the plaster of
Day& Taylor, at $2.00 per ton, and
you will get new, pure, dry, fresh
ground plaster that you can sow with
confidence, and when sowing feel that
in the purchase
kept in view your pecuniary interest
as an American farmer, maintained
your self respect and consistency as a
man, and been faithful to your obliga-
tion as a Patron.

   

To CoR12E@Nn1«:1vrs.—Charles A.
Brown, what N 0.? Mrs. D., your com-
munication, on account of our ab-
scence from home, is set down for the
next N 0.; also, that of J. C. B., G. R.,
and Mrs. C. L. Schurtz.

___________________

—The Aunualsession of the Wis-
consin State Grange will commence
mtg r. X. on the 15th inlt., in the
City of-Milwaukee.

 

Now 5
we don’t say that F. Godfrey & Bro’s s

with the debris and foreign matter,

(I plaster (re-‘~

paid for before ’

as rapidly as pos- :

and use you have:

Order-cultured, refined daughters of

{I farmers, not afraid or ashamed to be
I known as Patrons, but with enlight-
 ened and broad views, and compre-
gf handing the value of our organization
to the wives and daughters of the far-
mers of our land, they are earnest in

their praise of the Grange. After the

i White Pigeon Grange.

We do not find time to visit neigh-
_i boring Granges as we should like to,
 and as we have from time to time 
1' given renewed promises that we would. ,
 But the occasion of the installation
 of the oflicers of \Vhite Pigeon feast, a half-dozen or more toasts were
! Grange, presented such a temptation offered and appropriately‘ responded
, to enjoyment that We Shut 011!’ eyes to by different Brothers who had been
 to every other consideration—turned assigned to this duty, At a late hour
,5 our back on office work, and with the company separated, every one
i Past Master B1‘0- 3- F- BFOWD, 011 the feeling that the time had been well
§ afternoon of the 2d inst., took a train spent, and our love for the Order
3 l'0I'Whil36 Pigeofla 24 mi1e3di3t3I1t- We strengthened. Early rising enabled us
 were cordially greeted and entertained to reach home for breakfast before
4' by Bro. and Sister Shurtz, at their , seven, and we were on duty again at,
, house until the hour of meeting. We 3 the usual hour,

ll found on arriving at the Hall a goodly
‘number of members were on hand
early, and every indication of the
good time coming. Before opening,
! we were introduced to one and another
I of the Brothers and Sisters, with the

 

State Convention of Superinten-
- dents of the Poor.

 

It may not be amiss to say that as
- Secretary of the Mich. State Associa-
l tion of Superintendents of the Poor.
I left office work in good hands. and
was on hand at the opening of the
Session on the evening of the 8th inst.
in the City of Grand Rapids. The
Sessions were continued until the

The Grange was called to order by Bro. I evehlhg Ofhhe 11th: and hi’ the hhhhl‘
Shurtz its Master ata seasonable hour  h}°_hS Ve"d“’t of ‘ the members 94”‘
indicating the business habits of its ,~' V}S't°r3_ was Pmhohhced 9' 5“°°e55- I
otficers’ and pointing to one of the Er give this not only as a matter of news
Causes of its succem ; which we now feel at liberty to pub-
. And now comes the only hard spot  hsh 1” 0”’ Grahge P3Pe"v but the
' seen or felt (by me) in caI'I')’l1Jg out the ’ “falters brouglilht beéore the Convem
programme of the evening. Without’ "10; W915’ Shh 33 3 90‘? the tax Payer:
that salutary fear of consequences for 9*“ "99 to he better hhd-e1”“h°°d-—
violation of good faith which should S0(I1nedI{I0St Vajiuable papers were read
be present in the heart of every good ah, h lhchfssé -0119 h)’ M_“3' S- L-
Granger, the Master called on me for 1h _e}’:] E; drahd Ralhdsv 13 of that
aspeech._ I say violationof good faith Pmctlca ,‘h s thht We mehh to SW9
for knowing that as a visitor, I was SP3“? for It 300“ "1 the VIb1T°R~
exposed to a. call of this kind, I had 3
taken the precaution while yet at the ' , .
house of Bra Shurtz, to Privately ’ not forget the petitions sent you for

make a little arrangement with him signam’:es’haV° them signed 9'5 hilly
part to him and rapidly as possible, not confining

I t your efforts to the Order but get
was not 0 I others to sign it. The object is in the

remark that they were from such a

neighboring Grange. We soon come
I to understand though there might be
i
I
i

 

dead Granges, somewhere in Mich.,.
there were 1iveGranges and liveGrang-
ers in the South half of St. Jo. Co.

 

 

 

MASTERS and Secretarie’s please do

{ for a consideration on my
 then and there paid, that
be called on for a speech.
As the circumstances would hardly
,3 allow me to go back on Bro. Shurtz,
 at that critical moment, I had to
respond to the call, and I will only add
that I was more sorry than any one
else that I could not give those good '

people a good speech.

interest of agriculture, and that being
the case should receive the support of
every farmer. By an oversight there
in no date. Please write above the
name of place where signed before
sending to your member of Congress.

 
 

A SwINDLn.—Now it is a fence swin-
dle. The plan is to offer to give the far‘-
mer fifty rods of new fence, if he will
put it along the road, where it will be
seen, and serve as an advertisement, and
the farmer is to have the mic agency for
the town, and to be paid a handsome
commission upon all orders he ma
take. The farmer accepts the pro osa ,

But as Bro.
Brown as every Patron in the State
knows is a talking man, and had come
I loaded, the Grange and their visiting
friends got a good speech soon after I
_ set down. The oificers were installed
 by Bro. Brown, assisted by Bro. Yan-
. ney, Master of Centerville Grange, in
' a creditable manner, and apparently and the agent tells him that it wil take
, two coils of wire, for which the farmer

to the entire satisfaction of all pres-N , _ _
I mm  wiltlmgly signs an lordeiut‘ Inlp fiw dgyfi
The wood Sisters when the ro er a 8 mpg" c°.mes f‘ “"3. ° 0°. 9° 3 . i
,1 time arc-irived brought forwardp frrdm , £):1ry:|l£§x(itTen&:'hll](§l'z:l‘rxh§ie:‘Vd3iE:.i[[:I?l‘ii;ifzfi:
the supply Department of their abun- 5 put up the fence as an advertisement
dance and we were all generously fed. ,»' ilfilft ‘}’:’2SWl3;3S11t=3V§ f'I‘§€t-‘-B Hz isftold L58:
5 ' - - _ » ' e y ro s ree, u
; B1’ 311.8 21136.1  beiome so lmgllr i he has ordered outright one hundred
‘ as e in 6 m e 13?," yohng 3 195 j and fifty rods, and must pay for this at
Presents 311 800d D1Sl'«61‘S 111 the 0I'- four cents a foot. If the farmer is timid,
; der that I made no count ofliow many  he settles with him, somehow, perhaps
5 baskets full of provisions were left, but I SW95 his P0“? I01‘ $200 t0 Pay f0!‘ the
am sure there were several. And now ::')’g:::n.d‘d E9!‘ °’fde"-h “iiheh he 0011193
about the make up of this Grange. has two lfllilnéievaylrfigds eof Dds that he
The feature that struck me most favor-
able was the large number of young
E people who apparently have joined,
and belong for the purpose of recrea-
l tion and improvement——laudable ob-
J jects and worthy. This Grange as a
whole and its members as individuals
are reaping rich rewards for their in-
vestment-—and they all seem to know
and feel it. Upon this subject I have
more to say when I have more time.

The music——well perhaps as I am
not a critic I should withhold an
opinion, but I certainly have a right
to say that it was good enough for
me. Of the ladies themselves, I take
great pleasure in saying they were
the ripe fruits of the theory of our

Ir should be an object with all to
raise the yield of their harvests to the
highest possible maximum. No man
should rest _content with raising the
poorest crops or the meanest animals
in the town. The times in which we
live demand that our farms should
produce more and at less cost. Agri-
culture is the greatest of our American
interests. It should be the pride and
aim of each individual farmer to con-
tribute his best efiorts towards making
the nation prosperous, thereby insur-
ing comfort and happiness to each
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;¥jcrturn2r’5 flepartmmt. ‘

M USKEGON.

C. L. VVHITNEY, - - -

COUNTRY LII-‘E.

The farmer is up, while the stars are shining,

And the moon is drifting thro’ the forest trees,
And the fieecy clouds, with their snow-white

linings,
Are silently shifting, in the morning breeze.

And is out to the barn, where the patient cattle
Are meekly eyeing the well filled mows

With an earnest purpose, in life's great battle ;
He sings, as he milks his graded cows.

Then down the lane, through tangled daisies,
He follows the herd from the stable door,

While a busy life, with its varied phases,
And lengthened shadows, go on before.

And he leans on the bars like an ardent lover,
‘And his mind is lost in a dreamy spell,

Then leaving his pets in the scented clover
He turns at the sound of the breakfast bell.

For a busy day is just before him ;
And work is crowding at the Riverside farm—

‘Though no shadow of debt is hovering o’er him,
He shares the labors with a willing hand.

All day in the field, he drives the mower,
Or follows the rkaper, as the case may be
"l‘ill the sun goes down, and the day is o'er,
And the children are shouting in their merry
glee.

Or he follews the team down the long, long
furrow
That he,turns, with almost a tender care ;
While the ground-squirrel chirps near his win-
ter burrow,
With a garnered harvest and food to spare.

Through the purple haze of the Indian Summer I
And the broken clouds, the warm sun glints.
While the young fowler seeks the gray-grouse 5

dinner, V
Where the forest flames with Autumnal tints.

Then, in the barn, alternate flails are pounding
With measured beat, since the gray morning
broke
And through the naked forest, there comes
resounding ,
The echo of the far off woodmaii’s stroke.

We love the country scenes, where all is quiet,

And deem them worthiest, of all that we have
found,

Far from the city’s home, and mud fashions’ riot,
Will dwell in peace with everything around.

Grand Rapids, Jan., 1878. H. H. Roonas.

Pomona Grangcs.

County or District Granges. of
which there are now twenty, which
number will soon be increased, have
an important part in the work of our
Order. They have already done much
good and may prove themselves in-
dispeiisible, it they will, to the higher
good and continued life of the Fra-
ternity.

They are not organized merely for
s‘how,‘_but‘ior hard, earnest work, not
nominally but in reality. '

‘They were not for the softvhanded,
kid-gloved people who chance to be
within the gates, to be ornamental in
a higher degree or place, but for the
earnest husbandmen and mafrons who
have learned and practiced the lessons
of our Ritual and made them a part
ot life’s action, who have made or
helped to make the Subordinate
Grange successful, and are eminently
qualified to enter a. higher and broad
er field of action, where, associated
with others of like capabilities and
P!‘eP3-1'3ti0I1s they may perform nobler
deeds and develops new fruits; ad-
vancing not only their own interests,
but the interests of all who till the
soil.

Like any organization or person the
Pomona Grange may be of little" use,
for it is, and will be, just what its
mpmbers make it. It  not run it-
Ie i. Its prosperity wi spend upon
the pu s and executive zeal of
ill managers and ofliccrs. H. O. P. E.

‘ only by perseverance " is the lesson to

‘of experience, a depository of the

;elixir of success, from which every

2 Patron, however humble, may drink
deeply.

«acting Secretary of the Pomona

: . . l
q must be inscribed upon every banner, 
, seen in every effort and be the watch- 3

word of every Patron who would suc- 
cessfully tread this exalted court, and 
possess the Horn of Plenty from 
5 of quarterly meetings, and program-

whence to dispense rich treasures.
“Success in a good cause is gained

be learned by and taught to those
who would be truly Patrons of our
ancient Art. g

Earnest attention, careful observa-
tion, patient reflection, and cool,
calm judgment should characterize the
action of every one who aspires to
enter Pomona’s Courts.

The field of the Pomona Grange is
a broad one. Every farmer, and every
farmer’s family, and every farmer's iii-
tcrest in its jurisdiction, County or
District, is the province of this or-
ganization’s activity.

In general:
minds of farmers to their own in-
terests, duties, responsibilities, and
needs of co-operation to secure their
higher welfare. To- this end this
Grange should provide Mr meetings,
lectures, discussions, &c., in various
accessible places at such times as will
be most available.

Specially: It should revive and ad-
vance the work within the Gates,
assisting the weak, directing the
strong, correcting error, supporting
truth, and diffusinglight. Visiting the
delinquent, cheering the weary, coun-
seling the doubtful, encouraging the
active, the Pomona Grange should be
a present help in need, a living ex-
ample to every Subordinate ’Grange
in its field of action.

It should be a fountain of the nec-
tar of truth, a reservoir of the wine

Directly, the Pomona Grange calls-
out and acts upon the masses, sowing
broadcast its seed. It inspires by its
presence, convinces by its activity,
encourages by its numbers, and reas-
sures by its counsels all who doubt
the utility or perpetuity of the Order.
It provides managers for the system
of co-operation between local organ-
izations, giving the weak the reins of
power, arousing the indifferent to
activity and converting enthusiasm

It should awaken the 2‘

and idle power into grand elements
of success

Indirectly this organization reaches ,'
and may reach, through its nicinber— 
ship, every Subordinate Grange, the
hoiue and family of every member of §
our Fraternity, and influence the
thoughts, words, and actions not only
of members but of those still without
the Order's fond embrace.

I have not over-drawn this picture
but might pursue the subject in many
directions yet untouched by my pen,
but enough for this time, and if time
permits I will write for another num-
ber upon the “duties of our mem-
bers toward and in the Pomona
Grange, and the rewards of such
action. '

Request of our Pomona Grange
Ufiicers.

Co-operation should be practiced
among members, also between Sub-
ordinate Granges; why not by the
County or District Granges? At the
meeting of Pomona Grange oflicers
at Lansing, Dec. 13th, it was agreed
to try to co-operate, at least so far as
not to have our meetings conflict
All were invited to correspond with
the Lecturer of the State Grange,

Grange meeting, and to this end I
wish each Pomona, County or Dis-
trict Grsnge, by its Master, Secretary
or Lecturer, or all those; to assist me

to bring about the desired and.

Please send me by mail, a full list
of oflicers for 1878, with post-ofllce
address of the Master, Lecturer and
Secretary of your Grange. Give also
the. times and as far as you can, places

me of such meetings; also of inter-
mediate meetirngs. Add to this any
items of general interest, especially
your success in awakening dormant
or delinquent Granges.

“VVhat are your Lecturers doing Z"
is What I wish to know.

I further request that each and
every ofiicer shall see that at least
one member takes and reads the VIS-
iron, and shall also constitute a com-
mittee of one to see that every oflicer
and member of the Pomona Grange
takes, and reads and Awrites for the
VISITOR. Hoping to hear from you
all soon, I am, fraternally,

C. L. W., Lectm-er.

Your " Visitor.”

For two years or more have we
been asked for the enlargement of this
paper, and often censured because it
did not enlarge. We have repeatedly
stated that when the interest in the
Order was such that the members
would support a larger and more fre-
quently issued paper, it would come.
Some have wanted a weekly, but in
wisdom the State Grange through its
Executive Committee have given a
Semi-monthly. Shall this be support-
ed; shall we show that we need a
Weekly by our supporting this, filling
its columns and putting it into the
hands of every Patron in the State?
These are the questions for those who
have so often asked for enlargement,
to answer, not by saying “It is a good
paper," but by taking and reading
and writing for it, and by getting
every member of your Grange and to
at least take and read it. Every
family in the Order should have and
read the VISITOR. Now, Brothers
and Sisters, the State Grange, the
Ex. Committee and State Grange Of-
ficers have done their part, and will
continue to do their work upon “YOUR
VISITOR,” and it rema‘ns to be seen
whether you will make it truly your
VISITOR coming to you and your
family twice each month.

In my sojourn among the Granges
of the State and their members, I have
invariably found active, enterprising
members, subscribers and readers of
the VISITOR, and prosperous Granges

Esending through their Secretary, or

some one else large lists of subscribers
to the VIs1IOR, and’ on the contrary
where the paper was not taken or
read even when gratni-‘ously sent,
dormant, lifeless Granges were de-
linquent, with listless members and
few at that.

There is not a Gri‘ange in the State
too poor to take the VISITOR, even
the poorest members can have it, for
four families can unite, and each pay
12 cents, (or 1 cent a month) and thus
get the paper, 24 copies, I92 pages,

' 768 columns, or book pages of read-

ing matter for 12 cents. Have you a
slow member, one who questions the
value of the Order, in your Grange;
find him “your Visiroit,” and ask him
to read it and watch the efl'ect. Have
a. copy or file of the Visiron on the
table in the reach of all at each meet-
ing of the Grange, and encourage
members to look it over and see if
some will not take it even without
asking. Every Grange has one copy
sent to it free. It is directed to the

Master, but belongs to the Grange,

every member in good standing and
oflicer owns it. Now as the Master
has many cares upon his mind, and
the Secretary is usually very busy, I
would suggest that the Lecturer be
the caste in of the Visa-on. On

his desk it will then be found for
reference, every number filed in or-
der, at every meeting, and he has one
source at least from which to draw for
the Grange’s instruction. The Lee-

turer might soon get a large list of .

subscribers to forward, and often send
in items of general interest for pub-
lieation. Bro. Lecturers shall we not
thus magnify our ofiice in doing good.

gist: ggent 5 epartmtnt.
J. H. GARDNER, - CENTREVILLE.

At the request of the Executive
Committee I am still acting as State
Agent as heretofore, and am ready to
fill orders for anything which I have
on hand or can buy at reasonable prices
I don’t expect to get them for less
than dealers pay for the same articles;
but I furnish them without adding the
retailers’ profits.

I have now a number of wagons,
harvesters, mowing machines, hay
rakes, drills, cultivators, plows, har-
vesters, ‘and corn slicllcrs; all first-
class tools, which will be sold at cost
and some of them below. Also a
stock of boots, shoes, and rubber
goods of nearly all kinds in, use. A
full line of groceries on hand or or-
dered direct to the purchaser, if taken
in the original package.

I have now :i quzintit-y of refined
sugars of different grades. at market
prices, by the barrel. 1 also will
order sugars irom New Oi-leans, when
money is sent with orders to me for
one thousand pounds or more, to be
shipped to one person, at through rate
of freight. They have already ad-
vanced a half cent per pound and will
probably go higher soon, as raw sugars
are advancing in all the principal
markets.

It is a good time now to buy :1
stock of teas and coffees, as a tax may
be laid on them during the present
session of Congress, which, if done,
will cause an advance, and they can
be had now very cheap.

I have domestic dry goods of most
kinds, cotton and woolen: consisting
of cashmeres, tweeds, jeans, denims,
and fiannels; yarns, cotton and Woolen,
carpet warps, woolen socks of best
quality, gloves and mittens in any
quantity to suit buyers. Buffalo
robes and horse blankets, heavy and
light, and a variety of lop robes of
difi'erent qualities.

Carriages of any’ description. and
harness of any kind furnished direct
from the manufacturer on all cash
orders, at wholesale prices for first-
class goods; money to accompany or-
ders.

l have a contract for the’ Home Sew-
ing Machine, so that I can furnish a
machine with box cover, drop leaves
and drawers, all nicely finished, for
twenty-five dollars, as good a machine
as there is made—gives universal
satisfaction and will please any lady.
The same machine is also furnished
on a plain table for $18, with a selt-
threading shuttle and self-setting
needle. '

Also a contract for wooden pumps,
at one-halt the usual price. A good
porcelain lined pump, 20 feet long, for
$6 on car here or at Three Rivers. All
wanting pumps ‘send on your orders
and they will be shipped at once.—
Any length furnished that may he
wanted at a proportionate price

The following is from a letter or the
Master of the Wisconsin State Grange
as published in the G-rangc'Bztlletin.'

“My impression is that our farmers

will not hold to the Grange for the’
social and educational features alone.

My experience has con firmed me in tliifl -

in in State attempted to live upon

opinion. Some of the strongest Greg
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entirely, while others that were weakly .
have grown strongin using the .-Xgency, ,'
orin co-operation. I have set it down '
as a fact, and act accordingly, that co- =
operation is the word.”

If this is true in Wisconsin is it not 
also true in Michigan? some of the ‘
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largest and most enthusiastic Granges
in this county who did nothing in ;
selling and buying together have fail-
ed and ceased to exist.
I-‘LASTER.

Masters and Secretaries call ‘the at
tention of your members at every
meeting to their needs for plaster un-
til every brother gives in his order;
now is the time to make up your or-
ders and forward them at once to
Secretary Cobb, so that he may know
how much is wanted. It is best to
have them sent on as soon as possible
so that it can be got on hand in readi-
ness for use. I hope that every one
will order liberally that use it, as it is
the cheapest fertilizer that can be ap-
plied to sandy or gravelly soils. Our l
Executive Committee have made a i
contract with Day & Taylor to fur- 
nish it on car at their mill for $2 per I
ton, which is less than it has ever been 
sold for before in Michigan for a fresh l
and pure plaster.

I have examined their rock and
found it solid and pure; unmixed with
slate or fshale. No stucco is made at
their mill which reqires the best rock
and is used for that purpose at the
other mills. They have at present a
large quantity quarried and piled un- g
der sheds to dry; and they disposed 
last spring of all they made, so what 
they have now on hand is fresh and l
in the best of order.

Ground plaster which has laid over f
summer and fall absorbs moisture
from the air, gives ofl" a part of its
strength, which it never regains, even
if reground. and is of little value.

Don’t buy only the best, .for the
poor is too costly for any farmer to
use at a dollar a ton. I used a- car’
load on my farm last spLing from Day
dz Taylor, and I believe that it was
the best that I ever had. Apply it‘
early in the spring, for it is more
beneficial than if used late. Sow it
broadcast on your corn land before
plowing, it is better than putting it
on.the corn after it comes up. Don't
be afraid of putting on too much, there
is no danger. An observing and
thorough farmer here says that he
would not do without it if it can be
had for $20.00 per ton. Now I
trust that no Patron in Michigan will 
be persuaded to use plaster from some
other manufacturer because it may be
sold for less than Day & Taylor fur-
nish it to us for.

THE necessity of the patrons of;
Iowa for barbed wire is the motherl
of a new machine for manufacturing 
it. Barbed wire is much used in Iowa V
for fencing; and the business agent
of the patrons of that state was there-
fore especially desirous of making
some arrangement whereby he could
supply his customers with it at reduced
price. He and the State ‘executive
committee confer. ed with the leading
manuf.-icturers of barbed wire, but.
were unable to obtain as liberal terms
lrom them as they made with their
own agenis and retail dealers; and
hence no arrangement was consum-
mated. Failing in this direction, the
State agent began to negotiate with
a manufacturing firm at East Des.
Moines; and this firm finally invented ‘
a machine which, according to the
Helper, barbs wire “ more effectually
thinyany process yet invented," and
enables patrons to buy barbed wire
at _ei-$11.1; ,cent_s a. pound, ..where_'a»s for-
mgj-_1y§£h'ey« had to pay fifteen cents a

‘ knowledge to practical purposes.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

gutters’ gepartment.

Practical Education.

 

I believe the subject under dis_cussion
do-day is: Resolved, That we give ‘our
children a more practical education.
Now these same children belong to the
teacher, or are under his or her gov-
ernment fora considerable portion of

’ the time from five to fifteen years of age ‘

and upward. These teachers certainly
should be very much interested in the
Practical Education of said children.
First what are We to undertand by the
word practical 2 Useful, beneficial,
that which can be put into practice in
our every day work. Now let us get a
clear understanding of the word educa-
tion. “Education comprehends all that
series of instruction and dicipline which
is intended to enlighten the understand-
ing, correct the temper, and form the
manners and habits of youth and fit
them for usefulness in the future sta-
tions of life.” Thus we see that much
is included in that one word education.
Parents send their children to school to
obtain an education. Some are satis-
fied if their children only learn their
books by heart. They are proud of
them. They do not seem to think it
necessary for them to apply their book
They
do not visit the school to see whether
the teacher is teaching common sense,
with their school-books as helpers, or
whether she is only teaching them
what is between the two covers of the
book, without explanation or practical
illustration which their young minds
can grasp and master. 0 no! these pa-
rents have no time to visit schools, to
see about these matters, that is if they
think of them at all. I have seen a
scholar who had studied through divis-

divide. Of what practical use was his
knowledge of Arithmetic.

That child’s understanding was but lit-
tle enlightened; and whom shall we
blame the parents or teacher‘? But a
great part of education consists in the
formation of correct manners, morals,
good habits, and correcting the temper.
All this is to fit them for usefulness in
their future positionsin life. Then you
will admit of course, that it is of practi-
cal use to be so educated. They must

; be taught to control their temper. Must

also be taught that it is wrong to cheat,
lie, swear, drink, smoke, chew, gamble
and numerous other .things. But how
are they to be taught? By precept or
example? Example of course.

Vvhat benefit is it to a. child to have
his father tell him he must not swear,
or form any other of those bad habits,
while the father is continually practic-
ing them himself? Whatever father
does, the child thinks, is right for /zim to
do also. And they are to be taught po
liteness. By which we do not mean

5 mere outward show or company maxi-

ners. But to have respect for their el-
ders, and respect for the feelings of all
with whom they may come in contact:

; with a desire to do unto others as they
, would be done by under all circumstan- .
But who is to teach all this? A i

ccs.
great responsibility rests’upon the pa-

rents most assuredly’: they are with the ,

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that, give me lhis, or give me that. And 1;
perhaps with his dirty fingers reaches ,»
over and helps himself. Isn't it more

agreeable to see a child come to the ta» _
ble with hands and face clean and hair .
combed, "than to come with so much

“mother earth” clinging to them. and 3,

hair pointing to zenith, radis and all g

points of the compass? If the parents _;
do not teach them that it is wrong, dis- 3
gusting and disagreeable (and I am sorry
there ace some who do not) how is the
child to know, or be ashamed to present ,‘
himself in that condition? ‘But why .
need'I go farther? Some will say we
are talking about practical education.
So am I. Isn't that practical which
lightens labor, obtains good situations
for those desiring them ; makes friends
and helps to succeed in whatever is un-
dertaken? Which is more sure of suc-
cess, a person thus educated or one who
is rough and ill-nianerly, having no re-
gard for the wishes of others respecting §
himself alone? The former by ALL
means. Then is it no practical benefit 5
to him that he has been educated to dis-
pise bad habits; that he has been taught E
to respect -the rights of others; to be ,
courteous to all with whom he may 5
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comein contact, by those little atten-
tions which so many consider of no
value? But remember “little thingsl
make up the sum of life.” Then pa-i
rents why not pay more attention to.
this part of the child's education ; and if 
teachers are endeavoring to do their?
part, unite with them and lend a help- 3
ing hand, instead of placing obstacles
in their way. Don’t say you haven't
time to visit your schools. VVhat is
moreprecious to you than that which
concerns the welfare and future happi-
ness, perhaps life of your child‘? Then i
do not begrudge a half day spent in the
school once in a while, to see how your ;

.children are progressing, and if their?

, teacher is faithfully trying to fulfill her 1‘
ion a number of times, when asked how ;
much 4 pounds of butter would cost at 

2 fifteen cents a pound, that did not know ‘
I whether to add, substract multiply or .

children most of the time and have the 3

best opportunity of educating them in
many directions. That is, if they fully
realize the great work they have to do,
and are interested in it. And if parents
are not interested, who will be? Next
to the parent the teacher is held respon-
sible for the wrong education of the
child. And if parents have neglected
their duty, so much more devolves up-
on the teacher. But doubly hard is it
for the teacher who is trying to teach
the children in her charge to be polite,
to have them made sport of at home,
when they attempt to carry out these
instructions. That discourages bo th
child and teacher. Is it anything more
than right to say please when we wish
for anything, and thank you when re-
ceived? . And who would not rather
seeachild when at table politely ask
for what he wishes, and say thank you
when supplied: and who patiently
waits until his elders have been served ;
who has been taught not to ask four ' or
five times for the same kind, than to
see one who whinesif he is not 'first
served,‘ o_r«if- he is, -who causes his -.sup-
ply to disappear-.-before all have been
provided for, and then loudly“ call for
more by saying: I want this, or I wan:

mission, by administering to them (so ,
far as in her power lies) a Practical;
Education. A. B. W.

SILVER LAKE GRANGE, No. 624.
Nov. 23, 1877. J

BRO. COBB: Dear iS'ir.——()ur Grange
is progressing finely, though we com-
plain of some tardy members. But the l
busy season is mostly over, and I am in
hopes we shall have better attendaince
through the winter, and by that time
make our meetings so interesting that
few if any will stay away. Our Dis-
trict Grange seems of doubtful utility as
yet, but may grow better as we get older
and stronger. I wish Bro. Vt’hitney or
some other good lecturer could come
and give‘ us a lecture or two, and there-
by revive us a little. I was at Brother
Ramsdell’s_,(the present lecturer of our
District Grange) a few weeks ago, and I ;
think they are very pleasantly situated,
with their house nestled in at the foot
of the hills, surrounded by shrubbery,
graperies and orchards; just a pleas-
an t distance from Traverse Bay,
andashort drive from Traverse City.

';gy and Zoology.

The Author’s Petition might well ap-
ply to them, and they consider the first §
part granted and the last attainable. ‘

Here it is:

The A uthor’.~ Petition.

I ask not wealth, if it were given,

It would not purchase Peace in Heaven,
I ask on Earth a. rural cot ,

In some sweet, calm, retired spot.
And there let love and friendship stay,
"I‘ll life sheds her last parting ray ;
Then where the weeping willow wave
Give me and mine a peaceful grave.

I ask not sculptured tomb of art

But stamp my image on the heart,

Of fond aifection pure, refined,
Where it may ever live enshrined.

I ask for grace, for faith, for love,
A resting place a home above,
I ask not fame, ’tis poisoned breath
And will not save a soul from death.
But in my breast ambitious fire
Bids the immortal soul aspire,
To glittering crowns and robes of white,
In company with angels bright,
Through golden streets to walk and sing
Praise to my Savior, Piince and King‘
A SISTER.
Hien scientific authorities say that
the alarming increase of lunacy and
suicides is due t5 the aggiegataion of
people in metropolitan centers where
business rivahries are intense. The
doctors are no doubt right about the
the" -‘matter. Such facts should cause
the [blessings of rural life to be more
highly appreciated than they now are.

 

Our Common Schools.
It has been a question with our Leg-
islature and many of our people--what
to do ? and how to do ? for the benefit of
our Primary Schools. In this article, I
purpose to set forth some views of my
own, gathered from experience in teach-
ing and general observation. First, let
me find fault and then, suggest a rem-
edy. I would have better educated and

= more experienced teachers,—not for the

savingof a few dollars would I place an
unrefined, uncultured, uneducated per-
son over one of our schools. I would
have 9. uniformity of text-books, (I re-
fer to our Dist. Schools) plenty of black-
boards, charts, globes, and necessary
apparatus. I would have our school-
house made pleasant and home-like-
what a change! from a beautiful, refined
home, the childs’ sensitive mind is car-
ried to a dreary, curtainless, dirty school-
room, the surrounding yard without a

' shade tree and often without a fence.

School offieers, superintendents, and
parents ought to visit their schools as
often as once a month. The teachers

5 should invite and insist upon their com-

ing. If parents would visit their schools

‘ often they would soon see a growing in-
‘ terest, both in teacher and pupil. When

all are interested there would be no lack
of these minor things, which every
teacher feels to be a necessity. Teach-
ers should be able (and s_uperintenden is
should require it) to give short talks on
Botany, Physiology, Astronomy, Geolo-
Have the children
bring specimens offlowers, wood, stones,
bugs, flies, etc.; teach the child more
of what it can make a practical use of,
thus makingschool life more pleasant
and profitable. Is it as profitable for a
child to know at just what spot, on a
certain river in China, some particular
city is situated, as to have a little insight
into the formation of the earth, orta

i knowledge of the stars they see every

night ?
Ifour County Superintendency proved

 a failure, surely our present system is
3 no better.

The County Superintendent
had too much todo and do well; our
Town Superintendents (with few ex-
ceptions) are incompetent, or consider-
ing their office a small affair, do not give
it the required attention. I would sug-
gest the following system :——a County
Superintendent to inspect the teachers
and an Assistant Superintendent, in
each town, elected by the people and ex-
amined by the County Superintendent.
It shall be their duty to visit schools,
suggest new methods of teaching, etc.,
and report quarterly to the County Supt.

In order to have this system complete
I would have women hold any school
ofiice. Some of our sister States have
already granted this; and that women
are worthy officers is shown by their
number increasing every year. There
are many reasons why I think they
would fill that position better than men.
I will mention but few of the many.
1st. They would make a business of it.
2d. They understand, better than men,
the wants and requirements, of small
children. 3rd. A woman, as a general
rule, approaches nearer a child’s heart,
and for this reason would be better able

' tojudge of their abilities and needs.

Michigan has always taken the ad-

’ vance step in education, and I believe

Brothers and Sisters of the Grange, that

I we have the privilege (if we will use it)
‘ to improve our common schools ;—as
 they are the basis of our whole system,
 it behooves us to look well to our foun-
 dation.

I offer these suggestions. hoping that

 other and better ideas may be brought

out. From the minds of the many may
be gatliered__ideas of great worth to our-
selves and our nation. A. S. K.

A PARENT desires that we will re-
mind teachers that one of the great
needs of the school-room is plenty of

pure air, especially in winter, when

rooms are apt to be over-heated. He
recommends to open all the windows
and doors every half hour, and let
pure outside air sweep, (not dribble)
through the room for two or three
minutes. Meantime let the pupils,
headed by their teacher, march around
the room, singing as they go. Use
the short recess, morning and after-
noon," for effecting ventilation in a.

similar way. See that the schoolhouse ~

is not shutu at noon or in the even-
ing, with all the foul air shut in. -
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

7

Illinois Wofmm’s Congress.

There is a movement among the wo-
men of Illinois to hold a State Con-
gress similar to the National Womaii’s
Congress.

The Committee on Topics, Papers,
and Discussions announces as the basis
of thought and action for the first
meeting of the Illinois Association for
the Advancement of Women the fol-
lowing subjects:

How to Simplify Housekeeping.

The Domestic Problem.

The Village Caterer.

How can we secure sensible social
entertainments I’

What are the means of improve-
ment available to women in rural
neighborhoods ‘.9

The Business VVoman.

How shall women study medicine?

Home Protection.

Women on Our School Boards and
in Charitable Associations.

Industrial Schools for Girls.

Missionary Societies—Their Influ-
ence, Direct and Reflex.

Household and Decorative Art.

The Educational Agency of “'0-
man’s Clubs.

Woman as a Converser.

Women Evangelists.

Woman as a Musician.

Prominent representative women
from different parts of the State have
been requested to prepare papers up-
on some of the subjects. Others, -
however, must be studied into.

The Committee, in preparing these i
subjects, and in discussing the besti
methods for evolving thought upon i
them, also in the honest endeavor to i
make this a thoroughly representative i
meeting-.make the following announce-
ment; Any woman resident in any
part of the State, who is interested in
the subjects: “ The Domestic Prob-
lem,” intended to include the “Help”
question: “What are the means of
improvement available in rural neigh-
borhoods '.’f’ and “ How to simplify .
housekeeping" (including the idea,
homes vs. boarding-house), is request
ed to condense her best thought into
a twenty-minutes’ paper, and send the
same to any member of the committee.
The best paper will be presented at
the conference, and a summary of the ;
best points contained in all the rest. ‘
This seems the most practical method
of reaching the universal opinion of
the women of the State. Therefore,
any woman who has given thought to
any of .these three subjects, is re-
quested to prepare a written state-
ment of the same, and send to the
Committee on Topics, Papers and
Discussions. The members of this
committee are Mrs Mary Banuster
Wlllal‘d, Dr. Sarah Hackett Steven-
son, Miss Nina Lunt, and Elizabeth
Boynton Harbert. If the women of
the State shall feel a personal respon-
blblllly in making this meeting a suc-
cess: then may We indeed hope for
some practical benefit to accrue to all
our homes.-—E:cchange.

To be a successful farmer to-day,
as compared with the cultivator of
the soil in the early history of this
country, may require less muscle in
in fellipg the _huge monarchs oi‘ the
f°1‘°3t. ID Clearing land and building
stone walls; but it demands more

thought: _a-pplication, investigation
and experiments—more brain power.
Few men can afford to rest satisfied
with the developments of their individ-
"31 experience alone. A co-operation
°f th_°u8hl3a action, experiment, and
experience such as may and ought to
:1: 2:2 m,‘1"i° Gmngea tends to broad-
stren tlimntii 9f the pmnclpallts’ to
theirgfa<(iiilt' em‘ powqrs’ to b-nghten
dens to i ies, ;to relieve their bur.

> “°1'€8;ie their comforts and

3 are fed upon bran alone.
1 experiments on animals found that 50

ENGLAND imported last year 313,-
000,000 worth of eggs, chiefly from the
continent. Canada also. is beginning
to send across the water a considera-
ble number, one steamer alone having
lately carried from the dominion of
_Liverpool 280 barrels of eggs. Here
is a hint to our farmers and country-
produce dealers.

_—The Dominion Grange of Canada
Wlll meet on the 15th inst., in Annual
Session.

LANSING, Dec. 12th, 1877.
Jas. Zaeneg/, Jlfaster Centreville Grange:

DEAR SiR——Your favor asking me to
give your Grange the composition of
wheat bran is received. I send the
following analysis of wheat bran by
Poggiale, of France:

Ash, 5.5; VVater, 12.7; Nitrogenous
matter, (gluten, &c.) 13.0; Dextrin, 7.9;
Sugar. 1.9; Starch, 21.7; Woody fibre,
34.6; Fat, 2.9. Total, 100.2.

The total foots up a trifle over one
hundred, which shows a slight error.

The amount of starch, sugar, dextrin,
fat, and nitrogenous matters would lead
us to place a high value on bran as food
for. animals, but of the 13 per cent. of
nitrogenous matters, 3.1; parts are in-
saluble and indigestible. The woody
matter of course is not digested.

Watts in his chemical Dictionary
says: “ Bran, though rich in nitrogen,
appears to possess but when nutritive
power. Animals fed upon it, quickly
lose flesh.” This means that animals
Poggiale, by

per cent: of the bran is entirely indi-
gestible, and may be passed successively

through the bodies of four or five ani- '

mals without undergoing any change.
Like many other foods, the value of
bran is increased by combining it with
other foods. When a partof the “shorts”
is left with the bran, or when other
starching food, like potatoes, is com-
bined with it, the bran has a beneficial
influence in consequence of its contain-
ing a peculiar substance, cerealin, a in-
trogenous principle and analogous to
diastase, which as the power of rapidly
changing starch into dextrin and then
into sugar. This is reason why Graham

forming it successively into dextrin and
sugar.

I regard bran as of more value as an
addition to other foods than as a food
itself. If it is treated with warm water
and left to stand a few hours before use,
in order to let the cerealin become dis-
solved and act upon the starch,the bran
will be better relished by the animal,
because it is sweeter, and will more
rapidly assist in the digestion of other
foods.

The mere chemical’ composition of a
substance does not determine absolutely
its nutritive value, for if this were true,
then horn should be better food than
flesh. The solubility and digestibility
must also be taken into account. In
like manner the value of a material for
food may best be determined by ascer-
taining how it is related to other foods.
Many persons have condemned turnips
for animal food from consideration of its
composition alone, while others have
found them of great value, because they
assisted the digestion of other foods.

I write at this length simply to show
you how many_ things must be con-
sidered in determining the real value of
foods.

Very Respectfully Yours, &c.,
R. C. Knnziic.

BER1-HEN SPRINGS, Jan. 5, 1878.
J. T. ConB—Dem- Sir and Bro.:

I have received the Ja1i’y number of
the VISITOR, and see that my subscrip-
tion has run out. Please find -50 cents
enclosed for another year. I would not
do without it for three times its cost. It
seems to me that it is God’s will that
our order in Berrien County shall be a
grand success. Opposition only makes
us stronger; we are starting another co-
operative store, one has has run over
a year and a half, and is getting stron er
every day. We are building good Ha Is,
and our faith in the permanency of the
Order is steadfast.

to insure their permanent success.

Fraternal‘? §0\]l?rEt!:,A ER
. . TH .

bread is so dark colored and sweet in .
taste, like bread made from flour ofi
sprouted wheat. .The cerealin hastens '3 -
the digestion of starch by thus trans- 1'

Volinia Farmers’ Club.

J. 'r. Conn. Schoocraft, Mich. : l

The following oflicers were elected for 1
the year 1878: ,‘

B. G. Buell, Pres’t; M. J. Gard, Sec’y, 1
Volinia, Mich. ' 1

Ex. Com.—N. B. Goodenough, VV. R. 1
Kirby, VV. J. Eaton. ‘- ,‘

Order of Bust'ness.—1. Reading the %
Minutes of the previous meeting. 5

2. Discussions of Markets and Re- 7
ports.

3. Inquiries and Answers.

4. Results of Experiments.

5. Replies to Letters of Inquiry.

6. Discussion of stated subject for the 
‘the past summer.

meeting.

Progrmme for l878.—Jan’y, VVedues-
day 16th-—Breeding, management and
marketing of Hogs—J. Whitam.

Feb’y, Wednesday, 13th—Clover, its
importance and management——Wm. J.
Eaton.

Man, VVednesday, 14th-—Farni Stock,
proportions, kinds and management—
B. G. Buell.

April, Wednesday l7th—Corn, varie- :
ties, cultivation and marketing—l\I. J. j
Gard.

May, VVednesday 10th—Sheep Shear-
ing, show of breeding stock and exhibi-
tion and trial of Tillage Implements. ‘

Aug., Vvednesday, 23d, 1 o’clock p. m. l
VVlieat, varieties and cultivation—N. B. ‘
Goodenough. ‘

Oct., Tuesday and \Vednesday 1st and
2d—Town Fair.

Nov., Wednesday 6th -Experience.
Meeting—H. S. Rogers.

Dec. , Wednesday 4th—Presiden Us Ad-
dress, Election of Officers.

Respectfully,
M. J. GARD.
AUSTERLITZ, Kent Co., Mit-h., ‘
December 31, 1877.
J. T. COBB, Sec’y:

Dear Sir and Bro.—Not knowing that
you have received an election report for
Kent County Grange No. 18, I send you
it in full:

Master——VV. P. \V'hitney, Fisher Sta-
tion.

Overseer—John Porter, Grand Rapids.

Lecturer—John Preston, Pleasant.

Steward—H. G. Holt, Ada.

Asst. Steward—R. Dockeray, Rock-
ford.

'[‘reasurer—(,‘-has. Dole, Grand Rapids.
Secretary——M. B. Hine, Austerlitz.
Chaplain——S.Westlake, Grand Rapids.
G. K.—Chas. Livingston, Austerlitz.
Pomona——Mrs. John Porter.
Ceres——Miss Della Hine,
Flora—-Bliss Orpha Koukle.
L. A. S.—Mrs. Samuel Langdon.
Kent County Grange is in a very flour-
ishing condition, its meetings are well
attended, I believe all who attend are
well pleased with the work it is ac-
complishing. Fraternally Yours,
_ M. B. HINE-
POMONA GRANGE, No. 10, P. of H. 1
HILLSDALE, Jan. 2d, 1878. j

J. T. COBB, Esq.,

Dear Sir and Brother .-—This is to in-
form you that at the meetings held Dec.
5th, 1877, and Jan. 2d, 1878, the follow-
ing Otlicers were duly elected and in-
stalled, viz : _

Master.—H. D. Pesst-ll,Quincy,Bran’h
County, Mich. .

0verseer.—R. W. Freeman.

Lectuier.—A. J. Baker.

Steward.—E. C. L. Mumford.

Asst. Steward.—Ebeneazer Kelley.

Chaplain.—E. L. Kelley.

'1‘reasurer.—J . B. Norris.

Secretary.——E. J. Hodges, Joiiesville,
Hillsdale Co., Mich. ,

G. K.—Datus Gibbons. _

Pomona.—Mrs. Lucius Ranney.

Ceres.-Mrs. Daniel Timms.

Flora.—Mrs. J. C. Smith.

Stewardess.—Mr. Wm. McDougal.

E. J. HODGES, Sec’y.

CANNONSBURG, Jan. 5th, 1878.
J. '1‘. Conn, Worthy Sec’y:

I am rather behind the time in mak-
ing my Election Report of Cannon
Grange, for the reason we have been
waiting to die, expecting hourly’, we
should draw our last breath, but by
chance we are now recovering, and have
resolved to try and live another year,
and the prospect at present is encourag-
ing that we shall accomplish more than
ever before. On the afternoon of Dec.
29th, we succeeded in electing our Offl-
cers for the ensuing year, to-day we had
another meeting, which passed ofl‘ pleas-
antly, there being a great deal of inter-

est manifested by those present. En-

closed you will find" Election Report,
also one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for
which you will please send two copies
of the Grange Visrron for one year, and

i one hundred Blank Receipts for dues,
. bound. I am well pleased with the en-

largement of the VISITOR and its price,
and will endeavor to get all the names I

. can.-in our Grange.

Yours, Fratern-ally, ‘
A. VV. DAVIES, Sec’y.
Piri-Jsroxn GRANGE, Dec. 26, 1877.
VVORTHY BROTI-IER:—Encl0Sed- find

:50 cts. for which send me blank Re-
’ ceipts for clues.

Our Grange has completed a new ball
\Ve held our first
meeting in it on the 18th inst. for the
election of officers. It seems like home
to have a hall of our own.

The subordinate Granges in this part
of our County are moving to open a co-
operative store in Benton Harbor be-
tween this and April. VVe have over
$2,000 in stock already subscribed. W'e
propose making it a branch of the one
in Buchanan, which is no longer an ex-
pei-iment,but a success beyond all doubt.

‘ Bro. F. Franklin, the business manager

of that store is the right man in the
right place.

VVe have too many weak-kneed Gran-
ges through the country, who will listen
to the oily tongue of the country mer-
chant, until they begin to think the
Grange is a humbug, and all its meni-
bers are beside themselves. Such per-

§ son ought to take a good Grange paper,

and attend Grange Pic—nics. &c., and
they would’nt believe all the country
merchants and agents for reapers and
mowers, sewing machines and lightning

, rods, tell them. Yours Fraternally,

VV. L. Hoops, Sec’y.
LAINGSBURG, Dec 31, 1877.

BRO. CoBB:—Our Grange, No. 228,
held their election for ofiicers for the
coming year, last Saturday evening,
Dec.-29th. A. F. Place was re-elected
Master for the 4th term, by unanimous
choice.

VVe are enjoying peace within the
gates. Not one harsh unfeeling senti-
ment has been manifested for the past
three years inside our truly fraternal
circle, and as members we have looked
after the sick and needy. We have
made good progress in the principles of
our noble fratenity.

Our members love and cherish the
Grange for the good it has done them
socially, nioraly, pecuniarily, and in
the great improvement of the intellect-
ual faculties.

We enter upon the New Year with
new resolves to make our Grange more
interesting and profitable. With our
past experience we have strong faith
that our bright anticipations may be
realized.

Enclosed find 30 cts. for which send
the VISITOR to E. 0. Place, Hartwell-
ville, Shiawassee Co., Mich.

Fraternally, A. F. PLACE.
BURR OAK, Dec. 31, 1877.

J. '1‘. Cons, SEc’Y: Worthy Bro.-
I enclose Quarterly Report, and sixteen
names besides my own for the VISITOR,
and money order for $13.50.

The VISI'I‘ORin its new form certainly
must create a favorable impression, and
if some of the talent now lying dor-
mant in the Grange can be induced to
show itself in print, the paper cannot
fail to bee. success financially, while so-
cially and practically of great benefit to
progressive Patrons.

Fraternally yours, ‘
HENRY HAVVLE\', Sec’y.

GENOA, Dec. 24, 1877. ‘
BRO._J. T. COBB :—_I send you money
order for quarter ending December, ’74,
amount, $2.52. Our Grange is prosper-
ing very well. VVe rent a hall and have
meetings twice a month, and have _a
jolly good time. -We have $100.00 capi-
tal used in purchasing groceries, which
we turn over six or seven times a year.
We buy our plaster through the County
Council, of Day & Taylor, and we will
stick to them by all means. Although
our number is small we do a successful

and satisfactory business.

Yours Fraternally, Y
- H. .1. SWEET, Sec. ;\o. 79.

GRAND Lanes, Nov. 17th, 1877.

Grand Lodge Grange 1V0. 301 : '

Resolved, That the recent action of
the Boards of Supervisors _of Eaton,
Barry and Calhoun counties, in voting a
tax u on their constituents as increased
pay or the services of Judge Vanzile


  

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was in direct violation of the expressed
wishes of the people, was unconstitu-
tional, and has no foundation in justices

Therefore, Be it further resolved, that
our representatives constituting the
Board of Supervisors of Eaton County,
he and are hereby requested to convene
in extra session, and recind their for-
mer action; also, we commend the ac-
tion of the Calhoun County Grange in
relation to this violation of law. '

' A. J. REED,
M. B. HOWELL,

A. T. CRANE,
Committee.

likxsmu, Oct. 26, 1877.

BRO. COBB :—I send you abstract of
Report of the Auditor’s of the Lansing
U0-operation Association P. of H.

The Association commenced business
May 4th, 1877. with a paid up capital of
a little less than $500; at the end of five
months and six days the Board of Au-
ditor’s made a Report, showing total
sales to have been $48.44 52, or an aver-
age of $35.62 daily. The last halfof the
time the sales averaged $4241 per day.

The sales are not confined to members
of the Order, but the Store has a very
good and increasing trade with those
outside the Gate.

G. M. TOVVAR.

THE pigs require a warm shelter 3
as much as any other animals. Do ,5
not imagine because they can endure
cold, that it is of any benefit to them.
Keeping swine in a piggery open to

the cold wet earth, is like throwing

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or equity,and merits our condemnation. -


the cold, perchance with no bed but i
!

food into a river ,- it requirs food to
keep up the animal heat, and the food ‘
fed, lirst goes to this work, second to

increasing the flesh. A warm, clean i
house is cheaper than grain. i

E
I
THE nnarrzn, nnxru. ;
I

The brothers and sisters of Victor }
Grange, No. 317, desire to give express- 
ion to their sense of loss in the death on
the 17th of Nov. of Sister Sarah Sexton, .
it charter member, and the first of our
uuniber to fall a victim to the fell de-
slroyer. We see of a truth “the King
of shadows loves a shining mark.”

January 5th, 1878, Sister Agnes Johnson, a
beloved member of Hartford Grange, No. 89. .
Resolutions of respect were adopted. l

Died on the 29th of November last, at his
home in Unadilla, Bro. Patrick McClear, an
estimable member of Grange No. 6, and by this
notice for the Grange, we desire to give evi-
dence of our loss and express our sympathy for
the stricken wife and bereaved children.

D. M. JOSLYN,

R. BARNUM, i C°""

Redpath’s FARM Record.

TH E SlMPLE§’l‘, MOST PRACTI-
CAL and (LONVENIENT BOOK
ever published, for keeping Farm Accounts.
Recommended by the leading Agricultnrists of
the State. Every farmer needs one—every in-

telligent farmer buys one.
Farmers’ and Far-mer’s Sons

Wanted as Agents in every township. Sample

Book mailed to your address on receipt of price,

81.50. Address J. V. REDPATII,
Kalamazoo, Mich

VVrn. H. HARRIS.

(Successor to H. D. WirrMoms,)

SPECIAL AGENT FOR LOUISIANA,
No. 48 Corondolet Street, New Orleans.

Orders for Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Rice, and
all Southern products filled at Wholesale cash
rices. Consignments of Flour, Meal, Bacon,
ard, Corn, Oats, Hay, Wheat, Bran, Apples,
Potatoes, Cabbage, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and
Stock solicited. §’Send for Circular.

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

___0__.____

Encouraged by the many kind words

El from those to whom I sent seeds last
year, and in answer to letters of in-
quiry, I would inform all brother and

sister Patrons that I will send them

i

3$1.5o WORTH or FLOWER oa
 VEGETABLE SEEDS,

iin packets, or $1.25 worth of Seeds
by the oz., lb., pt. or qt., or $1.35
worth of Bulbs, Flowering or Vege-
table Plants, Slzrubs, Vines or "rail
Trees, for each and

EVERY $l.OO SENT ME

by mail before or during the month
of March. Light packages will be
forwarded by me pre paid. Larger

packages will be sent by express and I

will include extra articles enough to
equal the express charges in value.
Selections may be made from any

STANDARD RETAIL LIST

of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Bulbs,
Plants, Trees &c. Send for anything
you want, from a flower pot to a lawn
mower.

Questions relative to the culture of
Plants, &c., promptly answered; but
such questions should be written on
a separate sheet from the orders.

Refer to Mrs. J. J. VVoodman, Paw
Paw; Mrs. A S. Stanard, Lowell; or
Mrs. R. S. Dickson, Dowagiac.

Address 0. L. WHITNEY,

E Lake Shore Greenliouse and Garden,

MITSKEGON, Micn.

Grow Your Own Delicacies.

LAND PLASTER !

To Plaster Dealers and Consumers.

We are prepared to fill orders for Land Plas-
ter iii CAR LOTS at our mill, at same prices
as last spring, as follows: In bulk, 10 tons
81.50 per ton, $15 per car, or we will fill bags,
when furnished, at the same price as _bulk.
These prices to hold good until further no-
’(ice. F. GODFREY & BR().,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES

Kept in the office of the Secretary of the

MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE.

And rent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Or-
der, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,
and the signature of its Master or Secretary.

Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 2.‘)

 

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Tllli UNIVERSAL SEWING MACHINESE

Make the CHAIN and LOCK STITCHES,

And embrace all the good qualities of the old 5

machines. No Machine is cheaper! No Ma-
chine in better.’ Guaranteed for five,yea1.v.’
Money refunded if not satisfied.

Secretaries, send for specimens of the work,

and circulars for your whole Grange.
Q. B. INGERSGLL, of Patrons’ Paint 00.,

Front mil Dover Streets. New York. I

  

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,. . . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to

g keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . 1 00

1 Blank Record Books, (Express paid),. . . . . 1 00

l Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . 50

Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary,»-with stub,
well bound,... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,. . 50
Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 60
Applications for Membership, per 100,... . 60
Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Withdrawal Cards, per doz.,. . . . . . . . . 25
Dimits, in envelopes, per (loz., . . . . . . . . . . . 25
By-Laws of the State and Subordinate
Granges, single copies 6c, per doz.,. . . . . 60
New kind of Singing Books, with music,
Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 80
Rituals, sing e copy, 15
“ er doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 60
Blanks for Consolidation of Grange, sent
free on app1ica.tion.. . . .............. . .

3 Blank Applications for Membership in Po-
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 Compaiiionfby J. A. Cra-

{ mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . l 00

 Notice td Delinquent Members, per 100. . . , 40

Address,

J. T. COBB,
rl;sc’y Mica. S-urn Gasman, ' ,
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MONTGOMERY WARD 85 co.,

The Original Wholesale

GRANGE SUPPLY HOUSE

227 (I3 223 VVAEASE AVENUE.

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

Accurdeons,

Alpafl-LB,

Aprons, (‘arr iuge r.nd Buggy
Baregu, Yelling.

Bills,

Bag Sirivigs,

li(‘l.l Si-rungs,

sec Quilts,

Belting, Machine,

Belts, Ladies,

Beavers,

Bill Books,

Bishop Lnwu,

Blank Books,

Blankets, Bed and Horse,
Bleached Cotton,
Blacking,

lllueing,

Boots and Shoes,
Brushes, Shaving,
Brushes, Too: h,

Brushes, Blarking,
Brushes, Nail,

Brushes, Hair,

Brushes, Cloth.

Brushes, Horse,

Brussels Net,

Braids,

Bracelets,

Bracelets, Illustrated Lint.

Deuims,

Diaper,

Diaper Pins,

Doesklns,

Dominoes,

Dress Goods.

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

Edgings and nsertiiigs,
Elastic Cord and Web,
El1lbI'UldPl‘y Silk,

Em broiclery Cotton,
Fans,

Farmers‘ Satin,
F:-.athei's, .
Flannel, Cotton,
Flannel, Union Chocks,
Flannel, Shaker,
Flannel, Wool, Plain,
Flannel, Wool Twilled,
Flannel, Wool Plain.
Flannel, Opera,
Flowers and Plumes,
Flasks,

Frilling,

Fringes,

Friugss, Silk and Worsted,
Furs,

Linen Drill,

Linen, Dress,

Linen, Tahlt-.

Linen. Bird-i-eye,

Linen Thread,

Linen Braid,

Linen Floss,

Linen Collars and Com,
Limy,

Locks,

Lockets,

Lockets, Illuxiwateii Liul.
Marseilles and Piqnes,
Mattresses,

Memorandum Books,
Miscellaneous Articles,
Mittens, Mens’ anrl Boys’,
Molmir, Dress,

lliolmir. Binding,

Monkey Wrenches,
Mosquito Netting,
Nankeens,

Naiusook,

Napkins,

Napkin Rings, Rubber,
Napkin R‘s, Illustrated L'/Est
Ni-ckties, Gents’,
Neckties, Ladies‘,

Needles and Thread,
Nursery liubbor Sheeting.

Sewing Silk,
Sewing Machine Needles and
Attachments,
Sewing Machines,
Sewing Machines Illustra-
ted Lint

Fcines,

Sheeting. Unbleached,
Sheeting While,

Sheeting, Bleached.
Sliirtiug, Unbleached,
Shining. Bleached,

Shirts, White,

Shirts, Checked and Striperl,
Shirts, Over,

Shirt Bosoms,

Shirt Studs,

Shears and Scissors,

Shawls,

Shawl Straps,

Shawl Pins,

Shawl Pins, Iliuullrulsd I1l'Jvl
Silesias,

Si ,

Silver Plated Ware,

Silver Plated Ware, lléuc
traledL1.‘st.

Spoons and Forks, Silver
Plated

s

Skirts,

, Mr. Post will render all
2 to parties desirin

Brown Cotton, Fustiun, Nubies, Skirt and Coat Braid,
Br l&dCl0lIl, Gents’ Ties, Bows & Scaifs. Oil Cloths, Floor, Sleeve Buttons,
Bustles, Gingliams, Overalls and -JlllIllIul'F, Soap, Toilet and Silver,
Buttons, Uimps, l’alll0r'ks, Spool Cottcnand Linen,
Buckles, Pants, Gloves, Larlies’ All Children's, Parasols, Star Braid,

Carpet WHIP Mid Yew» Gloves. Men‘s and Boys, Paper Collars and Cuffs, Stationery,

Carpets, Grass Cloth, Pens and Penhulders, Suspenders,

Carpet Binding, Grenadines, l’erfuine-ry, Swiss Mull,
Carpenters‘ Rules, Grain Bugs, Percales, Syringes,

Cards, Playing, Guipure Lace, Pillow Case Cotton, Tape, Linen and Cotton,
Cambric, Guns, Pillow Case Edging, Tape Measures,

Cable Cord, Gun Caps, Pins, Table spreads,
Canvass, Harmonicas, Pins and Ear Rings, Teas,

Cassimere, Hats and Caps, Pins, Emblem, Terry for Cloaking,
Cement, Rubber, Hair Pins, Pius. Emblem, Illuxtraled Thread Lare,
Chromos, I-Lind Glasses, List. Thermometers,
Chains, Watch and Neck, Haudkercliiels, L:idi<-s‘, Pocket Books, Ticking,

Chains, Illustrated Lia’. Handkerchiefs, Gents‘, Prints, Tick Binding,
Cliambray, Hosiery, Ladies’ Quilts, White, Tobacco,

Checked shitting, Hosiery, Misses’ s Chilrlren’s Quilts, Colored, Towels and Towalinp
Cheviot Shining, Hosiery, Men's and Boys‘, Razors and Razor Straps, Trunks

Chess and Chess Boards, Hooks and Eyes, Repellents, Traveling Bags
Cloths and Uassimeres, Irish Linen‘. Umbrellas, '
Clmhlngu 330099‘. Revolvers, Underwear, Ladies‘
Clothes Wringcrs, Jewelry, Rings, Underwear Gang,‘
Cliiny Lace, Jewelry, Illustrated List, Rings, 1llu,st1'aIed Lint, v,.|j5e.; ’

Clocks, Kettles, Brass cf Porcelain, Ribbons, - Valenciennes Lara
Clocks, Illuetrat-rd liiaat Kentucky Jeans, Rope, v,,]Ve;ee,,5 ’
Cotton Batting, . Knit Jackets, Ladies‘, Rubber Diaper, Veils and Ueiling
Cotton Flannel. Knit Jackets, Gents’. Rubber Balls, Violins '
Cottonaderl, Knitting Cotton, Rubber Sheeting and Bibs, Victoriii Lawn
CODCBWIT-*5; Knives and Forks, Rubber Belting, Machine. Watches, ’
C0119’: 393119, Laces, S.hoe,_ Rubber Boots and Shoes, Waterproof,

00799“ and C1351)“, Lace '1‘-immmg, Rubber Clothing, Wash mend

0038‘ “C99. Lap Robes, Ruclu-sand Rlirliing. ‘ Waduling '

Coat Bllldlugi, Lautemg, Rum,’ Wemng eon,
Combs, Assorted Styles, Lamp and Candle Wick, Rufilmgy wlmlebone ’
Corduroy, ‘Ladies’ Silk Neck l{andkor- Sash Ribbon‘ vygndow C,,'"ain
Crash. chiefs, Satinets, wigam '
Cribbage Boards and Boxes, Ladies’ Cloth, Satchels, Wicks '

Croquet Sets. Lawn, Dress, saddles, Wickiégg

Crotcbet Edsinsl Leggings, Wool. Saddles, Illush am: I./al. Wool 1-wake
Curtains, Lace, Le-ggings,Rubber, Scales, wool swrf;

Curry Combs, Led Pencils, Sc1|rfg,Si]](‘ work Box,‘
Cutlery, Linen Shirt Boosoms, Scarfs, Wool, Yak Lam,‘ .

 
CATALOGU ES AND PRICE LISTS OF A LL OUR GOODS FREE
TO ANY ADDRESS ON APPLICATION.
SEND ALSO: FOR SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED LIST OF SILVER AND ‘SI VE — " . I
SEWING MACHINES, SADDLES, &C.L R PLAN”) WAR”. CLOCK“
MONTGOMERY WARD an co..
Qpposite the Matteson I-louse, Chicago.
C. C. Post, Secretary ofthe Indiana State  T R 0 N S; P  N Y

Gr1ange,f at Indiaiiapolis, is organizing a A l N T ll 3

C0 Olly 01' centre. 01‘ southern Kansas,
- This is a fine opportunity for those who 259 From street’ New York
. , _ ,
con template going West. The benefits of a Ingersoli’s Ready M1xed Pamts.

thickly settled country may be had soon,
possible assistance! 50 P" “M sued’

_ . _g.to_ sell their farms with! 54 page _book of colors, how to paint, select hu-
ll!” UlleDll°ll Ofgolnlng the colony. i Inoniqiis colors, .gc., pigiiled free on application.

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