“THE FARMER IS OF MORE CONSEQUENOE THAN THE FARM, AND SHOULD BE FIRST IMPROVED.”

VOL. XIX, N0. 15.

LANSING, MICHIGAN, AUUGST 2, 1894.

WHOLE N0. 447.

STATE DEPARTMEN TS.

Ex Ollicio State Boards, and Miscellaneous
Appointive State Boards.

[V\'c invite our readers to ask any questions they may wish
in regard to the details of work, conduct, or_cxpcnse of any
department which we liavcalrczidy described in this series of
articles. \Ve shall be glad to reply to the best of our ability,
through the \'isI'roI<.]

Ex Ofiicio Boards.

The following boards are composed of
state ofiicers who by virtue of their office
are members of the boards. We give a
brief statement of the duties of each board
with expenses for fiscal year ending June
30, 1893.

BOARD OF STATE AUDITORS.

Consists of secretary of state, state treas-
urer, and commissioner of the state land
office. This board was treated .of in a
former article.

BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE SWAMP LANDS.

Consists of governor, secretary of state,
auditor general, state treasurer, attorney
general, commissioner of state land oflice.
Meets on the first Thursday of each month.
They have general charge of the swamp
lands that were granted by congress. espec-
ially as to the survey of such lands, and
the construction of state roads through
them, together with their drainage. Ex-
penses $110.75. The method by which the
improvements are made is this: The work is
let to a contractor, who is usually desirous
of investing in real estate. He sub_-lets the
work. VVhen finally approved by this board,
the contractor is credited with the amount
of the contract, and is paid in swamp lands.
About 2,000,000 acres have been disposed
of in this way. About 125,000 acres are left.

STATE BOARD or EQUALIZATION.

Composed of lieutenant governor, secre-
tary of state, state treasurer, auditor general,
and commissioner of the state land otiice.
They meet every five years to determine
whether the relative valuation between the
diiferent counties is equal and uniform.
The last meeting was in 1891.

BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS.

Consists of secretary of state, state treas-
urer, and commissioner of state land ofiice.
They meet to canvass votes for other than
presidential electors, on or before Dec. 10
after a general election, and within forty
days after a special election; to canvass
votes for electors, on ‘Wednesday next after
the third Monday of November; to canvass
votes on constitutional amendments or
banking law, on or before the twentieth of
the month next after election. They are
expected to make these canvasses person-
ally. Expenses to state, $439.50.

BOARD or AUDITORS OF CLAIMS FOR
RELIEF GROWING OUT OF SALES
OF PUBLIC LANDS.

Consists of commissioner of the state land
office, state treasurer, and attorney general.
This board was intended to adgust the
grievances of parties who had purchased
any state lands. Regular meetings are in
February and July. But no complaints
have come before the present board, and
no work, of course, done.

BOARD or CONTROL or sr. MAiir’s FALLS
SHIP CANAL AND or THE PORTAGE
LAKE AND LAKE SUPERIOR
SHIP CANAL.

Consists of governor, auditor general, and
state treasurer. Regular meetings once a
month. This board had general control of
these canals before they were ceded  the
United States. They have practically
nothing to do at present. No expenses are
charged against them for 1893, but we are
informed that the salary of a clerk is now

$100 per year.

BOARD or FUND COMMISSIONERS.

Consists of the governor, state treasurer,
and auditor general. Their duty is to in-
vest any surplus there may be in the state
treasury, after all expenses are provided
for, in bonds, etc. However there is very
little business for this board to attend to.

BOARD OF INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.

This board consists of the state treasurer,
secretary of state, and auditor general. It
was established in 1847 to close out all the
interests and property of the state in in-
ternal improvements, and now has prac- -
tically nothing to do.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO TAKE CHARGE OF
ESCHEATED PROPERTY AND OTHER ASSETS.

Consists of state treasurer, auditor gen-
eral, and secretary of state. This board was
originally formed in 1842, to take charge of
the assets of the Michigan state bank. Later
the matter of escheats was added. VVhen
a party dies intestate and leaves no legal
heirs,the state takes charge of the property,
and may dispose of it as seems best. The
duty of attending to this is put upon this
board. The present board has had but
two or three cases.

BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE LINES.

Consists of the auditor general, state treas-
urer, and commissioner of the state land
office. Managers of telegraph and tele-
phone companies are required to submit,
before the first Monday in July of each
year, a statement showing miles operated,
number of stations and instruments, num-
ber of poles and miles of wire, etc. On
receipt of this statement, and during the
month of July this board “ shall proceed to

inspect said telegraph and telephone lines 7

at the true cash value thereof. Said board

of review shall have power to personally '

inspect the line and instruments of any
telegraph or telephone company or ex-
change and shall be entitled to the sum oi?
three dollars per day for the time actually
spent in the discharge of the duties imposed
by this act, to be allowed by the board of
state auditors.” They also determine the
rate of tax to be levied on this property,
which is the same as the average of the
general and local taxes of the state, and
which is in lieu of the regular state and
local taxes.

The expenses of this board for'1893
(fiscal year) were $96.10, but they will be
much larger this year. At present a clerk
to the board receives $200 a year. The
amount collected from these companies in
1893 was $26,560.93.

BOARD OF RAILROAD CONSOLIDATIONS.

Consists of attorney general, commis-
sioner of railroads, and secretary of state.
Railroad companies whose lines are not par-
allel, but form a continuous line, may con-
solidate. Before doing so, their articles of
consolidation must be submitted to this
board for approval. They have practically
no business to attend to.

BOARD OF RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

Consists of attorney general, secretary of
state, and commissioner of railroads. When
one railroad desires to cross another rail-
road, the manner of crossing; the grade,
whether under or over or at grade; and the
necessity of safety appliances shall be de-
termined by this board. The attorney
general and secretary of state, when per-
forming the duties of this board, receive
ten dollars a day each, and expenses.

The expenses for 1893 were $275, all of
which was for clerk hire.

BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR.

Consists of the commissioner of labor,
deputy commissioner of labor, and secre-
tary of state. The duties of this bureau
have been treated in the VIsIToR under
the work of the commissioner of labor.
The addition of the secretary of state to
the bureau does not mean much, as the de-
partment of labor usually goes ahead and
does its work.

BOARD OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Consists of the governor, the superin-
tendent of public instruction, and the pres-
ident of the state board of education. To
carry out the work of the board there are
appointed the state geologist, and an as-
sistant geologist. Of the duties of these
oflicials the state manual says:

“ The state geological survey was estab-

lished by act of the legislature in 1837, and I

the board of geological survey under its
present existence was created in 1869. The

different acts, is to make a thorough geo- *
logical and mineralogical survey of the
state, to determine the mineral character
and contents of its rocks, to make a general
examination of its topography, hydro-
investigate all the productions of interest
in this line in the state capable of being
converted for the use of man.
mation about Michigan’s natural resources
is given without charge.” The present
geologist is Lucius L. Hubbard. His
salary is $2,000; and that of his assist-
ant $2,000. An annual appropriation of
$8,000 is made to cover the expenses of this
survey. Last year the amount expended
was about $5,850.

Miscellaneous State Boards.

The members of the following boards
are appointed by the governor.

BOARD OF CONTROL OF RAILROADS.

The governor is ca: ofiicio member and
president of this board. There are six ap-
pointed members, each serving four years.
The board manages and disposes of such
lands as are appropriated for the purpose
of constructing railroads. They have lit-
tle to do at present.

RAILROAD AND STREET CROSSING BOARD.

This board was created in 1893. It con-
sists of two members, appointed for four

‘i years, and, the commissioner of railroads,

who is ex ofiicio member. No member
must be interested in any way in any rail-
road corporation, nor can he become so inter-
ested while on this board. The governor
can remove a member of the board. Each
appointed member must give bonds in the
sum of $10,000, and receives ten dollars
per day and actual expenses while doing
the work of the board. The last legisla-
ture passed an extensive law providing for
the separation of grades at the intersection
of railroad and streets. When there is a
failure to agree on the part of a railroad
company and the local board of the city or
county, this board is called in to investi-
gate the question. They can employ an
engineer to aid them, and can decide the
necessity for a change of grade. They de-
cide whether the grade of the railroadshall
be raised or lowered, and how much; and
whether the grade of the street shall be
raised or lowered, and how much. On filing
of such report, the local board of city or
county can institute proceedings to compel
the railroads to carry out the object of the
report of the state board. The expenses
030 this board for fiscal year 1894 were 3131,-
4 .53.

STATE BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS.

This board consists of three members,
appointed for a term of six years. They
have charge of the fish hatcheries of the
state, and the depositing of fish in inland
lakes and streams, and the border waters
of the state. They also have charge of
putting in fish shutes in the dams located
in certain streams. They are also supposed
to experiment in scientific fish culture.
They may employ asuperintendent of fish-
eries who shall devote his entire time to
gathering ova, hatching, planting, or dis-
tributing fish, and superintending generally
the practical operations of the work. He
receives not to exceed $1,200 a year. The
commission has an appropriation of $25,000
for the years 1893-4, and $28,900 for 1894-5.

The secretary of the commission sends
in the following statement concerning the
work of the board. '

The kinds and number of fish distrib-
uted in 1893, is as follows:

  
  
   

Whitefish _ _ . _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 147,883,960
Wall-eyed Pike __ _ _ _ 34,280,000
Brook Trout __ _ ____ _ 2,747,000
Brown Trout__ __________ 444,000
Lake Trout ________________________ __ 141,000
Rainbow Trout _____________________ __ io,ooo
German Carp ______________________ __ 2,703

Total __-_ ____ ____ ,,,_ ,___ ____ _ ___iS5,5oS,663

In addition to the artificial propagation

of fish, inland lakes were examined, and

object of the survey, as set forth in the 
l
I

graphy, and physical geography, and to I

All infor- ‘'

scientific investigations of the fish food
conditions of Lakes St. Clair and Erie and

‘ Detroit river were conducted.

An experimental station for the artificial
propagation of black bass has been estab-
lished at Cascade, in Kent county, and im-
portant results are anticipated.

The reports of the distribution of fish
fry in 1894 are not yet in, but the output
will not vary materially from that of 1893.
There will be an increase in the several
varieties of trout, and several thousand
black blass will be distributed.

3 ADVISORY BOARD IN THE MATTER OF PAR-

DONS.

Consists of four members, appointed for
a term of four years. They consider all
applications for pardon, or commutations,
and report their finding to the governor.
They are only advisory, but the governor
is apt to act on their recommendation.
They meet usually once a month, and at
each of the four prisons once in three
months. Each member gets $5 a day and
expenses while doing board work, and they
employ a clerk at $300 a year. The num-
ber of pardons granted during 1893 was
11. Many of these were cases that were
about to die, and did die soon after being
pardoned. The expenses, aside from salary
of gclerk, were $365.86, for the fiscal year
18 4.

BOARD OF PHARMACY.

Consists of five members, appointed for
five years. The secretary and the treas-
urer are elected by the board, of its own
members. The secretary has a salary of
$800, and the treasurer of $200. The
‘other members receive tlircc dollars a day
and expenses when doing board work. The
board examines all applications for regis-
tering as pharmacists. Applicants for ex-
amination pay a fee of three dollars, for
a pharmacist, and one dollar for assistant
pharmacist. The applicant must be of
temperate habits and pass a satisfactory
examination in pharmacy. Pharmacists
pay also an annual fee of one dollar, and
assistants of fifty cents. The fees in 1893
amounted to $4,059. The expenses of the
board were $3,704.81. The balance was
turned into the treasury of the state.

STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN DENTISTRY.

Consists of three members appointed for
three years. Examines applicants to prac-
tice dentistry. The fee is ten dollars.
Each member of the board receives three
dollars per day for services.

INSURANCE POLICY COMMISSIONER.

This ofiicer, appointed for two yeas, acts
with the commissioner of insurance in pro-
viding a standard form of insurance policy.

COMMISSIONERS OF METROPOLITAN POLICE
OF DETROIT CITY.

Consists of four members, appointed by
the governor. Term of office eight years.
Vacancies filled by governor. They have
general charge of the police of Detroit.

BOARDS OF JURY COMMISSIONERS.

The board of jury commissioners for
Wayne county consists of eleven members,
appointed by the governor for the term of
six years. The board for Saginaw county
consists of three members, appointed by
the governor for the term of four years
The province of these boards is to select
jurors in the various courts. They are no
expense to the state.

BOARDS OF VISITORS TO EDUCATIONAL IN-
STITUTIONS.

A board of visitors may be appointed to
visit each educational institution in the state.
These boards consist of three members each,
appointed by the superintendent of public
instruction, except for the normal school,
which is appointed by the board of educa-
tion. They hold oflice one year, except
the board for the university, which holds
two years. The members receive expenses.
The cost has been about $1,000 a year.
The present superintendent has appointed

no boards.

 


 

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

AUGUST 2, 1894.

Field and Sfock.

WHEAT IN MICHIGAN.

HON. WM. BALL.

Eniroa GRANGE V1siToi3—“Can we de-
crease our wheat acreage in Michigan per-
manently, and what shall we raise in its
place?"

The above questions are very pertinent
ones to the farmers of Michigan and are
worthy of serious consideration. In the
past the raising of wheat has been one of
the chief industries of the farmers in this
state. The soil in the main is well adapt-
ed to its growth, and formerly prices have
been fairly renumerative. At the present
time, and in the future low prices are pre-
vailing, and are likely to prevail. The
present prices of wheat are not above the
average cost of production. Causes are
plenty; the main ones being the disturbed
financial conditions of the country and ex-
cessive amouut produced. Men and women
by the thousands and hundreds of thous-
ands being out of employment cannot pur-
chase the dearer articles of food, and are
not consuming to any extent anything that
can be dispensed with. The large and ex-
cessive crops grown in the eastern and
southern parts of the world produced upon
cheaper lands and by cheaper labor enter
into competition with ours, and the market
is demoralized. The United States must
grow wheat as cheaply as do foreign coun-
tries, or be left out of the calculation.

These things being true, the prices must
remain low and the American farmer must
conform to the changed condition of things,
and raise less wheat, or he must grow it
much more cheaply than he has been in
the habit of doing. This can be done by
a better system of farming. More must be
grown to the acre, which will reduce the
cost per bushel. Whether a less number
of bushels should be grown will depend
upon how much is grown in the world, but
as said before it must cost less per bushel
to raise it, or it will be grown at a loss.

With a thorough system in farming there
is no doubt but the acreage can be perma-
nently reduced, and that to advantage. Too
much land has as a rule been used in the
production of wheat. Farmers have seemed
to think that a certain number of acres
must be sown to wheat, without consider-
ing how much should be grown to the acre.
Such misuse of large quantities of land
canhand should be permanently dispensed
wit .

“ What shall be raised in its place?”

This will depend upon the judgment of
the different farmers, owing to their sur-
roundings, markets, preferences, etc.

In my own mind, the raising of some
kind or kinds of improved stock should
take the place of less acres of wheat grown.
A certain number of cattle for beef, or
milk, or both, should be raised. Sheep for
mutton, or wool, or both, should be bred.
Swine of the improved sorts should be kept,
also fowls; all of which should be in pro-
portion to the ends sought. So far as
numbers are concerned, the present mark-
ets warrant the statement that all of these
different animals can be raised at a profit,
provided the animals are right, and are fed
and cared for as they should be. The fertil-
ity of the farms should be increased, and in
no way can this be so well done as by hav-
ing the right kind of stock to consume a
large part of the hay, coarse grains, and
pastures of the farms. The farmer finds
himself surrounded by new conditions, new
problems to solve, and with the almost cer-
tainty of low prices for all he may have to
sell in the future, and he is wise who, in-
stead of bewailing and bemoaning his fate,
goes to work and best adapts himself and
his business to these changed environ-
ments. It does no good to complain, or
blame this thing or that; the facts are, that
we as farmers find ourselves in a very un-
comfortable position, and if we are extri-
cated a large part of the work will nec-
essarily devolve upon ourselves.

Mr. Editor, the questions you presented
are worthy of much more time and study
than I have been able to give them. It is
an easy thing to prescribe remedies for
apparent troubles, but it is a hard task to
put such remedies into practical solution.
What I have written has been with the idea
of calling attention to the necessity of
studying the problem of wheat raising,
rather than that of practically solving the
difliculty.

Hamlmrgh.

CRIMSON CLOVER DEFENDED.

Burlington. Vt., July 20, 1894.

EDITOR GRANGE VISITOB—I must cer-
tainly take issue with Prof. Smith as to the
value of crimson clover, for some parts of
Michigan at least, and especially do I disa-
gree with his idea that Michigan farmers
should not try it. 1

He says places in Connecticut have grown
it with success. They have; I was on a
farm there a few weeks ago where 30 acres
had just been turned under; and with 10°
below zero it had not winter-killed. I saw
some a day or two since that stood last
winter in Vermont, all right. It is an an-

nual, which is one of its valuable qualities.

More than that, it can be sown in early
August, and have a fine crop ready to turn
under in time for corn or other crops the
next spring. If left till June 1, it will be
ripe enough to re-seed itself if needed. I
fully believe it is the coming crop for Mich-
igan peach men to use instead of rye to
plow in their orchards. So fully am‘ I con-
vinced of this that I shall give it an exten-
sive trial in my own, the coming season.
As to its being boomed, I think those loud-
est in its praise are those who use the most
of it. Prof. Smith has yet evidently to
learn that large portions of Michigan grow
crops that, as a rule, belong to lower lati-
tudes. I believe, however, that crimson
clover is hardy enough for a large share of
lower Michigan. I do not think it is in-
tended to take the place of the common
clover, but for a quick crop to turn under,
or to fill in between others, I feel confident
that it will prove valuable.

At the present price of seed, about 15
cents per pound, and with ten to fifteen
pounds per acre, it certainly is not an ex-
pensive experiment to give it quite a trial.
I should be glad to know that several are
doing so. , I would advise sowing before
long. It may be put in growing corn if
desired.

I think seed can be obtained of either of
the large seedsmen in Detroit or Chicago.

Yours truly,
A. G. GULLEY.

MICHIGAN’S AGRICUI/l"['RAL INTERESTS.

In the midst of the excitement caused by
the big strike—which is happily a thing
of the past so far as Michigan is con-
cerned—there is one matter which should
not be lost sight of or neglected—~the com-
ing state fair. No matter how hard and
earnestly the officials may labor, if they do
not have the support of the people the fair
cannot be a success. What is wanted is a
little patriotism and state pride on the part
of stock breeders, manufacturers, farmers,
and business men generally, in getting up
exhibits that will be representative of
Michigan’s industrial progress, and draw
an appreciative concourse of the people to
witness them.

For the first time in its history, dating
back to 1849, the state agricultural society
has grounds and buildings which leave
nothing to be desired for its annual fair.
The location of the grounds, the imposing
buildings, the beautiful surroundings, the
ease of access by river, rail, and street
car, combine to make the location the
grandest in the Union for such a purpose.

Now, with all these accessories, and the .

patriotic work which the officials have been
doing, the people of the state should take
sufficient interest in the exhibition to visit
the fair, and spend a few days upon the
grounds. Their countenance and support
will make the fair a success, and in no
other direction can a visit be made which
will prove more satisfactory from every
point of view.

The state fair is eminently the fair of
the people, its membership is open to every
citizen of the state, and an equal voice in
its affairs accorded to every member. Its
aims are worthy of encouragement, and
the value of the fair in an educational way,
and as marking year by year the industrial
progress of the state, should appeal to the
state pride of every citizen of Michigan.
The wonderful natural resources of the
state can be brought more prominently to
the attention of the people at such a fair
than in any other way; and to the pioneer
who perhaps was present at Michigan’s first
state fair, or one of the early ones, what a
magnificent contrast the coming fair will
atford——what an assurance it will give of
the progress and enterprise, the grand de-
velopment of its material interests, and
the hopes held out for the future!

Let every reader of the Farmer make
up his mind to come to the fair, and bring
his family with him, and show by his
presence his appreciation of its value to
the state. A grand turn-out of the people
will place the fair upon strong ground, and
enable it to better perform the work it was
designed to accomplish. Remember also,
that every dollar paid in goes to the main-
tenance of the fair and the payment of
awards to exhibitors. There are no big
salaries, no expenditures for anything not
absolutely necessary, so that every dollar
received is paid back to the people again in
the premiums awarded or the expenses
necessary to maintain and improve the fair.
Every citizen in Michigan is interested in
in its success.—M1'chigan Farmer.

TEMPERANCE IN SC HO0LS.

How can we secure more temperance
instruction in our district schools? Before
attempting to show in what way we may
have more instruction in this line in our
schools we should have impressed on our
minds the good results accruing from such
amethod. All people, especially the young,
have a strong desire to live a long and
happy life, and a thorough knowledge of
all things the effects of which tend to
shorten or make life less enjoyable, will as
the temptation comes to partake of these
things be more apt to be resisted. There-
fore we should encourage any plan or va-

riety of ways to instil into our childrens’
minds a perfect understanding of the effects
of intemperance, not only on our physical
health, but also on our moral and intellect-
ual basis as a people and nation.

The legislature of 1883 amended our
school laws so that physiology and hygiene
with special reference to the effects of alco-
holic drinks, stimulants, and narcotics, shall
be taught in all our schools. And as far
as I have been able to learn our schools
comply with this law to a greater or less
extent.

THE FIRST REQUISITE.

But perhaps the teaching of the benefits
of temperance is not made as prominent as
it should be in the list of the various stud-
ies, and in order to have this study given
more attention or made more of a specialty,
it would be well for the school board to
bring it to the attention of the teacher
when hiring, or at the commencement of
the term. And to be certain that the
board would do this it would be necessary
for the district to elect a board that are in-
terested in having temperance instruction;
and in order to elect a board that are in-
terested in this the majority of the voters
in the district must see that such a board
are elected, so that brings us to this fact,
that a majority must favor any given line
of instruction before we can be reasonably
sure of having it taught in our schools.
We may have favoring an important meas-
ure a majority in the state, and laws are
made bearing on this measure, and then if
each vicinity has a majority in sympathy
with and willing to enforce these laws, they
become most effective. So let us en-
force, use, and make practical the laws we
now have touching this subject.

Temperance should not only be taught
in connection with physiology on this line,
but there should be also in connection with
the general instruction a knowledge im-
parted of the beneficial results of temper-
ance in other things, so that the scholars
will have the right influence thrown around
them to make them likely to acquire the
habit of being temperate in their sports,
study, language, deportment, as well as to
avoid intemperance in drinking. And
special instruction should be given in our
normal schools, normal classes, and high
schools where the pupils are studying with
the intention of becoming teachers, as to
the great responsibility resting on them in
their training and in their influence with
those who are about to become their pupils.
Here is where impressions are gathered,
lessons are learned, the germ of temperance
and morality are reared, never to be forgot-
ten.

PAST INSTRUCTION.

it And how thankful we should be that the

influence thrown around us when We were
young was such that we have grown up
with the inclination to have our children
and our neighbors’ children receive in-
struction that shall have the tendency to
make the next generation better and nobler.
That this was the intention of those be-
fore us is evident from the impressions we
all can remember of receiving when young
at school. Take for instance the morals and
good lessons learned from the old Sander’s
fourth reader; you perhaps remember the
piece with a moral bearing on the subject
before us entitled the “ Goldwater man,”
written by John G. Saxe. I don’t think
he had reference to any one from our Cold-
water city. A selection runs‘.
There was an honest fisherman,
I knew him passing well,
Who lived hard by a little pond,
Within a little dell.
All day this fisherman would sit,
Upon an ancient log,
And gaze into the water
Like some sedentary frog.
Alas one day this fisherman,
Had taken too much grog,
And being but a landsman,
He couldn’t keep the log.
The moral of this mournful tale,
To all is plain and clear;
That drinking habits bring a man,
Too often to his bier.
And he who scorns to take the pledge,
And keep the promise fast;
Mav be in spite of fate,
A stiff coldwater man at last.

W. A. LOTT.
Bufler.

THE DISEASE WHI1$I}‘][SCAUSES MOST SICK-

President Wells said that he had long
noticed that the weekly health bulletin,
published by the state board of health,
shows that of the twenty-eight diseases re-
ported upon by the regular observers around
the state, rheumatism is usually at the
head of the list as causing the most sick-
ness in Michigan. Mr. Wells raised the
question whether there was anything that
this board could do in the way of publica-
tion of information which might tend to
lessen the amount of sickness from rheu-
matism.

Doctor Vaughan said he knew of nothing
tangible yet relating to the restriction and
prevention of rheumatism, which could be
imparted to non-professional people. Rheu-
matism is a term used for many aches and
pains. He thought no work should be
undertaken now which will interfere with
the tremendous efiort being put forth by
this board for the restriction and prevent-
ion of tuberculosis—the most important of
all diseases.

Doctor Baker said that the state board
has already done much for the creation of
knowledge respecting the causation of
rheumatism, which knowledge is essential
to a proper action for its prevention. But
we must wait for an advance in two lines
of investigation not much entered upon by
this boar(I—that of bacteriology and that
of physiological chemistry. Several times
in the past it has seemed that facts were
going to crystalize into a tangible theory;
but just as appearances were most favora-
ble, ideas of medical investigators regard-
ing the causation of rheumatism have
changed. Much has been learned from the
sickness statistics collected and published
by this board. Curves have been made
showing that rheumatism has a direct re-
lation to meteorological conditions. The
facts in this office show that tonsilitis fol-
lows the cold atmosphere, and that rheu-
matism follows tonsilitis. It is quite prob-
able that if rheumatism is a germ disease,
tonsilitis prepares a soil favorable to the
reproduction of the germ and a way for its
entrance into the body. We are waiting
for the bacteriologists to find the specific
organism. So far as I know only the pus-
forming germs have been found in connec-
tion with rheumatism, and it is quite pos-
sible that they are the cause of the disease;
if so, its increase following the sore throats
caused by “ raw” cold weather is explained
by the facts on record in the state board
of health office. Diagrams exhibiting the
rise and fall of rheumatism by seasons of
the year prove that its course is similar to
that of small-pox, consumption, and other
diseases known to be caused by germs. and
known to enter the body by way of the air
passages. Secretary Baker suggested that
a. committee might be appointed to inves-
tigate the subject, and report to this board
at some subsequent meeting.

_ Doctor Vaughan said that at present, all
is speculation as to the causation of rheu-
matism, but he thought it quite probable
that Dr. Baker’s idea of the causation of
rheumatism may be nearly the proper ex-
planation; but that he would explain rheu-
matism as being a result of an over exer-
tion or unusual destruction of the cells of
the body in trying to protect the body from
an_attack of a germ disease; in other words
it is an over-drugging on the part of nature
in order to throw off an attack of some
germ disease. The uric acid which is not
excreted rapidly enough and which accu-
mulates in the body and causes the rheu-
matic pains, is formed by the action and
destruction of cells.

On motion of Prof. Fall it was voted
that Dr. Baker prepare and read at a future
sanitary convention a preliminary paper on
the causation, restriction, and prevention
of rheumatism.——Bnlletin State Board of
Health.

HON. ALPHA MESSER. '

The following is clipped from an ex-
change and will be interesting to those who
expect to hear Bro. Messer this month.

Mr. Messer was born in Rochester, Vt.,
and is now fifty-two years of age. He had
in youth the ordinary district school train-
ing of New England, supplemented by two
terms at Barre Academy. He became a
teacher himself at sixteen, teaching the
district school in winter, and working on
the paternal farm in summer, until 1869,
when he was called to the city of Manches-
ter, N. H., as principal of a grammar school,
where he taught ten years. He was then
married, and assumed charge of the home-
stead farm, where he still remains. He
has written a good deal for the agricultural
press, and became identified with the
Grange in 1874. He took an active part in
the State Grange; was elected lecturer in
1878, overseer in 1882, master in 1886. In
1882 he established the Patrons’ Rural,
which he conducted for four years, when it
was merged in The Rural Vermontcr, of
which Mr. Messer became associate editor.
The Rural Vermonter was soon after
merged in the Vermont lVatchman, with
which Mr. Messer is still connected. In
1889 he became associate editor of the
Grange department of the .New England
Farmer and Grange Homes. This posi-
tion he still occupies with distinction and
ability, recently acknowledged in a marked
manner by his election as lecturer of the
National Grange.

Mr. Messer has been active and helpful
in the agricultural progress of his native
state in many prominent ways, outside of
the Grange. No man has done more to
aid the work of the state board of agricult-
ure and the state dairymen’s association.
He is a successful dairymen, and stands in
the first rank in Vermont’s specialty of
maple sugar, of which he is a large pro-
ducer. ‘His farm is constantly gaining in
productiveness; and his Morgan horses,
coarse-wooled sheep, red cattle, and York-
shire swine are second to none in New
England. In the agricultural college con-
troversy, when the etfort was made to de-
tach that institution from the state univer-
sity, he was a strong though unfortunately
not a successful worker. In all those qua}-
ities which go to make up a first-i-ate farm-
er, a first-rate citizen, and a first-rate man,
Mr. Messer is an honor to his state and
country.

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AUGUST 2, 1894

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

3

Woman’s Work.

LULLABY.

My heart makes mock at the long day’s harms,
Thou dearest one!

I shall hold thee safe in my own glad arms,
VVhen day is done.

Peace, that my life doth fill when fraught
With toil for thine-—

Joy, that my soul doth thrill at thought
That thou art mine——-

Would that thy tender life might share
Without the toil, without the care;
Peace that thy mother hath,
Joy that thy mother hath,

Dearest one!

So sweet is rest when the day grows late—
But, ah! not best;
Better thy drowsy head’s dear weight
Upon my breast.
Shadows that pass, are the long day's harms;
How should I weep
When at evening-tide in my own glad arms
Thou liest asleep? '
Far through the years unceasing flow,
\Vou1d I might nightly hold thee so!
Hush thee, thou dearest one,
Rest thee, thou dearest one,
Rest!
—Nan-nie Fitzhugh Maclean in Cosmopoliian.

 

OPEN AIR CHARITY.

Battle Creek, July 20, 1894.

Some of our friends have, in a very
kindly manner, criticised our plan of a
two weeks’ outing in the country for poor
children, working girls, and poor mothers
with babies. The criticisms have been as
kindly received as given, but any project
that will not stand an attack is worthless,
so, in all kindness remember, we propose
to defend this pet project of ours.

In the first place bear in mind that
this is a free-will offering-—not to be given
reluctantly, stingily, or grudgingly. NO
one that feels it a burden need take upon
themselves the work; they ought not, for
the kindly spirit of charity Wl11Cl1.1S love
would be wanting. And the new inmates
of the home would soon feel that they
were burdens, know they were not wanted,
but only tolerated, and of all uncomfort-
able feelings this must be the hardest to
bear.

We are aware that there are some farm-
er’s wives who do have more than they
ought to do; they work beyond their
strength. Not one of these ought to take
upon themselves the work. lhey have
our sincere sympathy, and wherever and
whenever it is in our power they always
have our help.

There are others, and they are many,
that think because they do have plenty
of work that they must eternally whine
and grumble because they have to Work.
They seem to think no other being on the
face of the earth has the hard lot of the
farmer’s wife.

They know, or ought _to, before they
promise to accept the life, what it will
bring. They accept the farmer, farm
and its necessary work, and then forever
complain, fret, scold, and worry because
they have the work to do.

It is much more the scolding, fretting,
and grumbling that wears out the farmer’s
wife and makes her old before her time,
than the work.

Because a woman is a farmer’s wife is no
reason that she should be a drudge. Work
and even hard work is not drudgery. It
is the spirit in which it is done.

There are others who only expect to do
a work of this kind as they can see some
pay in it—-something in return. VVe are
reminded of the words of the Master where-
in he commanded that we are not to do
kind, loving deeds in the hope of a reward,
but that we are to minister to the poor
who cannot possibly give us anything in
return.

Still there is a beautiful reward in this -

work, but it comes only with the con-
sciousness of doing good; of making a hard
life a little easier, a dark life a little
brighter. It comes in giving a child who
has never known G0d’s glorious country a
two weeks’ life in it, a tired out working
girl two weeks’ rest, a toiling sick mother
and her baby quiet, good food, and good
cheer. .
You say this all sounds well. Yes, and
it works well, for we have worked at it at
our house for years. We are not advocat-
ing for this what we are not doing our-
selves. We have had two working girls
from Detroit this summer, now have one
little boy, and a little later will have two
re irls.
lmoSonIe one says tell us how it is done?
how do you manage? Why, we just do it
—that is all. It has been demonstrated
again and again that what any one partic-
ularly desires to do they generally accomp-
lish, and where the will is Wanting a hun-
dred plausible (?) excuses present them-
selves. _ ‘
Again there are people to whom it seems
a great burden to care for any body but
themselves. A great undertaking to have
anybody but their own family in their
homes. For these we have greater sym-
pathy than the overworked farmer’s.w.ife.
They are small of soul, narrow in opinion,
and niggardly in purse. We would not

expect this class to enter into the work.
We would

be disappointed if we did ex-

pect it, for they never do. They do not
belong to the Grange or anything else that
has for its object the good of their fellows,
or the upbuilding of themselves. They
are all-sufficient unto themselves.

Mrs. Voorhees remarks: “Why, dear Mrs.
Mayo, what are you thinking about?” We
are thinking we would like to have some
other folk share our pleasures with us. To
us and ours it has been one of the sweetest
blessings and greatest pleasures that
ever came to our home; sharing with
others less favored than ourselves the
pleasures, bounties and good cheer of
our farm home; thinking that it is
not next to the impossible for a farmer’s
wife to take an outing, if she really wants
to, as was demonstrated by the great out-
ing at Chicago last summer; thinking that
if we do not have the outing it is no ex-
cuse to deny it to somebody else; thinking
that the average farmer’s wife compares
well in intellect, happiness, and length of
days with the average woman in the city,
provided she has lived up to her opportu-
nities; thinking that it is no hotter and no
harder to receive into our homes some poor
soul to care for for two weeks, and to share
just our ordinary home fare, than it is to
cook for the summer boarder from whom
you get the “good pay.” It may be that
the “ siller” lowers the mercury and takes
the tired feeling away.

‘We were also thinking that it caused us
real pain that the term “ bummers” should
be applied to the sweet, lady-like Christian
girls who have shared our home with us
and left behind only sweet memories, and
an earnest desire to live more Christlike;
thinking that there are many who are doing
this work, though the days are full of care,
and the mercury rises nearly the length of
the tube; thinking that any and every life
is made better, broader, and sweeter only
as we get out of self and into the broad
spirit of a Christian charity that feels for
the wants of others, and attempts to smooth
stony ways, and make life’s road for the
poor a little less hard and rough.

We are sure that our dear friends of
Traverse City Grange in deciding not to
aid in this work have had the very best of
reasons for their decision. We know they
have canvassed the matter carefully——and
decided to do the best——and for them it is
best. They have only our kindest love and
fondest reinembrances~—not the shadow of
an ill feeling.

Still we are sure that Mrs. Voorhees does
not speak for all the farmers’ wives in Mich-
igan. To our personal knowledge, one
street of less than a mile and a quarter in
length has five little girls from the city
enjoying this open air charity, and many
others through the state are caring for
girls, children, and mothers with little
babies—blessing and being blessed.

MARY A. MAYO.

LEAVES FROM OLD OAKS.

OLD OAKS FARM.

August 5 .—Little Helen Gay had com-
pany at Sabbath school today. I over-
heard her explaining to some of her class
that “ they were her friends from a great
dirty city——Chicago, you know—where
they never have had any grass to play on,
only once in a g-r-e-a-t while when their
mamma takes them to the park; nor any
milk that is such milk, lots of it, as we do,
to drink.

“ Wliy-ee it was the funniest thing to
hear the littlest girl scold me for giving my
kittie,——my sweet Teddie Tudor, you know
—some milk I left in my cup this morning.
She said I must drink it myself, and not
throw it away, as if my Teddie wasn’t fit
for the fat of the land! And ever and ever
and ever so many things they never saw!
They ask the strangest questions. Last
night Lottie came in with a bunch of cat-
mint, snuffing it and holding it to our noses,
and making as much fuss over it as I do
over one of mamma’s lovely red roses.

“You just ought to hear them sing!
Most all they know are what mamma calls
street songs; but they are going to sing
something for you here this morning, a
finger song I guess it is, that they learned
at the mission school. That’s their Sun-
day school, where there are hundreds and
hundreds of poor children, and it’s their
teachers who help plan for them to go out
into the country some where, like to our
house, to stay until they get sunshine into
their cheeks and bodies and, mamma says,
‘ down to their very shoe soles.’ There are
ever so many more who’d like to come and
see and do lots of common things—common
to us, you see——but perfectly splendid fun
to them!

“Girls! it’s made me thankfuller every
minute for just the every day things!” con-
cluded this young pupil in sociology.

I shouldn’t be surprised if the good
flows both ways in this “ fresh air” arrange-
ment; but when the question of giving out-
ings to poor children in our homes came up
in our Grange, no one but Mrs. Gay, the
busiest woman present, could see how she
could manage to do it. Her’s has been the
joy in giving and her Helen has taken a
lesson in the “charity that never fai1eth”
such as all our baking and fussing for mis-
sion teas and collections for the Chinese,

Japanese, and all so called heathen come
far short of teaching.

After all is said, it’s the giving of oneself
that is hardest but most longed for; slow-
est to come but most blessed when given.

RUTH L. RESTLY.

VIEWS FROM “ARTHUIVS SEAT,” EDIN-
BURGH. .

East of Holyrood palace, and encircled
by the Queen’s Drive, towers the massive
head of Arthur’s seat. Could you climb to
Arthur's seat you would have a view that
bafiies my eiforts at description.

The old romantic town lies almost at
your feet, and to a vivid imagination might
resemble some living form. Walter Scott
compares it to a dragon; some travelers
compare it to a bird.

In one direction towers the Calton Hill,
where I have spent many happy hours
when a child climbing “ J acob’s ladder.”
This ladder resembles a stairway cut in
the natural rock, supposed to have been
made by the wearing force of the tide.
Here is the Burns’ monument, Nelson’s
monument, and the National monument,
while on the rugged edge of the Calton
Hill rests the great prison.

From the center of the city rises majest-
ically that incomparable Gothic cross, a
worthy shrine to the great Wizard of the
North. Here stands Saint Giles, with its
magnificent coronal spire glittering like a
jeweled crown, and away in the distance
stretches that noble arm of the sea, the
Firth of Forth, upholding its rocky fort-
ress, while midway between the Edinburgh
and Fife coasts stands the “ Minch” and
the island of “Inchkieth” and the long
pier of Leith, stretching out towards them
with the Lomond and Ochil hills in the
background. Nearer there is spread before
you a fair and fertile country, varied with
hill and vale. It is all so beautiful and so
varied, that when lighted with the rays of
the setting sun, the effect almost reaches
enchantment.

“ O Caledonia,
Land of the mountain and the Hood
As I view each well known scene,
Think what is now and what hath been,
I love thee better still.”

MARJORIE.

WHAT CAN BE DONE‘!

In the July Arena Mrs. Helen H. Gard-
ner has some very thought provoking para-
graphs on how our surroundings may mod-
ify inherited tendencies. She says:

“ Suppose that you are born from a
family which has for its heritage a history
of many and early deaths from consump-
tion. Suppose that you have discovered
that the tendency is strong within yourself.
Is it for that reason absolutely necessary
that you buy a coffin plate tomorrow and
proceed to die with lung trouble?

“ By no means. Knowing your inherited
weakness you guard with jealous care the
health you have, and it may be that your
intelligent consideration may secure to
you, in spite of your undoubted inheritance,
the three score years and ten; while your
robust neighbor, with lungs like a bellows
and the inheritance from a race of athletes,
may succumb to the March Winds which
he braved and you did not. Maybe “ quick”
consumption will carry him ofl’ while you
remain to mourn his loss.”

“I know a man in New York city who
had what is called a “family history” of
consumption, who was rejected on that
ground by every life insurance company in
this country thirty years ago. Well, that
frightened him within an inch of his life;
but with that inch he set to work to build
his house ‘ facing the other way,’ as he
expressed it to me when I met him ten
years ago, when he was, as he still is, a
hale, hearty old man. He is not and never
could have been exactly robust; but he is
as well, as happy and as content as the
average man who has not inherited his un-
fortunate potentiality. It is true that noth-
ing but intelligent and wise care all these
years, nothing but his temperate and ju-
dicious life could have compassed this end.
I use the word temperate in its general
sense. So far as I know he has not denied
himself any of the best of life, which he
has been amply able to secure; but he has at
all times kept his house ‘ facing the other
way.’ His hereditary threat, while it has
not driven him with a lash, has, it is true,
lived in the back yard——which it does and
will and must with us all. no matter what
our environment or wisdom may be; but
we need not foolishly throw open the wind-
ows, swing back the doors and invite it to
take possession, while our own individual-
ity moves down into the coal cellar. -

“ Let us understand that no environment
can create what is not within the individ-
uality——that heredity has fixed this; but
that environment does and must act as one
tremendous and vital power to develop or
to control the inheritance which parents
stamp upon their children. Notwithstand-
ing, you are personally responsible for the
trend, the added power "and development
you give to much that you inherit. You
are personally responsible to the coming
generation for the fight it will have to make
and for the strength you transmit to it
to make that fight. Many a father and

mother transmit to their “ fallen” daughter
the weakness and the tendency to commit
the acts which they and their fellows whine
about afterward as ‘ tarnishing the family
honor.’ If they had tied her hand and
foot and cast her into the midst of the
waves of the sea expecting her to save her-
self they would be no more truly respon-
sible for her death, be it moral or physical.

“And let me emphasize here that I do
not attribute all of the moral and physical
disasters of the race to the fathers of the
race. By no means. I believe with all
my heart that the mothers have to answer
for their full share of the vice, sorrow, and
suffering of humanity. Woman has not,
perhaps, been such an active agent, and
much of the wrong she has done to her
children has beencompassed through what
have been regarded as her very virtues-her
sweetest qualities——submission, compliance,
self-abnegation! In so far as mothers of
the race have been weakly, subservient, in
that far they have a terrible score against
them in the transmission of the qualities
which has made the race too weak to do
the beat that it knew—too cowardly to be
honest even with its own soul.”

The Juveniles.

FINGER PLAY.

0, where are the merry, merry'little men
To join us in our play?

And where are the busy, busy little men
To help us work today?

Upon each hand a little band
For work or play is ready,
The first to come is Master Thumb;
Then Pointer, strong and steady;

Then Tall Man high, and just close by
The Feeble Man doth linger;

And last of all, so fair and small
The Baby little finger.

Yes, here are the merry, merry little men
To join us in our play;
And here are the busy, busy little men
To help us work today.
—-Poulsson.

FRITZ, THE RESCUER.

Not many miles from our home there
once lived an old man, whose story we
children never tired of hearing. For twenty
years he had lived in a small log house in
the woods quite near the river. The only
friends that old Simon knew were the birds
and the squirrels and a large dog. This dog,
whose name was Fritz, was always beside
the old man. On the bench that served for
a table was set, at meal-time, a plate for
Fritz as well as his master. When the
old man started with his axe for the woods,
Fritz was by his side, drawing the sled or
wagon that was to bring back the firewood.

One evening in summer Simon was
sitting beside his door, with Fritz not far
off. Suddenly they heard a strange sound.
“Wliat is that I hear?” cried Simon, and
as he spoke, Fritz gave a leap toward the
bank of the river. There in the middle
of the stream, and being carried along by
the rapid current, was a small skiff. As
the boat drew nearer, they could see in the
stern a child, whose little hands were clasp-
ing the sides of the boat.

Fritz saw the child. He looked at his
master as much as to say, “I’ll save the
baby,” and then dashed into the stream.
Old Simon watched him with anxious gaze.
Fritz reached the boat, caught the floating
rope in his teeth, and swam toward the
shore. Slowly they drew nearer and nearer,
until the boat was so close to the shore
that old Simon helped Fritz with his
burden. He tenderly lifted the child in
his strong arms and carried him to the
cottage. The little boy looked up into the
old man’s face and then went to sleep.

For two days the child played about the
door of Simon’s home, with Fritz always
on guard. The third day after the rescue
another boat came down the river. You
may believe that the man who rowed was
anxiously watching the shore, and what a
shout of joy there was when the father saw
his little boy. Fritz began to bark, too,
and there was great excitement. The father
told Simon how the baby had strayed away,
and how the whole town had been looking
for him. Some one had at last discovered
that a boat was missing, and so he had
come down the river.

Simon was ofiered a home in the city,
but the old man loved the woods and the
river too well to leave them. For ten years
after, so long as Simon lived, there came
down the river, once a year, the father and
his son. They came with gifts for the one
who had saved the boy’s life. Brave Fritz
was remembered, too, and ever afterwards
wore about his neck a silver cross bearing
the words, “Fritz, the rescuer.”—E'. R. H.,
in The Evangelist.

A little three-year-old girl, while her mother
was trying to get her to sleep, became interested in
some noise. She was told that it was caused by a
cricket, when she sagely observed, “Mamma, I
think it ought to be oiled.”—Pearson’5 lVee/l-ly.

Parson——Deacon Smith, kindly waken Brother
Hawkins. While it is true that the sleep of the
just has often been commended, I do not think
the snore of the just has ever received the stamp

of approval.—Harper’s Bazaar.
Driggs—-“ Can a man serve two masters?” Hen-
peck—“ Well, that depends. He may have a. wife

and a grown daughter, you know.”— T/ze lValerbur_y.

 


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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

AUGUST 2, 1894.

THE GRA_l\l(iE_l VISITOR.

Published on the rim and third Thursdays of every month.

Kenyon L. Butter-field, Editor and Manager.
LANSING. MICH.

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ness and subscriptions should be seilt.

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Class Matter.

§‘Nr:xr ISSUE Auousr 18.

OUR WORK.

The following has been approved by the State Grange as :1
fair stzitement of the objects the Gr:_ingc_ of Michigzin has in
view, and the special lines along which it purposes to iyork.
We ho e evcrv Grange in the state will work earnestly in :ill
these epartiricnts, so that by :1 more unitcdcffort we shall
rapidly increase our numbers, cxtend ourintluence, and iittziin
more and more v;ompletcl\,' those ends which we seek.

0l'R OBJECT
is the Orgxiniuition of the Farincrs for their own Improvement
Financially, Socixilly, Mcntzilly, .\Ioru.lly. _

“'6 believe that this improvement can in large incasiirc be
brought about: , _

i. :1.) By wider individual study and general discussion of
the lwiisiiiess side of farming and home keeping.

((5.) By co-operation for tii-izincinl zidvniitagc. . .

2. ((1.) By frequent social g:ithering.s, and tlieuiiiiigliiig
together of farmers with farnicrs, and of farmers with people
of other occupations.

(6.) Bv striving for a purer manhood, :1 nohler woinzuihood,
and :i \lIii\‘L*r.\:tl brotherhood.

g. ((1.) Bv studying and promoting the l1Hpl‘0\’Cll1CI1t of our
district schools. _

(In) Bv patronizing and aiding the Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations in their legitimate work of scientific iii-
vestigation, practical experiment, and education for rural pur-
suits. . , _

(r.) Bv innintziiniiig and attending fnrincrs‘ institutes; read-
ing in the Reading Circle; cstahlisliing and using circiilnting

liln--_u-ies; buving more and hcttcr iiizigziziiies and papers for
the home. _

4, (u.) Bv diffusing 2i krio\\*ledg'c of our civil institutions and
teaching tlie high_(luties of citi7.ensliip. _ I

(In) Bv demanding the enforcement of existing statutes. and
by disciissiiig. advocating. Ilntl trying to secure such other St'.ltL*
and national laws as shall tend to thc general justice, progress,
and mor-.ilitv.

Commencement at the Agricultural Col-
lege occurs next week. Commencement
day is Friday, August 10, the exercises be-
ing held at 10 a. m.

We would like to call especial attention
to the advertisements of various educa-
tional institutions that are appearing in
the VISITOR. It is time to decide where
the son and daughter shall attend school
this fall; and we think our columns can
help you to a decision. The scope and
work of several good institutions are ex-
plained in the advertisements. An inspec-
tion of their catalogues will aid you still
further.

We expect to issue a special edition,
August 16, called an “Our VVork” edition.
It will contain articles by leading Patrons
of the country, on topics connected with
the work and aims of the Grange. We
think it will be an interesting and valuable
edition. Granges wishing to use it as a
help in their work should let us know at
once. We can have enough printed to send
a bundle to any Granges that may apply,
but we should like to know beforehand
about how many are wanted. This will be
a most valuable campaign edition.

AN 0l"l"ING.
I.

The Trip.

Perhaps it is not modest for us to say so,
but it is nevertheless true that no class of
people deserves an outing more than do ed-
itors. And it follows from this, of course,
that no class of people more enjoys an
outing. So when seventy-five members of
the Michigan Press Association left Detroit,
July 17, no observer would have doubted
that they were upon pleasure bent. The
route established for our trip included To-
ronto, the Thousand Islands, Montreal,

Quebec, the White Mountains, Portland, 1

Old Orchard Beach, and Boston. About
thirty of the party were ladies. For this
reason, we were apparently shunned by the
Canadian girls, of whose charms we had all
heard. They doubtless recognized the fact
that they could not compare with our own
fair ones. And if they had heard the gel-
lant remarks bestowed, everywhere in Can-
ada, upon the ladies of our party, they
would have been totally crushed.

Two Pullman cars had been provided for
us for the entire trip. Col. D. S. Wagstaff,
of the Grand Trunk railroad, to whom we
owe much of our pleasure, accompanied us as
far as Quebec, and both by his attention to
our needs and by his hearty good fellowship,
made himself quite indispensable. A brief
recital of the chief incidents of the trip
may interest the readers of the VISITOR.

THE ST. CLAIR TUNNEL.

This piece of engineering was new to
many of our party. and the ride through it
was of interest. The tunnel enables the
Grand Trunk to save nearly an hour of time
on each passenger train crossing to or from
Canada, and much more than that on freight
trains.

TORONTO.

The ride through Canada was without
special incident, and we arrived in Toronto
at about 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, remaining
only until eleven that evening. But we
were handsomely entertained by the local
newspaper men. We were at once driven
to the new parliament building, where we
were welcomed by the Canadian Press Asso-
ciation, and by Mr. Hardy,commissioner of
crown lands. The building is the capitol
building of the province of Ontario, and
is a. most beautiful and substantial struc-
ture, built at a cost of $1,250,000, and just
completed. It is a more modern building,
architecturally, than our own state capitol,
and in some respects is finer in appearance.
We were then driven through some of the
suburbs of the city, which are exceedingly.
pretty and picturesque, and also along some
very pleasant residence streets. In the
evening further speech making and sociabil-
ity were indulged in at the Queen’s Hotel.
Our short stay in Toronto was thus made
most enjoyable.

THE THOUSAND ISLANDS.

IVe took a night ride by rail from Toron-
to to Kingston, and were awakened at day-
light in order to be ready for the five
o’clock boat down the St. Lawrence. The
ride from Kingston to Montreal is an all
day trip, but so varying is the scenery that
it is not wearisome. After leaving King-
ston, for fifty miles the route lies through
the famous Thousand Islands. There are
said to be 1800of them, by count, some being
mere rocks jutting out of the water, and
some containing hundreds or even thousands
of acres. VVe passed the Thousand Island
park, where there is an annual gathering of
thousands of Patrons of Husbandry. We also
saw Geo. M. Pullman’s summer home. It is a.
beautiful stone castle situated on a. rocky is-
land of perhaps two acres in extent. After
getting beyond the island region the river
narrows, the high sloping banks are covered
with farms, and there is nothing of especial
interest until the rapids are reached. These
are several in number, and their passage
grows more and more interesting until the
Lachine rapids, near Montreal, are ap-
proached, when a pilot is taken aboard,and
a really exciting descent is made between
great rock ledges. The ladies of the party

_were evidently not the only ones who were

much relieved when we were again in
smooth water. The approach to Montreal
is very pretty. We passed under the new
Canadian Pacific bridge, which is a mile
and a. half long, and also under the great
Victoria bridge, two miles long, over which
the Grand Trunk crosses.

MONTREAL.

We were in Montreal one day. At about
nine o’clock we were escorted to the city
hall, and were there welcomed by the may-
or. Accompanied by his honor, and chap-
eroned by the representatives of the Mon-
treal press, the party were given a most
beautiful drive to the top of Mount Royal.
This hill is the pride of Montreal. It
stands back from the river about a mile
and a. half, and rises abrubtly to a height
of 700 feet above the water. To attain the
summit, a broad, winding road has been
blasted from the rock. It is 8. charming
drive, and the prospect from the summit is
fine. A lunch had been prepared for us
here, and a jolly good time followed.
Speeches of welcome were made by the
mayor and by the Montreal newspaper men,
and these were happily responded to by
Mr. Powers and Mr. Hampton of the Mich-
gan party. Our entertainment was most
cordial and pleasant. The remainder of
the afternoon was spent in visiting various
points of interest about the city. Notre
Dame cathedral came in for a good share
of attention. It is an immense structure,
most gorgeously decorated, and is probably
the finest church on the American continent.
It is modeled after the famous Notre Dame
in Paris. It will probably be excelled by
the new St. Peter’s, not yet completed,
modeled after St. Peter’s in Rome.

QUEBEC.

This quaint old city also claimed our at-
tention for one day. If our welcome at
Toronto and Montreal was warm, our wel-
come at Quebec was even more enthusiastic.
It is a French town, and most of the news-
paper men are, of course, French, and their
reception to their American cousins was
very affectionate. We visited the parlia-
ment buildings of the province of Quebec;
the basilica, which is a very pretty Roman
Catholic cathedral; the college and semi-
nary, and the famous and once formidable
old citadel. In the afternoon we were
treated to a delightful ride on the river,
whence we secured ti splendid view of the
city. We went down as far as the falls of
Montmorenci, a beautiful falls, 250 feet in
height. We were also driven about in the
hilly, crooked streets of the town and among
the quaint old stone houses that solidly line
the narrow lanes.

THE MOUNTAINS.

We left Quebec late in the evening of
Friday, and on awakin in the morning

found ourselves among t e foothills of the
At Groveton, N. H.,

White Mountains.

' Orchard beach, nine miles distant.

our cars were transferred to the Concord &
Montreal railroad and proceeded to Faby-
ans, in the very heart of the mountain dis-

‘ trict, and famous as being the starting point

for the ascent of Mt. Washington by rail.
The morning of our arrival was rainy, but
our efficient secretary had arranged the
weather while planning the trip, and the
afternoon cleared away so that a pleasant
trip was taken to Franconia Notch. This
is along, narrow valley, between mountains
that rise 1200 feet on either side. At the
extremity of one of these mountains is the
great stone face, the “ Old Man of the
Mountains.” The image is 80 feet from
forehead to chin, and jute out 1200 feet
above the little lake that lies at the base of
the mountain. We also visited Echo lake,
near by, and tried our lungs among the
reverbereting hills that surround it. We
were banqueted at the Profile House, and
this afternoon among the mountains was
one long to be remembered.

We had been informed that the ideal day
on which to ascend Mt. Washington was
after a. rainstorm, with a northwest wind
blowing; and we were favored with the
ideal day. We left Fabyans at 10:30 Sunday
morning, and rode six miles to the base of
the mountain, where we took the cog rail-
way for the ascent. We were ushered into
a. small car, pushed by an odd little locomo-
tive. A cog rail runs midway between the
other rails, and into it fit four large cog
wheels, two on the car and two on the en-
gine. There are other safety appliances
that render the apparatus perfectly safe.
IVhen the engine starts, the sound of the
cogs makes it seem as if something were out
of sorts. The track is three miles long. and
it takes about an hour and a quarter to go
the distance. The time descending is the
same. The total rise in height in the three
miles, is about 4,300 feet, one mile having
a grade of 1,980 feet. At one point a
trestle work, called “Jacob’s ladder,” ox-
tends for some distance by the side of a
ravine some 1200 or more feet in depth.
The experience is interesting. The View
from the summit is beyond description,
covering, as it does, an area of nearly 100
miles in every direction. We remained
three hours.

PORTLAND AND OLD ORCHARD.

Monday morning we started for Portland
via. the Maine Central railroad, passing
through “Crawford’s Notch,” where we had
one of the most imposing views of the
mountains, and on down the valley to the
sea. At Portland we tooka ride on the bay,
getting a view of the fine summer resorts
on the numerous islands that line the Maine
shore. In the evening we left for Old
We at
once examined the beach, which is one of
the finest on the coast. It extends for nine
miles along the shore, and at low tide
is 300 feet wide. We awoke Tuesday
morning to find it raining hard. This was
our only gloomy day. But it ceased rain-
ing in the afternoon, so that those who
wished had a dip in the surf, which was
running quite high. At 6:30 we left for
Boston.

BOSTON.

We were elaborately entertained by the
Boston Press Club. We were given a liar-
bor ride in the afternoon, the steamer go-
ing out about 16 miles, so that we were on
the open ocean. VVe had a smell of salt sea
breeze and an experience of the great ground
swell. In the evening we were taken to
Keith’s play house, said to be the finest
in the country. During the remaining time
the party separated and members visited
various points of interest, including Bunker
hill monument, old South Church, Faneuil
hall, old state house, the common, Harvard
college, Longfellow’s home, Trinity church,
etc.

I-IOMEWARD.

We left Boston Thursday morning, pass-
ing up the valley of the Merrimac, and
through the large manufacturing towns of
Lowell, Nashua, Manchester, and Concord.
We crossed the Green Mountain state on
the Vermont Central. In some respects
the views were as fine as any we had seen.
Towards evening we had glimpses of Lake
Champlain and the Adirondack mountains.
We reached Detroit Friday afternoon, via
Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, and London.
From Hamilton to Chatham we passed
through apparently as fine farming country
as lies out of doors.

THE ROUTE.

This route as a whole was almost ideal.
The Grand Trunk railroad passes through
some very fine country, and offers especial
facilities for seeing much that is interest-
ing in people, country, and scenery. The
Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Co’s
steamers give one of the finest trips in the
world, down the St. Lawrence. The Con-
cord and Montreal reaches the heart of the
mountain district, and passes through scen-
ery scarcely excelled for beauty. The Bos-
ton and Maine is one of the largest roads
in the east, possessing at Boston the larg-
est passenger station in the world, having
23 tracks. You can reach the historic
towns of Massachusetts, the mountains of
New Hampshire, and the sea shore resorts
and the lakes and woods of Maine, by this
route. The Vermont Central route through

Vermont is one of the most attractive any-

where.
OUR OBLIGATIONS.

Our party is especially indebted to C01.
Wagstaif of the Grand Trunk; to Mr. Geo.
W. Storer of the Concord and Montreal,
who secured us low rates for many side
trips in the mountains, and who gave free-
ly of information; and to _Mr. D. J. Fland-
ers of the Boston and Maine. We are also
under obligations to the Central Vermont
railroad and the Richelieu & Ontario Navi-
gation Co. We are indebted more than we
can tell to the members of the press in
Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, and Boston,
who entertained us in a most cordial and
fraternal spirit. And lastly we owe much
to the efficient planning of our own secre-
tary, Mr. Schermerhorn of the Hudson
Gazette.

SPOKES FROM A WHEEL.

It is quite curious to note the habitual
movements of the various domestic animals
when they perceive a wheel swiftly ap-
proaching along the road. The old horse
is quite human sometimes in the interest
he manifests in a cyclist. He seems to ap-
preciate the joys of such rapid locomotion,
and apparently endeavors to encourage the
sport by sympathetic and understanding
glances. If he could speak I am sure that he
would say a friendly word. Of course some
of the younger horses are not so approach-
able. In fact they are almost as much
afraid of a wheel as of a. traction engine. I
remember one instance when I had to lug
my wheel up a. steep hillside so as to save
the life of the driver of a colt, by thus
making myself scarce.

The cow is a creature of curiosity. I
believe she is a born mechanic. I always
feel, after passing by, that she is still eye-
ing the outfit, and seeking to solve the
mechanical problems involved in this flit-
ting combination of man and metal. I have
heard that her equally inquisitive but
bolder mate has been known to settle the
question by breaking the combination and
unsettling the rider. But I have no per-
sonal experience, thank fortune.

No animal shows its bringing up as does
a dog. Some dogs bark at you just for the
fun of barking; others think it is brave to
tackle a fellow that can’t help himself to
save his—trousers, unless he's loaded for
dogs. Some dogs are really imbued with
the notion that you are an intruder. Some
are naturally snappish, and can't bear to
see a man enjoying himself. There are not
very many really savage dogs left; at least
I never have encountered any as yet. I
have met some that got pretty close—closer
than they would get if I were armed with
a. hickory club.

Sheep either pay no attention to you, or
else they go 03 in 9. panic. Of course that
results from the fact that one old fool
doesn’t know that he’s perfectly safe, and
the rest follow. I always have to draw an
analogy bearing on this same trait as ex-
hibited in the human species.

I despise hogs,—that is, their characters.
They are supremely selfish, filthy, hoggish.
They do nothing but grunt with expecta-
tion that you may perchance bring them
some food, or squealingly vent their indig-
nation on your ears, because they have
been so fearfully maltreated by not being
fed for at least two hours. I hasten my
pace to get by the neighborhood.

The hen exhibits her sex characteristics
very obviously. I will explain. They say
hata woman always gets off a street car that
has not fully stopped, with her face opposite
to the direction the car is going. Well,
that’s the way with a hen. If yciu pass 3,
flock of hens by the roadside, they in-
variably try to get out of your way by
crossing your path. If a little timid. in-
stead of rushing directly in front of you,
they will run up the road ahead of Von.
cackling and making a terrible outcry,vand
finally squeezing through under the lower
board of the fence, all a flutter and ex-
hausted. But old chanticleer isn’t much
better. After all this disturbance, and
when the danger is all past, he gives the
cry of alarm and warning in a sort of “you
might have known he was coming” tone,
that I have heard in featherless male bipeds.

A. RAMBLER.

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY, 3'

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senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY .\‘v Co,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County and
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of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured bv the
the use of HALIJS CATARRH CURE,

' FRANK j. CHENEY.

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AUGUST 2, 1894.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

L)

The bec-lure Field.

IN REPLY. TO OUR QUESTIONS.

ASHLAND CENTRE GRANGE. NO. 545.

1. We meet every two weeks on Satur-
day evening. Call to order at 8 o’clock
in summer and 7:30 in winter. Close
about 11:30. 2. We have a literary pro-
gram nearly every meeting. The follow-
ing questions were brought up recently for
discussion. “ How am I going to care for
my corn crop;” “Home influence on the
school;” “ Should United States senators
be nominated by the party state conven-
tions?” 3. We are quite strict in regard
to parliamentary rules. 4. We do very
little degree work except as we initiate. 5.
We have not held a public meeting for
more than a year; although we think that
they can be made of great value in in-
creasing the membership of.the Grange.
6. By personal etfort.

’ - CARRIE L. CARTER.

A PROTEST.

EDITOR GRANGE VisiToR— In the last
issue of your paper is an article headed
“Open air charity.” I think there must
have been two articles and the titles got
changed. This one should have read, “Un-
charity aired openly.” The whole trouble
lies in the fact that selfishness is a prime
ingredient in the general makeup of the
average human being. I do not find in my
experience that women on the farm are
such slaves as the writer made out. lVe
do not call it slavery because we have to
work. but rather a labor of love,—labor-
ing for those that are dependent on us, and
laying up a competency for ourselves in
our old age, should we be spared. \Ve have
to work just as hard in our locality as
farmers wives do anywhere, yet we occa-
sionally visit and receive visits, and always
with pleasure. It is true we have to work
harder in the long, hot days when our more
fortunate city friends can take an outing,
but that is what we expected when we mar-
ried a farmer. And to those girls who do
not want to stay at home in the heated sea-
son, for then it is seed time and harvest, I
would say, don’t marry a farmer. “Heed
the warning and escape the doom.”

But how much more work would we
have to do to entertain two or three of
these little ones? It is also true that the
housewife needs an outing, but will that
interfere with entertaining these children?
As heartily as I am in favor of the work I
would not want any one to forego an out-
ing to do so. The majority of farmers’
wives cannot possibly take a vacation in
the heated season, not that their husbands
allow them to do such an unreasonable
amount of work, but what they have to do
must be done regularly. Hence it requires
their constant attendance at home, partic-
ularly night and morning; and again it is
the time when we have to put up fruit for
coming winter. So it is plain that we must
take our vacation either earlier or later
than the long hot days in summer.

And as to being asked to cook and wait
on a lot of “ resorters, free gratis for noth-
ing,” I have never seen an appeal where a
family has been asked to care for more
than one. “ City bummers” seems a hard
name to call the poor working wpmen and
children who have not been so highly fav-
ored by fortune as we who have nice homes
in the country. I am one of the self-same

overworked farmers’ Wives, yet less than‘

three months ago I had a pleasant trip to
Charlevoix, enjoyed a ride on the steamer,
on my return spent nearly a day in _Trav-
erse City, perchance went by the s1ster’s
home, as we were around the city a good
deal, but the trip cost an effort, and I pre-
sume that is one reason why more farmers
and their families were not on that excur-
' oken of.
SIOIITISEIIISWBI‘ to the question should this be
thus? I answer no, nor need it have been.
Nearly everything costs an effort, and the
farmers make the least effort for enjoyment
of any class of people. There is an indi-
vidual case in my mind where a farmer
with his family attends socials, picnics,
societies. Fourth of July and 0131161‘ enter-
tainments, yet he has only one team to do
his work. He takes good care of them, and
in return uses them for the pleasure _of
himself and family. I don’t believe city
people enjoy themselves better than they
do. Others might do the same if they
would make the effort. I think the sister
must have Written her article just after her
return from the excursion when she was
tired, and I am in hopes when she becomes
rested she may reconsider the matter and
take several for an outing. At least I hope
she Won’t discourage any one that would
otherwise take them. Again, true it is that
farmers’ wives need something new to look
at and enjoy. In the absence of something
better, let them take a couple of these lit-
ones look at and enjoy their surprise and
everichanging countenances as they view
the wondrous works of nature. _ _ _
And as to what Sister Mayo is thinking
of it seems to me her letters are so plain
that he who runs may read that she is
thinking of giving these children a chance
to know something of What God is doing

for them, and thinking of making them
happy for a short time any way, so that
they can look back on the time they spent
in the country as a bright spot in their
early life. I have faith that it will be good
seed sown, that will bear rich fruit by
and by. “ Cast thy bread upon the waters
for thou shalt find it after many days.”
Mas. N. L. LEWIS.

Fremont.
NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL.

EDITOR GRANGE VisiToR—I think the
program of “Woman’s work on the farm,”
in your issue of July 5, is rather overdrawn.
Not but thousands of women on the farm
do just as much and more work every day
than is credited to this said Mrs. C., but it
is the spirit of the article that I object to.
I think the writer is at least fifty years be-
hind the times.

There are very few farmers’ wives that
leave their beds before five o’clock any
morning. Five o’clock breakfasts were left
aside with the old grain cradle, scythe, and
spinning wheel. The skimming of milk
and churning of the cream is fast disap-
pearing also from the list of household
duties. but where they still have it to do
the milk is attended to before breakfast.
And if she is a Granger she has been taught,
if she wasn’t before, that after dinner is no
time to churn or iron. If Mrs. C. has chil-
dren old enough to go to school, they are
the ones to gather the eggs for the
said pudding or pie. As for digging pota-
toes, that is not woman’s work, and I do
not believe the average farmer’s wife is ex-
pected to do it. The average farmer is not
a buzzing man in the sense of this article,
they passed away years ago. We have
men
That work from “sun to sun,"

And when they quit, their wife’s work is also done.

The farmers I am acquainted with do
not go to town unless they have business
there, whether it rains or no, and then their
wives generally go along, and usually drive
there between times. The farmers in these
parts do not leave their tools just Where
they use them, if they do they generally
find them there when they want them
again. But if the average woman has had
them you will hunt a while before you will
find them, for I never knew a woman to
put up a hoe or a hammer when she had
used them.

I would like to ask, what vocation can We
engage in and not have to Work? Is it any
worse for a farmer’s wife to work as much as
her strength will permit, than it is for her
husband to work all the time? For that is
what the average farmer does.

I think there is too much said about the
work of farmers’ wives, especially by those
that do not know any thing about it. We
as a class do not need the pity of any of
our sisters in other occupations. Indeed,
we think they are the ones to be pitied.
We are the most independent class of wom-
eii on the face of the earth. We can work
when we choose, when we don’t so choose
we can play, and it is no one’s business.

We are not so isolated at this age of the
world, that we particularly need to chat with
a neighbor the said five minutes to rest
tired nerves. Papers and books are much
better rests. And no woman on the farm
need tell me she can't get time to read
them. I have lived on a farm all my life,
forty-eight years of that time I have been
a farmer’s wife, with just as much, and
I might say more work to do than the av-
erage farmer’s wife of today, and I always
found time to read and I know this cry
about early and late hours, and so much
hard work, is all nonsense. We work no
harder than others.

Mas. H. J. AUSTIN.
Gooding.

A NEW PAPER.

At its late meeting in Ann Arbor, the
Michigan Woinan’s Press Association de-
termined to realize one of its ideals. This
comes to us this week in the form of an
eight page monthly paper, all the pen
women’s own, called The Interchange. It
has a full page portrait of the senior and
beloved member, Mrs. L. H. Stone, and is
withal, trim an(l interesting from tip to
toe. As its name suggests, it is a means
of interchange, a giving and taking. In
that it deals with women and their work it
will be of interest to all lovers of women.*
It has a subscription price of twenty-five
cents, for it is sure to be in demand outside
the membership. Last, but of chiefest
moment to my Grange sisters, is the fact
that this little newcomer into paperdom is
edited and published by Mrs. Belle M.
Perry, who besides being one of of “our
own” in the Grange, is sure neither to write
nor clip only for profit and not merely to

fill up a page.
J. B.
‘This means the men probably.—ED.

UONCERNING OUR SCHOOLS.

The following is from the advance sheets
of the report of the superintendent of pub-
lic instruction of Michigan, for 1893:

FREE TEXT BOOKS.

The system of free text books which pro-

vides for the owership of the books by the

district and loaning them to pupils has
been tried by some of our cities and a few
of our rural districts for several years. In
journeyingabout the state we take especial
pains to inquire how satisfactory the sys-
tem proves to be, and almost without ex-
ception it is most unanimously commended
by both city and country districts. The
cities of the state which have adopted the
system are Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw,
E. S.. and Bay City. Of these cities East
Saginaw has tried the system for the past
nine years. None but laudatory reports
come from oficers and teachers concerning
the workings of the plan. The average
cost per capita for text books during the
past nine years in Saginaw, E. S., has been
62 cents per year.

This should encourage other cities and
villages to try the experiment. The rural
teachers and school officers of the districts
where the plan has been tried, say that the
books are kept better than when owned by
the individuals, the cost is reduced, uni-
formity secured, and time saved because
pupils are always provided with books on
the first day of the term instead of being
obliged to “wait until pa goes to town,”
till he forgets to get the book once or twice,
and then buys the wrong book. The expense
upon the whole district is insignificant,
and the advantages are so apparent that it
would seem advisable for every district to
adopt the plan. The districts now working
under the system are mostly in the northern
part of the state.

THE TOWNSHIP UNIT SYSTEM.

The experience of the year in visiting all
portions of the state and endeavoring to
interest school officers in school questions;
the scores and scores of petty district
quarrels in which the superintendent has
been asked to take a hand; the inequalities
in educational advantages endured by pupils
in different districts, have all tended to
strengthen our belief in the township dis-
trict.

The general features of the plan have
been outlined in previous reports, and We
shall not take the space to reproduce it
here. Those who desire a more extended
explanation of the system can receive a
pamphlet containing it by sending a re-
quest to this department.

VERTICAL WRITING.

We shall take no space here to argue the
pros and cons of this question which is
now before the public, but we wish to urge
our teachers not to change front too quickly.
Let the experts and practice schools first
give the new system a good trial. We fear
that one result of the discussion will be a
complete unsettling of all system, and the
mixture of systems by first one teacher and
then another will result in a woeful mixture
from which no good can come. The burden
of proof is on the side of the vertical
writing advocates, and until they convince
us beyond a doubt that this plan is more
legible, easier to learn, capable of greater
rapidity in writing, and is all round better
than the present system, the teachers of
our common schools, where experts are not
employed, should still teach the slant hand
and muscular movement.

EDUCATIONAL COUNCILS AND RALLIES.

The superintendent of public instruction
early realized the necessity of harmonious
work with the boards of examiners and
county school commissioners. He also
realized the importance of acquainting
himself with the school work in every por-
tion of the state, and of learning the senti-
ment and peculiar conditions existing in
different counties.

With this in view the state was divided
into twenty-one districts, and a convenient
place of meeting suggested for each district.

The “Council” was in all cases called to
meet Friday, and to this meeting were in-
vited all the examiners and commissioners
of the district, the school officers, and
superintendents of schools. Teachers and
others were welcome, and many attended.

These councils were entirely informal.
Any question could be brought up. No
formal speeches were made. Every one
could air his views as freely as he pleased.

At every council there were representa-
tives from school boards, patrons, teachers,
examiners and commissioners.

The superintendent has been greatly en-
couraged in his work by the acquaintances
made with many earnest and brainy school
officers and it would be interesting could
we give herewith a brief report of each
council, but space forbids. However, we
will give briefly some of the conclusions
and recommendations:

COMPULSORY SCHOOL LAW.

In nearly every council the vote was
unanimous favoring a more rigorous com-
pulsory school law. It was thought that
the chairman of the board of school in-
spectors should be made the officer whose
business it would be to enforce the law.
That he should be paid for doing his duty,
and fined for neglecting it. That the law
should be made a misdemeanor law, and
parents who refused to comply with the
provisions should be punished by fine or
imprisonment. That the time should be
fixed when each pupils should begin school.
That the minimum number of months
should be put at five (in some counties six)

three of which should be consecutive.
Some favored making the minimum age
seven years.

FREE TEXT BOOKS.

In nearly every council the vote favored
free text books. The northern councils were
more outspoken for it than others.

UNIFORMITY OF TEXT BOOKS.

Almost ever council favored county uni-
formity; but it was everywhere acknowl-
edged that the free text book system would
solve the problem of uniformity of text
books.

NECESSARY APPARATUS.

It was voted by many councils that the
law should specify what necessary apparatus
may be purchased by the district board.

The following things were voted in nearly
every instance; unabridged dictionary, set
of outline maps, globe, reading chart,
— numeral frame, physiological charts not to
exceed ten dollars in cost; kindergarten or
busy work material not to exceed five
dollars worth.

MISCELLANEOUS SUGGESTIONS.

I. The library funds should be used for library
purposes only.

2. The primary school fund should be withheld
from a district which would not keep its outhouses
in good repair.

3. County school commissioners should be given
the power to cause outhouses to be put in proper
condition, and cost of same spread on tax roll of the
district, providing due notice had been given to the
board of the condition of the same and the board had
neglected to attend to the matter.

4.. Everybody favored the grading of country
schools.

5. Many favored but four teachers’ examinations
per year.

6. \\'ould have compulsory attendance at institutes.

7. \Vould increase the length of first and second
grade certificates. Some would make first grade
good for eight years, others ten.

8. \Vould require at least a second grade certificate
as a qualification of a member of the board of exam-
iners.

9. \Vould increase the minimum number of months
of school to seven months in districts of thirty or
more pupils, and to five in districts of less than thirty.

10. School commissioners should be required to
have at least three years’ experience as a teacher.

ii. School examiners and commissioners should be
American citizens, or should at least have declared
their intention to become such.

12. Time given for teachers‘ examinations should
be at least one and one—half days each.

13. \Vorking school libraries favored.

1.1.. Institutes unanimously favored.

i5. VVould make eighteen the minimum age of
candidates for teaching.

16. Would require American citizenship or decla-
ration of all teachers.

17. Papers of candidates for teachers’ certificates
should be kept on file at least six months after such
examination, and subject to the inspection of the
candidate.

18. VVould give school boards the right to fix a.
time at which beginners could enter school,

19. Would have a special law punishing those
who deface school buildings with obscene markings.

20. VVou1d give no person a life certificate to teach,
until such person had taught successfully for at least
four years.

SOME FIGURES.

 

No. of graded school districts ________________ __ 585
No. of ungraded school districts ______________ __ 6,580
No. of township unit districts _____ __ _ _. 67
School census of graded school districts____ ___ 33l,(Bt
School census of ungraded school districts..__ 296,612
Enrollment in graded schools ________________ ,_ 248,099
Enrollment in ungraded schools .__.. __. ____._. . 307,499
Estimated number of pupils attending private
schools .................................... _. 41,711
No. of teachers necessary to supply graded
schoo ........_..._.__.._._....___..._.____ 5,017
No. of teachers necessary to supply ungraded
schoo .................................... ._ 6,602
Whole number of teachers employed in graded
schools ____________________________________ __ 5.2.64
Whole number of teachers employed in un-
graded schools ............................ .. 11,041
Aggregate wages of all teachers in graded
schoo ....................... ._. ........... -. $2,326,547 74
Aggregate wages of all teachers in ungraded
schools  __.___..-.._...-_..q_.._...._._-_._ 1,432,357 82
Average wages of male teachers in all schools 48 89
Average wages of female teachers in all schools 34 36
Number of school houses in the state _______ .. 7,690
Estimated value of school property .......... __ $15,757,921 00
Amount of one mill tax received..._.__.. _.... 659,569 29
Amount of primary school interest fund rec‘d 1,027,764 42
Amount received from non resident tuitiou._.. 69,216 61
Amount received from district taxes ________ _ _ 3,929,435 80
Amount received from all other sources ____ _ _ 3,8

Amount paid male teachers ................. _. _ 958,548 45

 

Amount paid female teachers ____ ._:___ Z,800,Z43 35
Amount paid for building and repairs. 923,582 62
Amount paid for interest on loans ___. _ 118,786 28
Amount paid for all other purposes _________ __ 1,263,490 96
Total number of volumes in all libraries ____ __ 589,310

Total enrollment at teachers iustitu_tes__._.._. 7,832
Total amount expended in teachers institutes $12,104 64

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POTATO BLIGHT.

[Bulletin New Hampshire Station.)

The potato blight is caused by

the growth in the potato vines of
minute parasitic plants, known as
fungi. There are two distinct spe-
cies of fungi which produce the
blight in potatoes,—one, known
botanically as Jllacrosporimn so-
lam", causes what is now known as
the early blight, the other, Phyto-
phthora. mfesfcms, causes the late
blight which has been the most
common and dc-struc'tiv‘e. Blight,
rust, and rot, are the various names
by which it has been called. This
disease seems to have been espec-
ially prevalent during the last few
years. doubtless owing to the pe-
culiar conditions presented by the
weather, a warm and moist season
being most favorable to its devel-
opment.

It usually makes its first appear-
ance during the month of August
when the vines of the later varie-
ties are in full growth. Early va-
rieties often escape its attacks al-
together. The leaves are the first
to show its effects. They become
more or less discolored, then begin
at the edge to turn brown and curl
up, or, if the weather be very damp,
to rot. If a. leaf which is only
partly dead is closely examined
there will be seen on the under
surface, especially along either side
of the line separating the dead por-
tion from the living, a very fine

white fuzz; this consists of the spore
stalks of the fungus which is grow-
ing within the tissues of the leaf
and which constitutes the sole
cause of the disease. The spores
as soon as they are mature are very
readily broken olf from their stalks,
and being so light are easily borne
by the wind to healthy vines where
they germinate in any moisture
they may find upon the leaves or
stems and make their way through
the skin or epidermis into the suc-
culent tissues beneath, where the
threads develop and in their turn
send out a crop of spores which
help to spread the disease.

If the weather is sufficiently
Warm and damp this development
and spread is very rapid, so that a
large field of apparently healthy
vines may be entirely killed in a
very few days. If this destruction
of the tops occurs early, the tubers
cannot mature and the yield will
be a light one and of inferior qual-
ity; moreover, the fungus is not
confined to the tops but makes its
way into the tubers also. The po-
tatoes thus attacked are very likely
to decay, and great loss occurs, not
only before they are dug but even
after they are stored in the cellar,
if the conditions there should be
favorable. The threads of the
fungus live over winter in the
tubers which, if used for seed, serve
to start the disease again the fol-
lowing summer.

TREATMENT.

If it can be avoided, potatoes
which are known to be diseased or
which have been grown in a field
attacked by the blight should not
be used for seed. However, a rem-
edy has been found which if used
in season seems to be very eflicient
in checking or preventing the dis-
ease. This remedy is the Bordeaux
mixture, which, when applied to
the vines, destroys the vitality of
the spores with which it comes in
contact and thus prevents the in-
fection of healthy plan ts. It should
be applied, if possible, before the
disease makes its appearance, at
least by the last of July, and the
applications should be repeated at
intervals of ten to fourteen days,
and oftener if the mixture is wash-
ed otf by rains, until the tubers
have matured. Usually three ap-
plications will be suflicient but a
fourth may sometimes be required.

BORDEAUX MIXTURE.
Blue vitriol (copper sul-

phate)-____-__,____- 1 pound.

Fresh lime _________ __ I pound.

Water _____________ __ 10 gallons.
or

Blue vitriol____ _______ 5 pounds.
Fresh lime __________ __ 5 pounds.
Water____ ____ _ ____ __ sogals. or I barrel.

Dissolve the blue vitriol in sev-
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fourth the quantity to be used,
or it may first be dissolved in a
smaller quantity of hot water and
then several gallons of cold water
added. Slake the lime and make
a thin Whitewash, then pour this
slowly into the solution of blue vit-
riol, stirring thoroughly; then add
water sufficient to make up the re-
quired quantity. Before using the
mixture it should be strained
through sacking or a sieve of some
kind, with about a 1-16 inch mesh,
to remove the coarser particles,
which are liable to clog the nozzle
of the pump. While spraying the
mixture should be kept thoroughly
stirred up.

Iron vessels should not be used
in preparing this mixture.

This formula is one-fourth
stronger than that recommended
for spraying fruit trees.

 

PEACH YELLOWS.

[Bulletin of United States Department of Agri-
culture. by Erwin F. Smith, special agent.]

So far, therefore, as we now know
the only thing which can be done
is to cut out and destroy all trees
as soon as any of the signs de-
scribed on a previous page have
made their appearance. It is best
to burn the diseased tree, roots,
and all, if possible.

In confirmation of this belief in
ax and fire, we have the experi-
ence of the Michigan peach grow-
ers. In some localities, notably at
South Haven, they have been fight-
ing the disease in this way for the
last twenty years, and though the
extermination of affected trees has
not been complete the results have
been of such a nature as to lead
the owners to believe that this an-
nual weeding out has saved the
orchards. Of several facts there
can be no doubt, and it is difficult
to draw from them other than one
inference. First, this disease ap-
peared at South Haven as long ago
as 1869 in a few trees of a single
peach orchard, becoming generally
disseminated within five years and
so destructive as to seriously threat-
en the prosperity of the peach
growers. Second, the disease has
not given serious trouble since the
growers first began to wage their
war of extermination, the extent of
the orchards today being greater
than formerly an(l their health and
productiveness unimpaired. Third,
there have been cases of yellows in
this region every year since its
first appearance, and the diminish-
ed prevalence is not easily é.ttrib-
utable to other agencies, because
in neighboring localities, where no
effort has been made to stay its
progress, the disease has prevailed
extensively during this period, even
to the destruction of all the orchards
and the abandonment of peach cult-
ure in some regions. Even at South
Haven there is evidence that a few
years of general neglect would re-
sult disastrously, one or two men
in recent years having neglected
or refused to destroy affected trees,
and the orchards immediately sur-
rounding these having subse-
quently shown a larger number of
cases than those in other parts of
the district.

At South Haven and other places
where the law is maintained it is
customary to keep the orchards
full by planting young trees in
place of those removed. There are
many such trees now in bearing
and entirely healthy, although set
in the very places occupied by dis-
eased trees, and only a few months
after their removal. Such “ re-
plants” sometimes develop yellows,
but from an experience of many
years the growers have learned that
the disease does not show any do-
cided preference for such trees.
They are not immediately attacked
and are not more subject to it than
others. At St. Joseph, Mich.,
where yellows appeared in 1866,
and all of the orchards were finally
destroyed, many new orchards cover
the old fields. These have been
planted during the last ten years
and many are now in bearing.
Nearly all of these trees are healthy

and the cases of yellows that have
appeared in the last few years are
apparently attributable to neglect
of destroying old cases rather than
to any inability of the soil to bear
healthy trees. It must be said,
however, that there has not been
here that general interest in the
subject which is manifest at South
Haven. There have been a few
cases of yellows in a good many or-
chards, and there is every reason
to think that history will soon re-
peat itself in Berrien county unless
the law is rigidly enforced.

As was pointed out some years
ago, the chief defects of the Mich-
igan law are, (1) the inadequate
compensation given to the commis-
sioners, not enough to be certain of
commanding the services of well
qualified men; and (2) the want of
a general superintendent who shall
see that records are kept and be
responsible for the enforcement of
the law in all parts of the state. Both
of these defects are remedied in
the Connecticut law, and the work
of combating the disease seems to
have started off in that state with a
vigor and thoroughness that is
commendable, 283,782 trees having
been inspected and 28,647 con-
demned in 1893.

The results of the rooting out
process obtained in other states
than Michigan are less striking,
either because the laws have not
been enforced very generally, or
because they have been in opera-
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OATS FUR HAY.

[Bulletin Arkansas Station.]

In the spring of 1892 oats were
planted on the Newport station,
without fertilizers, for hay. They
were cut just at blooming and were
easily cured. A little rust appeared
before cutting, but the hay was of
good quality and was readily eaten
by all stock. The yield per acre
was 2,000 pounds of good dry hay.
Soil similar in fertility, except that
peas were grown on it and the vines
turned under the previous year, was
sown to oats in October, 1892, and
with 85 per cent stand, yielded
3,000 pounds of dry hay per acre.
The variety sown was Red Rust
Proof. If a more leafy variety be
planted for hay a greater yield
would be made. Of several va-
rieties tested for hay at the Kansas
station, Blue Grazing Wlinter and

Black Prolific varieties made the‘

largest yields. Rust was appearing
just as the oats were cut, but it
need be feared but little on outs
for hay as they will be ready to out
before it appears or at least before
much damage is done.

VVhen the oat crop is intended
for grain it would be advisable to
cut for hay if rust appeared and
threatened to ruin the crop. In
that case it would be better to plant
3. good grain producing variety.
Red Rust Proof and Black Russian
are commonly planted with good
success.

After the oats were taken from
the first plot it was sown in Whip-
porwill cowpeas for hay. The yield

of dry hay per acre was 2,600. Ra

pounds, so the total yield of dry
hay from that land was 4,600
pounds. No fertilizers were used
and the soil is not very fertile, be-
ing sandy loam badly in need of
vegetable matter. The peas fol-
lowing the cats put the soil in ex-
cellent condition for other crops
the following year. On the sandy
soils of the eastern and southern
part of the state oats rust more or
less and sometimes to the extent of
destroying the crop for grain. On
that account many farmers have
abandoned oats, but that does not
seem entirely necessary because
the oats are not ruined for grain by
rust every year and when they do
rust they could be cut for hay when
it appeared that the rust would
ruin the crop if allowed to stand to
mature grain. Cowpeas could be
planted after the oats were cut and
a. good crop of pea hay made, and
the pea. roots would help to main-
tain the soil. The practice of
growing oats for hay or grain fol-
lowed by peas for hay is an excel-
lent one. From the experiment
it appears that oats are profitable

to grow for hay on sandy soils,
sown either in fall or spring, and
that they will be free from much
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A. M. ‘.
Big Rapids .... .. 9 40 7 00 12 35 .
Reed City ______ __ 10 10 7 55 1 05 E
Cadillac _______ _. ll 05 9 10 2 25
P. M. I
Traverse City_._. 12 -15 10 45 _,__‘ ___ ____ __
Petoskey.-..._.__ 1 40 .... _. 5 so I ,,,, __ . 
Mackinaw City__ 3 co ____ _. 7 00 I __________ __

_ No, 8 has sleeping car, Grand Rapids to Mack-
inaw City, and sleeping car (‘hicago to Petoskey
and Mackinaw City.

No. 5 has sleeping car Cincinnati to Mackinaw
City. Parlor car Grand Rapids to Mackinaw City.

GOING SOUTH.

No hNo. 4,\o 5 * No.10
A M P. M.; A M P M
Mackinaw City_. 8 30 3 U0 * ____ _, 9 15 ____ __
Petoskey....-_.. 12 25 4 15 I ____ __ 10 35 ____ __
Travei-seCity__ . 10 40 6 O5 ; 6 00 A. M. ____ ..
Cadillac _____ __Ar __________ __l ____ __ 2 15
i>.:u. I
Cadillac ____ -_Lv 1 25 8 00 . 7 35 2 25
Reed City ..... _- 2 35 S 50 3 8 -15 3 35
BigRa.ids ____ __ 305 917I920 405
Howar City -. 3 50 9 55 I10 20 4 55
Grand Rapids,Ar 5 15 ll 00 ‘ll 40 6 15
. P. M. A. M.
Grand Re.pids,Lv 5 40 ll 40 , Z 30 7 00
Kalamazoo. .__-. 7 45 1 35 , 4 25 B 45
Sturgis ________ _. 9 10 ____ _.l 5 ~13 9 56 .
Fort Wa.yne__Ar 11 25 .1. m.l 7 45 12 15 .
Fort Wayne_.Lv ll 45 5 45 ‘ P. M. 12 35 ____ __
Richmond ..... __ 3 20 9 15 1 ____ __ 3 45 ____ __
Cincinnati _____ __ 6 55 12 01 I ___. 6 30 ____ __
A. M. A.:u. P. M. P. M.
Chicago ............. _. 7 10 9 00 2 00 ____ __
P. M. I
Detroit ________ .. I0 5 I 7 10 I

_ *Sunday nights Mackinaw City to Grand Rap-
ids only.

1:9. 2 has parlor car Grand Rapids to Cincin-
na 1.

No. 4 has sleepingcar Mackinaw City. Petoskey
and Grand Rapids to Chicago. via. Kalamazoo
and Michigan Central R. R.. arriving in Chicago
at 7:13 a. m. Parlor car Mackinaw City to Grand
1 s.

o. 6 has parlor car Mackinaw City to Grand
Rapids. Sleeping car Mackinaw City to Cincin-
na 1.

No. 8 has bulfet parlor car Grand Rapids ‘to
ghicsgo via Kalamazoo, arriving in Chicage,at

p. in.

Sunday night train from Mackinaw City has
sleeping car from Mackinaw City and Petoskey
to Grand Rapids.

C. L. LOCKVVOOD. Gen. Pass. Agt.

nu: nrscromr or THE
Patrons of Husbandry.

BY 0. II. KELLEY.

The Executive Committee of the National Grange
has placed a limited supply of the above work, in
this ofiice, for sale. The book contains 441 pages,
is printed on good paper, well bound, and has
several illustrations. It is :1 history of the Order
from I866 to I873.

Price per Copy, 75 cents.

On receipt of the above price, .1 copy will be sent
by mail to the party ordering.
Address

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

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GRANGE DIRECTORY.

Patrons Will Find These Fli-ms Reliable and
Can, Get Special Prices From Them.

PIIRONS NI. WORKS. DERRICK OH. 00.
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I.ub_i-icatlng and Burning Oils of the hi host
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1118 011. made Bpeci for family use. Write for
prices. Address D BRICK OIL Co.,
|Titusville, Pa.

THE NEW REGULATION BADGE

Adopted by the National Grange Nov. 24,
1893, is manufactured by
THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG 00.,
Newark, N. J .,

Under contract with the Executive Committee
of the National Grange. Sample sent to any
Secretary under seal of Grange, free of charge.
Write for catalogue.

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Oifioers National Grange.

Ius'raa—J. H. BBIGHAM ________ ._De1ta, Ohio
0VlBSl'.‘I'.B—E. W. DAVIS .... ..Santa Rosa. 0&1-
LEO'1'UBEB—ALPHA MESSEB__-.Rochoster. Yt.
B'rsw.um—M. B. HUNT ......_.......-..Ma1ne
Ass’r 5T'.l.'WAl?.D—A. M. BELCHER Rhodelsland
CBAPLAIN—s. L. WILSON _._._Mississippi
TREASURER-MRS. F. M. MC WELL.._.N. Y.
8iwiis'rAiir—JOHN'1‘RIMBLE Washington, D.C.
GATE KEEPER—W. E. HARBAUGEL  Mlss0n_l'i
Csiixs—MBS. M. S. BHONE __._._Pennsylvania
POMONA—MBS. MARY REABDON .... ____Kansas
FLORA—-MRS. ANNIE L. BULL ____ _.Minussoni
LADY A_ss"r S'riiw’i>——MBS. AMANDA HORTON
Michigan.

Executive Committee.
EEONABD RHONE..Center Hall, Pennsylvania

. R. HUTCHINSON _ _ , Virginia
aw Paw, Michigan

J. J. WOODMAN ......... -.P

l0moers Michigan State Grange.
MAs'rs;n—G. B. HORTON _________ _.Fruit Ridge
. . OLE _Palin

    

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STEWARD—A. P. GRAY ...... _. ...Arc e
Ass‘! S'l‘EWAH.D—J. H. MARTIN. Box 442,B(iriind

pids
CnAPLAIN—MARY A. MAYO ____ _.Bsttle Creek

TBEASUREB—-E. A. STRONG ________ _.Vicksburg
SEoiin'rAuv—JENNIE BUELL ______ _.Ann Arbor
GATE KEEPEB—GEO. L. CARI.iISLE_-Ke.l.kaska.
CEBES—MARY C. ALLIS .............. .--Adrlfin

FI.0RA—MRS. S RAH A. ST. CLAIR..Butternut
POMONA—Ml:l.S. A A LEIGrH"I‘ON_-.Old Mission
L. A.

smw*n—Mn's.'J.H. MARTIN Grand Rapids
Executive Committee.
J. G. RAMSDELL, Chn ......... "Traverse, City
. D. PLATT .... ..

. _ .,.Ypsilanti
errien Center

   
  

 

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mums BUELL.

Committee on Woman’: Work in the
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K‘-5, Mmvy A, Mayo ________________ __B8l’.I.l6 Creek
Mrs. Mary Sherwood Hinds - Stanton
M,.,,_ 39113 Royce ________________________ _.Baroda
General Deputy Lecturers.
Mugy A, MAYO __________________ _.Battle Creek
HON. J. J. WOODMAN.- ...... ..Paw Paw
H N_ C_ G, L, E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ._Coldwater
HON. PERRY MAYO.- --..Bnttle Creek

D. BAN ________ ..
C. L. WHITNEY ................ --
Connty Deputies.

D_ H_ stebbms ___________ __Atwood, Antrim C .
C Bloomin dale, Allcgrin “
finland, Benzie “
.Dowling, Barry
ion City, Branc
Buchanan, Berrien
____,St. Johns, Clinton “
_,_Battle Creek, Calhoun “
__Charlevoix, Charlevoix “
__Charlevoix, Charlevoix “
_______ __Dow'.igiac, Cass
Eaton Rapids, Eaton “
Alma, Gratiot “

   
  
    
     
   
  
 
    
     
    
 
  
     

 

Abram Miller____
F. H. Osborn__
Isaac Russell_-_
John Passmorc_ . _ _ . _
E. O. Ladd_,__0ld ission, Gran Traverse
Mrs E. D. Nokes_ __V\'hezitlzind, Hillsdale “
R A_ Bmwn __________ __Sand Beach, Huron
D: H. English _ _ . _ _ , _ _ __Chandler, Ionia "
F. W’. Havens".-- __Fitchburg, Ingham "
A. Court.right____ _Duck Lake, Jackson “
iobert Dockery__ .... -.R0Ckf°|’ds Kent “
ames Greascn____ _Kalkaska, Kalkaska "
iram Bradshaw orth 31’3“Cl_h_L3~P931' "
Fred Dean.-- Bl'lght0_“v L“'"‘g5t°“ :'
E_ V]. Auj5_ _,__;\dr1an, Lenawee ‘
Geo. H. Lester___ _,_Crystal, Montcalm “
D. R. Van Amberg-____Bear Lake, Manistee ‘
Jessie E. V\ illiams ____ “Big Rapids, Mccosta "
. S. Lawson ____ __ Disco, Macomb

Flushin , Genesee “

 
   
  
     
  
 

ill G. Parish__ ___Flat Rock Monroe 
T. F. Rodgers._ Ravenna, uskegon "
w.w. Carter. -.Ash1§lnd.,NeWfiYg° ,_
A. _j_ C,-osby___ __ Y silan_ti, Oakland “
Robert Alward _Hu sonville, Ottawa “
R. H. Taylor _ ___,__Shelb , Oceana H
D. Murlin_____ - \\fernon, S iawassee H
A. W. Canfield .......... ..Har_tsuff. =t- U3" U
Wm. B. Langley ____ __Cen_tervillc, St, Joseph H
Robert Treby .......... -.BH’f-‘h Ru“: 53g“!'*‘“' ,
M_ C_ Ken. ____________ __CarsonV1lle, Samlac ‘

Lawrence, Van Buren
Plymouth, Wayne “
Ypsilanti, \V:-ishtenaw “
___Cadillac, VVexford “

  
 

John A. McDoug
R. C. Norris__--

Revised List of Grange Supplies
Kept in the ofice of Sec‘y of the

Michigan State Grange

t t,— ‘d receipt of Cash Order
A’.’g§§”ff§§ed(ift apzélubbgdinate Grange. and the;
signature of its Master or Secretary-

Porcelain ballot marbles. D61‘ hU11d1‘°d- ———— —-5° 

v d___ _________ __ _.. 85
mater}; lCel%(I§li'3, bound. D61‘ hundred ———— - — 35
Secretary’s receipts for dues, per hundred. _. 35
Treesurer’s receipts for dues. D81‘ hl111d1'9d—--
 for mempeirpglill. D61‘ 11T1DdF9d——

1 cards, pe -------------- --
Diniits, in envelo s, per dozen__ ...... _. _..
By-Laws of the tate Grange, single co 88.

10c;pei' d0zen.-._ ....... -; - - - - - - - — — - - -—.—--
" Glad Eclciloes.” with music, s gle copies. 3
cm” 'é’°i?i.18$§.‘,‘.;:;.;.1:.‘.;;.13§:m;.32.i‘aai.;.; 4
Opening Son Card, 2c_ each: 759 De!‘ 50; 100-. 1
Rituals, 7th ‘tion (with combined d88r088).
D250 each ‘ per down ------ —_— --------------- --
Bituals, sch dsgree._set of nm6---
Rituals, J uvenile, single coma.-.
Rituals, J uvqnlle. Def 89‘? ----------- --
Notice to dehnquent members. per 100
American Manual of Parliamentary
Difipst of laws and RUHDSE --------------- —-
Bo books -------------- —-.v--——. ------------ --
sgmple package cooperative litersture..__.
Kelley's History of the Grange  ....... ..k‘

W ‘as f ' gold pins b 886. W01‘ 1118
mg: sta(fl)'riii)dluciIfili0_igs, seals, ballot boxes and any
ot er grunge supp ies.

Address MISS JENNIE BUELL.
ANN Anson. Miou.

 

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Farms in Isabella County

AVERAGE ABOUT SEVENTY ACRES EACH.

Beautiful homes, large barns. fruitful orchards,
neat country school houses and churches, thriv-
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others are rospering, and so can you. [mim-

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To show the manner in which the rem-
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quickly and effectually it cures stomach
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Mr. J. O. Wondly of Peoria, Ills., writes:
I was unable to eat anything but the plain-
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but since using one box of Stuart’s Dys-
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everything I want.

Mrs. Samuel Kepple, of Girty, Pa.,
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my stomach troubles by your Tablets. I
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gas at night. I am thankful for them_

Mrs. A. E. Bowen, Barnard, Vt., writes:
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Brain Work.

CONDUCTED BY “ NANCY LEE.”

Open to all. Contributions and solutions de-
sired. Issued the first and third Thursdziys of each
month. Subscription 50 cents per year. Address
all puzzle mzittcr to THOMAS A. i\IlLl..-\R, 500, 12th
Street, Detroit, Mich.

SOLUTIONS TO XXIV.

x54, Castles, Asphalt, Spearer, Thalame,
Larabee, Element, Streets. 155, S, Cut,
Tapur, Tapered, Capernaum, Supersedeas,
Turnerite, Readies, Duets, Wal. 156, Pos-
tillator, Overnoised, Semitones, Tributer,
Intuses, Looted, Lines, Aser, Tes. 157,
N, Fi, Sog, Sang, Bzinda, Ranter, Barnard,
Saunolin, Santaline, Ponderlngs, Niggard-
ness. 158, Brain Work-Birth-day. 159,
Decession, Levantine, Resenting, Divert-
ers, Departers, Disinters, Masseters, Dark-
eners, Relessors. I60, Decession, Dement-
ing, Cementing, Decanters, Filanders, Lav-
enders, Foresters, Reverters, Detesters.
161, Apple pie, Pounning, Deculate, Lev-
cines, Enlivest, Pianetti, Intestine, Egest-
mg.

SOLVERS.

Completes, none; incompletes, Frantz,
7% ; J. C. M, 6%; Aspiro, 6; Calvin, 5; G.
Whizz, Vetturino, Es Osmy, H. Ennis,
Black Eyed Charley; Sylvester, J. C. M,
Brom Bones, Arty Fishel, Cinders, Holly,
Faraway, Yama, Uridge, Romola, Psis,
Empty, Edris,Nedmac, Barry 0. Phay,
Cap Rice, Osiris, Nypho,Joll H. Hint,
Icktz, Ompholos, Phil 0. Sopher, H. S.
Nut. Sappho, 3; Zadia, Granite Poser,
Flactem, Columbia, 2; Folga, Don Keho-
tee, Al Ladin, Sister, Grace, Terfmop,
Lillian, Lily May, A Noah, Glendennis,
Uinobus, Mac, E. B. Lings, Ashes, Jen-
nie Cash, Bachelor, Oliver Omega, A

Noah, 1. Total, 53.
PRIZE WINNERS.
I. Not won. 2 and 3, Frantz, and J. C.

M., The Detroit Puzzler six months each.
Zadia and Bachelor, one G. Whizz direct-
ory each.
BRAIN VVORK, xxvii AND LAST.
No. 175.—Dz'amond.

i. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. Health-
ier. 4. Catch flies. 5. Inflammation ofthe
Palate (Cent.). 6. Without a ordination

(Cent). 7. Generations. 8. Requitals. 9.
Small herrings. 10. Society of Antiqua-
rians, abb, II. A letter.

San Francisco, Cal. J. C. M.

No. 176'.—N. S. Diamond.

I. A letter. 2. A conjunction. 3. A
piece of wood. 4. Short cut. 5. A Bra-
zillian bird. 6 A judge. 7. Trifling. 8.

A genus of plants. 9. A certain hellebore.
10. A genus of shells. II. An imaginary

animal. 12. A mineral. 13. American
fish. 14, Sharp. 15. A perfection. 16. A
pronoun. 17. A letter.

Park Side, Ill. MYSTAGOGUI-:.
No. 177.—Double Letter Enigma.
“ Down sucking” sluice, the old mill stream
Gives half its flood to “ Labors ends,”
While all the rest in “glistening gleam”
Adown the PRIMAL headlong wends.
Forsooth a slender barrier holds
Against the lakelets gathering drift,
And on its edge a laddie bold
Makes way above the torrent swift.

But TOTAL, lentless venture gave,——
His feet slip off midway the run,

Nor sudden effort served to save
The FINAL from the swirling ONE.

In such distress inordinate,

In keen lament he sees what comes,
For just a moment’s careless state,

In sampling a favorite plum.

Salem, N. H. Paorsus.

No. 178.—A Singular Plural.

A plural noun I offer you,
Where “dice” instanter springs to view;
Append an “ S" and lol you see,
A “ goddess” in her majesty
Before you stand. Abashed you fly
And now the “ dice" neglected lie.

Centralia, Ill. Asmno.

No. 179.-—In-verted Pyramid.

DOWN: 1. A letter. 2. A conjunction,
3. Certain tones. 4. P. O. Chippewa Co.,
Wis, 5. Tiaras. 6. Olios. 7. Merchants.
8. 19-79 (Bifil). 9. Poison (ob.s.). io. Pas-
times. 11. ountain of Arabia (B1Ij.). 12.
A measure. 13. A letter.

Boston, Mass. H. S. Nur.

No. 180.—-Reversed Rhomboid.
DOWN: I. A letter. 2. River of Italy.
3. A trick. 4. That not. 5. Island in the
Mediterranean. 6. Morning worship. 7.
Ancient saucer like vessels of earthenware.
8. To promote the perfect suppuration. 9.
A descendant of Agar. 10. To detail. II.
A crook (P. E'.). 12. A hinge (P. E.) 13.
A feminine nickname. 14. A Roman coin.
i 5. A letter.

White House, N. J.

PRIZES.

For the three best lists of solutions to
Brain Work XXV, XXVI, and XXVII,
we will give each a six months subscrip-
tion to The Detroit Puzzler, also two
small prizes will be awarded by lot among
the other solvers. Solutions to all three
numbers will remain open until Sept. 10.
Prize winners will be announced in “ Lily
May’s” Detroit Puzzler.

CHAT.

CALVIN.

The time has come “ mystic friends” to
say good bye to “ Brain Work.” Our eyes
grow dim as we pen this last “Chat” to

on. We were expecting a boom for
“ Brain Work” this coming fall, but the
publisher has called a halt, lack of financial
aid is the cause. otherwise it was a signal
success. We have about three hundred
puzzles left over which will be used in
“Puzzledom” in The North Star, con-
ducted by us (only 15 centsa year, sub-
scribe), and what we‘cz1nnot use will be
turned over to “ Lily May” for use in her
puzzle paper, each puzzler or puzzleress
will receive copy of paper containing their
own “con.” Calvin’s Inverted Pyramid in
XXVI is something similar to No. 65 in
Ros. McGinty’s Puzzlecraft. Frantz’s
seven letter square in The Detroit Puz-
zler for June is old enough to vote, so says
Elbert;——coincidences will happen as long
as puzzledom exists. Those that solved
the Cryptogram in Brain VVork XXVI,
learned something. Brain VVork, for the
last time good bye. Brain “fork is dead!
Long live Brain Work (Puzzledom), until
we meet again.

NANCY LEE.

SELF MADE MEN.

[Read at Huron Pomona by Homer Dilts.]
Self made men. How common
is the expression, but how often do
we stop to consider the real defini-
tion, and the real merits and facul-
ties of the people we refer to as
self made men. VVe usually find
them men who have started at zero,
and through their abilities have
worked up in that progressive stage
that they are called somebody.
Now the idea originated with me.
why could I not be somebody?
And I flatter myself that it was a
good idea too, if it is original, to
have the Honorable, Reverend, or
Professor attached to my name.
And it is nothing more than I am
worthy of, for. I think I am com-
petent to fill some if not all of
those professions very gracefully.
But which profession was the most
appropriate, all things considered,
was the part that caused me serious
meditation. If I ran for the sen-
ate my former record might be
made public, and that might not be
altogether pleasant. If I studied
for the bar, I would be termed a
pettifogger. Now I might be a poet.
Yes a poet’s is a grand and noble
profession. But it is overdone.
There is not a thing on the earth
or in it, but some poet has written
an ode on it. No, a poet’s life is no
life for me. If I ever turn out to
be somebody I will have to take
some other duty. N ow there is the
artist and the prophet. It is bet-
ter to be a prophet than nobody.
But everybody is more or less a.
prophet. A farmer prophesies rain
as soon as his hay is in proper con-
dition to put in the barn, drouth
when he wants rain, clouds when he
wants sunshine, Heaven for himself
and family, but for his neighbors
he prophesies poor encouragement
for them in the next world. If
there should be an elopement or
scandal in your locality and you
happen to speak to your wife about
it she would show no surprise, she
would just say, I prophesied that
long ago. But this has nothing to
do with my profession, only I would
sooner be a henpecked man than a
prophet. But an artist. I think I
have struck the proper thing at
last. Yes, after thinking over the
matter for about ten minutes, and
considering all the pros and cons,
wheres and wherefores, I knew I had
discovered my pet idea of making
myself somebody in studying up
the requirements of an artist, what
abilities they required, and what
constitutes a true artist I find the
following: All true artists have as
small a share of this world’s goods
as it is possible to have and live,
yes I am told a great number live
on faith and hope. And I really
believe there are more living on
that than on the products of their
brush. Well that part strikes me
very forcibly as far as poverty is
concerned. And the artists can
perform a large amount of their
workbetween the arms of a comfort-
able chair. That is another part
of the profession that causes me to

admire it. Then there is money
in it for good artists, andthat of
course is what I will be. I really
cannot surmise why there are so
many daubers in the country when
there is such a demand for artistic
work. We often hear it said that
artists are poor in a financial way.
It is just because they are poor in
a professional way. -

Well after taking an inventory of
my studio, or den, as it ismore com-
monly called by the fraternity, I
find the following articles: Myself,
one easel, two plaques, two brushes,
one new and one borrowed, one
arm chair minus the bottom but
replaced with ropes, one boot-jack,
pair slippers, one beer glass, four
clay pipes, one spittoon, one shav-
ing cup, one book entitled “ In-
structions to beginners,” price ten

cents, one-half dozen boxes of
paint; on the wall hang some paint-
ings of the most celebrated artists
of this and the old world, also an
old boot top for strapping razor. I
think that was the extent of my
worldly goods, unless it was some
cobwebs I overlooked at the time.
Now being ready for business, I
took the editor’s advice and adver-
tised. Yes, I advertised so heavy I
had everything in my den mort-
gaged to pay for it. Well, the fol-
lowing morning I had my first
customer. It was 8. lady, that is if
jewelry and fine apparel constitute
a. lady. She said she wished to see
the Professor. “I have that honor
madam,” said I, “is there any ser-
vice I can render you ?” “ I have
called to employ you to paint dear
little Gi'over’s picture, if you have
not too many orders ahead.” “ I
have a number of orders ahead,” I
replied, “ but I will devote my
present time to it, considering it is
3. child’s picture.” “ I would have
you understand,” she replied with
some dignity, “ that my dear little
Grover is not a. child, but a pug
dog.” I did not swear, as some
unmannerly fellows would have
done, nor did I fa.int——that’s too
feminine. I started for the floor
backwards, I came in contact with
my rope bottom chair, there I stop-
ped and sat, and sat. I soon got
my five senses together, then I
asked her if her “ dorg,” I pro-
nouuced it as though it was spelled
d-o-r-g, was enjoying good health.
“ That is the doctor’s opinion,”
said she, with her returning good
humor. “ Well madam,” said I,
“I am very glad to hear so good
an account of your dog's health,
and I hope he will continue so. I
hope madam your dog will live
long enough to teach its mistress
some common sense.” That was
all I said, but that was enough. I
knew I had lost a customer, and
the first one too. I did not intend
to aspire to too high 8. work on art
on the start, but I was determined
to draw a line when it came to pug
dogs.
I was mad 8. whole week and as
I had no more patrons in the mean-
time, and had been dunned several
times for my groceries and adver-
tisements, I deemed it advisable to
introduce myself to the public in
some other manner. I concluded
to go on and paint 9. picture from
nature. Iwould not go to Rome
or Florence, as the older artists had
done, but paint a home scene. Yes,
some incident that happened or
would be natural here, or near
Grangeville. I had the outlines
in my memory. All I had to do
now was to transfer it on canvas,
put on some finishing touches, and
get it on the market as soon as pos-
sible. I knew it would sell as
soon as practical judges had seen
it. I would not only get a good
recommendation through it, but
would get some money to pay poor
debts with. Considering a little
incident that followed soon after
this it probably would be advisa-
ble to introduce my picture now,
although it is not quite finished.
It is, or will be entitled when com-
pleted, “Pulling Peas for D. M.
Ferry.” In the background we
see a. large field of peas, weeds,
grass, and thistles. In the front
we see two children, one stooped
over gathering the vines into small
piles, while his companion is seat-
ed on a. stone pile near by extract-
ing thistles that had found a con-
venient hiding place in the crack
of an ancient pair of shoes. Now
I do not expect to get my credit
from the idea of the picture, but
from the artistic finish that I will
give it.
I had worked for about two weeks
on it, and was busily engaged when
my door was suddenly opened, and
in steps, uninvited, a fellow with

more rags than brains, and wishing
to make himself agreeable after his
intrusion, commenced to flatter me
on my work. The first question
he asked me Was, if I intended it
to represent two pigs in a clover
field. Oh, that idiot, he did not
know clover from peas, or pigs
from children. Now this is where
patience comes in. Instead of
throwing my picture at him and
spoiling a thousand dollar piece
of art, as well as being arrested for
cruelty to animals, I told him to
help himself to my tobacco and I
would explain to him what it rep-
resented. “ Here,” said I pointing
to the young lady sitting on the stone
pile,“ that represents the statue,
Goddess of Liberty, and the young
man gathering peas represents
Farming, he will soon be secretary
of agriculture in some president’s
cabinet,” but I did not explain any
farther for he had taken his de-
parture. He thought I was lying
to him. So after bathing my
mouth and throat with an internal
application of brandy, to steady my
nerves, I was permitted to devote
the remainder‘ of the day to my
work undisturbed. But I had a
presentiment of some approaching
evil. There was a depression in
my spirits that I could not account
for. I had no doubt but my work
would be 3. success if I ever got it
done, but I had great doubts for
its future for some unknown cause.
The house might burn down, rob-
bers might break through and steal
it. And then some artist on hear-
ing that I was devoting all my
time to secret work might mistrust
and through some manner cause
the destruction of it.

But time goes on, my work is
nearly completed, my hope has
again revived. I see in the near
future wealth, friends, popularity,
success. When I look back at that
time I wonder how I could have
been so confident, and yet so care-
less. ,

It was 8. warm, pleasant after-
noon. I had raised the windows in
my den to admit a. little fresh air,
and after brushing two large green
grasshoppers out of my dessert dish
that remained on the table since
my last meal, and with my back to
the picture, had sat down to smoke
my last pipe of tobacco and enjoy
a few moments rest. I might have
sat there for five minutes, or it
might have been fifteen, when
something caused me to turn my
head. Oh, horrors! those two long-
legged, green-sided grasshoppers
had discovered my miniature pea.
field and had taken possession.
The different colored paints were
yet fresh, and those pesky hoppers
had turned my picture into a skat-
ing rink or toboggan slide. It was
ruined. It would never go before
the public as a masterpiece unless
it was for hopper making paint.
The statue of Liberty had her nose
drawn down till it looked like apes.
Vine, and the end of it chafing on
the rocks at her feet. And our
representative for agriculture!
where, oh where was he? Wiped
off of the earth (or rather off of the
canvas) completely.

That is the end of it. My tale is
told, and I am worthy of your sym-
mathy. I turned out to be nobody,
thereby fulfilling all the predic-
tions made for me.

HERE IS A CHANCE.

We have seen a number of watch chains
ornamented with a pretty charm in the
shape of a. watch case opener, which ob-
vii-ites the use of a knife or fingernail to
open the watch. They are sent free on
request by the Keystone Watch Case
Company. of Philadelphia, Pa. Your
jeweler here may have one for you; if
not, send to Philadelphia.

The Keystone Watch Case Company is
the largest concern of its kind in the
world. Its capacity is 2500 watch cases
per day. It manufactures every descrip-
tion of case, but its great specialty is
that most popular of all watch cases, the
J as. Boss gold filled. These are equal in
beauty and wear to solid gold—while they
cost only about one-half as much. Boss
and other Keystone cases are the only
cases that have the famous Non-pull-out
bow or ring, which saves the watch from
theft and accident. The Keystone Com-
pany does not retail, but our local jewel-
ers handle the cases and swear by the
thief-proof qualities of the ring.

 

THE STRIKE OVER.

The serious labor troubles have. to a
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of business. The uncertainty of trans-
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

 

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AUGUST 2, 1894.

Noficas of Meeiings.

WESTERN POMONA.

The regular meeting of \Vestern Pomo-
na Grange will be held with Olive Center
Grange August 23 and 24. All fourth de-
gree members earnestly desired to attend.

PROGRAM.

is there any limit to improvement in ag-
riculture? Charles H. Hoyt.

Select reading, Nora Fellows.

Music.

“\Vhich is the better source of knowl-
edge to the farmer, reading or observa-
tion ?” Robert Alward.

Essay, A. R. Robinson.

“ Have men of thought been more bene-
ficial to the world than men of action?”
Dwight Cheesman.

Recitation, Mary Welton.

Oration, Wm. M. Jacques.

“ Is card playing a safe and justifiable
amusement?” Sister R. Stauffer.

Music, Select reading, Alice Jacques.

Recitation, Dwight Cheesman.

“ Is the maxim, ‘\Vhere there’s a will
there’s a way,’ true?” Sister Levi Fellows.

“ Do we as farmers give the boys all
the privileges we should?” Sister Thomas
\Vilde.

Grange News.

Correspondeiits, and all ‘Patrons iiidecd, are re-
quested to send us postal cards _<_riviiig sonic news
iottiiig.—anytliiiig of iiiterestto _\'on. It will inter-
est others. Please also send short ansivcrs to
some iir all of the follo\\'iii;: qiicstioiis. Help us
to iiiiikc this the most viiliiiililc coliiiiiii iii the Vis-
ITOR.

i. How is your Grziiige pr<ispcriii_<_-;.‘

'2, Hztvc \'oii iii:i.n\' yiiiing poo ilc?

3. \Vh-at do outsiders think of your (iriinge and
its work.‘

4. \\'h:it (Iifficiilties do you meet?

5, \\'liat are your prospects?

(I, \\'hat is most needed in Graiige work in your
vicinity.‘

7. In what way iirc your members niost lieiietitcd
by belonging to the Grange?

OBITUARY.

The members of Rochester Grange, No.
257, feel in the death of their honored
brother, Joshua Van I-loosen, that this
Grange has lost a constant supporter and
an earnest worker. Co-operation was his
watchword first, last, and always. He
grieved that so many of the world’s honest
toilers were unwilling to care for theirown
interests and business. They realize that
in the death of their brother the agricultur-
ists of Oakland and Macomb counties have
lost one of their brightest and happiest
workers in public meetings; the poor and
needy have lost a public benefactor and
the loss in the Grange is irreparable.

The following is a portion of Resolu-
tions adopted by Flat Rock Grange July
12, 1894.

\VHF.RE.~\S, It has pleased the Divine
Master to remove from among us Sister
Margaret M. \Velle. and. whereas, by her
death Flat Rock Grange has lost a re-
spected and worthy member; therefore
be it

.R€S()l7JCd, That we extend our heartfelt
sympathies to the husband and friends of
the deceased, and Coniineiid them for con-
solation to dim who doeth all things well
and whose Cli.lSl.le't.‘ll‘lCl‘ll..s' are givcii in love
and mei'c_\'.

(Signed) WILL G. P.\RisH,
_IEN_\IEE. BERRY,
fii.i..\ .\I. l’.\Ri<1sii.

Cinimzittec.

POST.-\L jO‘l‘Tl.\‘(;.\‘.

Children's day was observed by Fremont
Grange, No. 49.1., in a becoming manner.
There was a good attendance and all went
merry. To our worthy lecturer belongs
much of the credit for making the
day a success. l\Iet at lo a. m.. and pre-
pared a bountiful dinner. The tables were
decorated with flowers, and refreshments
were served to all present. There were
about 150 happy children, and all enjoyed
their dinner. They then returned to the
upper hall. where they were called to order
by the worthy master. The exercises con-
sisted of singing and recitations. The pro-
gram was fully carried out but wholly by
the children.

.\IRs. \V. C. Srcmzr.

MAGAZINE NOTICES.
The last of Frank Bolles’ papers, “Au-
gust Birds in Cape Breton,” has the place
of honor in the August Atlantic, at the
right hand of the hostess, so to speak, for
it follows immediately upon the install-
ment of Mrs. DeIand’s "Philip and His
Wife,” at the opening of the number. In
the third place stands Susan Coolidge’s
“ The Girlhood of an Autocrat,” the story
of the famous Empress Catherine of
Russia. But the order of precedence does
not fix the relative merits of the contri-
butions to the magazine,for towards the
end is a significant paper, “ The College
Graduate and Public Life,” by Theodore
Roosevelt. The life with which he deals
is that of politics, a practical phase of
which is discussed in Mr. A. H. Wash-
burn’s paper “Some EviI’s of our Con-
sular Service.

The recent Senatorial investigation
growing out of the charges of bribery
against the Sugar Trust in connection
with the tariff bill furnishes occasion for
an important article which appears in the
August number of the North American
Review. It is written by Senator William
Vincent Allen of Nebraska, who is a
member of the investigation committee
and who has taken a prominent part in
its deliberations.

Congressman John Davis’s article in
the Arena for August on “Money in
Politics,” will be widely read by men of
all opinions. Money can be in politics in
three ways. As direct or indirect corrup-
tion of individuals for immediate politi-
cal results; by the debauching of public
sentiment in the press, and, in a broader
and truer sense. when Money is a politi-
cal question. This third view of the sub-

ject, occupies Mr. Davis's attention. in a
review of the financial legislation of the
c entury from the scientific point of view.

Maurice Thompson is well known as a
fascinating writer of short stories. For
the August Li'ppincott’s he has written
one of these interesting tales. entitled
“Sweetheart Manette.” If one likes sto-
ries of a high order, he can not do better
than to invest in the August L1'.pp2'nc0tt’s;
price 25 cents. There are a dozen other
interesting articles besides the story.

A symposium in the August Forum
deals with crime and its increase. There
are four articles included in the following
topics, (a) Principles involved in the re-
cent strike; (b) Punishment of Anarchists
and others; (c) Criminal degradation of
New York citizenship; (d) The increase
of crime, and positivist criminology.

These are not the only interesting arti-
cles, by any means. The Forum is in all
respects standard. You can count on t
articles as being timely and of a high de-
gree of merit.

 

TRUE COURTESY.

[Read at Inghnm Pomona Grange by W. A. Olds.]

“Go forth in the morning and
sow thy seed; in the evening with-
hold not thy hand; thou knowest
not which will prosper, either this
or that.” “ Withhold not thy
ham .” Did you ever think of
that, when an opportunity present-
ed itself, to grasp the hand of a.

ffellow-being and give it 8 hearty

shake? VVhat will put more en-
thusiasm into a meeting like this
than a good hearty handshake for
the whole company‘? Brothers and
sisters. this is where a few of us
fail. \Ve are too shy of each other,
and are apt to think each other
stuck up or something of that sort,
when if we would step right up
and take the brother or sister by
the hand and find out who and
what they are, our opinion of them
might change in a very short time.
And where such a state of affairs
prevails you will never hear of a.
Grange going down.

Do you know of any persons
who go around the country half
crazy over the temperance ques-
tion ; and telling you how fast the sa-
loons are filling our penitentiaries,
asylums, and poorhouses; but never
liftinga finger to guide those un-
fortunates in a better way. They
say intemperance is the cause of
nearly three-fourths of the crime
and misery in the world. I say
society is the cause of that and
even more. Society is to blame for
the whole of it. People do not of
themselves like to live in crime
and misery. The lowly cannot
help themselves. They are held
down by those who think or believe
they lead the way to a higher and
nobler life.

There is plenty for all in this
World, if an equal division were
made. In society What elevates
one man lowers another. Green-
backs and silver did not depreciate
during the late war. Gold went
up and left them where they Were.
Just so in society. A few have
gathered together a. large share of
this world’s goods and mounted a.
higher plane so to speak, and con-
sequently a larger number seeing
themselves cast off and left behind
give up in despair.

You may build churches higher
than the heavens, and other socie-
ties in proportion, you will never
crush intemperance, and raise
the lowly out of the pit into which
they have fallen, until your mem-
bers step right down on a level
and take the brother or sister by
the hand and say come, follow me.
Brothers and sisters, you can with
your hands preach more sermons
and deliver more lectures than
Beecher or Talmage ever thought
of. When you do this society will
take a step in the direction God
meant it to travel.

Perhaps you say to yourself as
you pass along the journey of life,
this man is the banker, I will try
and make his acquaintance. That
man is a laborer, I will cross the
street to avoid meeting him. This
lady is the tnillionaire’s daughter;
and you put on a pleasant smile,
raise your hat with a good morn-
ing, greet her as such. You next
meet your W8.Sl18I‘WOII18.I], and you
pass her without a grunt. Why
not bestow some of your courtesies
upon the common people and
among those less fortunate than
yourself? In old age they will rise
up and bless you. While the higher
class, so much taken up with this
world’s goods, will not know that
you ever existed.

Why not take heed of the good
husbandman who has lately come
into possession of some old fields
encumbered with stone heaps, logs,
and brush? He clears away the
rubbish and plants the fields with
corn. And 10, at harvest time the
corn on the old cleared land was
spindling and gave small return;

while that on the rough places was . they live.

stout and gave abundant harvest.
So let us remember the text,
“Witlihold not thy hand, thou
knows-.-t not which will prosper,
either this or that.”

There are other ways of showing
our gm d will toward man. Our
Maker has given us the power of
speech. You can always extend
the hand, but you must guard your
tongue every moment. If you have
anything good to say, say it by all
means. You may thereby cheer a
downcast brother and put sunshine
into the darkest day for him.

Did you ever come to a railroad
crossing: in the night and find 9.
freight train across the track? Per-
haps raining and yourself not a.
minute to spare. Soon a brake-
man sees you, he comes out, di-
vides the train, and you pass
through. Did you thank that
brakeman? If not you owe him a
debt you can never pay. For you
knew him not and perhaps will
never see him again in this world;
and you would be ashamed to meet
him in the next.

There are hundreds of such in-
stances which you can easily re-
call, happening every day. Put
yourself on guard and make the
most of them. It may be the
means of showing to our downcast
brothers and sisters that there are
yet some who care for them; and
they will have new courage with
which to meet the world in the
future.

Let me tell you about thieves
who steal what they have no use
for, and what they cannot sell in
the market. I will give you a
couple of illustrations that you may
see what I mean. Mrs. Smith to
Mrs. Cole, after hearing a grand
lecture, “Wasn’t that lecture just
splendid?” “What! that lecture!
When I was in New York I heard
the same man and he did ten times
better.” By those Words Mrs. Cole
had stolen all the good thoughts
and ideas that Mrs. Smith had
gathered from the lecture and had
no use for them herself because
she had heard something better.

Rose and Florence, two school
girls: “ Good morning, Florence,
I see you have a new dress. How
much did it cost a yard?” “ Twenty
cents, and don’t you think it
lovely?” “ Twenty cents! My! you
shock me. I know where you can
get the same goods for eleven, and
as it is going out of style I think
you can get it for six.” Florence
went home, put the new dress away
in one corner of her trunk. Rose
had stolen all the enjoyment of
wearing it from her. Those are
the kind of thieves I mean. I hope
there are none in the Grange.

Let us take 3. walk with a
stranger. We see various sorts of
people, actions, and objects. Watch
your new friend, and you can read
his character through and through
before you have gone many blocks,
by the things he notices, and the
things he laughs at. We should
not notice queer things about peo-
ple they cannot help, thereby mak-
ing them more miserable; without
any benefit to ourselves. If Susan
is cross—eyed, don’t tell her of it,
she knows it. If John is bow-leg-
god, don’t be all the time looking
at his gait. If Charles cannot talk
plain, its bad enough for him, with-
out your laughing at every mis-
take. To make the matter short,
prove yourself to be 8. gentleman
or lady where so many fail. Do
not make life harder to bear for
those less fortunate than yourself;
by placing your foot upon them
and pointing out all their inferior
qualities. Let him cast the first
stone who himself is pure.

Let me caution you once more
to guard your tongue, “ It may be
an unruly evil, full of deadly poi-
son;” or “like the tongue of the
just which is as choice silver,” and,
“the Wholesome tongue is the tree
of life.”

We should not bestow all our
courtesies upon men and women;
save a share for the boys and girls.
Notice the boys and girls by all
means, for you know not what they
may be. A man or woman can be
nothing but what they are. In the
boy or girl there may be a presi-
dent or judge in embryo, or 8. wife
or mother of equally great men.

Brothers and sisters, let us give
more attention to the training of
our children’s hearts and minds;
and less to teaching them manners.
And in old age they will honor us
as fathers and mothers; and we
shall see in them the embodiment
of courtesy and self denial; and be
9. benefit to the community in which
Their tongues shall tell

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The History ml the Grange.

Patrons who have read the VISITOR
have noticed the mention recently made
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“History of the Patrons oi Husbandry."

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