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VOL. XIX, N0. 18.

LANSING, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.

WHOLE N0. 450.

OUR STATE INSTITUTIONS.

The Asylums for the Insane.

[VVe invite our readers to ask any questions they may wish
in regard to the details of work, conduct, or expense of any
department or institution which we have already described in
this series of articles. \Ve shall be lad to reply to the best
of our ability, through the Visiroinf

The Asylum System.

GOVERNMENT.

The asylums for the insane of the state
are each controlled by a separate board of
trustees, of six members, appointed by the
governor for a term of six years. Two of
each board shall reside within three miles of
their respective asylums. Each board ap-
points a superintendent, determines salaries
of oflicers, frames by-laws, and has general
supervision of the institution. A committee
of the board shall visit the asylum at least
once a month, a majority once every three
months, and the whole board at least once
a year. The boards of each asylum hold a
joint meeting at least twice a year, at the
different asylums, to adjust questions of
common interest.

The medical superintendent is chief oili-
cer of the asylum. With the approval of
the trustees he appoints the assistant phy-
sicians and all other employee. He is re-
quired to know the condition of all patients,
to keep a complete record of each admis-
sion, to give patients work so far as possi-
ble, and to enforce discipline among
employés. His duties are largely admin-
istrative, although he must be a physician.

The treasurer, in addition to the usual
duties, has power to compel the relatives
of patients to defray the expenses of an
insane person’s support, when such is legal.

The steward makes all purchases for the
institution, and keeps a record of the cost
of supporting each patient.

THE ADMIBSON OF PATIENTS.

Patients are classified as private, indi-
gent, and pauper patients.

1. Private patients are such as are able
to be supported from their own property,
or by their friends. Such patients are
admitted by order of the judge of probate,
on certificate of insanity by two qualified
physicians, and at the request of the guar-
dian; also a $1,000 bond must be executed
by two responsible parties, agreeing to pay
in advance, quarterly, for the support of
the patient.

2. Indigent patients are those who have
never been a county charge, but have not
sufficient property to maintain them at the
asylum. They are admitted on order of
the judge of probate, who has previously,
either personally or by jury, decided the
questions of insanity (as for private pa-
tients), and of indigence. Such patients
are kept at the expense of the county from

- which they come.

3. Pauper patients are those inmates of
poorhouses who become insane. They are
admitted on order of the judge of probate.
and are maintained at county expense.

When any patient whose maintenance has
been wholly provided for at county expense
for two years, is still uncured, he be-
comes thereafter a state patient, and the
auditor general is authorized to pay to the
asylum the cost of maintenance of such
patient.

TREATMENT. ,

When a patient arrives he is subjected
to a thorough examination as to his phys-
ical health and mental condition. The
results are recorded, and a history of the
case is kept, showing important changes in
condition. There are three grades of halls,
the convalescent’, the intermediate, and the
violent. Patients are grouped in this way,
as their condition warrants. Each hall is
under the direct charge of a supervisor,
with as many attendants as may be neces-
sary, and carries out the orders of the phy-
sician. The assistant physicians are as-
signed to certain halls or wards, and are
required to make two visits daily to each
patient. _

It is considered that the patient needs,
more than anything else, to be built up
physically. Cons uently the sanitaafy ar-
rangements of the uildings are in e as
perfect as may be, inmates are given as

much recreation in the open air as possi-
ble, wholesome food isfurnished, and,when-
ever practicable, _
sort is provided. Patients

suitable work of some
are given such

meglical treatment as will tend to the same
en .

The surroundings are pleasant and agree-
able, every effort being made to create a
homelike place. Many patients read con-
siderably. The physicians endeavor to get
acquainted with patients, and to encourage
and cheer them. By chapel and other ex-
ercises moral influences are invoked.

We will now present a few notes concern-
ing the various asylums.

The Michigan Asylum.

The Michigan asylum, located at Kala-
mazoo, was organized in 1859. Like all the
other asylums, it occupies beautiful grounds.
The main buildings, though old, are pleasant
and serviceable, and accommodate about
900 patients. Two and one-half miles from
these grounds is the colony farm, with three
cottages for females, holding 175, and one
for males, occupied by 60. The total num-
ber of patients during 1894 (year ending
in June) was 1,359, with a daily average
of 1,115. June 25 there were 1,154, classi-
fied as follows: Private patients, 108;
county, 262; state, 784. To care for these
required 85 female and 51 male attendants.
The current expenses for the same year
were $241,000, and, with an expenditure of
$63,000 of special appropriations, made the
total disbursements $304,000. The cost of
maintenance per patient is $3.36 a week.

The district covered by this asylum com-
prises the following counties: Allegan,
Barry, Branch, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass,
Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ingham, Ionia,
Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Lenawee, Mon-
roe, Ottawa, St. Joseph, Van Buren.

The female attendants are paid from $14 _—_'

to $24 a month (with board and washing),
and the male attendants $24 to $34 a month.
They are obliged to be on duty 12 to 14
hours a day, and to be in the building
nearly all of the time. They are instructed
personally, and in a training school, where
lectures are given on medical topics, nurs-
ing, etc.

The farms raise the vegetables, and con-
tribute the entire milk supply. These
are sold to the asylum at market rates and
the proceeds credited to the farm.

The following figures are taken from the
report of 1892, the last in print. Cost to
state, $158,476.28.

DISBURSEMENTS ONE YEAR, 1892.

 
  
    
 
 

Salaries and wages ............................... .. $15,960 9*
Food . . . . _ _ . . _ . . . _ _. 57,589
(Aothini! .__._ 11.6%
Laundry 4,733
Heating _ ...__ 16.318

. 5,103

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ssassssssssass-

Light .............. .. .
Medical supplies .... ..
Stationery and printing.

Amusement and instruction ...__ 384
Household supplies _ . _ . . _ . _ _ . . .. 4.691
Furniture and bedding -_.. . 7,137
Improvements and repairs ________ .. _. 14,485
Tools and machinery ______________ .. . 456
Farms, garden. stock, and grounds. 11,767
Freight and transportation ....... . - 836

Miscellaneous ____________________________ -.::‘.::-_:
Total __________________ .-'. ____________________ -_$186,063.69

Inventory of property $950,507.60. The
medical superintendent receives $2,500; the
assistant superintendent $1,400; one assist-
ant physician $1,200; two, $800 each; and
one, $600. These all receive board and
washing in addition.

The Eastern Michigan Asylum.

This is located at Pontiac, and was
opened for patients in 1878. It possesses
a tract of land of 400 acres, 100 of which
are occupied by the grounds and buildings.
There is a large vegetable garden, also fruit
gardens and orchard. Most of the vegeta-
bles for the institution are raised. The
rest of the farm is used as a dairy farm for
supplying milk to the institution. A herd
of 100 grade Holsteins is kept,——and they
are all dehorned. There are silos having
a capacity of 600 tons.

The large main building, which was par-
tially destroyed by fire a few years ago,
has been rebuilt nearly on the former plans,
and no traces remain of the disaster. There
are two cottages, the Vinton and Bald-
win cottages, the latter recently built at a
cost of $20,000. It accommodates 70 pa-
tients, has the most modern systems of ven-
tilation and heating, and is considered a
model cottage.

. lAbout 200 of the 500 male patients are
employed. There is a mattress shop, and
the management desires to introduce other
industries, such as broom making and
tailoring. At present there are about 1,000
patients. To care for these there are some-

thing over 100 attendants and night nurses.
Wages range about as at Kalamazoo. At-
tendants have two weeks’ vacation in the
year; also 20 hours a month, both with pay.
Qtherwise they are at the institution con-
tinuously. Male attendants may marry
and_live in town, being allowed to go home
at night. There is a training school for
attendants.

Following are some miscellaneous fig-
ures taken from the report of 1892.

 
 
 
  
  
 
 
  
  

3491'! of SnD‘t» res’ once and ........................ .. $3,000
,, “ Asst Suift “ "    1,800
“ :1 physician “    i.-zoo
.. .. .. ‘I. ‘.2 - -- 900
I ........... .. 8m
:1 jj Steward. non resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- 1,500
chief stenosrapher. non resident .......... .. 1.000
DISBUESEMENTS ONE YEAR, 1892.
Sllaries and wages .............................. .. $40,646 64
Food ............................................. .. 60,469 95
Clothing ....... -- 9,772 74
.Aun_dry 5.507 29
ilsnting _______ ,, 9,339
ulzlit . ........ .. 3,720 75
Med;cal supplies 2331 1,3
Stationery and printing . 2_775 43
Amusement and instruction 528 73
Household supplies_,__.__ 4,743 01
Furniture and bedding. ,_ 4,531 3;
Improvements and repair ._-- 11,015 91
Tools and machinery ______ __ 3,710 35
33891. garden, stock, and grounds ._ 15,960 05
Freight and transportation _______ .. 370 04
mleqllaneons ........................... .. 7,343 20
Repairs of damages by fire . _ . _ . _ . . . _ _ __ 45,473 39
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$234,841 02
Cash from state treasury. 123,207 53
Inventory ______________ __ 793,245 so

 

Northern Michigan Asylum.

I‘We have not had the privilege of visit-
 this institution. It is located at Trav-
arse City, in view of the bay. It was
opened in 1886, and had, June 30, 1892,
810 inmates. It hasa farm in connection,
his a large main building, and also cotta-
£53. The number of attendants is about

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Salary Sup’t. residence and--- ,

“ Asst Sup’t_ “ “ ._. 500

“ “ physician _ _ ‘ “ .... .. ._. ,000

" twoasst physicians “ each ...... ._. ______ . . 800
steward, non resident _________________________ ._ 1,500

DISBUBSEMENTS rwo rnaas, 1891-2.

 
 
   
    
 
 
  
  

Salaries and wages ............. .. . $55,838 48
_____________ _- - 103.337 62
Clothing _________ .- 26.529 81
Laundry... 9,870 16
Heating ....... __ 16,356 84
Lighting ...... ._ 8,537 78
Medical supplies 3,266 69
Stationery and rinting..__-_. 3,572 05
Amusement an instruction. 370 06
Household supplies _________ .. 4,633 86
Furniture and stores ..... _- 17,376 43
Improvements and repairs _ _ _ . . . _ . . _ _. 17,089 30
Tools and machinery... ...._-... ..__. 989 20
Farm. garden, stock. and grounds. .. 18,162 91
Freight and transportation ......... __ 692 84
Miscellaneous ......................... _. . 4,556 50
Special appropriations ................ .. . 41.727 70
Total _________________________________________ ..$332.858 2.4
Cost to state. two years. ................. .. 243.540 78
_________________ .. 650,621 13

  

Inventory ___.__..._..._.._

Asylum for Dangerous and Criminal Insane.

This institution is located at Ionia, and
was opened in 1885. The original building
is under the shadow of the house of cor-
rection. But the “ branch,” as it is called,
is located on the opposite side of the Grand
river. Here is the farm of 110 acres, and
two new cottages. This location is most
beautiful, giving a view of the valley of the
Grand for a dozen miles.

The classes of inmates received are as
follows:

1. Convicts in the prisons who become in-
sane while confined. They are sent by the
warden. The time of sentence counts here
as if in prison.

2. Persons convicted of crime, but who
are adjudged insane, may be sent here by
the court.

3. Persons arrested for crime, but who
before trial are shown to be insane, can be
sent here. If they recover they are then
sent back for trial.

4. Patients in other asylums who develop
homicidal tendencies. The board of cor-
rections and charities make an examination
of such cases, and on their recommenda-
tion the governor orders the transfer.

The number of inmates September 11
was 206. About 10 per cent of these_were
of class 4; 30 of them women; the majority
of class 1.

If a patient’s prison time expires while
in the asylum,he can be recommitted by the
judge of probate of Ionia county, and main-
tained at the expense of the county from
which he was sent, for two years.

The cost of maintenance is $3.29 per
week.

The government of this institution was
reorganized by the last legislature. The
board of trustees consists of but three
members, appointed by the governor for

Continued on page 5.

TAXATION IN MICHIGAN.

E. J. WRIGHT, TAX DEPARTMENT,
GENEiiAL’s OFFICE.
II.

A review of the distinctive features of
the successive general tax laws of the
state would be instructive, but, for the
present, consideration will be‘ confined
to the tax law of 1893 (Act 206), which
may be procured of the auditor gen-
eral without cost by any taxpayer.
Its first section prescribes that “all
p1'o'pei_'ty_, real and personal within the
jurisdiction of this state, not expressly
exempted, shall be subject to taxation.”
This comprehensive introductory section is
a. key to the revenue policy of the state
I am unable to read in it or anywhere be-
tween the lines, any warrant or excuse for
the failure to list and assess much property
which escapes taxation. Perhaps we may
discover some of the reasons for these
omissions before these papers are con-
cluded, but it will not be from a study of
the general tax law.

Real property includes “ all lands within
the state, and all buildings and fixtures
thereon, and appurtenances thereto,” and
is assessable ,“ where situated,” and to the
owner if known, otherwise to the occu-
pant. If there be neither owner nor occu-
pant it must be assessed as “owner un-
known.” Assessment of lands as “non-
resident ” is no longer recognized by the

aw.

AUDITOR

TAXATION TO BE UNIFORM.

The state constitution provides that
“the legislature shall provide an uniform
1- H‘! -9 "i ‘vi-J»-‘-11$‘-' ‘i ;exoept onproperty paying:

specific tax.§°5§»‘and that " all assessments" ‘

shall be on property at its cash value.”
The general tax law is in harmony with
these provisions, and section 27 defines the
term “cash value” as “the usual selling
price at the place where the property shall
be at the time of assessment, being the
price which could be obtained therefor at
private sale, and not at forced or auction
sale.” These explicit provisions of law
apply equally to real and personal property,
and the flagrant disregard thereof by
assessors is the cause of serious loss of
revenue, and materially increases the rate
of taxation upon such property as is
assessed.

Judge Cooley defines taxes as “ the en-
forced proportional contribution from per-
sons and property, levied by the state by
virtue of its sovereignty, for the support
of the government and for all public needs.
* * * The state demands and receives
them from the subjects of taxation within
its jurisdiction.” But it is not always true
that the oflicers of the state demand taxes
that are its due, nor does the state always
receive them when so demanded. [The
word “state” as here used includes its
political subdivisions.] Sometimes this
results from mistaken legislation, but more
frequently it is occasioned by lack of
knowledge or diligence, erroneous inter-
pretation, or mistaken judgment on the
part of otlicers entrusted with the enforce-
ment of the law.

WHERE THE FAULT LIES.

It is to be sincerely regretted that the
conduct of official station is often without
due regard for the law, which alone gives
the officer authority, and by which his
duties are defined’. Our own supreme
court has said, in Sillsby vs. Stockle, 44
Mich., 561: “It is sometimes matter for
serious regret, that a court is compelled to
declare a sale for taxes invalid where ap-
parently no great injustice has been suf-
fered; but when the necessity arises, it is
commonly because tax oflicers persistently
disregard the limitations which are im-
posed by express statutes upon their
authority.”

The loss of revenue by the setting aside
of tax sales, though large in the aggregate,
is, however, a small item compared with
the failure to assess all that is subject to
taxation, while both combined are but a
fraction of the amount lost by undervalu-
ation. So universal is the last named vio-
lation of the law that inquirers who ask
“what percentage of the value of real
property do you assess," are surprised

Continued on page 5.

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THE GRAl\léGE VISITOR.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.

Field and Stock.

IiuiIa'ATi0N IN MICHIGAN.

PROF. H. K. VEDDER.

A summer like that just past, when

-weather reports for weeks and weeks are

bound in truth to recdrd that “vegetation
is burned up,” “all crops are suffering for
want of rain,” etc., is calculated to stimu-
late inquiry on means to guard against the
evil effects of drouth. It does seem too
had not to put to better use many of the
beautiful lakes and streams with which
Michigan is well supplied,_ and which now
seem, from a utilitarian point of view, quite
valueless. About once in three years we are
impelled to think of this, for about so often
do we suffer from a period of rainless
weather during the time when all growing
things most need moisture. It is to
supply this want, to furnish water when it
is most needed, and at the least possible
expenditure of money and labor, that
forms a problem worthy of attack. Of
course some method of irrigation is to be
the solution of the problem, and it is
believed that another score of years will
find systematic irrigation an accepted fact
in Michigan.
AN EXAMPLE.

The writer, visited early in the summer,
a farming region in one of the most fertile
parts of Michigan. VVhile there he was
shown one farm in particular whose owner
is full of enthusiasm on the subject of
limited irrigation. It would seem that the
conditions are particularly favorable for an
experiment thei-e,—a supply of water in
sufficient quantity, slopes great enough for

. velocity, and a soil fitted to receive the

water and extract all its virtues. Besides,
the location is most favorable. Within a
short distance of a magnificent market,
naturally attention has been turned largely
to the production of vegetables and small
fruits. Had an efiicient system for water-
ing that farm been available through this
summer, it is not an exaggeration to say
that there would have been returned to the
proprietor in excess of his actual receipts
in absence of the desired improvement, an
amount equal to half the cost of the
system.
SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES.

To be independent of the uncertainties
of the weather, to secure a crop at the
earliest possible moment and of the maxi-
mum amount are desirable in any event.
The arrival of a crop at the market some

increased
return in money. It is certain that
maturity can be hastened and production
can be increased by the application of
water at the proper time. The measure of
the expense that can be profitably incurred
in securing the supply of water is just
indicated by the increased receipts. In
general it may be said that any system of
irrigation will involve considerable cost,
and none should be attempted without a
careful study of all the controlling data.
Among these are the amount of water
necessary, the source of supply, the kind
of conductor, the mode of distribution, and
the cost of maintenance as distinguished
from the cost of construction. As to
source of supply it may be a lake or a
river if conveniently situated, a storage
reservoir in extreme cases, and under
favorable circumstances wells may be
utilized for limited areas. Popular notions
on the capacity of wells and springs for
irrigating purposes are usually consider-
ably in error, being almost invariably largely
in excess. It is a copious well indeed that
can be relied on to supply a ten acre field.
In any case the quantity of water necessary
should never be left to guesswork, but
carefully computed; then add all probable
wastes, and the source of supply chosen
should be one abundantly able to furnish
the necessary amount. The conductor
must be of course a canal or ditch or some
form of conduit built of tile or pipe. For
distributing there may be achoice between
shallow ditches or furrows on the surface,
and a system of underground pipes brought
above the surface at intervals for the
purpose of applying the water from an
attached hose. While a system of sub-
surface irrigation by means of tile conduits
seems to stand in prospective favor with
some who are contemplating the subject,
it is the writer's opinion that tiles can
hardly be used with profit for the purpose.
Their legitimate function is drainage,
which by the way, and strangely enough,
is most often one of the first requirements
of a proper irrigation system.

Whatever be the means employed, it is
reasonably certain that at no distant date
the artificial supply of water in dry times
will become a recognized element of

ractical agriculture in Michigan, as it has
ong been in other countries and in parts of

our own.
Agricultural College.

days in advance of other proihiycers means
«With some crops an 1ID1D‘°_!.x‘-7.

ARMOUR ON WHEAT.

P. D. Armour, the great Chicago butcher,
speculator and elevator king, who has just
returned from a brief trip to Europe, is re-

ported to have made the followi ng remarks:
“As to the grain situation abroad the har-
vests have been good. They were nM
through when I left, and they have had
favorable weather since. At the prevailing
low prices they will take a good deal of
American wheat, but there is no scarcity
over there. I found that wheat feeding was
being a great deal resorted to and it ap-
peared to be better understood there than
it is here. Before I left Chicago we started
feeding wheat to our horses—between 800
and 900 of them——and they have thrived
on it. The big draft horses, which do not
go out of a walk, get all wheat; the others
get a mixture of one-third oats and two-
thirds wheat. Our information from the
northwest is that the feeders are picking
up the wheat there and my elevator people
tell me that they expect to get very little
of the spring grade.”

CFCFMBERS.

FRED HARRIS.

Highland is celebrated for its good peo-
ple and its pickles. But it is not of the
people I undertake to write, but of pick-
les, or rather cucumbers, which constitute
a greater part of its pickles.

Our experience in raising cucumbers ex-
tends back for a period of thirteen years,
during which time there has been market-
ed here annually the product of from 100
to 300 acres; generally something over 200.

During this time we have had seasons of.

profit and otherwise, but I think we have
fully learned that the cucumber crop pays
better than any other crop, even though it
is in very dry seasons, like this and last.
When we first began raising the crop we
thought that a great deal of rain was neces-
sary to grow them to perfection, but we have
learned by experience that a little moist-
ure and warm weather is just exactly what
is needed. Give us this and we cucumber
raisers are happy, but cold, or even cool
weather, is not calculated to improve our
crop, as it makes what cucumbers do grow,
crooked and nubby, and such are unsale-
able.
THE PROPER SOIL.

Our soil here is sandy and sandy loam,
and seems well calculated for the crop,
the latter soil more especially and of course
the better state of cultivation it is in the
more productive it is, though frequently
good fair crops are raised even in rather
poor soil by our method of culture. We
find that a good clover sod, turned under
early, produces the best results possibl

and in good seasons 200 bushels and is 22,‘.
have been raised per acre of marketarble

cucumbers, though 150 is more perhaps
than an average crop.

FERTILIZING AND CULTIVATING.

It is necessary that the land should be
fitted in as good shape as possible previous
to planting, which we commence now about
the 12th or 15th of June (we used to wait
ten days later) and this seems early enough
on account of the small striped bug that
makes himself sometimes quite busy, but
plaster sprinkled on the plants in time
stops his ravages. We plant 5 feet apart
each way, placing about 10 seeds in a hill,
which will take about one and one-fourth
pounds of seed to the acre. Seed furn-
ished us by the factory for about fifty
cents per pound. After planting the
crop is cultivated as corn and no more
trouble than corn up to the time of pick-
ing, except to thin out the plants to four
or five plants to the hill, some leave six.
My own experience is that four plants are
better than more, yet our largest crops have
been raised with six. Many hoe by hand,
but it is not necessary if they are cultivated
in time and properly. We generally mark
the land both ways, and shovel plow one
way putting a small shovel full of manure,
finer the better, in each hill, spreading it
a little, cover with dirt, then plant the
seed, (the manure must be moist if pos-
sible) and in three or four days the plants
Wlll appear. The manure in the hill seems
to start plants quickly, but the roots
very soon get outside the hill, and like the
tops, run all over the ground. After the
plants begin to run cultivation should be
very shallow. I once paid a man to spoil
a crop of five acres by cultivating too late
and too deep, as it disturbed the fibers of
which the land was full and cut off the sup-
ply of food.

PICKING.

Picking commences about six weeks af-
ter planting and from now on there is busi-
ness. And I may say that here is where
the farmers object to raising cucumbers
generally, because it is too steady business,
day after day, for about two months,though
of course they don’t object to bringing in
a good load of pickles each day, which sell
and are contracted for at forty-five cents
per bushel of fifty-four pounds. The cost of
picking cannot well be estimated, as the
weather has all to do with it. If it is cold
and they grow slow it costs relatively more,
as you have to go over the ground and find
less pickles, and many then not salable.
However, in good weather, it would take
about one good man to keep two acres well
picked. This season and last one man could
pick five acres, I think, without any trouble,

because it has been so very dry. And yet
the cost of picking is not so great. as
sometimes it’s so that this very, very dry
season they have paid better than any other
crop. It certainly did seem strange
where the moisture came from, for after
the corn, beans and potatoes were dried up
the cucumbers were going ahead. And
some around here have picked 130 bushels
to the acre already (though they are ex-
ceptions) and now the rain has come (Sept.
10) we have a chance, where they were not
too early, of getting a fair average crop,
should this warm weather continue, as they
are setting again quite full.

PAY FOR PICKING.

In picking care must be taken to disturb
the vines as little as possible, this makes
quite a difference in the yield. Also to
pick clean, which is quite a job as the
things will hide away under the leaves and
it is hard to find them. For one can readi-
ly see that if the cucumbers are allowed to
grow large it takes moisture and strength
away from the plant, especially when they
begin to form seeds. In picking you just
simply take the thumb and finger and push
the stem from the cucumber and throw in-
to the basket. Men and women, boys and
girls, all pick and get one dollar a day of
ten hours if they take two rows at a time.
The small ones get half price and take one
row. Some pay nine shillings per day.
And I may say it is a great boon to a neigh-
borhood to have a pickle factory where so
much can be earned by children and women
to supply the many wants, especially in
such times as these.

FARMERS RAISING MORE THAN BEFORE.

I should perhaps say that our farmers
here have not patronized the business as
they might have done. and consequently
the pickle company have had to go away
some distance to get asufficient crop raised.
I think this was caused in the first place
because they hated to pay out so much for
picking, not realizing exactly the net profit;
secondly by trying to raise as much other
crops as previously and then adding a few
acres of cucumbers, and lastly because of the
close attention to business required. But
last year, when everything else failed, cu-
cumbers came out ahead. And farmers
this year ran after contracts as never be-
fore, and many who wanted to grow them
could not as the company at present have
only capacity for about 300 acres. They
are so well satisfied again this year that
many who have never planted will next

year if they can get contracts.
Highland Station.

MOMENTS IN THE GARDEN.

In a season like the one we have just
passed through all our best efiorts count
for nothing but defeat. But now as it is
passed, and we begin to look for the reward
of our labors, we are surprised to find so
large an amount of the best vegetables.

Tomatoes are simply grand, 400 bu. to
the acre, and such fine ones we never saw.
Our plan is to pick all decayed and ripe
fruit as soon as possible, throwing the
strength of the plant into the remaining
fruit, and you would be surprised at the
result.

Look to the late cabbage, celery, and
cauliflower;so far the worms have not
bothered much, they are usually the worst
on late cabbage and have a great liking for
cauliflower. We use Persian insect powder,
mixed with ten parts of wheat middlings,
using about a spoonful to the head.

The celery needs your attention now.
September and October are the months in
which the celery does its best. Gather the
onion sets now and spread them in a loft
where they will be dry and they will be all
right when wanted next spring. We keep
fifty bushels each year in that way and
suffer no loss to speak of.

Cut all the weeds and gather with the
refuse of the garden, not needed for the
cows and pigs, into piles and burn, which
destroys all the seed. When the ground
is cleared, cultivate and sow to winter rye.
The look of your ground will pay for the
extra work, besides the value of the rye as
green manure. It also keeps back the
weeds until the ground is wanted for the
next crop.

Perhaps it is late in the season for
weeders, but I must tell you about one we
use, and it is the best I ever used. Take
an old pair of sheep shears, and cut them
in two at the center of the back. Sharpen
all the edges and you have a knife on one
end and a weeding hook on the other with
a good handle in the middle. Make one
this winter, and you will have the nicest
and cheapest hand tool for the hot bed and
garden that can be found. Let us not be
discouraged but listen to the poet:

“Plant! plant your best seeds——no longer doubt
That beautiful fruits you may create;

Fruits which, perchance, your name may enshrine,
In emblems of life and beauty to shine.”

WM. A. OLDs.
Olcemos.
GUERNSEY COWS AS ECONOMICAL BUTTER
PRODUCERS.

Perhaps no breed has so honestly won
their high rank as butter producers as have
the Guernseys. Never forced for large
records they have always stood upon the

Work they would do at the pail or the churn.
It is especially gratifying to notice how
they are received in the sections where they
are introduced. Go into New England,
down the Hudson in New York, eastern
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey,
and into Wisconsin, and you will see not
only fine herds of thoroughbreds, but you
will notice that the dairymen of those sec-
tions have been impressed with their fine,
substantial, business like appearance and
golden colored products, and have drawn
on the breed to grade up and improve the
dairy stock of those sections. Their abil-
ity to produce butter fat and butter at a
low cost demands the attention of all dairy-
men. At the New York experiment sta-
tion several of the dairy breeds are being
carefully tested. The recently issued an-
nual report of the director gives the re-
sults of the first two periods of lactation.
In both instances the Guernseys produced
butter fat. at the least cost, as the following
shows:

COST OF BUTTER FAT PER POUND.

 
 
 

Guernsey . _ . . la

Jerses‘----- .0 ' 18 5
Devon._ .0 19.0
Ayrshires ______ _ _ _ ' .3 24.8
Am. Holderness _______________________ __ 26.3 22.8

Holstein Friesian ____________________ _,
This agrees with the work done at the
New Jersey experiment station, and with

the average results of the butter tests at
the \Vorld’s Fair.

COST PER POUND OF BUTTER PRODUCED.

  
 

‘ N. J. Il'orld's Fuir.
Guernsey .............. .- i.=..3 cts. X3.1 cts.
Jeraex ................. ._ . 17.9 -' 13.3 “
Ayrshire_. .,_. 20.6 “ ____
Shorthnrn _____________ __ ____ 20,3 U 15,3 “
Holstein ____________________________ __ 22,4 H V

This shows the Guernseys to be the most
economical producers of butter; and such
golden yellow butter too! There is no
mottled color to it. This true, golden, cow
color is the most attractive feature on the
market. It is truly said that the Guern-
seys have but to be tried to be appreciated.

WM. H. CALDWELL.

Peterboro, N. H.
FALL CARE OF SHEEP.

C. M. FELLOWS.

There seems to be no improvement in
the wool or sheep market since the passage
of the tarifi bill. Some had been led to
believe there would be an improvement by
putting wool on the free list. Owing to
the depressed condition of the sheep
industry, many will not breed their flocks,
and many more will feed and dispose of
them in this manner. Those who breed
should take more pains in selections this
year than ever before; first, because first-
class sires can be bought at less price than
for many years; second, first-class stock
will always find a better market than an
inferior article; third, it costs no more to
keep a good sheep than a poor one.

Cold. stormy weather will soon come,
and sheep more than other stock should be
protected from the fall and winter rains.
The wool wet to the hide takes a long time
to dry; the most of this drying process
comes from animal heat; this heat is at
the expense of the vitality of the animal,
and must be made by extra feed, or loss of
flesh or constitution will be the result.
The breeders of the long wools or middle
wools need to be more careful in this
regard as this class of sheep show exposure
more readily than any other class by the
loathsome discharge from the nostrils in-
duced by a slight cold. Keep a good
lookout for flies in warm weather and
don’t forget to shelter the sheep in rainy
weather. Good breeding and good care

will tell every time.
Saline.

SALARY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.

The following is from the recent report
of the attorney general of Michigan:

“The salary of the attorney general of
the state of Michigan should be at least
$4,000. or equal to that paid the governor
of the state. A man who is not able to
make $4,000 a year in his practice is not fit
to fill the office, and there is no reason why
the people of the state of Michigan should
ask a man to do the legal business of the
state for less money than he can make by
transacting business for private parties.
The people cannot expect a great deal for
nothing, and the longer they work upon
the theory that the public officer with a
compensation so small that it is absolutely
necessary for him to conduct other business
in order to earn a living, will discharge his
duties, the more money they will lose. It
cannot be successfully contradicted that
the state has lost more money by neglect
through this oflice in the past forty years
in the one item of land grants alone, than
would hire ten attorney generals at a
princely salary for fifty years to come.

“The attorney general who takes charge
of the oflice January 1, 1895, will find
enough work in this department to take
his entire time, and the people cannot
reasonably expect that he will spend that
time for $2.19 per day.”

Mr. Ellis recommends that the legislature
submit to the people early in the coming
session the proposition to increase the
salary to $4,000 per year.

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Woman’s Work.

THE BRAVEST BATTLE.

The bravest battle that ever was fought,
Shall I tell you where and when?

On the maps of the world you will find it not,
"Twas fought by the mothers of men.

Nay, not with cannon or battle shot,
VVith sword or nobler pen;

Nay, not with eloquent word or thought
From mouths of wonderful men.

But deep in a walled up woman's heart—-
Of woman that would not yield,

But bravely, silently bore her part-—
Lo! there is the battle field.

No marshaling troops, no bivouac song,
No banners to gleam and wave!

But oh, these battles they last so long-—-
From babyhood to the grave.

Yet faithful still as a bridge of stars,
She fights in her walled-up town-

Fights on and on in the endless wars;
Then silent, unseen—goes down!

0 ye with banners and battle shot
And soldiers to shout and praise!
I tell you the kingliest victories fought
Are fought in these silent ways.
0 spotless woman in a world of shame
\Vith splendid and silent scorn,
Go back to God as white as you came,
The kingliest warrior born!
—Ella I/Vheeler lVz'lco.r.

A PLEA FOR JUSTICE.

[Read at Washtenaw county Grange by Mrs. W. L. Cross of
Superior Grange]

‘Vs are all familiar with the maxim “Let
justice be done, though the heavens fall.”
Yet, justice is not done, even in this en-
lightened land. The disfranchisement of
woman is a cruel injustice; contrary to
the declaration of independence, which
states that governments “derive their just
powers from the consent of the governed;”
contrary to the constitution upon which
our government is based, which says: “All
persons born or naturalized in the United
States are citizens thereof, and of the
states in which they reside.” It is con-
trary to the fundamental principle of a
republic—“No taxation without represen-
tation.” No free government can exist
where this principle is not maintained.

Women are persons, therefore citizens,
and as such are subject to the laws of the
land. The gross injustice done in denying
them a voice in the making of these laws
must be manifest to all. They have a moral
right to vote and should have a legal one.
Men have no more right to say that women
shallnot vote, than women have to dis-
franchise men. We are far past the age
in which “might makes right;” the
question of equal rights has become one
of the leading issues of the day, and the
system of representing the nation by one-
half her citizens must come to an end.

Usually we can learn much about such
a question as suffrage, by looking at the
class of people who oppose it. At a state
convention held in Nebraska, seventy-two
votes were cast with regard to a “sixteenth
amendment;” and of the four who voted
against it, two could neither read nor write,
the third could not write his own name,
and the fourth could not write his name in
English.

All liquor-dealers are bitter opponents.
The following resolution was passed by the
National Brewers’ Association at Chicago:
“Resolved, That we‘ oppose, always and
everywhere, the ballot in the hands of
woman, for woman’s vote is the last
hope of the prohibitionists.”

Again, those who oppose the movement
have no arguments to offer, but content
themselves by picturing the dreadful social
and political revolutions that would occur
if women had equal rights with men. They
talk about “woman’s sphere,” and say that
it is not right for her to usurp the duties
of man. i

Dr. Wheeler in speaking of the question,
says that if woman should be exalted from
the hearthstone to the chief places of power
it would destroy the “Headship of man,”
(spelled with a capital H). Is there any
divinely ordained headship of man that
oonflicts with simple justice to woman? or
that would be impaired by her putting a
slip of paper into the ballot box, thus in-
dicating her judgment concerning political
questions?

Surely, woman does not give up her wife-
hood, her motherhood, or her refinement
when she becomes a voter, but as a matter
of course has more self-respect, and so be-
comes nobler and more intelligent.

Listen to the words of that noble philan-
thropist, Wendell Phillips: “In all great
social changes, ask yourself if there be
any element of right or wrong in the ques-
tion, any principle of clear, natural justice
that turns the scale. If so, take your part
with the perfect and abstract right, and
trust God to see that it will prove ex-
pedient.” That this simple act of justice
is expedient, has been proved beyond a
doubt. Wyoming has had more than
twent years of actual experience. Not
one o the dire results predicted has fol-
lowed; and Gov. Hoyt wrote of the suffrage
law: “Under it we have better laws,
better oflicers, better morals, and a higher
social condition, in general, than could
otherwise exist.” All honor to the true

men and women of Wyoming! But this is

only the beginning of the end of the long
subjugation of woman. It is Woman’s duty,
as it is the duty of man, to express her
views on these questions, because each one
has responsibilities that can not be
shouldered by the other. Some day, in
the near future, the state will find out how
much it loses by depriving itself of the
full aid of its good women, who, if their
vote could be added to the vote of the best
men, would make a majority every time,
and so secure the best results; for time will
yet prove that a country can reach the
highest and truest prosperity only when it
makes the most of all its citizens.

AMERICA MY AMERICA.

[Read at Hillsdale at the Tri-State Grange picnic by Miss
Lucie Conlxlin.]

We are a crew of voyagers upon life’s
vast ocean. We have launched the invin-
cible Armada, our grand old “ship of state.”
She is invincible, for she was bought with
the prayers of pilgrims and the blood of

atriots.

When England, the power that made the
earth to tremble at her will, sent her armies
to conquer a nation which dared to clamor
for justice, she saw her generals depart
with the belief that one victory would for-
ever silence the cry of liberty. But they
came not to contend with slaves, but men,
—men whose every heart beat meant liberty.
Men who fought, not because the sound
of war was pleasing to their ears, but for a
principle, so sublime, so grand, that Eng-
land’s soldiers were unable to comprehend
its magnitude.

The great, the noble, the gallant Wash-
ington for eight years stood at the wheel,
and guided our craft through the conflict
which brought to us independence. He
saw from the ruins of the British rule in
America a glorious nation rise, bearing the
impress of liberty and freedom, and float-
ing from its domes and towers a banner
free as the winds that fanned its folds. It
was founded a republic and was destined to
occupy the most exalted place among the
nations of the earth, a government of the
people, by the people, and for the people.
It recognized all men as equal.

Turning the pages of history we find the
rapid growth of American slavery, which
was in opposition to all the principles of
justice and equality. It took many years
to accomplish the result, but when the
people were aroused to their duty and
public sentiment demanded it, the two
opposing forces were plunged into a war
which robbed America of six hundred
thousands of her sons. But she liberated
four millions of slaves and carried out the
principle of the equality of man.

Nearly two score years have filed by us
in the march of time, since the struggle
ceased. It has been a time of peace and
prosperity. Today there are fields of wav-
ing grain over the once bloody battle fields,
and impartial hands are strewing flowers,
alike on the graves of the blue and the
gray. And the men of the south have come
to the conclusion that the now free south
is far preferable to any possibility of the
old. Schools have been established, knowl-
edge is disseminated, justice rules, and
over all mercy sheds her crowning glory
and reaches down the hand of love to
grasp the hand of humanity, to lift that
oppressed race to a higher and nobler plane
of existence.

Such have been our victories of the past.
But as we stand upon the threshold of the
twentieth century there are problems con-
fronting us nearly as dark as that of human
slavery. What means the present turmoil?
the surging mobs of our cities and the
stagnation of industries?

It means that capital and labor cannot
harmonize, that a few with millions of

money mustnecessitate millions of paupers, .

that the few have drawn the gold from the
channels of commerce, and left their weaker
brothers to go in rags, and the laborer is
working at the pump lest the waters of
want overwhelm him. ‘

Then again we find that the gates of our
fair land have been left ajar, and there is im-
planted upon our soil the seeds of anarchy.
The foreigner has brought with him the
ideas of oppressed Europe, and the laborer,
finding no redress of his grievances at the
hand of his employer, accepts the princi-
ples of anarchy as his only hope. Oh,
poor deluded laborer! What shall we do to
gain thy confidence? For we know that
the foundation of this nation depends upon
the loyalty of its common people, and all
that tends to dissolve that loyalty tends to
destroy the nation. This is what his-
tory teaches. Then shall we as Ameri-
can citizens follow the course mapped
out by Romans,ignorant of laws of public ex-
penditure and of econony? or by Troy,when
that land of Priam lives only in song? or
by Carthage, when her tombs are as the
dust they were vainly calculated to com-
memorate? From all the voices of the
past I answer, no. America, yours was
the gift of liberty! It yet remains for you
to bestow that of justice and equality, and
although the clouds may hang dark over
our republic, yet are we strong in‘ the
faith, that

“ Within the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadows,
Keeping watch above his own.”

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and if our times are ripe for change
Providence will raise men fitted for action.
It_ raised Washington and Hamilton, it
raised our noble Lincoln, and our history
in the near future may yet record the
achievements of men, honest as Washing-
ton, conscientious as Lincoln, and possess-
ing the financial ability of Hamilton.

But as has been said, and truly said,
“ when the future is uncertain make the
most of the present.”

Then as Patrons of Husbandry, inheritors
of the soil of this fair land, what is our
work in this grand reformation? Is it not
to better educate the farmer for the duties
that lie before him?

If this it be let us with untiring effort
educate him for home, for pleasure, and
for business, and in every good work let
us work together for the upbuilding of
humanity, “for united we stand divided we
fall.” Then will our influence be felt from
ocean to ocean and from the lakes to the
gulf. And as the dove which Noah sent out
from the ark flew out three times ere she
found a resting place, so may the dove of
liberty today find rest from the troubles
that confront us on the cross of Christ
our Savior, and all terminate in peace and
prosperity, “Peace on earth, good will
toward men.” Then will this nation be
eternal, want unknown, then will it be,
America your America, America my
America, America our America, “the land
of the free and the home of the brave.”

SEEN AND SUGGESTEI).

If the system of diet and cooking in
practice at the Battle Creek Sanitarium
could offer nothing beyond its first course
of soup to be added to our ordinary bills of
fare, it would still have opened a door upon
rich suggestions. When one has tasted the
delicately flavored vegetable soups served at
the tables of that institution and learns that
their nutritive properties are often three
to one as compared with beef and bone
soups, it strikes me as a matter of ignor-
ance that we do not all use them more
generally. Or, can it be, we are so wedded
to prejudice and to practice that we cannot
accept the teachings of science in our kitch-
ens? Is nutrition or cultivated taste the
dictator of every day cooking, is a question
I should like to have discussed by queens
of households.

A characteristic of Sanitarium soups,
distinguishing them at all events from
soups as commonly served, is the absence
of any slices, pieces, or “ chunks” of
any vegetable whatever. Every material
in preparation passes through a colander
or -strainer, and in this way is made more
digestible, has better flavor and meets the
requirements of a perfect soup. From Mrs.
Kellogg’s “ Science in the Kitchen,”
which I know is not in all our homes, let
me quote some passages and recipes that
may prove helpful in enlarging and per-
chance improving our table fare.

She says: “ Soups offer a most econom-
ical way of making use of the ‘left-over’
fragments which might otherwise be con-
signed to the refuse bucket. A pint of cold
mashed potatoes, a cupful of stewed beans,
a spoonful or two of boiled rice, stewed
tomatoes, or other bits of vegetables and
grains, are quite as good for soup purposes
as fresh material, provided they have been
preserved fresh and sweet. One may find
some difficulty in rubbing them through
the colander unless they are first moist-
ened. Where a sufficient amount of one
kind of food is left over to form the 'b8.SlS
of a soup or to serve as a seasoning, it can
be used the same as fresh material. When,
however, there is but a little of various
odds and ends, the general rule to be ob-
served is to combine only such materials
as harmonize in taste.”

“ Soups prepared from the grains, le-
gumes, and vegetables, are so largely com-
posed of food material that it is important
that they be retained in the mouth long
enough for proper insalivation; and order
to insure this, it is well to serve with the
soup croutons, prepared by cutting stale
bread into small squares or cubes, and
browning them thoroughly in a moderate
oven. Put a spoonful or two of the crou-
tons in each plate, and turn the hot soup
over them. This plan also serves another
purpose,——that of providing a means where-
by the left-over bits of stale bread may be
utilized to advantage.”

 

THOUGHTS FOR THOSE WHO THINK.

The happiness of love is in action, its
test is in what one is willing to do for
others.

The thoughtful worship of the pure
heart was then what it is now, and has
always been, an inspired song.

While craving justice for ourselves it is
never wise to be unjust to others.

To deny valor in the enemy we have
conquered is to underrate our victory.

A great man is one whose life proves
him to have been recognized, if not called
by God.

Pride is never so loud as when in chains.

Love is better and mightier than force.

The divine last touch in perfecting the
beautiful is animation.-—Selected from Ben

Hur.

The Juveniles.

THE PLANT HOUSEHOLD.

A certain household well I know,
The prettiest ever seen,

And at its head in fairest robes
There sits a dainty queen;

While all the upper servants dress
In livery of green.

The cooks and those who with them work

Are clad in dingy brown.
“No fancy dress for us!” they say,

“ A sober colored gown

Is better far for work like ours
Than all the town in green.

For we must toil beneath the ground,
And hard we work indeed,

That Lady Flower and all the rest
May have the food they need,

To choosing and preparing it
\Ve must pay the strictest heed:

“ And we,” the upper servants say,
“ Must carry it with care
And see that every member has
A full and proper share.
Thus day by day we gladly work
To serve our Lady fair,”

And Lady Flower sits up aloft
In robes of rainbow hue,

All perfumed sweet and gold be~decked
And gemmed with diamond dew.

VVas never royal lady yet
More wondrous fair to view.

And yet like all her servitors

This little lady gay
Leads not a life of idleness

But works from day to day;
And in her task of making seeds

She gives her life away.

—Po'u.lsso1i.

THE LITTLE WORM THAT VVAS GLAD TO
BE ALIVE.

Once there was a little worm about as
long as the nail of my thumb, and no
larger_around than a big darning needle.
This little worm lived in a little house that
he had made for himself in the ground,
just big enough to hold him when he rolled
himself up like a little ball with his head
sticking out. There were no windows nor
doors in his house, except one on top which
was his door to go in and out at and his
window to look out of. When he made this
house he was tired, and crawled into it
and curled himself up and went to sleep
and slept all night.

_In the morning the sun rose and spread
his beams all over the world, and one of the
bright sunbeams shone into the window of
the little worm’s house and touched his
eyes and'waked him, and he popped up his
head and looked out and saw that it was
very pleasant in the garden, and he thought
to go out to walk.

He squirmed himself up out o£ his haio,

and, because he had no feet, he crept along
the garden path. The warm beams of the
sun put their arms all around his cold little
body and made it as warm could be, and
the sunbeams went into his little mites of
eyes and filled him all full of light, and
the songs of the birds went into his little
mites of ears and filled him all up with
music, and the sweet smell of hundreds of
flowers went up that little mite of a nose and
filled him up with their perfumes. And so
the ‘little worm went creeping along, as
glad as he could be that he was alive.

Now in the house that stood in that
garden lived a little boy about four years
old, and when the morning came, the sun-
beams had gone into the window of his
nursery and waked him, and he was washed
and dressed, and had his breakfast of bread
and milk, and then his mamma took him
to the door that lead down the steps of
the piazza into the garden, and told him he
might go down the path and have a good
run to make himself warm. So down he
ran.

Now if that little boy should put his
foot on that dear little worm, it would
break him all to pieces; but that little boy
would not do such a cruel thing for the
world! He saw the little worm creeping
along so glad to be alive, and he ran on the
other side of the path; and the little worm
nibbled a blade of grass and drank a lit-
tle dew for his breakfast, and then he felt
tired and went creeping back, full of good
food, to the little hole that was his home,
and curled himself up like a little ball and
went to sleep.——Elizabeth P. Peabody.

PUZZLES.

[All readers of THE GRANGE Visiroit are invited to contrib-
ute and send solutions to this department. Address all com-
munications relating to puzzles to Thomas A. Millar, 500 12th
St., Detroit, Michigan]

No, 4. Crossword.
In hot not in warm;
In lot not in farm;
In read not in spell;
In listen not in tell;
In tame, not in kind;
Now an animal find.

Wyandalte, M ic/1. AnsgN,u__

Na. 5. Rebux.
T
5.
Detroit. Union,
Na. 6. Numerical.

My I to 28 was written by Thomas Jefferson. My 1 to 3 is an
article. My 4 to l4is a motion. My 15 and i6 is a preposition.
M 17 to 28 is freedom.

assar, Mich. }, E_ 1),

PRIZE.

For the best list (complete or incomplete) of solutions re-
ceived vve will give a book. Answers must rm:/z us by Octo-
ber 13.

MAIL BAG.
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In Clubs of 20 more 40 Cents per_ Year each.
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Entered at the Postoflice at Lansing. Mich.. as Second
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k§‘NEx'r ISSUE Ooroaxa 4.

OUR WORK.

The following has been zipproved h_\- the Stzite Grange '.1s‘a
fair statement ‘of the objects the (irange of Michigan has In
view, and the special liries zilong \\'lii_cli it proposes to \_vork.
\Ve he i: every Grange In the stale will work earnestly in all
epairtments, so that by a more united effort we shzill
rapidly increase our numbers. extend our influence, and attain
more zind more completely those ends which we seek.

OER 01.‘-_]EL‘T

is the Or aiilzation of the Farmers for their own Improvement
Financizil y. Sociiilly. “.YIe_fltilll}'. Morally. _ ) j I

VVe believe tlixit this improvement can in lzirgi. iiiensiire we
brought about:_ _ ‘ , g __ f

i. ((1.) By wider individual study and general discussion 0
the business side of farining and home keeping.

((7.) By co—oper:ition for tiiianciiil zidvant-age. . _

2. (11,) BY frequent social gatherings, and the . mingling
together of f:irmers with fziriiiers. and of fiirmers with people
of other occupations.

By striving for :1 purer iiianliood. :\ nohler ivomzinliooil.
and a universal brotherliooil. _ . V f

3. (11,) By studying and promoting the llll]ll'0\ ement 0 our
district schools. _ . , i

(6.) By patronizing and aiding _tlic Agricultiirul Colleges ant
Experiment Stations in their legitimate ivorli of fscientitilc in‘:
vestigation. practical experiment. and education or iiu.i pui
511355 By mnintninin and attending fzirmers‘ institutes; read-
ing in the Reading ircle; establi- ing and using cii'clll‘<lU"g
libraries; huving more and better mag-.i7.ines on papers for
thehome. ‘_ .  . _ d
4‘ (a_) By d,‘fiu5mg' 3 know.-lgdge of our Cl\'ll institutions an
teaching the high duties of citizenship. '_ _ t I ‘

(6.) By demanding the enforcement of existing statu es. .in(
by discussing. advocating. and trying to secure such other state
and national lziws as shall tend t6 the general juSt1C€- l“'0ETe55>
and morality.

Read, study, think.

 

 

We are ready for Grange news.

 

We must have the young men and women
in the Grange.

 

Why do so many folks think that the
Grange is dead?

__M——:————

The saloon is responsible for a. great
share of our labor troubles.

_::.—:——:{—-

Why shouldn’t the farmers and the
laboring men join forces?

   

What sort of a man are you going to
help elect to the next legisle-§i_ire9

 

The farmers’ club topic for October is
the prospect for feeding stock the coming
winter. We have been promised an article
on this topic for an early issue, by one who
is in the business.

   

Economy is going to be the great cry in
the next legislature. We suggest now that
parsimony is not economy. We also sug-
gest that public office should not be a
private sinecure.

 

Don’t be superficial in your work. Go
to the heart of things. Improve the man,
._.hig body, mind, and heart, and all these
serious questions that so perplex us will
begin to settle themselves.

 

Any Grange wishing to begin an active
campaign would do well to secure a few
copies of “Our Work” edition of the
VISITOR for distribution. A state lecturer
writes us that it is the best collection of
Grange articles he has ever seen.

 

DELEGATES TO STATE GRANGE.

Perhaps it is not necessary to mention it.
but it may not be amiss for us to urge
counties to send the very best material they
have as delegates to State Grange. The
next session of that body, coming as it
does just before the legislature convenes,
will be an important gathering. To ac-
complish results, its actions must be strong
and wise. The brainiest, the most level
headed, and the most devoted Patrons will
be needed to insure this strong and wise
action. Do not fail to elect your best Pa-
trons as delegates.

 

F. H. R. C.

The Farm Home Reading Circle is not
making much noise, but it is growing con-
stantly. Already several have taken exam-
inations. Orders for books are received
every week, and inquiries almost daily. We
again print the course of study, that no
Patron need fail to read in the course for
lack of information regarding it.

This course is a child of the Grange, and
ought to receive wide patronage among
members of the Order. We hope a great

many of the younger Patrons especially:
will avail themselves of this splendid op-
portunity to gain information and power.

We were talking with a brainy farmer
the other day, and asked him if it is practi-
cable for a. farmer to study in the winter
season. He replied that it is perfectly
practicable. He carried the idea that it is
better to make a business of it while at it,
however, and not dally with it. The read-
ing course is a great help to those who ex-
pect to make a business of learning all they
can.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE?

We hear frequent complaints about the
extravagance and inefiiciency of oflice
holders. There is a popular and wide-
spread feeling that the so-called “servants”
of the people serve themselves better than
they serve anyone else. After every legis-
lature has adjourned it is common to hear
severe criticisms of its work.

From listening to this volume of com-
plaint, one would be led to think that pub-
lic officers are for some reason of much
less moral worth and mental weight than
most other people. Possibly it is true.
And if true, who is responsible for the fact
that such men hold the offices? Are you‘?

Perhaps we shall shall discuss this query
in the future.

THE FALL CAIIIPAIGN.

We do not refer to the campaign of the
political parties; that will take care of it-
self. We mean the Grange campaign.
You’ve heard of such a thing? Of course.
Well, are you going to have one in your
Grange this fall? If not, why not? Why
not make a few definite, simple plans for
getting back old members, gaining new
ones, and doing good work, and then go to
work at once to carry out these plans?
Don’t go to work without a plan. You’ll
wander all over the Grange field if you do.
Don’t plan without working hard to carry
out the plan. You’ll get discouraged if
you do.

Sometimes it seems as if the Grange
lacks strength just where it professes tobe
strong——in organization. Why not, now,
organize ii campaign for the purpose of
building up your Grange, and resolve to
wurk your-vary best for-tlzie next six n.iOI1tTlB'?
And if you don’t? Why, you’ll be just as
sleepy a year from now as you are today.

FRESH AIR WORK.

This new feature of Grange work has
proved itself worthy of earnest considera-
tion by our State Grange. The work the
present summer, thanks to the devotion
and labor of the woman’s work committee,
has far exceeded the boundaries suggested
by the resolution passed at the last State
Grange. Not only have members of the
Grange been interested, but the humane
and philanthropic people of the cities have
become intensely interested in the work
and are anxious to see it enlarged.

To some it may seem that this is not
exactly Grange work. But the Grange
should not be selfish. It should help the
farmers first of all, but if it can it should
help the needy everywhere. And to say
nothing of the merit of such a course, the
value of it to the Grange will be hard to
estimate. People will gain a new idea of
the Grange and its work; members of the
Order will be brought into contact with the
sufferings of other classes; they will meet
with other true workers for humanity.
All this will be broadening and educative.
On these grounds alone could the fresh
air work be justified. But when there is
added the argument of its humaneness
and unselfishness, there is absolutely no
reason why it is not proper Grange work.

We shall have more to say of this work
in the future.

THE Q UES TI ON OF SALARIES.

Doubtless the legislature and people will
this next winter be called upon to decide as
to whether the salaries of certain state offi-
cers shall be increased. What do you
think about it? and why do you think so?

For ourselves, it would seem wise that
such increase be made, and these are some
of the reasons:

1. It would be just. We do not endorse
the idea advanced by some who advocate
that a public oflicial should be paid what
he can earn in his private business. That
is not the proper standard. But we do be-
have in a fair compensation. At present

three of our state oflicers receive less than
most of the clerks in the capitol, and a tri-
fle more than the janitors, while one re-
ceives the same as the majority of the
clerks. That is unjust. It is ludicrous.
Then, too, the salaries are not uniform.
The attorney general gets $800, the auditor
general $3,000. The heads of bureaus who
are appointed by the governor get $2,000
and $2,500, the other elective officers $800

and $1,000, except the governor. This is
not just.
2. It would be sensible. No matter

what the people expect, they can rarely
find men who will spend all their time at
Lansing for the salaries now paid. Yet
the present system of employing a high
priced deputy to do the work is not sensi-
ble. It will, however, probably prevail as
long as salaries remain as they are.

3. It would be economical. We of
course agree with those who urge that the
salaries should be raised with certain limit-
ations; that officials should be required to
live in Lansing, and that the high salaries of
deputies should be abolished. In this way
the actual expenditure for salaries will not
be increased, possibly diminished, and there
will be several less employés. We shall
also have the direct supervision of the man
who was elected to perform such super-
vision.

These reasons seem to us ample. We
believe it will be good policy to make a new
adjustment of salaries, and we hope the
Grange will discuss the question thor-
oughly.

FROM THE MASTER.

Referring to the record of the last State
Grange, I find that section 6 of article 4 of
the by-laws of the State Grange was
amended to read as follows:

“At a county or district convention called for the
purpose of electing representatives to the State
Grange, six delegates shall constitute a quorum.
Failing to have said quorum present, the convention
shall after organization adjourn to a fixed time and
place and send a notice of such time and place to all
unrepresented Granges. The delegates present at
the adjourned meeting shall have power to elect
representatives to the State Grange.”

I sincerely hope that much interest will
be shown in the county and district con-
ventions. Regularly elected delegates
only have voice in electing repesentatives to
the State Grange, but after the regular
work is disposed of much good can be
accomplished for the Order. The conven-
tion should fully realize the importance of
their coming together. and the representa-
tives to the State Grange should be
selected from the most active, thoughtful,
and progressive members. The coming
session of the State Grange should be one
of marked importance in the history of
Grange work in Michigan. Questions
vital to the best interests of the Order will
be presented and will call for careful yet
earnest consideration.

In reviewing the grand work of the
Grange in the past, with its many noble
achievements, I fully concluded that at no
time during this history have there been
greater opportunities for successful work
all along the line marked out by our
declaration of purposes. We need the
very bcst men and women the Order affords
at the coming session of the State Grange
so that the work performed will be
characterized by prudence and wisdom, and
will add new laurels to the good name of
the Order. Grange workers should all
attend these county conventions and assist
in general discussion of questions to be
submitted to the State Grange, and then
follow with their presentation and discus-
sion at your subordinate Grange meetings.
At the county convention you could also
lay plans for a general campaign for Grange
extension in your county. This work
should commence now. The county con-
vention is a good place to set the ball

11' .
ro mg G. B. HORTON.

 

NOTICE.

Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept., 15, 1894.

The books of this office show at this
date the following Granges entitled to
elect delegates to the county convention
to be held on Tuesday, October 2, 1894
by virtue of section 3, article IV, by-
laws of Michigan State Grange.

Allegan—2 Representatives. 37. 53. 154, 248. 296, 338, 390. 407,
520. 309.

Antrini-1 Rel)" 470. 676-

Barry—l Rep., 127. 145. 256,424. 425. 472, 648.

Benzie—-1 Rep-. 503-

Berrien——2 Rep., 14. 43, 80. B1. 34, 87, 104. I22, 123. 194, 382,
w(l)3.ranch—-2 Rep.. 88. 95, 90. 97. 1%, 137, 152, 400.

Calhoun—1 Rel». 56» 35. 129. 300. 293-

Cass—l Rep" 42. 291. 395-

Clinton—-_l RED.» mm. 225. 225. 358: 439v 4561 459-
. Charlevoix—1 BAD-. 559-

gaton—-1 111931;. 67é81;34égf‘l. 3l9~

c3§§dErmver.‘Z"—i ii‘. .5379. 469. sea.

Gratiot—l Bep., W7. 1. 500-
Hillsdale—2 Bep.. 105. 107, 108. 133, 182, 209. 273, 274, 286.
EIuron—1 Rep-. 356. . 338: 333- 399-
.ughaui—1 Bep., 115. 241. 262. 289. 347. 540.
onia—2 Be ., 175, 174. 185. 186, 1%, 192. 207. 272, 840.
-ml--nn——l p., 45. 698.
Kalkaska—1 Rep.. 674. 0334. 973. 952-
Kalamazoo-1 Rep-. 16. 24. 49-

Kent—-2 Rep.. 19, 63. 110, 113, 170. 219, 222. 387. 340, 343, 553.
M.

Lapeei--1 RB .. 215. 448. 549. an-
I_gn_awee—2 go, 67. 212, 276. 277. 279, 280. 333: 334. 509-

. I
p.. 3115, B13.
fiacomb—l Bep.. 657.

Montcalm——l iiep. 2318, no. 441. 350.
Miiskegon——l Rep.. 872. 373. 546. 585.
Newaygo-—l Rep., 494, 495, 544, 545.

Oceana—l Bep.. 3. .

Oekland—1 Rm... 141.245. 2.57, 259, 267. 232,, as.

_ Ottawa—-1 Rep.. an. 112. 313. 421, 493, 639. not.

Otsego—lBep..682.

St. (Jlair—l Rep.. 528. _

St. Joseph—l Rep.. 22. 173,215, 2&3. 303.
Saginaw—1 Rep" 574.

8anilac—l Rep.. 417. 566. 654.

Shiawassse—l Bep., 160. 255, 638. _
VanBuren—2 Rep.. 10. 32, 60. 158. 159, 3-16. 35.1. 610.
Waehtenaw-1 Rep.. 52, 56, 68, 92.

Wayne—l Be .. 367. 3-39, 368. 636. 618.
Wexford—l ep..638.

By the neglect of some secretaries, quite
a number of Granges stand now upon our
books disfranchised.

For the purpose of securing representa-
tives to all delinquent Granges we shall
add to the list all that may report up to
the last moment practicable, and delegates
duly elected, who at the convention show
a receipt for dues for the quarter ending
March 31, 1894, on which is endorsed,
“ Entitled to representation,” should be
allowed to participate in the work of the
convention. '

The following Granges are delinquent
for the quarter ending March 31, 189-'l—
36, 39, 55, 65, 74, 76, 162, 188, 275, 389,
624, 662, 677.

The following are delinquent for the
quarter ending December 31, 1893-40, 78,
168, 230, 247, 268, 332, 370, 395, 403, 463.
491, 521, 582, 669, 690.

JENNIE BUELL,
Secretary.

AN OUTING.
II.

A Few Impressions.

The following are meagre notes of im-
pressions made on a. trip that daily opened
a new world to the untravelled. Space
and time forbid more than the merest hints
of what was seen and of impressions made.
There is no pretension of doing justice to
the cities, people, or scenes. But what is
given must suflice.

TORONTO.

Toronto is an American city with a
touch. of ‘the “English, doncherknow.”
American in appearance, enterprise, spirit;
English in some of the traditional habits
and manners of the people that every
Canadian inhabitant possesses. It is a
clean city, trimly built, with miles of com-
fortable homes. Indeed, this characteris-
tic is the most noticeable of any. There
are not many grand dwellings, nor many
hovels, but there are a. multitude of pleas-
ant, comfortable, and artistic homes. Tor-
onto is a well governed city, in some re-
spects be1nga_model that our American
cities might with profit imitate.

THE THOUSAND ISLANDS.

There is so much in a name, that we
often expect a famous scene to yield us
more than really comes from a first im-
pression. This explains a slight feeling of
disappointment that was experienced when
we had seen the last of the Thousand
Islands. We had expected too much. Not
that the scenes were not beautiful, but we
had formed visions of beauty too paradi-
siacal for even this beautiful spot to fulfill.
But we are certain that, could we linger
among the islands, float lazily from one
scene to another instead of rushing by
W911. We Would begin to appreciate this
famous group of islands.

MONTREAL.

Montreal is partly English,partly French.
The mayor is a Frenchman, and many of
our newspaper friends were of similar
descent. In the business portion of the
city the English apparently predominates.
Occasionally, perhaps frequently, one sees
the signs painted in both French and
English, side by side. Farther out towards
the suburbs the French signs are the more
numerous, on some streets almost all being
in French. ~

Montreal is a metropolitan city, an
0039-3 P011, busy and progressive. It is
eminently a commmercial city,,but pos-
sesses the adornments of magnificent
churches, hospitals, and palatial residen-
ces. It is peculiarly a tenement city.

QUEBEC.

A month might profitably be spent in
and about Quebec, and even a. tyre could
fill a volume with descriptions and im-
pressions. Quebec is externally a seven-
teenth century French town. Five-sixths
of the people are French, and French is
the language. But the people and the
language are not modern French.

_Everything in Quebec is either quaint or
picturesque, or both. The natural scenery
IS romantic, and man has built in harmony
therewith. The commercial traveler shuns
Quebec. Theuntelligent tourist will lin.
89? here: growing more and more in love
with the site, the buildings, the people
everything. The people seem to have ii
pride in these quaint characteristics of
their sleepy town. And indeed they are
the only claims to distinction. Mont;-ea]
has stolen the commercial restige the
lumber and fur trades are of t e past,‘ The
more enterprising citizens are, however,

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SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

5

anxiously awaiting the outcome of the at-
tempt to establish a line of fast passenger
steamers between Quebec and Liverpool.
It.1s claimed that the time from Chicago to
Liyerpool can be shortened by one day by
this route. We sincerely trust that, what-
ever of increased material prosperity may
come to Quebec, those features that render
her so charming will not be sacrificed to
the spirit of gain.

THE CANADIAN FARMS.

The scenery from Port Huron to
Toronto exhibits many of the characteris-
tics of the average Michigan rural land-
scape. The season was a little later than
with us, in the same latitude, and crops
were looking light. There appeared to be
little clover, and the timothy was exceed-
ingly light. At that date, July 17, appar-
ently not over half the hay had been cut.

Wheat was about half cut, and was light.
Barley is grown considerably and looked
fairly well. At Guelph we caught a glim-
pse of the buildings of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College. The country about
here is very fine. One noticeable feature
of lower Canada is the good roads. Below
the Thousand Islands there are good farms
lining the banks of the river. VVe had no
opportunity to see the country by daylight

ain until we were near Quebec, south of
the St. Lawrence river. Here it is poor
and new. A view from the heights of
Montreal and Quebec, however, showed
what seemed to be good farming lands ly-
ing back from the cities and along the riv-
er. From Hamilton to Chatham, on our
return, we passed through the garden of
Canada. It is a section hard to beat
anywhere.

THE CANADIAN PEOPLE.

The Canadians are great lovers of sport.
That is evidenced by all the guides they
try to sell you, which invariably devote
much space to the athletics of Canada.
They are always ready for an outing,
especially if the attraction is some stirring
game of strength or skill.

They are extremely patriotic. At least
they love to talk of Canada, her history, her
men, her women, her advantages, her pros-
pects. After listening to them, one won-
ders why so many of their countrymen
have come over into Uncle Sam’s country
in preference to remaining in their own
grand dominion. _

The French Canadians retain the charac-
teristics of their forefathers, as reported by
history and tradition. Jolly, convivial,
companionable, excitable, friendly, polite,
brilliant; you seem to catch, through them,
glimpses of the old voyageurs who paddled
their way to the western wilderness of long
ago.

THE MOUNTAINS.

There is always something inspiring
about mountain scenery, especially to one
unaccustomed to it. The petty, trivial
things of life, that so often grow to great
importance, shrink to their true propor-
tions. The great, silent peaks seem person-
ified into grand, serene beings. They tell
only of the greater things of life, and of
eternity. Through them, to the reverent
soul, God speaks.

The White mountains are not of that
rugged, bare, tremendous nature that pre-
vails among the western mountains. They
are not so awe inspiring. But the peaks
are high enough, and the ravines deep
enough, and the sides steep enough, to be
decidedly interesting. And a view from their
summits revealing an expanse of mount-
ain peaks, wooded slopes, deep valleys,
fertile plains, is one difficult to describe
but never to be forgotten.

The mountain resorts are not so fashion-
able as they were a number of_ years ago,
but the new generation of tourists can Stlll
find plenty of opportunity for a glorious
outing, at moderate expense. For people
who love nature, who are attracted by the
names of those famous scenes to be found
in these mountains, and who are not affect-
ed by those arbitrary notions that proclaim
this place or that fashionable, there is
scarcely a more satisfying section of country
in all our land.

PORTLAND.

Portland is a typical old seaport, slow
but substantial, dirty but wealthy. The
wharves are lined with establishments of
sailmakers, salt dealers, fish packers, pro-
vision houses. There are some things of
historical interest in Portland, and the
neighboring islands furnish pleasant re-

sorts.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH.

Old Orchard Beach is in its dotage as a
fashionable resort, but it’s probably as
pretty abeach as it ever was. One gets a
good idea of the ocean and of ocean bathing
here, and a notion of what sort of people
flock hither, and of how they spend their
money and their time.

BOSTON.

One perhaps may have obtained an im-
ression that Boston is slow. You may
have thought that the Bostonese can not
take the time from the pursuit of culture
to indulge in the pushing work of modern
city life. But that is not true. Boston is
a rushing, busy, growing city,—a great

    

1

city. If it has culture, it has pauperism.
If it glories in its libraries, it supports
abject slums. All the elements of a
modern city prevail. Rich in historic as-
sociations and memorials, posing as the
center of our ‘best American culture, itstill
partakes of the commercial spirit, and in-
cessantly pushes forward into a greater
material prosperity.

The. Lecture Field.

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION.

VVe venture once more to suggest topics
for discussion by the Granges of Michigan.
In doing this we want Patrons to feel that
we are not trying to tell Granges what
they ought to talk about. But the topics
which we shall suggest are those that are
of practical importance to the farmers of
the state; questions upon which the Granges
of Michigan should be united. We do not
ask you to discuss them because we sug-
gest them, but because in the near future
you will probably be called upon to cast
your influence in settling them.

It would seem that if each Grange in
the state would discuss these topics from
time to time, great good would come in
the way of uniting the Grange more sol-
idly for or against certain measures. We
commend to lecturers the plan of having
each topic fully discussed in Grange. As
topics are suggested the VISITOR will give
editorial comments. We hope also that
the questions will be discussed through
the VISITOR.

1. VVhat salaries should be paid to our state offi-
cers, and under what limitations? [See editorial].

F. H. R. G.

MoT'ro—“ Begin; keep at it.”

THE COURSE.

Five classes are offered: Soils and Crops,
Live Stock, Garden and Orchard, Home
Making, and Political Science. These
classes were outlined by men prominent
in their special lines, and so far as it is
possible, are arranged progressively. It
is urged that the course be taken up as
recommended, and finished. However, if
for any reason, books further along in the
course are desired, they may be ordered
and credit will be given for their com-
pletion. No requirement is made as to
the order in which classes shall be taken
up. The classes are as follows:

CLASS I.-—-SOILS AND CROPS.
Price, Postpaid.
First Principles of Agriculture.—./‘lilills cf-

>4

S/law. (pp. 1-116) ________________ __ so 50
2. Soils and Crops.-—./Morrow ¢f- I-[1mt____ 75
3. Talks on Manures.——Harrz's ________ __ I 16
4. Silos and Silage.—C0ak_ ____ ____ ____ _ _ i 5
5. Land Drainage.—Miles____.__________ 67
CLASS Il.—LlVE STOCK.

Price, Postpaid.

i. First Principles of Agriculture-Jllills If‘
S/mw. (pp. 116-250) .............. -- $0 50

2. Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Swine.—Cur-
tz‘s____ ______________________-_____ I 75
3. Stock Breeding.-—1l[z'les____ ,_________ I 13
4. Feeding Animals.—-Stewart ________ _i 1 47
5.* Dair_vman’s Manual.——Stewart ______ __ x 32
Shepherd’s Manual.—S!e-wart ______ __ i 00
Harris on the Pig.-—fIarn's _________ _, I 00
Horse Breeding.—-Saunders_ ____ _ _ ____ i 46

CLASS lII.—GARDEN AND ORCHARD.
Price, Postpaid.

1. Practical Fruit Grower.—Zllaymzrd____ $0 30
2. How the Garden Pays.~(irm'ner _____ __ 1 16
3. Ornamental Gardening.—Lzmg _____ __ I 34
4. Insects and Insecticides.— lVeed _____ __ 9i
5.* Gardening for Pleasure.—Henderson__ I 34,
Winter Greeneries.——‘7o/mson _______ __ 67
Propagation of Plants.-—Fuller ______ __ I 00
Home Floriculture.—Rexf22rzl _______ _, 1 13
CLASS 1v.—HoMr. MAKING.

Price, Postpaid.

Helps for Home Makers ____________ __ $0 60
Anna Maria's Housekeeping ________ __ 60
How to Win.—W'z'llard_______,_______ 75

The New Womanhood.——:7’. C. Fernald 95
How the Other Half Lives __________ __ 1 25
CLASS \'.—POLITl(.‘AL SCIENCE.

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OUR STATE INSTITUTIONS.

Continued from page 1.

six years. In the main, however, the or-
ganization is similar to the other asylums.
The cost to state for two years, 189l—2,
was $92,732.36.
The superintendent receives ‘$2,000, the
assistant $900, the matron $300,—-all with
board and washing for family, in addition.

Upper Peninsula Asylum.

The last legislature appropriated $75,000
for establishing an asylum for the insane
in the upper peninsula. It was located at
Newberry, and will be ready for occupancy
some time next year.

Wayne County Insane Asylum.

The Wayne county insane asylum is al-
lowed to receive patients who are a charge
against that county, and after two years, to
support them there at state expense, pro-
vided the charge is not more than $3.00
per week. There are now about 68 county

patients, and 200 state patients in this

asylum. In 1893 it cost the state $24,742.-
52 for the support of state patients at this
asylum. _The state board of corrections
and charities examine this institution, and
can order the transfer of patients to the
state asylums.

TAXATION IN MICHIGAN.

Continued from page 2.
when the answer is above sixty per cent,
while it is frequently as low as thirty-five
or even less.
COURT DECLARATIONS INEFFECTIVE As A
REMEDY.

"So positive a declaration as that made
by the supreme court in Walters vs.
Lapeer, 40 Mich., 624, when it held that
assessments upon anything but the true
cash value of property are illegal and in
violation of the assessors oath, appears to
have no more effect in effecting a correc-
tion of the practice of almost universal
under-valuation than had the opinion in
Corry vs. East Saginaw, 44 Mich., 587,
upon the abuse of authority by the over-
valuation of the property of non-residents,
when it was held that the constitutional
requirement of assessments at true cash

value is as much designed for securing
against over-valuation as under-valuation.
The rule of uniformity of taxation and
assessment at true cash value applies
equally to the assessable property of resi-
dents and non-residents, and disregard
thereof is sure to occasion loss.

DISCRIMINATION AGAINST NON-RESIDENTS.

I cannot more concisely refer to the im-
portant question of discrimination against
non-residents than I have already done in
“ Wright’s Assessor’s Manual,” from which
I shall glean at pleasure and usually with-
out credit, it being my own work. On
page 10 of that book I said: “There is a
manifest tendency in many assessment dis-
tricts to put upon the property of non-
residents an undue proportion of the
burden of taxation. By doing this the
assessor very frequently lays the founda-
tion for a contest which is sure to result
either in the property assessed escaping
taxation entirely or in an expense attend-
ing the enforcement of payment which is
equal to or in excess of the tax levied. By
the Ordinance of 1836 it was provided that
‘in no case shall non-resident proprietors
be taxed higher than residents.’ The en-
actment of this provision was one of the
conditions upon which Michigan gained
statehood. It has never been repealed
and never can be. More than this, it is a
righteous enactment, and the endeavor to
evade its provisions has cost the State
dearly. It has also done serious injury to
many localities by causing the withdrawal
of investments and by retarding develop-
ment.”

Lansing.

WHAT DO YOU THINK!

 

Crosby, M2‘ch., August 6, 1894.

EDITOR V1srroR——What is the opinion
of the Patrons of Michigan in regard to
the “ liquor question?” You asked this
question several weeks ago. There were
but three replies to the query; all favored
the principle of prohibition. By their si-
lence all other Patrons endorse this princi-
ple. A person would suppose that when
all were of one mind on so important a
question, that there would be resolutions
of no uncertain sound adopted by the rep-
resentatives in the State Grange. But we
look in vain for such action.

How can the situation be explained?
Only by saying that the real opinion of the
majority doesnot accord with their actions.
Do we not all know many self-styled good
Patrons who are continually supporting
by their ballots the principle of license?
Why do they not also support it with their
pens when requested to do so?

There is not an intelligent person in the
state who can not give a dozen reasons
why the principle of prohibition is right.

Who can give one valid reason why the
license system is right? My license voting
brethren, why will you not inform the
“ deluded prohibition cranks" of the error
of their way of thinking? They are yet
capable of listening to reason. It looks
very much as though you were afraid to
argue the question? I am aware that char-
ity is the greatest of the three virtues, but
I cannot respect a man who will vote for a
principle which he dare not defend before
his brothers.

A lady prohibitionist was once asked,
what would be done with the grain which
is made into liquor, if no liquor was made?
She said: “It might be made into paste
to apply to the backbone of some temper-
ance people.” I believe there are many
members of our Order who would be bene-
fited by a good thick plaster of this kind
on their spinal column.

I am but a common farmer, not learned
in the science of debate, but I boldly
challenge any reader of this article to prove
that the system of license is not “vicious
in principle and powerless as a remedy.”

Hoping that this may “ beard the lion
in his den,” and also that there will be
some decided action taken by our State
Grange in regard to the matter I remain,

Fraternally yours,
J. ‘L. DAViS.

THE IMPERATIVE DUTY OF LAWYERS.

I wish to call attention to an obligation

resting upon members of the legal pro-
fession, and which I think goes quite be-
yond that which under the same state of
facts would rest upon citizens in general.
VVhen, as we have lately seen, so-called
“industrial armies” dissolve into roving
vagabonds and beggars, the absurdity of
their claims and pretences makes them the
subject of contempt and ridicule; but if
their mischievous doctrines have taken
root among any class of our people, and
their demoralizing raids upon the indus-
try of the country are likely to be re-
peated by themselves or by others, it is
not by a thoughtless and contemptuous
word that the mention of them can be
wisely dismissed. Especially is this the case
as regards the members of the legal pro-
fession. A special duty rests upon them
to give active and effective aid to estab-
lished institutions whenever revolutionary
doctrines are brought forward, or when
the fundamental rights we had supposed
were made secure under constitutional
guarantees are invaded or appear to be
put in peril. The lawyer may very often
more effectually support the constitution
and laws by assisting to build up a pub-
lic sentiment that shall continue an im-
pregnable bulwark against those who
through malice or ignorance or with rev-
olutionary purpose assail them, than it
would be possible for him to do by per-
sonal service as a soldier, or by aid in
the suppression of rebellion or of domestic
disorder. It is a low and very unworthy
view any lawyer takes of his olfice, when
he assumes that he has nothing to do with
public ignorance of the duty of subordi-
nation or with breach of law existing or
threatened to the institutions of organized
society, except as he may be called upon
to prosecute or defend in the courts for
a compensation to be paid him.--Hon.
Thos. ZII. Cooley. in the SeptemberForum.

SEE)’ AND S['GGES'I‘EI).

stilt‘;‘i318l‘3§.'§x..§I-NEIL‘? tilln.§lle..f‘§3.f;32'f§5.v}C1’fi'.§l?.SZf “ii
appears below].

The great variety of vegetable soups
that may be prepared will suggest them-
selves, adapted after the following recipes:

“Bean and Tomato Soup—Take one pint
of boiled or a little less of mashed beans,
one pint of stewed tomatoes, and rub to-
gether through a colander. Add salt, a
cup of thin cream, one-half cup of nicely
steamed rice, and sufficient boiling water
to make a soup of the proper consistency.
Reheat and serve.”

“Kornlet Soup:-Kornlet or canned
green corn pulp, may be made into a most
appetising soup in a few minutes by ad-
ding to a pint of kornlet an equal quan-
tity of rich milk, heating to boiling, and
thickening it with a teaspoonful of flour
rubbed smooth in a little cold milk.”

“ Celery Soup.—Chop quite fine enough
fresh celery to make a pint, and cook it
until tender in a very little boiling water.
When done, heat three cupfuls of rich
milk, part cream, to boiling, add the celery,
salt to season and thicken the whole with
a table spoonful of flour rubbed smooth in
a little cold milk; or add to the milk be-
fore heating a cupful of mashed pota-
to, turn through a colander to remove
lumps, reheat, add salt and the celery
and serve.”

Of soups in general she says: “If any
particular flavor, as of onion or celery, is
desired, it may be imparted to the soup by
adding to it a slice of onion or a few stalks
of celery, allowing them to remain during
the reheating.”

May the race of vegetable soup makers
increase!

Farming is largely experimental, and
must be so, so long as soils differ. We learn
successful cropping in part from others’
experience, but largely from our own.
Where such a course brings profitable
results we know that is good practice.-—
Maine Farmer.

Our public roads, railroads, canals and
careless neighbors are the great dissem-
inators of weeds. But in spite of them, we
may keep our acres in a presentable con-
dition if we do not trust too much to the
moon or almanac, but rely upon common
sense. But in vain may we hope for the
time to come when no weeds shall grow,
even if the poet, Dr. Watts, does sing, “Joy
to the world the Lord has come. No more
thorns and tliistles shall infest the ground."
——A Shirer.

BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CATARRH
THAT CONTAIN MERCURY,

 

 

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and
completely derange the whole system when enter-
ing it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescriptions from
reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is
tenfold to the good you can possibly derive from
them. llall’s Catarrh Cure manufactured by 
Cheney 8; Co., Toledo, Ohio, contains no mercury,
and is taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buy-
ing Ha.ll’s Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
It is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by

F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Q'Sold by Druggists, price 75¢. per bottle.

    


 

 

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

SEPTEMBER 20, 1394

ATRONS’

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H. since its organization. House Paints and Cheap Paints for Barns and Out-
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Houses, Dwellings, all over the land, some of them painted 15 years ago, still
looking well, prove them the most durable.

AINT

MICHIGAN PATRONS “Buy direct from
Factory ” at full VVholesale Prices and
save all l\Iid(I1ernen’s Profits.

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MICHIGAN STUCK BREEDERS.‘t€0||eQe ahd Sfaliom

All those who wish to purchase pure”  The Professors at the Michigan Agricultural

- - - LC 11 ll 1.‘ dl ted t u
bred Stock of any descnptloni will find 1 lIl0]pl:Ig'€8l1ta(:fi6Bt‘l!:)nSy aihléhefir theiii ttfgzvdlgbh tilie
it to their advantage to correspond g V‘5”°“'

with some of the following well-lRESUL'l‘S Ola‘ SFBSOIL PLOWING.
known breeders. _W

H. H. HINDS

I The following letter, giving the
5 results of experiments with subsoil
‘zplowing, was recently received by
Stanton, Montcalm Co E the Secretary of Agriculture from
Breeder of  Mr. Peter Youngers, J r., of Young-
sho,-thom cattle ! ers & Co., Geneva, Nebraska, and
Amefican Merino is deemed of suflicient interest to
and Shropshire s11eep,warrant its communication to the

; agricultural press.
‘ ’ Mr. Youngers writes as follows:

' "5, A‘ H’ ‘vAR‘RENl Having practiced subsoil plow-

Ovirl, Mich.

1‘ Breeder of IMPROVED}
 . ('llESTEll WIIITE SWIM}!
And Lincoln Sheep. A choice lot of stock}

 

ing extensively on our nursery
grounds near Geneva. in growing

fruit and ornamental trees with

£::.:*.i'.‘i..*“..‘;*.i:.*:.*;:%‘.‘:i:::*..*i*:.ii“.%i§.F‘i.t*:.:.1{  gratifying results We concluded to I
.; experiment with grain and vegeta- ~
‘ bles.

The ground was prepared by‘

or come and look me over.

If you \\'aiit First—CI:-iss

M E R ' N O S H E E P 3 subsoil plowing in the fall of 1892,

and the crop of 1893 consisted of

on ,

WH  B  z E    (k})OI:I1 8.1'ld1pOt&t0€S. (210111  y€B.I'
bred from pri7.e>wi_nncrs, of the Dark Bronze, zit the  eilng. 0_n  8’ very_mo erate Crop In
Igndlflflil and .\l'lCillg2ll‘l State Fairs. also lit the 'l ri- 1 thlg vlclnlty (xnaxununl forty bush.

stale l‘2lll' at Toledo, vmi can get them of - "
C. )1. EELLo\\ s. Saline, Mich. .els per acre, and the average not
; exceeding twenty bushels), we har-

. ‘ Y _ lvested a. crop of seventy-five bush-
Hlllsdale Countd Held 1 els per acre from a strip of ground

Poland China SWlII€.¢<V\ltl18.t had been subsoiled. The p0-

‘crops as a feed for all purposes.

lmatoes, etc.. and upon raw ground}
following after potatoes, tomatoes, 1
melons or other crops harvested
before September. It is not adapt- E
ed for seeding with wheat or rye.l

Crimson clover in average sea-i
sons provides a soiling crop excel-‘;
lent both in yield and quality of‘:
product; it is satisfactory for the
purpose for about twenty days, and
at a time when other forage crops
are not abundant.

On the basis of the yield of di-
gestible food secured in the experi-
ments—2,934 pounds per acre~it
will provide sufficient for ten cows
in full flow of milk for twenty days,
worth at present prices of feed, at
least, $25 per acre. ;

The composition and digestibil-ii
ity of this plant show it to be su-
perior to red clover, and when sea-
sons are favorable for early hay-
making, the product thus secured
is not excelled by any of our farm

The advantages derived from the
crop when used solely as a green
manure are but slightly reduced
when the crop is used for food,
provided the resulting manure is
properly saved and applied.

 

WILL IT PAY TO SOAK CORN!

Choice stock for sale at reasonablel fato crop was practically 8‘ failurel

 

prices, and Guaranteed as Represented. l. 1n thls Vicinity; the result of Ourt
   

1115 ale‘ ‘he ‘ This season (1894) the crop con-
lsists of’ rye, oats, corn, and pota-

     t toepa Rye harvested hiiidicates a
V - . _ . ‘ gyie of thirty-five bus e s per acre,

—-‘"581 Ohlet’ Midi" ; while rye in an adjoining field—the
§§§i°§“.iif.§§.°Z§§‘£?§?§.§§i‘S\¥iii§¥$."§§3fiJ3"”’lSame Beedv Planting and harvest’
' ’ ‘but not subsoiled——will yield ten

‘bushels per acre.

Oats on land subsoil plowed in

9 fall of 1893 will yield forty to forty-

 T  five bushels per acre; cats on land
subsoil plowed in fall of 1892 will

yield thirty to thirty-five bushels

T0  per acre; oats on land adjoining,

_ under ordinary cultivation, will

In an 01 d’ boisterous, bump_ __ yield ten to fifteen bushels per acre

uii<.lllUnuJ.llllll>iulllilll=tlulli|l1nliuliilLu

(the average crop under the adverse

 

5 mg buckboard When You can conditions that prevailed), in each
5 get 3 neat, trim, graceful, instance the seed, soil, and plant-
 solid DEA]. BUGGY for mod- ‘ ing being the same. _ .
;- est money_ your dealer . The superioritly of subsoil cult_i-
; - - _ va ion is especia. y conspicuous in
53 keeps them’ Anthem points _ the length of straw and stand on
%— of excellence are strong the ground

5 P°i“t5- B35? W°°_d5 and ‘ I The results of experiments with
§= metals used in their make. lthis year’s corn and potatoes can-
2 Beautiful to look at and de- _ ‘inot at this time. be determined.
3 lightful to ride in. Tasty Fvlth “:)1‘3°1?t1n3§‘tt_1°n Of the lfiefient
_ - - _ avora e con 1 ions we wi ave‘
a: Catalogue’ fined with mus - the largest yield of corn we have

trauons’ for the askmg ever had. Even underthese favor-

- able conditions the corn on subsoil
plowed ground seems to possess a
special element of strength that
will, in all probability,. exert its
_ . influence in demonstrating the
value of subsoil cultivation.

  
 

 

J. J. DEAL & SON,
Jonesville. Mich.

  

School the Entire Year. Students May Enter
at any time and Select their own Studies.

N0l’l»ll8l’ll/—v'

CRIMSON CLOVER.
[Bulletin New Jersey Station]

Crimson clover is an annual

llllllalla N0l°llla|  allll plant, hardy for the whole state;
it has been successfully grown in

«Busmfiss Insututlfi every county from Cape May to

VA'-PARA'5°- 'N°- ; Sussex. It it is adapted for a wide
The Lar est and Best 5 ui ed Normal variet of conditions both in ref-
9 , _‘I PP 9
-9€"00//"M9 U”/‘Ed 5WeS- erence to character of soil, and
isxogawtgtrhgpiagdégg ttggnhggdrtiizifesrtéhe attendance _ method and time of seeding, though
I‘ O . ' '

3 , V 6 {not as a. substitute for red clover.
DEPARTMENTS‘ ‘ Its best use is probably derived
P '1‘ h ' 1 ti‘ K‘ d te -
wtfi-rfgaigiighlafs:?iir§£izil;n§isEa::§nq"i>eli:§ga.§gy'§iwhen seeded in the summer or
<°:3u§’é‘..5‘f"§';’.Zc‘i.i‘“§_ci.‘.§’é’e‘,‘_?:lv;f‘°‘E§§i’u.§?i§§f=f?“ for an 93113’ SPNDE °T°P»
Pb!!!-1rm3c(y1.,(I3‘0mID6}“t;=,l8l.?%l1lHlc.F1lpeArtaI;{goXl0g- either for pasture forage or green
rri;Efi1yci;?panh:p:xllrisli;§éhJ2ivsiitliiricifsiéfi y.".“;‘{'i; manure. The time of seeding may

‘t , t' ' te ' ' -
Eeiu'ii§a°’i.°.°"ol."§’ 'i_u‘ili3?.. §§?c'i§ii'its°.iL°ii.‘3 extend fT9m J 1113’, 1° to Sep-
structors are pl‘0Vlll('_(l for each ilepa-rtiiieiit. tember 10, depending upon the
Though the attendanceislarge yet the classesare character of the season and the
seed bed; good results have been
secured when seeded later than

September 15.

sectioned so as to contain, on an average, not to
exceed 50 students. _ _
Th» Commercial Department in connection
with the school is everywhere alcknowledged to be
the most_comple_te Commercial College_in the
ligndéi It is suppged wuixtihtghe moat extensivgllinle
v a in an nsi sc . ' '
3'00 otollgre gilstltutfbn o leay1,‘nin{;:“¢>is;‘ers(;'0or f The value of a s,§;)1I1'1ng seedlng
or 8. summer crop, 61 er upon raw
,1“, .£,,,, ,3 ,-,?m,a,]m,,,,t 1,, %,:hc%,,.m,I1; ;,,c,,,,,.. ground or with oats, has not been
man 01' 088 F3! GIG. 13 011800 0
lgfa than at an other place. Tuitifn 810 tholoughly tested in the state’ ex‘
per term. Boar and furnished. room $1.50 periments are 110W In progress here
to $1.90 per week. Catalogue mailed free. _ t t d th- - t
Additioiialadvantagestor thecomingyea_rwith- 0 5  Y 13 P01? -
ouztaiincreuing the expense of the student. It 13 the expenence of growers
year opens September 4th.
Address in. 3. non. Pr:-en»-I.  that the seed takes better when
0. P. K SKY, Auodste.  h 1 -1
g t y covered. Fai ures to secure
a good stand from good seed are
reported as due chiefly to hot, dry

CARPENTER ORGANS
weather after the sprouting of the

are strictly High-Grade Instrnifients and

sold at LOW PRICES, quality considered. _ _ _
seed, and to heavy rains immedi-
ately after seeding.

for Cash or _Inatall_1nenta. and delivered at

$011: homo. freight paid. Send for catalogue of
Crimson clover may be seeded in
orchards, berry’ patches, corn, to-

one tuition anything like us nutny subjects
from which to select. The best evidence that

aw designs to
E. P. CARPENTER COMPANY,
Home ofiioe: BRATTLEBOR0, VT., U. S. A.
Western 0fice- J Howard Foote. 207 and W9

Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.

lBulletin Kansas Station] ‘,

VVhether the answer to this ques- 5
tion will be a yes or a no will de-:
pend upon circumstances. Thel
foregoing facts prove that steers
get more out of soaked corn than
they do of dry corn, and that the
reverse is true of the hogs which
follow. It will not pay to soak
corn whenever it is necessary to
take the precaution against freez-
ing that we were obliged to take in 1
this experiment, nor is it likely to
pay if it involves more extra labor
than can be done by the regular
force in charge of the cattle. But
when a feeder is so situated that
the corn can be soaked at slight
expense, this experiment would in-
dicate that it is 9. profitable practice,
at least during mild weather.

In conclusion, the facts brought
to light by this experiment may be
summarized as follows:

1. The five steers fed on soaked
shelled corn gained a total of 1,632
pounds in 150 days on 282 bush-
els of corn, while the five steers
fed on dry corn gained a total of
only 1,468 pounds on 290 bushels
of corn.

2. The steers fed on soaked corn,
owing to their better conditon,
brought a higher price in the
market than the steers fed on dry
corn. Balancing both cost of feed
and market value of the two lots,
there is a difference of $25.50 in
favor of-the soaking of the corn.

3. The hogs following the steers
fed on soaked corn made a total
gain of 635 pounds, while the hogs
following the dry-corn steers made
a total gain of 747 pounds. This
makes a difference of 112 pounds
gain in favor of the dry corn, and
the market value showed a differ-
ence of $5.58 in favor of the hogs
following the dry-corn steers.

over at once without sinking into

4. Based on the foregoing fig-
ures, it will pay to soak corn if it
can be soaked for six cents, or less,
a bushel. .

ROADS AND ROAD MAKING.

[Bulletin Virginia Station]

We notice a constant attempt to
repair without first removing the
cause of the trouble. A mud hole,
for instance, is often filled with
stone, or possibly with earth, with-
out the slightest thought of how
the depression came there. It was
very likely due to lack of drainage.
In most walks of life we are ad-
vised to “ climb to the top,” but in
road making the watchword should
be, got into the gutter. It is im-
possible to make a track that will
stand if the drainage is bad. We
have seen, and on one of the most
traveled roads, the water run for

 

tracks, when perhaps the taking
out ofa stump or one blast of rock
would remove all obstructions and
allow good gutters. Water must
be kept out of the roads at all
hazards, this must first, last, and
alzivays be by the conduits at each
si e. '

half a mile in the wheel and horse 3

I l
Remember water never runs up;
hill. Often the gutters are suffi-§
ciently good in every respect ex-§
cept that the slope is in the wrong
direction. The eye is not always
a true evidence of slope of ground; .
the topography of the land may be}
such that the fall is more apparent:
than real. If no level can be ob-E
tained it is well to go carefully
over such portions as have been
repaired, note necessary alterations
and make same as soon as the road
is dry enough. l
Whenever a mud hole is formed
in an earth road (and they will
come however much care may be
taken) do not fill with a lot of»
stones. This is almost certain to
make two mud holes instead of one.
When the road dries and settles
the rocks appear above the sur-
rounding soil and the next time it
becomes moistened the wheels in
passing over drop from the rocks
to the earth, each time going deeper
and deeper, until two holes are
formed. Instead, first remove the
mud and water from the pl1(lCll€',E
and then take earth as nearly of
the same nature as road bed as pos-
sible, and tramp this into the hole
firmly, so that wagons may pass-

it. It should be filled somewhat
higher than surrounding portions
to allow for settling. ;,
Give the road bed the properl
shape. Never allow it to be flat,
or lower in the middle than at the
sides. A section of road, should,
if cut transversely, present an arc‘
in shape, sloping from the center‘
to each side. This, of course, isl
to prevent water from standing on i
the surface. ‘;
Do not make roads either too‘
wide or too narrow. If too wide
they become very expensive to keep
in repair, and if too narrow the
gutters become obstructed from
wagons running into them.

 

PLANTING POP LARS.

L. H. Bailey in bulletin Cornell Station.

Landscape gardening is the em-
bellishment of grounds in such
manner as to secure landscapes or
nature-like effects. The style of
planting, therefore, should be free
and easy, devoid of all formalisms
and unusual or forced effects. There
should be broad open spaces of
greensward, and heavy masses, or

groups, of trees and bushes; and (

the heaviest plantings should be
about the borders of the place.
Scattered planting of individual
trees and bushes is fatal to good
effects. Trees which are simply
odd or curious introduce irrelevant
and jarring effects, and they should
never be made emphatic or prom-
inent features of a place. Trees
of very unusual or striking charac-
ter, as the Lombardy and Bolle
poplars, must, likewise, be used
with the greatest caution, and above
all, their formality and strangeness
should not be enforced by planting
them in rows, in rural places.

The poplars are examples of trees
which should be used only for sec-
ondary or incidental efiects inland-
scape gardening, and never to con-
struct the body or main features of
the planting. Cheap trees produce
cheap effects.

The Lombardy poplar may be
used to advantage now and then in
a group of trees to add spirit and
vigor; but it should rarely be seen
as an isolated specimen. The tree
is used indiscriminately, because it
grows rapidly in all situations and
because its oddity pleases many
people. It is so much abused that
its legitimate value is obscured.

The varieties of the white poplar
or abele are, in general, even less
desirable than the Lombardy. As
ordinarily planted, they are immod-
est and ugly trees, especially the
whitest varieties, and their use in
farm yards, country cemeteries and
all small places should be discour-

ged.

Poplars which should be encour-
aged for ornamental planting are
the common cottonwood, the com-
mon wild aspen, the normal or erect
form of the large-toothed aspen,
the Certinensis poplar, Populus
elegcms of the nurseries, and the

European aspen.

A No. 1 FARM
32°-"° HAFNESS

_‘ Made of first-class stock and

warmntetl. and all Huld-

: lhde. We retail all _our

' Hunts: at wholesale prices

and ship anywhere on up"

proval and guarantee anti!
faction.

Writs for Catalogue.

HANDMADE HARNESS09

"Fir gUALl‘l'V."\ STANTON, mcu.

oing to
Buy a Watch?

If so, buy one that cannot be stolen. The
only thief-proof Watches are those with

Bows.
Here's the Idea :

The how has a groove
on each end. A collar

K E S ) runs down inside the
endear (stem) and

his into the grooves,

firmly locking the

 
   

bow to the pendent,

, so that it cannot be
Kim pulled or twisted off.
To be sure of getting a. Non-pull-out, see that
the case is stamped with this trade mark.  
it cannot be had with any other kind.

Send I poslll tor a watch can opener to the
turnout Boss Flllod Gus makers.

Keystonewatch Case Co. ,
PHILADELPHIA

GRAND RAPIDS & INDIANA R. R.

IN El“F}:CT JFNE '34, 1894.
GOING IWIRTH.

 

 

1 No.5 No.7 l No.35 No.9
li>.M. A.M.li>.M.l
Chicago ....... -. L11 30 6 50 l 3 30 ii __________ -,
P. M. l P. M.
Detroit ........ ... s 45 7 20 3 4  ', __________ __
1 P. M. A. M. ‘
Cincinnati ..... _. B 30 .... ..; 8 05 l___ ____ __
Richmond____... 11 25 .... __tl1 00  __________ ,_
A.M. A. M. i P. M. i
Fort Wayne  2 05 s 05; 2 55 l. __________ _,
Sturgis _________ _. 4 15 10 21 i 5 17 l __________ ,_
l’.M. l I
Kalamazoo .... __ 5 so 12 10 l 7 20 I __________ __
Grand t(ap_ids..-tr} 6 55 2 00  9 l5 1 A. M. .... -_
GrandRapids,Lv 8 00 4 45 10 25 1 7 00 .... _-
Howard City___. 9 04 5 50 11 45 I 8 20 ____ _.
.4.M.
Big Rapids .... _. 9 40 7 00 12 35 9 10 .... -_
_ City ...... -_ 10 10 7 55 1 05 l 9 45 ____ __
Ladillac _______ __ 11 05 9 10 2 25 ,10 50 .... _.
P. M. 1
Traverse City..__ 12 45 10
Petoskey...___--. 1 40 . .
Mackinaw City . 3 00 ____ _, '1 00 -._.___. ______

 

_ No 3_ has sleeping ‘car, Grzmd_ Rapids to Mack-
inaw City, and sleeping car Chicago to Petoskey
and Mackinaw City.

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

GOING SOUTH.

No. BNO. 4lNo. 5 * No.10
_ A.M. P. M ‘ A. M. P. M.
Mackinaw City_. 8 30 3 U0  9 15 ____ __
Petoskey.,..__-. 12 25 4 15 1 ____ ._ 10 35 .... -,
TraverseCity-_ - 10 40 6 05 ‘ 6 00 A. M. .... ..
Jadillac ..... _-Ar __________ __. .... __ 2 15 ____ -.
P. M. ‘ P. M.
Cadillac ____ _.Lv 1 25 8 00 l 7 35 2 25 6 45
ReedCity 235 8501845 385 800
Big Ra ids ____ __ 3 05 9 17 9 20 4 05 8 30
Howar Ci_ty._.. 3 50 9 55 }1O 20 4 55 9 25
Grand Rapids,Ar 5 15 11 00 ,1] 40 8 I5 10 45
P. M. A. M.
Grand Rapids,Lv 5 40 11 40 ' 2 30 7 00 .... .-
Kalamazoo. .__.. 7 45 1 35 ‘ 4 25 8 45 ____ __
Sturgis ........ .. 9 10 ____ ._ 5 43 9 56 ____ --
Fort Wayne ._Ar 11 25 A. M. 3 7 45 12 15
Fort Wayne _.Lv 11 45 5 45 ; P. M. 12 85
Richmond ..... .. 3 '20 9 15  ____ ,_ 3 45
Cincinnati ..... .. 6 55 12 01 ____ __ 6 30 .... __
A. M. A.M. I P. M. P. M.
Chicago _____________ .. 7 10 l 9 00 2 00 ____ __
P.M.
Detroit ________ __ 10 35 7 10 ________________ _.
_ ‘Sunday nights Mackinaw City to Grand Rap-
ids only.

No. 2 has parlor car Grand Rapids to Cincin-

nati.

No. 4 has sleeping car Mackinaw Cit . Petoskey
and Grand Rapids to Chicago. via amazoo
and Michigan Central R. R.. arriving in Chicago
aRta 7 :13 a. in. Parlor car Mackinaw City to Grand

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

nati.
No. 8 has buffet parlor car Grand Rapids to
Chicago via Kalamazoo. arriving in Chicago at

p. m.

Sunday night train from Mackinaw City has
slee ing car from Mackinaw City and Petoskey
to rand Rapids.

C. L. LOCK\VO0D. Gen. Pass. Agt.

The Peoples’ Sailings Bank

OF LANS|NG MICHIGAN.
CAPITAL, 150,000.00.

MEAD BLOCK LANSING.
°"“°“‘i FRANKLIN s1*.. NORTH LANSING.

OFFICERS.
W. J. HEAL, President,
A. A. WILBUB Vice President.
C. l-1. OBBAND, Cashier.

We transact a general banking business. In
our savings department we receive deposits of
one dollar or over and pay interest thergon if let;
three months or longer at 4 per cent.

In our commercial (1 part t, ‘
gounts of merchants and busiggiis u‘ivelii.mcVeVxgi,s5a1;:
interest bearing certificates of deposit. If you
have any banking business come and 399 ng_

ARE YOU OPPOSED T0 TRUSTS?
Will you Back those that Fight them?

Every Farmer says Y es,
' Then buy your

Hanuws and llullivatntsl

of the manufacture that has
dollars lighting oox'i.ipi‘3i$etst.h°°“°”d° °'

THE WHIPPLE HARROW 00.,
St. Johns, Mich.

 

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SEPTEMBER 20. 1894.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

7

OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Ofloen National Grange.

Ius'rnn—J. H. BRIGHAM ........ _.Delta. Ohio
0vxnsI.nn—E. W. DAVIS..___-Ssn‘ts Rosa. Cal.
LnarUnnn—ALPHA ME8SEB__-_Rochostsr, Vt.
8'rl.'wAnD——M. B. HUNT , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ __Maine
Ass‘! B'.|.‘l2WARD—-A. M. BELCHER Bhode Island
CEAPLAIN—S. L. W1LSON.___ ,_ ....Mississippi
TunAsUnun—Mns. F. M. MCDOWE_LL..__N. Y.

anon-r.uu—JonN TRIMBLE Washington. D.C
HABB U E

ATE i>niz—-W. E. A G _ ...Missouri
_Cl:Blr.s—MRS. M. S. RHONE ____ ..Pennsylvania
PoMoNA—M HS. M ARY BEARDON ..... -_Kansas

FLoBA—-MRS. ANNIE L. BULL .... ..

LADY Ass"r S'ri:w'n— MRS. AMANDA
Michigan.

Executive Committee.

LEONARD RHONE..Center Hall, Pennsylvania
B.B..HU'I'CHlNSO.\'________  ____.virg_mia
J. J. WOODMAN _________ ._Paw Paw. Mlchlgan

Minnesota
HORTON

Ofloers Michigan State Grange.
Mxs-rnn—G. B. HORTON ......... ..Fruit Ridge
-0virRsimn—M. T. COLE. _.._....... ....Pal_myn;
Lncrunnn-—A. J. CROSBY. J n _______ .-Ypsi1an_ti
S-m:wAnp—-A, P. GRAY __________________ __Ai'chie

Ass"! S'rr:wAnI>—J. H. MARTIN. Box 442, Grand
Ba ds

D1
=CiurLA1N—-MARY A. MAYO ____ ._Battl_e Creek
'1‘nnAsUnniz—E. A. STRONG... __-_V1cksburs
8noim'rAnY——JEl\'NIE BUELL _______ ._Ann Arbor
GATE KEEPER-GEO. L. CARLISLE_.Ka1ksska
CI'.sr.s—MARY C. ALLIS .............. ---Admin
FLOnA———MRS. SARAH A ST. CLAIR..Butt_ernut
'POMONA—MKS. A. A. LEIGHTON _ . _0ld Mission

 
  

L A. S'ricw‘i)—-MRS. J.H. MARTIN Grand Rapids
Executive Committee.

J. G. RAMSDELL, Chn ......... ..Traverse City
]:_[_ 1), p1,A'1'1‘ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , . _ _ _ __Ypsilanti
THO8. MARS _.Berrien Center
w. E. WRIGHT ..... .. oldwater
runny MAYO .Battle Creek
11 H. TAYLOR. .............. "Shelby

W REDFERV ............... -.Manle Rapids

G. B. HORTON. - ....FruitRidse
JENNIE BUELL, l E‘ °‘fi°‘° l ....Ann Arbor

Committee on Woman’: Work in the

  
   
 

Grange.
M _ Mary A_ Mayo ________________ __Battle Creek
Mi-lg. Mary Sherwood Hinds ............ --Stanton
Mrs. Belle Royce. ...................... --Bamda
General Deputy Lecturers.
MAE“ A_ M yo __________________ __Battle Creek
‘HON. J. J. WOODM-LN .... --PBW Paw
on (;_ (}_ E__ _ _.Co1dwater
HON. PERRY MAYO . ..Battle Creek

JASON WOODMAN . __-_Pew Pew
A_ D_ ggmx , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . . . . -.Lans1ng
.0, L, WHITNEY .................. -.Muskegon

County Deputies.

 
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
 

D. H. scebbms .......... .-,Atwoo<1. Amnm 
C_ V. Nash .... _. __BlooImngdi1le, Allegan “
R. B. Reynolds" ......... -- “l-"‘,"‘lv Be“Z‘” __
Geo. Bowser_____ ____Do\vlmg. Burrs‘
James D. Studle\'_ Union City, Branch “
R. V. Clark___:- _.Buchanan, Berrien "
J W. Ennert __ St. johns, Clinton “

Mary A. Mayo , . _ _ “Battle Creek, Calhoun “
Wm. Clark ____ ‘_ __Charievoix, Charlevoix

E. B. \\'a.rd___ __Charlevoix, Charlevoix “
Abram Miller, ....... ..D0“'112i"‘-C» C355 ‘K
F. H. Osborn_ ____ Eaton Rapids, Eaton “
Isaac Rus5ej1____ __________ "Alma, Gratiot “
John p,,_Ssmo,.e __________ __Flushin , Genesee 

. . dd,___Old M" " , Gran Traverse
iEM1'S0_ EI.‘aD. .\'okes_,_lS.§\l\(')lieat1zind, Hillsdale “

 
   
  
  
  
 
     
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   

R A. Brown_ ___Sand Beach, Huron “
D: H. English ____Chandler, Ionia “
F. VV. Havens ,Fitchburg', Ingham “

Duck Lake, Jackson “
____,Rockford, Kent “
,__l{nlkaska, Kalkziska “
_North Branch, Lapeer “
__Brigliton, Livingston “
____ __Adri:m, Lenawee

__Crvstal, Montcalm “

J. A. Courtright_.
Robert Dockery.
james Greasen_..
Hiram Bradshaw
Fred Dean _____ ..
E. \‘f. Allis____-

' ‘ ‘_ \\ '11‘ «_ _-_'B‘ Ra ‘ds Mecosta “
jbesssfe Il:,_w5,l,n1_a_r?‘§ ______ __i%,_Di‘s1co,’ Macomb ‘
Will G. Parish__ _____Flat Rock. M°“T0e ‘

T. F. Rodgers__ ._Ravenna, Mpskegon 
W, ‘V. Carter“. _.l_Ashl.and,_l\e\vaygo I
A. J_ Crosby __ ___ \7J)SllanIl, Oakland ‘
Robert Alward__ Hu sonville, Ottawa “
R_ H, Tayhr ___ ,__,_Shelb ', Oceana 
D. Murlin__,__ Vernon, S iawassee

Hartsufi, St. Clair “

A. VV. C fi Id‘, _.--.
an e Centerville, St. Joseph “

Wm. B. Langley

Robert Trebv____ _____Birch Run, Saginaw
' M, C_ Ken-_‘ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __Carsonville, Sanilac “
Helen A. Fiske_ "Lawrence, V an Buren 
vohn E_ \\'i1cox _______ __v___’Plyin0\.1tvli, Wayne H

fiihn A. l\IcDougal____\ psilanti, \V ashtenaiv
_ C_ yon-i5_ ___________ “Cadillac, \\ exford “

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

Michigan State Grange

d t t t- ‘d on receipt of Cash Order,
ufnvdffheou mbsf smfllubordipste Grange, and the
signature of its Master or secretary.

Porcelain ballot marbles. per hundred. .... ..$0 75
secretarys ledger -------------------------- -- 35
Sec-.retary’s record -------------------------- --
Tnea.surer’s orders, bound, per hundred ____ _ .
fiecreta.ry’s receipts for dues, per hundred...
Treasurer's receipts for dues. per hundred. ..
A plications for membership, per hundred.-
Vflthdrawal cards, per dozen .............. ._
Diinits, in envelopes. per dozen.‘ ........ . ._...
By—Laws of the State Grange, single copies.
10c;per dozen .......... -;-- ~-: -------- --.---
“ Glad Echoes," with music, single copies,
25¢ ; per dozen ---------------------------- --
Grange Melodies. single 00:27. 40c: per dozen 4
flpemng Son Card, 2c each; 759 per 50;100__ 1
tuals. 7th edition (with combined degrees). .
1325:: each ' per dozen ...... -, --------------- --
Rituals, 5th degree._set of nine ------------- --
Rituals, Juvenile, single copy.. - .
Rituals, J uve_mle. per set ------------------ --
Notice to delinquent members. P9!‘ 190» ---- -
American Manual of Parliamentary Law_.._

-Digfst or Laws and Bnlinss --------------- --
Bo books --------------------------------- --
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.o§Vi§f'§t§i‘i'.l.’3‘.f§2a‘.3‘§.‘f§.an??‘§§ho: x.‘E.°x‘.."..‘.’.'.1 any
other gum“ Supplies. ENNIE BUELL
MI S J .
Address 8 ANN Anson. Mien.

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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-
ing villages and a handsome city, prove the

rosperitv of the people. The 5Ch°°l5 and 501‘
I,eges of Mt. Pleasant are excellent. Oats. C10)'€f,
sheep, potatoes and fruits for general farming;
corn, hay and rich pastures for dairying and
stock raising, have made many farmers well ofi;

others are rosperingv 3'n,d 90 can You» Unlm‘
proved lan s, valuable timber lands, partl im‘;
an

proved farms, and farms hi hly improve ,_
choice city roperty for sale or really low prices.

For samp es of descriptions of such pro erty
as vou rnav desire and fuel able to buy, ) ease
address COOK'S REAL ESTATE AGE CY,
Mt Pleasant, Mich.

THE HISTORY 0.!‘ THE

Patrons of Husbandry.

BY 0. H. KELLEY.

The Executive Committee of the National
Grange has placed a limited sn ply of the above
work, in this oflice, for sale. The book contains
441 pages, is printed on good paper, well bound.
and has several illustrations. t is ii history of
the Order from 1866 to 1873.

Price per Copy, 75 Cents.

On recsi t of the above price, a
cent by mail to the party ordering.

JOHN TRIMBLE, Secretary,
512 F St. N. w., Washington, 1).. 0.

co ill‘ be
Addrdvss '

THE GRANGE AND THE YOUNG
PEOPLE.

[Speech by John Trimhle, Secretary of National
Grange, at Williams’ Grove. Pa., August
30. 1394-]
Mr. Chairmcm and Patrons .-

I will dwell, for a very brief
space, on a subject that is near and
dear to my heart.

The Grange, if it expects to live
and grow in strength, in useful-
ness, and in the love and confidence
of the American people, must take
more active and more earnest meas-
ures, than it has taken in the past,
to bring inside of our Grange gates
the boys and girls, the sons and
daughters of our members.

Beloved Patrons, that is my sub-
ject, and the only one that I will
bring to your attention.

I’ll greatly regret, Mr. Chairman
and Patrons, if you conclude that
I am a crank on this subject, or
that I overestimate its importance
to agriculture and the farmer, but,
Patrons, on my conscience, I will
not hesitate to hold to my convic-
tions of the vital importance of this
subject. Aye, more than that, I
will not hesitate to express these
convictions, in_ the most earnest
thoughts that I can give language
to; I know you will give me a pa-
tient hearing.

The Grange, Mr. Chairman and
Patrons, was not founded for the
life tenure or the life use, or the
life advantage of any particular set
of men and women. It was founded
and built up, into its present grand
and powerful proportions of useful-
ness and honor to the American

- farmers, at great and cheerful ex-

penditure of time, of labor, of
money. By whom? By you, Pa-
trons, by you, Patrons, now more
or less aged men and women, but,
and mark it, not for yourselves
alone, nor for your life time and
life use, but for your country, for
your children, and for your chil-
dren's children.

Is, then, this great organization,
built up, as it was, at an enormous
cost of the time, labor and money
of hundreds of thousands of intel-
ligent and patriotic American men
and women—is this great organiza-
tion to become a. thing of the past
when this generation has been
gathered to their fathers?

In my pilgrimages to Vililliams’
Grove, which have always been
pleasant and profitable to me, I
meet hundreds and hundreds of
grand men and women——true Pa-
trons, who have worked long, faith-
fully and laboriously in the grand
cause. Many of these good broth-
ers and sisters are, like myself, on
the other side of the hill of life;
and the places that know us. my
brothers and sisters to-day, will,
ere long, know you and me no more
forever.

Have we worked, have we toiled,
have we hoped, have we prayed for
the success of this beloved Order,
simply as an institution to exist
during your and my life time? or
have we held distinctly before us
the thought that we were laboring
and toiling and hoping and pray-
ing, that it might be built up for
the good of our country and of fu-
ture generations?

This question each Patron must
answer for him or herself. Grant-
ing that the latter is the basis of
our hopes and of our labors, I come
back to my proposition. If we ex-
pect the Grange to live and prosper,
then we must induce the boys and
girls to join our ranks, to learn the
good, the true and wholesome teach-
ings of the Grange, to make our
meetings intelligent and social—
enjoyable and sociable, and to unl-
ify themselves to take up the la ore
and responsibilities of the parents
in the Grange work.

Mr. Chairman, united in this
view, we stand, we live, we prosper.
Divided or inactive on this ques-
tion, we go into inocuous desue-
tude—we linger, we fall; and over
our Temple gate will be written——

“ The Grange was; but is not.”

I do not think, Mr. Chairman,
that I am magnifying matters. I
cannot think that you, well beloved
Patrons, feel that I am giving a.
gloomy aspect to the Order,——the
Order that I love so well and the
cause to which I have given the
best years of my life, feeble and
insufficient efforts, I well know, but
given in unselfish love and devo-
tion to the Grange and the grand
cause of a riculture.

Now, r. Chairman, it was not
and is not my intention to enter
into any extended in‘ ument on
this question. I see be ore me, as

I have proudly seen on several oc-

casions in Williams’ Grove, a body
of as intelligent men and women as
can be assembled in any place in
this broad land. Before me are
fathers and mothers. To you, fath-
ers and mothers, I appeal. I have
stated the proposition. Think it
over and act upon it.

 

ORIGINAL THOUGHT IN GRANGE
WORK.

There will no doubt always be a.
difference of opinion as to the best
methods of work in our Order; or
in other words, what constitutes a
popular and progressive Grange.
There may be some who think it
best to follow out the older methods
according to established rules, but
no good Granger will believe in or
continue to adopt it because it is
old. If we would become popular
and progressive, We must introduce
newer methods and rise to higher
ideals. The doctrine that the old
is best because it is old is a bar to
all progress. We should not only
refuse the methods that others have
thought out, but rather prefer to
do our own thinking, and find our
own way. As we thus begin to
think and put our thoughts into
action, the study of the principles
of our Order will stimulate the
better side of our nature and tell
us what to think about. Original
thought will not only stimulate,
but also vitalize our hidden forces,
and lead into more complete and
larger lines of labor; and these of
necessity will take root and become
fruitful in resources.

WANT OF THOUGHT.

What is it that constitutes dark-
ness in the individual or the age?
What is it that has handed down
innumerable errors from genera-
tion to generation? The want of
thought, strong thought. lVliat
was it that burst the chains of re-
ligious bondage, and gave to Eu-
rope and the Western VVorld moral
freedom? What is it that has
spread before our vision so many
natural truths, that has opened so
wide the path of discovery, has
crowded it with so many anxious
inquiries, and is preparing the way
for the general education of the
human race‘? We answer, thought.

As an Order, while we allow to
others freedom of thought, we
should put our own thoughts into
circulation, and the stronger and
deeper the thought, the more vig-
orous the action. But our actions
should spring from thought rather
than feeling. For we know that
society is in 8. dangerous condi-
tion when it is guided by the
exercise of feelings, without the
guidance of the intellect. There
must be thought before there can
be action; and unity of thought
before there can be unity of action.
Now, in order to better our condi-
tion, we should begin as soon as
possible to do our own thinking,and
thus prepare the way to do our
own work. We should not take
truth second hand, but mine the
truth for ourselves and get it fresh
from the mint; and the benefits
thus derived would exceed our
most sanguine expectation.
Thought would add larger power
and infuse renewed life and energy
throughout all lines of Grange
work. It makes a. great impression
and produces a powerful influence
upon the hearts and lives of men,
and yields a. bountiful harvest
when planted in a fertile soil.

THE VALUE OF THOUGHT.

We repeat, thought is one of the
grandest faculties of the human
mind; it is as natural to think as for
the sparks to fly upward. Every
well regulated mind is 9. swarming
city of thoughts. The greatest
power in the world today is thought.
The great difference between the
human and the brute is thought,
and the power to put thought into
action. The question is often
asked, from whence comes thought
and what is the power that pro-
duces it? There is as clear evidence
that the mind was made to think,
as that the feet were made to walk.
The brain is no doubt the seat of
creative thought, but the heart is
the seat or the image of creative
energy; and in the economy of
God high achievement issues
only from thoughtful and com-
manding mind. No great enter-
prise was ever begun and car-
ried forward to completion with-
out thought. One of our reatest
thinkers has truthfully said, it is
not criminal to strive for perfection
and fail; but it is criminal to refuse
or even neglect to strive for per-
fection. We had indorsed the senti-

L

ment long before we saw it in
print. There is a trite saying that
nothing succeeds like success.

WE LOVE THE GRANGE.

I am sure we all love the Grange,
and her prosperity would fill our
hearts with joy and gladness—like
the gladness of the flower cup in
which the dewdrops are impearled
—or the gladness of the rainbow
that tells both of the sun and the
rain. It is the divine order that
there shall be progress leading to
perfection, and life is too grand for
anything less than perfection, as it
is too short for anything less than
love. And so long as the world
stands there will be room for pro-
gress, and so long as there is room
for progress, so long the stir and
stress and struggle will go on and
will form the real life of men. We
cannot get anything good without
labor and pain. Below the surface
pleasure is the surface pain and

below them both is the eternal order.

and strength and serenity; in these
are the pathway of life and secur-
ity. As an order, self sacrifice
should be the law of our being,
and sympathy for others the in-
spiration of our life. Our Grange
should be the gate of gifts, but let
them be gifts of grace and love.

The ideal standard adopted by
the Grange should be studied not
only that we may understand it,
but that we may revise it. A creed
that does not change is 3. dead
creed, as a. tree that does not grow
is a dead tree. As we train the
mind to fresh and original thought,
it will make discoveries that will
lead to new lines of action, and it
will come as an inspiration. We
know the events of daily life have
an influence upon the mind, but
thought is the source of all power,
the foundation of all knowledge,
and the inspiration of all action.
A newer life and larger power will
come from the consciousness that
we ourselves have created it from
the consciousness that our actions
are thoughts vitalized by being
put into motion. To raise a. crop
of weeds or brambles we need
neither plow nor sow. To cease to
think is to cease to act——simply to
neglect the soil is to abandon it to
the possession of all that is un-
lovely.

WE MUST ADVANCE.

It is not enough to hold the
ground we have taken. We have
come to the most critical time in
our history, and the duties of the
hour are pressing. We have pass-
ed the period of youth, we have
already come to the parting of the
ways. The past is ours no longer,
but the future is as certainly ours
as it comes. It may be the duty
of the Grange to teach facts, but
is it not more clearly her mission to
teach principles? Then it should
be ours to read and study the moral
precepts in our constitution, and
give them a more practical and
wider interpretation. And as pro-
gress without Christianity is always
a failure, it will be ours to gather
up the tangled threads of life, and
weave them into beautiful garments
of faith, hope, and love. And if
the Grange of the future would
have influence and power, then it
will continue to emphasize the
teaching of the golden rule, will
seek to stimulate all sides of man’s
moral na.ture—will keep with firmer
grasp its hold on the popular mind;
and while it lives within the limits
of its chosen field of labor, will
keep its banner floating before the
world, and thus draw to its fold
men of mark and win their ap-
proval. It must do more. It must
enter upon new fields of labor——
break up the fellow ground, and
plow deep the furrows. The inexor-
able law is from a lower to a higher
order, and this is evolution, growth,
progress. We see evolution and
progress breaking forth on every
hand; it is all around us, and has
come to stay. It ripples in every
rill, and brings a message on every
breeze. The very air is budding
with the impulse of a brighter
hope, which creates the longing for
a larger life.

We believe the opportune time
is come to enlarge our borders,
strengthen the stakes, and with re-
newed energy, seek to lengthen the
silken cords of love.

The performance of these duties
will give large experience, and pre-
pare the way for entering upon
larger and finer fields of labor.
We have confidence in the success
of our Order; partly perhaps, be-
cause we are one of those happy
men who see in the Grange and

throughout the world, perpetual
improvement.

SAMUEL TROTMAN.
Alden.

SOME GOOD BOOKS.

For the Young People.

There is nothing that young peo-
ple more enjoy than the observation
of outdoor life. The flowers of
spring, the birds, the squirrels, the
myriad insects have wonderful
charms for the young mind. They
become romantic creatures and aid
the fancy of youth in its varied
flights. But there is scarcely any
line of knowledge in which so little
pains is taken to teach the child to
observe accurately and fully as
among these outdoor friends he
loves so well to watch.

A book that gives accurate in-
formation regarding the insect
world, while at the same time it
puts it in such a form that every-
body can understand it and enjoy
reading it, is called “ The Romance
of the Insect World.” It will well
repay any one interested in nature
to procure this accurate and inter-
esting book. It is published by
McMillan & Co., 66 Fifth avenue,
New York, and sells for $1.25.

Two “ Strong ” Books.

VVe are in receipt of two books
written by Dr. Josiah Strong. One,
“Our Country,” was issued several
years ago and attracted considera-
ble attention at that time, to the
perils that threaten our nation and
the difficulties that confront us in
meeting them. This work has been
revised for the present volume and
published with a companion book
which reads like a sequel or contin-
uation. The later work is “The
New Era,” and both deal with vital
topics of immigration, of coopera-
tion, of popular discontent, of the
increase of population in cities, and
the decrease of population in the
country, and of the necessity of
dealing with this condition of af-
fairs with new methods.

VVe commend these books to all
who are thinking along these lines,
and especially to those in charge
of Grange programs for the help
they have to offer. Brother Moi‘-
timer Whitehead, who also recom-
mends Dr. Strong’s books, says:
VVe call the Grange a school; then
let us get these books Written by
eminent writers, thinkers, and stu-
dents, and with them study the
question of the problem of our
country and other great questions
of the day.” We shall, in subse
quent issues, quote quite freely
from these books.

[* " Our Country ” and “ The New Era," 35 cts.
each, in paper covers. The Baker and Taylor Co.
Publishers, 740 657-12 Broadway, N. Y.)

Fungi and Fungicides.

A practical manual concerning
the fungus diseases of cultivated
plants and means of preventing
their ravages. By Clarence M.
Weed, D. S. C., Professor of Zool-
ogy and Botany, New Hampshire
Agricultural College. New York:
Orange Judd Company. 222 pp.,
90 illus., l2mo., cloth, $1, paper 50
cents.

\Vho has not suffered great loss
from the attacks of the various
smuts, blights and rots that injure
crops? Until within a few years
no practical remedy was known for
most of them. In a practical man-
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brought together in easily accessi-
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characteristics and preventatives of
plant diseases. The book describes
in simple but accurate terms, that
any one can understand, what fun-
gi are, and shows how they are pro-
pagated and destroyed. Formulas
are given for every mixture the ap-
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otherwise, has proved helpful, and
exact directions are furnished for
applying these fungicides either
alone or in combination with
insecticides. Between the cov-
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8. comprehensive digest of all
that is known on the subject.
The work is illustrated with nearly
100 original illustrations true to
life. ’ Sold by Orange Judd Com-
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Dix——You1' wife must have confidence
in you to leave you alone while she goes
up north. Hicks—-Oh! she takes the pre-
caution to keep me broke.—Puck.

Puck: Mrs. Brown--Since they have
become engaged they just sit in the parlor
and not a word passes between them——
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

Noficcs of Meefings.

r.\'GH.\:\i coL'_\‘T\' POMONA.
\Vill meet with Alaiedon Grange Sep-
tember 21 and 22. Friday evening there
will be held memorial services in honor of
Brother H. Forster.

wEsTERN l’O.\I0_\'.~\.

The regular meeting of \Vestern Pomo-
na Grange will be held with Georgetown
Grange October 11 and 1.2. All fourth
degree members are invited.

.\IRs. E. A. GILLETT, /.ect.

.\'E\\'.\YGO C()L‘.\'TY I’()l\IOI\'A GR:\NGE
Holds its next session with Ensley Grange
on the Tuesday and Wednesday of Octo-
ber 2 and 3. next. Open to the public both
days. All parties having work upon old
programs please come prepared to respond.

NEW PROGRAM.
“ Symptoms of peach yellows," Frank llillinaii
and G. A. \\'hitbev:k.
“ Municipal ownership of industries,” Neil Mc-
Callum; discussion led by S. V. \\'alker.
“ Maintaining the fertility of the soil," M.
Thompson.
" Pro )er management of county and local fairs,”
]. B. King and]. II. Haskins.
“ Womaii’s true ideal," Mrs. .\Iary Robertson.
“ Man‘: true ideal,” A. L. Scott.
“ Education of the heart,” Rev. E. C. Herring-
ton.
“ Cheese as an article of food,” J. \V. Mc Nabh,
“ Good nature,” Mrs. Mary Stuart.
“ Useful economical ;household receipts,”:Sisters
Sarah Collineen,J. B. King, and L. F. Kinny.
“ Apples dropping,” \\'in. Hillm-an.
“Notes from garden and field,” H. \\'. Craw-
ford.
“ Mental and social culture,” )1. VV. Scott.
“ VVives entitled to contidenlse,” Mrs. M. E.
Lewes.
“ \\'hat shall be the substitute for clover .‘" A.
Flynn. .
“ Treatment of cows during short pasture," \\'.
C. Stuart.
" Preparing the soil and proper cultivation for
corn,” E. K. Clark.
“ Strikes and strikers," S. V. \Valker; discussion
led bv E. C. Herrington.
“ I-Iow shall we improve our present system of
school work?” C. '1‘. Haskins.

The _voung people are requested to come
prepared with volunteer recitations.
W. \V. CARTER, Lrclurrr.

FREE LECTURE.

Mrs. .\Iary A. Mayo. of Battle Creek,
will speak at Ashland Grange hall on
Tuesday evening, September 25, 1894.

Mrs. Mayo is a very interesting speaker,
and she can tell you many things you
ought to know. Everybody come and
listen to a good speech.

ALLEG.-\N COl.'.\'TY I’0I\IO_VA

\Vill hold its next session with Hopkins
Grange, October 18. A good program is
in preparation,a profitable meeting is ex-
pected, and a large attendance is hoped for.
By order of committee.
MR5. S. FELTON, Lectm-cr.

GR.-'-\.\'GE AND EDUCATIONAL .\lEETI.\'G

Bell Branch, Saturda_v, October 6, 1894.
under the auspices of the Redford Grange
and the county Teachers’ Association. All
teachers are considered members and are
welcome. Come.
I'R(J(«iR:\.\I.

Address of welcome. .\laster of Grange.

Response, Vt'm. Lightbody, Principal of school,
VVoodmere.

“ \'itali7.ation of school law,” J. A. Sinclair,
County Commissioner of schools, \\'ayne county.

“ \\'h:it may be done with reading books?” }i'<lri.'i
Dunning, Delray school.

“ Fruit culture," F. R. \\'ard, Yew.

" Relations in arithmetic,” Gertrude Alexander,
Livonia.

DINNER.

“ Home-, school, and state,” A. ). Crosby, State
Grange Lecturer.

~‘ \Vh:it and how in geograpliy,” Supt. Bztrbnur,
Highland Park.

“ Priniar_\' methods in public schools,” .\lyrtie
Derthci. Ecorse school.

" 'l he >(.‘l‘L()Ol teacher as a peace conservator,”
Supt. Curtis, Plymouth.

Grange News.

Correspondents, and all Patrons indeed, are re
quested to send us postal cards giving some news
jotting,—anything of interest to you. It will inter
est others. Please also send short answers to
some or all of the following questions. Help us
to make this the most Valuable column in the Vis-
ITOR.

1. How is your Grange prospering?

". Have you man ‘ young pen le?

. \Vhat do outsit ers think o your Grange and
work?

VVhat difiiculties do you meet?

\Vhat are your prospects?

6, \\'hat is most needed in Grange work in your
vicinity?

7. In what way are your members most benefited
bv belonging to the Grange?

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OBITUARY.

Sister Harriet Northrup of Lawrence
Grange, .\'o. 32, died August i5, 1894,
aged 66 years. VVhile in health Sister
Northrup was a faithful and true member
of the Grange.

A. U. BAR_\'Es.

Brother Chester Baker, a worthy and
honored member of Montcalm Grange,
.\'o. 318, died at his home July 19, 1894.

The Grange has lost a faithful and pleas-
ant worker. VVe, the members of this
Order, present this tribute of respect to the
memory of our departed brother.

COMMITTEE,

POSTAL JOTTINGS.

Not seeing anything from this section for
some time 1 send you a few notes. Hes-
peria Grange is alive and doing well. We
are building a barn 38x80 feet, and intend
building a hall in the near future. So you
see we are alive yet. We secured Brother
Mortimer \Vhitehead for four lectures in
this section, and we predict much good to
grow out of it. He spoke to a large gath-
ing August 28, at Hesperia.

.S. V. W.

And what is a pneumatic tire?
You asked me once before,
It is the name that, without blame,
They now give to a bore.
--Judge.

Haughty Lady (who has just purchased
a stamp)—Must I put it on myself? Post-
oflice Assistant (very politely Not neces-
sarily, madam; it will probab y accomplish
more if you put it on the letter.

Minnie—-She was engaged but there was
a cruel misunderstanding. May—What
was it? Minnie—He understood her father
had mone_y.—Puck.

WESTERN POMONA.

IVestern Pomona Grange met
with Olive Center Grange, August
23 and 24. Thursday, after dinner,
which was thoroughly enjoyed by
as dusty, tired, and hungry a set
of Grangers as you ever saw,
lmeeting was called to order with

words of welcome by the overseer
of Olive Center Grange. First on
the program was reading by Mrs.
Levi Fellows, a good article, and
nicely read.

The first subject for discussion,
“Which is the best source of
knowledge for the farmer, reading
or observation?” was introduced
by C. L. Wafile. In this discus-
sion the crimson clover question
was brought forward. If there
are any readers of this paper who
have had experience with this
clover, please let us hear from you.

Mr. A. R. Robinson read a paper
entitled “ Have men of thought
been of more use to the world
than men of action?” This led to
8. short talk, followed by a. paper
read by Mrs. Stauffer, “ Is card
playing a safe and justifiable
amusement?” There were talkers
enough for this subject, and some
pretty earnest ones. Music and
recitations between questions
made the afternoon pass quickly
and pleasantly.

In the evening Mrs. J aques read
a paper on “ Where there is a. will
there is a way.” This sublect
needed no discussion, her essay
proving the truth of the old adage.
Mr. J aques gave us an address on
“ Wastefulness.” He told us some
broad truths, and we should profit
by them. We had an address by
Henry Soerheide on “Political
economy.” Mr. Soerheide is a
pupil of the Lansing blind school,
and his address was one of the
best of the many treats of this
meeting.

The last subject was “Is there
any limit to improvement in agri-
culture?” by Mr. VVilde. It was
so late when this subject was
started, there was not much said
on it.

The next morning’s meeting was
of business and general informa-
tion, for the benefit of members.
The Granges of the jurisdiction
were all represented except two.
This speaks well for the interest
of the Grange when We consider
that. some of us drove about thirty-
five miles in the heat and dust.

Mas. H. J. AUSTIN,
Secretary.

 

PATRONS AND TEACHERS’ PIC-

SIC, OCEANA.

Saturday morning, Sept. 8, came
clear, sweet, refreshing, beautiful
to the Patrons and teachers who
were found early upon the road
leading to Olinder’s Grove, the
place selected for the picnic and
exercises.

The choir, under the leadership
of W. F. Taylor, soon drew the
crowd to the grand stand. After
prayer, R. H. Taylor, master of
Sylvan Grange, in well chosen
words welcomed all to the feast “ of
sociability, literary exercises, vi-
ands, and good cheer.” Neil Mc-
Callum, of Hesperia Grange, re-
sponded in a happy manner.
Robert Walton responded to the
sentiment “ The farmer and the
farmer’s boy,” saying: “The found-
ers, preservers, makers of this great
nation were farmers; its future life
depends on the farmer, who must
teach his boys to love the farm, the
home, and the school.”

After a recitation by Miss Tillie
Schmidt, and some good music by
the choir, dinner was announced.
All repaired to the groaning tables
and partook of a most delicious
and abundant feast.

The first topic on the program
in the afternoon was “ Patriotism,
and its relation to education.” This
subject was Well treated by Hon.
R. P. Bishop of Ludington, who
said: “ Love of country is the
cement of true education.” Capt.
Farnsworth of Shelby, further dis-
cussed the subject, after which
Hon. Henry R. Pattengill took the
stand and delivered an admirable
address on “ The farmer and teach-
er.” Back of the speaker, stretched
between the great trees, was “ Old
Glory”—a beautiful picture having
for its background the stars and
stripes, its canopy the tossing
boughs of the beautiful grove
through whose leaves fell the warm
clinging sunlight, recalling Bry-
ant’s words, “ The groves were
God’s first temples.” Something

of this spirit caught the glowing

imagination of the expectant crowd l
as Superintendent Pattengilll
fronted them. Mr. Pattengill said: I

1. Other nations commenced,
hundreds of years before ours with ‘
as good natural advantages. Those
nations today were ruled by super-
stition, ignorance, anarcliism. This
was not true of America because
the little red school house, the log
farm house, the teacher, had formed
a trinity whose motto has always
been forward.

2. That where brain, heart, and
hand were united in building up
civilization, there God made his
tabernacle.

3. That we needed an intelligent
head, 8. warm heart, and a ready
hand to direct our civilization.

Brother ‘V. F. Taylor followed
Mr. Pattengill, taking for his sub-
ject "The unwritten poetry of
country life.” Mr. Taylor made
an eloquent plea for country life.
“ What we call vulgar conditions
of country life are conditions of a
people whose poetry has not yet
been written, but which, with home
and school Working together, you
shall presently make as sweet as
any. The country Union soldiers
wrote the sweetest poem of liberty
with their hearts’ blood on the
heights of Gettysburg.”

The meeting was a grand one,
cementing the ties that bind home
and school, teacher and Patron
with a thong of love.

The next meeting of the Neway-
go and Oceans. Grange and Teach-
ers’ Association will be held at
I-Iesperia, next February.

D. E. MCCLURE.

 

THE NECESSITY OF ORGANIZA-
TION AMONG FARMERS.

[Read at farmers‘ institute at Alto. by Brother
Arthur Clarke of Bowne.]

VVhy do farmers need to organ-
ize? Because all other classes of
men are organized, and we must
meet organization with organiza-
tion; for united we stand divided we
fall. Itis an oft repeated saying
that the farmers are at the
mercy of the merchants. Why so‘?
Because the merchants are organ-
ized and the farmers are not. Why
are farmers so slow to organize? I
have received various answers to
this question. Some say the Grange
doesn’t amount to anything. How
do they know that when they never
belonged toit‘? Others say its of no
use to organize for the farmers will
not hang together. But we think
if farmers were just as determined
to hang together as they are de-
termined not to, they could do it
just as well as other men. Others
say, those that go to lodge don’t go
to church. That answer set me to
watching, and I noticed that those
who said that did not go to church
often enough to find out whether
the other fellows went or not. Oth-
ers say, it costs something. Well,
what if it does, we don’t expect to
get something for nothing. For
my part Ibelieve that I get better re-
turns for the money I pay into the
Order than any other money that
I spend. Others say there is no
money in it. Perhaps not, but
next to organization comes coopera-
tion, and who will say there is no
money in that? One object of or-
ganization is to show to farmers
that there is something worth liv-
ing for besides making money. By
staying at home and attending to
the one object of making money,
we become selfish and narrow mind-
ed. On the other hand by joining
an organization and becoming ac-
tive members we get our minds on-
larged, We learn to see things as
other men see them, and we get
other peoples’ ideas. The business
men are organized, the, laboring
men are organized, and the farmer
attempts to sit between the two
stools and he sits on the ground.

I believe it to be the duty of every
farmer to join an organization.
But it is not enough to join, he
should become an a.ctivemember,——
“Be ye doors and not hearers only,”
and we should take our wives and
children with us. It is very neces-
sary for the young folks to learn to
express their ideas in public audi-
ences, for we know not what the
future has in store for them. So,
farmers, organize, for the benefit of
yourselves, for the benefit of your
families, and for the welfare of your
country. Some say our fathers did
not organize, and they got along.
And I say they did not have mow-
ing machines and binders and they
got along. Organization is in the
line of improvement and advance-
ment, it produces better man

SEPTEMBER 20, 1894.

“Potash in Agriculture.”

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the farmers must and will CO1]-
tinue to organize even with Secre-
tary Morton to the contrary. Farm-
ers’ organizations have done a great
deal of good in the past, but they
have more to do in the future. So
come over and help us. We are
too indifferent about these things,
we show too much of a. disposition
to paddle our own canoe. In con-
clusion I must say organize, and if
you ask What organization should
I join, my reply is these gentlemen
around you have joined the Grange,
and I say unto you go thou and do
likewise.

The Welfare Problem Solved.

 

BY LEONIDAS CONNELL, CHICAGO.

The author finds that if govern-
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work, the divine command can
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THIS IS A GOOD SIGN.

George H. Stahl, of Quincy, 111., manu-
facturer of the well-known Excelsior In-
cubator, has found it necessary, owing to
the rapid growth of his business, to seek
new and larger quarters where his capac-
ity will be equal to the increasing demand.
The new plant will be five stories high,
giving a floor space of 35,000 square feet.
It will be thoroughly equipped with the
latest appliances, operated by electricity,
and capable of producing, if necessary, a
hundred incubators a day. That there is
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the poultry business must be in a compara-
tively healthy condition; on the other
hand, it reflects the greatest credit on Geo.
I-I. Stahl and his business methods.

EVERLAS'I‘ING. ‘

Orleans Co., N. Y., Aug. 13, 18.94.
MR. 0. W. I.\'oERsoLL:

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Paint; I usually painted it once in four
years with a coat of Brooklyn white lead
and finished it off with a coat of French
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four years’ wear with the other paints.

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[See Adv. Ingersollls Liquid Rubber
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Old Lady——Poor man; so you’ve been
living on water for three days. Here’s
a quarter. Rollingstone—Yes’m, I was
workin’ me way on a canal boat.—Phila—
delphia Record.

The difference between “meddling”
and “investigation” is that you always
investigate while it is the other person
who meddles.—Fourth Estate.

Toinmy—Say, paw. Mr. Figg—Now
what do you want? Tomrny—What is
the difference between the sea horse and
the navy p1ug?—Indianapolis Journal.

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