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VOL. XX. NO. 2-}.

CHA RLOTT E,

At State Grange.

Extracts From the Address of Vvorihy Master
Horton.

Again there comes from the farins and

country homes of Michigan an assemblage 2

of sturdy yeoinanry, with their equal part-
ners and best advisers, to exchange a
friendly greeting, to make new and extend-
ed acquaintances, and to consider and
take such action upon questions
akin and incident to the -pi'ofessioii of
agi'iculture as marks this progressive age.
\Vhat’ an impressive object lesson
this gathering presents. \\'ho ever
heard of such an event previous to
the time the order of the Patrons of
Husbandry was launched upon the sea of
experiment, nearly thirty years ago.’ By
making a comparison of the social, com.-
niercial and non—intluential conditions that
surrounded the t'arnier's home at the time
this organization was born, with the ad-
vancement he has made along these lines up
to the present time. and the position he
and his family now occupy in these re-
spects, we recognize, as never before, the
almost prophetic wisdom that inspired the
founders of this our beloved Order. The
warning voice that said to the farmers of
the country, Organize! was heeded none
too soon, for during the decade just passed,
as never before, have all classes of people
sought to advance their every interest and
work in which tlie_y were engaged through
organized and combined effort.

(l.\I.\'I.\'(} I_\' .\"I'l{l'I.\'(lTIi AND I.\'FI.L'Ii.\'(.‘l-I.

Our organization by ditfereiit parts of
its work during the year just past will be

treated in detail in this communication,
liq‘. En; .. 'P,~.nA\.A.LA: nu‘. in will ilL' Neil i.\)Ilt‘-IVC5

state that each year of its existelice more
firnily establislies its usefulness and pei'pe-

tuity. In all the statcsnearly one hundred
new Graiiges have been added during the
year and the number that have been reor-
ganized from dormancy is full_v three hun-
dred. Thousands of new iiiembers have
been added to existing Granges and as a
whole the Order is gaining in strength and
influence.

.\'ATIO.\'AI. (il{A.VGI'I >I<Z.\'>‘l( )N.

The meeting of the .\'ational Grange re-
cently held at \\'orcester. Massacliusetts. a
city of 1UH,H<Nl inhabitants and called the
central metropolis of New England. was
notable in many i'cspects. The people of
these states, noted for their staunch traits
of cliaracter, equalled only in this respect
by the rugged hills, in the sheltering sides
of which they have their houses, united in
a hearty welcome and royal entertainment.
From their natures they could fully real-
ize the national importance of a gathering
of representative agriculturist , coming
from all parts of the union to discuss dis-
passionately aiid free from partizan re-
straint questions pertaining to the welfare
of an industry, upon the prosperity of
which depends the success of the factories
that dot their valleys and which make
New England what it is, the gi'eat manii-
facturing center of the union. Like iiobili—
ty at the royal court, were these men and
women of the National Grange received.
The streets were decorated with flags and
bunting, and over one of the main thor-
oughfares was hung a large shield orna-
mented with suitable emblems and surround-
ed by the words, “New England \\'elcoines
the National Grange.“

The store fronts and windows were or-
namented with suitable mottoes and deco-
rations, and on the face of every citizen
seemed to rest an expression of welcome.
The public reception, attended by the gov-
ernors and other high oflieials of New Eng-
land, the banquet given by the board of
trade of the city of \Vorcester, and the ex-
cursion to historic Plymouth, the sacred
spot Where in 1620 was laid the first stone
in the_ foundation of our government, were
all elaborately planned and ingeniously ex-
ecuted for the perfect enjoyment of every
guest.

At the National Grange sessions, the de-
pressed condition of agriculture, the seem-
ingly deaf ear of dominant political parties
turned to the Wailings that come up from
the farmers of the country, gave food for
animated discussions. The reports of com-
mittees touching such questions as seemed
to offer relief were able and Well calculated

 to lay before the incoming coiigi-ess such
~’ an array of existing conditions and data as

will call the attention of that body to the ,

 prime importance of doing all in its power i

to furnish relief.
THF I.L'l$L\' 1’l{Ol’0.~'ITIO.\’. ,
“lhat is known as the Lubin proposition 3
caused much discussion. Its author, David ‘
Lubin of Sacramento, California, atiirnis:
That the interests of this country are best
served by a protective policy: that manu-
facturers are protected by import duties

l . . .
‘ from the products of cheap foreign labor.

and because of such protected man ufacturcd
goods being wholly consumed in this coun-
try, or from their distinctive natures do
not meet with special competition, the
.-Xinerican manufacturer
benefit of the amount of the import duty;
that the farmer as a purchaser of inanufac-
tured goods contributes largely to the
benefit received by the manufacturer:
that the farmer cannot be protected from
the cheap lands and labor of foreign coun-
tries by an import duty on any products he
raises in such quantities that a surplus
must find sale in the foreign markets. for
the cxporterand the home market man buy
at the same time, in the same building and
at the same price. Consequently the ./H‘/rc ‘
staple agricultural production, as soon as
we have a surplus, is sold at the foreign
market prices, /rm‘ the cost of carriage
fi'oiii the point of production to the foreign
market. insurance, commission, and inter-
est, whether the product be shipped to
Liverpool or consumed near the place of ,
production. And being thus unprotected ,
and compelled to largely pay for the pro-
tection of other in-lu.-:tric.-: and labor, Yr.
Lubin contends that the government
should do sometliing to give agriculture an
equal measure of benefit from its adopted
systeui and that the only equitable way is
for the government to pay a bounty on all
surplus fariu products exported, which
would enable the export buyer to appear
on the home markets, and paying the
amount of the bounty ///r//‘r’ for whatever
products he buys, and this in turn would
neces.~arily force the price up an equal
amount on all that is bought for home use.
The N:iti()n:il Grange having allirmcd at
previous scssioiis that agriculture did not
now get its full measure of benefit as did
other interests from the protective systeni
as adiniiiistercd, and having urged at the
hands of governinent such a readjustment
or special provisions as would guarantee
justice and equal benefits, so long as pro-
tection remains the policy of the govern-
ment. the question was considered with
much earnestness. \\'hile recognizing the
truth of the logic and the justice the propo-
sition aimed to enforce, the .\'ational
Grange. from its conservative nature, did
not endorse the plan but re;-onimeiided it to
the careful consideration of congress and
it will in due form come up before that
body and be ably supported at the first by
some of its members.

TIIIC GRANG}-I IN )II(,‘IIIGA.\'.

In general the" Grange in Michigan has
been, during the year, a zealous working
body, enlarging its field of labor, bringing
its forces up to a realization of the wants
of the day, more clearly defining its lines
of work, establishing system in all things,
and striving faithfully to prove to all the
farmers of the state that the Grange is
in fact, the helpful agent we claim it to be.

It is thought best to present separately
the different features of its work for the
year, with such explanations and sugges-
tions as will be likely to interest this body
and assist it to fully understand all condi-
tions and situations to the end that intelli-
gent action may follow.

LEGISLATIVE INFLUENCE AND ACTION.

The Michigan State Grange has, during
the year past, been educating along these
lines and striving to correct some of the
errors of the past. At the last State Grange
many resolutions were passed touching va-
rious questions, and asking for legislative
action. The executive committee was also
instructed to select from these resolutions
not to exceed four, and in matured form
see that they were presented to the legisla-
ture and urge their passage to law. Those
selected asked for: 1st. An appropriation

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j c’ which other
the farmers of

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119, 1.s14.f.,

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for holding Farniers' Institutes under the
management of the State Board of Agri-
culture. 2. More general and etlicient
",'.ire Food Laws. with increased appropri-
=.. .-ns and autliority given the I)air_v and
:’ure Food Cominissioner. :~:d. The a :-
jjlillltlllellt of a State Tax Statistician. -ltli.
,o defeat the adoption of the. township
I. nit School Systeni. These ineasures were
('.“.I'8fl1ll_Y kept in line and the h'uboi-dinate
liranges of the state added strength to the
rec uests for and against.
it is but just to state that the legislature
was fair and considerate of all our wishes.
i-ccogiiizing that our organization was a
fair representative of all the farmers of the
state. So far as these efl'oi'ts are concerned.
the legislature of 151.45 should be remem-

reaps the full I l_'!.'I'el.li\\'Itll kindness and especially those

w "yo were members of oui' Order, all of
'~-.-*«oin were true to their trusts. The re-

. rfiests of the farmers of the state through

th - Grange were all granted in full except
1"."__':il‘(lI)l_£:' pure food, in the consideration

iowers more mighty than
A{IiC1Ii;I(‘in succeeded in hav-
ing‘ eliminated from the bill those parts

itlecting the sale of oleoiiiargarine.

l’L'I{ E FOOD.

The war against adulterated foods and
iii ‘Er fraudulent sale nmst be vigorously
.'.:~:o_-ll. for the hosts of fraud will not be

.-ilyairiven from the field. They have

A siey and can command the influence of

. ‘H in such high positions. that the public

- {l‘0Il.‘l,'»_(: they control makes [l1(_'I11 almost

-tinciole. The producers and consumers
'2 .\Iic'nigan imist -join forces in fighting
ll‘ sefraiialrsjaiiildemandingjusticeandaswe

1“.-. , '- rm-' let,  l-tr‘!-jn ‘I (lfl" bv‘.o|< of events

that we may know who are our friends and
who are our enemies. The record will
guide us on election days.

T.-\.\'ATIO.\' AND THE \VUl(K IN II.-\.\'l).

The question which seems never to be
settled, but is alw:i_vs up before the people,
calling forth cliarges of injustice and un-
proportionate favoriti.-xm in its distribution,
has evideiitl_v taken the initiative for cor-
recting many of the O\'ll.s. that are coin-
plained of. In accordance with the law
authorizing the :qipoiiitn1eiit of a State
Tax Statistician, Gov. ltich selected Hon.
C. V. DeLand. and that gentleman is now
prosecuting the investigation, the result of
which will doubtless 1»/wm: and, may be,
«//x/uw/'6 many of the stateinents made rela-
tive to the question. The findings will
furnish a basis for the new equalization of
iszm, and a guide tofuturc legislation touch-
ing taxation. It is not in any degree the intent
to here dictate the course of the investiga-
tion, but to arrive at the results intended,
the inquiry should proceed on the broadest
and most comprehensive basis. Side issues
and hunting for the shortconiiiigs of indi-
viduals, while-essential to a correction of
abuses, should come as second in the order
of the work. To set at rest the questions
at issue. and to be of greatest value when
complete, the result would show: T/u:
(_'t(.\’/4 (‘/I//(r of!/ac /w/I an/I //V/'.\w]2tI//)/‘I;/P
1;/'[('«;.s rffal‘/uj sir/fr’, 7m!/1 /;/‘xi/‘Mfr; 1/141] (‘/;/ym/'-
zlfc, /In f/«ca./' I'rI/‘/i//us .s-///;«/«I/'/'.~'z'o/1.x‘ (mil /7:
fol‘./1/. The ('/I-\'/I ca/m: should not be based
upon supervisors‘ reports, but from the
property itself, as it exists to-day. Thus
it will assist in the new equalization and
form the correct basis for the comparison
to follow. Having arrived at the f/‘In: ma-/z
m/m»: of the properties of the state and
having placed along side of each 2‘/4-3r/mm;/ti
/if mar /‘eel/y 12¢/«Z under present assess-
ments, and the justice or injustice involved
in the whole question will be apparent.
Having thus ascertained the facts, and in-
justice and inequality are shown, then
learn the cause and future legislation can
apply the remedy. It is evident that the
appropriation and time given for this
Work are much less than will complete it
in such a way as to be most useful for rec-
ord, and in correcting evils in our present
methods. The work is of so great ini-
portance to the people of the state, that
without doubt the next legislature will
make provisions for its perfect comple-
tion.

Next to the duty a state owes its peo-
ple, by protecting them in their political
and civil rights, is to know that pro-
portionate justice is done by all, in the

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collection of money to pay the public ex-
pense. The movement now on foot should
lave the hearty support of evcrv lover of
justice.

FA [H] L\' STIT L’ T ES.

ly virtue of the new Farm Institute
law, about eighty of these practical ad-
vanced schools in agriculture and the sci-
ence of farm citizenship will be held during
the fall and winter months of ‘:45 and ‘SM.
This work under partial siipport of the
state. is new to Michigan, but no doubt it
will prove as conducive to good results as
similar work has in other states, and that

. Farm Institutes will become as much a fix-

ture in pi'ogressive educational work as
any other of our institutions. All farin-
ers and their families and especially meni-
bers of the Grange should attend and take
active part in the discussion of the \':ii'iolls
questions presented.
TRADI-I ('1).\"l'l{A("l‘.~'.

It is the farmer's duty the same as all
other peoples. to become acquainted with
the laws of business and trade, and the
markets that. will supply him the cheapest
and best, and return him the most for all
he has to sell, be it near or remote. lie is
not bound morally or otherwise to any
town or firm, only so far as it can be made
most profitable for him. Fiii'iiiei's should
not be sentimental] y considerate of the suc-
cess of others without reciprocal return. It
is not enough to plow and sow. the most
important part is to market well, and so
buy as to make best use of the money for
the comforts of home and family. It is not
in the province of the farmer to invest in
stocks u" _ v-d.-‘ and go lu-bind the W-'."it<.~i'
himself to sell them out, butitisl.1s. indis-
putablc privilege and right to make tcrnis
and agreements with such inanufacturcrs
and dealers as will give him special advant-
afics. This is in accordance with the Dec-
laration ofl’urposes of the National Grange.
In accordance with the desire and instruc-
tions of this bod_v. m:mufactui'ci's and first
dealers have been solicited and contracts
with several have been closed. Notice of
these with full terms and conditions liave
been issued in pamphlet form and >(‘lil out
tocvery Subordinate Gmiigc in the state.
I have no liesitancy in saying that this is
the best trade .~‘_\'.~'lClil evcr e.-tablislizgd for
cooperative bu_vin_<_>‘. It gives all reason-
able advaiitages without carryiiig stocks.
It cannot create antagoiiisin from the gen-
eral trade. It only remains now for our
people to become acquainted with details,
patronize the contract firms and thus prove
that our trade is desirable, and from ex-
perieiiee perfect and make better the rules
and regulations that govern. The contract
systein opens the way for every Grange to
deinonstrate its busiiicss tact. It cannot
help the Grange except as the Grange helps
it. There is not a Grange in .\lichig:m but
can, if it works coiitinuouslythe trade con-
tracts, secure a largei' membersliip. inoi'e
punctual attendance and prompter pay-
ment of dues. It will also prevent farmers
from encouraging the credit system. In-
tended for an i:lL'C()lIHl1()(l:ltl()Il and a kind-
ness. the. encouragement to buy goods that
cannot be paid for at the time is one of the
greatest curses the farmer has to contend
with. He is thus induced to buy what he
cannot afford, and the payment of such
bills is a coiistant menace to incoming re-
ceipts.

TH]-I \\’Ol{l{ or Tiii: FIELI).

It was conceded at our last State Grange
meeting that revival of Grange interest was
apparent: that farmers admitted the neces-
sities of organization. No doubt these con-
ditions existed as a natural result of the
large amount of work done in 18194
through lectures, picnics, printed leaflets,
etc. At the beginning of the current year
a general movement all along the line was
considered, but on account of the possibili-
ty of the VISITOR again lapping over its
receipts by several hundred dollars the

lan for general work by Lecturers was re-

uctantly deferred, and the VVorthy Lec-
turer of the State Grange alone put into the
field to test the neighborhood and house to
house canvass Ian. His field of operation/
Was in Eaton, ngham and a part of J ack-
son counties. Good results followed his

Continued to page 4.


TII E

(:‘rRA.\'GE VISITOR.

DECEMBER

19, 1395.

I‘.'?iel.€I. a_n_,Cl. Stock.

Weeds.

“iith the letters‘ j__ri\.(;1) la-low’ we j;1‘(_-suit
the last of the replics to x,ll(‘silri1:s scnt out
by us‘ last fall. \\'e hope that the l(‘Iit‘l'\
have been of service in awal-;cning the at-
tention of man_v who have been nu-3-ls=cti"ul
of destroying weeds, and in :1-si-tiiig to
promote a more fully organi'/.cd cllort for
the eradication of the weed pest. \\'c
shall be glad to hear from any of our read-
ers at an v time on this topic.

The farmers in gcneral think the wccds
a great trouble in this community. Tlzcv
do not have any system in getting rid of the
weeds. The law is not enforced in r<~_-'ard
to exte1'niinating weeds.

Ithink pigwecd and nettlcs in this lo-
cality are the worst. The wild lettuce has
gainedquite a foothold here in the last few
years. Some think this is not bad to get
1'id of from the fact that they don't root
deep. but they spread so fast it will be
some trouble in my opinion. You 1na_v
cut the wild lettuce in cutting grain and it
will grow up and go to seed after that. lwdo
not know what weeds have been the worst
this season. The pigwecd and nettle have
been my worst enemies. \\'e have a tum-
ble weed, but it is not bad and the redroot
does not thrive so well here. The farmers
are troubled in getting small seeds. like
clover and grass seed of any kind, that is
free from weed seed.

\\'. STL'a1)i:\'.x.\"r,
Hiltsdulc County.

In this county farmers seemed to have
waked up to the fact that they cannot
afford to grow weeds in their crops. Then,
too, the dry seasons have been very favor-
able for getting rid of these pests.

For the last two years we have practiced
using a spike-tooth barrow on our corn
and potatoes before and after they were
up, and find it far ahead of the cultivator
for getting rid of all of the weeds and
making the young plants grow. However,
we find it necessary to roll the ground im-
mediately after planting, else the plants
would be buried.

“'0 are not troubled with a great many
of the worst weeds that we see mentioned
in the agricultural papers. The only ones
that we have to contend with, to a11y ex-
tent, in cultivated fields, being the com-
mon pigweed, redroot, and pigeon grass.

Am sorry to say, however, the highways
and pastures present quite a different ap-
pearance. The laws are not enforced, and
a great many thistles, mullein, docks, etc.,
annually go to seed. If farmers would cut
these weeds two or three times a year they
would soon be rid of them entirely. The
worst one of these weeds is the burdock.
It seems to thrive on every kind of soil,
and the seeds are so easily carried by the
stock that it is getting to be the worst
weed thot we have to deal with.

In buying seeds, farmers are becoming
quite cautious, yet foreign weeds are grad-
ually getting a start here.

F. S. C L11='ro.\'.

Jlccosbcz County.

Farmers in this part are not paying as
much attention to weeds as they should,
myself among the number. We have
Canada thistle. quack grass, mullein. s1nart—
weed, goldenrod, two kinds of milkweed,
besides a number of garden weeds. Rag-
weed, quackgrass, and Canada thistles are
our worst pests. Canada thistles are the
worst on our clay lands; they do not seem
to thrive as well on our light sandy soil.
Quack grass is the opposite, it is almost
impossible to eradicate it from our light
sandy soil by summer fallowing. A dry
year we can get rid of it on our clay land.
Ragweed will grow any place or on any
soil. I have one field that I broke from
sod planted to corn the first year: the sec-
ond year to turnips. Kept clean from rag-
weed both years, third year sowed to bar-
ley and had lots of it in my barley. It
grows up in our grain so we cut the top
off when we cut our grain. Then it branch-
es out and furnishes lots of seed to fall
back on mother earth to grow again and
it does the same in our meadows. The
other kinds of weeds I mentioned _do not
trouble us as bad as these three. The law
is not enforced as it should be. Some of
our farmers claim they would resist with
force if they went to cut the weeds.

M. C. KERR.

Saniluc County.

Notes.

The agitation on the subject ofa deep
waterway to the sea, and the appointment
of a commission to look into it, is an ad-
vance along the right line. The farmers
of the northwest are deeply interested in
lower rates for their produce, and that is
just what the deep waterway will give.
When the products of the farm may be
loaded at the lake ports for shipment to
all ports of the world without a transfer,
a long stride will have been made towards
the solution of better times on the farm.

\Vith a deep channel from the great

lakes to the sea, it will be only a question
of time and a short time at that, before a ._

canal will l:(’ ». ut :'.c1'¢‘».-s soutlicrn Micliigan.
sotli:1tc:ir;;ocs front lhiilalo to Chicago
and Milw; .l<ec. or /'/,/'.\'f/. will not be
conipcllcd lo z_u.;l;c‘=_i;c ltilljtilhl<l;1iig‘\'i't>H>
‘at .-oinc >4 a-on- of ti;c _\’c.-ii; d< tour by the
.-tr.-iitsof .\.:.ackin:i\‘.‘. Thc s:\.7!ill<._’l'!l l‘Hlli=.'
would one to tluu: months

E.o:u,‘a~~ would run. and

/'//'1

:_"i‘.‘I- from
more ~".‘l<’li ‘.'i at‘ that
tln-c:i‘zi:il woulrl ‘,,ri=l=:.l«l_\’ p "tr it-elf
twicc over in t‘.-qcn‘-.v years. The ;._ri'<-.-it
west l.~ i’:t}>l~ll,\‘ illlilljgllill :€1:el (llIlt‘.‘l'\_'"H is 21
conxcnii-nt shipping‘ point. Thc great
drainav_vc I‘:ill:1l now in process of ct)Il-t1'Il(‘-
tion will ‘_-‘i\c the western metropolis an
outlct to thc south. and will necessitate the
iiiipz'ow-Jiiciit of the .\lississippi rivcr.
lfvcrv ton of 1'11-iglit sent out to the south
and so aroundto lfurope will be just so
much taken from lhillalo and New York.
To hold xthcir prc-tigc thcy must have a
deep waterway to thc cast. lf the city of
Cliicago can build a canal '_"J miles in
length and o\e1'co1uctI'ciu('lnloIlscng‘ll1ceI‘-'
ing diilicultics. the national govcrnincnt
ought to be able to deepen the Iirie canal
or construct :1 new oi1c.".Ho or 21.31» miles in
length. l’1ob;ibly a

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, .

~ this place can nearly all be charged up to

.i 'i‘w1~:.\"i'v-i«‘i\ 1»: I-‘<IH’I‘ <‘.\2\‘AI.

today would be a smaller job than was the

“big ditch" of (‘linton's. eight feet 11.
' . . ' . .\

depth. A La» nule cut across lower Michi-

gan where there are no great hills to cut '

through and where much of the land is 
nearly level. would be a still easier task.

The railroads will survive a loss of
freight that the canals would take. There I
will always be a great and constantly
growing amount of perishable products
that nmst go by fast express. These, with
the passenger tratlic, very little of which
would go by boat, will give good returns '
on all unwate-red stock in the railway lines.
Many of the great railway lines are now in
trouble. \'Vhat they need is homeopathic
treatment. The water in their stock causes
the trouble. Water in the canals might
work a cure by pressing the water from
the stock, so that good dividends could be
paid on the actual value of the roads.

\\'EEI).\'.

The articles in the Visiroa on weeds are ,
interesting. In this section we are just
average mortals. In some road districts
the weeds are cut: in others they grow and
flourish undisturbed. \\'here there were
few or no Canada thistles a dozen years
ago, can now be seen an acre or two, so‘
thick that crops are choked out. They are,

_l»_\' tin‘ l(“=

1 got rid of.
I that it was just like plowing off chair posts.

I think, our worst pest, and next comes‘
the yellow dock. The latter does not trou—.,-,
ble in cultivated fields, but flourishes along §
fence rows and the roads from which tliup
seeds scatter to the pastures and nieadows.‘ »
The burdock also becomes a nuisance if
neglected. As for "liorsetail" weeds in
wheat stubble, the best remedy I. know of
is a mowing machine, hay rake and lucifer
match. They make a strong combination
if used at the right time, before the seeds
ripen.
s\v.i.\ir I..~..\'ns.

The past very dry season has given farm-
crs a better opinion of their swamp lands.
Much that was formerly considered of lit-
le value is now being drained, cleared, and
prepared for crops. \\'ell drained ta1nar-
ack swamps make ideal lands for carrots,
turnips, cabbage. and potatoes, as well as
for onions and celery. Our farmers are
slowly but surely changing their methods.
Instead of depending on a single crop of
wheat, corn, beans, or potatoes, they are
turning their attention to other crops, such
as tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, beets, etc.
The unfortunate mortals who the past sea-
son pinned all their faith to potatoes. on-
ions, or beans, are now wondering what is
to be done with their crops. In ayear beans
have droped one-third, onions two-thirds.
and potatoes are hard to give awav in some
sections. One farmer near here had 15
acres of cabbage that report says netted
him between forty and fifty dollars per
acre. Others made a good profit from to-
matoes and carrots.

In spite of the dry season beans turned
out well, and if the price had kept up to
the usual point they would be a valuable
crop. Corn is extra good. As for hay,
oats and wheat, except on low lands, the
less said the better.

FARMS-—BIG AND LITTLE.

As for big farms—the concentration of
capital—it’s all wrong, and will only bring
evil on the land. \Ve do not want to copy
from England on such lines. I would
have a law passed to prevent any person
from acquiring over 40 acres of agricultu-
ral lands. Forty acres is enough for any
man to work, and any state would be a
thousand times better off if all its lands
were divided up into ti) acre tracts, each
part owned and cultivated by one individ-
ual. The curse of the country is the greed
for land. It's the cause of more mortga-
ges and misery than the “single standard""
and the national banks; and what is worse,
free silver won’t cure it. The man with
20 acres all paid for, a good house and a
little put by for rainy days is far better
off than the owner of several hundred
acres and a big mortgage. Instead of big

farms we want small ones, and near neigh-
bors, high cultivation and more bushels to .

the acre. \\liicl! will solve the ‘pi.-oblcni of
hard times on tl.cfar1n.
.\I'i'oI.o- I.o_\'o.

t the Institutes.

This is
ii.-s:iz.:n»~
a;\:Ԥ' {lu-

tirst liliic that the I.Ill'llll‘l'.\.
" --: n c.\t<-ntlcd -o _‘_"t'll(".‘:lll\'
Tilt‘:1]>}>i'Iqr2'lr1li-til::llH\\‘t*il
its l:1.-I .-tsiuil
and the appropriation was
bv the concerted action
lllt‘(ii':lIl:’t‘. llad it not bccn for
(irane‘ctl1crc would have bccn no appro-
priation: and had it had not bccn for the
appropriation there would have bccn no
III.‘IlIlIIl‘>.

The tir-t institute wc attcndc-l

-i:~i:-,

! _
.-i:u'.l2“c at
llll.~ };Hs~llul:".

1n:'.d<-po~-iblc of

was at
l\'.\l.l\'.\.\l\'.\.
\\'c found thcrc :m intelligent community
of farincrs. riglit up to the times. full of
questions. ready in debate and some of the
most excellent papers were presented by
them. Theirchairman. Mr. l’ahncr. was
a whole institutc alone. The principal
reason for the success of the institute at

the tirangc work in that county. (irass—
hoppers and root borers <lestro_ved their
clover. Thc_v decided that the best substi-
tute for clover was clover. None were in
favor of alfalfa. They said that when it
once got a hold in the ground it could not be
That the roots were so large

' Myl If we could raise it like that on our

farm, it would be as good a thing as I
would want. They voted to hold a sum-
mer institute next summer. “'0 next
come to
CAI)II.I.A(‘,

which is situated on the banks of Little
Clam lake, a beautiful sheet of water con-
taining about three sections. The institute
here was fairly attended. Discussion was
not so animated nor questions so plentiful
as at Kalkaska, owing no doubt to the ab-
sence of Granges. However, it was a suc-
cess, and farmers seem to have been well
pleased.

No doubt that institutes will be better
each year in \\'exford county. The local
papers on clover, good roads, and local
taxation were most excellent. A vote
was taken to hold the next institute at
Sherman, which I understand is surround-
ed by a very fine farming country.

The institute at

1..-ikr. (‘ITY
was opened by a very small attendance,
owing to the sparsely settled country.
some of the school districts having only

' enough taxpayers to fill the school otliccs,

and the best farming land being somewhat
remote from Lake City. However. we
had soine interesting papers and discus-
sions. One gentleman proved beyond a
doubt that sheep could be raised with
profit there, on account of the large range
of pine stump land that has good grass
growing thereon. Strange to say, some
of the merchants of this place did all thc_v
could in opposition to the institute. This
is the only place that any antagonism was

i found.

From here we went to

I.L"1‘n1-:a,
a town in Lake county, of about 12130 in-
habit:mts. Here the work was a decided
success-good papers, good discussion, and
plenty of questions, with farmers right up
to the times in the better methods of culti-
vation. One man had not had a failure in
a crop of clover in seven years, which he
attributes to the sowing of plaster at the
rate of lot! pounds to the acre. shortly
after the clover comes up. This acts
as a stimulant to force the young clover so
as to make it large enough to stand the
drouth. All others had failed to get a
“catcl1“ for three years.
Next we go to
I-ZVART.

This is a to\vn of 1._\‘4)U souls, has water-
works and streets lighted by electricity.
They are very enthusiastic in this county
over the good roads question. They are
building stone roads, which cost them
$1.25 per rod. They have plenty of stone,
and crush them with a crusher. They are
making the road 7 feet wide and 6 inches
thick. They take out the dirt in the center
of the road 6 inches deep, and fill in with
stone to the level. This is not the first in-
institute for this place, several local ones
having been previously held.

Theiinterest here was good. Although
some doleful pictures were drawn, they
are living, well dressed and a very intelli-
gent class of people. The attendance was
good through the sessions, and the large
church was full in the evening to listen to
the Ex-governor‘s talk. “The Farmer's
Contribution to Society."

The next and last institute was held- at

BIG RAI’ID.'s'.

I was only there a short time, the first
day having spoken my piece and started
for home on the first train. The attend-
ance was good, and the potato question
was given a good airing.

IN GENERAL.
The potato has been the money crop in

‘1 on the ncxt _\*c.-iris: 1.
‘ that thc\ arc going U‘ plzuu just as

‘n: l‘ 4 . . . .
' "5 , ~»‘'~*'' bl‘.-llcl~ pitted or siorcd Ill sonic \\:i\',

 Onc man has on nis hands :7

mp ' of his own raising from in“ acrcs of

3 these northern counties. an l now they ll:i\'t‘
5 :1 large quantity on their liands with no
. prospects of }_"cttiI1;1'i‘idoftliciI1:1t :1 pricc
1 that will pay for the co-t of pi‘nn‘.::~‘.ioiz.

If you ask them what cllcct this will hau-
tlicy will tell you
_ . llCitll'\
wuh the t'_\'j‘-H'X;tll.vll that thc “other {cl-
low.-" will not plant .-o l‘.l:ill_\'. It is

ing‘ to 12nd i":u'in«-r- h::\‘i:ag' froni

illliil"
in

ltnni

buslicls
land

Sonic havc not dug lllclil at all.

_ooo

planted.

I, and have given them ovcr as free plundcr
‘ to those who have none.
. all thcy want for thc «ligging.

Tlicy can ha\c

The institute ioiccs were divided llllo
two parts: what is termed the vangllard
and the rcarguard. The vanguard consist-
cd of Iix-(iovernor Lucc. Mrs. .\larv .\.
Mayo. and the writer. .\lr. Truc of the
Collcgc. .\Ir. .1. I. Breck. Food and ltairv
II1~‘pt.'<'to1‘. would catch up with us once in
a while. but of course did not consider
them as belonging to our crew. The van-
guard wcnt ahead. atc up all the good
things, opened the institute and lcftlit in
good shape for the rear guard to tinis-h_
The rcarguard consisted of Mr. True. l’rof'.
llcdrick. Dr. lidwards. and Mr. lt. .\l,
Kellogg. the louia fruit grower, the only
man in the crowd who had a bouquet pre-
sentcd to him by a lady for the ugly faces
that he made. ‘

Mr. Butterfield was general-in-charge of
all the forces. whom we were bound to re-
spect and obey. Mr. J. I. Brick looked
after the pure food adultcrators and found
plenty of violations, which will induc time
be reported. Mrs. Mayo had charge of a
women‘s department which was held in the
afternoon of the first day of each institute
in some place where men were rigidly ex-
cluded. This made a rather tame affair of
the mens‘ part of the meeting for that
time, the ladies being absent. which. of
course detracts somewhat from the usual
interest of the meetings.

Now one word about Mrs. Mayo, that
modest little woman whom so many
Grrangers know. This is the first time I
ever met her, and I will say that there is
nobody who gets acquainted with her but
what is the better for it. She is a farmer's
wife, lives on the farm just across the road
from where she was born. She attends to
the duties of her household the same as all
other good housewives. I. N. Co\\'ni:1-:v.

Ithucu.

What Vassar Graduates are Doing.

Many and varied are the other occupa-
tions pursued by Vassar women, each with
a small individual following. Librarian-
ship has recently been elevated to the dig-
nity of a profession, and six graduates.
have adopted it. There are live artists and
live farmers. , Included in the latter list is
Mrs. Francis Fisher—\\'ood ('74.) known in
several other ways, who is the proprietor
of the Kingwood herd of Jerseys, and
manufacturer of a choice brand of steril-
ized milk for the special feeding of in-
fants. There are four chemists, two of
whom deserve further mention. Mrs.
Shallow-Richards (W F), beside her advanced
scientific investigations, has done practical
work which deserves the gratitude of every
housekeeper. Her pamphlets on Home
Sanitation, The Chemistry of Cooking and
Cleaning, etc., have been widely circulated.
Mrs. Richards is also the founder of that.
pioneer institution, the New England
Kitchen, of Boston. Miss ‘Volt (391) has
distinguished herself in the universities of
Geneva and Paris, a.nd is said to be the
only woman chemist in the latter city.
Three graduates have become missionaries.
—two to Japan and one to India. A fourth
is the wife of a Inissionary to China. In
this connection may be mentioned two»
other women of influence in foreign lands.
Stem-atz Yamakawa ('52) was the first Jap-
anese girl to graduate from an American
college. As the wife of Iwao Oyama, the
Japanese Minister of \\'ar, she has had
much to do with the progress of her native
land. Miss Emma \\'. Comfort (W9),
formerly of New York City, is the wife of
Crookshank Pasha, of Iigypt. Three grad-
uates have devoted themselves to the most
modern forms of philanthropic work. Two
are at the head of college settlements—i\Iiss
K. 13. Davis (‘$52) in Philadelphia, and
Miss S. G. Chester P88) among the moun
tain whites of North Carolina. Miss Susan
F. Swift (‘(83), one of the most brilliant of
Vas.':a1‘ women, is a major in the Salvation
Army in London—-the only American
woman to hold such a position. There are
three astronomers. Prof. Mary IV. “'hit-
nev (‘(5%) is Maria Mitchell’s successor at
Vassar. Before taking that chair she had
studied much in this country and abroad,
and had been connected with the Harvard
Observatory. Miss Hannah F. Mace (90)
is asistant to Professor Newcomb in the
United States Naval Observatory at “Tash-
ington. Three graduates have acted as
editorial assistants in the making and re-
vision of dictionaries. Their work has
been on the Century, the Standard, and
the International <lictionaries.—J[¢'.-.5 .31:

.—l7;7mz‘z‘, Zn f/ui 1VrJ('€///7/«'1' Forum.


DECEMBER 19, 1895.

3

THE GRAN GEV Iisrron.

3

W0m.AN.’S WORK.

For A’ That and A’ That.

Is there, for honest poverty,
That hangs his head, and a’ that‘:
The coward-slave, we pass him by,
We dare be poor for a’ that!
For a’ that and a’ that.
Our toils obscure, and a’ that;
The rank is but the guinea stamp:
The man’s the gowd for a’ that.

What tho’ on hamely fare we dine,
Wear hoddengrey, and a that;

Gie fools their silks. and kiiaves their wine,
A man's a man for a’ that.

For a’ that, and a’ that,
Their tinsel show, and a’ that:

The honest man, tho’ e‘er sae poor.
Is Kiiig of men for a’ that.

Ye see you birkie, ca‘d a lord,
What struts, and stares, and a‘ that;
'l‘ho’ hundreds worsliip at his word,
Ile’s but a coof for a’ that:
For a’ that, and a’ that,
His riband, star, and a’ that,
The man of independent mind,
He looks and laughs at a‘ that.

A prince can make a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a’ that:
But an honest man's abooii his might,
Guid faith he ma1iiiai'a’that!

For a’ that. and a‘ that.
Their dignities, and a’ that.

The pith o’ sense. and pride o’ worth.
Are higher rank than a’ that.

Then let us pray that come it may.
As come it will for ‘-1’that;
That sense and worth, o’er a‘ the earth,
May bear the zree, and a’ that.
for a’ that, and :1‘ that.
lt’s coining yet, for a‘ that.
That man to man, the warld o'er,
sjhall brothers be for  that.

The New Woman.

lioiivl h_v liiiiiIy(i:iii1lci'of _\1lri:1n. bi-f'orc .\l:i-lisoii firiiiiiri-.
N<>Ii‘l.

Froiii fhe tinie‘1li:1t(}od made .\d;iin :1iid
placed him in the garden of lidcii and flicn
made Eve to bc a hclpmcct for him. there
has no doubt, been /llll)I'(; or less difl'ci‘ciicc
of opinion rcgai'<liiig woman's proper
sphere. I’crli:1ps more or less pcrvcrsioii
of the true position in which she was then
placed as the liclpiiiect or lielpmutc of man.

In the beginning we rc:1d that "In the
day that God crcatcrl mxin. in the likeness
of God made he liini: male and female cre-
ated lie theni, and blessed them. and called
their name I-\(l:ll11." Tliroiigh thc ccntiiries
of time to the present. we see woman in
varioiis positions. according to the people.
nation, or tribe to which she belonged.
The frce-born women of the Jcwisli tribes
performed much the same tasks as our
civilized women of to-day. only in :1 far
more circuiiisci'ibed sphcre than that of the
wonicn of the nineteenth century. \\'ith
perhaps a few exceptions we see the women
of those peoples who kept nearest to the
true God occiipying more lioiiorable posi-
tions than did those of the heathen iiatioiis.
I use the term honor:1blc, becaiisc to be in
an exalted position is not neccss:1rily to be
in an honorable one.

Froni the position of the Jewisli women
of Abrali:iin‘s tiiucdownward to that of the
East India. women of to-day. and up-
ward to that of the modern Anierican
woman, do we see the position of women
changing with :1 1iiyri:1d of variations.
\Vhen I compare the position of Jewish
women of centuries ago with the civilized
women of today I do not forget the differ-
ence in the women theinsclves. They had
little need to use their brains as we do. so
in accordance with a natui':1l law they did
not use them.

At one of our recent meetings one of the
brothers read :1 very excellent selection. the
substance of which was “the age of chivalry
asa factor in civili7.a.tion.” The age of chiv-
alric men has by no means passed away, as
witness the foundation principles of our
Order and the work it has done in proving
that ‘as God created man and woman both
in his own image he did not leave the brains
out of woman's head and put them all into
nian’s; for he created them both in his own
likeness, hence the brains in woman's head.
And the Grange has done an excellent
thing in setting those in the head of the
woman on the farm, to work.

It is a biological law, generally accepted,
I believe by biologists that if a being is
isolated and left entirely to itself and can
in any way fasten itself to anything that
will furnish it a living without a voluntary
effort upon its own part, it will do so, and
deteriorate accordingly. In course of time
it will lose those faculties which are not
needed in the kind of existence which it
has chosen and become :1 lower grade of
animal, a mere semblance of what it was
originally created. \\'hile if contention
for a living be necessary, the senses become
alert and thozbeing grows, becomes in short,
a higher natural being than if it took up
the other mode of life.

In looking over the world at the present
time we see that this law holds good
as regards man, as the natural human
product of the tropics as compared with
that of the temperate zones. Since with
but an occasional exception woman made
little use of her brains, the lords of ore-
ation, and the ladies too, had come to the
very natural conclusion that intellectually
she was very inferior to man, in fact had
no brains to use. But circumstances proved

that as soon as there was need and oppor-
tunity she developed :1 very active one to
cnablc her to meet the demands niadc upon
her by changed conditions. The war of
the rebellion brought to this country more
than freedom for the slave. It brought
the iiccessity for lll\’1'l£l<l~ of women to
rouse tlicinsclves to care for those whom
the fortunes of war had left without other
support.

Ill the govcriiiiiciitzil dcp;irfincnt.- (ion-
cral Spiniicr first set \\'lIlIl:lll to work with
the .~t‘ll\.'.~Hl‘>‘ and she has g‘l':t1lll:lll_\’ workcd
lic1' way iii’1o iiiorc i1iiport:iiit plzu-c.-. lin-
lcss tlicre has been a ch:1ngi- with civil scr-
\'i1'(‘ laws. what is :1 position with :1 s:il:ii'y
of from from fwclvc to ciglifccii hundred
dollars for :1 man iiiii.-f.1:11-1-oriliiig to law)
iindcr no 1-ii‘ciiiii.-’1:ii11'c.-. be more than one
of nine liiiiidri-il for :1 woiiniii.

l rciiiciiibcr of 1'1-ailiiig of :1 liiisb:iiid and
wife who \\'(Il'l\'('1l at :i1l_ioining‘ «ii-sks in one
of the dcp:1i't1iiciit.- at \\':i.-liingtoii. he
drziwing :1 s:1l:1i'_v of si.\‘f1,-cii li1nidi'cd dol-
l.-ir-'. slit-1li':1wi1igoiic of nine ll|llI1ll'(.‘1l dol-
l:1r~ for doing the s:iiiic work. li('(':lll.~'(‘ of
«iii-iiiiistiiiii-cs \\'llll'll wci'ciiocr1-dif to him,
if was iii-1-1-ss:ii‘_\' for the liii-biind to rcm:1iii
at home from the oflii-cfoi':1i"cw d.-iys. The
wife. the nine lIllllIil‘(‘(l dollar ciiiployhc.
did the work and di'cw the pay for both
until he was able to i'cf11i'ii to the office.
She could do at the rate of fwi-iity-five
hundred doll:1i'.- worth of work :1 veal‘.
biif slic iiiusf not be paid as lIIll('ll.2l.~' :1
niaii.

Anotlii-i‘ iiisfaiicc which was the result
of :1 law which is :1 <lisgi':1cc fo the -fat-
ufc books as well as to the intclligcncc of
the people of the sf:ifc of .\licliig:iii. A
hiisbiind and wifc. workc<l side by side
for _vc:1rs,c:1cli doing hcr or his re.-"pi-ct-
ivc diitics.

coiiiforfablc. .»\plcas:1iitlioi1.-e was built
in which the wife ‘took great pridc. The
liusb:1nd died iiitcsfafc and to that wife
wcnt one-third of that fine pi'op(-rty which
she had helped to accuiiiuhifc. And inac-
cordance with the expressed wish of the
father. the son came into imincdiatc pos-
scssioii of that liouse which had been the
source of so much pride to the wife. llad
she died first there would li:1vc been no di-
vision of the propci'f_v at all.

The object of this paper is. not to _«_rruiii—
blc about the condition of woman in the

past. present. or future, but siiiipl_v tostate .5

some of the causes which have led to the
production of the much ridiciilcd "new
woiiiiin ’ of today.

In all cases where reforins :irc needed

there  alwiiys :1r:1dical aiida coiiscrv:1five 
As radic:1ls we niav sneer at the ,
' v‘ -‘ii-kiii in his “Trc'1s1ii'ies of (>111-1-n (2-ir-
, i. .. . .. . L .

clement.
coiisci'v:1’1ivcs:1ndc:1ll them slow. as con-
sci'vatives we iiia_v laugh at the railiciils for
being f:1n:itics, yet too, how often do we
fall into the radical line so naturiillv that
we scein to forget that we ever tlioug‘ht
otherwise. i

The causes which produced this new
woman were such as made it ncccssarv for
her to do. :1iid she did do. and soinehow
imbibed the idea that she could do. and she
has oiil_v followed the example of her coolci'
and more intellectual brotl1er—-in cani-
paign times for in.-'t:incc——in that she simp-
ly lost lici' head, and must take her bear-
ings and learn whither she is drifting at
prcsciit, for, becaiisc of a few ultr:1-r:1di-
cals she is being made slightly ridiculous.

’»ut just rcnicmbcr that it is the wav of
hunian nature and if the coiisci'v:1ti\'cs are
holding the ship steady the radicals are
hastening its speed. Some writer has said
that “Man has been educated intellectually
at a moral expense." while anotlicr pub-
lished in the ,1/wm a very exhaustive arti-
cle on what he called “the prevailing ten-
dc-iicy of intellectual. as above moral cul-
turc." According to both these writers
there was danger in this plan, and accord-
ing to almost all writers, there seems to be
:21 tacit agreement that the field of morality
——or moral training if you clioosc. belongs
preeinincntly to woman. This seems to be
tacitly conceded to be one of woman's
rights.

N ow one of the things which woman
would like to right is one of the evils by
which man has so enshroudcd himself and
niany others, that he seems helpless. The
qiiestion is a moral one and concerns an
immoral tyrant, and I notice that the aver-
age voter seems willing to remain ensliroud—
cd or let someone else subdue the tyrant.
The settlcinent of such questions in some
way or another seems to be some of the
rights of woman. \\'hile I do not know if
the day is near at hand yet, when the time
comes that woman shall be given the right
of the ballot, then it will not be her right
alone, but her sacred duty as well, to use
it. If she is a good woman then her duty
is a thousand times stronger, that she may
counteract the evil. ‘

\Vonian is not necessarily iisiii-piiigiiiaifs
place because she can vote as does he. He
can vote as a man in a manly manner, she
as a woman in a womanly manner, and
losing, unless she so choose, none of those
attributes which make her womanly, simp-
ly because a wider sphere of action is
opened to her.

Look over the list of so-called public
women, read their biographies, study their

_~ loss of ago or .-1-x.

1 inaking perfection.

 f:1flicr‘s cx:1iiiplc rather than iiiollicr‘s
, ccpt.

flici'cb_v adding cipially lo the j
iiioiic_v laid aside to niakc their later vcars ‘
1 then as now more or less diflci'ciit.

:ll1~‘(‘flll :1iid honorable citizenship.

.—__

3 faces, and say if there is not a share of non-

sense in much of the talk of danger result-
ing from the use of the ballot. \\'oni:1n
has her sphere distinct from iii:in‘s if is true
and neither should forget it. but they are
so often subnicrgcd into the s:iiuc cli:1niicl
as to be almost iiiscp:1r:1ble. I want to spc:1k
of one of the riglits which :1 woman should
('XL'1'(.'l~'e. It is a right and ii duty which
the future of her bo_v dcinands. And no
boy should be iligprivcil of its rcsiilt. No
one has the sliglitcsf right to deprive him

1 of it. :iiid least of all f:itlier or mother. It

is the boy's right to hiivc iiisfilli-d. I do

_ not iiic:iii naggcd. into his very bcing. by

father as wcll as by iiiotlicr. by c.\':11iiple as
well as by prcccpf. that no pliii-c of
aiiiiisciiii-iit is fit for him that is not fit for
his mother or sister. lf the play is iiii—
pi-opcr for fliciii to scc. if is iiiipropcr for
him to see. If it is proper and cli-vatiiig
for him to st-ck coiiip.-iny in :1 liipior saloon
and fiisfiiig of its w:1i'c.-, it is pi-i-fci-fl_v
i'iglit:1iid proper for him to i:ll\'(: his si.-for.
or sonic other boy's sisti-r fhcrc too. l’or
righf is riglit and wrong is wrong. i'cg':ii'd-
The right to thus train.
if cxci'ci-1-rl by cvcry iiiotlicr Hi the l:iiid.
’iIllf_"lil possibly rcsiilf in :1 future of "soiin-l
i':1tlici'lli:ii1 sli:1rp iiicn.“ :i- l)r. l’:ii'kliiirs1

e.\’pi'1-sscs if.

\\'c sing that “thc h.-ind that rocks the

; cradle isllic liiind that rules the world."

and of coiirsc wc :1ll want if to be :1 bc:1i1fi-

‘ fiil hand because moved by love. bl*lio\'o-

lciice. purify. :nid all else that goes tow:1i-d
hit pist rcinciiibi-1'
that soiiictinics the p:1lci'n:1l side of the
house rocks the cr:idle, and that thc occu-
pant of that cradlc iii:1_v possibly follow
pre-

liiflie beginning (iod niade man :1iid
woiii:1ii cipial, tliough lll(‘ll' diifics were
lilll I
know of no divinc iiijiincfion iigiiinst wo-

, lllzlll occupying. in a womanly wiiy, :1ii_v
; position open to her that she can lioiior:1bl_v
1 iill without dcfriincnt to her home life:

using the ballot, if it be her privilege and

training of her boys and girls to future
hcr
vote can never do the duty of the high firin
principle in all things that make the boy

1 obey the divine injiiucfiou of honoring his

fatlicr and his moflicr bcc:11ise he cziiinof
help it. and that firm yct loving fender-
ncss that keeps him so close to her that he
will be proud to cast his vote with hcrs.

For I believe that woniaii can use the

, ballot if it be her d1if_v.:1nd still in tlic

, the

, fhoriic or lrving.

 duty. but :1lw:1ys rciiicmbcriiig that in the ‘

other three hundred and sixty odd days of 1
the _vc:1r perform the work laid out by John .

dcns," as belonging to the true woin:1n.— 1

work which she can best do bet-aiisc though

the "new woinan" she is yet :1 woni:1nly '

\\'Ulllflll.

The Use and Abuse of Fiction.

Read at (‘allioun l‘oiiion:i (ii':1ii,v,:re by Lillian M. .\il:iiii.-.

livcry person who reads and thinks for ‘-

himself. knows the eiiornioiis abuse to
which fiction is subjected, both by writers
and readers; but not every one has tiikcn
note of its varioiis uses. The coiinti'_v is
flooded with tr:1shy. sensation:1l stories
which not oiil_v are of no use, but are a grcat
iiijiii'y, and :1 disgrace to the home which
allows them to remain within its bound-
aries.

llut it is not of this class of fiction that
we wish to speak. There is:1lai'ge and
increasiiig list of staiidzird books from
which each may select according to his
taste and needs. lfiction holds a recog-
nized place in literature as one of the most
effective of educators, but like all other
good things must be taken in iiioderafion.
It is very easy to read fiction until one
loses the desire for more solid reading, and
thus destroys all the benefit that would
otherwise have been gained.

In order to be an cdiicator it must be 
lectod and read with great j udginent. The
manner of reading a book often decides
whether or not it will be of use to us. One
may select an excellent book and read it
hastily, merely following the plot of the
story, to “see how it comes out." or you
may read it carefully, studying thcautlior's
style, his object in writing the book, the
circuinstances under which it was written,
the lessons to be le:1rned from it, and the
(:l1:1l‘2l(:t(‘.1‘s which you consider strong or
rare.

As regards selections, tastes differ, of
course, but in my opinion the best novels
are those which have for their object the
setting forth of some needed reform, {a
record of iinportaiit historical events. or
the true portrayal of the life of a certain
class of people. After all, it is not the
geography or the resources ofa country
which interest us most, but the people of
that country, and a good opportunity for
the study of human nature is afforded by

, the novel which has for its foundation the

every day life of the people in a section of
country in which we cannot travel, know
very little. But, you say, why could not
all this information be given to the world,
not as fiction, but as facts? It could be,
and often is, but is never so widely read,

l
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l
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1

makes much less iniprcssion where it is
read. and i.-: coiiseipiciitly not so well rc-
ineiiibcrcd. Truth uevcr suffers by being
placed in an attractive setting. ‘Vile-in
Cliri-t wi.-licd to ni:1l<c ii lcssou very im-
pi'cssivc. he told it in the form of :1 par-
:iblc::111«lcv1-ii yct soinc of the greatest
trutlis are brought most f'oi'1-iblybcforcthe
public by nic:in.- of the novel. It l.~.~‘:lf(’ to
:1.-s1-rt. l think. that "['nclc Toiii‘s (,‘;ibiii"

‘ did more to :ii'o1isc the pcoplc of the north

to the ti'c1iicndoii~' evils of slz1vci'\' than all
the cloipiciicc of sizitcsiiicii or :l.l)]>(';[l_\ of
the most c:1riii-st :iiifi-sl:ivci'v men.

The lii.-foric.-1l novcl is v:1lii:iblc:1.-:1n aid
in fixing llll‘ d1-fails of iiiiporl:1iit t*\'(‘nis in
1111-iiiory. lii 1ii:1nv czi-cs it cxcitcs :1
likiiig for liisforv. the Ai\'-IlU\\'l(‘\i2'(‘ «_y;1in1-il
from the story being an iiicciilivc to fur.
ll"‘l' "‘”‘l.\‘. If is also :1 gi'c:1t hclp to road
ilit‘ lii.~l111'l<':illi11\'1-ls (illfl <'1111nt1'\'i1i L-11111191-—
lion with the liistorv of that 1‘11llllll'\'.

.\iio‘1lii-r ii-c of fiction. and :1 gi'c:ifci' onc
fli.-in lll:1ll_\' pcoplc iiii:igii1<-. is that it pro-
l'1*’l*‘>' ll!“ ,2'I'H\\'lli of >1-iifiiiiciif. Not :1
sickly sciitiiii-111.-ilif\'. but 2111 lioiii-sf. triio

‘ sciifiiiii-iif which is c.~sc1ifi:il to pcrfci-f do-

volopiiiciif :11id :1 full 1-iijoviiii-iif of lift-_
This is :1 pi':1cli<':1l :11_"1*. and. the -\iiicric:iii
people are :1 l)l'.‘l1'llI‘.‘fl pcoplo, but 1-\'cii1liis
cxccllciil ipiality iiiii.-f bc lu-pf within
bolinrls. or it li-ails 11- info d:ingc1'. It is
qllll1‘p1i_s.~‘il1l(‘l11 g‘i‘11\\’ >11 jm,.n:,,.[\- 1,1-m._
Ill‘Zll fli:1l fhc liiglii-i'ii.-1fi1i'c i-dw:1r'f1-d :1iid
<l(‘fHI'llll‘1l. :lll1l \\'l' lose >l‘_"lll of tho lw:illI\’
that is :ill :1i'o1ind :iiid within us.

In .\li.~- .\ll‘()Il‘.~ stories we arc sliown
the bc:11il_v of :ii1 :i1l’i-ctioii \\'lll('ll is not
:l~'ll:llll('Il lo 1-xpi'1-ss itself. and which lll:ll\'(‘.\‘
flic hoiiic lifc soiiicfliiiig lrulv bc.-11ilifiil_
Slicciii-o1ii'.-igc.-' piirc so-1m'mi-ni ,-mil :11) ml.
niii':ifion and i'(-spci-f. fora triic liiim,-in lovi-
\\'llll‘ll lives :iiid grows llll'(>|l_I_{‘l| 3]] mm-_

\\'licii :1 iiiziii :idinifs that lie finds no
bc:11ll_\' in fields HI‘ \\'11oils, ho vviiiihl do
wcll to lay aside his :igi'ii-iilfiiral pzipcr oc-
c:isioii:1ll_v:11iil spend :in hour with ll:iw-
l“UI‘ :1 <':1.~'<- of blues I
would rccoiiiiiiciid "()1-t:1vc Tliaiict" :1i1d
lici' stories of \\'e.-"f1-1'11 life. or Kale Doug-
lflb‘ \Vl,‘_"2‘lll‘.~' briglil. clici-i‘fiil lifllc t:ilcs
that iii:ikcon1- laugh :1nd crv zit the sunic
time. ' '

As to iiiilisi-i'i1iiiii:1fc rc:1ding of ii<'1i(m_ I
do not ('l:lllll flint my own scli-1-tioii h:1s:1l-
“‘“."~" bccii :1bo\'c rcpro:1cli: not :1lw:1vs
have I priicficcd wli:1f l have ])l'('.'l(‘lll‘il
lN‘1'(’-mill 51> ll-'1\'t* obi.-iini-d :1 glimpse of
boflisidcsofflicipicsfioii. .

__._______,___ _L__ ,

 he Juiéiiiiée?
The Rain Drops.

IIAKIKIIZT A.

\\'ll.l‘IY.

A little drop of rain

Said to the lightning bold

“I can do as wondrous things
As ever have been told.”

The lightning laughed a harsh.
The thunder rolled in glee
“Oh, oh! you dull, dead, little thing,
What can you do by me 2*”

loud laiigh,

The rain drop in its quiet way
Said. “All I can do is this:

I help to make the rainbow gay,
And bring the colors bright-

To iiowers, and trees. and grass and leaves
And quench the thirst of all of these:

I rush the waters in many a rill,

And turn the wheel to many a mill,

1

My love, the sun hath said to me,
Through you I’ll shine, and we’ll agree
That these seven colors shall always be
For man’s delight on land or sea.

I fill the cup of nectar sweet,

That moistens the lips of those I meet;
1 rule through love, and bring content,
To each small thing my dew is lent.”

“I10! ho! the lightning did replv,
"These little things I'll not pass by,

I bring a fear in many a heart, '
And even the strong do heed my dart.

The sailor on the ocean,

The sheperd with his flock,

Though bold, and brave, and fearless,
May know and feel my shock.

I kill and burn, you will discern;
Throughout the land, my work so grand
I rule through fear, and bring returns
You i1e’er can do with your soft hand.”

My boys and girls, which do you choose,
To rule through love or fear?

God szave you life, do not refuse

To hold his hand so dear.

Be as the little rain drop,

Content to do your part;

Without the thunder’s mighty war, .

And the lightning’s wicked smart.
Cassopol

$100 Reward, 81 00.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
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that science has been able to cure in all its
stages and that is Catarrh. Ha1l’s Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, it requires a constitutional treat-
ment. Hall’s (Jatarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur-
faces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa-
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and assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer one Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure, Send for list
of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY &
CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, '50.


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THE 

ENGE VISITOR.

DECEMBER 19, 1895.

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@'Ni;x'r Issue. J.isc.u2i' 2.

OUR WORK.

_Tlie following has been approved by the State Grange as
a.fair statement of the objects the Grange of Michigan
has in view, and the speciallines along which it proposes to
work. “'6 hope every Grange in the state will work
earnestly in all these departments, so that by

' a more
united elfort we shall rapidly increase our numbers.

extend our influence, and attain more and more complete-
ly those ends which we seek.
out OBJECT

is the Organization of the Farmers for their own improve-
ment. Financially, Socially, Mentally. Morally.

We believe that this improv:-incnt can in large measure
he brought about:

(a.) By wider individual study and general dis-
cussion of the business side of farinin and home kecping.

(b.) By co-operation for financial at vantage.

2. (a.) By frequent social gatherings, and the mingling
together of farmers with farmers. and of farmers with
people of other occupations.

(b.) By striving for a purer manhood. a nobler woman-
hood, and a universal brothcrlioa

3. (a.) By studying and promoting the improvi-mt,-nt of
our district scliools.

(b.) By patronizing and aiding the Agricultural (‘ol-
leges and Experiment Stations in their legitiinatc work of
scientific investigation, practical experiment, and educa-
tion for rural pursuits. _ _

(c.) By iiiaintziining and attending farmers’ iiistitutcs:
reading in the Reading ('ircle: establisliing and using
circulating lihrarics; buying more and better magazines
and papers for the home. _ _ _ _

4. (a.) By diifusing a knowledge of our civil institutions,
and teaching the high duties of citizcnship._ _

(b.) By demanding the cnforcciiicnt of_ existing statutes,
and by discussing, advocating. and trying to secure such
other state and national laws as shall tend to the general
justice. progress and morality.

Merry Cliristiiias and :1 Happy New
Year!

Just as rapidly as possible we shall print
in the Visiron the reports of oflicers and
committees of the State Grange.

V\'c publish the major portion of the ad-
dress of VVorthy Muster Horton at State
Grange. \Ve regret that this issue would
not contain it all. The address was printed
in ptllllplllell form, and we presume that
Brother Horton will send copies to Grangcs
desiring the full rcpoi't.

\Vc regret that extracts from the Octo-
ber bulletin of the Michigan Dairy and
Food Commisioncr have been repeatedly
delayed in our columns. The No\'ciiil)ci'
bulletin is now out, but State Grange mat-
ters crowded out any extracts from the
bulletin. l’Ve appreciate the good work
the conimissioner is doing, and desire to
present to our readers some of his findings,
but :1 crowding of our columns has ui1for-
tunately prevented it.

STATE GRANGE.

The delegates to the State Grange just
held formed a strong body of men and
women. It was noticeable that quite a
number of our most entliusiastic and best
known younger Patrons were sent as dele-
gates. Thus the committees were strong-
ly made, and we think reports show the
efi'ect'of sending strong delegates.

The reports from officers were on the
Whole, encouraging; in spite of the hard
times, seven new Grzinges were organized
and ten reorganized during the year. The
farniers are feeling very poor, but at the
same time they are learning to appreci-
ate at its full value the work of the
Grange. As a whole, the work at the
State Grange was well done. “'6 shall,
from time to time, comment on various
reports of oflicers and committees, and
endeavor/to show to our readers in as vivid
a way -as possible the real value of the
Work of the State Grange. VVe believe
that the work done represents a distinct
advance. Not: only were resolutions
passed, but suitable nieasures were taken
to see that the resolutions were carried
out. The work of the Grange is getting
more fully organized each year in this
state.

There is one notable feature of the
State Grange meeting that we wish to
emphasize at this point, and that was
the attitude of the state press. The daily
papers contained good reports of the

- meetings, and in all the prominent dailies

the State Grange was editorially men-

tioned in connection with some pifition i bers of this body sometime during the

of its work. So far we have yet failed ;
to see an instance during the past week in , _ _ . .
which the State Grange was not mentioned i Glanges will be dehned'
with respect. Several of the measures by l

the daily papers asked for by the last State 3

Grange, and notably the pure food law, and

papers during the past week. We regard
this as of great importance. It shows that
the farmers, by intelligent discussion and
conservative action,have won the respect of
all classes of people. This ought to make
our work easier, especially in matters of
legislation. l\'hen all honest people re-
spect the farmers at their value, it will
mark a new era in agricultural education.

At State Grange.

Extracts From the Address of Worthy Master

Horton.
((‘ontinued from page 1.]

efforts and if he could have continued, {I
much better showing could now be made:

breaking into invested funds, lecture work
must rest for ashort time at least. Through
the etforts of Brother Jason \\'oodiii:in
and Local Deputies sevcntcen Grzinges
have been added to the list during the
year, a show of which we feel proud con-
sidering our hampered condition. I feel
sure that this number could have been at
least; four times as nianv if Brother \\'ood-
nizin and other general dcputics could have
held to the field. In October plans were
developed and placed in the hands of every
Subordinate Grange in the state wliercwith
each could by effort increase their meuiber-
ship, also to each of the Local Deputies to
assist them in locating neighborhoods
where new Griuigcs could be organized.

loth of these plans involved carefully pre-
pared, printed leaflets. Those for the use
of Grangcs were to be signed by the
Master and Secretary and mailed out to
surrounding fai'niers with application
blanks incloscd and an urgent request to
sign and return. Personal letters of ex-
planation of the plans with suggestions
were also -sent to all Grungcs and Deputies.
It is sincerely hoped that all have been
utilized and earnest work commenced, for
the bcst laid plans will fail of (lC.‘_'«ll‘(.‘(l re-
sults if not executed fairly. The county
fariners‘ institutes were thought to be
good oppo1"tuni’tics for personal conversa-
tion with fariiicrs fi'oiii zi broad territory.
and that those interested in institutes
would be likely to think favorably of
bringing those ;.idvzintagcs closer to them
tlirough 3. Grange, and that iiiziny favor-
able localities for Grange otlort might be
noted. The county dcputics have all been
requested by personal letter to represent
the Gr-.mge in their i'cspcctive counties, and
in the north part of the state where no
deputies are located, special deputies have
been appointed. All these have been
well equipped with wall banners to hang
on the interior of the institute halls and in-
viting fariiicrs to the Grange; also quanti-
ties of printed lcaticts are supplied for gen-
crul distribution. It is intended thatlthe
deputy will devote his whole time to con-
versation with fariners and to take the
name and address of each one that will
favor a move in his neighborhood. In this
way it is expected that a large number of
favorable localities will be fixed upon and
that further work will develop them into
new Granges or the revival of old ones.
From the northern counties where the in-
stitutes have been held very fl:ittering re-
iorts have been forwarded. Thus it will
lie seen that printing and msiiling have been
quite extensive and thousands of farmers
will have the Grange banner unfurled be-
fore them for the first time, and many
will be reminded of opportunities lost and
possibly moved to action.

AUGUST I’ICNI(‘S.

No other part of Grange work is so con-
ducive to good results in certain directions
as these outdoor gatherings. They couie
just at the close of the heavy work of the
season, and just at the time Grange work
should be strengthened for the fall and
winter. They are of such a public and
denionstrative nature that the attention of
many people is attracted. An excursion
train of fourteen loaded coaches going to
the Baw Beese Assembly, organized a new
Grange at one of the small stations on the
way. The people there had supposed be-
fore that the Grange was dead. Thousands
of farmers are thus given a chance to hear
all about the Grange, its work and pro-
gress, greetings are extended over broad
territory, and the weak and dormant are
strengthened. Every county and district
Grange should lay their plans early by ap-
pointing committees so that every detail of
arrangement will help insure great success
—program, music, speakers, railroad rates
and advertising. There were many held in
the state last August——iiiay their names in-
crease for 1896.

\VOMAN‘S WORK IN THE GRANGE.

The move for a conference of lady mem-

. . . . , rian to loan out under
the tax Statlstlclan law ha“ been highly ‘ smalllibraries of inisce laneous books. Any

commended editorially by influential daily -

_ _ » it rcpreseiits.
But again I was adinonislicd that to save 5

session is commendable and no doubt that
special lines of work for all Subordinate

CIRCULATING LIBRARIES.

One of the most progressive acts of the
last legislature was to permit the state libra-
roper requirements

country neighborhood can secure these by
the proper indorsement, and especially
does this offer to all Granges an opportun-
ity to su ply an oft expressed want—a li-
brary. ‘Exchanges can be made so that
members may be supplied continuously.
Every Grange in the state that has not al-
ready supplied the want, should make the
application, appoint a librarian. and make
this is a conspicuous part of their work.
AGRI(‘.L'LTL'RAL Co1.I.i:oi:.

I would not take from but add to the
college curriculum. Co—education should
be established. By thus extending and
broadening its courses the college would be
brought up to date, and its popularity as-
suret . Then would its students compare
in number to those engaged in the interests
The progress and improve-
ments of the times have forced the people
out and ahead of the college in nuiny pur-
ticul:irs, which should not and cannot be if
the college lives as more than expcrinicnt
station poorly attended. \\'hich shall it
be, progress or rctrogi'cssion!  the col-
lege alllll()I'llleS1ll'€- making an iiiquiry why
the college is not better attended, and :1 set
of specific questions have been sent out
with solicitzitions for their answers, I rec-
ommend that :1 special committee on Agri-
cultural College be appointed to consider
these questions and such other inutters as
may be presented and to i'cport to this
session of the Grange.

oi:xi:ii.iI. oii.ii:('Ts.

The Grange seeks the highest possible
stzuidnrd. Equity and justicc to all, and
special f2LVO1S to none. “Honesty is incul-
cnted, education nurtured. tenipcrzincc sup-
ported, brotlierly love cultivated and Cllill‘l-
ty made an essential cli:ii':ictci'istic."  *

* “lVe open wide tlicdoor to woimiii.“
lVc intend to uiiitcdly press f()l'\\':ll'(l in the
grand work of improving the general coii—
dition of the fariiicr and his fnniily. so-
cially, cducationully, morally, l'lll:1I1(.‘li1ll y
and intlucntizilly, and so arouse him to :1
full sense of his duties and citizciisliip that
the repetition of liistoric agi'iciiltui':il dcg—
rzidzition niay bc averted. “'0 ll:1\'C ac-
complished mm.-/1 in the past, our work is
MN!‘ for the future.

The questions upon which we have taken
it stand, and regarding which the events of
pzissing time ll:l\'C proven our position to
be correct, must not be abandoned, nor our
etlorts slackciied in their behalf. l’i'omi—
nent among these are: To create :1 gener-
al public sentimcnt and tlelllillltl for the
election of U. S. semitois by :1 direct vote
of the people.

Free rural mail delivery.

An equal iiicasurc of direct l'll1:lll(‘l:ll
benefit from wliatcvor rcvenuc policies the
governmcnt may zidopt.

Proportionzite justice in direct taxation.

Complete pure food rcgulzitions protect-
ing the consumer froni being dcfmuded in
quality and price. and the producer from
unjust and deceptive competition.

A fair considerzition of the zigriculturiil
people and iiiterests, in the distribution of
legislative and congressional representa-
tion and in all questions of public policy.

A practical agriculturist and a man in
full sympathy with f{ll'11l(3l'S and farm in-
terests at the head of the agricultural dc-
piirtinent at lVashington.

A recognition of woman as the equal of
man in all things except where inziii's gal-
lantry should relieve her from exposure to
ll:11‘l11 and possible death.

A fair consideration of the evils of in-
teniperance, and such legislation as will
protect the good morals of the people.

A more comprehensive arrangement of
courses of study to meet the demands of
the coming farmer, coeducation, more sta-
bility in uianngeinent and :3. more liberal
support by the state for the Agricultural
College.

IN C0l\'CLL'SlOl\'.

The Patrons of Michigan can congratu-
late themselves and the Order 11 )()ll the
spirit of frateriiity that prevails t rough-
out our ranks. Oneness of purpose and
unison of etfort are general. No ill will or
discord exists to my knowledge any where
in the state. May we ever thus live to-
gether in peace and harinony while we
work for the interests of farnicrs and all
mankind as set forth in the declaration of
principles of this, the best of all fzirniers’
oi'ganizntions. Frziternally submitted.

GEO. B. Honrox.

Twenty-Third Annual Session Michi-
gan State Grange.

The State Grange met in annual session
in Representative hall, December 10th,
“'orthy Master George B. Horton in the
chair. After prayer by the Chaplain,
Mrs. Mary A. Mayo, and music by the
Acme choir, the roll of otficers was called

and all found present. A committee on
credentials was appointed and the deliber-
ation of the sessions began.

The first memorial iresented was for
free textbooks. Col. eLand. state tax
statistician. ap ieared before the Grange
and addressed t e members on the subject
of taxation. "The creation of the office
which I represent, " said the Colonel. "is to
determine, if it can be done, if taxes are
laid equitably. This rests with the super-
visors throughout the state. We hear
much grumbling about ‘unequal taxation.’
This rests with the people and their super-
visors. The tirst effort of the average su-
pervisor is to do something that will in-
sure re—electiou. " The Colonel read ex-
tracts showing that the fariii lands in dif-
ferent counties were assessed from S‘l..30
to >351! per acre. Sonic counties come be-
fore the stzite board of equalization each
year assessed the same amount for several
years: all of -21 sudden the valuation will
drop oil’ millions or increase millions. This
shows the dishonest workings of the vicious
systciii now used in assessiiig the taxes
of Micliigan. A comparison of tzixation
shown between two couiitics exhibited 8.
condition of local t:i.\::ition very much out
of propoi'tion. In one county the 1iincliin-
cry of running the county cost scverzil
times as ll1ll(‘ll as in the other county. The
valuzition and conditions of the counties
are about the suinc.

.\licliig:in has less pcrsoiiiil pi'opci'ty
upon the :isscssoi's‘ rolls to—d:i_v than she
had twenty years iigo. Fzirincrs object to
Henry George's systciii of t:ix:ition, and
yet are within thirtccn per cont of adopt-
ing it. tlirough the action of their super-
visors. Next year the state bo:1i‘d of equal-
ization sits, and thc whole tnx inquiry will
come up. and upon the iiiforiu:itiou we can
secure will the board make its rcport. The
trouble is the fziriiicrs arc shiiidiiig in their
own light b_v refusing to furnish the in-
forni:itioii ncedcd.

lC.\'—(iovcrnor Luce furthcr discussed thc
subject of taxation. Criticisiiig the static-
mciit that the furiii lands were paying >47
per cent of the taxes. and pcrsoiinl p1'()])O1'—
t_\' 13 per cent, Mr. Iiucc said "thc citics
pay -10 per ccnt of the t:1.\'cs; that much
property csczipcs tnxutioii. "

The ufteriioon scssioii ivas opciicd by
some good music by Acme choir.

Thc committee on crcdcnti:1ls submitted
their report and were discli:irgcd.

Governor Rich was lllll'()(ll1(‘C(l at this
point and iuadc an cxcellciit address. The
Governor said: "The Giniigc is the oldest
and most importzint :igricultur:il orgniiizu-
tion of the shite. The qucstioiis prcssiiig
the zigiiculturist :u'c inniiy and iniportiuit.
and will call into use all your ciicrgy and
wisdom to solve uright.

State tiiinnccs. The growtli of tlic dc-
iniinds of the static rcquircs morc money to
meet them. The c-misc of the iiicrc:isc of
the taxes this your is mainly due to the
fact that sutlicicnt money to run the :1tl':ii1's
of the st:ite_7"u//_// and H‘:/Zlliltl not been
aipproprizitcd. No small item of the expense
which has called for iiicrcziscd taxation. is
the incrciiscd expense of taking care of the
iiisniie. The ncw asylums at Ncwbury.
Lzipccr, the iiornizil scli()ols, the running
school expenses, have swelled the tax bur-
dcii until it seems soincwlnit congcstcd.
lVhile it may be true that state 2lll:lll'S are
not run with that strict economy which
cli:ii'z1ctci'izcs :1 careful busincss in:in's
lookout, it is nearly so. The increase of
expenses have been to build up our great
state and its intcicsts which are dc-.ir to
every citizens hcart.

After it vote of tlianks to the Governor
and at recess of five minutes, lVorthy
Master Horton read his annual address
which is published in the VISITOR. A
special committee on the Agricultural Col-
lege was appointed, also one on taxation.
A reception prepared by the ladies in honor
of Brother I\.. L. Buttcrticld and wife was
given Tuesday evcning and was it feature
of the State Grange.

wi-:i>:\'i~:si>Av.

The chaplain announced the names of
persons coiiiprising the several committees.

Resolutions and meiiiorials occupied the
time of the early morning session. One
resolution asked for the appointment of
Cyrus G. Luce as President of the Agri-
cultural College.

D. E. McClure recited “Paid His \V:iy.”

C. E. Storrs, State Dairy and Food
Comniissioner, and Mr. Rossiiiun, State
Analyist, appeared before the Grange
and discussed the pure food problem. The
commissioner criticised the action of the
last legislature on the pure food bill;
thought that the law should be so amended
that it will protect the producers of pure
foods. Mr. Rossimin, State Analyist,
demonstrated by analysis the manner in
which foods are adulterated. Mrs. Spen-
cer, State Librarian, came before the
Grange and spoke upon the “Travelling
Library.” Mrs. Spencer spoke eloquently
of the results already apparent in sections
where the library has been used. Good
books run out the old ones; pure literature
makes 2. purer, more uplifting humanity.
The ficrm, /wmc and 30/200? may well thank
Mrs. Spencer for the work she is doing.

Flora, Mrs. D. D. Buell, urged more


DECEMBER 19, 1895.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

5

earnest, enthusiastic work in sustaining and
building up the Grange. A Flora program
was given In June and was stimulating a
love of the silent but beautiful companions
that surround us, the flowers. “'m. Rob-
ertson, the gate keeper, submitted his re-
port. The gate keeper stands on guard,
but to keep the Grange growing, we must
all be guardians.

Brother Carlisle, steward, submitted
his report, which pointed out that the
stewardship of the agricultural interests
should be well guardec. Mrs. Mary Mayo,
eha lain, read her report. Mrs. Mayo
sait the sign of the cross stood for every-
thing that is beautiful in life. These re-
ports were all filed for publication.

K. L. Butterfield submitted a report on
Agricultural education which will appear
in the VIsIToa.

Lady Assistant Steward submitted her
report which plead for more love and syIn-
pathy in relation to training up children.

\Voman’s work. This report was pre-
sented by Mrs. Mary Mayo, who said: “The
oommitteethas done everything to keep this
im portan part of Grange work growing.
Grange “fresh air work A has made Inany
friends. The [Inf/w/t I"/‘cc I’/'«,».s.« was es-
pecially commendcd for its part in hel Iing
on the work. The railroads, too, ave
been very generous. One hundred eighty-
nine have been given an outing and
eight homeless children found good homes.
\\'hat is woman's work in the Grange! To
do anything she can to help build up
humanity.

Supplementary report on woman 's work
by Mary Sherwood Hinds was next pre-
sented. Mrs. Hinds has received reports
from many parts of the state showing the
work of visiting the schools by the won1-
an's work committee. Mrs. Hinds recom-
mends that the woman’s work committee
cease not this work until a better standing,
Inore sym iathy be built up among the
schools. ’atriotism should be taught in
the schools. If America is to carr_v out
the end for which the republic was estab-
lished, patriotism must be the woof and
warp of education.

Assistant Steward Martin submitted his
report giving some statistics as to growth
of the Order.

“'orthy Overseer read his report.

“\\'hat are we here for!" asked Broth-
er Cole as he commenced his report. A
general shaking up of loose measures and
means of life characterized the Overseers
report. Farming is business and business
principles Inust govern its successful
growth. If farmers would join the Grange
and follow its teachings agriculture would
take its place among the pI'ofessions. Bro.
Thomas Moore gave an interesting talk on
taxation and was followed briefly by Ex-
Gov. Luce and Judge Ramsdell.

THURSDAY MORNING

the Grange took up the reports of com-
mittees. \Vorthy Lecturer \Voodman sub-
mitted his report which was filed for pub-
lication. Pomona, Mrs. Julia E. McClure,
submitted her report, which was filed for
publication. Ceres submitted her report
which was filed for publication. C. A.
Newland read the report on “Division of
Labor," and E. H. Smith read report on
“Instruction of Delegates to the National
Grange.” Both reports were ordered ub-
lished. At this point the election of tiree
members of the executive committee were
elected as follows: R. K. Divine, Oakland;
E. A. Holden, Ingham; F. ‘V. Redfern,
Clinton. Committee on Pomona Granges
was read and filed for publication. A.
Strong, treasurer, submitted his report
which exhibited a good financial standing.
Miss Jennie Buell, secretary. submitted
her report which was ordered printed.
This report showed that there were seven
new Granges organized and ten dormant
Granges made alive. Less money was paid
into the State Grange treasury this year
than last. Dr. Sherman of Detroit, made
a talk on “Direct Legislation.” In the
evening there were many initiated into the
fifth and sixth degrees.

FRIDAY MORNING

brought the beginning of the end. Report
of the executive committee was presented
by Judge Ramsdell. This report set forth
the necessity of free coinage of both gold
and silver with an import duty on foreign
coins. On motion to adopt the report, a
spirited discussion arose, participated in
by Brothers Mars, Luce, Shaw, Horton,
and Hinds. The report was adopted by a
Vote of 61 to 10, Special committee on
the GRANGE V1sIToR was received and
adopted. No recommendations were made
as to the future of the paper. K. L. But-
terfield and wife were. called before the
Grange and presented with a beautiful sil-
ver tea set. Committee on legislation
through its chairman, Brother Campbell,
submitted its report, the general portion
of which was adopted. Committee on dor-
mamt Granges reported through its chair-
man, VV. H. Mattison, and the report was
accepted and filed for publication. A. ‘V.
Haydon submitted report on taxation which
was received and filed for publication. Com-
mittee on education submitted its report
through Sister Hunker and report was
adopted and filed for publication. Broth-

er VVoodman submitted first section of re-
port on Agricultural College, urging the
placing of the college upon a more secure
basis. A. E. Palmer in submitting second
section of the report said: “The man who
fills the presidential chair in the Agricul-
tural College should be a broad, scholarly
man who will attract students. \Ve need
a better administration by the State Board
of Agriculture, and to secure this we must
change the method of ap ointment of the
board." Brother K. L. Butterfield in dis-
cussion of the report objected to a change
of the method of a ‘ipointment of the board.
E. A. Holden furt er discussed the report
favoring the election of the board by the
people. Mrs. E. A. Campbell further dis-
cussed the re )ort saying, “we should like
a man at the cad of the Agricultural Col-
lege agriculturally inclined. ‘ Brother Cole
discussed the question op iosing the election
of the board by the people. Brother Camp-
bell submitted some excellent remarks and
the report was adopted. R. A. \Voolsey
submitted report on agriculture and
report was adopted. \V. T. Adams sub-
mitted report o11 transportation which
was adopted. Mrs. J. T. l\'orris. chairman
of committee on charity. submitted report
which was adopted. J. \\'. Hutchins,
chairman committee oII cooperation sub-
mitted his report and it was adopted. R.
V. Clark, chairman of committee on good
of the Order submitted his report and it
was adopted. Among the many good
points in the report was the recommenda-
tion encouraging setting out shade trees on
Arbor Day. C. D. Beecher submitted the
report on by-laws of Subordinate Granges.
Com. G. \V. Mc\\'ctlIy. chairman coIII-
mittee on resolutions, submitted his-report,
which was adopted. Music by the Acme
choir followed and was so good that the
singers were called back.

A general round up was held at the close
of Friday's session consisting of songs,
recitations, short addresses, and in this
)leasant way the session ca1IIc to end after

aving done much work that shall hel > on
the progress of lmnIanit_v. l\ C.

What Came of it?

The following is a portion of an article
prepared for the \Voman's “'ork page of
the VISITOR, but which was forced out of
that department, and almost out of this is-
sue, by the exigencies of space. \\'e shall
be glad to print the rest of it, in its proper
place, in the next issue:

The women at the State Grange acted
heartily on the proposal to hold a confer-
ence meeting of their own. By courtesy
of the gentlemen the sisters withdrew,
crossed the capitol building and in the
beautiful Senate Chamber counciled togeth-
er on some of the questions that appeal to
the woman nature for their leading out and
direction. -

Mary A. Mayo, chairman of the \Vom-
an's \Vork conunittee, presided over this
meeting. The subjects considered were
the Grange Fresh Air movement, Relation
of Patrons to Teachers and Schools, the
\\'oman‘s \\'ork department in the VIsIToR,
and How to interest and hold young peo-
ple in the Grange. Two hours were all
too short for all who would have spoken,
and. in order that others might be heard
as well as give absent ones a share in this
sisterly gathering, it was agreed to send
some of its helpfulness oil through the
VIsIToR. Below are a few of the things
said at the meeting and still Inore that, for
want of time, could not be expressed, but
have been kindly written out for all the
sisterhood. You will see it is a sort of con-
tinuation of the conference. And now that
we have learned how good and pleasant it
is to council together, shall we not have a
continuous conference in the woman‘s de-
partment.’ [t will at least be continued in
the next issue. J. n.

Concentration of plans is as necessary in
woman’s work as in any other department
of Grange endeavor. l\IARr A. MAYO.

‘Te are doing fresh air work through
principles of pure charity. \Ve are enter-
taining poor children in our homes for the
sake of making them better. Inasmuch as
you have put one good thought in the Inind
of a child you have planted seed which will
spring up and put other thoughts out. If
the children are unclean, teach cleanliness.
Charity does not consist in taking only
those who are pure and clean. It would
be strange if our own child placed in those
homes of squalor would not succumb to his
surroundings. BELLE M. Rorcn.

It is so essential that all children, ours
and those of foreigners, learn to love the
flag. A little boy had been taught to salute
the flag. His playmate was a foreigner.
He said, “Let’s play flag. " The little
German girl ran in and brought out a
German flag. “That's not Iny flag!" “But
it is mine!" she said. and each played un-
der his own flag. They must learn one
flag and one country.

MARY SHERWOOD HINDS.

The woman’s council, might, we feel,

quite properly be termed an “inspiration
meeting,” and those who were so unfortu-
nate as to miss it for any reason, truly
missed one of the best hours of the session.

It was called by Sister Mayo in the in-
terest of woman’s work and most eloquent-
ly was the subject treated by each member
of the committee.

Sister Mayo‘s magnetic voice never fails
of reaching the hearts of her listeners, and
Inany were more than “almost persuaded."
Our sympathies were deeply awakened as
we listened to Sister Royce's story of
Abbie, and Mary Sherwood Hinds, palpi-
tating with patriotism through every fiber
of her splendid physique. would awaken the
sentiment in the breast of the most apa-
thetic. Last, but by no means least. our
own “J. B.“ talked to us in a manner that
carried conviction with it, of our duty to-
wards the womanls column of the GrnA.\'or:
VISITOR. Verily. it //'r/s an inspiration
meeting. S. G. \\'. Fr:LTo.\'.
.-1.Il.c:.;«1n County.

(Vontiuued next issue on Wmnan‘.-' Work page.)

What the Grange has Accomplished.
('ontinucd.

The Grange has established a system of
annual farmers‘ gatherings in nearly all the
states in the Union. where many thousands
of farmers a11d their families come togeth-
er for a day or more of social enjoyment
and relaxation from the ordinary labors of
the farm. The best speakers from dilfcr-
ent parts of the country are present at
these gatherings to instruct and entertain
the multitude with such words of advice.
wisdom and encouragement. as may have
been gained from better opportunities and
wider experiences in life. The results of
these county, state, intcr—state and tri-
state meetings are of inestimablc benefit to
the peo )le of those sections of the country
where they are held, and the number of
these meetings is rapidly increasing each
year.

Farmers institutes which are now being
held in almost every agricultural columni-
ty. and their usefulness universally ac-
knowledged, had their origin in the Grange.
The members of the Order take a special
pride in these institutes, and it is the uni-
versal tcstimony of institute workers that
their best meetings are held iI1 those sec-
tions where the Grange is in a flourishing
condition.

nL'sI.\'I«:ss.

In business matters, co-operative trading
has always engaged the attention of the
Grange and commanded the best efforts of
its leading Inombers, so that, at the present
time. after over twenty years of experi-
e11cc. such plans of co—operative trading
have been brought to completion as enable
the farmers, when they desire, to procure
nearly all their supplies direct from the
manufacturer or importer, thereby saving
vast sums of money which otherwise would
be paid to middlemen: and not only have
co—operative systems of trading been suc-
cessfully established, but co—operative
manufacturing has also been Inadc a suc-
cess.

By means of co-operative etforts in the
Grange, fire and life insurance companies
have been established in many states, and
are managed by farmers themselves, thus
saving many thousands of dollars each
year to the farming population in the pay-
ment of official salaries and higher rates of
insurance.

The subject of reciprocity in connection
with a larger trade with Central and South
American states and foreign countries, was
a prominent subject for discussion in the
National Grange of 188-1, and is still con-
tinued.

LEGISLATION.

In matters of legislation, among the first
to claim the attention and engage the
efforts of the Grange were the state agri-
cultural colleges of the country, many of
which in their early days were united with,
and became at art of, classical colleges and
universities, thus in a large measure de-
stroying their identity as agricultural col-
leges, and rendering them practically
worthless for the objects for which they
are established.

Through the influence of the Grange a
separation has been effected in a majority
of states and distinct agricultural and me-
chanical colleges have been established. In
Inost of those states where the efforts for a
separation have not been successful, the
college authorities have been forced to give
much greater recognition to agriculture,
and with b11t few exceptions these institu-
tions separate and combined, are now doing
a grand work in educating the farming
youth of the nation.

It was through the direct influence of
the Grange that the additional appropri-
ations for agricultural colleges by the act
of Congress were confined to instruction
only in agriculture and the mechanic arts.

The Hatch Act for the establishment of
state experiment stations, which are doing
such a great work for the agriculture of
this country, became a law by reason of
the efforts of the Grange to secure its
enactment.

It was through the direct influence of

the Grange that the Department of Agri-
culture at \Vashington was raised to the
dignity of other departments of the Na-
tional Government, to be presided over by
a secretary of agriculture in the president's
cabinet. thus giving farmers a voice in the
policy of the government as it atfects the
agricultural interests of the country.

The transportation question engaged the
attention of the members of the range in
the early days of the Order, and in the
famous Iowa case the decision was handed
down from the supreme court of the
United States that all railroad franchises
are subject to the power which created
them: or, in other words. that "the crea-
ture is not greater than the creator. "‘

Through the direct influence of the
Grange. the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion was established by act of congress.
which in a Ineasurc aims to control inter-
state traflic. and gives the people a means
of redress from the injustice and extor-
tions which are often practiced by these gi-
gantic corporations. thereby .-raving the
people great aImo_vaucc and vast sums of
Inoncy in reduced rates of transportation.

The subject of taxation has always en-
gaged thc attention of the Grange. and it
is through the influence ofthis farincrs‘ or-
ganization that. in many statcstlic burdens
of taxation have been. in a measure at
least. cqualizcd by a more equitable assess-
n1eI1t of real estate betwccn town or city
and farm property. and by the enactment
of laws taxing personal property and cor-
porations which had hithcrto paid little, if
any taxes for local or state puI'poscs.

Thetlrange is strenuously opposed to
adultcrations of all kinds, and mainlv
through its influence state and national
laws have been enacted to control the sale
of olcomargarinc and other butter f1-;uul,<,
and protect the great dairy interests of
the country from these vile compounds
which the unscrupulous 11l:1Ill1f:lt‘il1I‘t'l's
would place upon the lll:lI'l\’€l as pure but-
ter.

Through the influence of the Grange.
Inost maple sugar producing states have
enacted stringent laws against the adulter-
ation of this luxurious farm product.
thereby protecting both producers and con-
sumers from a spurious article.

The Grange successfully fought the
driven well and sliding gate patents in the
courts. saving enormous sums of money in
royalties which were being cxtortcd from
farmers and others using them.

Through the influences of the Grange
upon congress the extension of the patents
on sewing machines was prevented saving
to the people fully fifty per cent in the
prices, amounting to millions of dollars
annually.

The Grange has a grand record of use-
fulness in legislation in nearly every state
in the union for its influence on the side of
justice and equality iii the enactment of
many wise and judicious laws in the inter-
ests of the people and for the protection
and advancement of farming industries.

Many of the newspapers of the country,
which in the early days of the Order scofled
at its objects and scorned its principles,
have not been unmindful of what the
Grange has been doing for the education
and elevation of the farming population
and for the protection of the great founda-
tion interests of this country, and instead
of being enemies of the Grange. they are
now, almost without exception, its warm
friends and most ardent supporters. In
this connection great credit is due to such
Grange papers as Grange Bulletin, Farin-
er’s Friend, Grange Homes, GIm.\'oE
VISITOR, Grange News, and others of like
character, which have always championed
the Grange, through evil as well as good
reports and Inade it possible for the Order
to come ofl' victorious at last. Public men
also, those who stand high in oflicial posi-
tions in the councils of state and nation,
have had a watchful eye on the movements
of this great army of agriculturists and
as they have observed the scope of its
work and noted the noble purposes of its
grand and lofty mission, they have deemed
it a pleasure and an honor to be the invited
guests at many of the gatherings of the
Order, and to do homage to its principles
and to the noble Incn and fair women who
comprise this grand and fraternal band,
and are laboring so earnestly and devoted-
ly “for God, for HoI11e. for Native land.”
—.-l/1;/1/1 Jlmvscr.

The reason why the (,lrnA.\'GF. VISITOR
runs behind financially every year is be-
cause three—fourths of the members don‘t
subscribe for it. Try it next year, broth-
ers.

Beats Home Prices.
Crawford C0,, Ill.. Oct 19, ‘93.
Mr. O. ‘V. lngersoll:

Dear Sir: Thinking you would like to
hear from me I will write you a few lines.
I have not decided yet what to do about
painting my house and barn this fall, but
can say when I do paint I shall use your
paint at that low price——its beats home
prices. One of my neighbors used your
paint and is well pleased, and is thinking
of ordering more soon. Yours,

J om: S. BARRICK.
See Advt. Ingersoll’s liquid rubber paints.


6

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

DECEMBER 19. T895.

The Eureka Wasieiw-19% W1 

YYITM LIL) CON/lI3I-EZ'l"E

The Dairy Form.
Bull--tin )Iici1i.:ai; Smtioii.

lli‘. .\l:1iily Miles in his pi':i1-1ic:il
1rc:11i.sc on "S1111,-it l)11'Cc1ll1‘if_{'.”

1(Ch:1p. IV. tirsji p:ii‘:1g1':1pli.) writi.-.s
-(‘()ll(:(:l'lllllf_" inhci'i1:1iicc of :1c111ii1'cd

ch:1i':1(-1ci'.s us‘ folloivs:

“Tl1(:li:1bi1.s' :1iid L‘ll:1l‘:l('l<:l'l.~ll1‘>
of :1niin:ils tli:i1 li:1vc b1-1-n devel-
oped by the 1'11li1llli1i1]s in \\'lii1'll
they are pl:11-1-d. or the pct-iilizir

lll':lll1lIIf_" tlicy li:1ve 1‘Cl'(}l\'(.'<l :11 the
dlillltls of ii1:1ii. :1ppc:1i' to be 1r:1iis-

May be oi'dcr1-d with or without the lid. j

Simple lll con=tii1cti(;ii:1n«l 1-.1s_v to 1,pcrL1tc- 1
Will w:1.-‘li (,‘\'(‘I'}lllil)L' ci1»:1i1 troni :1 1:11,-1: cur-
tiiiii to the liczivicst bed ciotlic.-'.

Ask the sc;i‘c111i'y of your £."l'zll}L’(‘ for full
pairticulsirs.

Eureka Washing Machine Co.,l
.\li,'.\'CIi-1. ixii.

nii11cd froni gciici':11ion to g1-ii1-i'-
:11ioii. wi1h1ic:1rl_\'1hc s:1iiic 1-1-r1:1iii-
1y :1iid 1uiifoi'i1ii1_\'.:1s tho.-c 1h:11

‘=1-li:1i':11-1ci'ixc the origiiiul 1yp1- oi
':s.pc1:ics froiii whii-h they :11‘1- dc-

.s1-cndcd. Sonic of the iiiost strik-
ing ill11s1r:11ions of this forni of

‘heredity :H‘(,‘ to be found in 1l11-

:1i':1iisii1i.s.sioi1of1111-higlily:1i'1iii1-i:1l
.pcc1ili:1ritics: 1li:11 1-li:1i':11-11-i'ixc 1h1-

‘\':ll'l1ills iniprovcd breeds of :1ni—“
;n1:1l.s.

The 11-ii1lcii1-y to l:1y on f:11

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fords :1iid other iiic:11 ])l'(11lll<‘lllj_1'
brccds. while the zibility 1o .s1-1:11-1c
:1ii :1biind:1n1 supply of milk is. in
like lll2llll1(.‘l‘. pci'pc1u:11cd in thc
.\_\'i'sl1irc.s'. 1hc Jci'.s:cy.s. :1iid oihci‘
d::ii'_v breeds. Tl1c1'c1'1:1iii1y with
wliicli 1licsc:1c1p1ii'cd 1pi:1li1ics :1i‘c
1i':1iisiiii11cd 1-oiisiitiitcs one of the
iiiost, \':1l1i:1blc pcculi:1i'i1ics of :1
brccd. "

tion of lll:ll(‘l‘l1ll_\'. I1 is the cilort
of tho dzini to furiiisli iiutriincnt to

p:iblc of scciii'ing or tligcstiiig food
froiii other so1ircc.s'.
involved are 1l1c ones most inti-
iii:11cly :1ssoci:1tcd with 1l1c develop-
ment of the young before birth
11nd the ghinds for sccrcting inilk.

\\'licrc. by the :1rt of ni:1n. the
period of milk giving is lciig1l1—
cncd and the :1niount yicldcd inor-
din:11clv iiicrc:iscd. tlicsc org:1n.s
must be corrcsliondingly :1bnorin-
:1lly developed. The outilow of
milk cre:11cs :1 draft on the encr-
gics of the body. This di':1f1 niust
be met b_y :1n lll1’1'C:lSC(l food sup-
ply which in turn culls for :1 l:irgci'
:1iid more active sioiiiucli and bow-
els. Hence :1 good d:1iry cow inust
have :1 big belly.

The :ibnorin:1l dcvclopincnt of
the udder and belly is :1cconip:1nicd
by the p:ir1i:1l suppression of tlic
activity of those parts of tlic sys-
tem concerned in the deposition of
f:1t. The co-opcr:11ion of these
two factors has given to the d:iiry
cow :1 cl1:1r:1c1eris1ic forni. c:1sily
i'ccogniz:1blc and indiczitivc of her
vziluc :1s :1 milk producci'.

That the ex1ern:il form of :1 cow
was an indic:11ion of her c:1p:1bili-
ties in the d:1iry was noted long
ago. Prof. I):1vid Low of the
University of lCdiiibui'gli. S1-o1.-
lzuid, in his work “On the l)oiiicsti-
c:11ed Ani1n:1ls of the Britisli ls-
l:inds,“ in describing the idc:1l
Ayi'sliii'e dairy cow of his d:1y li:1s
this to say:

“The horns are .siii:1ll and c1irv-
ing lll\\'{Ll'(lS at the cxtreiiiity after
the iii:11iiicr of the .~\lde1'iieys. The
slioulders are light and the loins
very broad and deep, which is :1
coiiforiiizitioii :1lniost :ilw:1ys :1c~
coinpzinying the property of yield-
ing :1bund:1nt milk. The skin is
niodcrzitcly soft to the touch, the
limbs :1rc slender, the neck is sin:1ll,
and the head  free from course-
ness. The niuscles of the inner
side of the thighs, tecliiiicully
called the twist, are thin, :nid the
li:11inch frequently droops iiiucli to
the ruiiip, :1 ch:1r:ictcr which exists
likewise in the Alderncy breed,
and which, although it iiiip:iirs the
syininctry of the :1nini:1l, is not re-
g:irded as inconsistent with the
fziculty of secreting milk. The ud-
ders are nioderately large without
being flaccid.”

Of the Alderney he says: “Her
neck is thin, her shoulders light,
her chest narrow and the belly
large. The limbs are slender, the
pelvic bones proiiiincnt, the luinb:1r
region is deep, the croup short and
drooping and the udder large. The
niuzzlc is n:irrow, the horns are
short, /slender {ind curving in-
w:1rds.”

The ziuthor recognized these
ch:1r:1cters of form as necessarily
going with the faculty of milk giv-
ing and as being the opposite of
the oncsrequired in :1 beef :1nini:il.
(See also Fleischnian. Lchrbuck der
Milchwirtlisclizift, page 51), edition
of 1893.)

In later times, in text books and

_ bi'cc1l lincs.

_liH‘:llls of the foriii is

jopcd to sccrclc i1.

_ p _ _ _ _ ‘;1wocx1i'ciiies :1ll gi':1d:11ions exist.
1lic oll.<pi'ing while 11 is yet in1-:1- ~

The organs l

the agrit-ultiirsil pi'css. the b1'o:1(l
ditlcreiiccs between the beef :i1id
(l{ll1'_\' 1ypcs have. been niiicli n1:1g-
niticd and it has grown to be :1 fixed
bclicf ziniong dziirynicii that those
1-ows alone can be depended upon
for .'1pi'oiit:1ble yield of milk and
buttcr fut. wlios-cfo1'ii1scorrespond
.-on1cwli:11closcly wi1l1 this d:1iry

'l‘\']11'.

In sclcciiiig foui1d:11ioii :1lllll]:ll.s'
for the licrd. 1'11:-i'cfoi'c the 11.-111:1-
livc opinion :i.s to 1li1- v:1'.1i1- of :1
givcii :1i:in1:il is found:-d on ll(‘l' :1p—
pc:11':1i11-c. wliilc the iiii:il1lc1-isioiiis
l)il.‘(‘(l iipiill 1l1c 1l:1l11flll'lil.sl1(‘<l by
llic s1‘:1l1-s :lllll li:ll11:111'l{ 1:,->1. Tilt‘
siiidy of the d:1iry forni 1:1l{cs no
('1>‘_?‘lil2’.ZlllL‘(: of bl‘c(:Il. :1i'i<l no divi-
sion of cows into 1l:lll‘_\’ :1nd b1-cf
:1i:ini:1ls is or 1-:1ii bc i11:1<l1- :llHll'_i‘
The b:1s:1l proposiiioii

the 1h1-oi'\‘ :1ii<l

cow sci:-rlioii by
i\
1li:11 :1 wow wi1li spcci:1l pow1»i'.s in
1111- d:1ii'y line will iicc1-s.s:1i'ily dc-
vi-lop :1 d:iiry forni just :1.s :1 1'11\\'
with .spc1-i:1l (‘.\'1'1‘llL‘l11‘1‘ :1.s :1 l11*('f

on which
11l'1l1‘ll¢'l‘ of
llIl\,(‘1l.

‘:1iiiin:1ldcvclops :1 prop:-i'ly built

fi':1ii1c wlicrcoii 1o l:1y hcr ilcsli :1iid
f:11 :1nd niusi iic1-css:1i'ily :1s‘sui11c
the plunip :1iid 1'1-1-1:1iig1il:1i' t'oi'n1
which di.s'tiiigui.sl1cs 1l1:~.1 1-l:1.ss of
:1iiiii1:1ls.

.\ 1-ow wlicllicrSi1oi'1boi'ii. ll1-1'1-—

ford oi‘ .lc1'.s'c_v. 1h.-11 gives b1i1 :1"
~.sn1:1ll :1i1ioun1 of i11ill<. :1n1l1h:11 for

:1 short time, iiccds but :1 .sni:1ll 11d-
dcr. while :1 cow 1li:11 y11-ids :1 hun-

ydrcd pouiids :1 day n1i1.s1 h:1vc both

V “ . _ _ . ‘ _ _ .:1 l:11'gc i'c.s1-i'voir1o hold the niilk;
Inc :11,-1 of giving niilk 1.s:1f1iiic—?

:1n1l iiiilk gl:1nds suiliciciitly (level-

The org:iii tliercforc 111 which
‘the <_"1'c:11c.s1 iiiipor1:1i1cc is :111:1cl1c1l ‘
:1nd in which the grczitcst di1l'crcn—
1i:11ion iii:1y be cxp<‘c1c1l is the ud-
dcr. To conforiii pcrfci-tly to the
s1:1nd:1rd it ;s'lioul1l have :1 long 1-on-
iicctioii with the body. extending
well fo1'\\':’1i'd undcr thc belly and
be continued with loose skin well:
up behind. The front qll:l1'l(*l'.\'l
should be of tlic s-:1inc size :is they
hind ones and .s'liould h:1ng to thc‘
s:1iiie level. For the szikc of c:is1-
of iiiilking 1111-. 1c:1’1s should be of
good size and be cvenly pl:11~cd.

The cows tested hcrc diilcr soi1ic—
what in the cli:1i':1c1cr of their 11d-
ders. \\'hilc l{o.s:.:1's uddcr is of
ciibriiioiis :s,i'/.e :1s :Lll'('{1(l_\’ :s:1:1tc1l.
cxtciids well f:irw:1i'1l :1nd well up
behind, is even. :iiid iici1lieriiie:11_v
nor 1l:11-cid. that of llouwtje I). is
decidedly deficient in the foi'c1p1:1rt-
crs. :ind B1-llc‘s does not extend :1s
f:1i' up behind :is the s1:1nd:1i'd
would lead us to dcstirc. In c:1cl1
1-:1sc the feeling of the udder is
such us to indicate the highest dc-
vclopnicnt of gl:1ndul:u' structiirc
of the organ. At first sight the
three uddcrs would be called
"iiic:i1y" but c:1rcful inspection
shows the presence of the needed
gl:1nd free froni fat. Closely con-
nected with the udder are the
“milk veins" so called. In c:1cli
of the three cows these veins are
very l:1rge. crooked. and long and
enter the body through large holes
c:1sily felt on the under side of the
zibdoiiicn.

After the udder the
the belly is the point of
greatest iniport:1ncc. The three
cows are well provided with iin-
n1ciisop:11inclics and excellent di-
gcstivc organs as is evidenced by
the large 1':11ions they have con-
sunied, the avidity with which the
food li:1s been eaten, and the uni-
vcrsul frcedoni froiii indigestion or
other -uilinent.

The iiiagnitude of tlic udder and
belly gives these cows the wedge
shape -.15 viewed from the side.

A large girth behind the should-
ers is as iiiiporttint as :1 large belly.
To do the work involved in the di-
gestion and assiniilzition of tlic
rcqiiisitc food and the secretion of
the milk for :1 large butter yield
the system of the cow must have
:in abundzint supply of oxygen and
great lung capzicity. combined with
size and :1ctivity of the other tho-
racic organs. The wedge shape of
the dairy cow must not be due to
any constriction of the form at this
point but to extra dcvelopnient of
the belly and udder.

Next in ll11])OI‘t{1nCe :1s :1 guide to
the value of the cow come the indi-
(-.:1‘1ions of perfect health and good
tpuility in the fine and glossy coat
of ll.‘l.l1' and the iiiellow skin. Ex-
perience is necessary either to rec-
ognize the presence of these indi-
c.:1tions or appreciate their inipor—
tancc.

In most of the minor details the
forms of the three cows correspond

size of

‘.s'oi‘1 out the ones to lw
‘11'l<‘1l by 1l1c.s1':1l1-s :1nd l(‘>l.
.s'1-oi‘:-1-:1i'd i'igli1ly1is1-d is:1n :1i<l1o§
1lic judgiiicnl. of llic bcgiiiiicr :11:
11-:1s1. but c:1i1iio1 1:1l\'c the ]1l:l1'(‘11fl
skill :l1‘I[l'1ll'(‘(l b_vcxpci'icii1-c nor of‘
\\'lici'c two.
?1~ows1-oiiforiii in thc inos1 iiuporl-l
.:1nt points to 1bcd:1iry type :is' ex-

l’1c1wccii 1l1csc1_

very closely with the standard, al-

though in one iiiiportziiit respect
they ditl'crfi'oii1 tlic g1-iici':1lly :i1--
ccptcd iiiodcl. They me not poor
in iicsli :uid ciii:1ci:11cd.
T111-c.\ccllcnt woi'kiii_<_v order of
1l1c1ligc.s'tivc :1iid :1ssiiiiil:1tiiig 111'-
g:1ns :iiid Ilic siiiliciciit-y of the
food .supply :1i'c ii1:1iiif1-stcd i1o1
only by the yicld but by the .~'licl\'
:1i1d glossy 1-o:11 of hair and good
1~ovci'iiig of ilcsli 1lic\' 1-:1i'i'y. 11
has iicvi,-1' been d1-ii1oii.s1i':111-d 1li:11
cin:11-i:11ioii is :1 111-11-.ss:1i'y:11-1-1-i1ip:1—
iiinicnt of the iiiglu-s1 :11id inost
('('(ill(>llll1':1l niilk :1iid lllllll‘l' yit-id.
l1 scciiis to bci':11l11-1' :1n ('\'l<i1’ll1'(-
of 1-oi1s1i1ii1io11:1l or 1ci11poi':1i'y ill
h1‘:1l1l1. _\1-ow is l'lL_"llli_\' .s:1id to
“out of 1-oiiditioii" whi-ii ha,-1'
(‘Hill is rougli. l11'l' skin 1igh1. and
hi-1' ;_"1‘ll'.*l‘:§l :!1:].(‘:li'.'lllt‘(‘ poor. 1-n1:1-
1-i:111-il :111«l i1ii1i11'it't_i.'. .\ good
milk cow is :1 l1c:1l1l1y1~ow. :1nd to
bcl11~:1l1l1y:11-owi1iiis1li:1\cl:1'1'i1i—
l(‘l'll:1l 1»--_-‘:1nsin siicli :1 .s1:111-of _-11-—
1ii.‘i1y:1s1oiii:1l<1-lit-i‘sl1-1-k. 1l:1'if1\'
:1I1<l\’l';'Hi'o1isi1i :1ppc:1::11i1-1-. Slit-
slioulil not be 1:11
nor (‘:l1l:l\'1‘l‘<Jll.\ on 1111- other. i1 is
:1sigiiiii1-:1ii1 f:11-1 in this 1'11lll11‘1‘ll1|ll
1l1:11 l’11-llc f_-‘:1iii1-d in wciglil 1’1'oiii
1.4-.".Hpoui11l.s"1o 1.I‘1'_"_" pounds \\'lllll‘
ii1:1kii1<_-'1h1- 1'1-1'o1'1l<__"i\'1.‘l1. :1111l’111_-11
she is in full ilcsli wi1l1

ll(‘

.b1-cfy 11 ig'li.s.

.\1 best. the 1-:\':1ii1iii:11ioii of the
foriiis of thc cows should bi11
:1f11-1'w:1i'ds

lhc sc:1lc.s :1nd lest.

prcsscrl by the .s'1'o1'(‘ 1‘:1l‘1l. :1 diil'ci'—

cncc of :1 few points in thc llllillg
l.\l:1s11-r J. ll. lVll‘lL’lI1'lVl1\.... .. ..

s1-oi'c1-:ii1iio1 be l't“_"Zll‘4l1‘1l as indi-
1-:11ing whicli of 1111: coiys will give
the l:1rgci' yield or scciirc it with
1111- grc:11cr (.‘1‘Ull1:ll1\'.

Regularity in Dairying.
A Test Slin\\'in;.: That (‘.n\\‘-1 are All‘:-(-ti-1|
by Uliziiigi-s in Stable liouliiic-,

lillllldlll N. ('. .‘?1:11iuii.

lii.s1:1i11-cs of loss due to .s1i':1iigc
iiiilkers :1i'c doubtlcs-.s iiuiiicroiis.
and i1 i1i:1yiio1 be needed 1o 1-on-
vincc d:1iryiiicii of tlic l1(‘(‘L‘.\‘.s'll_\' of
dcviutiiig from :1 rcguhir roiitinc
with c:1u1ioii. if 1hcy would :1void
uiiiieccssury losses. On one (M'(‘2l-
sion the record of :1 cow \\'lll(‘ll was
giving 7;‘ pounds (:1bout A55 g:1llon
of milk daily.) sliowcd :1 yield of
but one pound. lii:piii'\' showed
tli:11 the c.s'1:1blislic1l routine. which
was to give the cows their feed :1iid
then to milk. li:1d not been fol-
lowed. The :1ssis1:1ii1 li:id conic in
late, :1iid in order to milk on time.
hzid oniitted to feed tirsl. .\f1ci'
stripping f:1i‘1lif1ill_v he could ob1:1in
only one pound of milk. The next
niilking w:1s l:1rgcr 1li:1ii us'u:1l. but
the iri‘egul:iri1y showed 1li:it :1 loss
w:1s the result. The yield w:1s for
live 1l:1_vs-. 7.2.3, 7.:1.s', 11.2.7, 1;.1;::.
7.2111 pounds respectively. The one
pound iiiilking occiirrcd in the
middle d:1y.

Anotlicr cow. if niilkcd before
being fed, usuiilly bcc:iinc iiiiciisy
:1iid iniglit kick vcry li:1rd. An
cx:1inin:1tion of her niilk showed :1
dcci'e:1sc of f:11;. On one occ:1sioii
only 1.1311 per centof fat was found
in her iiiilk when she was niilkcd
before being fed the iiic:1l r:11ion.
This is :1 scrious loss, and one
which can be repeated with this
cow :it :1ny time if she is not regu-
larly fed. L:1ck of attention to
these sniiill tliiiigs is costing inziny
:1 man the better part of the profit
of his d:1ii'\'.

Experiment in Feeding Cattle.
Ohio Agricultural Expcriiiicnt Station.

Bulletin 151) of the Ohio experi-
ment station gives the results of
two cxpcriiiicnts in feeding steers,
made during the late winter and
spring months of 1891 and 1.5115,
in which 47 1hrce—ye:1r—old cattle
were fed for :1 period of live
inontlis. being finally finished on
gr:1ss :1nd sold in the Pittsburg
iiiarket.

These cattle were grade steers of
mixed breeding, :1iid would rank
as quite ordin:1ry feeding cattle.
The :1ver:1ge incrczirsge diiring livc
months was :1 little less than two
pounds per day, and the cost of the
incre:ise was about eight cents per
pound, but this cost would have
been eonsidcrzibly more than cov-
ered by an advance in price of one
cent per pound on the original live
weight, :in advance co1isidci'al)ly
smaller than the average to be ex-
pected froiii the statistics of past
iiiarkets.

on 1li1- oiic l1:11i1l«

.soi1icwl1:11 L
l» 1 u
.1” p1'i'1'1-iil 1111i1'1- food for :1 poillid

'11....

The bulletin coiitziins :1 clnipter
on the cliciiiistry of 1-:1t1le feeding.
with t:1bl1-s :iiid 1'oi'iiiul:1 for the
1-:1lc1il:11ioii of i':11ions. :1iid :1 di.s'cii.‘s:-
sion of the \':1luc of tlic iii:1nui'c ob-
t:1incd in feeding. wi1li1:1blc.s show-
ing the 1‘cl:11ivc l]l:lllllI‘l:ll :iiid feed-
ing \':1l1icsof1li1- fcctliiig slilllis‘ Ill
oi'diii:11'y use.

These cxpcriiiiciits lll1ll(‘£1lL‘il :1
1-oii.sidci':1blc :11lv:1ii1:ig‘c in fccdiiig
gluten inc::l. r:11hcr‘ 1li:1ii liiisccd
oil 1111-:1l :11 llic prices for thc two
Ti‘1‘1'llllf_1‘ s1111l's tlicn pi'c\':1iliiig. glu-
1<-n nic:1l giviiig. :1pp:1i'cii1lv. :1.s
rood results. pound for pound. :is
old pi-o1-1~.ss oil 1111-:1l. :1iid bciiigcoii-
sill:-i':1bly lowcr in ])l‘l1'1‘. Thc 1iii-
l.-l1lll‘_*‘ of l>1'1'\'1‘.s' on gi':1.s‘s. Wllcn
this 1iiiisl1iii_-_rpcrio1l did not extend
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COIIVKEGI-I1’, moo, Iv GIANT ALLEN.

Kathleen Ht-sslcgrave, it pretty young F.n[,:- I
lish artist, and Arnold Willouzhby. :t [lulu-~,
iuian amateur. meet (.‘E|I~'ll:tll_'y‘ at ill‘: lioyalj

acadciny gallcryiu London. They hold mu-
tual views upon art and upon the slnpirlity of
the jll(I_L’(,‘E wli(i have rejected their pictures.

Rufus .\lortimcr. a rich American idler, _10ll‘lF r

them. He is a friend of the H(‘>'>‘lL‘i!l'ii\'(‘S and

is_snrprise-l to find Kutlilceii in the company 3
of Willouirhhy. whom she knows as ll. common :

sailor dabbling in art. (‘,HA|’TF.t{ ll— Kath-
leen lives with her mother in f:tshioii'~ible lodg-
ings. The aristocracy visit there, and one day
at a reception the companv discuss the mys-
tery of young Earl Axniinster, wtio has tied
the country dlE1!l1iE~‘t‘(I ll sa sailor. Canon Valen-
tine. the lion of the party, thinks the aristoc-
racy of England is well rid of him. His habits
are too good. lll—Wi'llouglihy is the curl. He
is stranded by the failure of the picture. re-
fuses help from Mortimer and irocs to sea to
earn money to continue the study of art. lV—
Mortimer pursues Kathleen on love‘s quest.
She likes him and with difficulty holds him off.
V— Mortimer. Willouizhhy and the Hesslc-
graves meet. in Venice. Mrs. Hesslegrave is
alarmed at Kathleen's entliusizisiii over the
sailor painter and his works. VI and \'II—-
The young artists roam thrmiizh romantic old
palaces together. \\ illouirhby a truest at
Kathleen‘: home.
her love for him. and both confess to them-
selves that they are in love. VIII and IX-
Mortimer proposes and discovers Kathlecn‘s
passion for Willouirhby.

CHAPTER X.
visirous IN vi-:.\'1CE.
Canon Valentine stared about him in the
midst of the Piazza with a. stony British
stare of complete disapprobation. He re-

jected it in toto. “So this is modern Ven- »

ice?” he exclaimed, with the air of a man
who revisits some painful scene he has
known in its better days. “This is what
emancipated Italy has made of it!

be sure, since the good. old times of the
Austrian occupation!”

“Ah, yes,” l(:itlil<-en interposed, not‘
enteriiig into his humor, “no doubt you ‘

see great changes, canon.
been here before since united Italy. How
much lovelier it must look to you, now
it’s really and truly Italian!“

The canon gazed at her, full face, in the
blankcst astoiiislinient. “Quite the con-
trary,” he aiiswcrcd curfly. “I see very

great clianges, but. they’re all for the‘

worse. 'I'hcse pigeons, for exaiiiple, they
were always a ll1ll.\'.‘lll('(‘, flying about. un-
der one‘.-: feet and getting in onc'.~i way at
every twist and turn, but there are ten

times as many of them now as there ever _

used to be. ”

“\Vh_v, I love the pigeons,” Kathleen
cried, all uni.-ized. “They‘re so tame and
familiar. In liglantl the boys would throw
stones at fllvlll and frighten them, but
here under the sliudow of St-. Mark's they
seem to feel as if they belnllged to the
place and as if man was a friend of theirs.’
Besides, tlicy‘re so cliarzicteristic, and
they're historically lllI(‘1‘L‘.'~‘I-lllg, too, don't
you know. 'l‘l1ey’re said to be the descend-
ants of the identical birds that brought
Doge Dandolo good news from friends on
shore, which enabled him to capture Crete
and solay the foundations of the Venetian
empire. I just love the pigeons.”

“I dare say yo11 do,” the canon answer-
ed t-cstily, “but that's no reason why they
should be allowed to stroll about under
pe0ple’s heels as they walk across the Piaz-
za. In the good old Austrian days, I’m
sure, that was never permitted. Intolera-
ble, simply! And then the band! What:
very inferior music! When the Austrians
were here, you remember, Amelia, we had

a. capital bandmaster, and everybody used :

to come out to listen to his German tunes
in the evening. The souare was alwavs
gay with briglit uniforms tlieii——such b'eau—
tiful conts—Austriau hussar c0ats—decp
braided on either side and flung carelessly
open. The officers looked splendid by the
tables at; Florios. Venice was Venice in
those days, I can tell you, before all this
nonsense cropped up about united Italy.”

“But what could be lovelicr,” Kathleen
exclaimed, half shocked at such treason,
“than the Italian officers in their pictur-
esque blue cloaks, the Bcrsaglieri especial-
ly? I declare I always fall quite in love
with them.”

“Very likely," the canon answered. He
was never surprised for his part at any
aberration of feeling on the part of young
girls since this iiiodern education craze.
It had unsexed women for him. “But the
place is spoiled for all that. You should
have seen it at its best, before it was vul-
garized. Even St. .\Iark’s is gilded and
furbished up now out of all recognition.
It’s not fit to look at. Amelia. my dear,
don’t; you agree with me, the place was far
more picturesque when the Austrians had
it?”

“Oh, very much more picturesque!”
Mrs. Valentine echoed dutifully. She was
a meek looking old lady, in a long, black
cloak, absolutely ovei-borne by 50 years of
the canon’s individuality, and she would
have answered the exact opposite in perfect
good faith if only she perceived the canon
expected it. Irreverent young men in their
cathedral town were wont to speak of her
familiarly as “the prophets donkey.”

The canon examined critically the fa-
cade of St. Mark’s-—-that glorious compos-
ite facade of no particular time or style or
fashion, which Kathleen admired so fer-
vently, with its fantastic mixture of all
elements a.like—byzantine, oriental, ro-
maiiesque, gothic, renaissance. “Very

The maiden half reveals?

Dear .
me, Mrs. llesslegravc, how altered it is, to 5

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squat. And how the iii~'i-':iicsrlisflgiire it!”
In ail.-wet‘ tn ct-iii:-i-iii like that prior
.’i.':ttlil<ven lirid notliiiig to ;-::_v. so she wise-
ly li«-l-l Iltfl-'ll1Iil¢-, .~'li»- kin-wwlivii to be
Slildll. The (‘illiflll >Il'()ii\'lI on. with Mrs.
III'\~l*“."l‘.'l\'(: by hi-‘ -ivlv. past l.c:lp:irdo's
brni.-zc .-or-kt-ts. whicli still hold aloft the
grant lhtu-t:ill's of the re-public in front of
the iii.'ii'wlu!i.-: church: past the corn:-r of
Ft. )l:ti'k‘-'. \vlivi'c L-tziiitl the 3-f1l1«'ll't‘l)llI£lI':l
from St. Fulm at l’ml».-iiiai.-‘: past the main
gate of the palace. with its sculptured de-
sign of l)<vgt- Fiviiic -.-I-o l’«:-‘c.-iri. in cup and
I‘Oll(‘.\. I{l:t‘1‘llll'_',’ in subuii.-.-tioii lN‘I4Il‘v'IIl€
lion of St. 3.‘.-ii'k: past the Illll)i('t‘ll"l.'il(It‘S
and lrw,"_'i:isof'1li¢- l‘i:i'/.zt-ttzi: past the two
huge (‘¢>lllll!ll.\‘ in the seaward stpuire and
, (I'fl\\’ll by slow degrees to the Steps of the
Main. Katlilecii listt-iii-tl in wonder. half
incredulous. to his critici.-iiis as lie passed.
Silt‘ was so little in-misttiiiietl herself to
uiiytliiug save bra-.-itlilt-ss adiiiir.-iiion and
(If,‘Il_'_’IlI at; the glories of Venice that this
.-traiigc attitude, of cold blame seemed to
her well nigh unnatural. To think that
any man slinuld stand uiiiiioved before the
very faces of St. Mark and St. Theodore!
At the M010 they called a goiidola and

glided in it slowly down the Grand canal.
l‘he canon thought it had fallen off since
the days of the Austrians. Half the pal-
aces were worse kept, and the other half
were scraped and cleaned and redecorated
throughout in the iiiost, ridiculous War-
'loI-.- street fashion. He couldn't bear to
see Tcnice Bliindell-Mapled. It was all
quite depressing. But what. astonished
Kathleen the most was the singular fact
that after passing the bend in the canal by
the Palazzo Contarini, the canon seemed
aliiiost entirely to forget in wliat city they
were, though this was his first day for 30
years in the sea born city, and looking no
longer at. churches or palaces begun to
gossip about the people. he had left behind
I hiiu in Loiidon. His world went with him.
They might have been in Bond street or
Hotten row for any notice he took of the
Rialto or the (‘:1 d'()ro. lle glided past; the
Foiid:ico without even a single word. He
never dcigned to give a glance to the School
3, of St. Mark or the tower of San Zunipolo.
3 To Kathi:-eii's artistic soul it was all A
strange puzzle. She couldn't uiiderstand
‘ it. Had the innn no eyes in his head that
he could 17.’lr'I-‘ those glorious arcades, those
exquisite balconies, without even looking
-un :it. rhr-iii?

“Aiitl you are going to tell us something
about. this _/\:~;iiiiiistcr busiiicss," Mrs.
. ll:-s-‘Ii-grave rcui:u'kcd after :1 pause as they

l‘t'.'lCilU(i1Il0 front of the ar.-cii.-il on their
‘(.‘ll'L‘llll'll1l.~l peregriiiutioii, which I{:liIlll'L‘I1
, liad :ii~r;1iigl-d sons to take in at one round
; all the principal liiiiltliiigs. “Poor deiti-
Lady Axtiiiu.-‘ti-r! Has aiiytliiiig been done
yet about this ai't'uir of the pct-rage?"

W lli, ‘car, yes," the canon replied,
ill'lf_:I!lv.3li lg up at. the Sll_l_'_.’.{L‘r1l’lUIl. “I was
craiiiiiig to that. I iiitciidcd to tell you all
about it. ll2i\'en't you read it in the pa-
])('l'.~;?' We're in hopes at last. were really
‘gniiig to get, a (lclinite scttleinent."’

'“ '.l'liat‘s well, " Mrs. llesslegrzive er,-lined,
‘ with a syiiiputh:-tic smirk. “\\'lint‘s being

done about it now? We hzivt-ii't, seen a pa-
. per in this beiiiglited place for weeks and
3 weeks. doii‘t you know, except, of course,
; (ialigiiani. It's really quite dreadful how
one falls behind the tiiiies about all the
iiir-st iniportzint and iiitcrc.-ting things that
are going on in l<Ziiglaiid!"’

The caiion looked big. This appeal flat-
tered him. He likt-:1 to feel hecaine primed
with l'l(‘\\'.< :ibout the best. people. “Well.
we’ve takeii the thing to the house of
lords.” he said. with as much delight as if
he were liiiiisclf the appellant. “Poor Al-
gy lins ('Ii!lIllt‘(I the peerage on the ground
that his cousin Bertie is dead, as I told
you. \Ve’ve reduced success to a practical
certaiiity. The lords will adjudicate on
, his claim in a week or two, but. it's a fore-
gone conclusioii. I'm very glad. I must
say, for Algy’s sake and for his wife‘s too.
She’s a nice little thing, Mrs. Algy Red-
burn!"

“My brother knows her slightly,” Kath-
leen said, with a tolerant; smile, “and
seems to think a great deal of her.”

“Oh. yes. slit-"s a. charming woman,”
Mrs. Hesslegrave interposed. “A most
charming woiiian.” Mrs. Hesslegrave
thought all peers and peeresscs. actual or
prospective, paiticularly charining—ev(-n
- more chziriiiing indeed than the rest. of the
people in the best society.

The canon took no notice, however, of
these interjected remarks. He severely ig-
nored them. To say the truth, be regard-
ed the entire Axniinster connection as his
own private property from a social point
of view and rather resented than other-
wise the inipertinent suggestion that any
one else in the world could have anything
to do with them. “Yes, we’ve reduced it
to a practical certainty,” he went on, lean-
ing back in his place in the gondola and
staring hard at the water. “The crux of
the case consisted, of course, in the diffi-
culty of proving that the man Douglas
Overton, who shipped from the port of
London in the Saucy Sally—that was the
name of the vessel. if I recollect :iright.—
for Melbourne, was really the same man
as Albert: Ogilvie Redburn, seventh Lord
Axniinster. And it was precious hard
to prove satisfactorily, I can tell you, but
Maria has proved it —proved it up to the
hilt. Maria's a very clever woman of the
world, and she knows how to work these
things like a private detective. Her law-
yer said to her in my lieai-ing,‘.\'obotly but
you, Ladv Axniinster. would ever have
succeeded in pulling it through, but thanks
to your ability and energy and acumen
not even the house of lords can have the
shadow of a doubt about it.’ And the
house of lords, you may take your aI;i"1da-

'.iw‘:. lll i'llllI_" his

   

  

 

lvit. will dniilat :-.n_vt.liiii:.; ll!l}'lll'-l‘i.'lI on

earth could doubt to keep zi. t-lztiiiiziiit out

I of :1 lNt'l'.'l1((‘. if uiilj.‘ tlir-y can lllt‘lll£lL.".t it."

"lint you think it‘.-' quite :-:if'«-2inw?”
Mrs. llc-'-'lt~_',i':i\'c asked. with llll|‘l'l'\l.
Anything that rcfcrre-vl to a per,-ruf the
I‘(‘tlllll had for her mind a ]l<l‘IK‘(‘Il}' en-
thinlliiig attraction.

“Oh. dear. _\‘e-.<. quite safe. Not. a doubt
in the world of it. You see. we've estab-

,li-lit-d. in the first place. the fact that the

man I)oii;_rl:is (iv:-rtoii really was llcrtic

son to believe that Arnold Willmigliby
even loved her. Slit-lizid but _L:l‘lf‘.~.~'(‘lllt

‘ iiistiiit-tiwly with a wuiiiriifs intuition.
5 And as to lii-‘rt-al po,-itiuii iii lifcslie knew

ab.-olutely iiutliiiig. The singular coinci-

; (lcnce in tli«>u«_:lit and })IJl‘:l>'t* lll‘l\\'U(‘ll the

, things he li::d said to Ill‘I‘ and the Iliiiigs‘ : - ~ - -
' Illllf_'‘l('lti(‘. the satiic nielhod is ap-

-‘ the cation i'vpL-aft-cl as Lord Axiiiiiiisit-r's

Ht-dburii. wliicli isalxvuys soiiiethiug. And ‘

we've establi.-'li’t-d. in the secoiid place. the
coiiipletiit-ntnry fact. that the !<aucy Sally,
from London for Mclhmiriic. went ashore
on soine V\'I'€I(‘IlL’(I island nob: idy ever heard

‘ of in the Iiidiuii U!‘('aIl, and that all souls
inn board p!‘I'l.~ilk‘1l. including, of cmirst-.
_the man Douglas (lvertoii, who is Bertie

Redburn. who is the late Lord .-\;<uiiiis.ter.

A child can see it, let alone the privilege

' lIl(‘.k‘Sl'1‘y.

committee.”

“I‘m glad it‘s. gtiiiig to he settled,” .\lrs.
Ht-sslegravc reniarked, with unction. “It-‘s
such a dreadful thing for poor Mr. Alger-

no fault of his own, out of the money and
title. ’ ’

“Oh, dreadful." the canon assented,
"dreadful, dreadful, dreadful! But there!
poor Bertie never had any conscience. It
was quite painful, the distressing views
he used to hold on such subjects for 5
man in his postion. I always set it down
to the gypsy blood in him. I‘ve heard
him say more than once he longed to be
doing what he called something useful for
the mass of the community. Long before
he gave way to these abnormal longings
and neglected his natural duties and ran
away to sea he’s t-old lllu time and again
he felt asail0r‘s life was a. life of undoubt-
ed value and usefulness to the country. A
sailor was employed in carrying commod-
ities from one place where they were pro-
duced to another place where they were
wanted or eaten or soniethiiig—-consuined_
[think he called it—and nobody could deny
that was a good and useful thing for the
people that eonsuiiied them. ‘Very well,
Bertie,’ said I, half in joke, don’t you
know. ‘Then why shouldu‘t you go your-
self and carry coals to Newcastle or what.-
ever else may be the crying want in that
line of the moment?’ never dreaming, of
course, the poor silly boy would go and
follow my advice. as he did to the letter.
But there, these tliiiigs come out all right
in the long run. ‘There‘s a divinity that
shapes our ends,‘ as Teiiiiyson or some-
body s:ivs—ah, thank you. was it Shake.
speare?—‘rougli he-w them how me may,’
and fliat’s l)t‘(‘Yl the case. I say. with this
Axininster pcci'zi:_rc bu.-iness. For the up-
shot of it all is that poor Bertie‘:-s llt‘2l(l and
gone, sooner than one could rcnsoiizibly

ave expectctl, and Algy‘s come into the

prop! rly and title "before his time, which

‘is 21 vcry desirable tbiiig.-; to have happened,

for Bertie iniglit have iiiarrietl 8. wuinan
after his own heart. my dl:ubt——a sailor's
Poll, for (‘Ilfll(‘L’-—:Lllll if he ll.-id. why. one
tretiiblcs to think what the children iiiiglit;
have been like—-a perfect tli.-grace to their
I‘!

llrs. llesslcgrave smiled an .'1(‘r1l‘ilP.’<C't‘nt
sniile. llut, us for Katlilt-<-ii. a flasli of
light broke suddenly upon her. “A sailor
is eiiiployed in carryiiig coiiiiiioditics from
the place where they are ]lI'(l(I1lC':(I to the
place where they are iict-dud. and that no-
body can deny to be on the whole :1 us:-ful
and fl. valuable function for society!"
Surely this line of reii.-oiiiiig. were it i~i;,:ht
or wroiig, sounded strangely faiuiliar to
her! And then, as she II.lUll'_‘;lll. it over, it
broke upon her like a revelation that she
had heard similar words before no w—fi-om
Arnold \Villoughby! From Arnold \Vil-
lougliby! From the courteous artist sailor.
A strange niisgivitig seized upon her. If
Lord Axniinster could disguise himself as
Douglas (Jvertmi. why not also as Arnold
Willoiigliliy? S-he tlmiiglit at once of her
sailor friend's c:~:ti'nrut'tliii:iry kiiowledge of
art and literature for a coiiimon sailor, _of
his chivalrous niaiiiiers. of his deiiieanor
which so belied his dra  and his preten-
sions. Tu-rning sli.-trply to C:ui<iii Valen-
tine, she ventured to put all at once the
dubious qiiestiniiz

“Did Lord Axiiiinster paint?
any kiiowlcrige of art, I nican?"

“Oh. dear. yes." the canon answered
witliout; a second‘:-' liesitatioii. “lle stud-
ied in Paris under a first rate paiiite:--
a. fellow with one of their long winded,
double barreled n:iines—Ba:-tieii somebody
it was—I never can get the hang of them.”

Kathleen asked no more. Her heart
was strangely troubled. for her sailor had
spoken more than once incidentally of
Bastien—Lep.'igc‘s studio. Loyalty to Ar-
nold Willougliliy made her hold her peace
and refrain from blurting out the (loubt
that rose within her. If he was really Lord
Axminster, why, it would be wrong of her
even to attempt. to surprise his secret, still
more to betray it. The words from which
she suspected she discovered his identity
had been spoken in confidence in the most
private conversation. Kathleen couldn‘t
help framing to herself offhand a pretty
little romance, based on the familiar Lord
of Burleigh model, “He was but a land-
scape painter, and a village maiden she!”
-—a. romance of how this young man had
tried to win her love as a common sailor-
and, what was more, succeeded in it—and
how he meant in the end to astonish the
world by telling her he was an curl and
carrying her off unawares to his home in
Devonshire to share the fancied glories of
Menibury castle.

And while now she wonders blindly,
Nor the incanirig can divine,
Proudly turns lie round and kindly,
“All of this is mine and thine.”

’Twas a romantic little day dream. To
say the truth, Kathleen regarded it only
as such, for as yet she had no positive rea-

Had he

sayiiiizs was iiitlvevl tzlnse eiiuugh, but its
niiglit. be acciileiiial. N0 human being is
ever really unique.
feeling we can have sriiiiebody else lius bad
in alinust the sauic form, we may be sure,
before us. And pt-rliaps they had both

\':llll:ll>lL‘llll1l.~’ totlic<-ulti\‘:ilot'. It
has been :l.~‘.\'lllll('ll that bcc:iu.~c the

’.-‘uiut of \v1ic:1l and outst-:iii be pre-
vciilctl by iiiiiiicrsiii-._r the seed in
=ho1 water or :1 sultilioti of sonic

;plit-ziblc to l'(>l'll.

lluf it is not

ltruc. and for the i'c:tsoii that the

Every tliouglit and ‘

iuctliod by wliit-Ii the corn smut

j:ttt:u-ks the plzuil is \'('l'_\' unlike that

taken word and tliouglit alike from sonic .

previous thinker. as often liappt-iis with
all of us. For alight she knew to the cou-
trnry. it uiiglit; be some conimoiiplace of
Eiiiersoifs or Thort-au‘s. At. any rate,
Katlilcen nttaclit-d no serious importance
to this flash of identification, at least after
the first lll()lll("llti. Still she went‘. on in-

, dulging the day dream, as one often will,

for nianyniiiiutes toga-flier out of mere
fanciful delight in it. It gave her some

 slight relief from the cling, cling, cling, of
non Redburn to be kept so long, through I

the canons perpetual chatter about the

gsayings and doings of his great folk in

' London.

While he went droning on to
Mrs. Hesslegrave about Lady This and
Lady That, their virtues and their delin-
quencies. Kathleen leaned back in her seat
in the broad Italian sunshine and shut her
ears to it all mentally, while she enlarged
to herself upon this Axminster day dream
and saw herself as Arnold Willoughby’s
bride pacing entranced through the full
leaf of June at Me-in bury castle.

At last she shut her eyes for a moment
as they were nearing a. bridge at one fa-
miliar corner, where a romauesque stair-
case of exquisite workmanship ran spiral-
ly up outside a. round tower in the back-
ground. It helped her day dream some-
what to shut her eyes. She could see the
great oaks of an English park, she could
see the fallow deer on dapplcd spots of
shade under the spreading cliestnuts. A
sharp cry from the canon made her open
them again suddenly. Glancing up in
alarm, she looked in the direction where
her visitor's eyes were fixed and saw, lean-
ing on the parapet of the high pitched
bridge that spaniied their canal close by-—
who else but. Arnold \\'il1ouglili_v!

The cations last. words, uiihecded as he
spoke them, now rang clear in her ears:

 

LC(llling on thcprrmpct ofthc high pitched

bridge.
“Ht-’ dead, that's certain. V 'e’ve got. full
particulars. All hands were lost, and he
n.iu:-"ti liave been lost among flit.-in.”

But this moment. at sight of Arnold
iVilloughb_v‘s bent. lit-ad, with one finger
twisted can-les.-l_v in the lock behind his
ear. the czinon sat staring wildly in front
of him with wide open eyes.

“Why, look there!" he cried, taken
aback. in a voice smiictliiiig very little short
of horror. “Look there! \\'ho‘s that? The
man on the bridge just, in front of us?”

“\\'li:it"s the matter with him?” Mrs..
Hesslcgrave exclaiiiit-d, following blankly
the direction of the canon‘s eyes. She had
always been sure there must be something
seriously wrong about that dreadful \Vil-
loughby man, and now they were discov-
ering it. Could the canon have recognized
him as an v~-capt-rl convict or told him at a
glance as the Banbury murderer?

Bun Canon Vuleritiiic gazed harder and

more steadily than any of them. He seized
Katlileeiis arm with a convulsive start.

“Yes, ."r's. hizni” he said excitedly in a
tone :24? Rack alarnt. “A good deal alter-
ed, oi course, and quite disguised beyond
any other ones recognition, but it’s him,
sure enough! I should know him in a thou-
sand?"

“Its wlio?“ Mrs. Ilesslegrave faltered
out. liardly daring to ask.

The caiinii "'1Spe(l for breath. He could
only just spec .

" it ny, tic-i-tic." he answered low, lean-
ing fui'w:ii'Ct to wlii.-"per it. Don‘t you un-
derstand? Bcrtie liedburnl The man that’s
dcadl The late Lord Axminsterl”

[TO BE coNrnmnn.]

A little wit and a great deal of ill
nature will furnish a man for satire.
but the greatest instance and value of
wit is to commend well. —Tillotson.

Treatment of Com Smut.
Bulletin Indiana Station.

The sinut in corn (liifers in sev-
eral iuiportzuit particiilars from
the coniuioii suiuts of suialler cc-
rcals, wheat, oats, rye and barley.
In no respect is the difference more
uiarkcd than in its mode of attack-
ing the plant, and in this fact he

of niosi of the other cereal suiuts.
It has been fniuid out at the Iii-

i(il:lll:1(‘X1)€l'llll(Pl1i slalioii that the

smut does not attack the plant
tlirou}_rli the seed, but like wheat
rust it sl:ti‘ls iii the leaves and
stciiis, wlicrcver the spores are
carried by tho wind and find lod_<_r-
uienl and sufficient iiioisture to en-
able them to geriiiiuafe. The spores
will grow as soon as ripc, that is
as soon as the iiiass coi1tainin_q
them turns black, and they will
also retain their vitality for at year
or two in case conditions for _<_rrowth
are not f:ivni'ablc.

It is evident from this that neith-
er the time of planting nor the
previous condition of ti-cattiietit of
the seed will have any cflcct upon
the amount of smut in the crop;
and cxpcriincnts zilrciidy carried
out substziiitiate the deduction. It
is equally evident that iiietcorologi-
cal conditions will have decided in-
fluencc. But the ftiriiicr cannot
control the weather.

Two things can be done to de-
creusc stunt in corn. The grmving
crop can be spr:i_vcd with :i suita-
blc fun_g_ricide and the eutriiticc of
the stunt into the plant prcvciited.
Tlizit this can be iiiudc effective is
shown by cxpcriiiicnts at the. Indi-
ana station. lint it is an cxpciisive
and ’ti'oublcsoitie inclliod. The
other, more convenient but less
lIl()I'()llfIIl method, is to g:itlici' and
dcslt'o_v tho siiiul, and thus (‘\'('.lll.ll-
ally rid the fields. of it.

The best time l()f_f:ll.IlCl' tho smut
is just licforc the cat's silk. when
the fields >’il()lli(i be _;'onc llirouc_rh
and cvcrv sigiis of suiut 1'ciiiov<_-<1,
liciiig careful not ll).~‘(‘:ll.l(.’l' it upon
the _t_ri'ou1id. or in :ui_v way let the
spores get free. The _£_T:llllL'l’lll5_".‘s‘
must be burned or deeply buried
to cerf:iiiil_v <lc.<ii'o_v the stunt. One
or more later ;_v:illici'iiig should also
be niallc. This may be called clean
culture, and if pcisi.-tell in for d.
few _\'t::l.l's‘ would rc<l1it-c the aiinuiil
p1'oducfioii of smut to an incon-
spit-uotis and li:u'uilcss aiuount.

Gold From Sunlight.

The Good Fortune of one of our Lady
tezulers.

The friciids and iiciglibors of
Mrs. Eiiiory J. lloliucs, livin,<_r
three miles souiliwcst of Laiising,
iii Plcastiiit Grove school district,
are con;:i'ati1latiii,<_r her upon her
_<_rfoo<l fortune. She was iiiost
a,c_r1'cc:ibIy surprised a few
days ago by receiving :1 hzindsonic-
l_v (,'llf_7‘l'.‘l\’C(l l:i<l_\f‘s gold watch,
which she obtained by purcliasing
SUNLIGI IT Yeast from the well
known gi'occrs, R. I3. Shank & Co.
There is no better vcast in the
market than SI'.\'LIGII'l‘, and
there are more _<_:()ld watclics for
buyers of this excellent brand.
Full information how to secure
them uiay be had of all grocei's.

Revised List of Grange Supplies
Kept in the oflicc of Sec’y of tho
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

DECEMBER 19, 1895.

Magazine Notes.

Jerome K. Jerome has written a se-
ries of short stories for the Ladies’
Home Journal. They will be published
during the ensuing few months, under
the caption of “Stories of the Town.”
Mr. Jerome portrays well-known types
or characters in these stories, the first
of which he calls "Blase Billy.” The
series is interesting from the fact that
it constitutes the lirst short stories that
Mr. Jerome has ever written directly
for an American periodical.

 

The complete novel in the December
issue of LII’PI.\'COTT's is the “Old Sil-
ver Trail,” by Mary E. Stickney. It

deals with Colorado mining life, with .

strikes, plots, and various underground
proceedings, as well as with scenery
and mountain breezes. The hero loves
his enemy’s daughter, and his pluck
and manliness triumph over many on-
stacles.

The scene of “Bennett's Partner,” by
James Knapp Reeve. is in a wild and
lonesome part of the great west, which
lends itself naturally to exciting ad-
ventures. Harry Stillwell Edwards, in
a striking tale, shows “Where the
Clues Met,” which was in Georgia.
"Three Fates,” as outlined by Virna
Woods. are varying fortunes which
would, or might, have befallen the
California heroine, according to which
of three suitors she married. "The
end of Captain Ferguson,” by Beulah
Marie Dix, is a brief but vivid sketch,
in the modern heroic manner, from old
wars in Germany.

The leading article in the FOI’.L')I
for December is probably the clearest
analysis of the present financial situ-
ation in the United States that has yet
appeared. '1‘he writer is M. Paul Beau-
lieu, the distinguished French econo-
mist, who lays down the “Conditions
for American Commercial and Finan-
cialsupremacy.” He says that there is
much surprise throughout Europe that
a great nation like the United States
should allow its development to be
trammelled by frequent and severe
crises, and that it should be either un-
able to discern their causes or lack de-
cision to remove them from its path.
He thinks that the failure of the
American government to redeem its
paper currency after the war Was a
great and vital error, whose evil influ-
ences are still felt. In his opinion, the
United States government should
cease to issue paper money, remitting
this task to the banks. M. Beaulieu
points out that the geographical posi-
tion of the United States is such that
it can aspire to take from England, in
the course of the next century, its com-
mercial and financial supremacy, but
that in order to attain this supremacy
the dollar must be given the qualities
of the pound sterling; in other words
there must be no sort of doubt that it
is a gold dollar. After warning Ameri-
cans not to be duped by the ambiguous
expressions as to bimetallism indulged
in by European statesmen for public
effect. he calls attention to the enor-
mously increasing output of gold, and
says that in view of this fact, the bi-
metallism movement is bound to col-
lapse. M. Beaulieu closes his article
with these profoundly significant
words:

“The abandonment of notes or paper
money issued by the state; the deliinite
adoption of gold as the sole standard-
these are the two necessary conditions
on which the United States can secure
a financial position as important as
that they now hold in agriculture and
industry. On these two conditions
they can some day approach and equal
Great Britain as a financial power. if,
on the contrary, they persist in their
system of government paper money,
and in the ‘rehabilitation’ of silver,
their industrial and commercial devel-
opment will be trammelled and they
will undergo marked and per-
manent experiences of financial weak-
ness.”

Review of Reviews.

This magazine is well called the
“busy man's magazine.” We have
had it on our table for three years now,
and it has become an essential. We
have the privilege of reading five or
six other magazines, but if we happen
to be busy, we frequently do not ac-
cent the privilege; but we make it a
rule to read the Review of Reviews
through if possible. For the man who
wishes to keep up with the times and
keep abreast of the advanced thought
on public and social questions, and
who has but little time for such read-
ing, we most heartily commend this
magazine. its price. $2.50 per year,
brings it within the reach of many who
cannot aiford to take several maga-
zines. It has, each month, a condensed‘
review of the leading articles in the
leading magazines, so that while you
cannot get the benefit of the full arti-
cle, you do gain the general trend of
thought in that article and the chief
ideas presented. We wish to commend
this magazine as being a splendid one
to have on the farmer's table.

The December Arena.

Altogether this number of the Arena
is exceedingly attractive. In the body
of the magazine there are one hundred
and seventy-six pages, which. with the
editorial notes on Current Events and
The World of Books—a review of the
important new works of the leading
houses of this country, make more
than two hundred pages. The reduc-
tion of the price of the Arena to 25
cents per copy, without its diminution
in size and with its increased excel-
lence, will unquestionably make it one
of the most popular magazines of the
country.

With the December issue, the Arena
is reduced in price to twenty-five cents
per copy, and to $3 per year, but this

A. 8.. Bert Cowlesf Maple Rapids; W.
0., Mr. Ormes, South Bingham; W. T..

no diminution in the excellence of this
great liberal, progressive and reforma-
tive review; indeed, this issue is excep-
tionally strong.

Among the eminent thinkers who
contribute to the one hundred and
seventy-six pages which go to make up
the body of the magazine. are Profes-
sor Richard T. Ely, Justice Walter
Clark, L. L. D., Kev. Minot J, Savage,
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Frank B.
Sanborn. Rev. John W, Chadwick,
Henry Gaiillieur, l’rof. George D. Her-
ron, Prof. Frank l’arsons,i'rof. Joseph
Rhodes Buchanan, Helen ll, Gardener
and Will Allen Dromgoole. The last
named opens a serial of Tennessee life,
which promises to be intensely inter-
esting, and which will run during the
next six issues of the Arena. Besides
the one hundred and seventy-six pages
which make up the body of the maga-
zine, there are Editorial Notes and
The World of Books, which prove of
special interest to a large majority of
our readers,—all making more than
two hundred pages of reading matter.

Notices of flleeeinssw

BIIANCII

(101'.\‘TY I'())lO.\‘A (4l’.A.\'(;E
X0. 22,

will hold its regular annual meeting at
Coldwater Grange hall, January Elth,
1896, commencing at 10 a. m. The
fifth degree will be conferred in the
evening. Let there be a full attend-
ance. Miis. I. A. 1\l.\i:Ti:<, Sec‘y.

Granada lie»ixc$-

WA T)S\‘VOT’.TII G IiA.\'($l:‘.

Death has once more entered our
ranks and removed from our midst
Brother James Pierce. He was just in
the bloom of manhood and respected
by all. We hope what is our loss is his
eternal gain. He leaves a large circle
of friends and relatives to mourn his
loss. S. A. K.

I am not of a literary turn but a
worker. Will do what I can for the
VISITOR in the way of subscriptions.
The Visiroit ought to be in every good,
wide awake farmer's home.It gives us
information not found elsewhere. We
are having a contest in our Grange,
thereby getting some new members.
“Try, try again,” is our watchword.
Fraternally Yours,
M. A. H.

Liberty Grange No. 391, of Gratiot
county, is again called to mourn the
loss of a member by the death of Bro.
A. W. Barnes. Brother Barnes, although
anew member, was one of our most

life. a thorough farmer, widely known
throughout the county by the promi-
nent part he took in institutes and the
county fair. His loss will be felt not
only to the Grange but by the Grange
members with whom he has been asso-
ciated in institute and fair work.

F. G. l’.\i.)ii:i>., Secretary.

promising ones just in the prime of R

D_eWitt;G. K.. ‘Thomas Teed. South
Bingham; Pomona, Annie Jewett,
Maple Rapids;:Flora, Mrs. J. W. En-
nest,Olive;Ceres, Viola Pike, Olive;
Lady A. S., Bessie Andrews, Keystone;
member of executive committee. L. C.

nest, Olive; installing otiicer, Estella
Dills, Dewitt.

One new member was taken into
Pomona. The oflicers will be installed
at the January meeting which will be
! held at Bengal hall. The young people
gave an entertainment in the evening,
The hall was crowded and many had
to return home because they could not
gain access. Miis. C. L. PE.-\l’.CE.

 

IONIA COL'.\'TY POMONA .

lonia Pomona met with Banner
Grange, December 5th, with good at-
tendance. It was a business ‘meeting,
election of otlicers and also of dele-
gates to the State Grange. Brother

gates. The time being limited we had
a short program. Opening song by -
Mrs. Guy Hall as organist, assisted by ~
Arnold Grange, and Banner;recitation,
by Sister Faulkner; essay by Sister *
Guy Hall: select reading, Brother;
Frank Higby. The Lecturer had a few ;
questions for debate but time being:
short were laid by until future use. :
Had a short talk on Ionia institute,:
and duties of delegates to State Grange. 3
After accepting the invitation of Ber- ,
lin Center. No. 272, to meet with them 4
January 16, it was suggested that it be ,‘
called an institute Grange meeting.
Come all, and have an article pertain-
ing to the subject. It was suggested ,
that it might be a revival of Pomona. {
{Thanking Banner Grange for their;
royal dinner and cordial reception, the I
labors of the day ceased, and each ;
sped their way homeward to wait the 1
coming of the State Grange, as some‘
were going to attend, and many more
ought to have done so to make their
Subordinates more successful.

Mus. ANNIE R. BAR.\'.-ilil).

 

I’.()ME GllA.\'(x‘E, N0. 293.

This year we have initiated eighteen
members into our Grange besides re-
instating two. As the members were
initiated by twos and threes little time
has been found for literary work.

At the last meeting adiscussion was
held as to whether an unmarried man
could manage a farm as successfully
as a married man, other things being
equal, which was decided in the allirm-
ative. We have divided our members
into two classes for a contest. Each
side will give three programs, at the
close of which a social will be given
and the proceeds divided among the
side making the greatest number of

Each Il1eI1]b0l'Dl‘OSOIlf..........  
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Dialogue . . . . . ..
Debate........

We have  secretary, to

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Clark, Elsie; county depuiy, J. W. En- -

points which will be as follows: I

THE HAMILTON GROCERY CDMPANT;

No. 238, 240 and 242 East Pearl St.
 

l

 Successful

growers of fruits, berries,
and all l-(lilLl:§ of vegetables,
km )\\’ that the l:~.r_qcst yie.-lcls and
best «'l7.l.'i.ll[:\' arc’ prrgitliicml. liy
the lll.>(T;’.l use of fertilizers
coiitziiniiig at least 10".,’ Of

T Actual l)()l£l.Sll.

,\\'itlioiit tlic lili<-ral ll.<(I of l’ot—
‘Z1811 on SZlllLl_\’ soils. it is impos-

sible: to grow fruits. berries and
j vegetables of 3. quality that will

Mattison and wife were chosen as dele- i C0mm€11ld the bC5t 1)I‘iC€S-

Our fu'll’Tl[‘l‘liL‘[< are not aiivcrii-in: rir lnrs bonni-
ing special iv.-riilizers, but are prziclii .'il w '5. contain-
ing l.'lXE5! researches on the sulijeri ml‘ lcriili/xiii-iii, and
are really helpful in furriicrs. 'l"m:y are sent free for
the asking.

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J3 .\'.i,s.~.iu :~i.. New York.

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Your hour by the In den
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Pu-;o lN>l’Rl LTUK sum Iulbcnl run“...
which an only M ma with on '

"PRETVTIUYVT"

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lie Iliimi siaiis music as

Ziihers, etc
CINCINNATL 0.

    

THE PRIDE OF THE ADIRONDACKS.
Thencw Park Fa-n(-0. ‘:0 niili-s long, Elk high.
l Biiilzilo strung, Fnivn (mm, in fgjds ywm-,.,.n tree-
I ]>()~l.\. l'OllL'llL'.\L grniiiid over fi-ncvil. Built by

3 PAGE woven WIRE FENCE co., Adrian, Mich.
l

is a book containing illustrations, prices and
descriptions of 30,000 articles in common use,
a book that will show you at a glance if you

now buying,

lare paying too much for the goods you are

WORTH ANYTHING TO YOU?

copy?

are talking about: you

I
l

is it worth the 15 CENTS in stamps re-
quired to pay postage or express charges on at

THE BUYERS GUIDE AND CATALOGUE (issued
every March and September) is the book we

are not safe without a

' copy of the latest edition in the house.

l MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.,
III to H6 Michigan Ave., Chicago /

James Hamilton. President.

Williaiii Hamilton. Treasiiror.
W e are prepared to fill all Grange orders at lo in-st w



(,‘liii.~'. (i.Slmr1c, Set.-reiai'y.
holcsale rates.

send for the traveling library by which
we hope to profit during the long win-,‘
ter evenings. At the county conven-F

Montcalm Grange at its last meeting ,=
diverged somewhat from its usual rou-l
tine and was conducted wholly by the!
ladies, the most of whom were young 3'
ladies and a very excellent program
was carried out. A few questions .
from the box were discussed. followed
by recitations, select readings, short
talks, and an excellent paper on "Suc-
cess" all of which was interspersed
with music. Our aid society which
was organized last summer by the
woman’s work committee is doing
finely, gaining members at every meet-
ing. We hold meetings once a month
at the homes of our members.

Mus. C. H. Tll(i)[1’SO.\', Secretary.

 

Leonidas Grange entertained about
50 guests at their reception given No
vember 16. The day was named Ceres
Day in commemoration of the time
when agriculturists believed that this
goddess gave or withheld the produc-
tion of their grains, and was so named
that we might realize the long steps
that progress has made away from su-
perstition. Samples of cereals were
brought by members and tastefully
arranged by a decorating committee.
Two visiting ladies, Mrs. Marian Wat-
kins of Sherwood. and Mrs. Phene
Thorpe of Coldwater, contributed to
the after dinner program with selec-
tions that instructed and pleased all.

 

On Saturdays, Nov. 30, and Decem-
ber 7, Hamilton Grange had their an-
nual initiation of degree work in full
which 21 members were initiated; 7
more were expected but l'or some rea-
son did not appear. The initiations
were followed by a harvest feast when
the bounteous products of nature as
well of the soil as of the good nature
of those through whose labor they were
brought forth, were enjoyed. Twojlong
tables were set twice, and that was not
all. After everybody had partaken of
the physical food the usual program
for mental recreation and develop-
ment was listened to and applauded.
Two visitors from each of Lawrence
and Decatur Granges were present to
enjoy the pleasure at the famous Ham-
ilton Grange. AUG. HOLM.

 

CLINTON COUNTY POMONA

met with Olive Grange, December 4th,
1895, The attendance was very large
and a pleasant {time enjoyed by all.
Afchiclien pie dinner was served to all.
The following oificers were elected for
the ensuing year: W. M., Charles Jones;
Bengal, W. 0., Jerome Dills, DeWitt.
W. S., D. Scott Pike, South Riley; W.

reduction in price is accompanied by

O. Bixby, Olive; W. S,, H. N. Webb,

parents at No. 75 Grundy avenue, Detroit,
Mich.. is a remarkabl
perfect health, which

tion Mr. and Mrs. Chase of our Grange 1
were elected delegates to the State ,
Grange. Eleven of our members who 1
were present at the Pomona Grange I
held at ()nsted, !)ct.3_. took the fifth de-!
gree. which shows with what zeal our
members are seeking, through the
benefits of the Grange, to prepare
themselves for life's work, knowing
full well that—-

“Rn.-'t is not quitting the busy career;

Re.-'i' is the fitriiit: of self to xiii:-3 .<plipi-lg.
‘Tis the brook‘.-' motion, (‘lI‘Zll‘. without strife.
Fleeting to occziii after this li'

‘Tis loving anti varying the true anal ho.-‘t;
‘Tis oiiwaril. ui. =woryini.:: and that isjrue

rost." (lr. KNI(iil’l‘, Luctitror.

 

IJE\\'l'I‘T U I’.A.\'( iii.

A Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year to all sisters and brothers
and to all the readers of our beloved
Gi:.i:~:«,.-r: Visiron!

A few words about DeWitt Grange.
We are prospering as usual. Have a
crowded hall at every meeting. 1 must
tell you about our grand Grange meet-
ing We had on Saturday night, Decem-
ber 1-l. Nearly 70 of our own members
were present. Mr. _J. L. Norris, wife
and daughter, and Miss Clement of
Capitol Grange, and Mr. V anWormer
of the M. A. 0., were present. l’op corn
and apples were served at recess. After
Grange called, the following question,
“liesoved, that women should be al-
lowed the right of suffrage.” was taken
from the question box. This question
was prepared two weeks before and
three young ladies and three young
gentlemen appointed to discuss it. All
but one (a young lady) responded. Al-
though some of the participants had
never spoken in public before they all
did splendid. After they were through
many members also spoke on the same
question. This manner of getting the
young people started out proved so
successful that we will try it again in
the near future.

Another year of Grange work has
gone by. Let us all try and make the
coming year more successful than the
last. Sister McClure, please do not for-
get your poor man's cake recipe you
promised us at State Grange.

Oh! Sisters, was not that meeting in
the senate room just grand ‘R

In behalf of DeWitt Grange 1 ex-
tend congratulations to Mr. and Mrs.
Kenyon L. Butterfield.

Fraternally,
Mas. C. L. PEARCE.
[Thank you. Sister Pearce. K. L. B.]

 

Saved Her Daughter.
‘From the Journal, Detroit. Mich.
Miss Lily Schnabel. living with her

tine specimen of
lessing she owes to

the etficiicy of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. never sold in bulk, The mgy be mg of .11
Said Mrs. Schnabel to a reporter lately : dmggmg 0, (mac; by man from thg 1);,
Williams; Medicine Company.

i'e§_rai'iliii:_: the
pi'i(-r-s of the fa-
iiioiis fruit lands.
g'viiei'al fa r Ill S.
propcrt_v. write to E. H. Al.LY.\‘.
state Age-iicy. Frieilerick Block.
se City, Mich.

FOR
PA RTICULA RS
and city
Real E
Traver

e la dsll w tches,BlT i
'l‘iii¢y.¢Tn, Chen’: uu-d Phlolsfziiz

    

Buggies, Wagons lfurrlageu, Safes,
Sleigh, iumulun Tupi, siiicu,

Plsuol, Cider Hills,
Kettles, Bone Illlll,
Auvils, lluyfuttefln
Drills, Iloud Flows,

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Fanning Jlllll, Wriugprl, Engines, inn, liteel Slullp
Grain Dumps. (‘row Run, oilrrl, ’ll'oolu, Bit Brneelp
Hay; Stork, Elevator. Railroad, Platform and Counter SCALES.

Send for free Catalogue and see how to sue lloney.

[51 So. Jenerlon 8%.. GEIGAGO BGAL3 00.. chicuko. II-L

Ask Secretary of your Grange for our lllus
trat ed Catalogue. Aug. 15 t1‘

wing il£hllI0lrg>--lfljfdfiflll,

(‘uh D Feed Mills. Steven,
luck Screws, Trneh,

(‘op Books, Vlua,

We were very much alarmed about Lily
for overs year she was so miserable and
weak, and though naturally fleshy, she be-
became very thin; she had no appetite, no
ambition, could not stand anything.

“She had never matured as awoman, and
doctors. of whom we had tried three or
four, failed to help her. We took her to
Harper Hospital fora time, but although
temporary help was obtained she received
no permanent good. One day a friend
recommended Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills,and
we secured a box. inside of four weeks she
began to liiiprove and nature righted itself,
and she is now as well and healthy as any
girl, as her rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes
show.”

Mrs. Schnabel can never be thankful
enough for the wonderful remedy which has
done as much for her daughter.

Mr. C. F. Martindale, 83» Pine street. De-
troit, Mich., was a great sufferer from
rheumatism. which seemed to deprive him
of the use of his limbs. He saw the pills
advertised in a paper and secured a box of
them in the hope of securing relief. He was
not disappointed. After using the first box
he felt that he was getting better, and by
the time four boxes had been used he was
entirely cured. He has never had any
symptoms of his trouble since.

Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are an unfailing
specific for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus‘
dance, sciatica. neuralgia, rheumatism.
nervous headache, the after efiect of la
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale and
sallow complexions, that tired feeling re-
sulting from nervous prostratlon; all dis-
eases resulting from yitiated humors in the
blood. such as scrofula. chronic erysipelas,
etc. They are alsoa specific for troubles
peculiar to females, such as suppressions,
irregularities, and all forms of weakness.
In men they effect a radical cure in all
cases arising from mental worry, over-work
or excesses of whatever nature.

These pills are manufactured by the Dr.
Williams’ Medicine Company,Schenectady,
N.:Y., and are sold only in boxes bearing
the firm’s trademark and wrapper at 50
cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and are

April and May Pu
pnirs. '
responilonce
promptly answcroil.

  

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By‘ liiiyiiiiz your .\'TH.\\VllERliY HASP-
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No  Hook free. lllivu
1

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Mention Yisirok.

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GOUNT?

if you are particular about what
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and TRUE TO l\'_uii-2, write us.
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of YOUR GRANGE and learn.
about us.

VVe have a large
line of choice

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Cherry, small fruit plants,
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Our low prices may surprise you-

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