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VOL. XXI. NO. 17.

CHARLOTTE, MI(JHIGA.‘L'

F’, SEPTICBI l ililf :’..

State Agricultural Society.

Its History and \\'ork.

HON. I. ll. l’iL'TTl‘Zl{FlEI.I), EX. Sl~Z(‘iY OF
THE SOCIETY.

The Michigan State Agricultural Society
was organised at Lan_sing, March 17, 1849.
The call for suc.li organization was made as
follows: “The undersigiied, executive of-
ficers of the state and members of the sen-
ate and house of representatives, would re-
spectfully rec-onimend that a meeting be
held at the capitol, on Saturday evening
next, for the purpose of taking measures
to organize a State Agricultural Society.“
The call was signed by state officers and
members of the legislature to the number
of U3, (iov. Ransoni heading the list. The
State Agricultural Society is, in effect. the
child of the state, Gov. Ransom being its
first president.

A11 act of incorporation wasinnnediately
passed, and also .-in act granting an annual
appi'opriatiori of -‘S100 to continue for five
years. J. C. llolmes of Detroit was elect-
ed secretary, and John .l. Adam of Lena-
wee county, treasurer, with an executive
committee of ten members, anda president
and a corresponding secretary from each
county. The first fair was held at Detroit,
September 13-27, 15-12%. -'$"1,0tN') was ap-
propriated for premiums, of which 558t).5‘..3<I
was awarded and paid. The entries of live
stock numbered 205' and of other articles
420. In the premium lists, cattle were
classified as Durham, Devon, native,
working oxen and fat cattle. Horses were
draft and all work. Sheep; long wool,
middle wool, Merino and Saxon. Swine
had but one class. Preiiiiunis were also
oti'erei.l for farm implements, butter and
cheese, domestic manufactures, needle and
fancy work, fruits and fiowers, vegetables,
Iiour and grain. A plowing match was
also held and premiums were paid for the
best plowing. it is also noted that a pre-
mium of $10 was a\\‘a1l'1,lt:Al for the best essay
on agricultural subjects.

The gate receipts of this fair were
$2-L‘.m.1U. The citizens of Detroit contrib-
uted $5L£~i toward local expenses. Much
interest was taken in this tirstexhibition by
the farmers of the state, as well as by pub-
lic men and citizens of 1)etroit.

The act of incorporation and the consti-
tution of the society made it the duty of the
executive eoinmittee “annually to award
premiums on such articles, productions
and improvements as they may deem best
calculated to promote the agricultural and
household manufacturing interest of the
state, having special reference to the most
economical or profitable mode of competi-
tion in raising the crop or stock, or in the
fabrication of the article offered." It also
provided that before premiums were award-
ed, the person claiming the same should
“deliver to the president of the society, in
writing, a statement giving the costs and
method of growing the crop, the character
of the soil, including labor employed; also
the kind and quality of food used in feed-
ing the animal, including the total expense
in producing the crop or animal with a
view of showing theexact resulting profit.”

The main idea of the work of the society
at its organization seems to have been, to
make it an aid to the farmer and producer,
by introducing better and more economical
methods in the growing of farm products,
including stock, and it seems that during
the early years of the society a great im-
pulse was given to the agricultural inter-
est, especially in the line of improved live
stock.

\Ve find in the early reports of that so-
ciety that these statements of costs of pro-
duction were made by exhibitors and a
large number of them are published in the
second volume of the transactions, that for
1850. Preniiunis were also awarded on
farms, taking into consideration the
arrangement of buildings, the quality of
live stock, the condition of fences and
crops, and general appearance of ‘the farm.
The great impetus given to live stock
growing is shown by the list of premiums
for the fair of 1859, ten years after the or-
ganization of the society, in which we find

remiums offered for the following breeds
of cattle: Shorthorn, Devon, Hereford,
Avrshire, cross-bred; for horses for all
whrk, Black Hawk and Morgan, Thorough-

; bred, Draft horses and trotting stock‘, for
sheep, Spanish Merino, French Merino,
Q Saxon, Silesian, Southdowns, Leieesters,
j and C0tswol(ls', for swine, Essex and Suf~

folk. The list of farm implements had
also greatly increased in variety and qual-
ity, showing that the growing and cultiva-
tion of crops could be iiuich more cheapl y
done than ten years previously.

During these years the state and county
fairs furnished the one week of the year in
which farmers gathered for instruction or
recreation. On one day of the fair at a

; certain hour all work was suspended and
K the people gathered at a central point to

listen to an address by some person of
state or national reputation. Up to ism‘-L
the fairs. with one exception—that of 18541,
were held at Detroit, Detroit being at that
time the only city with sufficient popula-
tion and means to aid the state society in
providingbuildings and grounds for its
annual exhibits. \\'ith the growth of in-
terior towns and the building of railroads
there came demands from other sections of
the state for the State Fair, and in 1803-} it
was held at Kalaniazoo. Froni that time
to 1881) it was moved from one town to
another representing different sections of
the state, with varying success as to finan-
cial receipts, but every year offering a
large and attractive exhibit of live stock.
farm products and implements, doinestic
manufactures and fruit. The premium
awards gradually increased until they
reached upwards of >:~'13,<’N")o annually, di-
vided among forty ditl'erent classes of live
stock, not including poultry, as well as
grains. vegetables, doniestic manufactures,
art, needle work and horticultural pro-

ducts. As showing the extent and variety.

of exhibits at later fairs, the number of
entries in the several departments: at the
fair of 1892 are given as follows: Live
stock 2,184; grain and vegetables 284$: dairy
products 57; bees and honey 63; nianufact-
ures 78: art 241', needlework331;childrcn’s
work 74; horticultural products -1-1-1; mak-
in_g a. total of 3,714 entries for premiums,
besides over 1,HUU articles and implements
on exhibition for which premiums were
not offered.

The annual fairs of the society aided in
the dissemination of agricultural know-
ledge and interest, not only by stimulating
the production of the best articles and
animals by the offering of premiums, but
also in the opportunity it gave to the farm-
ers and their families to examine and coni-
pare specimens of the different breeds of
live stock, varieties of grain, vegetables
and fruits, and particularly farm imple-
ments for various uses on the farm, thus
encouraging the production of bettercrops.
the growing of better stock and the use of
better implements.

The earlier fairs of the state and county
societies also brought the farmers together
in a social way, enabling them to meet
people from the cities and from other sec-
tions of the state, doing, in a measure, the
work that has since been delegated to farm-
ers’ clubs, granges, farmers’ institutes, and
the like.

The transactions of the State Agricul-
tural Society, published annually from
18-19 to 1859 inclusive, were the beginning
of a system of annual reports of the agric-
ultural interests of the state and form a
very complete history of agriculture in
Michigan during those years.

VVe find among the early members and
oflicers of the state society not only the
foremost farmers of the state, but also
professional men who seemed as greatly in-
terested in the success of the society and
the promotion of agricultural knowledge
as any of the farmers.

The managers of the society have
through its whole history been chosen
from the most active, progressive and
patriotic farmers and business men of the
state. These men have given of their time
freely and without reward, other than the
consciousness of being a large factor in im-
proving the farming and manufacturing
interests of the state, and thus upbuilding
the material, intellectual and moral wel-
fare of the connnonwealth.

The State Agricultural Society must 8.1-
so be considered the founder and promoter
of the Agricu'ltural College. In January,
1850, the executive committee presented a
memorial to the legislature in which occurs

l

oessfiilly :1 State Agricultural Society with
its annual fairs, it is hoped a great step
has been accomplished towards perfecting
our agricultural system. Still, all

and means for increasing the interest in and
opening the way to the further improve-
ment of which the siibjcct is susceptible.
The next most important step in this pro

cess is a founding of a State Agriciiltiiral
College and model farm. That we may
not be thought to be running too rashly
into new nieasui'cs. perinit us to lay before
on our views of the cliaracter and relat-
ion of such an institution, its iinportzmcc
t0.-0|11' state. and the means to sustaiii it."
Then follow some most exccllciit i‘casoiis
for the cstziblishnicnt of an agrii-ult1ii'al
college and of the a<lva1itagcs which would

inure to the fztrmors of the state bv its es- Z

lJ9i§llSlll)lCI)l,. There can be no doubt that
t ' provision in the constitution of l.\.*3o

was due to the il1t(:i‘(+st :1'\\':tl\'(tl1(%Il by this

m‘ V ibers of the State .-\gricultural Society.
T38 society did not stop with procuring

legislature until they succeeded, in 1853,
inf obtaining sufficient appropriation to
begin work.

view of the legi:-laturc, it may be niention-
ed;-that the executive conmiittcc were di-
reéted to select the site for the a;i'i=.-ultiii':tl
college, being liniited in their choice only
l)_y€i§;he number of acres to be purchased
and. the distance from Lansing, the capital
W“ -.‘..'3-9. state. VVe believe that this action
of the State Agricultural Society should be
included in a resume of its work, as being
one of the most important things that it
has done for the state.
.-I{1're'I_-v.LItgrul ('o7Ic(/c.

A State Fair.
\Vli:Il Shonltl It Try to Act-oniplish 2’

BY “'31. B.-\l.l., I‘Rl£.\'ll)E,\'T )llClllGA.\l STA'I'l".
At}l{l(‘l7li'l‘lfRAI. S()('ll-ZTY.

A subject so important should receive
more time and consideration than 1 can
give to it. One of the objects to be ob-
tained by a state fair is the education dis-
seminated among its visitors as well as
exhibitors, by bringing into competition
the best products of the soil, the manufac-
tories of various kinds, the results of
scientific investigations, the impi'o\'cmcnts
in educational methods and in art. In or-
der to accomplish all this and make it self-
sustaining, is :1 question that is taxing the
thought and ingenuity of many good men
and women all over the country. No plan
has yet been devised that will insure allde-
mands in all places and under all conditions.
Every man and woman is benefited by a
careful comparison of the best productions
of the soil, the choicest collection of vari-
ous breeds of stock, the exhibitions of the
best products of the loom, the forge, or the
painter’s brush. This principle has for
centuries been recognized and is being rec-
ognized in a greater degree  time moves
along and brings so many new and wonder-
ful developments in art, manufactures, ed-
ucation, science, and agriculture. The
Columbian exposition was ample proof of
the good done by bringing into competi-
tion and display the best of all the pro-
ductions of the whole world, human beings
included.

In order that the people of a state may
have an opportunity of examining the re-
sults of all the industries mentioned, the
state fair is a necessity. Its management
should tend to develop the resources of the
whole state by offering premiums liberal
enough to induce those engaged in the dif-
ferent industries to bring out the best re-
sults of their labor. It should be broad
gauged, liberal, moral. recognizing the
fact that to make it a paying as well as an
excellent exhibition attractions aside from
the exhibition of the state’s industries of a
proper nature must be added. There is a
great diversity of interest among the
American people, and it should be borne
in mind that if a fair is to be perpetuated
something must be on exhibition to satisfy
the great variety of desires and expecta-

the following: “Having establislied suc-

this T
must be looked upon only as a beginning «
3, institution.
j complishcd the destiny and object of a state
 fair is fulfilled by its yearly exhibitions.

 one year. _
‘, each receive a coiisidciutioxi for their scr-
w ich provided for an a_gri<-ultiiral college 
,_ 3 tual expenses
I morial, and the solicitation ofproniinent 
2' spent.
; and booth rents for its .-zupport.
t i clause in the constitution, but followed 2
la'_ r by soliciting !t[)])I'0])l'li'ttlt)li by the i

\\'IIOI.E X0. 497.

, tions. llow this can best be done and at
, the sanic time be free from censure is the
: conundrum of the hour.

To recapitulate:
A state fair should be an educator in the
broadest sense of that term. It should be
so managed as to make it a self suslainiiig
These two things being ac-

A word or two 1'(’.l:1il.l\'(‘ to the flicliigan

: State Agricultural Society, its history and
3 ainis, iiiay not be out of place.
1. .-icty is a creature of the state legislature
E of nearly fifty years ago.
‘ directors is elected by a vote of its ineiii-
, bcrs, which includes all who have paid a

The so-

lts l your. l of

vearly mciiibci'sliip fee of one dollar.

3‘ illalf the directors are elected each year
 for :1 period of two years.

The president,
vice president. scci'(-tai‘_v, and tre:isurer
arcolcctcd each year and hold otl*i<'c for
The secretary and treasurer
vices. All other otticers receive their ac-
while cmploye.'l in the
services of the society but no pay for time
lt has to rely upon gate receipts
Unlike
most states it has no state aid, In tlwse
tinicsofdepression when all branclies of

 industry are partially par.~ily:/.eil it is par-
; ticularly essential that a state fair should
And as showing the position 3
ofthe State Agricultural Society in the '

be held iinnually. Anything that will
stimulate an interest in the work of the
farnicr, the iiiccliaiiic, the manufacturer,
or citizen should be em-oiiragc<l.

f1lIr:II:ll.f‘V,/.

County Grange Conventions.

l<)mTon (iR.»x?\'Hl-3V1.~'lT()R: At the county
convention for electing delegates to the
State Grange, held in Oakland county, last
(lctober. there was some «lissatisfaction ex-
pressed about the manner of holding such
conventions.

ln our county, we have Subordinate
{lrrangcs enough to entitle us to two dele-
}’_':1tcs to the State tlrangc, so that from
thirty to forty people gather at the county
seat to perform the duties imposed upon
them, but without any previous knowledge
of where the meeting is to be held. After
some hunting about, the members become
known to eacli other. and a hall or some
other suitable place is secured for the meet-

V\'hcre there happens to be a Grange
located at the place, where the convention
is to be held, their hall is, of course avail-
able for the occasion: but in ou1' case the
Grzingcs are all located outside.

'l.‘hcn too. under the present system, no
person is designated or authorized to call
the convention to order, or make the nec-
essary provision for the occasion.

In order to improve, if possible, on the
present order of things, we arranged for a
certain Patron, Bro. G. M. Trowbridge,
of Pontiac Gi'aiigc, to call this year’s eon-
vention to order and aid in its organization
for the work to be done. Also we ap-
pointed a committee to secure a place for
meeting and arrange a program of literary
exercises for the entertainment of the del-
egates and other members who might be
present. _

The delegates are to bring their baskets,
if they choose, and have a picnic dinner.
It requires considerable zeal in the cause
to drive 20 miles or more as some of us
have to, to do up a little business that is
sometimes through in thirty minutes, with-
out having a chance to get acquainted with
Patrons from other arts of the county.

The opportunity t is plan presents for
extending acquaintanceship and exchang-
ing views, I feel to be a matter worthy the
consideration of the Patrons of Michigan.
It is also educational and progressive and
I hope may be given a trial in other coun-
ties and a report made of its result in the

Visiron. Fr-aternally. J. G. NonLn.
Orfrml.

It seems to us that Bro. i\cble's sugges-
tions relative to “County Grange Conven-
tions” are worthy of thought and imitation
by every Grange county in the state. How
many will inaugurate this progressive move
this autumn?

In writing advertisers, please mention
the VISITOR.


THE GRANGE VISITOR.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.

Field and Stock,

Sma11—Fruit Culture For Market.

BY \VII.I.I.\.\I A.
()(iI>T. 1.’. S.

T.\YI.()I{- .-\.\',\'l.\'T_‘i.\'T l’O.\l1)I.-
I)I‘Zl’.\l{'l‘.\ll£.\"l' HF .\<;l{I-
('L'I.TL'I’.I-I.

.-lgriculiure for I".‘5.]

IIII
I’;I..-\(fI\' ll I-I I’. KY.

The blackberry can be profitably grown
on lighter and drier soils than the straw-

the sunnner to mature its fruit. It should
be planted very Aarly in spring or in fall
in the lower latitudes, plants being coin-
inonl_v secured as suckers from newl_v es-
tablished fields, though plants grown from
root cuttings are preferred by many grow-
ers. \\'here planted in hills for cultivat-
ing both ways, 6 by 43 feet (re<piiring 1,21“
plants per acre) to H by H fcct (reipiiring
63.84) plants per acre) is the proper distance.
varying according to vigor and habit of
variety. If in rows, they should bc about
7 feet apart, with plants I feet apart in the
row, taking 1,3543 plants per acre. l’lants
should'be set :1 or I inchcs deep, with the
tops cut back to 2 or .3 inches in length.
Potatoes or other hoed ero is may be grown
between the blackberries tlhe first year if
well fertilized when planted. Not inoi'c
than four or five new canes should be per-
mitted to grow to first year, and after that
only such as give evidence of beinghealthy
and vigorous. Supertluoiis suckers should
be treated as weeds. Most v-.irieties yield
better and larger fruit if the canes are
pinched back at the height of In to 24
inches in summer. The branches, should
there be any, are cut back one-third or
more in the spring. Old canes may be
cut out at any time after fruit is picked.
This is generally done in spring. Vari-
eties not subject to rust or other fun-
gous disease should be chosen. The
following are chietlv grown for market:
Early Harvest, Vllilson, Snyder, Erie,
Taylor, Ancient Briton. The first two va-
rieties named need winter protection wher-
ever the peach is subject to frequent injury
by cold. \Vith good treatment. a well-
established plantation may be expected to
continue profitable for six or eight years.
though innch depends upon the effect of
severe winters.

RASl’BIiI{I{Y.

The three types of this fruit.—rcd, black
and purple—ditl'er considerably in their
requirements. '

The red raspberries proper, and of these
the market grower need concern himself
only with the varietiesof our native species.
succeed through a much wider range of
soil and climate. than the blackcaps. Both
do best. however, on a wcll—<li'aincd but
moist, rich clay loam. lloth fail on thin.
sandy or gravelly soils, unless highly fer-
tilized and ii'i'ig:ite<l during the fruiting
season.

The rods are commonly grown from I-
year old—suckers, though sometimes from
root cuttings, and are usually planted in
rows h‘ feet apart, with plants I feet apart
in the row, taking 1,815 plants per acre.
As with blackbei'rie.s, supertluous stickers
should be promptly removed with the hoe.
\\'ith many varieties fully half of the suck-
ers tliat spring up should be thus destroyed
each year. Planting is done in the same
manner as with the blackberry, in either
fall or spring. Plants may be moved short
distances, as on the same farm, at any
time during spring or early summer, pro-
vided damp cloudy weather is selected foi'
the work. Pruning is commonly limited
to heading back canes to the extent of one-
third of their growth, in spring before the
leaves start. At the same time the old
canes are removed, if this has not previous-
ly been done. The varieties most widely
grown and successful are Hansell, Marl-
boro, Cuthbert, and Turner.

The blackcaps are less popular than the
reds for eating fresh, but are considerably
grown for canning and in recent years for
evaporating. They endure shipment well
in the fresh state, and by evaporating may
be grown with profit at a greater distance
from transportation lines than other small
fruits.

Plants are obtained from rooted tips and
should be set out the same as the reds, with
rows running both ways. The canes should
be pinched back on reaching the height of
18 to 24 inches, and unless plants are de-
sired for new plantations or for sale the
tips should not be allowed to root. Spring
pruning should consist in the removal of
old canes and the cutting back of branches
to a length of 12 to 18 inches.

The varieties most widely grown are
Ohio, Gregg, Nemaha, and Doolittle.

The purple class has never become very

opular in market, and only one variet ,
Shaffer, is now extensively grown. T e
treatment required is similiar to that ad-
vised for the blacks, but owing to its larg-
er growth the Shaifer should not be planted
closer than blackberries.

Raspberries rarely yield more than three
or four profitable crops from a single plant-
ing.

, shade.
IR8III'iKII:‘ll from the Yearbook of thc  S. I):-partmr-nt of ‘

CL'RRAN'l‘ A.\'D (&OOSI-IBERRY .

These allied species require much the
same soil and treatment. Iloth fail on dry
or poor soils. and both thrive on moist
clayey or s.-ind_v loanis. They are csseiitiall_v

, cool-cliniatc plants and south of thc (lhio

and I’()to]11;n; 1'i\‘c31'_s do l)c.~‘l if ~_Vl\'('li partial
These may bc planted in fall with
inipunity on any soilsuitcd totheirgrowtli.

; and need no \\'ilIl(’l' protection in most lat-
; itudcs.

The site selcctcrl should be one
where snow does not accumulate to a great

: depth. for this breaks down the branches
f during alternate thaws and freezes. doing

' iiuich d-un-we to thc bushc'
berry, but requires frequent rains during ‘ I “' ' I

Plants 2 old with good roots.

years

‘grown from cuttings. should bc chosen.

Most of the tops should be cut awa_v un-
less synimctrical. and in any case the
leading branclics should be hcaded
back. They are cssciitiall,\.‘ low headed
trees. and should ‘oc

tirst tostart growth. hour by six feet.
rc<piiring ]..‘-1.7 plants ycr acre. is about
the right distancc.-vpart. ('ultivation must
be >ll2Lll()\\', as these arc siiifacc-i-ootiiig
plants. ()1: some soils thcv are frccpieiitly
,<_ri-own protitably by substitiitiiiga heavy
mulch for cultivation.

l"i'uning should be done in fall or ver_y
carly spring. and should consist in the
thinning out of weak and ol<lbi'am:lies,
and the heading back of those inakinga
vigorous growth. The markets are sel-
dom overstocked with these fruits, and
though the maximum price per quart is
often less than for other berries, they are
likely to net the grower as iinich in the
long run. The gooseberry, which is chief-
ly inarketed in this country in the green
state. is perhaps the small fruit best suited
to planting for market by the general
farmer, as it interferes less with ordinary
farin operations than any other. The fruit
is in marketable condition for a longer
time, and can be picked with the minimum
of outside labor. Ily protecting the hands
and wrists with leather gloves the green
berries may be stripped from the bushes
into pails with little injury to either fruit
oi' bush. The fruit is then quickly cleaned of
leaves and rubbish by running through a
common fanning mill, which completes its
preparation for market.

The varieties of currants commonly
grown for market are: llcd {ed I)utch.
Clierry. l’i'iiicc Albert. Victoria, Fay:
white~\\'hitc (Irapc, Wliile Dutch; black
—l§lack Naples.

The gooseberries niost widely grown arc

lloughton, Pale Red, and Downing, all Qt;

.--\l1lt5I'lL‘tlll origin and parentage, tliougli
in soinc localities lndu.str_v. and Iilnglish
\'ai'iet_v, little siibjcct to mildew. is profit-
ably grown.

('onCliiilcd.

Sheep for Profit.

I will say that in regard to the choice of
breed, you should study your farm and
your tests and capal,-ilitic.~‘. If you are go-
ing to put your lambs upon an early mar-
ket, say two to four months of age, I
would say froin my experience that you
should get a moderately large sized breed
that will develop their lambs rapidly and
put them in inarkctable form at an early
age. But if you do not want to get them
to market till from ten to twelve months.
you should choose a smaller breed that will
better meet the requirements at that age.
You understand that light weights are at a
premium today, especially when accoin—
panied by mutton of good quality. Then
study yourself as to your likesandilislikes.
If your personal preference is for the
Southdown I am afraid you will not suc-
ceed best with the Shropshire or some
other breed, If you like the (.‘otswold or
the Lincoln best you will be likely to give
them more care than any other breed,
and honestly lthink they need it. I live
near the lake, and we have cold rains and
storms of sleet in the fall and winter which
are especially trying to sheep, and I have
watched my long wools after such a storm,
wet to the skin, and with their backbones
bent in the form of a rainbow, and blow-
ing their noses the next morning, While
my middle wools would shake ofi' their tight
tleeees and would come out without having
to blow their noses. So that says to me
that for my situation I had better take the
sheep with the close coat. But I under-
stand you don’t have those sleet storms
here.

THE BEST PLAN FOR A START

in sheep is to go out and buy the best com-
mon stock of ewes you can get. The
American Merino makes a good foun-
dation stock. VVe have many flocks in
Southern VVisconsin graded up from this
foundation by the use of pure-bred rains
till they are now fifteemsixteenths, orhigh-
er, of pure blood. I am a breeder of pure-
breds myself, and I like, of course, to sell
all the stock I can, but I cannot say con-
scientiously that you had better buy a
flock of pure-breds to start with, even if

on want to make so heavy an investment.

hen grade up by the use of pure-bred
sires, true to the type of the particular
breed you select as an ideal. In the selec-

trcatcd as such. If .
planting be delaywl until spring. it must ‘
be done very carly. as thcsc arc among the “

l tion of the sire rests half the battle. There I

 is nothing that will damage a grade tlock
: like an inferior pure-bred sire. and there
1 are Eastern breeders who will sell _vou such
1 <ires. thinking tliatanythingisgoodcnough
Q for llakota. You know that a pure-bred
 sire will iinpress his ('l]:1l‘:li‘lt‘i'l.~‘llt'.s'at great
2 deal more ccrt::inl_v than a gradc, so if _vou
3 take such a sire with dcfcctivc form and
. weak constitution your llock will retrogi'adc
, with wonderful rapidity. because of his
, greater ii1ipi'e.~si\'eiicss. lloirt look for
the largest rain, nor still for thc smallcst.
* but one of medium size. I have bccn dis-
’ gusted time and time again when mcn of
5 fair intelligence would write to mc for a
V ram and would say. “I want a big one."
Not a word about quality, only size. I
could generally sell thc larger sized ram :1
little ('l](?:l])l‘,l‘, but I never wantcd to scc
that fellow again. bccausc I didn‘1 dare
ask him how his rain turned out. The
pi'ofessoi‘ has outlined pretty wcll the kind
of ram _vou should choosc. It is a common
. adage that the sirc is half of the llock.
This is truc in regard to pure-breds, but I
stand here to say that thc sirc used upon a

the llock. Ilc. isa good t\vo—thii'ds in many
cases, so far as iniproveinent is concerned.

Till-I IKICST TYI’l-I I“()l-I Slllli.

I consider constitutional development
the most important thing in clioosiug a
ram. This is shown in his form; in good
heart girth, giving plenty of play for lll.\
vital organs. and in the briglit pink color
of his skin. Still I have seen many a good
ram whose skin showed apalc color through
being tied up and fed on dry feed, so the
color is not always a sure sign. Look for
a bright, full, vigorous eye; fora strong
muscular neck. gradually widening froiu
the head back of the shoulders; for a inas-
culine h(:a<l——not c<»arse—coai‘scness and
masculinity must not bc confountlctl———\\'ith
a rather thick, strong nose, and wide be-
tween the  showing a good deal of
brain. And then he must show a bold.
vigorous step, in action. I don’t care if
he is vigorous enougli to drive you out of
the yard. so long as he doesn’t hit you,
For mutton quality he should be wide over
the shoulders and on the back. with well
sprung rib. wide over the loin, and full in
the thighs. It is along the broad back and
the full thighs that the high-priced cuts of
mutton lie. I found this when I was dress-
ing sheep for the market, that the butchers
would take the lirsl pick of my load by
turning them over on their backs and tak-
ing thosc carcasses which had the thickest
back and widest loin. They wholesale on
the Chicago market on the basis of eight
to ten cents a pound for the leg, thigh,
rump and back, while the lower llllC.s‘—~~tll(5
tlank, brisket and i1e<'l(-——-go at from one to
three cents. l’ai'tlicr cast there is a still
wider dillcrcncc. the choice rounds running
for from twelve to eigliteon cents. You
can plainly see that it makes a great dif-
ference in the sale of your load of lambs
in (lhicago, l’I1tl'alo or Ncxv York whether
the wealth of flesh lies along the wide back
and full thighs or wlietlicr the larger per-
centage of it lies along the lower lines of
the body.

In New York City last fall, at the Madi;
son Scpaare (lai'den Fat Stock Show, I saw
an Ohio man sell a carload of fat wctliers,
one and two years old, at 74 cents per pound.
live weight, averaging 2:31? pounds each.
Ile sold his last ycar‘s rams at #4.}. cents,
averaging IHH pounds, and bringing about
 to  each. Ilis wethers brought an
average of $24? each. The butcher who
bought them said, "I could not atlord to
pay this pi'ice because they  big, but
because the great percentage of meat lies
along the back, and in the thighs. They
are well backed." '

VVHICN '1‘() SHLII TIIIC 1N(.‘I{I~l.-\.\'l~I.

The surplus product of the flock should
be sold in lamb form at about twelve
months old. There are various reasons
for this. You can make mutton cheaper
on the young lamb than on the growing
sheep. It has been proven by actual ex-
periment that the animal takes a certain
amount of food as the food of support;
that it takes nearly twice as much food to
keep a 200 pound pig just alive as to sustain
a 100 pound pig and keep him adding tohis
weight. So you might be makinrr a profit
on feeding the 100 pound pig w ile you
would be throwing away all your feed on
the larger one. This is something for the
farmer to consider and count u 30!], whether
he is living on the  land of t e West or
the $100 land in the East.

Another reason for feeding oil’ lambs is
that lamb mutton brings the highest price
in the market. You make the flesh cheap-
er and on get more for it. Another rea-
son is t at if we feed off our lambs much
more mutton would be eaten. In the ho-
tels we call for lamb chops, and instead we
get a cut that tastes as if it had been
taken from the loin of some ten-year-old
patriarch of the flock. Market your sur-
plus in lamb form and youv-will help to
vastly increase the consumption of mutton.

One thin more; you must give them
the feed. our prairie grasses may be
sufficient for a good portion of the year,
but when winter comes and they are chang-

coniinoii or grade llock is more than half .

‘ Northern States . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

ing from green food to dry. they should
have a little grain.—I/-u. -l/«- /i7/vw:/'.

Our Forest Resources.

The llivision of Forcstrv of the l'nitc<I
.\'tatc.~ I)(,']):l1'llllL‘lll of .\<_"l'ii'lllllll'(‘, has
issucnl a pamphlet entitled. "Facts and
l"i_-_rurcs Iv’cgardingoui' I“orc.st ltcsourccs,
l’>rictlv Slatc<l.“ from which thc following
is (‘.\cci’ptc<l: .

"The forest arca of thc l'nitcd States
l<‘X<‘lusivcof .\laska). may be placed at
soincwliatlcss than .'»oo.I|UU."|"| acres: of
this scvcn-tcnths are found on thc .\tlantic
side of thc continent. one-tenth on thc l’a-
citic coast. another tenth on thc llockv
.\lolmtaii:.~. the balance being scattered

, ovcr thc iIlt(‘i‘loi' of the western states.

“lloth thc New Iiiigland and .\'outli(*rn
states havc still SH per cent. of their arca
more or less iuidci' forest cover, but in the

= forincr thc mcrch.-intablc tiinbcr has been

lui‘gcl,\' rcinovc-l.

“Thc praii'ic stalcs. with :ui arca in
round numbcrs of lmnooo s<pi:irc l]]ll(‘<_
contain hardly I per ccnt. of forcst gi'owths,
and thc l.7353".l|”U .suuarc iuilcs---morc than
one-third of thc whole country - of arid oi‘
scmi—ari-l cliai'actcr in thc interior contain
pi'acticall_\' no foiw,-st growth, l‘('I)ll(i]|1l(‘;illy'
speaking. ‘

"A \'\:I'_\' i'm1}_'li 2lll(l prnln.-ilnl_\' very lily-
cral cstiinatc of the I/////:1!/M of’;‘,',,,/,, ,»}-mm/~
»'u_// in thc various i'egioiis rczuly for the
axe would give the following ligiires:

Feet. B. )1.
THO}lllU_lllHl,lllN)
7;ll(l,l)lll),lNll),U00

.U1lll,l)l)ll,UU0.00()
Illll_lll)4)_ll0([IP00

~3,3oln,ooo,ooo.o(J()

"The total annual cut. including all ma-
terial requiring bolt or log sizc. is cst~iinat—
ed at 4o,ooo,:uoo,ooo feel, 1;_ )1_

“In this cut the various regions partici-
pate in the following pi'oportions:

Feet. 13. M.

Southern States . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pacific Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Rocky .\lounr.ains . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

New England and North At-
lantic States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Central States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lake Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Southern States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Pacific States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.\IiscellaI1eous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4'..ooo,ooo.om
.';.ooo,I)1.)o,()Uo
i:;.ooo,ooo,ooo
1U.ooo,ooo,()o(Ia
4,oon,ooo.ooo
2_o0o.noo,oo0

“The consumption of fuel to the extent
of probably I-\ll.lNNJ.1_H)H cords of fence»
inatcrial, etc., the waste in the woods and
at the mills. and loss by lire, l)1'lng the
total annual wood consumption of the
llnited States easily to ‘_’5.lN "L01 N U N N! cubic
fect or :34! cubic feet per acre. a figure-
ncarly corresponding to the _vicld per acre
realized in the well-kept forests of I’russia,
where reproduction is secured by skillful
inanagemcnt.

"The consumption ll1('l'Cll.\'(-,~ from decade
todecadc in greater proportion than the
populationzand new llt(lll>'ll‘lc.~, likc the
wood pulp imlu.~'ti'y. add con.-'tantl,v to the
demand.

“Thcvalucof forest products used in
the census ycar IWH vvas cstimatcd to (-x-
(~(}(1(l .~_<1.ooo,ooo_ooo_

"Thc imports of wood and other forcst
iuaterialsamount. to bctwccn twenty and
tliirty million dollars annually, about :55
per cent. of which coiisists of niatcrials
which do not grow on this continent. The
balance comcs mainly from (fanada.

“Tlic exports of forest products and
partly iiianufactrcd wood ma.tcrials varies
between twenty-five and thirty million dol-
lars. with twelve to fifteen millions more
of manufactures in which wood pla_\_'s an
important part. ,

"According to census statistics of 18:90,
agriculture ranked first in capital, persons
cniployed, and value of products.- the in-
dustries relying upon forest products stand
easily second, exceeding in the value of
products the mining industries by more
that 50 per cent. The industries relying
dircctlyor indirectly on forest products
employ readily more than one million
workers (enumeration being imperfect),
producing nearly two billion dollars of
value. The manufactures relying on wood
wholly, or in part, more than double the
value of the lumber and wood used, giving
employment to more than half a million
men and about equaling the combined
nianufactiires of all woolen, cotton, and
leather goods, in persons employed, wages
paid, and values produced.

What the Spider Told.

“I was spinning a web in the rose vine,”
said the spider, “and the little girl was
sewing patch-work on the doorstep. Her
thread-i knotted and her needle broke, and
her eyes were full of tears. ‘I can’t do it!’
she cried. ‘I can’t! I can’t!’

“Then her mother came, and bade her
look at me. Now every time I spun a nice,
silky thread, and tried to fasten it from
one branch to another, the wind blew and
tore it away.

“This hap ened many times, but at last
I made one that did not break, and fas-
tened it close, and spun other threads to
join it. Then the mother smiled.

“ ‘VVhat a patient spider!’ she said.

“The little girl smiled, too, and took up
her work. And when the sun went down
there was a beautiful web in the rose vine
and a square of beautiful patch work on.

the step. -—BaZ>g/land.


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--, ~..«4-. .E°a£.:m -.- ...,..4..-.- xsv-rat-. us. ..- «¢.«.;-

SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.

. I tliuiiglit.e‘.'ei'_\' pine act builds into the
bod}; l‘()i](iltlUiis of p.:l’ft:t'tiol1. wcaviiig
that will ci'eatc a fabric

  “ll i‘><-‘=1‘-ll“ to the s1ai'rv licavczis :]lio\’c. its sliadow
, ,- . ,. .» . r V , , . ‘
"~ ' .. I.aw.s or .‘Vli4,‘lIl_‘__"2ii'i as Iliey It-esatc ti

from the tlccpciiiiig twiliglit or a (‘Ins-ill}:

V1lI'0m.An.*s

Woman's ‘v/Vorl: at County Fairs.
What Has Been Done, and
the Possibilities.

l'.\' I’.I"_i.l.li .\l. l'Ill’iZ1Y.

The space given inc will not pczinit crcii
‘tlie bricfest gt,-iii-,i':il coiisid--iatioii of ll!l>
topic, and at tlicsainc tiinc aliow inc to
tell the story of ;i l.i-giiiiiiii;__-- w'in--:_- 1.,-,..
bceii niade in our coiziitv in :1 p.--_»'.i~"“
<lil'L*<'tit>u.~-:1direction in which I
lies woin:iii"s highest opporizinitiz .-
work. profit. :iiid ciiioyiiii-iii. at -.-ounty
faii's,——-I refer to what we in iuaton coiinty
have called a \\'oman's (fa-iigit-s.-. an.\:ili-iry
to the county fair.

To begin at the bcy_rinniiig. ;\bo-.:t two
years ago. after a particulai'l_v hclpfui .-ind
inspiring meeting of about tlii.--1;-i';=.'c
women at my home. on the ()('(‘Zl\l(ili of the
annual meeting of the contribiitors to the
\\'oinan"s l)epartineiit of our papcr. the
Charlotte Tribune, I was deeply iiiiprcsscd
with the possibilities for good of just such
-igonferences of women, and I could not get
over the thought that there must be a way
in which a larger number might come to-
gether annually in a similar way. It was
for the women of the country tli:it I espec-
ially desired such opportunities. for they
are at present so much cut oil‘ by their
comparative isolation from much that
coiiies to the women of towns and cities.
My own desires were encouraged by the
fretpiently-expresse<I wish of different
women who were present at the contribu-
tors‘ meeting. that one and another of
their friends or acquaiiitances could have
been there, “She would have been so
helpe(l by it. " or “She would have enjoyed
it so much."

Finally. all at once as it seemed. the
way was clear, and I said to myself. "I
have it now, our county fair is just the
place.“ And then it came to me that this
was just the lesson which the \\'oi‘ld's (‘on-
gresses in Chicago in 181923 oughtto betoall
the state and county fairs. I have since
learned that this is the lesson which Texas
made of them and a \\'oinan's (,'ongi'ess has
come to be a permanent feature of the
Texas state fair, and a building has been
erected on the grounds for the purpose.

But to return to our little eflort in Ea-
ton county. \Ve consulted with the oili-
and easily won their consent and co-
operation. .\ tent was provided. the as-
sistance of Mrs. .\Ia_v Stocking I{iia<r<rs of
Bay City secured to lead in disciissioiis,
and otlierwise to contribute to the interest
of the meetings. a prograiii of topics of ev-
ery-day interest by our own Iiaton county
women arranged, and, in ()ctobcr. 159+.
was held the lirst \\'oinen‘s Congress aux-
iliary to the liaton couiity fair. The iiicct—
iiigs werc crowded. A lieavy rain on the
second day disclosed the weak qualities of
the tent and the last two incctiiigs were
held in the Pioneer house near b_v. Wllicli
place proved so much more >':tti>'f:tt‘t()l'_\' in
case of rain or cool weather. that the same
buildiiig was used for this purpose last
year. and iniich pains was taken by the Fair
21lttl101'itieSit> make it as conveiiient and
comfortable as possible. Eaton couiit_v
women were placed upon the program
again last year. and the valuable services
of Mrs. Iinaggs again secured as assistant.
‘An effort \\':'.i's‘l11l:1(le each year to interest
the different localities in the country
by securing women from every part
of the country for the program. The
papers were uniformly excellent and prac-
tical, and the discussions following them
of a most interesting and helpful kind.
Many have expressed themselves as de-
lighted with the etfort. The meetings
were eminently successful and there is lit-
tle doubt but this will become a permanent
feature and that a building will in time be
erected where meetings of this and other
kinds can he held auxiliary to the coiint_y
Fair.

I will say further in regard to our pro-
gram that only one general topic was tak-
en up at each session last year and this was
treated as a symposium, a nuinbei' of short
papers being given, each of which was fol-
lowed by a discussion which was quite
equal in interest to the very valuable pa-
pers given. Four sessions were held, on
the mornings and afternoons of the last
two days. Here is the program:

Home and School Sanitation.

(a) The Home.

(b) Some Common Careless Cus-
toms in Home Sanitation.

(c) School Sanitation.

Food and Its Preparation.

(a) Food Elements. (Their use and
proper combination, and the evils of excess
or deficiency in certain elements.)

(1)) Suggestions in the Cooking of
Grains and Vegetables.

c) Economy and Adaptability in
Selection of Meats and Some Best Methods
of Cooking.

(d) Some Uses of Left—Overs.

(e) A Convenient Kitchen.
Kitchen Conveniences.

Rational Dress from the Standpoints of

(a) Utility and Comfort.

(b) Health.

(0) Economy.

to!‘

Some

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v at t ':‘lliill"\'.
"hc Iil'_’lll.\'tIIiil|<,'\\1-ll-\\' in the
!.' o.
-.‘ Li£l('\

’.' ‘yil1~lli'£‘::i!‘ii.“'

E o: .ioii:! t)‘-mrcr.--l 9;» of l’i~p:-.“tv

lI‘ilixl~ .‘l'l4l  \.

l)’lllii  lv'ii“.\

.'~!i i“‘|Ii. isn-

f .I'l<li_'v’,‘ (Ii Ill‘
llHI:. .-l.
. .-.--ting" and ‘

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, .-oinc i".'\'-"(’ll£'Ii.‘ ‘ to n.ci.
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iii1i‘i'-
;:~tic..l t... J  ...z’."-.-='l
‘ilbi ‘\\'*rllit'll
=ii l".‘;’2zl'<l .r- :LI‘I‘.1ii;3'<‘:iti.:i oi" lump:-i'l_\.
~.«.’hich his c_\;p:—iii~ » iiidgc o. pi-.fia1c
has shown him that pcoplc wcic \'.l‘. c:i:'c~

lcss zabolif .'ili='l in coii--i~.;:i:-iicc cast-s of pill-

is

ll‘-ll iniusti: c in w} low-aic of \'(‘l_\' cwziunoii ‘

ti-:"s‘lli'l't-Jim-,
In conclusion I will sgiy ’.h:it it has bccn
provcn that all I had 21:»-pi-<'. in an animal

xiii-ctiiig-plriv-i: ior I-Laton county \‘CliHii"ll to .
to ‘.:lll\‘ ,

bccoine inorc truly >icap::ii:itcil an-l
ovcr togcihcr I{1lt‘.<il(>l|.\.if coinin--u intcr-

blc in oui c.\'pci'ieiicc in liaton county. and
if the story of what, we h:i'.'c done will do
aught to hasten the day wlicn similar
meetings will come to bc i‘cc(i}_*'iii’/.i:d as a
ncccssai'_v and perniancnt fc:iturc of the
truly siiccessfiil county l“air,l sliall indeed
be glad of this opportunity to tell what we
are doing in a small way here.
(."l4lI‘I-’I.’l('

The Possibilities of the New Woman
on the Farm.

P«’|pl‘I' read before the "\Voinzin'.s' Si-ction“ of the Faiincrs‘
Iii.-titutc at .Ion»-.-villi-. Jan. 1‘-H. lwti. b_\ Mrs.
Ii. I). .\'ok:-s, ('hurcli.

ll

I’s_vcliolog_v. the coiiscioiis phenomena
of soul e.\'istencc and soul growth, might
be grouped with these, latter with its iiiys—
terious prenatal, siibiiatal and ethical effect
upon liuinaiiity. They were as dead lau-
guagcs to the average iiiother of the man
or woman who is upon the stage of action
of this decade. llow applicablctliat pray-
er "l“ather forgive ‘them. they know not
what tlieydo.“ .\lanv of them crucified
the i'csiilts of their very best intentions.

liarly and late tlii'oiigli >‘llllllllCi".s' heat
and wintcr‘s cold they labored to acquire a
home and coinpctcncy for tlicinsclvcs.
and toadd acrc to acre, house to house.
that their children might begin life ‘.\'lit‘l'l‘
they left. it. Pévvcct rest and t'cci'catioii
they scarcely knew. llow in:iii_v of them
with tlIL'll‘ci.\'fi hands broke tiic “golden
bowl"tlia‘., ncld their dearest liopes and
lived to see their broad acres in the li:in.ls
of it-iiaii‘-_s' and tlicir children in the cinplo-c
of sii':iii_gci‘s. l~‘.v-.»r_v boy and girl wlio
goes out fro:-ii iiiidcr the roof trcc bc-irs
high liov,~:-- of bettering tlicir c-.iii.litioii.
They set k int:-llcctual activit_v. 'l‘licii'«.-_vc.~.
arc lilllliltfxl by the glamour of political
pi'cfcrincii‘.. all which seems so f.:.r rc-
inovcd from the farm.
is an iiiiknow li factor.
are i'ccorded. The iii:iiiii'oid failiircs arc
iinhc:ird of. and away they go li-.i‘.'in;_I' he
old lioiiics <lcsolatc. and
blasted.

\\'ho knows but this is the rcsiilt of the
crystalli'/.ed loiigiiigs of inotlicrs iiiiprcssed
on prenatal life. to get avvay froin the life
of drudgery and continual sacrifice which
the iiccessity of the times compelled them
to live. If lieredity and environients
largely control these thiiigs. then the new
woman will have the power to turn the
tide of young life toward the farm.

ciiibryo of the created and so order her
life to insure its highest development. ller
knowledge of art will enable her to see
beauty and syinmetry in all animal creation,
bursting bud, changing landscape. or gol-
den sunset.

The mysteries of the transforniation of
Gods soil mingled with God's rain and
sunshine under the intelligent direction of
him unto whom she is handniaiden and
helpmeet; unto life—giving products for the
teeming millions, without which men and
governments cannot exist.

The thought that she is co—partner in this
one divinely instituted calling; that its
best results will depend upon her intelli-
gent action; that he or she who causes a
two fold increase in anything that is benefi-
cent “is greater than they who conquer
empires” will enthuse her to do her best
in everything she undertakes. Economics
will teach her that the true use of money is
for the greatest good of the greatest num-
her: that close economy to add acre to acre,
dollar to dollar may develop a spirit of
avarice and monopoly, and its misuse
should be avoided.

She will be familiar with municipal law
not only _n regard to her own person, but
propertylrights and children’s inheritance.
The decree that the sins of the fathers are
visited upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation will compel her to
exact the same degree of purity in her
husband as he expects of her. Every im-
pure thought, every impure act, sets in
motion a wave which will smirch the lives
of generations to come. Every pure

The \vcar and tin!‘ .
(hily the s|l\‘:‘t‘:<.s’(,‘.\ ;

parent's hopes 1

_ She 3
will understand her responsibility to the ‘ _
I substantial.

-which will advance it

warp
whicli will clothe a huaian soul all tiii'm:.gli
(live :1 child short incasure of
ic ~.. iii suilcr for the time la—}i:I_-.
Ln :i-i=iiti-i';i‘o.~l food and pt-i'li:ij,»s lit’
'_7\-,: him a t:iii.‘«.cd licrcditv and
‘ '~'~<‘ci= o\‘ci' the l'(‘.‘|‘;ll.~.' I’itv
I-:'~-~ -t tor the ~-hort coiiiiiigs of
_ iiihc tyyc of woinan I ll\'iti'll
.v':iis.'-ii a ft-in d.ij.'— ago. will be obsoictt-_
I ='c will ivc no iii':tl'L‘l‘.s for her. .*lic was
iii=>ll‘il‘('it ‘Ill ll "ciitcrtaining coinpauv
bccaiis=~ she lvllt"-\' .s'illllCllilll_“ <‘li>'2'L_';It"«‘t‘:tl>l‘('
ill-will (vi-i'_voiic and told it so t’xlltLl‘ltl.ll.\'..A
b-:'_<-.il;i:';'<-ii vision of the wh_v'.-and wli-.-r:--
1-»:'c~ ->t‘il.c \‘.«':ll-;iic.s.s' and iI'.lllt\’ of hcr
lii'<‘lll<‘l'~ and si-ti-rs will cii;ibh- her in ex-
crcisc lll.’ti ch;:i'i‘._' whicli is divine by
('4i\'I‘Z‘iIl}_" them up with saci'cd silcncc.
\"»'li:i1:i wontlci'tIil ti':iiisfoi'iii:itioii
'\\ ill be. The social i'l1.stoI1is \\'liicli so
ofti-ii takc the bloom of health and the
bliish of inodc:-t_v from our inaideii‘s cliccks.

that

, and temp‘. our young men from their high-
cst in which we .-ii'c :ill in \ei'_v grave iiccd
of light. has alrcady been provcn practica- ‘

est inaiiliood with results fraught with
ii2iscrv and disgrace will vanish under the
ceiisiirc of her social ethics. I’oliticallv
therc will be no more sex in citi7.cnship
than in soul. It is oiil_v iuadc to appear
so now b_v the force of cii'ciimstaiices which
are rolling away like the mists of a sum-
iiicr niorniii_-_r. Ituskiii says “the path of

a good woinan is strewn with flowers but

tlicy rise up behind her steps. and not be-
fore thcm. hiifiragc will be one of the
least of tlnngs which will come to this

- queen of inaicstic presence in rural homes.

lIci' good works will make it necessary.
If she has to vote, knowledge that in a just
government right and principle should pre-
vail inay not always enable her to recognize
and reconcile party claims to those coii-
victions. but she will be equal to the lrisli-
man who was iiiiportiiiicd to consider the
diflcrent qualifications of two candidates.
one wliosc name was Oates, the other I'Iol—
land.
for a iiioinont then ejaculated. "l§c'gorra.
my wife is a llootch woman and faix lill
vote for llolland ivcry tinic. lwill. She
will reincmbcr that tiic soil from which
spi'iii_:.;js' her livcliliood is thrice hallowed
b_\' the blood of frccincii; that her liusbaiid
and sons are the cmbodiircnt of the high-
est conception of the word "fi'cc,“ that

they are .\incricaiis and she will vote foi' 

.\incrica cvcry time.

Tliesc possibilities are the
f‘.lichigaii‘s il:iii<_-jhtcrs. Is it easy for you
to come into pos.-cssioii of your iiilicrit-
aiicef It is :i law‘ of heaven that you shall

not jud=_-'c wliat is easy. unless you are first ‘

—.c.~:ol\’cd to find what is just and then will
to do it. _
|)i>.s's‘ll>lllll('h' and tlicii will to obtain them.
Tlic ncccssitics of the times deinand
you -hall make the ellort. \\'e are on the
brink of an era oi «_:'rc.-it rcvclatioiis which
will advance ag'ricultiirc all along the line.
.\i‘:- you rc.id,\' Ioi‘ _\'oiii' opportllliiticsf
‘roar many handed work iiiiderlics the su-
pci'structui'c of all the world's iiidustrics.
>7hall it carry with it clcmcnts of »pci'fcc—
tioii wliicli will give an upward trend to
all the world's cllortsf .\iany good wo-
nicn arc "bla'/.iiig" the w'ay. My sister
.\la_vo lie-re has been the length and brcadtli
of this state telling in (lrangc halls and on

picnic pl:itfoi'ins the glimpse of what she .;

secs may come to you and yours if _voii but
arise to your possjibilitics.
.\lothcrs. awaken to the solcimiity of your

obligation to your daiighters, and do away
‘ with this artifical ediicatioii that is a mere ,
. subterfuge and leaves them in such a piti-

able condition to meet the stern rcalitiesof
life. (iivethcin sonietliing practical and
Make it easy to do justice
to yourself by persistently touching the
heart of public sentiment and knocking
continually at the door of state legislation

Q until you get the needed appro}iriations.

()pposition and ridicule will be aroused
and enemies made. "You have no one-
mies“ you say. Alas! my friend the boast
is poor. He who has mingled in the fray
of duty that the brave endure must have
foes. If you have none,

“You’ve hit no traitor on the hip.

You’ve dashed no cup from perjured lip,
You've never turned the wrong to right.
You’ve been a. coward in the light.”

In the world’s work, are two Iinesdrawn
up in battle array waging continual war-
fare, the right against the wrong; and no
loyal heart ever won a good cause without
making enemies. And the one who has
none has never made much stir in the
world. To encounter ridicule is disheart-
ening, but console yourself with this truth,
anything of worth that has foundation
enough to excite ridicule, has material
enough within itself to accelerate its own
growth, and by its momentum hurl the
revilings into a consuming tire from whose
ashes will rise Phenix like a sentiment
speedily along.
There will be no ret-
Alice Cary

Don’t fear ridicule.
rograde in this movement.
wrote.
“I hold this true, whoever wins
Their highest stature here below.
Must grow and never cease to grow.
For when growth ceases, death begins.
Its substance will reach from the mys-
teries of the fertile mold of mother earth,

The son of Erin listened attentively

liii'tli—1'i_g‘li1 of 

l)o vou see the justice in these .

that 3

life to he -._-‘lorious siiiii'isc of ctcriii1_v: its
triuinph. the inultipl_\'i:i«_-' ilii‘ iiHIl2t*s of the
nation upon c\c;'_\ liill-idcai.-l yallcy whose
ll1illlt_‘li\'i*‘,\lil 1' :.ch out into .-.ocict}.‘. busi-
ness‘. and '_|‘:i‘.'ci'1]li£«‘lli. dcinonsti':itiiig that
an :i:‘riciiiiiii';ii vi?-t‘il1lu‘:‘.lit>ll i coin-
ph-tc t‘xilit'.'lllHll. j_=‘i-v§ii_ thc ill-ll'\iwlll2ll~ an
iiiicliigcnt use of all their p-»\~.ci'~. titling
them for c\~~"_\ i-iiicig-‘iii-_\' ol litc :iiid thc
scrcnc -:iti~i’actio:i \v‘ilcli conics f'ro;n :i
coiitciitcd. litippy lnuiic.

.1
‘ tilt‘

 JLivreriil.e$'..

The Cork

in the Bottle.

"I'iob.“ callcd his lli')lllt‘I' from the bed-
room wlicre she was liiiisliiiig licr dressing
for church. "have you studied your Sun-
da_v school lcssoii this uiornin«_-‘{"

"l3otlicrf Nol" Rob answered in an im-
patient tonc. scarcely glancing up from the
book in which he was very lilllcll interest-
ed.

"\\'li_\', l{ob'." said his mother. with
astonislnncnt. "I tliought you told me you

= didn't know anytliing about it. and I ex-

petcd you would spend the hour ti'y‘.ng to
learn soiiictliing.“

"I have tried. mother. as hard as ever I
could. but I can't get a bit of it into my
head. Sonic way or other. it is so dry and
stutl'_v that I can‘t get intci'cstcd in it. "

His mother at that momciit came out of
the bedrooiii and took a glance at the situ-
ation. In an instant she saw what was the
matter. (ioing to her room she came
back holding iii her hand an ciiipt_v bottle
with tlic cork driven tightly into itsiiioiitli.
She walked over to ltob and handed it to
him. sayiiig:

"I wisli you would please take this to
the kitchen sink. and till it for inc."

Rob arose and left his book quite reluc-
taiitl_v. llc went to the kitchen slamming
the door behind him in a wa_v which indi-
catcd either that he was vcr_v careless or in
:i vcr_v bad huiiior. .\ftcr a little whilc he
came back.as hc entered the room cxclaini-
iiig in a tone which sliowcd that he was out
of sorts:

“.\lothci'. how do you .s’iippose I am go-
ing to get water into this bottle with the
neck corked up tightly 1“

"I lll(lll‘l suppose _voii could. liob." was
the quiet reply-

“Tlicii wli_v in the world did you tell me
to do it t" hc dcniaiidcd. lialf indigiiaiitly
and half in wonder.

".lust to show you.“ said she. how iiii—
possible it was. and th..t you iiiiglit under-
stand another lli:tl.l.i r about which I licard
you complaining a nioinciit ago."

‘'\\'hat was tliatf“ asked ltob. dropping
his cvcs as thoiigli he halt" saispcctcd.

“\\’li_\'.“ said his mother. “don't vou rc-
inciiibcr about the Siiiiday school lesson!
You said you couldn‘t get it into your
head. and you threw the blame for it on
the lesson. declaring that it was so dry and
stiiliy. lint don‘t you see it was simply
another case of trying to pour soinctliing
into a botilc while the mouth was corked f"

"t 'oi*ked.’ what do you mean. inainina 1"
askcd ltob. now very much iiitcrcstcd.
"Wliat corked me up!"

"l“or aiiswci' his iiiothcr simpl_v pointed
hcr linger to the book which II( had been
reading.

''I don't care," half wliiinpcrcd ltob.
“l'nclc «luck said it was a good book fora
boy to read."

"Possibly there is nothing wrong in it."
saidhis motlicr, "if you would read it at

i the right time‘. but when you use it on

>]unda_v niorning as a cork to stop up your
mind, so that the Sunday school lesson,
which is (i‘rod's inessage to you, can‘t get
in. I think it is :1 clear case of ii book out
of place."

Rob thought the matter over, and evi-
dently came to the same conclusion as his
niother; for presently he walked deliber-
ately to the book case, and put the book in
its place upon the shelf. Then picking
the Sunday-school quarterly out from un-
der the pile of papers and magazines on the
library table, he sat himself down in his
chair with a resolute look upon his face,
saying to himself: “There, now the cork's
out. See if you can’t go in.“

And the bright. interested face with
which he came home from Sunday-school
a couple of hours later, repeating to his
mother some of the things he had learned,
and some of the explanations the teacher
had given, proved that attempting to fill
the bottle with the cork out was an entire-
ly ditfercnt thing from attempting to fill it
with the cork in. J. I". (’m/vim, in t/u;
Sumlrry rS'/'/mn/ T////cs.

Another Kick.

Armstrong Co., Pa. Aug. 19, ’96.
Ingersoll Paint VVorks,

DEAR SIR: Your paint lasts too long,
it does not wash off and fade so a house
requires repainting every two or three
years, and this is why some unscrupulous
painters condemn your paint. My friends
use 1ngersoll’s Paint.

W’. R. RAMALEY.
See adv. Ingersoll’s Liquid Rubber Paints.


4

THE GRANG~E.. -VISITOR.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.

THE Glifilllfiifi YISITQK

CHARLOTTE. MICH.

The Olficial Organ of the Michigan State Grange.

Published on the First and Third Thursdays of Each Month

EDITOR :
Kzuvou L. BUTTERFIELD, Luvsma. Mien.

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should be sent.

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Entered at the l"()SiOll]L:l'. at Charlotte. Mich
CHIS msmor.

. as Second
E‘ Nsxr lssL'r:. Simr. 17

OUR WORK.

The following has been a iprovctl by the State Grange as
a fair statement of the o yjccts the (ir:in::r- of Micllii-X21!-I
has in view, and the special lilies along which it proposes to
work. \'Ve hope every Graii,r_:v- in the state will work
earnestly in 1 tliesa dt-partmt-nt.-'. so that by a more
united effort we shall rapidly lllC[‘t'.H>I‘ our l'lllnll')«"l'S.
extend our influence. and attain more and more couiplvrti-,~
ly those ends which we >'t‘l'l'(.

och on.n;<"r
is the Organization of the F1tI'lll(’l‘> for llu-ll‘ own Improve-
inent, Financially. Socially. )1:-ntully, .\l«-rally.

We believe that this improvr-nu-iit can in large mt-a-‘urn
be brought about:

1. (a.) By with-r individual study and
cussion of the husiiii-ss sidr-. of farniinbt 3”” homo ke“l'l“L£.

(b.) By co-operation for linnncinl arlV':iiit2IL’|‘-

 (a.) By frriqul-nt .-tl(‘lill Lzatluorinu.-'. and the miruzliiuz
togethi-r of fnrnu-rs with farui--rs. and of f:irnn-r.- with
people of other occupations.

(b.) By striving: for it purl-r inanbood. ét llt>lIlt'I' \\'t»lll&tll-
hood, and H univcrsnl hX‘Ullll'l'll(>l)‘l.

3. (3.) By sturlyingninl [IrUlllUilllL'il11-llll]nI'4)\’(‘nlt‘Ili of
our district schools.

([1,) lily patronizing and aiding the .\i:ricnltural (‘ol-
leges and EX[It‘I‘llllt'llt Stations in their lf‘L'lYllIl‘rlll’ worl: of
scientific lllV'l‘nilL{}llltIll. practical exp!-rim:-nt. and r-duca-
tion for rural pursuits.

(c.) By uinintaini 2 and att--nnlim: fnrun-r.~‘ iu.~Iituto-.-':
reading in tho Itcadiniz (‘irch-: --stablisliinc and using
circulating librurii-s: lrlljfllllg llll>I‘l' and bolt r niagzazint-.«.
and papers for the home.

4. (a.)ByditT1i.-‘imza kuowlmlizv-, of our civil in.-titutious,
and teaching the high duties of citizt-nsliip.

(h.) B)‘ demanding thc (-iiforrcuicnt of existing .<t:itutcs.
and by (lisciissiiuz. advocating. and tryim: to -‘s-curc such
otlior state and national laws: as shall tend to the gzcucral

justice, progress and morality.

For Discussion.

The following are tpicstions suggested
for discussion in Subordinate (irangcs and
in the Visiror. between now and State
Grangc session. “'0 hope that Lecturers
will have each one thoroughly discussed in
the Grange, and brief 1'cpol'is of results of
such discussion sent to us for news items.
VVe also invite short. pithy articles from
our readers bearing on those subjects.
VVe have divided some of the topics so
that we could arivc at details. "Conic.
let us reason together” and then we shall
be able to know what is best for our inter-
ests and for the general welfare.

1. Are the present tax laws of Michigan just
and fair to all classes 2-’ If not, why not ‘H
2. Are the tax laws complied with in making
assessments? If not, where is the blame?
3. What specific changes in our tax laws
would be advantageous?
(a) Specific taxes.
(b) Inheritance tax.
(c) Mandatory assessment under oath.
((1) County boards of auditors.
(e) Personal property.
4. How can expenses in our state govern-
ment be reduced‘?
(9.) The departments at the capitol.
(b) The legislature.
(c) Miscellaneous.
5. How can expenses in our state institutions
be reduced, without injuring their etliciency?
(a) Educational institutions.
1. University.
2. Agricultural College.
3. Normal School.
4. Mining School.
(Lu) Prisons.
1. At Jackson.
2. At Ionia.
3. At Marquette.
(c) Asylums.
1. At Kalamazoo.
2. At Pontiac.
 At Traverse City.
4. At Newberry.
5. At lonia.
(d) Other institutions.
1. Industrial school for boys.
5 Li (I 6- 

V

. State Public School.

. School for deaf.

. School for blind.

Home for feeble minded.

‘ . Soldiers’ Home.

6. How can county and township expenses be

reduced ?

(a) Courts.

(b) Schools.

(c) Jails and poor houses.

((1) Roads and drains.

(e) Salaries.

(fl Miscellaneous.

7. How can our pure food law be strengthened ?
8. What can We do for temperance?

(a) As to enforcing present laws.

(b) An investigation of the liquor traflic
by a commission, or by the Board of Corrections
and Charities.

(c) The formation of an anti-saloon league.

9. Shall free passes for state odicers be pro-

hibited ‘B

10. Shall we have a uniform text book law ?
11. Shall we have a free text book law ‘B

12. How can we bring about the election of

the United States Senators by the people ?

13. Is free rural mail delivery practicable?
14. Are farm statistics valuable ?

15. Can gambling in grain be prevented?

16. Shall we have state inspection of grain?
17. How improve district schools?

18. Shall women vote in Michigan?

-'l_03Ul>&-0.'«_l

‘Ne take pleasure in presenting to our
readers a “fair edition” of the VISITOR.
We have secured what every one will rec-
ognize as able articles on this theme, and
we Want you to read every one of them.

at-ncral di.<- .

_ mctliod in

The past importance and usefulness of ag-
ricultural fairs, apart from their present

.» significance, imparts interest to the subject. ‘
‘ They have not only occupied 21 large Q
placvc in the life of the farmer as S0(.‘ltl.l :lf- 1
; fairs, but they have contributed in no little
Q iiiezisui‘c to the
methods, to the rapidadoption of improved
‘ farm mzicliincry. and especially to the im- ,
()lIl'

improvement of

provcment of the live stock of the t~ountry.
Some one, with the proper ll':lllllll’;_"

to American liistorv by ll'a(‘lllf_" the influ-

ence of agricultural fairs upon the social. :
educational. and lll21lL‘l'l}Ll advaiiccniciit of ,

the Aincrican fariucr. and through him
upon Aincrican civilization. Fairs
drawn people from the toil of the farms to
a vacation, have ciiablc-l them to form and
renew actpiaintnnccs, ha\.'c inspired health-

ful competition, have taught. po\\'c1's of ob— ‘

Scrvation and comparison. and have given

' object lcssors in higher class fai'iiiiiig.

If we can trust the records and the
"traditions of our elrlcrs.“ the avcragc ag-
ricultural fair of today is not the equal of
its pi'cdeccssoi's. In some things possibl_\‘
this assertion may be true. In some thing.-
doubtlcss it is not true. .\Ian_\’ of the fea-
tures of the modern fair are not connneiid—
ablc. \\'c believe that many, perhaps
most, fairs are not living up to their op-
}iorttuiitics-—-liave not pi'ogi'cs::ed as rapid-
ly as thc ;idv:ui<-cinciit of agriculture would
warr:int. (in the othcr hand there is evi-

‘ dcncc that many of our fairs arc better

than ever bcforc, that their scope isbroad-
cning. and that they still rctain their
hold on the licarts of the farincrs.

Thc truc purposc of the fair niny be said
to bc to educatc by the use of object los-
sons,——thc most effective cducational
voguc. The broad back of :1
prize winning stccr is a more convincing
argument for improvcd stock than vol-
nines of written appeals about iinproving
the stock. It is here that the fair has
done some of its best work. It is in-
dced the peculiar province of a fair
to so teach. The social value of the fair
is not so great us formerly, for farm-
ers now have in the (_ii'ange far more social
life than the fairs cvcr brought them.
But the fair always will be viiluable just
because it is a fair. an exhibition, :ui ob-
ject lesson.

If the true purpose of a fair is to edu-
cate by objcct. lessons, the true success of a
fair must be along the line of presenting
the best possible exhibition of those
things which interest the farmer and
which will be most valuable to him and
his family in their daily work and home
life. A fair niust be self—sustaining, and
all legitimate efforts must be used to at-
tract an attendance. But if is hardlyncces-
sary to say that we believe a fair had bot-
tcr go to the dogs than to lure :ltl(3ll(l:lllC8
by any method which is questionable.
Ainusement and recreation there should be
for their own sake as well as for a drawing
card. But better close the fair than per-
mit :1 single sport or anniseinent that will
degrade. A good rule for directors would
be to prohibit anything to which a man
does not care to take his wife and daughter
when he participates.

Our own notion is that the permanence
of the agricultural fair as an institution of
any strength depends upon the success with
which it can continue to educate. Exhi-
bitions of fat stock and big vegetables do
not educate as they once did. \\'hat do
fzirmcrs most need in a county or state,
that can be shown at a fair! Show them
that. Is it the use of a Babcock tester, mak-
ing good butter, flioroughness in spmyingf
Have these demonstrated before their eyes.
Scores of things suggest themselves, and
each community has its own wants. All
this presupposes up-to-date management.
But we do believe that the ordinary
“pumpkin show“ cannot long survive.

\Ve have :1 practical suggestion to make
to the nianagcrs of the state and county
fairs of Michigan. Form a state associa-
tion of fair managers, hold an annual meet-
ing. and thus strive to unite and co-operate
in fair work and plans. It is probably not
practicable, and possibly not desirable,
that there should be maintained a more
centi':ilizedsystc1ii of fairs, with the state
society as autlioritative or advisory head;
but it certainly is practicable, and it seenis
to us eminently desirable as well, that the
various fair societies should voluntarily
strive to co-operate in their work. The
more discussion of the purposes and meth-
ods of fair work will be advantageous.
Too many of our fairs are in a rut. A few
are successful fiiiaiicially, and they are
usually the ones that are most progressive
and the cleanest from olnectionalile fea-
tures. Let these matters be discussed in
detail among their managers, and there
can be no doubt of the beneficent result.
The fair is too valuable an institution to
lose, but our firm belief is that it will not
long survive unless more progressive
methods are generally adopted.

farm E

and ,
the genius, ct-ul l makc 21 real conti'i'oution ;

have

We call attention ‘to the great import-
ance of the questions presented under the
title "For Discussion.“ \\'e propose to
keep this list in print until State (irangc.
and shall be glad to add any qucstion. not
partisan. that is suggested. We have
asked the heads of all statc in.~titi1tion.< to
state the expenses or’ their lll.~'illllllt_il'l.\‘_ and
we invite honest criticism of illc szllllt‘ by
rcaders. \\'c havc iM_‘l‘.~‘<.’Ill:lll_\'
urged ninny l’atrons to writc for lhc
\'isiroii their opinions on thcsc ttlpirs. znid
we hope to receive many communicutions
from our friends on these lines. .-lgitation
is the prerequisite of reform. Knowlcdgc
is csscntiul to proper agitation. Let us
then agitate with wisdom. thcreby gaining
the knowledge necessary to ask for wisc
incasurcs. The record of the Grange in
the last legislzltllre was a proud ouc.
What it shall be in the next legislature
depends on ourselves. Lct us have abund-
ant di.~'cussio1l on all these topics.

:ll.\(>

“Read, study, and think." is a motto _‘

that suggcsts itself in connection with thc
prcscnt political campaign. 'l‘liequcstion.~
at issue cannot be intclligcntly settled on
the basis of scntilnent, nor by iippciils to
sectionalisin, nor by ari'aying one class
against another. nor by calling namcs.
The qucstioiis at is.~'uc arc economic «pics-
tions, complicated, and necessitating coll-
sidcrablc reading, c:1rc1'ul study, and calm
independent thought. The biisincss of
political llc\\'s1):l]lCl'.s and orators is to sim-
plify this education so fai' as possible. and
not to complicatcit still further. ltcad
both sides. study indisputable facts and
figures, think out what you deem will be
best for the whole people and vote accord-
ingly. hit don't lcf pride of party, sec-
tional prejudice, or class passion dictate
your vote.

The Value of County Fairs.

uv WALLACE l-Z. wiiionr, sr.c‘v i;iix.\'<'ii co.
Adi. SOCIETY.

"Show me the man who cares no more
for one place than anotlier, and I will show
you in that person one who loves nothing
but himself.”

The love of home, the success of local,
township, county and state societies for
the progress, improvement and enjoyment
of the people is a laudable zimbition.
Early in the 1b‘th century in France, Ger-
many, and Holland we read of agricultural
shows. Also in Great Britain, of cattle
shows, while on this continent it was not
until 1802, that we find any state agricul-
tural organization. l\Jew York was the
first to move in that direction. But the
fairs and shows of that date were held in
largest cities, and were not participated in
to any great extent by the common farmers,
much less by our mothers, wives, and
daughters. in 1.510 the first county fair
was organized in Pittsficld, Massacliiisetts.
Twcnty—six sturdy farmers met around the
tall elm, which then stood in solitary
grandeur on the village green that is now
known as the Pittslieltl park. This oI'g2u1i-
zation was known as the Berkshire Agri-
cultural b'ocict_v, and had for its president
Elkzinzih \\'atkins.

This society was called into being by a
necessity and opened a. new crii in the his-
tory of agricultural fairs. A burning dc-
sire was prevalent among the people to
free Anicrica from dependence upon Brit-
ish looms for our niiinufactured articles, as
well as to stimulate agriculture. And in-
deed these were the primal motives of the
founders of this society. From that time
to the present, agric.ultural fairs have been
looked upon as great factors in the up-
building of more approved methods of ag-
riculture and nianufacturcs.

The new fair places special stress upon
school day at the fair, where the work of
our city, graded, and common schools
seen and compared; where the children of
the fariners, tradesincn, and merchants
meet for a few days of mutual enjoyment,
while learning something of the customs,
deeds, and possibilities of the different pro-
fcssions between which they must soon
choose.

Lucid 1;/‘Mo is a close second to godli-
ness—pride in producing the very best of
everything and to put it in the very best
condition possible for exhibiti0n,——pride in
your own county and every local enterprise.
Up to about 1850 the county fairs were 21
veritable fariiiers’ and nianufacturers’ fair.

()ur first fair in 1511 had for its parade
the local band followed by sixty yoke of oxen
driven by two of the oldest farmers in the
county. The exhibits were from the farm
and loom. \\'omen were conspicuous by
their absence. In 1515 the plowing
match was first seen at 3. county fair.
Since that time all sorts of changes have
taken place to keep pace with the times.
The agricultural horse trot has come to be
considered a necessity to 21 county fair.
V\'hen conducted for speed alone it is
usually a drawing card for the fair.
But where races are for revenue only (for
the owners) they are no help to the fair or
agriculture.

The value of a county fair is measured
by the amount of energy and push shown
by the management, coupled with the con-

, it)’ to another. sclcctcd with :1

‘ fairs cannot be ovcrcstiinzitcd.
, the time that you cvcr had any prcfcrcncc

L tidence and enthusiasm of the people of the

vicinity where it is held. The people make
the fair or “break it." The fair is the
place for fariners to compare kinds of
grains and products of the farm. with the
mode of production. also to couipare dif-
crent breeds of stock and manner of fccd-
ing. Make desired clningcs with your
brothcr farmer. Makc your fair :1 fariners‘
institute with thc products of your pro-
fcssion at lniud to prove your claims to
rccogintion.

Lend your cxpericncc to your brother

‘ farmcr, that he uiay be made to feel that

he has been paid full valuc for thc little
time and money spcnt at the fair. Ex-
Cllilllzc of grains and sccds from onc local-
view to
change of soils, niay be madc of valuc to
both parties. Thc social value of county
Forgot for

in pai'ty politics. Fccl that you arc all
kind. forgiving. and p:itriotic .\incrit-aii
citizens, working hand in hand for thc up-
building of your county, and thc \_rrc:itcst
valuc obtainablc is yours.
t'olrIII'Ii1('7‘.

Special Attractions W Their Place at

Fairs.

l'.Y F. li. .\lll.l..~'. .\lC("Y \\'.»\>ll"l‘l'I.\'.»\\\' t'Hl'.\"l‘\'

Atil{l(‘l'l.'l'l'l{.>\l. M H ‘l lZ'l'\'.

l*‘ii'st. wc must takc into t‘Hll.\ltl’x‘,l':illUll
the fair as an .\.in<-i'it-.-in institution. an id-
ucalor. a great <-i\'ili7.cr. an :ltl\('l'll.\t‘l' of
the nation. >l:l.l(,‘ or county of \\'lll«‘ll it is a
part. Tliinking and ob.-ci'vin_«_r pt-.,»,,t,.
must admit that sot-izil g:itl:cx'iii;_-s arc
1lcce.~'.~a1'y for thc :*.tl\‘:lll<'(‘lllt‘lll of :1 com-
munity, and that tlicsc }_-':itlic1'iu«_-"s arc to
the advantage of thc farming part of tbc
community. We oftcn hcar thc l‘t'lll:ll'l\'.
"Fairs arc out of datc. Thcrc i~ nothing
new to be sccn sint-c thc \\'orlti'< lfair.“
I think this is a wrong idcn.

The people of stzitc and cot1nl_\' slimtltl
put forth an extra ctlort to u1:d\'c :itlr:n--
tions which are both moral and cduc2:tion-
ail, which will get thc wholv coninuniity
together on :1 common lcvcl. In-1 tlicm
see all the improvements that l1:t\'(} bccn
made during thc ycar: lcarn wli.-it thcir
neighbors, far and iicar, llavc bccn doing:
exchange ideas. and I will \\lll'l'tllll flu-y
will go home fccling bcttcr. liaving gone
to the state or county fair. Tlicirchildrcn
enjoy it ctpnilly wcll, and. if allowt-d to do
their part toward making an cxhibit. fccl
that they, as well as the oldcr oncs. zirc a
part of the people.

The fair or the exhibits which constitute
the fair proper should be diligently cared
for by the board of nianagcrs, and no no-
glcct allowed in any department from
least. to greatest value, by the fair ofliccrs
and superintendents. See that the bcst
thcrc is in the county lilids its placc in thc
exhibits, whether it be incclianical. of the
vegetable kingdom, live stock. art, or of
the more homcly industries. Lt-t onc
neighbor induce :lllt)l.llL'I' to (‘Ulll])(llC-
l)on't be afraid that thc dcp_:irtmcnt.< will
be too full, or that the fair will ll(* dubbcd
ii “pumpkin show." for the oncs who dub
it as such usually don't know wlictlicra
pumpkin grows on :1 trcc or in thc ground.

All the buildings on thc grounds sllould
be clean and wcll lighted. The grounds
should not rcnuiin littered, cvcry morning
should find them clean. Tliis 1'c(plll‘cs
work, "ctcrmil vigilance." Tliosc who
lnivc had todo with fairs luiow wliat it
means. Plenty of seats should be-, provid-
ed. Notircd mothcr. out for a day of
diversion from home cares, with her fam-
ily of little ones, will cvcr want to conic
again if she is obliged to stand all day.
holding her tired child when she herself is
rca<ly to sink from wcarincss. I have st-cu
this too often. Such days to mothers are
days of pain instead of pleasure.

Get those to assist you who havc sonic
taste in order tomakc the exhibit attractive,
and above all let your attendants be kind
and respectful. Let them remember that
the whole connmmity arc patrons and are
entitled to respectful answers to thcir<p1cs-
tioiis.

M y idea in regard to special zittractions
is that they are :1 second Ctlll.-ll(l(3l':lil()l‘l in
connection with the fair. The agricultur-
al, horticultural, and mechanical depart-
motifs are the ones which intorcsf nine-
tcntlis of the people and they should not
be allowed to suffer for the sake of intro-
ducing sonie liigh—priced “jiiii crack.“
But after the better part of the fair has
been provided for, see what you can afford
to give the people extra for their money.
Show these atti'actioiis later in the day
when your patrons are tired with other
sights.

Almost every society has tried speed
contests and has had years of debt and
curses from those who owned the horses
because they couldn’t- carry away the
grounds. Large purses and trotting horses
have not, as special attractions, put money
into the treasury of any fair society. A
moderate amount of track speed with
purses that develop good ‘horses in the
vicinity, are not objectionable; but asa
gambling attraction, they are a failure. I
would not have you confound the good
driving horse with the gambling specialist.


SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.

..*I'=H-E GRA.NG'E VISITOR.

..-»-...-r .041 ..1V1<¢n «.-.vm-.3

. .’\‘D’n.’ an usgxrzu.

A 5

if your locality demands special races, the
purses should not be made at the expense
of other premiums, and one race each day
is as much as the society should offer a
large amount for.

For many years balloon ascensions were
quite the fad. People seemed to like soiiie-
thing sensational and daring. But the ex-
pense for these was more than the income,
compared with what we were giving the
people in preiniuins. Traveling shows of
any kind, trained aiiiinals. t1'il(.‘l{-1)(:l‘ft)l'lll-
ers, or athletes. are popular. If the so-
ciety chooses to give these extra, it must
arrange matters so that all can see the per-
formance. The exhibition must move
quickly, for otherwise it is wearisoine and
uninteresting. These exhibitions should
be clean in character and the connnittee
should know before just what they are. in
order to arrange the program to the best
advantage. Those entertaininents which
show skill and agility usually give the best
satisfaction. lain not in favor of tented
shows where admission fees are t.-h:irged
and an effort is put forth to see how much
money the show—ke.epei' can get out of
every man, wonian, and child. \\'lien

think over how much they have spent and
fully resolve that another fair will not be
made richer by their attendance. When
people have paid their admission to the
grounds the rights there should be free of
charge. '

There is an old feature of the fairs for
special attraction that city patrons have
ridiculed until it is alinostlost to 11s. But it
was one, 1 find, which was generally liked——
that is a good. open-air speech made by 21
first-class orator. Not all the readers and
thinkers live in the city. But our city
patrons have the privilege of hearing ad-
dresses by all the first of our country.
while those who live in the country do not
have this pleasure. To the latter :1 talk
on the topics of the day  a treat to be
long reiiienibered. The orator must not
be a cheap, seeoiid—rate one, but the best
that can be obtained.

An exhibit of musical instruiiients. es-
pecially if the booth is made attractive by
5_rood vocal talent, always draws a crowd.
more perliaps of women and children than
the men. llut if _vou please this part of
the gathering. the lords of creation are
sui'e to be close behind them. \\'ho was

chat and be entertained at the same time.
who didn't think those women would like
to be as nicely entertained again! Five
thousand women on a well zirraiiged fair
ground with a good exhibit. means live
thousand men and as many children. for
one must go to care for the other.

I cannot refr:iin from s:i_\'iiig. don ‘t try
to give a dollar show for fifty cents. and
don‘t allow fakirs of :iiiy kind on your
grounds. They rob you of- all tliev can
and send your patrons home tl'ioi'oi1ghl\'
disgusted with fairs and all connected with

them.
.-1nuA/‘how.

The National Grange.
Ollie» of the Snort-triry.

/In//' N//' «/2u/ /2)/‘w’/n 1'.‘

In accordzuice with the provisions of its
Constitution and the resolution adopted at
the session of lH“.i.'>, the thirtieth session
of thc Niititiniil (iraiige of the l’atron< of
llusbandry will be held in the city of
\\'asliiiigtoii. ll. (,.‘., coininencing on "‘thc
first \\'edncsda_v after the second .\lond:iy
in Novcinber" (1 llll) at L‘l(*\'ell o'clock :1. ill.

l have been secured at the .\'ational Hotel

(as ll(‘8.tI«lll:1l‘t€l‘>.'l at the rate of $2.00 per
day. including heat and light.

Members of the Order visiting \\'asliiiig—
ton during the session. and friends accom-
panying tlicui. will be entitled to the above
hotel rates on preseiiting a certified card to
the hotel oilicials from the Sccl'etul'_\‘ of the
.V:ition:il (irange.

;\l'l'2lll_‘_1‘(¥lllt’lli>' have also been inudc for

visiting l’ati-ons and their friends. who
)l'0fCl' to stop in privatc faluilies or on the
lfluropean plan, which they can have by
applying b_v letter in advance to the Na-
tionul Scci'ct:ii'y. at the following rules:
lfoonis. 51 Ml each meal. from ‘_‘U to 30c. or
by the day or week. in private fainilies.
fol‘ -‘$1.23 :1 «luv oi‘ $03 per week.

 H/‘I/r /' (ff.//fr /',lI‘¢(_’I/fl./U (ll///I////./‘fl’! ,

.lou.\' 'l‘iu.\ini.i-1,
:~'cci'ctar_v .\:itioiial (irunge.

liipuns Tzilitiicsz tit tlriiggists.
iiipuns Tabiiles  ’ ‘
llipaiis Tabiilcs cure iiidigcstioii.
Ripuns 'l‘abiile-s t'lll‘<' iiaiisea.
liipaiis 'l‘.ibules: pleusziiit laxative.
Ripuiis T:ll)lll(‘S cure bud brcutli.

these people have returned

home. they

ever in a place where the women could

Acctuninodations forthe National (iraiigc

Ripziiis ’l‘;ilnilcs rurc iicudiiclic.
llipuns T1ll.ltllt-S (‘lire .-oiisiipiitioii.

Notice.
xlmi .-1/‘bur, .1Iich.. Sept. H. 1.991:
The books of this office show at
this date the following (jri'angcs
entitled to elect delegates to the
county convention to be held on
Tiiesilay. October I, 151113, by vii‘-
tue of section 5;,ai'ticlc IV, by—laws

of Michigan State (irange.
Allegan.1 rt-p.- , Iii. ‘.517. ;‘ MI.

71%, eaei. 7i..71tl. 717. 71-.
’.‘.o. 1:l.»12;’i. 172.

Autriin. 1 rep.
Barry. 1 rep.» 1'
Br.-iizit-.. 1 iz-p.
Bcrrit-.ii.1lrn:p.— I11. 1-l.NJ. 51.1111. 112, 1511. *1.

.’)<‘.’. 7(1).

Iirziiicli. 1 rep. ——\\. Sit,‘-. 97. 1:37. 1.72, lilo. 217:. ‘ll.
('alliouu.] rm-,p.—~ . \ I

-(Iass. 1 rep. -1 ’
-(Tlinton.1 rep. _ -
(‘h:irlovoi.\'. 1 rep. .. » ..
Kzilvvli. 211-p.--Z24. ._btl.2IIi4!. ll

tiviirnsr-i-. 1 I‘('p.~—Z’»\7. U94.

Hrund 'l'i'uversr~. 1 rep. -:l7‘.'. -169

tiratitit. I i'ep.—Ii9\. 5|“). Silk. 514. :i .

Hill.<:l.'ile. 2 rep.——lll7. 10‘. 131%. l\l, 10511. 2721. 37 .

._‘:‘xl.

Huron. 1 rep.--ill.
lmzliznu. 1 re; -
Ii|Ll12‘l.lX‘i'D.’ 17 ""’

Jackson. 1 rep.v4 15:5. 09*. 710.

I\:ilk:i.skzi. 1 rep. 4. W74. (J92. (1117.
Iiuluinz-izoo. l rep.-—1t'i. ‘ .

Kent. ‘.1 l‘ep.—l5t. (iii. llU. 113. 1711. Elli. "_'_. 12"

3-11). 511.‘. .-IIIU.

Lapocr. 1 rep.—-L’-lti. 5-19. 607.
Lena“ - 2 - . 1
TIC’. 70}. ' '

.11-.-ini.-tot-.1iep

Mt-costa. 1 rep. .

liloutcalin. 1 rcp.- ll
Muskegon. 1 rep.+.3i
Newziygo. 1 rep

-Oceann. 1 I'(3[l.4 .
Oakland. 1 rep. —

Ottawa, 1 rep.— ‘

St. ('Iair.1 rep.

st. Joseph. 1 rep.

Sanilac. 1 rep.~56b'. b. . 1-l.
Shiawassee. 1 rep.—252. 688.
Tuscnla. 1 i'ep.—.')1:‘l. - 2.

Van Buren. '3 rep. — 10. l‘. : .

r'l10.

Waslitciiaw. 1 rep.

Wayne. 1 rep.--:16 3
Woxford. 1 rep.~ title.

By the neglect of some secretar-
ies, quite a number of (irranges
stand now upon our books dis-
franchised.

For the purpose of securing rep-
resentatives to all d e lin q uent
Granges we shall add to the list all
that may report up to the last mo-
ment practicable, and delegates
-duly elected, who at the coiiveii-
tion show a receipt for dues for the
quai'ter ending .\larch 31, 18146, on
which is endorsed, “Entitled to
represcntatioii," should be allowed
to participate in the work of the
convention.

The following Granges are delin-
quent for tlieqiiarter ending March
31, is-96.

tit). 155. 1539. 215:7.

139. 40. 43 49 55. 66. 157. 57, 106
.l.’.i. -. .. -__5. 24.3. 211. 24.3 -
539. 345..

24. 634. 64 v.‘

The following Granges are de-
linquent for the quarter ending
Deceinber 31, 1895.

ii-.". II-I7. «I17. ti.'.(|. C59.
J1-INNIE BL'ELI.,
b‘eereta1'y.

1211. 1-15 160.174
270. ...H. ‘.592.
. -0. 510, 574. 613.

The Star Algol.

Astronomical interest in that Wonder-
ful star, Algol—which has been ob-
served more accurately than any other
variable star in the heavens-—does not
seem to diminish with the lapse of cen-
turies. Spectrosoopic observations now
show that the well known variations in
the light of this star are caused by the
intervention of a dark body between
our system and the star. Before a mini-
mum, it is found tobe moving away
from our system wholly independent of
a continuous translation toward us, at
the rate of over three miles asccond,
and immediately after a minimum, it
approaches us with equal speed. By the
aid of spectroscopy and photography
Dr. Vogel of Potsdam, Germany, has
determined the following mtkt interest-
ing elements of the system of Algol:
Diameter of Algol, 1,061,000 miles;
diameter of dark body. 830,000 l11i1€*S:
distance from center to center, 3,230,-
000 miles; orbit velocity of A1301, 26
miles per second. —New York Sun.

Why the Engagement Was Broken.
“Yes,” said the baseball enthusiast
to the girl who didn’t understand the
o, “it was simply great. You see,
ohleigh of the opposing team made
a two bagger, but died on third. and”-

your local ealers’ prices.
grade, satisfactory goods.

IMPLEMENT BARGAINS.

GREAT DFFERIIIG llF HIGH GRADE llllllllfi AT LOW PRIBES.

These notations are all for standard goods, fully guaranteed. Look them over and see the saving over

will furnish freight rates to any point.

‘Made with heav ' solid steel points and

wide shares, warranted to scour where others {all

Made also in single s‘ iin.
C 12-inch. single board, steel landside. steel beam..... ..  ..  .. . ._   
D 12-inch. double " steel " “ .. ..

E 12-inch. single
C 14-inch. single
D 1-1-inch. double
E 1-1-inch, single
C lo-inc-h.sin;:le "
1) 16-i11cli.d0ublc '
E 16-inch, single "

“ steel
steel
iron
steel
steel .. 
iron " 
NO. 21987.

n

9.50

Made with heavy steel points and wide shares. All 1 and 16-inch wood beam plows have index

beam.

The advantage of the Bent Standard is that it is strongest and leaves more room for the

plow to handle trash.
This is the welded or double shin made by other manufacturers.

Wolglit.

-1 lbs—.\'o.

lbs——No.

' lbs—.\’o.

' lbs——.\'o. 10-inch

lbs—-.\'o. 12-inch

" lbS——
lb‘

lbs—.\'o. 16-inch

lbs— ...

lbS— e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Add 60 cents for turf and stubble board; 60 cents for fin cutter.

Price.
 3.70
 3.9:’)

(5-inr-li
7-inch
8-inch

single board low landside, wood beam.......... 
single " low “ “ . . . . . . ..
single

single

single

sinizle

double

single

single

double

single

single .
double st el

A 12-inch
s B 12-inch
\'o. 1-1-inch
A 14-inch
B 1+-inch

A 15-inch

9 50
B 16-lncll

10350

AA is

We have cast slip shares for all plows over ll-inch.
Do not confuse our double hoard plows with the welded or patched shin made byother manu-

facturers.

We furnish the welded shin at 50 cents over price of simzle shin. The double board is

made by us exclusively.
Rolling: cutter $2 extra.

N0lIPAlilllli CORN Slllllilillli.

Weight, 15 p0 nrls: simple, :~ll‘4')IlE, convenient.
cheap; cap:-.ci'..\'. é"l‘1llE[I'llt*ll busli-.-is per hour.
A sheller that is in table and can be used winter
evenings near the 1-:itclicn tire, or to shell com
101‘ poultry, pop cor

poses.

"l]1ai1uirl” llfllll Harvester.

DIAIHOXD No. 6.
This llarvt-ste1' has been u.-tr-(1 for sevt-rul
years and has inzidc 11 great 1"l‘('IiI‘(I for its--If.

crs as a great time und inont-_v saver. and
does aw:i_v 2llto;:<'iIl¢‘l' with the old-time corn
knife. No fnrin--r can afford to be Wliliollt
one. The cutting wings are pivoted to the
harvester and are readily and quickly thrown
in under the plzitforiii with the lvv»-rs by the
operzitors while in motion. st:iiniiiii: on the
platforin and thus close them quickly to pass
Gallows llills or obstructions, or t u prevent any
accident to both them or horse. This is 11. safety

so-ell corn and other pur-


BIG GIANT CORN MILL.

The
rice.

ne-horse eapzicity. 8 to 1-1 bushels per

hour....  ..  
Light two—horse capacity,

bushels per hour... 

Hem
bus

and advantage 1)0.\S“~Se(.I by no other and is
worth more than the price of the inachine. The
levers are convenient to the 0pel'2li;4ll‘~ and do not
require any stooping down or back breaking.
Iliamond No. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ..$11.95

With levers, safety guard rail. adjustable seats
and 18 lneli trout staiioiiary w eel. all iistablc
up or down. Not arraii-,:--<1 for .~‘.‘ual'ts but has
hitch rod.
Diamond .\'o.   ..   ..  .. 13.50

With levers, szifetv guar-l rail adjustable seats.
18 inch stationary front steel wheel. adj‘!-rti‘-lilt‘
up or down, and [\\'o 12 in. zuijiistablc rear steel
wheels. .\'otarr:in_i,red for slmfts but has hitch iou.
Diamond No. (1.... ..      17.-'-JU

With levers, safetyg ward rail. adjustable seats,
18 inch front steel caster who-els, adjustable up
or down. two 12 inch rear steel wheels adjusta-
ble. And shafts for ease and convenience.

“llig Boom” Wire Fence Stretcher

king of corn mills. N0l’.lll!]L{ better at any

 ..  ..$ | 7_5o Has been sold by us for several years. \\‘orl{s
10 to 15 perfe:-t v in any iositioil. has a new rigid urin-
.. ..$23_5O . pine dc\ice whlc 1 enables the operator to lncre
20 4 quickly fasten to the wire with less danger to the
.. ..$36_{)o ; liands. Price.... ..  ..  ..  ..40 cents

two-horse capacity". ' 1'2 ' ‘:5’
els per hour....  

BUGGIES, $36.00

End spi'in::. drop n.\lc. \\'irlc or narrow track.
full leatiu-r qii:irtc. d stays top, all wool
body, cloth or lcatlicr triininiuus. \'al'.l1lces' scvved
on. three bow tops, round corner seat. deer
cushion. high lunch and foot carpet. tlroppet
tome-(1 body loops. oil tempered spriiius. .\‘orwa_v
clips and bolts, double reach. full )ll2tt('lI and full
bolted. axles round on bottom. double collar
steel. wood caps on axle. are perfectly IlI.tl‘tI and
cemented to the axle. inakinu it perfect. Sarve-n
pat:-n wheels. %;.—iiicli st:-cl tire. edge of i.ll‘l'
crimped down over the wood; paintimz i: put on
to stay. We also carry a full line of other bun-
gles. road carts. road wagoa s, surrcys. carrlaizes

and farm wagons.
l3‘AI{l\I l4‘AN.’;.
. A The No. l bciiu.:

the lll(‘tll‘.lIll and
popular size. So. :1
tlielzirgr-st si7e.l‘Ia£li
fan is provided with
oiicwlicathurdl.-(or

one whi-at screen.
one grader. one corn
. and out slow and
.- one barley " 1-; al
‘ - other s i eve s and
urnished zit iioiuiniil r:il.1-s

When ()I'llt’I'(‘\l With mill.
No.1 f2t1‘lllillIl.Sl1:\"‘§. 2-1 in. wide. pl‘l4'P..$l().f|l-I
No.3 farm fan. sieves. 31) in. wide, prlce.. 1:‘; 75

“HERO” DISK HARROW

\Vt- can rt-:iiill_v l'E‘(‘0Illlllx"ll(l it to our u-ustoin- ,

Cannot be clogged in the worst kind ol mud.
being fitted with a scroll scrape. which is placed
in such a position that the earth. roots (LIN rub-
bish are forced outward as tin»-y are carried up-
ward by the disks; all sicel ant iron except poll-:
ball bearing in all four lmxc.-:; IlL’IllZ, .st:oin.: and
first-class in --vcr_v wa '.

No. 1. 12Xltilll1‘ll(il<(S,I‘llt tilfi feet...
.\'o. 2. llxlo inch (llsks 4".lt 794 feet

No. 3, lo.\'; ‘ ' ' '
No. -1. 12x‘.’.01nclidi

...~}'.ls oo
20.00
cut is‘; t *et;.. .. 2:vl.oo
.,cnt 15‘/3 1'»-et.. .. ‘.3U.oo
No. 5, 1-1x21) inch (ll Is. cut 71/; ', .. 251.04:
No.11, 1ti.\’fZ1) inch di -;.~. out H‘~;» feet.  25.01)
livery one of tin .e disks guaranteed. our
prices will show 11 great .<.ll\'lllL' to the purchaser.
twill pay you to I-lucu your orzlcr at once.

HUSKING
GLOVES.

The very best that
can be proiiiiced. no
betterworkinanshipor
better niaterinl. A
better fitting: Lzlove is
not made. Price per
pair . . . . . ..75 cgnts

PERFECT CORN HUSKER.

-EN9 801- .
They are all well made and superior to any-
thing of the kind ever before offered.

Price, each...........  |ocent5
~ $1.00 per dozen.

. gaiigof three sieves) r

We are selling more of these goods than ever before, because they are all high
Our prices with freight added are lower than you can buy anywhere else.

We

Favorite Peed Cutter.

This cutter is
lllH.(I¢’ on the most
appl‘0\‘Hl pattci-ii.
with an 1ltl_]ll~'tlll\lt~.
izauuc to rs-izulatc
the lciigtli of cut;
has the ho-st steel
I{IllfU_ wiilcli can
In-. readily vround.
and a don vle ten-
sion nut to set
‘oladu close up to
its work.

i‘rlr'e .....$2,75

Flllillllltl SIIIING ill.lCHlNE.

. . .. __‘v- ....L.,s' *‘$~'l
~:._:..¢«”'_g\‘“_‘¢‘::. >

.'.n. ....*....:.q-.iȢv..:.~ ~ .

.'Hly1!l:l.l'l:ll'(‘liS[1)lIll'(l to the folding: saw ma-
chine can take the inachinc from his shoulder.
unfold it. cliunzu ltto siiivimzdowri a tree. chance
, it hat-.1.‘ to s:i‘.ving down a log, CllB.llL’P it I.1In'él.‘V\'lll'

on it sid.» lull, fold it up and place it on his slioul-I
llt:l'Jlt[.il1l2tllll pI‘l'fHl'lIl the whole operation in
lo‘ than one minute-‘s tuna-. Unc man can saw
sewii cords of wood in t'l1.:ll[ hours.

l'i'icc ..      ....$|5,0

.s'i-nil for l-‘oldvm: Sawiin: .\laclilric (‘atalc;5ue.
It gives tliousands oi tcstiiiioiilals.

1896-1897 Sawing Table.

l

This saw has a tilting lztlwlc 4) lI£l.l:lll4'!‘(l as to
iuako it the easiest iiuicliiiie lllizilc on which to
handle wood. 'l‘lio s:iw, as will he 5t‘t.‘Il by the
cut, is protected b ' a strong iron L_'lllll'(l. making
it alinoat linposslbm for th - operator to be in-
jured by it. The frame 1' A ionic and excep-
tin ially ‘~!l'uillI5 ‘ind niccl_\ lied. lmwe-r re-

' . ' li)'.'.l"-llnl‘,~'.“ swee
power; V.'i‘lL’llI.' I s; -y. ux-3; smw .
1.<>0:ito l..‘.oo rs-vo ut ns per iuinutc. It can
be opt-i;<teu eltin-r by wind power. s't<::iiii. horse
or water lower.

Price of ' able (no saws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..s I 5.85

The lowest po~'.siblo- prices on saws quoted in
our .\l:2.Ininotii (‘utalogin-.

BROADCAST SEEDER

it has been our aim for yen rs to supply our
customers with a faultless I§ro2id<!11<t sender. and
we take pleasure in 1‘I'tfUllllllt'l1<llllLE our 11. R.
Eagle 8; (‘o.’s_ which we ;_ru:iraiite1- to satisfy the
demands of all. 11-foot size. each ....s l 3,00

We use nothing but the best of ash. oak and
maple in their inauufacturc. All nlcclv painted,
striped and varnished. Turned heel shoe.
2-knee price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 9,75
.3-knee price..._    1,75

8-foot Painted Wind Mills for- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - ~ - ' ‘ - ' - ~ - - - ~-$23.45
lo.f°ot painted Wind Mi||s fog» . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$33_80

H. R. EAGLE & C().,

send I0 cents to partly pay postage and we will send

8-foot Galvanized Wind Mills for - - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - -  » - - - - - » - - .-

$26.00

I0-foot Galvanized Wind Mills for- - - . . . . . - - - - ~ - - - - ~ ~ - ~ - ~ --$38.50

FREE Our Mammoth Catalogue, Complete Grocery
List, Sheet Music Catalogue and Fashion Sheet.

68 and 70 Wabash Ave.,
CHICAGO. ILLINOIS.


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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

SEPTEMBER 3. 1896.

How to Make a Fair Successful.

BY (Hit). .\. I’l'ZliI{Y, SI*Z('.Y E.\Tt).\' Ct).
.\t;l.. .\()(,'ll-LTY.

I am st-i'ving iii_v tenth term as
set.-retai'_v of what. in their €Xlf:l’lll(:
niodcsty. the oilicers have for some
yc.irs advertised .‘t.\ ";tl|>:()illl(:l_\' the
gi'eatcst county fair on earth. the
liatou t-ounty f-iir." l'ndei'st.-intl.
we do not sa_v the greatest fair.
but the g-i'eatest fair.
()th<-rs liave followc«.l us in making
the t'l:lilIl. but we are uridoub‘.edly
entitled to the distinction of being
the original claim.-int. .\s the
Irishman said. "If you will ex-
amine the trade mark. you will ob-
serve that our name tliatoii t,'ouiit_v
l“air) is blown in the bottle." \\'e
base our faith in having the best
county fair on earth from a tirm
belief that .\liclii_v_raii is the best
state in the l'nion. and from a
pretty fair kiiowletlge of other‘
Michigan fairs that are strictly
county fairs. A former ti'e:tsui'ei'. .
Mr. N. L. Smith, who for several
of the past eight years has been a
traveling riian for a large carriage
firm of this city and who visited
the principal cities of the \Vcs:t in
that capacity. says that often when;
people found that he was from
Charlotte, they wouldsay: “That's
that bright little Michigan town
where they have sueli good‘fairs."
I say this much in substantiation
of our claim. Now, what are the
conditions operating to make our
fair 9. stlccessf An indispensible
beginning is to have a naturally
productive county tilled with intel-
ligent, industrious. and progress-
ive people. If the people lack in-
telligence no cntliusiasin can be
worked up for airy cause, if they
lack in industry they will produce
nothing to enthtise over. and
if they are not progressive they will
let the fairs die down (as they ,
are doing in some rich countiesi
in .\Iit-higan) making only an un-
ceasing struggle to gather in dol-
lars. For nine of the past ten
years there has been no change in
the otlit-ers having the principal
managenient of our fair and these
have worked in perfect harmony.
Two changes have recently been
made, the policy being to give its
older veterans a rest, and as the:
last fair was decidedly sitccessftll
it is app-.rrent that not the otlicers
at any time so much as a perfect
union of ell'oi't and absence of one
man power has contributed to the
payment of a bui'densoiiie delit. the
rapid and substantial improvement
to buildings. eiilargcinent of‘
grounds, iiicrcasc of premiums and
present plethoric ti'easury.

A great factor in the siiecess of‘
a fair is to enlist the interestof the;
press. litlitors of papers dispenscl
lots of wind. 'tis true. but cannot
live upon it. Wlieii tlic_v give up
a column of space weekl_v to booiii—
ing even so-good atliiiig as a county v.
fair they naturall_v feel as though-
their etforts were a little better ap-
preciated if they are paid enough
to compensate the devil for folding
fair suppleinents (which active of-
licers are sure to utilize to fully
describe program of special attrac-
tions) into the papers, and have
enough left to bu_v a warm dinner
for Mary Ann and self. In our
town the progr'essive nierchants
can be depended upon each year
for about $.31 I0 worth of prizes to
be given out for special sports, and
so marry applicants there are for
some always interesting features
that we generally have a public
wedding each day of the fair. All
the ingenuity of the brightest busi-
ness men is exercised to have sonic-
thing “that no one ever thought of
before, ” and they have succeeded
admirably every time and begin to
work their brains at once after one
fair is over and quiz all the travel-
ing men for the next year’s contests.

Ours is largely an agricultural
county and the shrewd business
men are generally in line with the
farmer, knowing that their success
must rest u on that of the tiller of
the soil. hese are only special
sports. The officers see to the in-
terests of horsemen and bicyclists,
knowing that these sports always
bring many to the fair. Besides
they spend big money for attrac-
tions that others dare not consider.
They go after the best and general-
ly get it. It has got out already
that they are striving, with excel-
lent chance of success to have both
McKinley and Bryan at the fair
this fall. Hon. VV. H. Harvey
(Coin) was aid $250 fora speec
last year. e generously donated
another, and the society was $1000
better off for having him here. In

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short the att_i‘act_ions at this fair are

(:qll:tl to a three-ring circus and, as
there is no waiting for something
to go on. the people do not get tired.
but go l'i-nit: enthusiasti<- aiizleonic
Lf\'L‘,l'\' da_v. ‘

Uiit: great cause of the >lll‘t."'r~~
of this fair is that \\'4' :'l\'t' >‘t'111'\l*‘lil
for so little. (hie dollar .'i‘ll'x1ll>fil
whole family to the whole ‘..“t>1'-
;_rt-ousai'i'a_v for four days. a penny a
day for the happy pair with
tweiitv-three children. Think of
it‘. i\io one ever ollcrs to gi\'t- hi-
ticket to another for he wants to
use it every day him-elf. All the
t'lllltlI'l‘ll conic in free on one day.
but most all come in .-uiyliow on
the popular faniily tickets. livei*y-
one's interest is t-aret'ull_\f looked
after. A new feature. \'cr_\’ popu-
lar. is a \\'onian's (fount-il of whit-h
'.\lrs. l’erry writes in this issut- of
\'isi'i‘oi:.

\\'hat is derisi\'ely denount-(~d by

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gsome as the "puinpkin show" is by

no inc-ans overlooked. The pre-
iiiiuiiis are being increased on all?

? kinds of fai'iii<,-i'.-_e‘ produce, invlud-i

ing stock, and in some classes al-
ready a third premium is otlered.
\\'c always keep faith with the pco- ;
plc and pay premiums in ftill. l’>utl
we have learned that while people,
like to see the pigs and the pump—;
kins. they are looking
at the tight—wire when the per-
former takes his slide for life.
\\'e all like a little spice in life, and 3
the farmer is as worthy of his
share in the sport as ai'c those whol
make fortunes speculating on his.
products. Our fair is clean, the_
intention beingto carefully exclude f‘
everything that tends to corrupt. l
Not even sweet cider can be sold‘
on the grounds, and no gambling
rights are tolerated. We pander
to no element, but give a fair
worth going hundreds of miles to
sec,and, having arranged a program
worth seeing, we are not timid
about inviting the people to attend.
In fact the one word which would
best explain the success of the
Eaton co1int_v fair is-the small word
“Booin." It is warranted to cure.
Try it.
(‘)m7‘!uttt;.

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The Up—to-Date Farmer.

The fact of the matter is. that
the modern successful farmer is a
professional man, in the very best‘
sense of the term. The necessity
for men of high intelligent-c and
broad knowledge is no greater‘ in,
the “professioris," as we now speak 5
of them. than in the fainting in—t
dustry. The up-to-date farnierl
lllllst be. in a small degree,a scien—l
tilic man. lle cannot draw solelyj
on his own experience for ])l'opcl'l
methods any more than a lawyeri
or a physician can. ,'

He must be;

familiar with theory as well as

prat-tice: must be wcll—read in the;
best literature of his class: must;
thoroughly know the text books of}
his trade. litpiipped with both ill
scientific and practical understand 1
ing, the modern progressive farni—

er is no ordinary. every-day per-

son. His work is not only honor-l
able, but one that demands thel
brightest sort of intelligence for its;
practice. There was once a time}
when people went into farining be-
cause it was “so easy.“ All youl
had to do was to plow and sow and ‘
reap. Nt1tiii'e took care of the rest,
and the farmer was supposed to
lead an enviable life. Fariners’
sons are made to learn their fa-
thers’ business, as the only avail-
able occupation for men of small
intellects and little or no mental
cultivation.

All this is changed: stupid men
are no longer needed. Neitherthe
stupid man, nor the one of ordi-
nary ability can follow farming
without starving. Mother Earth
refuses to yield her favors without
a good deal of coaxing, and it takes
ascientitic man to coax her success-
fully. The value of fertilizers; the
need of different soils to make
them productive; the proper rota-
tion of crops to renew the life of
the land; the care of trees; their
protection from the various insects
that infest them, necessitating a
familiarity with the habits of such
insects; the best irrodern methods
of butter and cheese—inaking, with
the mechanical skill necessary to
properly manage the modern ina-
chinery of the dairy; these are a
few of the things the farmer must
know. In addition to the great in-
formation suggested in part by
the above, with which he must be
in close touch, he must have a. busi-
ness tact, a commercial common
sense, in order to get the best prices

. count of age.

for products and to market tli:-in
et-onoin1cally.—— T/~ I§i/)7/4"l/"Il// (»//.
f/i/'///H/‘,

Preserving the Soil.

has the ri;_-“ht to tll’lll’tl':llt‘l‘-.' an
.-ystt-iti:itit*:iliy kill the soil i—.;- 1-..i~,
it of its ftfl'tllll_\'I\'L‘ll lilutlglll in l.-.
its owner. :\lt>tlt‘.'l' l‘iItl'lli v»:_- '_'l\

(‘ll to in,pro\'e and not to
inipair: st w.-tr-l lllll"l.~ll‘tl l::-
I-are for pi'ott-t-tioi; and int 1'-tr
abus-e::! trust c-tate to buid up
arid not to wret-lt. Th- in.liIl«-r--iu.
li:ipliaz:ii=l. and ret-kl:-~-s (‘lllliil",' of
the soil, if <'ultin'(- it can propt r'i_\'
be t::Lll(=<l. by which soil-t't-rtilitv is
lesseiiol t,‘\'t’l‘_\' _.'car. is.-t ,...i»m-.
sion of the trust anti 2». ii
of plain duty.

The fact is that st-it-rice and ll!-
tcllet-t should beeiiiployt,-:l in shap-
ing the system of agi'iciilturt-. so
that the soil .--hall not only be pre-
served. but its ‘ft-i'tilit\’ iiicr't-:i.se:l
year by year. Tlic producing ca-
pacity of air acre has never _v«.,-t
been reached. “A good master
makes a good ~'crvant." If this
maxim is true. the farmer who

It is '1ll(i.~llUll:il‘».t.‘ ‘.\llt,‘llll‘l' a in-in

llllli to

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in

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would preserve the fertility of his

soil niust cultivate hisown powers,
and the more thought and care be

better results from his soil. The

matter of preserving the soil t:tl((:s.,
in a wide scope. including all lincsl

of acti\'lt_\'.—— if/«W Sr»)///tr’/'/4
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False Economy in Farming.

direetlyi bestows on his farm will result in 1

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A man who understaiids his busi- t

ness is Farmer Streak, but some-
how he never seems to get ahead
very fast. Ile is considered a sav-
ing man. too. If a friction match
is wasted. Streak will lament the
loss. although it does not seem to
worry him that wood enough for
several cords of matches has been
used each year in driving the sap
from the green stove-wood which
half the time is the only kind he
provides. .\ t;uartcr‘s worth of
powder for the boys to celebrate
the glorious Fourtli he considers a
sinful waste. but ten times that

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amount consumed in his pipe is;

nothing of the kind.

I It: ra l-;es V

the hay tield as with a comb to st»-'
cure the last wisp of hay, but he,
loses dollars in its value by cutting;

too late in the season.

a pinch of salt is wasted. but last
year he allowed to tleca_v (‘ll<ltl'_"il

Uf tliitigs. “M, M
. : ll ' ‘C .
bought at the store not so lllil‘.‘i) a-'

early apples to have paid his ta.\'».-s.‘
altliough the fruit wogld l‘:t\'/A .~t|ltl,

i'cadil\' ill lioston. l’:t wrs books
. l w

and cliurcli dues he has ne‘-.'--r felt»

able to atlord. but he has a little
inortgage on his farm as~tbe rt-sult
of endorsing a note. That is l~‘:ti'in-
er >'ti'eal~:--—cai'eful with t‘<‘lll.\ and
careless with dollars. llo

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know him f-~.l/«mi/r-/’a «aw  /’/'«»~g«/3- t

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Better Road Laws Needed.

The road tax systeni of personal
service commutation is unsound as
a principle. in its pretensions. and
wasteful in its practices and unsa-
tisfactory in its results.

, upon propert_v, and property own-

ers should not be exempt on ac-

stands, some families escape any
road tax, year after year, all of the

i got him mneli better.

portion of the lantern at the suniinit of
the er:-etitiri, the >2-Lis f!"J!'ll1tjI‘u‘t'l_V sweep-
ing ever lvll('I‘(.(‘l\' with tremt iitlon.-: it me.
lioriiw two or three years rigs the st~ri:i_v
weati ~"r iii» :1 pivvaiiiiigz pr int-nrtt} :,1‘,
l:'L‘t!(:l.l \'~1I.il ?l‘.t- l‘t (‘l for 1;;;;1i_V
. so that !l1<-.-",w:‘«- of to d\v:.s (‘K ii-
t.~'l1Ii."(l, xx irh the t-:<:-:-; t‘: it or .-
Al l.‘r-‘C :1
si:.’fi'-z» I'll-I
rt+;.- t 1" I
s»-.2 l_\' tlw ll
l_V. Yliv lI¢'.~.T .
the L-‘rt-its '»'-}“TL‘ t...t‘n~ n. .y«» ‘
islitrx.
l§.\
nt-r :-
ariti t_'.=- t:
raid t
pla:-it

:'_:-a lit-Yll‘.
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-- pr i=. vi rj‘ cairn \'\t‘.1il:i r -. 7.x.-‘t—

 :1 f twiiii,
~m.ii:st-1‘l;ii.dii.;:isl.\-rlze
l'L‘t‘[ in lI'Yi".Ei n
r'r"l\ '.l:at. iii 1:. !..‘l'.t‘.\‘
'\\'!:1lTI:l"l‘, l‘é ;;:»‘.it,,- cm Wt -
i-ini'f. Wht ll 1l'»'t>iil’Ml‘ \vi.-liw.-r to ‘i. it tan
unusual or: '.ZX‘l‘I'll7_'l‘l. he is i- with flu a
small boat  I‘.t'I'.T‘ as rhr \'«.:iv» s 1‘:-rniit,
1lllt'lYl;i' liglitkt n-1.ur.-‘ throw out a :-‘mall
bnr:_v. ikll'dl‘ll-C‘tl ro ll rope, which is se-
C1l1‘t‘tl by the inan iii the boat. The jib
is t.ht-n swung out, and the vi.~'itor, plut-

<~,;,-w..: 3”--,.,,.,

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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

U.lit‘4-rs .\.il Zonal (xl'i|:!;'l’.

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I. \\. ..i.t
II i-i-i-- lliriii-.;:iii \'.lZ - ‘I. l||'.;l.

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ii‘ 3
t K.-

ing one foot in the loop lll.ltl(‘.4lTL'.l.l1l,L!l .
..

tight hold of rho rope-, is hoisted tllH'tl{
-10 feet vt»rti:'all_v, and their the jib. bo— ,
ing pivt-ml at its foot, swiiigs him hori-
zontally about 10') fee.‘ on to a safe land-
ing.-—London Ska-tel).

SWEETHEARTS ALWAYS.

If 5\\'r'¢ theiirts were .~'\\‘H-fllt‘(l!‘I$ ul\\'8yI, '
“_llz‘l'llt'l' as maid or wife,

No drop would be half as plensarit
In the liIlll‘,Il('ll_ draft of life.

But the s\vt-vtlu art has sinilrs and lrlnshos
Wht-ii the wife has frn\vri.~‘ :iii<l >l‘,,'ll.‘,

And the wife's h:.vt- :1 wrzithful glitti-r
For the glow of the swt~t-tln:art's t'_\'t‘.-|.

If lH\‘~'l‘i wt-re lovt-rs always.
The s:iniu- to s\vo-t-tln-art and Wife,

Who would ('I}.lllg1‘ for a future of Eden
The joys of this (‘hm-kcrml life?

But linsband.-' crow grave and silent,
Arid t“l"l' mi the nnxiou.-I brow v
01‘! r»-plat-a-s the E«llll.\llll|n'lll1lt po-rlslu-tl l
With the words of the iiizirx'i:r;:e vow.
Happy is he Whose swct-tlic:ii't
Is wife and .~'wv<ttheArrt still.’
Wli:-sv voice, as of old, can eh:-lrrn him;
Wliosu- kiss, as of old, can thrill;

Who has pluck‘ d the rose to lllnl ever
Its bt-auty and fTIlLfTfLIlt‘1‘ iiit-rmisc-.

As the tlush of pa.-st-xii is in--llo\vt-tl t

In lovu-‘s unint-asurv-tl pt.-at-t-;

Who st-v > in the step a llflllllltzs‘.-‘]
Who tinds in the foriu H. L‘l‘2lI"¢‘;
Who r\‘2ltl?\1|Il iinaltt-rt--l lJl‘lL'lltl14'SS

In the \\.'lIl‘l‘.t‘l‘_V of the fut-t-.

Unrliniiiiml llllll l1llt‘h:'.I)§_'4'Il. Ah, happy
Is he. erownt-tl with suvli zi lit":-.

' Who (lrinks the wit't- pletliziiig the sweet-

In-art
And toa-ts in the sxvr-vtln-:ii~t the wife!
-Dani:-1 U'L‘oniitl] in l.Jornt,stie Zlvlonthly.

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A SlCK SAVAGE. V

Robert L()UiH St:-veri.-mrr Tells of the Dell:I- I i '-

siuus of one of His .'~‘4>rvaiit.-9.
Poor Misi Folo—you 1'('Ill(‘llll)|,‘l‘ the

thin boy. do you not '.’—hatl a desperate Q" i

in (Ll!

lllllllt'l!Z’.:‘., ai.d he \\:is
2);. You would not like to be
in soine sa\'age place in tho ;

great tal
vi-r_v sit
i:-'l'.iiul.~: and have only the .s:ivti_:.'t-s
«lot-tor _v~-ii? Well, that was jll>t the
\\'a_\ he felt.
mt-nglit, “to let tliese childish white i
people (l(’l‘ltJl' is sore foot or 2]. tootliattlie. .
btir this is serious-——I iniglit die of this! 
For gootlrivss’ sake, let lllt‘ get away in 
to u drafty native house» \Vll(‘l‘I‘ I can lie l
in cold gravel, t-at green ll:lll‘.lllLlS1lllfl,‘
have a real growii up, tattooed man to 5
raise spirits and say cliarms over me. ”
A day or two we kept him quiet and

must go. He had had his back broken

3 in his own island, he said. It had come

l broken again, and he must go away to a

= mind to the broken back entirely.

Honiel
isystciii should be devised, based‘

, bug.
As the case now;

members being either too youngi
or too old, but they are abundant- ‘

ly able to do their share, and use
the roads quite as much or more
than anyone. In the meantiine,
their poorer neighbors. tenants it
may be, or young men without
land, must leave the C1'0)S in a

critical condition, at the w iin and]

convenience of the roadmaster.
Often the worst piece of road is
untouched, and a bit suiting the
roadmaster or his friends is worked
after a fashion.~—Ii'(z.22.s-(M Cb)‘/ec-
pmizlcnt, ]’l('/'7/1 (MHZ [flu/re.

FA8TNET LIGHT.

A Welcome Gleam to the East Bound Ata-
lantlc Voyager.

The first glimpse of Great Britain
that the American tourist gets on his
European tour is that of the Faetnet
lighthouse.

It stands on a rugged and solitary
rock, situated nine miles south of Crook-
haven, at the extreme southwest corner
of Ireland, and is, perhaps, more storm
beaten than any other around our coast.
The rock is 80 feet in height, and the
lighthouse towers another 70 feet above,
yet, in winter galea, the Atlantic bil-
lowa literally bombard the massive
atmcture and have even smashed in u

E
l
Then he said he l
l

native house and have it mended. "(Jon- ,
found your back, ” said we. “Lie down i
in your bed.” At last one day his fever
was quite gone, and he could give his
He
lay in the hall. I was in the room
alone. All morning and noon I heard
him roaring like a bull calf, so that the
floor shook with it. Ir was plainly hum-
It had the liunibugging sound of
a bad child crying, and about 2 of the
afternoon we were worn out and told him
he might go. Otf he set. He was in some
kind of a white wrapping. with a great
white turban on his head, as pale as
clay, and walked leaning on a stick.
But, oh, be was a. glad boy to get away
from these foolish, savage, childish
white people and get his broken back
put right by somebody with some sense.
He nearly died that night, and little
wonder, but he has now got better
again, and long may it last!

All the others were quite good, trust-
ed us wholly, and staid to be cured
where they were. But then he was quite
right if you look at it from his point of
view. for, though we may be very clev-
er, we do not set up to cure broken backs.
If a man has his back broken, we white
people can do nothing at all but bury
him. And was he not wise, since that
was his complaint, to go to folks who
could do more?—Robert Louis Steven-
son's “Letters to a Boy" in St. Nich-

olaa.

Ausbln umrg, a cattle dealer from Mays-
ville. Mo., fell from a. stock train in J 01-
iet, Il1s., and one of his feet was so badly
crushed that amputation was necessary.

Nerces Bais, a young man of Fort Char-
tres was drowned in the Mississippi river.
He was riding along the rlver at that
place, when his horse became frightened
at some object in the road and plunged
into the river.

Dr. Moseley, chairman of the Republic-
an anti-McKinley state executive com-
mittee, has called the Alabama state con-
vention for Sept. 5 to nominate contesting
Republican national electors.

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Revised List of Grange Supplies

}{.-[.t in the o:‘ii;-.- of Soc; of tlo~

Michigan State Grange

- ‘lull -wit out pu-I-pahl on l't'(‘t'llil otcii-li order,

over‘ the Seal i-li il \'tilmi'-liii:itw ‘il':llIL.’l‘. and
the -i.:iiatnrr- oi" it- Mu -it-r oi .~‘«~vr.-t:ii_\‘.
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Write for prices on cold pin. ba.l;:c-s. w0rk-
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and any otlier (ir.iii;:e suppliv .\ddres-'
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Rim Arbor, Mich.

rt".-

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call llexl Witness!!!

Name, J. W. Dewey,’ residence Cambridge. Mich.,
occupation, farmer. ught 40 rods of Page in 1886
-gave note ayable in one year. if perfectly
satisfied. aid note before due. May 21, '96. writes
"10 years to-day since put up first Page." Holds all
his stock. had no repairs. and has nowsoo rods in use.
See copy of his note and letter in the "Hustler."

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SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

ATRONS’

PA'.l‘R()Ns' PAINT WORKS have sold Inger-oll Paint to thi-

Ordcr P. of H. since its organization.

House Paints and Clii,-up

l"aint.L for Barns and iliitbuililiiigs, 10.001! Farmers testify to their
merits. Granite Halls. Churches, Sc-liriol Houses, Dwellings, all over the land‘
some oi‘ thciii puintc-.l la years ago, still looking well. prove them the most

durable.

MN

I

MICHIGAN PATRONS “Buy (llrect
from Factory” at full wholeisale

Prices and
Profits.

SKVO

O. W. INGERSOLL. PROP.

Oidest Paint House In America.

24 1-243 Plymouth nt.. Brooklyn.

all Middlemen’s

01106.

Sample color Cards,
timates and fuilpartu-uli-|r.~' )l.~\ll.El>J I-‘RI-IE. \\’rite at

URKS.

Ingersnllhz Liquid Rubber Pulntri
Indestructible Cnttmze and Burn Paints

“Cl)llI‘l(lell!lfll" Grumze lnpmountn. Es-

GRANT N-LEN 5 _ 

ccrvmuwr. Inna. IV GIAII ll.

Kathleen IIt:SFlCfi(Y‘ll\'(', ft prcttv viiiiiiL*fl<‘.ii;:—
lish nrtisr, and Ariioltl Willtiuu I y. ii lhili<--
miun siimitcur, Iil(‘l*l i-iiiiimlly at the lt-iyul
Rcadcniy gallery in lionrlon. Th : nold inn-
tual views upon iiri and upon tli~.-_s ii pirliiy ill
the judges who lllt\'l3 rejected thei ' II|(‘llll‘l‘i-'.
Rufus Illnrtiiiier, it rich Anicriuan zlcr. join.-
them. He is it friend of the lies.-'l.,-.4 lives, and
is surprised to llnd Katlileen in the compmiy
of Willoiuzhby. whom she knows 21- .eomnioii
sailor iliibbliiig in art. (JHAPTEIK

at a reception the conipziiiv (IlF(.‘llSf-’ the mys-
tery of young Earl Axniiiistcr. wnolizi.-‘ tied

the i-ouiitry dis,L'ui.-‘ed ll an .~.u.i|or. Canon Valen-*
tiiii-. the lion of the party, thinks the aristoi:-‘i
His habits .

l"lI(',}’ of Finzland is Well rid of him.
are too good. Ill-Willmighby is the earl. He

is izirunilcrl by the l':tlliii-not the picture. re- :

fiiiws lll"l]'\ from Mortimer and goes to .-:ea_t-ii
earn money to contiiiuc the study (it art. IV -

V-— Mortimer, Willonizhby and the llcssl

graves meet in Venice.

The young art‘
palaces lI')L’6tll(:l‘. Willoiighby ti grin.-st at
Kathleen's home. The Yll’-LlLl£’.l'l halt l‘9\'l‘M.lF
her love for l‘lllIl.z1Llllll()lll L‘-l)[lfl'FE to them-
S(:l\‘('.~‘ flllll they are in love. VIII and lX——
Mnrtinicr prop ses zinil discovers l\'atlile<-n‘.-
passion for wi ougliiiy.
tinc appeurs in Venice with the HPWF that the

missing curl has been traced und has perished f munmn, noon or High‘ and that man W,”
. m . ~ ,

on sight. but promptly denies it. .‘\'l~l{atli- I Al'“"l‘-1 ll 111011§11l'.‘y'«
lllll .
‘int; ‘
earl, but will preserve tho .~'.I*crl:L for her lo\'- ,
Xll—Mrs. lics.~‘i:lgru\'v finds t‘ -‘E
secret loo g-iinil to keep, tells \Villouglrby that 5
Kathleen knows iv, and he leaves her house in 3

in the shipwreck. He l‘€l:llKlll'/.lfi~‘ \\'lllUll,‘_"ill:\‘

lecn admits to her mother that she is
of the identity of Willoiiglibv with the Ell!

er‘s sukc.

anger. .\'lll---\\'illotit.rhtiy llli2lllIl()Yl.-‘ Venice
suddenly witiioiit ‘.£l\'ll'1R' Katlilm-ii it clnincc to
explaiii. XIV Parliuini-nt fl(fl‘l€iI'l‘5llll‘ iiii:--int:
earl officially dead and settles tho
on a distant rciulin-.. Willougliv resolve-5 not
to contest it. as he pr:-t'cr;-' to be YlllU'll by the
world at his “Market \'alue.-."
Vale-,ntiiie tlllll .\lr.-1. I‘ItfS.~('l_L'l‘2:\’I' div.
lea\in_-_~ \Villoi:'g'liby‘:‘~‘ secret, llIl,£lll'i~\(‘(l e

cep‘. by Kutliicen. The l'8lllMllllll;.' i.-iiut-tel‘
show how \Villuu'-.'3il-y In-ep.~i in his 1)lll‘[ilr.~'e.

attire, through which Illnrtiim-r rnim-.~' Ill”).
Miirtinier has pr<>iiii.<i~d to find him for liitthil
leen and prove.-5 tn bini lhill liiithlei-ii low,-il

him before .-the kiii-iv hi-* reul elu1rztcl(-i- iind ‘
hits loved him Lhl"lll,L'll ull. He l‘(‘(lI'(‘5 ll i<vcoii- .

llI(‘l‘tll‘)' stici-i-ss mid lllll.l"l'lL‘i~i Klllllli'l ii. but re-
iiount.-cs nil (‘lzIllllr~‘ to his C2l.I‘ldUIlt.

(ITAI.-‘LPTEIPE XXYII.
(‘ii)::\i IlC§TTIO'L'S .<<rt:i'PLF.s.

This is an age of booms. Institution and
name have c<ini«.- over to u.-' from .AlIll‘l"l(.‘H.
\Vhen ii tliiii; iveewl.-' at all, it 2~‘ll(;(:t,’('(lS, as
a rule, to the v rv top of its (lt‘.~'<‘l".'llll..'. So
in a. few \ve.t_-k.-" time it was abundantly

clear that “.-\ii l-Ilizalit-tli:iii .<e:~i<lo;.r” \v;-is to 3j
be one of the chief lI(l(llll.\‘ of the piihli.-liing ,
body ‘
Coiniii -
'-'l Kipling .-'toodti'ciiibliLig
for their l:uir'-gls. And to this l‘(‘.\'lllt- .-\.rnol<l 1_
Williiiighluy hiuiself quite llll(.‘l>ll>‘L'lUl.1Sly '
contributed by writin,-g two or three in<liq- I
nant. lE‘tI(-‘TS to papers that I‘t3'\'lt-‘.\\"t‘.tl the j
book as his own prr.-diictimi, coiiiplziiuiug 3
of the sliglit. thus put. upon his veracity. Of ‘
course he would have l)r-en wholly incapable ,

f invcntiii_«.z this idea as an advertisiiig ‘.

odge, but lie wrote with such earnestness 
in t'lI‘ft‘ll.\'i,‘ of his own true account. of his 

season. lCvcr_vbovly bouglit. it; ever)
read it; e=\‘er;:l:-.:i‘y tzilkeil about it.
Doyle and lip.

antiqiuii-iaii liud that everybody read his
passioiiiite decliiriitious with the utmost.
aruusemeiit. -

“He’s in_imcn-sci” Mr. Rmiiley remarked,
overjoyed, to his partner, Mr. Lockhart.
“That, nian’.~« iiiimerise. Ht-.’s simply stu-
pendous. \\’hat a glorious liar! By far
the finest. bit. of fiction in the whole book
is that marvelously realistic account of
how he picked up the manuscript iuasmall
shop in Venice, and now he cups it all by
going and writing to The Times that it‘s
every word of it true, and that if these im-
plied calumriies continue any longer he will
be forced at last to vindicate his character
byatrial for libel. Delicious! Delicious!

It’s the loveliest bit of advertising I’veseen-

for years, and just. to think of his getting
The Times to aid and abet him in it.”

“But have you seen today's Athenaaum ‘?”
Mr. Lockhart responded cheerfully . “No?
Well, here it is, and it's finer and finer.
Their reviewer said last week, you know,
they'd very much like to inspect the orig-
inal manuscript of such a uniquehistorical
document and humorously hinted that it
ought to be preserved in the British muse-
um. Well, hang me, if VVilloughby doesn’t
pretend this week to take their banter
quite seriously and proceed to spin a cock
and bull yarn about how the original got
lost at sea on at Dundee sealer! Magnifi-
cent! Magnificentl The unblushing audac-
ity of it! And he does it all with such an
air. Nobody ever yet equaled him as an
amateur advertiser. The cheek of the man’s
sofine. He’d say anything to screw him-
self into notoriety anyhow. And the queer
part of it all is that his work’s quite good
enough to stand by itself on its own merits
without that. He’s a. splendid story teller.
only he doesn’t; confine the art; of fiction to
its proper limits.”

Whether it was by virtue of Arnold Wil-
l0ughby’s indignant disclaimers, however,
or of its intrinsic merits as a work of ad-
venture, “An Elizabethan Seadog” was all
the rage at the libraries. Mr. Mudie,
crowned Apollo of our British Parnassus,
advertised at once athousand copies. “And
it’s so wonderful, you know,” all the world
said to its neighbor. “It: was written, they
say. by a common sailor!” When Arnold
heard that, it made him almost ready to
disclose his real position in life, for he
couldn’t bear to take credit. for extraordi-
nary genius and se_lf education when as a

'l—- Kin li- :
icon lives with her mother in lushioiiable liirlg- 
inirs. The aristocracy visit there. and one day 2

_ , _ . acting con.-‘cience.
Mortimer pllr.\’ll(‘5 I\Pl.Illl(3€Il on low-s quest. 1 out f -t ,  t } - - , I. _ V. .
She likes him and with diiliculty holds him oil". 3 0 ‘ ‘“"~p ’5' ’''“””1b "9 C““~””‘

Mrs. H01-‘sic/nave is
alarmed at Katlileeirs untliusiusni over the:
sailor painter and his works. Vlzinzi \’ll-=
miun t.lir<iugh roziiantie old i

.tliuii',z:it of him, was everything to him.

X -—-(‘ziiinii \'E.tlt’ll-I

inhori I uiice '

X\' --()dlli)ll 1
thus .

3 cveniiig.:. lint. Arniilil was not to be drawn.
.  very l':'lill‘lllg__', you kiiow," people Stlltl. ,

, matter or tact rus r..'i_i_':'i-"n !llCllUIl \v:i:< the
, net re.-ult of the common l1L‘ll[lt‘lllli.lll}' so-
; journ at Harrow and Uxfriril,

' obliged to bite his li :' ( ver tl is uiatt- i 1 - . .
‘ l P‘ ' 1 ‘ U ”- uiymvii iiini.i~_viiiiil\wi1ld iiiivebt-en fairly

5 entii lt“l tn \\'lt&llL“Ct‘l‘ I got upon it.

But, lit‘ \v.'i.~'

silence.

The praise .-'hmvered upon the book he‘
felt was none of hi-' own niakiiig. ll.-ilf of!
it was due to .\I:isti-r Jiilin Colliii!:li:im of
Ilolt, in .\'oi't'o1k. \vliriii'i nobody lit-’llt‘\'(‘(l
in, and the ot her half was due I’! tlieuctiiul
f:ict.< of the }'Iliz:ibetli:«iii nitrwitive. \\'li:it— ,

'e-ver little credit iiiiglit :icci'ui- froiii the

style and xvorkiiniii.-'liip of the ti-:iii.~l;itiiiii
Arnold I'tf(.‘f);.{lil'/.4‘ll he nbtziiiii-il under l':il.<«»
pI‘t‘I(>'llSt‘>' as the self niiiglit uviiitis, wliile
as H iiiaiter of iiict he had zilw.-i_v-' pii.<.<<-.-.seil
every zulviiiitaze of birth, lii-i-i-iliiiu and ed-
ucntion. So it c:iiiie- to p:i:~.< by the irony of
Cll‘Clllll>'l’HllL’i"-' that lie, the llliill who of all
otlic-i'.< desired to lw jiiii;_red on his nicrit.-‘
as 11 human lii-,iii;_r, um all the tzilxi-,i:rcdit of
a book he hail ll(‘\"r:I' \\'l‘lII¢‘ll and it ililliculty -
surmounted which haul llt'\'l‘I' t‘Xl>I.i‘lI.

The position po.~itivi:ly pi‘:-yi-il upon Ar-
nnld \\'illougliby‘.~' 2-‘pirits. lie .\1l\\' he was ,
niisunderstood. People took llllll tiirjiist '
the opposite of what he really mi-; thev
thought him H clever, pii.-liiiii__v, .-ii-if :l(l\'L'I‘li. — ‘
ingi1d\‘eiiturer——hiin, the sensitive, .~hrink- :
iniz, >elf deprecatory martyr to an ova-.rex— ‘
And there \V&l.5 no way 1

Algy's position. He must endure it inl
silence and stand the worst that peupleii

-\
could say or think of him. After all, to be, 
not to seem, was the goal of his :uiil)it.ion;
what. he was in himself not what people 5

Thcre was one man on earth whose good 2
opinion be desired to ooucilizite and retain;
one nnui from whom he could never escape, 1

So long us he earned l
the approbation of his own conscience the E
rest was but.-i. matter of minor iuiportatice.
Nor did thv boom [)I‘0llll.\‘(‘. to do Arnold '
much pi-rinzuient or pi-cuniziry gooil. To be ,
sure, it gaiiied him no small lll)I,(II‘lt'I.)', but
then notorie-.ty w:-..-. the very thing he \vi:-'h- ‘
ed inn.-t. to .-ivoid. London lJll‘.~'LL'.'>'St‘S were f
iiiixiiiiis, iiitcr their kind, to St‘L'l_li‘tf the iii-xv 
lion for their "at, hoiiies" ziiid their gui-iii,-n ‘-
parties, and ltiitus Mortiiiier and l\’:ithli:cn
IIe.<.>.l9gi'iive. were lie.-eigzt-il by good lilillldh ,
as mint! us it \vas known they had IlLIill1‘.~\X‘~ ‘

§nulil’:-' ucqiiziiiit:-iiit-is at Vciiice with \'l(,'.‘tl'l- 1
He is t~'lll|V\\'l’|'('l\'('ll and iii:ilii-siiliit lll liter-‘

nus lIl\'lI,1il.l(lll> for him for dinner, lunch or ‘

“I)oe.<ii't like toiiiiil-;cli1iii.\i-ll" cheap. Quit-~ 3
H. reclllse, .\Ir. Ivlnrtiincr tells me. ’l‘h.-it 5 _

joften the wily with these ll|t‘Il of gzcnius.
3 Tl-.iuk so lLlllCLl of their favor.-I lJiin’t waiit =
‘, to let us cvwyilziy people have the l)l‘llt‘llli ‘_

of their society.” But Arnold’s point of?

 View \v:i.~4 -‘imply thi:‘.-—tl_;:it. if Canon Val‘ 2
ifiilllllc hzui been able to recogiiizc him so 3
- lnlght soznizli-.iily else, and t-hei‘eI‘ore he held 3
‘_it best to ziviiiil thcit great. world be hail 
gfleil liiii:_~; lwl

and to keep to his own lit» 
tle (:ll‘!'lI‘ oi‘ in ti..t ll.’ 2Lz:qi12iiiit:iii<:cs. ‘

.\lc:.iii‘~.vliilt-, the book made money. It 
was fizikiiig iiioney daily. And under -
tli(-.<i-. L;ll‘l'Hi_ll3~"Ldi.iCt‘S it oci-urred to Mr. 1
S .uley one nioruiiigt.oolise1'\'e to his }l1iI‘Ir =
IILTI
“ say, l.ocltliiii't», don‘t. you think it’s ;
about time for us to senzl 1; little check to 3
tih.-Lt. 1':-ll<i\v \\'illuiigliliy ?"

Mi’. Locl~;l::i.i-t looked up from his miners.

"Wall, you'i'e riglit perli.-ips.” llc iiii- ‘
svvered. “lit-‘s it tirst. rate lllilll, there“.< no '
doubt, and we had the book from him ‘
cheap. \‘v"c gave him .551) for it.
ni:uic—lct me .~ee—-I hllllllltl say 700.
send llllll H. check for IUU guinea.-.
my soul, he Lle:it1I'\'t.‘.s‘ it.”

“All right.” the senior partner aii.~wi-r-.-ii,
drawing out his checkbook and pi-oceuling ‘
to act at once upon the generous .=.iig_i;es-
tion. I
Generous, I say, and say rightly, though 
it is the fashion among certain authors to l
talk about the meanness and stiiigiiiess of i
publi.-"hers As a matter of observation, I i
should y, on the contrary, there are no 
business men on earth so just and so gener- l
ous. In no other trade would a man who 5
has bought. an article for a fair price in the
open inzirkct. and then IIELS found it. worth
more than the vendcr expected, feel hiinsclf ‘
called upon to niake that vender a free gift
of a portion of his profits. But publishers ;
often do it,—indeed. almost as a matter of I
course expect to do it. Intercourse with 5
an elevating and cnnobling profes.-ion has 
produced in the cl.\-s an €'.XC(£pbIOIlitlly high I
standin-d of generosity and enlightened self 1
interest. - '

As soon as Arnold received that check he E
went; round with it at once, much disturbed, I
to Kathleen’s. '

“VVh-at ought I to do?” he asked.
is very embarrassing.”

“Why, cash it, of course,” Kathleen an-
swered. "What. on earth should you wish
to return it for, dear Arnold?”

“Well, you see,” Arnold replied, looking
shamefaccd, “it’s sent under a misconcep-
tion. They persist in believing I wrote that
book. But. you know I didn’t.. I only dis-
covered and transcribed and translated it.
Therefore they’re paying me for what I
never did. And as aman of honor I confess
I don’t see how I can take their money.”

“But. they made it. out of your transla-
tion,” Kathleen answered, secretly admir-
ing him all the time in her own heart of
hearts for his sturdy honesty. “After all,
you discovered the book; you deciphered it;
you translated in. The origin:-ll’s lost. N 0-
body else cau ever make another transla-
tion. The copyright of it was yours, and
you sold it. to them under its real value.
They’re only returning you now a small
part of what you would have made if you
had published it yourself at your own risk,
and I think you’re entitled to it.”

Arnold was economist enough to see at a
glance through that specious feminine ful-
lacy.

VVe’v(- 
Let‘: 3
’I’on

“This

‘ don't see it tliat. way.

‘ lit: din.

. ly.
; to Arnold's lust remark, that if Rufus had

3 for themselves out. of publishing it.

“Oh. no.” he answered. with warmth,

“’i‘li-.i:‘.- liul’ llti.‘ 1 ill’ may to put it. It In
liziil c.i;»;::il l‘!lI.'ll_,_'L.l ELL the time and had
piihii-:.i-ii it lll}>{‘lI, I would have risked

But I

‘ liiiilirt the iriipitiil, don't. you we? And even
I if I lliill l wniii-lii‘t, haive unreal to chance it.

'l‘li:it\ what the pulili.~lii-r is for, Ile has
(zillililll, and lit‘ t:lioo.-c.< to ri. K it in the pub-

money under such f:ll.'~’C' prcteiiscs. I shall
send their check back to tlieui."

“I)on‘t do thiit," Mrirtiiiier siiiil, laying
one hand on his shoulder. “.\'obod_v ever
knows what he can do till he tries. VVhy

i

l

liciitinn of liiiok.-, .-:oiiii- of which are sue-1

cc.--9.-' zuiil .~'oint~ of which are failures. IIe
expect.-‘ the gain.-‘ on the one to baliuice and
make up ior the losses on the other. If he
had llHl)l)k*llt'll to lune by the ‘lilizabe-than
Seitiliig,‘ I woulilii‘t li.ive- expected him to
t.'(illl(' down upon Inc to iiiuke griotl his def-
icit. 'I'li.~:i‘et’iii't-, wlien he llllI)pt*il.~‘ to have

niiidi: by it, I can't expect! llllll to come fur— ,
ward out of pure gt-iiiro-;ity and give me it ,

portion of vcliiitzin-.-'ti‘ictly his own profits."

Kiitlilei-ii 5.-nv he was right, her intelli- .
geiicv went with him, yet. she couldn't bear '
to l~k‘t‘ him let £100 slip so easily through i
lii.-' Iiiige-i-.<—t.lioiigh she would have loved I
and l‘t*..s'l|(‘(‘.l.t‘il him a great deal the less had 1

he not been so coiirititiitcil.

. 4

“But surely,” she said, “they must know
Lllelll>('l\'(:.\' they liought it too chenpof you, ,
or else they would never tlreatn of sending ‘,

: you this (:i)ll.~L'.li,‘LlC€ 1iiuiii-y.’’ - not set to work at 11 similar novel and see i

“No," Arnold allh\\'t_‘l‘l‘(l I'(‘.'\’(vlIlIL‘l_V. “I

the book, .£fi(l \vas its full iuzirket value. I

I was glad to get so much and glad to sell to _
Therefore they bought it at its fair '
.» price for the moment.

them.
The tnoiiey Worth
of ii lllitllllficrllltv,€SpeCl1lllY a manuscript

 by an unknown writer, must. always be to
21 great e.\'I.i-nt» a niiittt-r of speculation. I ~
, didn‘t. think the thing worth £31) when I

ollk-i-i-d it for sale to Stanley 6: Lockhart,
unil when tht-y named their price I jumped
at the £iI‘l‘1ll1;.'i‘lll€DL. If they had proposed
to Illl‘ two iilternative modes of purchase at
t.hi- tiiiii-—.*.'.~'.0 down 01‘ ii. share of the profits

—l woiild have said at once, ‘Give me the "

money in hiiiid, with no risk or uncertain-

 ty.’ ’I‘hi-.i‘et'ore how can I be jusrificil, now I

know the thing has turned out a complete
.~.u<;<' , in acceptiiig the share I would have
ri.-fu id bx-fiiiw-li;iiiil‘.”‘

'l‘lii' \‘l.':l:~-‘ hard nut for Kathleen.

she saw for lierwlt' Arnold was wholly

\Vheu 1 sold them I

As a ,
 IIlH.Ill‘I‘ ot’ lo,<_-:ic. being it re2L<r»ii:l.ble creature, 3,

“Don't. do that,” Mortimer srz1d,l.rzy1'rig
one Iuuid on Iris shoulder.

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Sflllli‘ til‘ .\‘ll‘l\'llt‘.~'.\', iii_v li:ii1‘
turiie-d f_','l':t_\' :ii:il l*t"_‘,;t'.l l':illiii;_: out
so r;ipidl_\' llléll l \\':l.\’ llll'I‘1lli‘lt('ll
with iiiiiiiiiliiite lI:tl(llll‘.\'.\'. ll(‘.'ll‘lllL[
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what you can make of it? If you fail, no .

, a.re—your problem is solved for you.
‘Elizabethan Seadog’ would give you 8 fair
start, right. or wrong, with the reviewers,
and if you've anything in you you ought to
pull through with it.”

But Arnold shook his head.

"So, no,” he said firmly, “that would
never do. It would be practically dishon-
. est. I can’t describe myself as the author
= of the ‘Elizabethan Seadog,’ for that I’m
not, and if I call myself even the editor or
translator I should seem to be claiming a
sort of indirect. and suggested authorship
to which I"V‘e no right. I must let the thing
drop. I’m alinost sorry now I ever began
with it.”

“At any rate," Mortimer cried, “come
along with me now to Stanley & Lock-
E hart’:~'.”

“Oh, I‘ll come along with you if that's
all,” Arnold responded readily. “I want.

to go round and return this check to them.” ‘

ri;_'_h1, _\'v:l slte couldn't bear to see him throw ’

a\\':iy £11"). that was :'11lllll('l.l to him now, ,
on :1 lili‘I‘L* point of sentiment. So she struck

, out it lllllllllt.‘ (.‘f)I1I'>'it'. 
“Lt-t‘.~‘ go and ask .\Ir. .\Ioi'tinier," .-.he 3
"lick it clear heath-il l)Ll>‘lllt:.\'S man 
lIe‘ll tell us how it_
striki-.\ him from the point of view of una- E

FRUIT TREES

said.
as well as :l. painter.

dulterated bii.~ini-ss.”

“fiolmily i-lse-‘s opinion, as mere opinion,
would miint for anything with inc,” Arnold
llll.\'\.\'(_'I‘('(l quietly. “_\Iy coii.~cienei- has only

itself 0 r-ckiiii with, not :iii_vbody outside‘

me.
.~ioiiii- l‘i'ilH|lt to tii'_-_;i~—.<ome elenieiit in the
pi-iibls-in that li.-i.\ii’t yet EIi'll(1i{ Llli}. If so,

= oi’ (.'(fi.II‘.~t‘. I sh.-ill l)l: prepared togivc it what-

€'~7x-Z’ v~.'2-iulii it may (lt‘>i‘I‘\'L‘ in forming my

- ilec'i.-.i=ii:,"

>1» they wulkwl round tzigtatlii-r to Rufus

_\Ioi':iiiii-i-'5 l.ii~.iilon llt)ll.\'t
-5

1)I”I4lv\' . ,litlli,"'

iiliout lI>1Llli‘gill‘ll‘.:ll :1;-pliitiitiiiii to liim—

and Kai hit-en and _-\l'lli)l(l \\'illoughby|5.
- for it n-pi-i,-uentetl (.lltf_‘..ClHl 21>‘?! \‘.‘lll_4e(l young ,_

niziii, very sweet and siul looking, mortally

i wound».-(l, yet tryiiig to pass on a ll,l."hIe(l
, torch in his h:iniis to .1 inure fortuiii=.tecoiii-

rude who bent over him in pity. Iiathli-i-n

took litt lc notice of the canvas, howevcr— 5
. lur love, alas, is always a wee bit selfish to 
3 the feeliiigsiif oiitsidcr.-‘—but laid her state-
- ineut of the case before Mortimer succinct-

Slic told him all they had saidfilown

any new elcnia-tit in the problem to urge he

would be prepared to give it full wei-,.;ht. in X

his decision. 'When she reached that point,
Rufus broke in with {I smile.

“W'hy, of course I have," he answered.
"‘I’m a capitalist myself, and I see at a
glance the weak point of your argument.
You format. that. t.iu=.:p mtblisliers are busi-
ness men: they are thinking not only of the
past, but of the future. Gratitude, we all
know, is a lively sense of favors to come.
It-’s pretty much the same wit.h the gen-
erosity of publishers. As a business nizin I
don't. for a moment. believe in it. They see
you’ve made a hit, and they think you’re
likely to make plenty more hits in future.
They know the-y’ve paid you a low price for
your book. and they’ve made alot of money
They
don’t want to drive away the goose that
lays the golden eggs. So they offer you a
hundred pounds as a sort. of virtual retain-
ing fee—an inducement to you to bring
your next book for issue to them, not to
any other publisher.”

“That. set-ties the thing then,” Arnold
auswc red decisively.

“You mean you’ll keep the check?” Kath-
leen exclaimed, with beaming eyes.

"Oh, dear, no,” Arnold replied, with a
very broad smile. “Under those circum-
stances of course there’s nothing at all left
for me but to return it instantly.”

“Why so?” Kathleen cried, amazed. She
knew Arnold too well by this time to sup-
pose he would do anything but. what seemed
to him the absolutely right and honest con-
duct.

“Why, dou’t. you see,” Arnold answered,
“they send me this check always under
that same mistaken noticin that it was]
who wrote the ‘Elizabethan Seaidog,’ and
therefore that I can write any number more
such works of imagination. Now, the real
fact is, I’m a mere translator-3 perfectly
prosaic, everyday translator. I never so
much as tried to write a story in my life.
and it they think they're going to get fu-
ture books out of me and be recouped in
that way they're utterly mistaken. I
haven’t the faintest idea of how to write a
novel. so it wouldn't. be fair to accent their

jllll pr:-liiips Mortiuier mi;_:iit have:

_\liirtimcr was in ;
-11\\1l_\ at zinideal picture 1
which waxiiiit. indeed 3

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THE GRANGE YISITOR.

SEPTEMBER 3, 1896.

Emmy Retu-

In order to be entitled to representa-
tion in the State.Grange, Subordinate
Granges that have not done so should
report at once for the quarter ending
March 31, 1896. Masters and secre-
taries. please attend to this promptly.

JENNIE BL'ELI., Secretary.

Parkville Grange is yet alive, and is
doing quite an amount of co-operating
with Eagle of Chicago, and we are
saving at least fifty cents by so doing,
which is well worth looking after in
these hard times of depression and
high taxation and the low prices for
farm products.

‘ Yours Truly,
I).\\'IDIIA2\'l).~1ll.\\\’.

At the regular meeting of Newark
Grange No. 514, held August 20, 1896,
resolutions were adopted in memory
of their beloved brother, James M.
Quick, who died August 10, 1896.

When the twilight shadows deepen,
And the night grows on apace.

Nearer seems that last sweet meeting,
When is closed life's weary race;

In the silence hushed we listen
For the voice that’s heard no more,

Knowing we shall meet our loved one
On that blissful heavenly shore.

‘‘Children’s Day” and exercises in
honor of “l<‘lora" were united in a
single entertainment at Leonidas.
August 15. Among the many varieties
of flowers that decorated the room
were two belated snow balls that
looked as much at home as the more
seasonable blossoms. The pieces
spoken by the little people were en-
tirely appropriate, and made the feast
of tlowers as much appreciated by the
older people as the ices, fruits and
cake were by the younger ones. Thus
did three hours of Grange life slip
happily away.

The “grand rally” under the auspices
of Western Pomona Grange, spoken of
in the last issue of the Vl::'l'l‘()i’., was
held at the appointed time and place.
and was a grand success. 'l‘he day
was beautiful and people kept coming
from far and near until they numbered
one thousand, as near as could be esti-
mated. Mrs. Mayo, the center of at-
traction, was there as per agreement
and delivered a grand lecture on the
subject, “The Needs of the liour." She
explained some of the greatest needs,
viz.. honesty, morality. education. etc..
so plainly and concisely that all could
understand and profit thereby. She
held the vast audience in closest at-
tention until the close. There was also
plenty of good music, both vocal and
instrumental. and I think everyone
went away feeling that the day had
been well spent. All glory to all
Grangers’ August picnics. .

Mus. HEX-{’l‘l{A S.\ii'i‘ii,_Secretary.

Whitney Grange No. 513, held a very
interesting meeting recently. Af-
ter the general routine biisiiiess,the
subject of how to get more young peo
ple interested in the Grange. was
brought up and discussed at some
length. Master read a circuiar sent
out from Agricultural College in re-
gard toa new department lately es-
tablished for young women, the bene-
fits to be derived from same, etc. See-
retary read a circular letter sent. out by
Calhoun County Grange in regard to
having achange made in our state laws
to regulate salaries of county otlicials
and having fees paid into the
county treasury, etc. A motion pre-
vailed for Master to appoint a com-
mittee of three to lay the matter be.
fore Progress Farmers’ Club at their
ne ‘meeting, and to formulate some
de ite plan for future action. Master
appointed C. M. Pierce, Daniel Willitt
and Mrs. Sylvester Seacb on committee.

W. 1). BARCOCK. Master.
C. M. PIERCE, Secretary.

(We take the liberty of quoting from
a personal letter relative to the recent
circulars sent out by us as lie-ld agent
of the College, in regard to the new
women's course.-—Ed.)

I received your circulars Saturday
evening just before Grange meeting.
and read as requested by you, and it
was listened to with much interest. I
was ordered to write you that it was
resolved by our Grange, Stebbins
Grange No. 709, that we asa Grange
and individuals use our influence for

the good of our M. A. C. in this as,

well as other movements that will be
for the interest of the farmer or his
family. The circulars were taken very
quickly and more were wanted. Please
send them to me, and you may send
me any other information that would
be of interest to the farmer, and I will
place it where it will do the most good.

Last winter when the farmers’ insti-
tute met here, I took time by the fore-
lock and got names enough. 28, and we
organized a Grange, and now we have
a good one. Our Pomona Grange meets
the 26th and 27th of this month, at East-
port, on Grand Traverse Bay. We ex-
pect a big time. A graduate of the
M. A. C. and two students of the M. A.

see we have good material.

If I get to Lansing I shall come to
Collette as I always do when 1 can, for
if there is anyone of our state institu-
tions that I feel proud of, it is the Ag-
ricultural College.

FRANK A. LESHER, Master.

The Great Master of the universe saw
lit to remove from our midst our faith-
ful brother, Emmerson Blodget. All
friends and members mourn the loss.
He has gained by the transfer.

M. A. JACOKES Cor. Sec’y,
Eaton apids, Mich.

Magazines.

A very valuable article at this time
is one in the September Forum, by Mr.
J. J. Lalor of the United States treas-
ury department, entitled, “Early and
Recent Currency Legislation; A Con-

trast.” It is a clear and concise review V

of our currency legislation, and con-
cludes with a computation of the cost
to the country—almost $1.0l’r(l,l)0<'I,O0U—
of our present complicated and cum-
bersome currency system.

In the September Review of lie-
views the editor discusses ditierent
phases of the presidential campaign—-
especially the revol of the gold-stand-

ard democrats, the attitude of eastern 9

wage earners toward Mr. Bryan, and
the spread of free silver doctrine
among the farmers. Another impor-
tant topic of discussion in the depart-

ment of “The Progress sf the World” 3

is Lord Salisbury’s Venezuelan propo-
siti0n,in connection with the general
scheme fora permanent tribunal of
arbitration. The editor also covers
most of the striking developments of
the month in British and European
politics. '

in an article entitled “The ltight of
Woman to the Ballot,” by Charles H.
Chapman, the September Arena pub-
lishes one of the strongest arguments
in favor of Woman Suffrage that has
appeared in recent years. Mr. Chap-
man discusses the subject in a broad-
minded spirit of justice and fair play,
and completely shatters the silly sophis-
tries and threadbare fallacies advanced
by those who are still noii—progressive
enough to oppose the enfranchisement
of women. No fair—minded person,be
he friend or foe to the movement. can
read Mr. Chapman’s article without
conceding the justice of the claims he
makes in regard to woman’s right to
the ballot,

The “Atlantic Monthly" for Septem-
ber will contain two important articles
bearing on the political campaign—0ne
on “The Election of the President" by
the historian. John B. McMaster, and
the other a very striking paper on
“The Problem of the West” by Prof.
Frederick J. Turner, of Wisconsin. He
traces the apparent eastern and west-
eru sectionalism and maintains that
the true American is the man of the
Middle West. The economic reasons
for a divergence of opinion, on the
currency question for instance, are so
clearly indicated that the article is
particularly illuminating as a study of
opinion as shown in the present cam-
paign.

THE CRl.'.‘.E CF
Mr. B. C. Kr-tslsxr oi’ [.miis.lias
just publislied “History of D(:l‘:liiil’tlZLi-
tioii. ” This is a strong painplilel-of 11'.’
pages and is apt to be used as a cani-
paign document by the Democrats. It
seems that a strong case is made out
against John.Sherman. Mr. Sherman is
preparing astatement which is to be
sent out by the national Republican
mmmittee.

1373.
St.

MONEY AND LAND.

Sumo currency reformers assert that
the money question is as important as
the land question. and others believe
that it is more important. It is claimed
that money is to the body politic what
blood is to the human body. But the
analogy is imperfect. The human body
cannot live without blood, but men
lived and traded before money was in-
vented. Land is as necessary to every
man‘s existence as is the blood in his
VEIIJS. but money is not. Therefore land
is a necessity; money isbut a conven-
ience. Suppose that today all the money
in existence was destroyed. Would any
person suffer from want of the neces-
saries of life if the earth was accessible
to all. the season propitious, the soil
fertile and the people industrious? No.
Now suppose that the money and prop-
erty remained, but all the cultivable
land was sterilized. Would all the
money they had and all they could
make save them from famine after the
exhaustion of the supplies of food on
hand? No. Then should not the land
question take precedence of the money
question?

What change in the amount or char-
acter of money could prevent the wealth
produced by Irish tenants from being
drained across the Irish sea to the ab-
sentee owners of Irish land? What
change in the amount or character of
money could prevent wealth produced
in the west from being drained to the
east as long as so many of the toilers of
the west are but tenants or mortgagees

"of landlords who live in the east or in

Europe? In short, what system of cur-
rency will prevent the landlords from
appropriating in the form of ground
rent that value which attaches to land
because of growth of population and the
industry, thrift and enterprise of the
community?

More Money Benefits the Landlord!-

Let us see how more money will ben-
efit landlords. The penniless man, in
order to secure some of the increase in

0 e members of our Gran e so on ;the exchange medium, must work for
‘u g ‘ y ‘;it and perform labor for some person

who has money. What is the first thing
that must be done by a person who is
going‘to employ labor? If he is a farmer
he must either buy or rent a farm; if a
manufacturer he must procure a site; if
a storekeeper he must secure a location
for his store. All these require land.
This is the first effect of an increase in
the medium of exchange. The next is
an increased demand for land, which
increases its value, and increased value
means more‘ money_ for the landlord,
and he renders no service for the ground
rent he appropriates. The government

issues money at one point: the 18-Dd101'd
gathers it in at another. If issuing
money by the government was abolished
and a system of mutual banking was
Iestablished by and for the people, the
lelfect would be the same.
Benefits of Natural Taxation.

Land is the source of our living and
{the source of all wealth. Then the land
question should be settled first, for it is
f the foundation on which we must de-
pend for the security and permancncy_
of all other reforms, and it can be set-
I tled right by the adoption of the single
Itax. Once adopt this ideal system of
gtaxation and the worst possible money
‘system could not deprive the poorest
Worker of a decent living, but without
the single tax the best possible money
system would only accentuate the evils
-of land monopo1y—the private appro-
. priation of ground rent.

W. L Cnossnsy.

Boston, Mass.

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and experience have already
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Successful farmers will tell
you that they use fertilizers
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‘we have collected in our pamphlets the
results of long and czrrefully conducted ex-
periments by leading authorities, which we
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A MINISTER

TIIRTIIRED.

Rev. William Tucker was in Agony
l'lany Years.

Says He Fell as Though He Had Been Stabbed by a Thousand Knives.
He was Stricken Blind and Feared He Would Lose his Mind.
All this in Defiance oi the Best Medical Skill.
His Recovery Looked Upon as a
Miracle.

From the Ni Ir [~.‘m_ l}i‘i'ri1.~lmm. (ml.

REV. WILLIAM TL’! ‘K ER.

It was IIllI)Il(‘I_\’ talked all over Decatur and
Ripley (2l)lllllI4}.< for some time before the New
Era sent a reporter to Pierceville to lully inves-
tigate the Tucker inattor. he Tuckl\r.~' are
proiiiini-.nt people and are all well-to-ill» filI‘lIll‘!‘.<.
The Rev. William Tucker. subject of all the
talk. was pleased to allow us an interview. Mr.
Tucker looked well and healthy. although he is
severity-five years old, and forty years ago he
began wrenching in the faith of the Free Bap-
tists. his is his story as he told the reporter:

"I was born and reared on a farm and began
prencliinxt at an early age. I was fll\\'3I)'~’ sub-
ject to rhaiiiiiatisiu, 4-.vr-n when quite _ Hllll,‘.{.
Pains. sharp and aciitr-.. would slioot aci'os>' my
body, causing me much sufferings. The iloctor.<
pruiioiiiic-mi it then ii spinal Iliseaw. The pain.-.

cjit getting worse all the time from (lay fl)1I:l_\'
as the years rolled round, and I expcriuiicmi
iiiany _\'C‘lll'S of suffering.

“Alllioiigli I much regretted to, I was com-
pelloul tn retire altogi-flier from my wor the
religious cause. The pains would first _tart
fruin iuy spine and lllIlI).~, but afterward be run
shuotiiig from all parts of the body am it
seeiiiml as though a I.Il()llS£lll£I knives were stick’
ing inc. After these pains would first come on.
my entiri» body would suddenly grow COIII. I
would he uiimb all over and all my llll]>'Cll*i
would be asleep. I would then turn .~'|l(I(Il‘llI_\'
blind. I often lay in this condition for IinUl‘.~’.
and generally I was conscious and know what
was going on, but the siilfnriiig was intense and
lIl]beH.I‘Z1hll‘.. No words can IIl'.$Cl"lI)(‘ it.

"FI'(‘.t ucntly. in going about my place or when
I woul be away from lioiiu-. llicsc spells would
come on inc and for some time I would he en-

[’Il’.R('l-l\‘ll.l.l'Z. l.\'l)l.\.\'.\.

tirely hlincl and my ir.in«I \\'I|'ll‘i he .illi-r-tnii

My family \vn.~: iiiu-:i<y an-.l i‘:ll‘:’4l my zmml
\V'(llll(I I)0C(ilnl‘ Iill[)l|l]'I'lI. I curl. liml .~l'\l'.l".'|I
pli_\‘.~'ician.< at Iil‘i'.l'H.\‘I)lll'k’- but IIl:'_\‘ ,-niil my
C-use \\'i1.»' Il4II)4‘.lI"r~.~'. us llio ili~'i~i»1.~i- was Ill(‘llTllI)Il~,

I we-iit to ollicr citir-.~ fur irv_-aiiin-iii. \ pi-uiiir
ncnt iluctnrof Tnli-,iI4.. lrliiti, lIlrl|‘.l.\‘~'l'|i nii- n.~’
inciirnhle sncll i:a -up in II(‘.~plllI". I tried
many put:-iit llll!III('.lllI'~‘ but iiuzw of tlwin «lid
lln- liuisr HIIUII. Fiimlly I .~‘.'l\\' iii lln- .\'i,-w Ere
mi iii'ticln about Dr \\'iiliiiiii.~' l’iiik Pills. l
Il:|II no faith iii I'Il('.lll. for I‘ll|IIllllL' ilirl ii.i- UH)"
ginnl. IIUII tried tIiviiin<;i lnsl rl-~:oi~t. Tin:
lirst Imx Iii-lpiul lil\' at once and l kvpt on ?::kiiig
llii-in. I ht-gtiiiliikiiigflieiiiiiihliiy.'51-1. I Ir.‘!\l‘
tulroii nvi-r ii <Inzi>ii lmxi-~' iiuwainl I fl‘1’IllI‘I'rl‘ 't-
l_\ wvll iii UVIJI)‘ rt-.~p4~cl and fuel lIi.'il l niii i: —
iiiniiiuitly mire-(I. lcniilrl rim‘:-,r \Il‘l‘]l Iwfnrn, ii--'
the pains would (‘.(Iliil' .~’ll-'Ill4‘lll‘y' on um in lin-
lllL.'IlI null I would I)l'I‘,Ullll‘ iiiiinb. .\I:in_\' n Illlll‘
l'\'i~ wnllztirl the lloor iii iii:-vny iIx»- niiiirn iiiglit.
I can sloop perfectly soiinrl iinw. and my appe-

Iiti-i.~' hotter llinii vvi-r I)»-fur:-. ninl I \\'“IL:I*
HlIIl'l‘ than for iiiaiiy y:»nr.- I l‘»~i-I that I
my lilo to the Pink l’ill.<."

Rm". Tucker 2‘l.\.-<llI'l_'1I ii~ lliul \-.-4» in-ml not
doubt :1 word nfliis tc~’liiii-my for his l'ziiiiil_\'
will VII‘. with Iiiiii in every word In» spuki-.

l)i'. \\"illiam.'~" Pink l’ill- cuiiluiii iill
ell-iii:-ills iincessiiry totzivn now lil'i- and l"I(‘Illl .
to the IIIUOII and ri-.~'loi'«- -Imlli-ri-(I ui-rv ‘.
Tliiiy Mn-. siilil-iii lmxo.-I (ll:-vi-i‘ iii liui~n- furiii, by
HM‘ IIUZPIJ ur liuiiilri-ill ill’ 50 Ci’llI> a box, or six
boxes:I'oi‘$1£.fili,:iriiliiiaybu IIIIII of nll :ii'iio:;:ists
4)!‘ diror-fly by mail from Dr. \\'ilIiein.~‘ Modi-

cinn l‘u.. Sclieuvectaily, N, V‘.

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