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i\I.~—-I. J. VVOODKIAN, - - Paw Paw_
O.-—P. W. ADAMS, - - - Tecumseh_
L.~-C. L. VVIIITNEXV, - - Muskegon,
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y Schoolcraft.
SEc.—J. T. _COBB, - - - M
G. K.——A. I\ . WOODRUFF, - VVatei-vliet,
CEBES.—l\.lRS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.

Pomona-Mas. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLoizA—Mns. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw,
L. A. S.—Mizs. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Executive Committee.

F. M. HOLLOWAY, Chairman, - Hillsdale.
{. wEBsILii CHILDS, . - - Yps]'_[a,nti_
(érE0. W. WOODVV ARD, Shelby, Oceana Co.
W-,}<‘3ré%UCE. - Y -_ Gilead, Branch Co.
TH:0MBRO0K DIV ll\lEl, Belding, Ioma Co.
W Ab MARS. Berrien Center, Berrien Co.
J “L SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co.

. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicio.

 

State Business Agent .
}‘ EHIDEYSTER; - _ - - Detroit.
' ' ARD1VERy Centreville, St. Joseph Co.

General Deputy.

C‘ I“ WHITNEY: - — - Muskegon.

Special Lecturers.

Th°5- F- M00113; - - . . . . Adrian, ... .Lenawee Co

V See. W , VV oodward. .Shelby. . . . . . . .Oceana Co

amuel Lmlgdfln. . .Bowen Station Kent Co

E‘ 0- He"i11x‘=’t°11y-. .Four Towns ’Oal<land Co
M‘ 1“ Stevens: - - - - - - --Perry” Shiawassee C

L‘ R‘ Br°w“"" -R3*w”°“Vi11e,::W'ashtenaw 03
Andrew Campbell, . .Yp3i]a,nti, u ..

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

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SCHOOLCRAFT, APRIL 15th, 1878.

(1ix2.ct’v2 Q1-um. grzpztrtlucnt.

Why Plant. an Orcliard, and How to
Cultivate It.

Yi~sILANTI, March 22d, 1878.
J)’/‘at/wr Cobb .'

Having read, with interest, an es-
say upon “Orchard Culture and Prun-
ing,” in the VISITOR of March 15th,
I thought it might not be amiss to
add a few further suggestions upon
this very interesting, as well as im-
portant subject.

The first reason I would give, why
it is best to plant an orchard is, that
one so cultivated and cared for as to
be worthy the name of “An Orchard”
will add greatly to the beauty of our
rural homes. With the trees care-
fully set in rows, perfectly straight,
growing vigorously, with bodies erect
and tops nicely,and as far as possible,
uniformly shaped, nothing upon the
farm presents a feature of greater
beauty, either in spring, when full of
bloom, lading the air with fragrance;
in SI1)'I1DIle1‘,Illl all the grandeur of a
luxuriant growth, or in autumn when
the branches, gracefully bend beneath
their burden of delicious fruit.

But an orchard becomes a thing of
beauty only under the hand of him
who takes a lively interest in its cul-
ture, and who plants, prunes, and
cultivates with care, and is guided by
an intelligent idea of what he desires
to accomplish, and how to attain it.
When such are the facts in the case,
there is no labor connected with farm
life more interesting.

The first, and very important step
in the enterprise, is to select the best
locality upon the farm for the orch-
ard. Where the land is rolling, it
should not be placed in the valleys
where the air is stillest, densest, and
coldest, but upon the higher lands
where the circulation will be free and
the temperature higher. But in both
rolling and level localities it is desir-
able to have the force of the winds
partially broken, especially upon the
west and south-west, either by select-
ing a locality protected by forest, or
by setting on those sides of the orch-
ard a thick row of forest trees. But
in case of forest protection, it is de-
sirable that there should be a distance
of at least twenty-five rods or more
between the forest and the orchard.

In preparing the ground for setting
an orchard, it .should be tilled at
least one year before setting, and a
heavy coat of manure turned under
just as deep as possible. The ground
thus loosened and firtilized deeply,
the latteral roots of the trees will
run deeper, consequently, the orch-
ard can afterwards he plowed at a.
moderate depth with less liability to
injure the roots.

Next, Wheg shall we plant? In an-
swer I would say, the fall would be a
good time if we were sure the suc-
ceeding winter would he a mild one,
but all things considered, I prefer the
spring.

Where to obtain the trees, is a. mat-
ter of a good deal of importance. In

the first place, I would say, get them
where you can obtain good I/LI‘€fl;l/,
healtlzg trees; for none others are
worth setting. Next, get them of‘
dealers or nurserymen of known re-
sponsibility and integrity. For in
setting an orchard for a life time, we
cannot afford to be deceived as to va-
rieties. \Ve have quite a. number of
such nurserymen and dealers in our
State. ~ In some of the years past
the nursery stock of our state was
injured and rendered unhealthy by
the hard winters, yet I believe that
at the present time there are no bet-
ter or healthier trees to be found in
any State than we have in Michigan.
And believing such to be the case, I
think that the nearer home we get
trees the better, and if possible, I
would go myself to the nursery for
them." And then I would be all ready
to plant them, if possible, before I
went for them.

VVbat varieties shall we plant? In
reply I would say: if you are setting
an orchard for your own family use,
geta few trees of all the most ap-
proved summer, fall, and Winter va-
rieties. By this means your fruit
dish need scarcely be empty any time
in the year. But if you are planting
an orchard for profit, and for the
market, I would not set out more
than four 01' five varieties, and those
the very best; such as the Greening,
Baldwin, Canada Red, Northern Spy,
and Golden Russet. I have become
satisfied that it is better to plant ap-
ple trees (except some few varieties)
not less than 36 or 40 feet apart each
way, for the reason that such space
gives the tree a chance to become a
much larger tree than if they were
set nearer together—they can be cul-
tivated among, much longer without
serious inconvenience; and also when
trees thus planted come to be 20 years
old and more, we can, without difii-
culty, get about among them with
team and wagon and draw off the
fruit.

I prefer heading an orchard low,
and cultivating it, plowing shallow
and turning under the manure, until
trees become so large that it cannot
be done conveniently, after which I
would top dress, as the next best way.
1 think it does no harm to crop an
orchard, especially with hoed crops,

if we manure them sufliciently to.

feed both the trees and the crop. All
plowing and cultivating of the orch-
ard should be done before the 1st of
August, so that the spring and sum-
mer growth can have an opportunity
to ripen up before winter. There is
no excuse for having leaning trees in
the orchard—a very little care for a
few of the first years will prevent it;
and then with bodies erect and head-
ed low, there will be found very few
trees dead upon the west and south-
west side, as is the case with a large
proportion of the leaning ones, es-
pecially if headed pretty high.

In regard to pruning, I would say:
Commence from the first to shape the
top according to your idea,_and prune
every year, thereby avoiding, as far
as possible the necessity of ever cut-

COMMITTEE <@

Grange, P. of H.

_i YOUR SUBSCI’..Il"I‘ION
( will Expire with R0.

ting ofi' anything but small limbs,
unless in case a limb has become
broken or dead. One word in regard
to gathering and marketing the fruit.
The utmost care should be taken not
to injure, either that or the tree. Af-
ter being thus carefully taken from
the trees, the apples should be equally
carefully sorted and packed in bar-
rels and headed up in the ore/um].
I think the reputation of Michigan
apples, for keeping, has been injured
by so large a proportion of those be-
ing drawn to market in lumber wag-
ons loose, which cannot fail to bruise
them more or less, thereby injuring
them for long keeping.
J. Wizissrnii CIIILDS.

The Enlargement of our New ( apital, or
Agricullure in the Basement.

‘We have just learned that the rooms
in the new capital have been assigned
by the “authorities” to their several
occupants or to their several pur-
poses. We are accustomed to hear
from all quarters in rather a boastful
spirit, that Michigan has erected a flue
capital, at a reasonable cost. But it
seems that somebody was too penuri-
ous in making the building so small.
Already there are not rooms enough
for the several demands on the build-.

ing. At the first session of the legis-

lature in the new quarters, very likely
there must be a demand for an addi-
tion. -

\Ve have a State Agriciiltural So-
ciety which, in many respects, is the
pride of our State. A year or more
ago, the officers of this society made
application for some rooms in the
new capital, VVe have a thriving
State Pomological Society, second to
none in the United States for its en-
thusiasm and good works. This so-
ciety also made early request for
quarters in the capital. The State
Board of Agriculture made a similar
request.

It has long been the cherished plan
of some of those most interested in
agriculture, to have suitable rooms in
the new capital in which to exhibit
and preserve some specimens of in-
sects, seeds, models of prints, collec-
tions of reports, and innumerable
other things, which are interesting
and important to the farmers of our
State—to every citizen of Michigan,
or any other State or country. But
the only available (.") rooms for such
purposes are in the basement, reach-
ed by descending beneath the steps to
the main entrance. To be sure, there
are three or four rooms, and these are
said to be very good. The nearest
surroundings are a. privy and water-
closet, several packing-rooms for oth-
er departments, an armory, etc. The
rooms are in a position not to be seen
by visitors.

Is this an index of the position oc-
cupied by Agriculture in Michigan?
Will the farmers quietly submit to
this arrangement? In the name of
the Ceres, Pomona, and Flora, we call
upon all who are interested, to act in
this matter. Take hold at once.--—


  

 

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Speak, speak loud—-speak sharp and
quick. Let every Grange and farm-
ers’ club, and agricultural society in
our State be heard in tones which
can not be mistaken, Yours,

W. J. BEAL.
gasteifs
J.J.i\Ali’T001)~1\IA1\Ii, — — — pm piw

éiipartntent.

Digest.

The following are the rulings and
decisions contained in the Digest re-
cently revised and published by the
National Grange: Preserve these
numbers for future reference :

CHAPTER V.
JUDICIARY or THE GRANGE.

SEC. 1. Of the Courts of the Grange, and their
Jurisdiction.
SEC. ‘2. Of Offences and Charges.
SEC. 3. Of Trials and Puiiishmeiits.
SEC. 4. Of Appeals.

SECTION I.
OF THE COURTS on THE GRANGE AND
THEIR JURISDICTION.

1 Thejudicial power of the Grange is
vested in the following tribunals_:

First--Tlie Master;

Second—Tlie Executive Committee;

Third—The Body of the Grange;

Fourth—Tlie Court of Appeals ;

Fifth—Tlie Seventh Degree.

2 The i\laster has jurisdiction of all
questions of “ Law and Usage,”—[By-
laws, art. iii.

3 The Master of the National Grange,
with the Executive Committee, has
jurisdiction of the conduct of the ofiicers
of the National Grange.—[Cons. art. xii.

4 The Master of the State Grange has
jurisdiction of order and administration
of Subordinate Granges within his State.
—[By-laws, art. xvii, sec. 1.

5 The Master of the State Grange has
jurisdiction of the conduct of the Mas-
ters of Subordinate Granges.—[Dec.-105.

6 The Master of the State Grange,
with the Executive Committee, has
jurisdiction of the officers of the State
Grange in the interval between the
sessions of the State Grange.—[Dec. 104.

7 The Executive Committee of the
National Grange in conjunction with
the Master, has jurisdiction of the con-

duct of the officers of the National
Grange.—[Cons., art. xii.

8 The Executive Committee ofa State
Grange, at the request of the Master,
may hear cases of charges against a
member of a State Grange, in the inter-
vals between the meetings of the State
Grange, and their decision is binding
until reversed by the State Grange.-
[Proceedings 8th Ses., pp. 91 and 142.

9 \Vhen the laws of a State Grange
are in any respect deficient, and do not
specifically provide for emergencies
which may arise in the administration
ofits affairs, then, in the intervals be-
tween the meetings of the State Grange,
the Master and Executive Committee
are the highest executive and adminis-
trative ofiicers, and are clothed with
authoritiy to do all acts necessary for
the maintenance of law and order and
for the good of the Order in the State,
and make such rules and create such
tribunals as the exigencies of the case
may demand; provided, that in so do-
ing they do not transgress the written
laws of the Order or the enactments or
orders of the State Grange.—[Decision
Court of appeals, Pro. 10th ses., p. 165,

10 The Executive Committee of the
State Grange, in conjunction with the
Master has jurisdiction of the conduct
ofofficers ofthe State Grange, in the
intervals between the sessions of the
State Grange.—[Decision 104.

11 Each Grange has jurisdiction of
causes involving the conduct and
standing of its members.—[By-laws,
art. xviii.

12 Each Subordinate Grange has
jurisdiction of the ofiicers thereof, ex-
cept the Master and his wife.—[Dec. 104.

13 The Grange within whose juris-
diction a. dimitted member resides, may
try him for a violation of the rules of
the Order.—[Pro. 8th Ses., ps. 91 and 143.

14 The Court of Appeals is composed
of three non-voting members of the
National Grange appointed by the Mas-
ter thereof. It possesses appellate juris-
diction ofall causes that may be brought
by appeal from the State Grange.—[By-
laws, art. iv, sec 2.

15 The Court of Appeals can only re-

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view the evidence upon which the action
of the Court below had been based, and
it could not permit the introduction of
new evidence which had not been pro-
duced before the lower court.—[Dec.

Court of Appeals. Pro. 10th Ses., p. 167.

16 The Court of Appeals may decide
upon the application of law to cases
where the facts involved were agreed
upon by both parties, and about which
there was no controversy.—[Dec. Court
of Appeals, Pro 10th Ses., p. 167.

17 The Seventh Degree is a Court of
Impeachment for the trial of offences
of the ofiicers of the National Grange.-
[Preamble to Constitution.

SECTION II.
or OFFE1\'CES AND CHARGES.

1 If a member commits an offense
against the Order or any member thereof,
charges may be preferred against him
by any member ofhis Grange, and after
a fair trial, if found guilty, he may be
suspended or expelled by a majority
vote.—[Decis. 98.

2 A member can not be tried for acts
done before he became a member. The
proper time to pass upon such acts is at
his election to membership.—[Dec. 99.

3 \Vhen charges have been preferred
against a Patron in due form, the Grange
can not, by vote, order such charges
dropped or the consideration of them
indefinitely postpoiied.—[I)ec. C. of A.,
Pro. 9th Ses., p. 203.

4 Any nioniner in good standing may
prefer (1il1ll,L,\‘.s before the State Grange,
against the Master of his Grange.—[Pro.
8th Ses. ps 91 and 142.

5 If the Master of a Subordinate
Grange refuses to obey the By-laws of
his Grange, or his conduct is prejudi-
cial to the good ofthe Order, the Grange
may present the fact to the Master of the
State Grange, who after full investiga-
tion, may suspend the offending Master
until the meeting of the State Grange.
—[Decisioii 105.

6 The Master has no right to initiate
an ineligible candidate and would by so
doing render himself liable to expulsion
for having violated the laws he was
obligated to enforce and obey.—[Dec. 70.

7 VVhen any ofiicer (except the Mas-
ter) fails or refuses to properly perform
the duties of his ofiice, he may be sus-
pended or removed, after a fair trial, by
vote of the Grange.-—-[Decision 107.

8 To buy through the Grange and sell
to non-members at a profit is using the
Order in a speculative way wholly un-
warrantable.——[Decision 54

9 The non-payment of dues is an of-
fence for which a member may be sus-
pended.—[I)ecision 37.

10 A member who knowingly signs
the application of a person under the
required age or otherwise disqualified,
for membership, thereby violates his
obligation and invites the penalty.
-—[Decision 55.

When an applicant for membership
who has been duly elected, has borrow-
ed the money of a member of the
Grange to pay the membership fee and
neglects and declines to repay the same,
although able so to do, he should be ex-
pelled.——[Pro. 8th Ses., ps. 9] and 144.

SECTION III.
or TRIALS AND PUNISHMENTS.

1 State Granges may prescribe regula-
tions for the trial of causes within their
respectivejurisdictions:-[By—laws, art.
xviii.

2 In all cases the accused has the right
to be confronted with and to cross-
examine all witnesses against him. The
testimony of those not members of the
Order is admissible.—[Decision 101.

3 A member has a. right to a fair and
impartial trial; but the claim that he
has a right to at least one adjournment
for good cause does not seem to have
been established by our laws and usages
as compulsary upon a Subordinate
Grange.—[Dec. C. of Appeals, Pro. 10th
Ses., p. 164.

4 The fact that a witness is under
fourteen years of age does not necesari-
ly invalidate the testimony.—[Dec C. of
Appeals, Pro. 9th Ses., p. 202.

5 Every member of a Subordinate
Grange, except the Master and his wife,
must be tried in the Subordinate Gran ge.
Every voting member and officer of the
National Grange must be tried_.:in the
National Grange.-—[By-laws, art. xviii.
Pro. 10th Ses., p. 118. Dec. 102.

6 Masters of Subordinate, County, or
District Granges, and their wives who
are Matrons, shall be tried only in the
State Grange; Masters of State Granges
and their wives who are Matrons, shall
be tried only in the National Grange.-
[Dec. 103, Pro. 10 Ses., p. 118.

7 A vote on each specification is un-

necessary and improper, and a vote on
the charges is sufiicient.—[Dec. Courtof
Appeals, Pro. 9th Session, p. 202.

8 A vote of “Guilty” does not carry
with it the grade of punishment; but the
Subordinate Grange should by vote de-
cide upon the grade of punishment.-
[Dec. Court of Appeals, Pro. 9th Ses.,

. 202. '

9 No member can be sentenced for the
commission of any crime before he is
convicted, and a vote of the Grange not
to aecquit is most certainly not a vote
of“Guilty,” nnd on this ground alone
the sentence of expulsion would be void.
—[Dec. C. ofAppeals,pro.10th Ses., p. 164.

10 Expulsion is the severest penalty
known to our laws,and should be inflict-
ed only for the most grave offences.
—[Decis. C. of AppS., Pro. 10 Ses., p. 165.

11 Every sentence of suspension or
expulsion ofa member should be ini-
mediately reported by the Secretary to
the Secretary of the State Grange, and
to all the neighboring Granges; and up-
on his removal, the Granges near his
new residence should be notified in order
that they may not be imposed upon.-
[Decision 88.

SECTION IV.
or APPEALS.

1 A member ofa Subordinate Grange
who has been tried by his Grange has
the right to appeal to the State Grange.
-—[Decision 100, By-laws, art. xviii.

2 Should a member feel that he re-
ceives unfair treatment at a trial in his
absence, he can receive the fair and im-
partial trial guaranteed him by appeal
to a higher tribunal.—-[Decis. C. of A.,
Pro. 10th Ses., p. 164.

3 A member ofa Subordinate Grange
may appeal from its decision to the
State Graiige-—[Dec. C. of A., Pro. 8th
Ses., p. 144. By-laws, art. xviii.

4 A State Grange has a right to try a
case on appeal on its merits, and is not
confined to merely deciding errors of
law in the Subordinate Granges.-[Dec.
C. of Appeals, Pro. 10th Ses., p. 165.

5 The State Grange may set aside the
decision of a Subordinate Grange an(l
grant a new trialon account ofiri'egular-
ities in the trial. The case should then
be remanded to the Subordinate Grange
for a new trial —[Dec. Court of Appeals,
Pro. Stli Ses., p. 144.

6 A State Grange can not ordera new
trial by a tribunal unknown to the
Constitution or Laws of the Order.-
[Dec. C. of Appeals, Pro 8th Ses. p. 144.

7 A State Grange should not interfere
with the discipline or action ofa Subor-
dinate Grange unless there was mani-
fest injustice in its action, or some ir-
regularity which worked injustice.-
[Dec. C. ofAppeals, Pro. 9th Ses., p, ;202_

8 An ofiicer of the National Grange
who has been suspended from office by;
the Master and Executive Committeé
may appeal to the next Session of mg
National Grange.—[Const. art. xii.

9 Members of the State Grange are
allowed the right of appeal from the
decision of their State Grange to the
Court of Appeals-—[By-laws, art xviii

10 Ofiicers of the State Grange who
may have been suspended from office
by the Master and Executive Committee
of the State Grange in the interval be-
tween the session thereof may appeal to
the State Grange.—[Decision 104.

11, _AT1 appeal may be taken from the
decision of the Master of the Subordinate
Grange upon a question of law and
usage, to the Master of the State Gran ore-
and in the same way, an appeal maybbé
taken from a decision of the Master of
the State Grange to the Master of the
gggganse-—[By-laws, article iii,

12 Granges whose charter hi
revoked by the Master ofs tlci:eSl,)Le:1:%
Grange, may appeal to the National
Grange at its next session.—[By.1aws
art. xvii, sec. 2. ’

13. When a Subordinate Grange 0ve,._
rules the decision of the Master upon a,
question of Constitutional law, the Mas-
tel‘ Should appeal to the Master of the
State Grange, and, if necessary to the
Master and Executive Committee of the
National Grange, and no further action
in the premises should be allowed until
the appeal has been decided.——[Pro 8th
Session, p. 144. '

14 If 3 Gr-°-use wrongfully withholds
or refuses to grantadimit, the aggrieved
member may appeal to the Master —
[Decision 62. '

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CHAPTER VI.

or THE BUSINESS FEATURES or vrrrr;
onnnn.
1 The National Grange reconnnended
to Patrons the system of C0-operation
reported by the Executive Committee.

_[Digest, p. 30. Pro. 9th Ses., ps_ {)3
and 131.

2 The National Grange recommend
that each State Grange appoints’
through its proper authority, one en-
eral business agent. who shall be a mem-
ber of our Order. Such Agent shall give

such a bond as his State Grange or its

Executive Committee may deem neces-
sary to cover all liabilities, _and shall
make such terms and negotiations for
the Patrons of his State as the interests
of the Order demand, under the di.
rection and supervision of the propel-
authoritiy of his State Grange. Said
agent shall exchange confidential price.
lists with the business agents of other
States at least once a month, together
with a statement of the best freight
rates obtainable, as near as practicable,
and shall buy and sell, or cause to be
bought and sold, for the Patrons of other
States on the same terms as for his own.
—Proceedings 9th Session, p. 141.

3 The National Grange recommend
that the Executive Committee of the
several States _adopt a uniform system
of State agencies to meet the present
wants of the Order.—[Pro. 10th Session,

. 172.

4 The National Grange recommend to
our members who are specially interest-
ed in the tobacco product, and the wool
product, or indeed any other product,
that they themselves form associations
on the co-operative principle, and select
the centre where they wish to concen-
trate their trade, choose their own oili-
cers and managers, make their own
rules and regulations as nearly in con-
formity With the plan of co-operation
adopted by the National Grange at this
session as possible, for, bear in mind,
the principles of co-operation are as well
adapted to the commission business as
to the wholesale or retail busiiiess.—-
[Proceedings 10th Ses, p. 154.

5 No officers of the National Grange
other than the Executive Committee
shall endorse or recommend business
agents.~—[Pro. 8th Ses., p. 98.

6 The Executive Committee of the
National Grange will not be considered
justifiable in recommending or publish-
ing in any printed circular or private
matter sent out to Subordinate Granges
the name of any individual or firm as
agent for the Order unless such individ-
ual shall be under sufiicient bonds to so-
cure the members of the Order from a
probability of loss.——[Pro. 8th Ses., p. 98.

7 The National Grange should not be
held responsible for losses sustained by
members of the Order in their business
transactions with any person or firm.
—[Pro. 10tli Ses., p. 101.

8 It is a violation of the good faith of
our Order for any member to divulge to
those not members any confidential
business arrangement made by agents
or our representatives, and any member
thus violating faith shall be deemed
guilty of conduct prejudicial to the iii-
terests of the Order, and called to
account by the proper autliorties having
jurisdiction in such case; and upon con-
viction of guilt, established by proof,
such offender shall be suspended or ex-
pelled from all the privileges of the
Order.—[Pro. 9th Ses., p. 163.

9 A moral obligation rests upon each
member of this Order to observe with
scrupulous care and fidelity all business
arrangements or contracts. For mem-
bers of the Order (when oiiicers 01‘
agents have in good faith made business
arrangements for the benefit of the fra-
ternity) to use the advantageous terms
offered by merchants and manufactur-
ers, simply to get better terms of dealers
in place of carrying out in good faith
contracts made by competentauthority,
is a violation of good faith, and un-
worthy of a good Patron.-—[Pro. lilih
Ses. p. 92.

10 Grangesmay employ persons who
are not members of the Order as busi-
ness agents.—[Dec. 21.

11 To buy through the Grange and
sell to non-members at a profit is using
the Order in a speculative way wholly
unwarrantable.—[Dec_ 54,

12 The Executive Committee or other
agents with whom is entrusted the busi-
ness affairs of the Order shall withhold
the names of the manufacturer or busi-
ness house from all circulars containing
price-lists that may be issued from
their several offices; but price-lists coii-
talI1_1ng the name of a manufacturer 01‘
business house may be sent to Masters
of State Granges and their appointed
business agents, and to no other person.
—[Pro. 8th Ses., p. 70,

13_'l‘he Executive Committee of the
N atlonal Grange is instructed to give
especial attention to furnishing Patrons
with tools and implements for the culti-
vation of their farms, and all family and

 

 


 

  

  

 

farm supplies, at as low a price as a
legitimate business profit will permit,
and also to make arrangements by which
a mutual exchange of products between
diflerent sections of the country may
be made ; and they are authorized to
employ, if in theirjudgment it may be
necessary, competent agents to aid them
in the work. They are also instructed
to devise some safe plan for co-operative
stores, for the information of members
of the Order, and transmit the same to
the Executive Committees of the several
State Grangc-s.—[Pro. 7th Ses., p. 80.

1-1 District Grages are specially charg-
ed with the business interests of the
Order within their respective jurisdic-
tion.—-[Preamble to Constitution.

15 Each State Grange is requested to
appropriate a suflicient sum to enable
the Executive Committee of their State
to send to each meeting of the National
Grange such specimens of their farm
and mineral products as they may desire
to exhibit at the meetings of'the Nation-
al Grange.—[Pro. 10th Ses., p. 161.

7 Why Not!

\Vhy should not farmers represent
farmers in our legislative and other
representative bodies? An ex-G over-
nor of Michigan while acting Gover-
nor, answered this question by say-
ing that no one who has been a farm-
er for twenty years was fit for any
office; and this view is undoubtedly
held by many other professional men.
They have an impression that any
one who is contented to settle down
to the drudgery of farm life for years,
is lacking in the qualifications which
would fit him for any office of import-
auce. When we see farmers so apa-
thetic as to their political rights, we
can not wonder at their thinking so.

But is it really true that farmers
lack, as a class, the qualifications
which would fit them for legislators
or other important ofiices? It may
be true that from the isolation
necessarily connected with their oc-
cupation and from the close and con-
stant care their business requires, that
they, as a class, lack the polish, ur-
banity, and readiness which is attain-
ed only by constant contact with
others, and by the sharp competition
in business which attends many of
the other occupations. But polish is
by no means an evidence of actual
worth and ability. On the contrary
it too often serves to cover internal
meanness and worthlessness. The
purest gold is found in nuggets, rough
and unpolished, and bearing marks_of
the soil from which they were taken.
Mendof good, natural ipltellect, of
soun common sense an of oood
business capacity, are,found as dften
among farmers as among any other
class. If they lack the polish and
urbanity of those in cities and towns,
they.are also untarnished by the cor-
1'lLl?l1;nz lflililigtée, and dishonesty
w 1c so a oun in cities. Nor is
cultivated intellect entirely wanting
among farmers. There are many fol-
lowers of the plow who possess intel-
lectual attainments of which any pro-
fessional man might be proud.

Of the capability and fitness of
farmers, as a class, to take care of
their own political interests, no one
can doubt who has attended the meet-
lugs of our State Grange, and wit.
nessed the readiness, ease, and rapi-
dity with which men riwht from
their farms where they had spent
all their lives, handle the many im-
portant questions which come be-
f0I‘e that body, and the correctness
Xitlé which they dispose of them.
ednbynfhgnfafxcimd fa-11 t-0 be impr‘?sS'
ed 81 est, stirring, and point-

oquence of the speeches made
the-1'9, remarkable not so much for
the elegance and redundance of words
used. as for the evidently honest
heartfelt impulse that prompted them’
There is but little speaking for Bun-
combe there. There were in our last
1Slta.te Grange, 85 many men as we
ave members of Congress from this

 EtiHE"GRANE1é ' i{7I1"sI15i‘oRi.‘

State who were fully equal, if not
superior to them, in all the qualifica-
tions that make good statesmen, be-
sides enough to fill all the State of-
fices as ably as they are usually filled,
and to furnish many average mem-
bers of the legislature.

The great difficulty with our pres-
ent system of politics is that it is
made a profession, and unfortunately
those who follow it, instead of being
fair representatives of any class of
good citizens, are too often dishonest,
unprincipled, unscrupulous men, rep-
resentatives of the very worst class
of society, and ready to do any dirty,
disreputable work that promises to
advance their own interests. It is as
strange as it is true, that the people
will permit so many such to come to
the surface and become uppermost,
and attain to places of responsibility
and honor.

Now, farmers and honest laboring
men of all classes! the question is:
Would it not be well to change the
programme and elect honest men to
ofiice, even though they may not be
so polished and smart‘!

Does any one believe that if our
halls of Congress had been filled with
good, honest farmers, or honest men
of any class, that such shameful trans-
actions as the Salary Grab, Credit
Mobiler, and the thousand and one
subsides that have marked our Con-
gressional legislation for the last few
years, would have ever taken place?
Or does any one believe that much of
the reckless legislation in our own
State, would have taken place if there
had been a preponderance of farmers
in the legislature and in the State
offices? Even incapacity, if joined
with sterling integrity, is preferable
to rascality and venality.

I reiterate my question: Why
should not f-.u-mers be represented by
farmers 3 GEORGE PRAY.

\Voon.A.nn LAKE, April 6th, 1878.

To Make Your Children7I.ilie the Farm.

From an address by Prof. W. J.
BE.-XL, before the Ingham Co. Grange,
Feb. 27th, 1878:

It is very natural for parents to
prefer that their children should fol-
low the same business or profession
that they themselves follow. This is
likely to be true of shoemakers, mer-
chants, millers, carpenters, &c., &c
Farmers are not exceptions to this
rule.

Farming, when well conducted. is
a good and pleasant business. If your
sons and daughters do not like it
there is almost always some good rea-
son for their preference. I have often
taken an interest in tracing out the
reasons. They are likely to dislike
farming because they are not pleased
with the way in which the parents have
managed it. In some cases the young
person has a very decided inclination
to some other business. If you wish
to make your son like his business,
place him in some responsible places,
trust him, consult him about the
work he is to do, let him do part of
the thinking, give him nearly the sole
care or responsibility of something on
the farm, the fowls, the pigs and some
of the other stock, some of the crops,
or the garden, or part of. it. Suppose
he does not do everything just as you
would, advise him. It is much better
that he should fail while he is yet
young and under your training, than
to not try and fail till he goes into
business for himself. By treating
children in this way, they will take
more interest in their work and be
much more likely to succeed when
they start for themselves. Do not
make slaves of your children. Too
many of our most prominent farmers
who are called the most successful,
send their children to work each day

as they would send an ignoramis,
without any “ifs ” or “ ands” or rea-
sons for so doing. For want of prop-
er training in this respect many a
young man has grown up without
mental discipline. He has been able,
without much help, in an incredible
short space of time, to run through all
that his strong-minded father left him.
Twenty-five years ago I knew of such
a man. His farm was called and
known as perfection for a long dis-
tance around. He had a son, who is
to-day living in sight of this old farm.
He owns only a poor span of horses
and is living from hand to mouth and
a very poor living he gets at that

The fine estate slipped easily and
rapidly from the hands of the son
who had no skill to manage it, be»
cause he had never been placed in re-
sponsible positions while he was a boy.
So too often, one generation makes
money for the next to squander. In
laying up comfortable fortunes for
our children to waste, we are doing
them an injury. Better by far to
spend our time in giving them a prop-
er discipline to manage well. Then,
if they are healthy, in most cases,
they need only a little start to make
them Well off in the goods of this
world.

Ever since I can remember I have
heard much of a. kind of grumbling
among farmers, which seems to have
become chronic. Farmers com-
plain because they pay more than
their share of taxes, that they are not
well represented in legislature or in
congress. It is barely possible that
some of you have heard of this thing
before. We have nine lawyers in
congress to-day and no farmer. Why
is it? There are many good reasons.
The farmers do not push enough.
They are too modest. There are not
as many as there ought to be who are
well qualified to fill such places. They
are too backward, too modest. They
take back seats and look on.

This matter of political position,
like everything else, very likely,levels
itself up according to the strength of
materials at hand. The farmers must
sharpen up, they must and are learn-
ing to fight for their own rights. And
they are gaining and will gain still
more if they hang on and continue to
work and to study. The training of
the boys must be kept constantly in
view. Look out for the boys, and the
men will look out for themselves, as
we say of cents and dollars, look out
for the cents and the dollars will take
care of themselves. If rightly man-
aged at home, it will be well and safe
to let them attend a. winter's course
at a good law school. It will not hurt
them. It will prepare them the bet-
ter to know their rights and then to
maintain them. If rightly trained,
there is not much danger that they
will prefer law to farming.

Farming is a good business and
will grow better as the farmers learn
more. As our secretary Baird, said
the other day, “ there is no other
business which will afford so good a
living with so much neglect and poor
management as farming.”

I said farmers are learning to de-
manding their rights everywhere. In
the Grange they are trying to do this.
They did not begin soon enough. It
is hard for old men to learn new ways.
If they try a new course, they are
likely, in time, not to succeed as they
had expected. They weary in the at-
tempt, and it is not strange if some
get disgusted or indifferent and back
slide.

But our best chance is to look out
for the boys and girls, and see that
they are properly brought into the
harness. The old stagers will soon
pass away, and the new men and
women will come on and manage af-
fairs. They must be better educated.

The Grange is what the members
make it. It will be good or indiffer-
ent, successful or unsuccessful, just
in proportion to the portion taken by
a few of the members. To succeed
needs skillful management and a per-
sistent effort. Success will come in
no other way. Too many begin with-
out first counting the cost. They
suppose the machinery will run itself,
and in some mysterious way all would
go smoothly on, carrying them who
would not carry themselves.

Be Independent.

Selected from the Pomona Paper
read before Oakland Pomona Grange,
at Clarkston, February 19th, 1878.
Mrs. E. A. Green, of Farmington
Grange No. 267, editor.

There is nothing in this world that
ensures success so completely as does
perfect independence. People who
are always waiting for help, may wait
along time. As a general thing, a
little assistance, a little recommenda-
tion, alittle influence, is not to be
had for the asking; but there is al-
ways something one can do for him-

self. Do it, whatever it is, and do it
with a will. One thing leads to an-
other.

If you are a girl, don’t sit still and
hope a rich man will marry you, while
your old father toils for your daily
bread. Make dresses, or go into a
shop; or, if you know how be a good
servant, go into some one’s kitchen.
Good, honest pluck, and sensible in-
dependence, are a dower in them-
selves, and there are men who know it.

If your means place you beyond
such need, be independent in another
way. Learn how to help yourself,
and take care of yourself as much
as possible. Rather be one who
does things for others, than one
who must have things done for you or
suffer. Two hands, two feet, sight,
and strength——thesc ought to enable
you to dispense with help while you
are young and healthy. \Ve like men
who can defy adverse circumstances,
and could earn a living in any quar-
ter of the globe in which they were
dropped down; who can roll up their
sleeves and set to work at almost
anything that offers, and who can
even sew on their buttons and make
themselves a cup of tea, when depriv-
ed of the help of womankind.

We like women who can do their
own work when the servant girl goes
off in a huff; who can wash a dress,
or sweep the floor, if necessary; and
who, if plunged into the depths of
poverty, will fight their own way
out of it, asking help of no man. In-
dependence makes no woman less
loving. The most helpful women are
the fondest and truest; and as for a
man, never trust him in any capacity
if he has not the true spirit of inde-
pendence, Without which neither
strength or sweetness may be hoped
for.

In the battle of life there is but one
way to succeed—fight it out yourself.
Give the helping hand when you may;
take it, if in some sore strait it is
offered freely, but never wait for it.
Be independent as far as man may
be, if you would honor yourself, be
honored by others, and be happy.

 

FOUNDED upon that inherent prin-
ciple, implanted in every human breast
—self-interest and self-protection;
strengthened and supported by the
strong tie of co-operation; purified of
the selfishness and greed which make
man a disgrace to his Creator, the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry will
flourish for all time——-a constant teach-
er and helper to those within its gates

and a power of good among the nations ‘

of the earth.



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THE GRANGE VISITOR.
SCHOOLCRAFT, APRIL 15, 1878.

gepartment.

getretarfis

J. T. COBB, ~ — - - SCHOOLCRAFT.

Ofiicers  Subordinate Granges
in corresponding with this office, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

BLANKS.

I Blanks that are sent free from this office on
application are :
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub-
ordinate Granges.
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-
mona Granges.
Blank application for
Granges.
Blank applications for Membership in Pomona
Granges.
Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer.
Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges.
Blank Certificates of Election to County
Convention.
Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to
the State Grange. _
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges.
Blank Applications for Certificate of Dimit.
Blank Plaster Orders.
Blank Certificates of Incorporation.

organizing Pomona

THE VISITOR.

The circular of the Committee be-
gins to bring returns —— not in large
numbers, but we get a few names
every day—enough to make us hope-
ful that the work that we suppose is
being done, will in a few days or
weeks at most, place the continuance
of the semi—monthly issue of the
VISITOR beyond a doubt. Brothers
and sisters do not relax your efforts
to obtain additional subscribers. To
fail in this undertaking would be a
discredit that we ought not to face.
That we shall or shall not be required
to, depends on you.

State Business Agent. 7

We received just to late for this
number, a letter from J. M. Chidister,
State Business Agent at Detroit, in
which he invites consignments of
produce in car lots. Thinks it will
be necessary to make arrangements
at an early day, so that he can re-
ceive and sell farm products in small
lots. He is prepared to make pur-
chases for the Order, under the ar-
rangement made with him, as pub-
lished in the last number of the
VISITOR His address, N 0. 75 J effer-
son Avenue, Detroit.

Wool Growers’ Convention.

Under a call for a VVOol Growers’
Convention, there assembled in the
Court House at Kalamazoo, on the
9th inst., about 80 farmers of that
and neighboring counties.

Hon. J. J. VVoodman, of Paw Paw,
was chosen Chairman, and Ashley
Clapp, of Oshtemo, Secretary.

We condense the proceedings of
the Convention, as space will not
allow a full report of what was said.

The following Resolutions were
adopted:

Resolved, That the dockage allowed
0I1_bucks’ fleeces shall not exceed one-
third of the actual weight, and on un-

Washed Wool shall not exceed one-
quarter of the actual weight.

Resolved, That the price shall be
agreed upon and the cash value deter-
mined before the transfer is made, and
no further dockage shall be allowed.

Resolved, That the grade of delaine
wool shall- be recognized in the sale,
which shall be sold upon its merits ,or
serve to enhance the value of the clip.

Resolved, That we are opposed to any
reduction of the present tariffor to any
change in any of the provisions of the
statute, whereb a tax is levied on any

'fI-IE GRAN GE V1s1T(iR.

agriculture. That a reduction of the
tariff’ on wool, in its various qualities
and conditions, is unjust to the wool
grower, injurious to the manufacturer
and uncalled for by any exigency of the
government, and its only advantage
inuring to the importer, for whose bene-
fit the change is sought.

While a few thought the shrinkage
less than indicated by the first Reso-
1ution——the majority of those who
expressed an opinion, believed that
the percentage was about right.

Hon. E. L. Brown, of Sc-hoolcraft,
offered this Resolution:

Resolved, That it is the opinion of
this Convention that the practice of
Washing sheep is injurious to the sheep,
expensive and disagreeable to the own-
er, and had better be abandoned.

Mr. Brown supported his Resolu-
tion in a few remarks, and stated that
he — was determined to wash no more
sheep ; hoped to have the support of
his fellow farmers, that the custom of
not washing might become general;
claimed that sheep washing in Ver-
mont had been almost wholly given
u .
PJ. H. McCall, of Ohio, spoke very
emphatically in favor of the resolu-
tion, and made some good points as
affecting the health of the sheep and
the advantage to the next clip by
shearing early without washing.

In answer to apprehensions ex-
pressed by some that the farmer
would not realize as much for his
wool, \V. G. Kirby, of Charleston, was
confident that wool would be sold on
its merits, and that the producer
would more nearly get What his wool
was worth than he now does.
view quite a number of gentlemen
concurred.

Mr. W. L. Smith, of Hillsdale Co.,
believes in shearing early without
washing, and supported his opinion
by a few very sensible remarks.

Wm. H. Cobb, a. wool grower and
a wool buyer, also favored the Res-
olution, and it was unanimously
adopted.

The Chairman, by request, gave
quite a detailed statement of the du-
ties now imposed on foreign wool,
and how the wool growing interest
of Michigan would be affected by the
passage of the bill now before Con-
gress.

In our next, this matter will again
receive attention.

Visit to Centreville Grange.

\Ve accepted an invitation from
Bro. James Yauney, Master of Cen-
trevillc Grange, No. 76, to meet with
Patrons and friends of this and neigh-
boring Granges for a good social time
on the evening of the 5th inst. Except
for the darkness of the night the cir-
cumstences favored a good attendance.
Not because of any programme of
special interest, but because the mem-
bers of this Grange have learned to
value the social opportunities which
the Grange affords to both sexes to
young people as well as those of ma-
ture years. Centreville Grange,
with its large and commodious build-
ing fitted up handsomely and con-
veniently, has not only accepted the
theory of the Order, but is proving it
sound and practicable. This Grange
is an exception to the general rule.
Here is a prosperous Grange having a
Hall in a central place of a village,
and that the County seat of one of our
oldest Counties, just where we often
find some of our weakest Granges-—
weak because the members are not
sufficiently strong in the faith, have
not yet become aware of the impor-
tance of our organization to the Ag-
ricultural interest of the Country, are
not yet self-reliant, but allow the in-
fluence of their high-toned village
acquaintances to keep them in a kind
of milk and water condition, poorly

raw material a ecting the interests of

fitted either to enjoy or profit by their

In this

connection with the Order._ There
was no evidence of any of this weak-
ness in this Grange.

The County of St. Joseph probably
has no superior in the State for ter-
tility of soil, and the evidence of
thrift on every side, as we rodejfrom
Florence to Centreville,some ten miles,
proves that she has intelligent farmers
who do not propose to take back seats
in matters of husbandry. _

This class of men are found in
Centreville Grange, but what pleased
us more than all else, we not only
found these farmers and their wives,
but here to were their intelligent
sons and daughters-—such young men
and women as Bro. Sessions had in
his mind when he wrote about “ The
most valuable product of the farm.”

The intelligence and culture of the
young-people present at this meeting
was to me its most noteworthy feature.

The out-look as we take a general
survey of the rising generation with
the smoking, chewing and drinking
habits of a large majority of our far-
mer“s boys is anything but flattering.

We have great faith that as the prin-
ciples and teachings of the Order are
in the direction of reform, that it is
doing something to correct the evil
tendencies of the times, for certainly
there is much to do. What greater
duty rests upon the farmer than‘to
give his sons such practical education
and training as will fit them to prose-
cute his own calling intelligently, and
what school so attractive and so well
calculated to give the boys the right
direction as the Grange when the old-
er members take hold in earnest of
the work of the Order—-provide an
attractive place of nieeting—have
animated discussions upon farm topics,
and do not forget that the young folks
must have some time for amusement,
not once a year, but often.

To come back to No. 76. It has
important aid from a Bro. whose pro-
fessional duty is to instruct his peo-
ple in religious matters, but who sees
in the Order an opportunity to en-
courage education, morality, and all
that elevates his people, and their as-
sociates. \Ve are always glad to find
this influence lending a helping hand
in the advancement of the moral and
educational interests of the Order.
Several of the members of VVliite
Pigeon Grange had driven over some
ten or twelve miles to enjoy the oc-
casion, and I trust were well reward-
ed for their trouble. The best evi-
dence that all were enjoying them-
selves lay in the fact that after the
feast which by the way was like all
Grange feasts—bountiful nearly all
remained until the day was done and
they had to go home on Saturday.

We are indebted to Bro. Yauney,
and his esteamble family (Grangers
all) for every attention making us feel
at home the short time we were with
them. We have proof that he can
like a prosperous farmer get up in
the morning as he had us on our way
to the Station, five miles away at five
o’clock in the morning. Eighteen
miles ride brought us home to break-
fast well satisfied with the trip.

List of Appointments for Meetings,
as Arranged by T. A. Thompson.

PLAINVIEW, Minn., April 9th, 1878.

April 20, Paw Paw, Van Buren Co., Mich.

u 22' Porter’ u 5: cc u

“ ‘23, Lawrence, “ “ “ I‘

“ 24, Decatur, “ “ -" “

u 25’ Keeler’ u 45 u u

“ ‘.27, Stevensville, Berrien Co., “

“ ‘Z9, Sturgis, St. Joseph, Co., “

“ 30, Centreville, St. Joseph Co., “
1, Sherwood, Branch Co., *‘
2 Bronson, “ “- H
«, 3’, Allen, Hillsdale Co., --
‘ 4 Goldwater Branch Co., “
‘ 6,, J onesville,’ Hillsdale Co., "
“ 7, Church’s Corners, Hillsdale Co., Mich.
“ 9, Tecumseh. Lenawee Co., Mich.
“ 10, Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.
“ ll, Belleville. Wayne Co., Mich.

" 13, Wyandotte, I‘ " "

May 14’ Rqdf0l.d’ 4: In .i
“ 15. Scio, “ ‘
Other appointments will appear in next No,
of 'I‘HsV1siron; so all will have two weeks
notice, or more. Fraternallyy
T. A. THOMPSON,

How Can we Keep Up an Iiiterest in the

Grange Meetings.
I attended a meeting of some mem.
bers of a dormant Grange a few days
ago, held for the purpose of rcviviiig
the organization, and of again estab.
lishing a working Grange.

One gentleman said that if any one
could tell them how to get the meui-
bers out to the meetings, it would be
just the thing they wanted to know
in order to make their Grange 3 sue-
cess. They had a good iiieinbership
of good Grangers, and had zrgood
hall to meet in, but this all amounted
to nothing unless they could learn the
secret of making the Grange inter-
esting, and thereby secure the attend-
ance of the members.

A gentleman from another Ul'allge,
which had, he said, been in about the
same condition as this one, said that
they owed the great reviv:il they had
had in the interest of n'iembei's in
their Grange, to the united efforts of
the Lady members, who had taken
hold with it determination to resusci-
tate it and make it int—ei'csting, and
they had done it. His G range now
was one of the most prosperoiis in
the county, having a. good hall to meet
in, and a store-room for the distribu-
tion of goods, and a good and con-
stantly increasing iiiciiibeisliip; and
for all this prosperity they were in-
debted to their working Sisters.

One gentleman from a iieigliboring
and very strong and prosperous
branch of our Order, said that this dif-
ficulty of securing a good attendance,
was one encountered by almost every
Grange of his acquaintance, and the
best method of making the Grange
interesting enough to secure good at-
tendance was a subject well worthy
of much thought and study. Made
up as the Granges were, of farmers
and their wives, who were generally
unused to participating in the doings
of public meetings, it is not surpris-
ing that the members should be
backward in giving their views in the
meetings, and in bringing forward
work that could profitably engage the

the Grange. He believed, however,
that when a Grange had half a dozen
zealous, working members, who
would be on hand through thick and
thin, at every meeting of the Grange,
a good Grange could soon be built
up in any farming community, and
an interest created that would soon
increase the number of regular and
prompt attendants. He said he had
been a member of the Grange for
four years, and he had never let
business keep him at home from the
Grange. His Grange met iii_ the
afternoon, every two weeks, and he
had never yet missed but one of its
meetings, when at home, and he
could say as much of a few more 01
the members of his Graiigze. He be-
lieved it paid him in dollars and cents
to attend every meeting; then there
was a benefit he had derived that
was not to be estimated in dollars and
cents. The education he had receiv-
ed by the association with his brother
farmers and their wives. The more
he had seen of the Grange, the more
he prized it as an institution for the

‘ social culture of fariners and their

families.

One thing he could recommend as
creating much interest in the Grange
—the question box—and he hoped
his friends of the dormant Grange,
would try this when they got in mo-
tion again. But at all events, keep
trying something; you will hit it _by
and by ; don’t give it up.

Fraternally, 0-

 

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éepartment.
THE noNi;s'r I4‘ARlVlER.
(zro .i.\' OLD 'rL'.\'i-‘..j,

Happy I count the fariners life, ,_
Its various round of wholesome toil :

An honest man with loving Wiféjy
hid otlispriiig native to the soil.

vyhricii happy, surely 1--in his _bi'e:i.st.
Plain wisdom and the trust in God ;

His with more straight from east to \\'e2:'t
Tlian politician ever trod.

 

His gain's no loss to other men ;
His stalwart blows inflict no wound;
Not busy with his tongue or pen,
f[i'(1IlB.~.'il(JllS trutliful sky and grouiid.

j'.i1"Lll8I' with seasons and the sun,
\'atui'e’s co-worker: all his skill
Ubcilieiice, ev'n as waters run, _ I
. . - ' » - v< ‘
\\'mds blow, herb, beast their lau s iulfil.

-I vigorous youtlihood, clean aiivl hold:
A inanly nianliood ; clieert'ul age ;

His comely children proudly hold
Their pzirentiige best heritage.

 

Uiilieiilthv work, false mirth, ohictiiie,
tluiltpfneedlcss woe, and useless .sti'ift=,——
0 cities, v;iin, insane. inszinc Y-A-—
How happy is the t':i.riner’s life I
_. [3,-((,s-e;".\‘ J/(I_r/Izzille.

lloiise-(lleiiiiiiig.

“ U, dear me! llvo got to clean house
next week, and there is that dress to
make and that sat-«pie to t_inisl.-; 
and 'l‘obe‘s trowsers, too; :

ed .\Irs. Tobias Green to her friend,
Mrs. Steel, or ".—\iiiitSiie "’ as every one
called her.
“I do

voii‘.""

I “Not much,” and Aunt bfuc pushed
back her spectacles, after pi<-king up
the stitch she had dropped in her knit-
ting, and leaned l,)2‘.(3l{ in her chair, add-
ing, “ I’ve seen the time when I did,
tliough, and I guess I must tell you one
of my etliirts in that line. You seeI
had put it oifas long as I Cotllil. for
Reuben always made such a fuss. I

 

hale l\()IiSt‘-\:i4’zllllllg, donlt

 

nioriiing I made up my mind to have a
general slicking up. I got the cliildrcii
off to school bright. and early. Piled up
my breakfast dishes unwashed, and
Polly and I went at it.
hotter the war, the sooner the peace,’ so
I says to Polly, ‘ we’ll just take up the
carpets, in all the rooms, and take out
the furniture, and you might as well
take down the pictures and curtains.
Guess we’ll have the things out of the
pantry, too, while we’re ’bout it.’ \Vell
we pitched in, I tell you, and when
Reuben came in, I at him to take the
stoves down. He iiiuiiibled over some-
thing about ‘ tearing the house down,’
and confounded women; but I didn’t
pay any atten_tion, and the stoves came
tio_wn,_ every one of ’em. Then Reuben
said it we must have such a muss, held
lielp through, and would whitewash the
sitting-room, while we papered the
parlor. I d_idii't feel as tickled as I
might at his otter, for he never had
whitewashed ; but as I was in a hurry
thought I’d better try liini. But the
brush had _to be soaked, and a handle
made for it. The old paper was to be
scraped off the wall, and the baby would
,k9eD Waking up and crying, and ’twas
most noon before we knew it. I put a
bite out on the work bench for the rest,
——somehow Ididn’t feel hungry. Pretty
soon I heard a shout at the gate, and
- _Billy, John, and little Jane came rush-
ing in with a couple of neighbor chil-
d1'en.crying there was’ no school that
afternoon, and I knew I'd have them
an 0“ my hands the rest <-f the day. I
got ‘em off, out the luiiise at last, and
we began work in earnest. After a lit-
tlelcould hear Reuben humming in
the next room, and the swash of his
biush as he put on the whitewash, and
concluded that house-cleaning wasn’t
so bad after all. XVhen all at once
Bllly S head popped in at the window,
wlth ‘m_9«. ma! Squire Frost’s folks
{"9 00m"lg- They’re most here.’ I
started to look out through the hall, and,
;““'e enouglhrthere they were already
at the door. I‘here was no way but to
80 and meet ’em, conscious all the while
 the_witcli of Endor looked respect-
, 4 ebeside me. I caught a glimpse, in
i Eglssing the hall glass,_ of an awful
teal: tyénose and face, hair flying seven-
withw ya for Sunday, and ornamented
with scraps of wall-paper, and a dress

wh a three-cornered tear_on one side,

in ere I caught it on a. nail, besides be-

8 half ripped off the waist. Add to

 

 

 

don’t see ,
how I’|11_<_{l)lllg,' to get it all done," sigh- ,‘

knew the lilacs were most out, and one .

I thought ‘the g

l . .
,iIl]lS, sticky hands, and spots of pastel
,and paper all over me, and you cant

lthrough the middle of chairs, tables,
gbedsteads and heaps of carpet, with,
« which the hall was crowded, into the ;
: nasty parlor. ‘ They had come to spend ,
‘the afternoon, and I needn’t fuss for§
i them. 0, no! but just go on as usual.’ ‘

All the while knowing I wouldn't, and

enjoying my discomfiture as some peo-
: ple can. W'ell, I tried to make the best 1
.of it, not daring to hint it would be
3 more convenient some other time, and I
iwent into the sitting-room, thinking
Reuben must be most through, and that 
we could get it in order quicker. (Polly I
had made good her escape and was no j
where to be seen.) I wish you could?
, have seen that room. There was white-
wash on the paper, on the paint, and on
the floor, while the ceiling looked as if
some magician had been practicing his
art. The streaks described so many
: curves and angles. Right in the middle
of the flooi‘ was a great splash, good and
thick, where Reuben had tipped over
his dish, and from there were streaks in
every direction. and of all sizes, from
the baby’s wee feet to Reubeii’s number
:$J‘s. The whitewash brush lay on my
pet picture in the next room, slowly
? dropping its excess of wash on the
Pirussels carpet, air’ iizt-disli was on top
‘ the mirror, with one sleeve of my silk
dress soaking in it. It was no use to
think of cleaning that room, so I start-
ed for the kitchen, in time to see the
baby topple over a flat-iron and land in
a bucket of paint which had been left

I THE GRANGE VISITOR.

2 think, I’ll tell you.”

j good night.

with unpainted wood, black-waInut,l
oak and pine mostly, just oiled. The l

,, H .- . imagine how I felt as I piloted them  Walls were all_‘liard finish,’ and when ',
‘ .they grew soiled we had them calsov ; - ,_
5 mined or painted. You know there  . C0nW3'.V Grange: March 19”}: 15‘ 3: by

not a bit of paper on my walls, and I ‘
think it makes it ever so much easier to

clean, and prettier too. But you ask .
your Grange how they would clean
house, and the best way to build a;
handsome farm-‘house, and then if you ‘
want to know my way, and what I;

rolled up her blue sock, and nodded

(iRATTA1V'(l(ill’.A‘.\'GE, .\‘o.*i7o.

Wake up l’ati'ons.

Yes, I say, “wake up,” for Aunt Kate
has come to give you another scold;
this time it will be more for the brothers,
but I may say something to the sisters
before I get done talking. \\'lien I got
my last \'isiToi<., and read over the con-
tents, I tell you my mind was very
much exercised. I thought, can it be
possible that the Pzitroiis of Mieliigan
are so blind to their own iiiterest that
they will allow the State Grange paper
to be reduced to its t'ornier size, (and a
monthly at that). Brothers! don’t let
it be done. The Executive Committee
have done all they have a<,>;i'eed to, and
it remains for us to do the balance, and
that is, to subscribe for and sustain it.
Now, will we do it or not is the ques-
tion.—Brotliers, I should feel ashamed
of the Patrons of Michigan to allow such
a thing. Let us say, by our actions, as
well as words, that we choose knowledge

there; I picked her up, wiped off‘ the
worst, and sent. her upstairs to be wash- E
zed and dressed by Polly. Just then I
3 heard Reuben coming with Squire
Frost, and, knowing I'd got to meethim, ,
Q stood my ground in desperation. You ‘
know how pompous he is. He came t'or-
ward, bowing in his most kllliiig man- 2‘
ner, stepped back to keep from walking
over coffee-pot and a couple of kittens,
; slipping on a piece of apple-peel as he
‘ did so, caught at the table which stood
,* with one leaf up laden with dishes, to .
gsave liiniself‘, bringing it over with a
-‘crash, and sat down plump in a disli-
paii full of buttermilk, which Polly had
emptied there because the pails were,‘
ifull. My! what a splash he made.—l
 You know he weighs most two
= hundred pounds, and the milk flew
clear to the ceiling. I'd defy a minister
to have kept from laughing, but no man 3
should laugh at Squire Frost, much less
a farmer’s wife and children. He
gathered himself and marched into the
parlor with as much dignity as his
damaged condition would allow, aii- ‘
nouncing. with a very red face, that he
thought they hadn’t better stay, as Mrs.
Steel was cleaning house. You may
guess I wasn’t sorry to see ’em go,
though I felt kind of uncomfortable
when I thought of what Reuben might I
say. But I had no time to think of‘
that, nor be to say anything, for little
Jane had run in crying and coinplain-
ing that Billy wouldn’t let her have her -‘
medicine bottle; and, going out to make
them play peacefully, I found him with
3 an empty bottlelabelled ‘Poison.’ Iliad
1' put. arsenic in just such a little bottle.
j I asked him if there had been anything ,
I in it, and liesaid ‘yes,’ but he had taken -
I it all up. It didn’ttake me two minutes
I to catch him up, take him into the house
1 and call Reuben. And then the way we
dosed that child was enough to kill him
without any poison. John, who had
looked on frightened and crying, at last
iiiiderstood we were trying to save
Billy’s life because he had taken the
poison, burst out with, ‘VVliy, ma! that
wasn’t poison. It was white sugar. I
got it myself out of the sugar box;
and that paper on the bottle I pulled
off’n this one.’ Sure enough they had
filled the bottle with sugar and pasted
on an old label. The worry and fright
were too much for me, and I just sat
down and cried. That touched Reuben’s
; tender heart, (though he said afterwards
‘ he did feel awful provoked,) and he
tried to comfort me. After I had
stopped crying, he says, ‘Now, look
here, Sue, I’ll goin town to-morrow and
get a woman to help you, and a man
to whitewash, and we will come out all
right yet; but if you ever clean house
again, I declare Pllgetadivorce.’ W'ell
we picked up things as well as we could
and ih 2 next morning Reuben kept his
promise and got me help. Of course I
could not get along without house-
cleaning more’n other folks but it was
the last time I tore a house all up, and
I never heard any more grumbling, uii-
less it happens to be an occasional bang
on 9. stove-pipe. One thing, when we
built the new house, it was finished

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disposition ; for anything we want. very .

r more papers than they can read.

rather than ignorance.

Now, I don’t wish you were like me,
butl wish you could see and feel as I
do in regard to our \'isi'ron. If you
did we would have it enlarged instead
of diminished. I think there is not one
among us who is not able to take the

much, we will inanage some way to get,
especially if it doesn't cost more than
the Visi'roi-i.

I was thinking, before I got the last
\'isI'i‘-on, whether our Grange, and one
more I know of, were the only ones that
were not trying as they should to sue-
tain our little Grange organ. I feel

1just like talking to our Grange; we-
:have 109 members, I think, and we

take about eleven or twelve copies of
the Visrron, while there are those that
take some other agricultural as well as
political paper. I will say, though I
don’t like to, that I have been repelled
when soliciting subscribers for the Visi-
TOR, once or twice: they say they have
My
advice to such persons is: read what is
of real value; don’t crowd your minds
with the trash found in story papers,
which spoil the taste for good, sound
reading.

I don’t know but I have lectured the

~ brothers long enough; but I will entreat

you, in the name of our Order, to main-

1 tain your honor in subscribim: for the
» VISITOR promptly.

My dear sisters, I don’t blame you so
very much; you don’t always have a
pocket-book to go to, or one of your
own; but we, or the most of us, have
butter, eggs, etc., to sell.

you wish to take a paper.
would be ashamed to refuse you. It
may be some of you have sewing ma-
chines so that you can do a little job of
work, get the money for it, and thus be
independent of your liusbands. I did
sewing and got money to take the
V'1si'i‘oR and Live 1’at'r0rz., but I was not
obliged to. I like to be a little inde-
pendent, when I can. We know the
money our husbands carry is ours, as
much as theirs; but, liist! I must not
talk so, sisters. Stir up your Patron
husbands to subscribe for the VISITOR ;
if you don’t-, I am afraid we shall not
talk so much through our paper in
future. I don’t know but I shall get
the name of “ Talk Too Much” yet, but
if I do, I stand—approved.

Now, I hope I haven’t said anything
outof the way; but I think you see Iain
in real earnest, and so should we all be.
I have got to work, and I. enjoy a great
deal in the Grange. I wish we cou_l(l
have had a Grange 2-3 years ago; if we 3
had I should by this time Iiave been ii
Grange Evangelist.

This is from your eldest sister in the
Grange, AUNT KATE.

A Montclair girl fainted at her first
kiss. and it. took several experiments
of the same kind to bring her to her

And Aunt Sue?

A_ll that is necessary is the.

I know the T
I inercliaiit doii’t like to pay money, but
tell him he must——just a little‘; tell him 
I think he:

A Few Good Thoughts for All.

’I‘he following essay was read before

Mrs. C I.. Gordon, of Conway, Mich.
\Ve were admonished in our in-

= structions, to reniember the Grange,

the Farm. and the Home. As we are
organized in an Order of Broilier

hood, entitled “the G1-iiiige," our first
great object should be to make it
3. beneficial, not only financially, but
j also socially and intellectually.

,‘ As we are taught that “ order. 
, Heaven’s first law,” let it be ours. We
, often hear it remarked, that money is
,the power which moves the world;
 if so, the Grange is {I portion of that
 weight, acted upon by the same force.
I As these are principles of nionientuin,
I to be applied in moving a certain
 weight by a _<_rivc-ii power, let us study
 these priiieiples, that we may use
5 them to the best adviiiitage in our
E Order.

I In benefiting ourselves socially, we
3 do so be being em-ii-c‘ed by good iii-
 influenccs, Wlllch are brought to
fbear upon. each other; and as what
1 we know of our friends, and are
; known in return, are but the manifes-
ltations of the inner self——lct us see
;to it well, that the inner man is so
i trained that his exhibitions are mani-
ifestly moral. \Vc are also creatures
’ of educatioii, capable of elevating
,; ourselves, by training the intellectual
,j' powers, to a. higher and nobler pur-
 pose. 'l‘i-aining, I say, because a
j great and good purpose mr;w.~*t/,r/ pur-
; sued through life, iniiet, necessarily
,-involve niiich ]‘€I.llI[)('lIlLlOll, and dis-
jcipline of life. Uizaracter is of slow
‘and gradual gi-owtli; a man wills as
he speaks, by learning to do so,

Man can 14.-urn to withdraw his
mind, from one train of thought and
feeling, the activity of which will
thereupon subside, and direct it to
another train of thought and feeling,
upon which it will become active;
and by habitual exercise of the will
in the right direction, will bring
about insensibly, such a train of
thought and feeling as he may wish
to attain. If capable of discipline,
are we not bound, as human beings,
to put forth every effort, acting upon
circumstances, to accomplish such a
~ work.

In remembering the Farin, I fear
advice, and instruction, would be
classed with much given in rural pa-
pers, by authors having a great deal
of theory; of practice, but little.

The Home: In that, I Wish I had
3. iiobler theory, and a better practice.
l'pon our liomes depends very much.
the rise or fall of our fraternity. ll’
happy at home, in like manner we
enter the hall, and like rays ot' sun-
shine, good feelings are transmitted

with every act. If the reverse, then
I sad and sorry we extend the hand of

fellowship, and gloominees like a va-
por covers us all. Ilow often, when
seeing that motto, " There is no place
like home," do I think, what niean—
ing does it secretly convey 3 Does it
mean confidence in each other I rest
‘ from 1ife’s busy toil .7 and of all plac-
es upon earth, this is the best! Or
does it mean, we seek the shelter of
home because, for some reason, we
are refiised the hospitality of neigh-
bors and friends 3 and for a few hours
We are obliged to endure the pres-
ence of those whom we have promis-
ed to love.

But don’t dream that I am selfish
enough to credit wholly to my own
sex, the condition of our homes. As
9. principle of motion, that action and
re-action are equal, and in opposite
directions, please remember, that a
kind word re acts as easily as an un-
kind one, and with the same force
upon the husband, as the wife.

senses again. But she likes to faint.

Then, such feelings as we would


 

 

 

have borne toward us, let us cherish
toward those at home. Those who
are worthy of respect generally com-
mand it. The little child, whose sur-
roundings reflect only his faults, soon
thinks he was born never to do right;
and speedily gives up all idea. of try-
ing. In childhood. a few kind words
re-act so quickly, that we almost think
sometimes, the rule is broken, and we
are only children older grown; then
let us have charity, remembering that
“ to err is human, to forgive, divine."

A-‘Few Vfords about Rag Carpets.

Dexter, March 8th, 1878.
ll"o/-I/l_y Brother J. T. Cobb .'

As the season for rag-carpet making
in the country is approaching, a few
suggestions of the experienced, may les-
sen the labors of making them to the
ine.\'perienced, besides making a better
looking carpet. First, the garments
that are to be used ought to be washed
clean, then rip them to pieces; if not
ready to color, tie in l)un(lles all that are
to be colored, and all that do not need
coloring 1na_y be cut and sewed or tied
up by themselves, if not ready to com-
mence the work. Any light, mixed, or
plaid woolens may be improved in
color by dipping in a good red dye;
clean white rags can be-colored yellow,
orange, blue, or green; dingy white
rags will look well, colored a brown.
This is a cheap, pretty, and durable
color for some of the rags and warp.
(You will find the recipe for coloring
brown in D1‘. Chase’s Receipt Book,
page 344.)

Ifa smooth parlor carpet is wanted,
the rags must be cotton, and other rags
that are made of fine yarn. Coarse
threaded wool rags make a carpet look
rough, although it may do well enough
for a kitchen, it is not very nice for a
parlor. l,'nless the rags are light, it
will take one pound and a half for each
yard of carpet, but if the rags are
coarse-threaded or woolen rags, it will
take more than a pound and a half, if
the carpet is well beaten up. If a stri-
ped carpet is wanted, tear each color
separately, and mix together the differ-
ent shades of the same color when
sewing; this will make the carpet more
uniform in color, and prettier than if
some stripes contained all the brightest
colors, and other paler ones, which they
will, if the shades of the same color
are not mixed in sewing.

A- carpet always looks much better if
all the breadths are uniform in color,
and by mixing the shades of the same
color in sewing them, it will be so. For
a hap-hazard carpet (or motled) all dif-
ferent colors may be mixed in sewing.
This will use up all short rags of any
color or shade, and often makes a very
pretty carpet, which may be woven
easier and cheaper than a striped car-
pet. Short pieces, or those not more
than two yards long, alternated with
shorter ones, look the best in this kind
of carpet.

For warp—good, st1'oiig prepared yarn
is acknowledged to be the best, and also
saves much labor. it may be reeled
into skeins ot' 5 knots each before color-
ing, allowing one skein to a yard; this
will be sufficient to weave in at the end

of each breadth for binding. Measure
the inside of the room and let the
weaver know how long to make

each breadth. Carpets will shrink a
little in length from the we-aver’s meas-
ureafter they come out of the loom.
The stripes will match the best if the
edges on the same side of the loom are
sewed together, as the different sides of
the loom sometimes vary a little.
Yours fraternally,
MRS. M. D. BRUEN.

As I have never seen any communi-
cation from Johnstoivn Grange No. 127,
perhaps a few words would not be amiss.
Although a good many of our members
have dropped off, yet our Grange is in
a prosperous condition, for we have
learned that all have rights, and those
rights must be re;-spected.

A good many left because they didn’t
understand what became of all the
money that was being paid out to the
State and National Granges; and I am
inclined to think that there ought to be
ayearly report made, in such a shape
that all Subordinate Granges could
understand what was being done with
the accumulated funds, if there is any.
This, I believe, would give better satis-
faction, and save us from being slurred
by accusing us of supporting a center-
lizing power. Fraternally yours,

‘ _M. W. BLANCHARD.

An Interesting Lecture ’I‘0ur— Prospects
in Northern Michigan.

BEAR LAKE, March 11th, 78.
lV0rtl1y Secretary Cobb .--

As I have just returned from Osceo-
la County, where I was invited to lec-
ture by Bro. Ash, the deputy of that
county, I though it would not be
amiss to Write you in reference to the
Grange Work there.

I left home on the 18th of Febru-
ary by stage for Traverse City, a dis-
tance of 50 miles; took the cars for
Ashton the 21st, where I arrived in
due time and put up at the Ashton
House, as directed, I found it a very
pleasant place to stay, with good ac-
commodations. Bro. Ash, and the
ladies were very busy preparing the
hall and making arrangements. The
lecture was announced for the 22d,
at 11 A. )1. The hall was beautifully
trimmed in honor of '\Vashingtou's
birth, and also decorated with Grange
mottoes and emblems. VVashington’s
family, in costume, gave us sweet
music, vocal and instrumental, suited
to the occasion.

After the lecture, We repaired to
the dining-hall, where the’ ladies had
prepared an oyster supper in good
taste, and the tables were loaded with
good things, and I think justice was
done by those who partook of the
bountiful supply. Our only regret
was that the inclemency of the weath-
er prevented so many, who lived at a
distance, from participating in our
entertainment. Those present evi-
dently enjoyed a good social time.
After dinner we repaired to the hall
and spent about one and a half hours
in patriotic speeches and songs, with
some discussion on Grange subjects,
which, I trust, was time well im-
proved. The Grange has a member-
ship of about 70, but widely scatter-
ed over a. newly settled country, but
this part opened to market by the
R. R. will soon be a beautiful farm-
ing country. Already large clearings
are dotted all through, as we pass
over that part lying back a few miles
from the R. R.

On the morning train of the 23d
we started for Orient (now called
Ceres), on the Flint and Pore Mar-
quette road, changed cars at Reed
City, thejunction of the two roads,
arriving at Orient where preparations
had been made for a lecture, on the
evening of the 23d. We stopped at
Bro. Smith’s hotel, where, in a large,
commodious hall the Grange meets.
We found, through its gentleinanly
proprietor, a delegation of ladies were
appointed to meet us and provide for
our entertainment over the Sabbath.
Very soon we were invited out to din-
ner and tea with Sisters McLean,
Hardy, and Gibbons; the W. M.’s
lady, who lives three miles out.
also met us here. We spent the Sab-
bath very pleasantly with Sister Dear-
ing. 'I‘he1'c are pleasant friends here,
and I think good blrangers and farm-
ers. The Grange here seems to hold
its own amid the pressure of the
times; and I think will increase its
interest and membership. The hall
was trimmed with evergreens and
well filled with an intelligent and at-
tentive audicnce, who listened with
all due rerpect to an hours talk on
Grange principles. On Sabbath even-
ing we meta good audience at the
new_school-house and held religious
service.

Monday found us at Evarts, 15
miles form Orient, awaiting the team
which was to convey us to Hartwick,
10 miles away, over rough roads to
Noble Grange, No. 616, to lecture on
Tuesday night the 26th. Bro. Rick-
ets and wife found us in the M. E.
C. parsonage dining with Bro. Bar-
rett and wife, pastor there, and old
friends of ours. We left about one
o’clock P. M;, and after riding over

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'1‘I—IE OERENGE ’VI's"iToRI.l

hill and dale, were ready for supper,
with a good appetite. Attended a !
meeting on Monday night at the log ,
church, held by a Free Will Baptist _
brother, and on Tuesday night met a E
packed house to listen to Grange talk 
and the principles advocated by the,‘
Patrons of Husbandry. I expect af
good report from this Grange soon. 

Next day Bro. and Sister Handy, 
and five others, accompanied us 12‘
miles to Sherman. We arrived at
Bro. Reece Jones’ well shaken by the
corduroys and cradle-knolls, but with
an unshaken faith in the righteous-
ness of' the Grange movement. llere
is a Grange store on a small scale,
kept by Bro. Jones, Secretary of the ;
Grange, and proving a benefit to the
farmer so far from trading points.
Next day we hied us away over the
hills to Highland school-house (it be-
ing larger than that in Bro. Jones’
district,) two miles, for a lecture on
the 29th. VVe found the nice framed
building packed with people. eager
to learn what the P. of H. are doing
or going to do, and the principles
they advocate. Sherman Grange will
live, I think. One man gave his $5.00
and application befor leaving the
house. Stayed over night at Sister-
Jones’, and started next I1i01‘ning for
Tustin, on the G. R. t\' I. line. There
is no Grange here, but some Grangers
and others, who would like to organ-
ize. The audience here on the 1st of ;
March was lessened by a party at the 
hotel the same evening. yet we found ;
a fair attendance for so small a place
at the new school-house, and hope
they were interested in our cause.

On the following day We were off
for Leroy. Bro. Stokes, at whose
house we were kindly entertained. ac-
companied us to Leroy, as he had
business there. VVe took dinner at
the hotel kept by Mr. VVestfall, who,
with his amiable lady, made our short
stay pleasant, and then we accom-
panied Mr. E M. Braden to his
brother's, Alonzo Braden. They
are from Allegan, and Bro. A. B. was
formerly Secretary of Allegan Grange.
They, with some others, are anxious
to organize here, and I hope soon to
hear of a good Grange at Leroy. I
found a large audience for so small a
village, and considerable interest in
the subject. Spent a pleasant Sab-
bath, with service at 11 A. .\I. and T
P. 31., with full houses, and started
Monday, the ~lth of March, for 'l‘rav-
erse City, on my way home. Missing
the stage on Monday, I stayed there
till Friday, and reached home on
Saturday, March ‘Jth, having been
absent nearly three weeks. I could
have spent another week profitably in ,
Osceola and adjoining territory, had
I not been booked for a lecture at‘;
Crystal Valley, 70 miles south of here. ‘
on March 13th. On reaching home I
found that Mr. Steele had written
and postponed the lecture one week,
as Bro. Woodman was expected here
to lecture and organize a Pomona
Grange, on the the 13th. Next VVed-
nesday, March 20th, I expect to be at
Crystal Valley, and you may hear
from me again.

Yours, fraternally,
Mns. A. it. S'rr.nLn.

Bro. J. T. O ()0 .-
CANNON, Mich., March 3d, 1878.

A very interesting meeting of Can-
non Grange, No. 39, P. of H., was held
Friday afternoon, March 1st. It is as-
tonishing to see what good a little effort
will do. \Ve have just had our hall
calcomined, and the ladies propose to
have 3. “Sugar Social,” to raise means
to get the necessary things that are
needed to make the walls look still
more attractive. It is to come off on
Wednesday, the 13th of March. We
are prospering finely at present,  a
Grange, and we hope to for a long'_time
to come. God speed the farmer.
Yours. fraternally,

 demand

E. L. HAR'rwi-:LL, Sec.

+~7—— \_._"

Qamnlutticafiatw.

Meeting of Kent County Grange.

PL!-ZAS.-\\'T, Marcli 18, 1878.
-1. T. (folzb, li7;rt/z_2/ Secretar]/.'

On the 13th inst., pursuant to up.
poi‘.-itment, the Kent County Grange
held a quarterly meeting in the hall of
\Vyoming Grange, at Grandville,\
Notwithstanding the very bad condi-
tion of the roads, the attendance was
large. The business of the meeting
was conducted in that earnest and
satisfactory manner, which is cliarac.
teristic of a live Grange. The mem-
bers of \Vyoming Grange received
many thanks for their hospitality in
providing a sumptuous feast at the
close of the afternoon session, which
was enjoyed by all. Many accepted
the urgent invitation extended to re-
main over night. At the evening ses-
sion the tifth degree was conferred on
a large number. All expressed much
delight with thc_lahors of the day.

The following short essay was read
by your humble servant, and, by vote
of the Grange, the same is sent you
for publication in the Visxron:
ll?)/‘Z/Ly Jlfuszcr, ]>)I'U[/l(5l‘o‘ am] Sistc/-.»~.'

\Vc are making a page in the history
and progress of American agriculture.
We have extended the hand of fellow-
ship and fraternal sympathy lI‘OIll
shore to shore of this great continent.
As progressive farmers and Patrons
we are striving to hand down to our
posterity a fertile soil for cultivation,
just and equitable laws that will afford
financial prosperity, and improved in-
stitutions of learning, for the best in-
terests of agriculture. The eyes of
the civilized world are now scrutiniz-
ing each act, to smile or frown on our
success or failure, according to their
liberal views or selfish greed. One
thing we must bear in mind, that what
is done for the good of this great
cause we must do ourselves. Wt-
must reverse the farmer's oldtimc
custom of employing some profes-
sional man to take the lead in every
social, literary, political, and business
enterprise. If we expect to fill those
scat-s which the rules -of our Order
vacate, we must cheerfully labor in
the work of self-improvement. If we
expect to correct evils of which we
complain, we must qualify ourselves
f'or seats in Legislative Halls, and he
prepared, not only to demand our
rights, but resolutely m:1intain that
whenever and wherever :1
trial of strength is presented. We»
as farmers and laborers, have removed

the forests, inhabited the prairies, cul- -

tivated the soil, filled the granaries of
this continent with the great staples
for consumption and exportation,
have borne many hardships and priva-
tions, have paid undue proportion of
taxes, and have suffered for want Oi
representation in our law -making
bodies. Now, Patrons, can we rest
content without at least making an
effort to better our circumstances.’

We are now organized sufficiently 10 2

make some demonstrations in helm“

of justice to ourselves and the agricul- ‘
tural interests of the country. Some '

wrong does already testify to this

truth, and now what we need most 15 --

to szancljiy-m, attend our Grange meel’
ings regularly, introduce practical

subjects pertaining to our interest5- . _
and promptly discuss the same 1119 -
fraternal spirit, to the advantage_ 0 —.
Thoroughly sustain all practicfll '

all.
enterprises that are placed in 011‘

jurisdiction by action of the G1'a1iSe' ~
Take and read Grange papers and 9"‘ -

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our farms in a workmanlike manner;
keep clean fields, clean yards, and
beautify our surroundings, that our
abodes may be worthy of the name
of the homes of P.-iti'oii.< of Hiis—

baiidry.

Alpine Grange, No. 348, on the 15th
,1,-iy of May, at 10 o‘clock A. _\I. All
are invited. _

As we left home with the intention
of visiting Granges during the week,
we accepted the invitation of Worthy
Master \V, P. Whitney, to accompany
him home and meet with his Subordi-
nate Grange on the following day.
After a drive of about six miles a halt
was made, and in a few minutes we
were in a pleasant apartment, enjoy-
ing the society of those that know so
well how to entertain friends. Thurs-
day afternoon found us at Byron
Grange, No. 73, where we met many
friends, some of whom we had met be-
fore. The attendance was fair, and
the members manifested much eariiest-
ness in the good cause.

Friday evening we, with Brother
and Sister \Vhitne_v, called on Burton
(‘:1-mige, No, 31. ’l‘lie Worthy Master,
A. D. Ohesebro, was not present, on
:ici.-ouut of personal injury received
by a fall. The work of the Grange,
liowcvcr, was conducted in a satisfac-
tory manner.

Saturday afternoon and evening
found us at Paris Grange, No. 1.‘).——
This Grange. since its consolidat-ion
with Floral Grange, is in a very
llouiishing condition. Tl1cremcmber-
ship is iiiclcasiiig and they are talking
of biiildiiiga hall.

Our visit was a very pleasant one,
and we are under obligations for the
hospitality of many worthy Patrons.

Truly and Fi'atei'nally,
JNO. PRE.>',TON,
1.. of Kent Co. Grange.

LowEi.i., March 31st, ’TS.
Bro. Cobb .-

Tlie select school, which has been in
progress in the South Boston Grange
Hall, closed on Friday last, with an
entertainment in the evening, by the
students, who rendered tlietwodmiiias,
“Bread Upon the Water,” and “The
Last Loaf,” to an intelligent and appre-
ciative audience, who were highly en-
tertained

This school was inaugurated some-
thing over a year age, under the charge
of Miss Eva White, of this place, an ex-
perienced teacher and a graduate of the
State Normal School of this State.

Miss White has prove a successful
and competent teacher, and has taught
tenor fifteen" terms in this immediate
vicinity. The first term in the Grange
Hall was a spring term of two months,
which_c_lose_d about one year since, to
the satisfaction of all, so far as I have
learned. Miss White decided to con
tinue through fall and winter. The
fall term commenced the first Monday
in October; the winter term the first
Monday in January last.

Our hall is as well calculated for school
purposes ‘as any in the State. VVe have
also provided good stables, so that the
1n_oi'e advanced scholars of farmers can
(hive three or four miles, and here they
find all the conveniences necessary for
their teams, with lof'ts for hay, etc., and
‘Y haviiig two terms commencing as
above, tarmershave one horse at least
that can be spared for this purpose,
\;1l.1lCl]' gives it the exercise it needs at
t is time of the year. Several of the
students who have attended here never
<f30l_ll_d have had such advantages at a
,°‘e‘-gn 301109], their parents not being
fble t0 pay their necessary expenses
-lliliifay from home, Bro. Cobb, is not
_t_ Is a step in_ the right direction 1’ And
If “"5 Pia-n_ 15 3d0hted throughout the
btate, Will it not advance the interests
of the Order '2 and will not this furnish-
ing all the means necessary fo} 3 fifst,
:3Il]ali]':ssheducatioii in the country, tend
mac; to keep our young men and W0-
_ on the farm, wheretheirsurround-
gigs are better and safer than are found
uslpaiifi‘ villages and cities, where they are

y_ sent to prepare for a business or
I9"-yfessional life ‘E VVill they not be
 as likely to rise to places of honor,

I and responsibility from our rural

_THEA_GRANGE VISITOR.

High School as from the Seminary
situated in the neighborhood of saloons
and the many vicious influences which
every village furnishes, to demoralize
and ruin our young men‘? From town
schools they are often promoted to our

, jails, or other places of reform or punisli—
_ , , , E incnt.
The next iiieeting oi the lxent Lo. ,-

(;range will be held at the Ilall of‘

If it is a step in the right direction,
who will do likewise ‘E and, more than
this, who will help those who make the
attempt, by supporting those who have
the necessary facilities for such schools,
by patronizing them in preference to
others, \vliose interests are not identified
with our own '3

Our hall is situatedfive miles from
town with no saloons near, or anything
that tends to intemperate habits. The
hall is pleasantly situated; butI will
not describe it further, as Bro. Cobb
gave it ample justice in the June (1877)
number of the VISITOR. FARMER.

The ’l‘obacc0 Qiiestioii.

HOME, April 4th, 1878.
Wort/iy iSccretm'_i/ Uolib:

Sin,—In the Visirou of April 1st,
Andrew L. Davis, of Grange No. 182,
informs us that he has had much
trouble and some anxiety about the
construction of the revised laws re-
lating to the dissemination of Tobacco
in the Grange, and he says he has a
desire to hear the “ experience and
opinion of others in the matter.”

His letter has given me occasion to
think of the subject, and to say-
though I do not regard it as any cred-
it to me——[ have had some experi-
ence in using tobacco, and I consider
the only sensible reason any one can
give for buying tobacco at all--unless
tliey buy it to kill lice on calves, or
ticks on sheep-is that they do it to
aid their government by adding
something to its revenues. And as
the result of experience, and of long
and careful observation, it is my firm
conviction, and I do not hesitate to
give it as my Opinion, that the best
use any one can make of tobacco, in
any form, after it is bought and paid
for, is to use it as a nuisance and
throw it away. R is astonishing that
men of sense and intelligence will
submit to become the slave ofa filthy
and disgusting habit, and alternately
suck and spit a filthy, poisonous weed
that insidiously yet surely under-
mines the constitution, saps the vital
energies, disispates the intellect,drives
away manhood, and leaves its victim
a corpse, or a. miserable, Wasted,
worthless wreck. While living, the
victims ofihe foul weed must disgorge
their spittle, and buildings, furniture,
and clothing are in constant hazard.
The very air they breathe is polluted,
while burning tobacco, cigar stumps,
and matches are scattered at random,
and are responsible for the destruction
of buildings and other property to
an amount that would be astonishing
ii the facts could be ascertained and
made public.

From the window in front of where
I write, I can see a barn that has been
twice set on fire by the use of a to-
bacco pipe, and I can also see a space
where another barn recently stood,
that took fire and burned with all its
contents in like manner.

In settling for losses, insurance of-
ficers are not always able to ascertain
the true cause of the fire, because.
smokers are proverbially heedless and
careless, and because they will not
always disclose all they know. But
cases are very frequent when the ori-
gin of the fire can be traced to no
other cause than burning tobacco, or
accompanying matches.

Now there is an honest, legitin ate
method, by which we can all free our-
selves from the tax on tobacco, and
be better and safer for it. Let us
“touch not, handle not, the unclean
thing.” It will help to keep us clean,
independent, and manly; “ to reduce
our expenses,” “to buy less and pro-
duce more, andmake our farm self-

sustaining.” “ To discountenance the
credit system, the mortgage system,
the fashion system, and every other
system tending to bankruptcy or deg-
redation.”

Shall we labor in the Grange to
rise up and leave our bad habits, and
all work together to that end, leaving
tobacco and whatever injures us in
the hands of middle-men.

Very truly, ALOSZO Snssioxs

From White Pigeon Grange.

There are few Granges that can
show a more honorable history than
VVhite Pigeon Grange. Its very or-
ganization Was a success, and so has
been its history and work ever since.
Its membership is composed of good,
enterprising, social men, and noble,
intelligent and zealous women. lts
meetings are always well attended,
and it verily believes that it has a
great mission among the busy farmers
of our lovely county, and right well
is it doing its work in their midst.

On the evening of March 23d we
had one of the most enjoyable of the
many pleasant meetings of our fra-
ternity. There were nearly one hun-
dred persons present. Such a happy
time within the hall was an appro-
priate counterpart to the threatening
storm without.

Besides the usual business and
sociability of such meetings, there
was on this evening the conferring of
the concluding degrees upon three
candidates, and a much enjoyed feast
upon those delicacies and good things
which Granger ladies know so well
how to prepare.

This surely seemed enough on the
programme for one evening; but the
members of the Grange had arranged
for still another interesting event.——
Our \Vorthy Master, Daniel Shurtz,
has presided over our Grange so long
and so well, having been the first and
only Master of our Grange thus farin
its history, and having discharged his
duties so faithfully and successfully,
that the members concluded he had
worn the old sash and pouch long
enough. Accordingly, just as the
Grange was about to go into commit-
tee of the whole, on the feast, Bro.
George Dickenson stepped to the
Master’s table, and, unfolding a suspi-
cious looking bundle, presented the
Worthy Master, in the name of the
Grange, a very neat and beautiful
Master’s regalia. Bro. Dickenson ap-
propriately alluded to the apprecia-
tion of the Grange of the Master’s
faithfulness and usefulness, and pre-
sented the gift as a token of the fra-
ternity’s hearty esteem. The Worthy
Master was taken completely by sur-
prise, not having even the faintest
suspicion of the beautiful gift; and,
before he could recover self-posses
sion, Bro. James Yauney, visiting
Master from Centerville Grange,
rather heartlessly, added to the Mas-
ter’s surprise and embarrassment, by
rendering the following original poem,
which we give in f'ull, not only because
of its beautiful appropriateness to the
occasion, but also because of its real
merit, and excellent sentiment:

Patrons I behold your \Vorthy Master,
Who long has battled for the right ;
Whose faith was never known to waver,
VVhile leading on the glorious fight.

No words of mine are fitly spoken,
Nor can my trusty pencil tell,

The love you had for him unbroken,
That binds you all to him so well.

Once more you’ve led him to your altar,
Once more he's pledged a. solemn vow ;

Let come what Will, he ne’er will falter,
While guiding on the Patron’s plow.

Long may he live: your noble Master I
And may his example be handed down ;

To Patrons’ noble sonsand daughters,
Like jewels dropping from a crown.

And, when he fails to sound the gavel :
And, when his labors here may cease:

Oh! may then our Heavenly Master
Guide him to the Lodge of Peace.

Bro. Sliurtz concluded that he had
better not attenipt to make his speech
under the circumstances, but by the
next meeting he had recovered coin-
posure, and thanked the Grangein the
following neat speech:

“_B‘I‘0l/£6715‘ and Sz'sifcrs— \V'hen you
presented me with this beautiful sash
and pouch, at our last meeting, I was
taken so completely by surprise that
I was entirely unable to express my
gratitude to you for the kindness you
had shown me. But permit me now,
though it be somewhat after the time,
to thank you most heartily for your
kind gift. I am unworthy of such a
reward at your hands. I have not
been the true and zealous Patron that
I should have been; nor have I been
worthy of the confidence you have
placed in me.

“ This beautiful emblem of our Or-
der will ever remind me of my duty,
which I shall strive to discharge more
faithfully in the future than I have in
the past. And, in doing this, I hope
I may ever receive from you that
hearty support you have shown me
heretofore. Again permit me to thank
you for this beautiful present, which
I appreciate not alone for its value,
but also for the kindness and respect
you have shown me in presenting it.”

Are there not other Granges that
can and should do likewise? Patrons,
it is a pleasant work to serve a Grange,
or do anything, when our labors are
appreciated. Such tokens of esteem
are becoming and beneficial to the
givers and receiver. XV.

ALLEN GRANGE, No. 78, i_
Hillsdale Co., Mich.)
Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Our Grange is trying to stimulate im-
provement by visiting the farms of
members and reporting their condition,
and we find it pleasant, and I trust it

will prove profitable. A committee of
these Brothers and their wives were ap-
pointed to visit the farm of our VV. M.,
H. D. Pessell. The cordial greeting we
received from Bro. and Sister Pessell
dispelled at once any suspicion that we
had, as a committee, an unpleasant task
to perform. As space in the Visrron is
in such demand, the committee will
briefly report that we found Bro. Per-
sell’s farm consisted of 120 acres, well
watered, stocked, and in good condi-
tion. The fact that Bro. P. killed a hog
weighing 660 lbs. testifies to his manner
of feeding and quality of breed.

His cattle were in a thriving condi-
tian. Has some steers that will pay
his brother farmers to go and see. Has
a good flock of sheep; average weight of
fleece at last shearing, 6}. pounds. We
f'ouiid much to commend, and first of
all he has a supply of good farm imple-
ments, and keeps them well-housed
when not in use. The committee had
a good time——done their whole duty to
Sister Pei'sell’s bountiful repast, and
went home feeling that it was good to
be a Granger.

By Order of the Committee,
VV. F. S.

—Texas  allude to Chicago
drummers as crosses between clock
peddlers and lightning-rod men.

Visirons to the interesting open
meetings recently held at Golden Gate
Grange, in this city, were considera-
bly astonished at the ability and
readiness of the Patrons in debate.
If the Grange had accomplished no
more for farmers than to educate them
to the use of their wits and tongues
in public debate, it would be worth
more than all the time, money and
labor that have been spent in its or-
ganization.—1[omes in Calzforizia.

TIIE IIEAPEIR, IDEATII.

Died at Redford, April 2d, FREDERICK W.
NARDIN, formerly Secretary and a. worthy
member of Redford Grange, No. 367.


 

  

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.\/'iipn1cn/.r 0fIn1I/ m‘tir/e.\- 0/'1’1'n(l1IcI' that can be
solrl to (m'vrmt(I._./e in I/eis city.
Address L. G. KNIFFEN.
aprl:')m3 State Agt., MILWAUKEE, Wis.

Eisis Fix P I died A

A tine lot of Young Pigs, descended from Im-
ported “ NEGRO,” and Agricultural College
Stock, for sale at reasonable prices.
C'o2'/cspondcnce Solicilcd and Sati'.s_-/‘(I.c- ,
tion. Guaranteed. 
Address, H. HAVVLEY.
Burr Oak, St. Joseph Co., Mich.

To Jtlastcrs and Secretaries
of Su7)0rdzv7w,te Gra,ng‘es :

I have secured the privilege of appointing
Agents for THE AMERICAN HAY TEDDER
in this State. Every Secretary of 21 Grange
whose members will be likely to need one or
more of these implements, should write me at
once. 1 can send no machines into territory
where the local agents are not members of the
Order, nor shall I appoint any agent in the
locality of any Grange ordering two or more
machines. Order two to five TEDDERS, and
if you do not need them yourselves, sell them
to some one who does, and put the profits into
your Grange Treasury. I sold the TEDDER to
Mr. Gardner last year.

TERMS CASH, September 1st, promptly.

ADDRESS 3.: ONCE,

A. N. RUSSELL,
Burr Oak, Mich.
i¢_§=.\'. B.—This Notice will appear in only
two numbers of the VISITOR — Fair \VarniugI
The object of the Manufacturer‘ is to sell his

Wares, and if you are not disposed to help
yours‘.-lves, we shall have to try the old way.

READ \\"HA'I‘ FARMERS SAY OF IT

Will do the work of ten men and do it better’
JAMES JOHNSON, Sturgis, Mich.
I think it is as profitable an implement for
the farmer as the mowing machine.
W. W. SMITH, Noble, Mich.
If it were impossible to get another, I would
not take $200.00 for my TEDDER. _
EMANUEL TIIMI-jI5A1.'GII, Burr Oak, Mich.
By using the TEDDER. last season, I cut, cured
and put hay in the barn in tine condition, the
same day. Wet weather does not bother a man
much if he has an American Tedder.
(Jars 1'[lMl-ZHAUGII, Bronson, Mi-:h.
1 have used on Ainericnii 'l‘eilder ll your‘.-2,
and it is near) as good as when bought.
J. . GARDNER, Centreville, Mich.

: Stock solicited.

? FARM for SALE,

VERX’ CI-IEAP!
Situated about 65 miles south of Ypsilanti,

in the township of Augusta, Vvashtenaw Co., 3

containing 200 Acres of Land. A very

pleasant and desirable location; well adapted »

to grain raising and dairying—a tirst~class

: Cheese Factory just across the street from it.

There is about 40 acres of good Timber upon
it; a fine Orchard of Choice Fruit, and pretty
good buildings. It is located within one-half

mile of a first rate District School, a Saw Mill, 3

Post Office, Blacksmith shop and two Stores.
This farm, having come into my hands by

Assignment,l will sell either the whole or a

part of the same, at very low figures.

J. VVEBSTER CHILDS.

aprl—‘.3l‘ Assignee.

VVrn. I-I. HARORIS,

(Successor to N. D. \VErMonr;,§.

.liflllBl"rll CU-l]llBl‘flllV6 GPHIIIB ll,l_{l3lll.

WESTERN BUSINESS A SPECIALTY.
No. 18 Corondolet Street, . ‘cw Orleans.

Orders for Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Rice, and
all Southern products filled at Wholesale cash
prices. Consignments of Flour, Meal, Bacon.
Lard, Corn, Oats, Hay, Wheat, Brim, Apples,
Potatoes, Cabbage, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and
n§Send tor Circular.

  

‘.# ;;@

THE UNIVERSAL SEWING MACHINES

Make the CHAIN and LOCK Srrrcrii-:s,

And embrace all the good qualities of the old
machines. No Math inc is c/Ieaper .’ No Illa-
chine is better .' (}u.ar(mteen.’ /'01‘ /I've _1/cars .’
Money refunded if not satisfied.

Secretaries, send for specimens of the work,
and circulars for your Whole Grange.

O. R. INGERSGLL, of Patrons‘ Paint Co.,
Front and Dover Streets, New York.

CONSULT YOUR IN

JOHN C. MILLER;
Commission Merchant,

53 MARKET STREET,
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Is there in the interest of Patrons and others.

Will not only sell, but will fill all Orders
promptly at Wholesale Price.
. REFERENCES:
(1. L. Whitney, Muskegon,
Freeman Friuikliii, Buchanan, ,
Thomas Mars, Berrien Center,
B. F. Pennell, Berrien Springs,
R. M. Goodwin, Union Pier,
Henry Chamberlain, \Villiam Chamberlain,
Three Oaks.
George Bridgman, of Bridgman,
Thomas Mason and Vim. J. Xott, St. Joseph.

ran SALE!
50 Swarms Italian Bees,

In Moveable Comb Hives.
FOR PARTICUARS ADDRESS

SOUTHARD 80 RANNEY,

KALADIAZOO, MICH.

lVR1’['J:" F013 UIRCULARS T0
The PHELPS &. BIGELOW

Wind Mill Co.,

Manufacturers of the

  
WIND MILL.

And Dealers in

PUMPS, PIPES,TANKS, he.

Nos. ll, ll‘) & »lS N. Bunliitli St,

KALAMAZOO,MICH.

PATRUNS’ PAINT COMPANY,
259 Front Street, New York.

Ingerso1l’s Ready Mixed Paints.

5 0 per cent Saved.

64 page book of colors, how to paint, select hoiw :

mouious colors, &c., mailed free on application.

[N\'l~Zr\"l.‘OR, I878.

    

The Best WE

Acounleons,

Alpacas,

Aprons, C‘«.l"ll21g9 and Buggy
Barege, Yelling,

Bills,

Bag Strings,

lied Snrngs,

Bed Quilts,

Belting, M:-icliiiie,

Belts, Ladies,

Bi-avers,

Bill Books,

Bishop Lawn,

Blank Books,

Blankets, Bed and Horse,
Blr-achr-d Cotton.
Blacking,

lilueing,

Boots and Shoes,
Brushes, Shaving,
Brushes, Tuoih,
Brushes, Blarkiiig,
Brushes, Nail,

Bruslies, Iiair.

Brushes, Cloth,
Brushes, Horse,
Brussels Net,

Braids,

lirncelets,

Bracelets, lu7LI!tI‘l![¢’V[ List.
Brown Cotton,

Br -ado-loth,

Bustles,

Buttons,

Buckles, Paints,

Carpet Warp and Yarn,
Curpets,

Carpet Binding,
Carpenters‘ Rules,
Cards, Playing,
Cambric,

Cable Coral,

Canvass,

Cassimere,

Cement, Rubber,
Chroinos,

Chains, Watch and ‘Seen,
Chains, Illustrated Liat.
Cliambnly,

Checked shitting,
Cheviot Shining,
Chess and Chess Boards,
Cloths and CLlS8llII‘.‘l'£’S,
Clothing,

Clothes Wringcrs,

Cluny Lace,

Clocks,

Clocks, Illust-m!.rZ Lint.
Cotton Batting,

Cotton Flannel,
Cottonades,
Concertinas,

Corset. Jeans,

Corsets and Clasps,
Corset Laces,

Coat Bindings,

Combs, Assorted Styles,
Corduroy,

Crash,

Cribbage Boards and Boxes,
Croquet Sets.

Crotchet Edging, l
Curtains, Lace,

Curry Combs,

Cutlery,

 onrnnooons

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VVALIK ER

THE AMERICAN

TOOTHED WEEDING HOE.

TERMS TO PATRO1\'S, Address

O1\.T’.l‘G-OMERY WAR

PARTICULAR.

 

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_“"‘“?,_,_ ,7 ,3 .__, _ _,___ _ s.

OVED

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£vl:.)VN‘v'I\' 'ivii
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EDING l\I.\CIIlNE in Use. For further information and

C. L. VVIIITNEY, Muskegon.

   

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The Original Wholesale

Deninis,:

Diaper,

Diaper Pins,

Doeskins,

Dominoes,

Dress Goods.

Dress Bimliniz.

Drilling. Cotton,
Drilling, Linnen,
Ducking,

Edgings and iisertiiigs,
Elasti Cord and Web,
Enibroidery Silk,
l'}inlu'oidory Coituii,

Fans,

Farmer.-2’ Satin.

Ii‘!-ulhers,

Flannel, Cotton,

Fluiiiiel, Union Cliecks,
Flannel, Shaker,

Flnnni-l, Wool, Plain,
Flannel, Wool Twill:-«l,
Flannel, Wool Plain.
Flannel, Opera,

Flowers and Pll1Ill".~',
Fl.-isks,

Frilling,

Fringed,

Fringes, Silk and Worsti.-il,
Furs.

Fin-itiuu,

Gents’ Ties, Bows dc Si-nits,
Ginghauis,

Ginips,

Gloves, Ladies‘ A‘; Cliildre-n's,
Gloves. Men‘s and Boys,
Grass Cloth,

Grenadines,

Grain Bags,

Guipure Lace.

Guns,

Gun Caps,

Ilaruionicas,

Hats and Caps,

Hair Pins,

H-and Glasses,
Handkerchiefs, Ladies‘,
Handkerchiefs. Gents’,
Hosiery, Ladies’

Hosiery, Misses‘ & Chilrlrcn‘s
Hosiery, Men’s and Boys‘,
Hooks and Eyes,

Irish Linen,

Jaconet,

Jewelry,

Jewelry Illtwtriilcil List.
Kettles, Brass 413- Porcelain,
Kentucky Jeans,

Knit Jackets, Ladies‘,
Knit Jackets, Gents’.
Knitting Cotton,

Knives and Forks,

laces, Shoe,

Lace Trimming.

Lap Robes,

Lanterns.

Lamp and Candle Wick,
Ladies‘ Silk Neck IIandker-

chiefs,

Ladies’ Cloth,

Lawn, Dress,

Leggings, Wool,
Leggings,Rubber,

Led Pencils, .

Linen Shirt Boosoins,'

Lin-an Drill,
L-incn. l')res.~=,

 

Linen Flo.~.-,V

Linen C0ll:Ii'> uml Ciifil,
Lincy.

lirwks

Imcki-is,

Locke-.1.~;, I!,'u»-Ir///Id l,.'.\I.
Mai-se-ille-s and i'l'1ll<'~‘,
Mattresses,

.\leuioranclum Books.
l\Ii.<i-ellaiieolis AI'll(Zl(*~',
Miltcn.~', .\lens‘ and l5o_v.~',
.VIoh.iir, llr.-ss,

Moliair. Isinding,
Monkey Wreiiclu-s,
l\lo.<qiiim .‘.'i-ttiii;_',

N lim:n.-,

Nrunsook

Napkiiis. 7

Napkin Rings, Rlllllmf,
i\'apkin R's, I//iI.s'ta'(:h>4/ I4/‘N’
§OL:1l:tie.~‘, ([i(*Ill_IS’,

. ec 'tl:!£. .:iv i4-s’.
.\’vedle.~a and 'l‘lm'-;ul.
.\'ur.~l:-ry Rlibbor Sil>:‘.)Illlg‘,
Nnhies,

Oil Cloths Floor
Overalls ah-l.Ii1iiipei-<,
Padlocks,

P' - l

P;;::I‘0CS(.:ll:|l"S and Cuffs,
Pens and l’oiilio|dei's,
Pcrfumerv,

l’ercale:4, '

Pillow Case Cotton.
Pillow Case Etlgiiig,

Pius,

Pins and Ear Rings,

Pins, Eiiiblem,

Pins, El’IIi)l('I1l, I111/.~<£r<1.':'u‘

L’/‘st.

I‘ncket Books,

Prints,

Quilts White,

Quilts: Colored.

Razors and Razor Strcyps,
Repellents,

Revolvi:r.~.l,

Rings,

Rings, Illizxfritferi List,
Ribbons,

Rope,

Rubber Diaper,

Rubber Balls,

Rubber Sheeting and Bibs,
Rubber Belting, Marliine.
Rubber Boots and Shoes,
Rubber Clothing,
Rushes and Ruching,
Rules,

Rni'l‘lin:,

Sash Ribbon;

Satinets,

Satchels, '

Saddles,

Saddles, Illustrated list.
Scales,

Scarfs, Silk,

Suarfs, Wool,

 

SEWING MACHINES, SADDLES, &C.

MONTGOMERY WARD 8L CO.»

‘Jphoisite ihe Mszttesovi I-louse, L‘/1|i‘3"3°'

Grange Supply House,

22? ca  VVAEASII AVENUE,

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

Sewing Silk,
Se\vin~.r .‘vlncliiiief\'«wll»-s and

 

Felines,

Sim:-,tin;,:. UIllIl[‘£l('llk'<l.
>liec-ting \\‘hiti-,
Slioeliiig, BlP4lCll€’l»
Sl:irIin;:, Ilnbleaclu-d.
Shirting, Bl(’&J.Cllu(l,
>hirIs, While,

Shirts, Clieckeil and .'\'n'ip---l,
5iIll'l>v, Over,

. t Bn.<uins,

..nirt Slunl.-i,

.~'hvai's and Scis.sru:~:,
Shawls,

Slmwl Straps,

Shawl Pins,

Slini Pint‘, /L't’m4/."(l/.‘¢/ /N‘-W
Silesias,

Silk,

Silver Plated Wart-,
Silver Plat ed Ware, Illin-

trafml List.
Spoons‘ and I-'oi'ks, Silver
Plated,

Skirts,

Skirt and Coat Braid,
Sleeve Buttons,

Soap, Toilet and Silver,
Spool Cotton and LlIl('ll,
Star Braid,
Si.'1Il0D€I‘j,
Siispendcrs,

Sw ‘s Mull,

S_vi‘iii;;r>..~i.

’J‘:ipa», Linen and Cotton,
T:l§'L5 .VI4.'?lSl1l'4’h,

'|'ablo Spreads,

'[‘:;us.

'l‘ci-ry for Cloaking,

T lll'I,‘.rld Lure,
’l‘lierinoineters,
Ticking,

Tick Binding,
Tobacco,

Towels and Towoliug.
Trunks,

Traveling Bags,
Umbrellas,
Underwear, l.:nliv-s’
Underwear, Gents‘
Vnliscs,

Vulencienues Lace,
Volveteens,

Veils and Veiling,
Violins.

Victoria Lawn,
Watches,

Waterproof,

Wash Blond,
Wadding,

Welting Cord,
Whalebone,

Window Curtain,
Wigans,

Wicks,

\Vickings,

Wool Twine,

Wool Scarfs

Work Boxes,

Yak Lace.

  

 

AND PRICE LISTS OF ALL OUR GOODS FREE
TO ANY ADDRESS ON APPLICATION.

ESEND Ai.so;roa SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED LIST oixsinvnn AND SILVER-PLATED WARE, ttocii-=.