@E EXECUTIVE

[Knlaniazoo Publishing (,‘u.‘s l’rint._]

IIIONTHLI’

COMMITTEE fie:

Grange, P. of E.

Michigan State

VOL. 3,——No. 10. I
WHOLE No. 42. 3'

SCHOOLCRAFT, MAY 15th, 1878.

_i 1751: SUBSGRIPTION
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invariably in Advance.

J. T. COBB, - -

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Officers National Grange.
l\I.;srna—S. E. ADAMS, Minn.
0VEESEER—J. J. WOODMAN, Mich.
Limruann-M()RT’MR WHITEHEAD, 1\‘ J.
STEWARD—A. J. VAUGHN. Miss.

ASST. STEWARD—WILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
C}IAPLAIN—A. P. FORSYTH, Illinois.
TB}-3ASUBER—F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y.
SECRETARY-——U. H. KELLEY, Kentucky.
(ir.-'lTE—KEEI’ER——O. DIN WIDDIE, Indiana.
CI2Ras—-MRS. S. E. ADAMS, Minnesota.
POMONA—MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, Michigan.
FLOP.A—l\IP.S. JAS. T. MOORE. Maryland.
Lmr ASSTISTANT STEWAED—-NIISS CARRIE A.

HALL, Kentucky.

Officers Michigan State Grange.

M.—J. J. VVOODMAN, - -
O.—P. W. ADAMS, - -
L.-—C. L. WHITNEY, - -
S.——H. FLEMING, - - - Pontiac.
A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - - Ionia.
C.—SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co
T.—S. F. BROVVN, - - Schoolcraft.
SEC.-J. T. COBB, - - “

G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF, - Watervliet.
CERES.—MRS. C. L. VVHITNEY, Muskegon.
PoMoxA—Mns. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLORA—MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.~Mas. IV. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Paw Paw.
- Tecumseh.
Muskegon.

Executive committee.

F. M. HOLLOWAY, Chairman, - Hillsdale.
J. WEBSTER CHILDS, - - — Ypsilanti.
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceana Co.
C. G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch Co.
VVESTBROOK DIVINE, Belding, Ionia Co.
THOMAS MARS. Berrien Center, Beriien Co.
WM. SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicio.

State Business Agents.

J. M. CHIDESTER, - - - Detroit.
J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph 00.

General Deputy.

C. L. WHITNEY, - - - Muskegon.

Special Le-ctu re rs.

Thos. F. Moore, . . . . . . Adrian,. .. ..Lenawee Cc
Geo. W. VVoodward. .Shelby. . . . . . . .Oceana Co
Samuel Langdon, . .Bowen Station, . . .Kent Co
E. C. Herrington,.. .Four Towns,. .Oakland Co
M. L. Stevens,. ..

L. R. Brown, . . . .

Andrew Campbe . .Ypsilanti, . .

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

UNDER existing regulations we are
required to send a copy of the VISITOR
free to the Master of each Subordinate
Grange. We shall also send a copy
free to all Secretaries who send us ten
or more names of subscribers for one
Year, with pay for the Same-

LITTLE THINGS.
I. EDGAR JOKES.

“ VVhzit can I do 1"’ said a I'ain—drop small,
W'hi1e speeding toward the earth.

“ I may do nothing, though swift I fall,
To moisten its drouth and dearth ; ”

But it went its way to the fields below,
And others, in teeming ranks,

Join in its work ’till the torrents flow
And the streams are full to their banks.

“ What can I do ? ” said a snowflake light,
Falling from out the cloud,

But it went it’S way, and the earth was white,
VVith a beautiful, spotless shroud ;

And all night long its comrades fell,
Till the snowdrifts mounted deep-

Anrl fairy fingers, on hill and dell,
Had conjured the world to sleep.

“ What can I do ‘: ” said a little breeze,
As it started upon its way,
And faintly murmured among the trees
VVhere the leaflets laugh and play ;
But the zepliyrs combined for a fiercer fight,
While the forest shook with dread-
And the firm earth rocked by its marching
might,
‘Was trembling beneath its tread.

“ VVhat can I do 1'” said the little rill,
As it rippled and romped along,

Or turned aside for the smallest hill,
And gurgled with childish song.

But joined by its neighbors, expanded wide
In a river both strong and deep- -

Uniting at last with the ocean's tide,
W'herc restless surges sweep.

“\Vhat can I do ?” says despondent man,
While he longingly looks alone ;

And his watchful glances faintly scan
The millions who grieve and groan.

But his neighbors may join in the work to do,
And the banner of hope unfurled-

Can carry the multitude bravely through,
And conquer a scowling world.

Conquest is made of the atoms of life.
That join as they march along,

And moving majestic through toil and strife,
Soon tread to the victor’s Song.

Then away with the coward and craven dread,
That sneers at the forces small—

For the atoms of life, by their union wed,
Are the power that shall conquer all.

(Ii3.\‘2.ct.’v2 Glam. flnmrtlucut.

The Executive Committe of the
Mich. State Grange have made ar-
rangements with J. M. Chidester, State
Agent at Detroit, for the selling of all
classes of farm produce in large or
Small quantities, that may be con-
signed him by Patrons of the State.
at No. 80 Woodbridge Street, after
this date.

The commission for selling will be
on a. graduated scale, depending on
the class of articles and the value of
the same. We can only say, that it
will be much less than commission
rates as usually charged, and we be-
lieve satisfaction will be given. To
those who propose to avail themselves
of these “long called for” arrange-
ments, we have a word of caution.—
The Detroit market is a good one for
farm products, if of a. high quality,
and well handled. If of poor quality
and slovenly handled one of the poor-
est in the west. If you expect a good
price with quick sales and ready re-
turns, make your articles A No. 1 be-
fore they leave the farm. Let your
packages present a neat and attractive
appearance, so carefully packed that
they will open perfect. Then we ap
prehend the results will be satisfac-
tgry. F. M. HOLLOWAY,

Ch’n of Ex. Com.‘

[From the Lansing Republican, April 23.]
Michigan Soils.

To the Land-owne-rs of om‘ State:

Sc little is known to the public of
the kind and quality of the soil in the
northern counties in the lower penin-
sula that the tide of emigration is
sweeping by Michigan to occupy
poorer lands farther from good mar-
kets. 'l‘o bring to public notice the
undeveloped agricultural resouces of
our state, I am gathering spcimens of
the soil to be analyzed at the labora-
tory, and then to be exhibited at the
State fair in Detroit. It is my plan
to arrange these specimens of soil in
large glass jars, side by Side, with a
label attached to each jar stating the
locality from which the soil comes,
the kinds of timber growing on it, and
the chemical analysis of the Soil. In
this way it is hoped that the persons
attending the fair may directly com-
pare the Soil of a large number of
places in our State.

To carry out this desigr, ’ ' ‘lig-
ed to ask the aid of persons 01 energy
and public spirit in the various sec-
tions_,of our State in gathering and
forwarding to me Specimens ot Soil for
this purpose. I want a fair specimen
of the surface soil from each county
north of the base line‘ I do not want
soils selected for their extraordinary
properties, but only a specimen which
shall fairly represent the average soil
of any given county or (l/istrict. It is
easy to Select a soil which will mis-
represent the average quality of Soil
in a district, but Such selection will
be 01 very little value.

In sending the soil I want at least
one bushel of surface Soil to be placed
in a clean box or keg, and marked so
that I can identify the place from
which it comes. The person sending
the soil will please write me at the
same time, stating the locality from
which the soil is sent, the timber
growing on Such soil, and the route
by which the package is Sent. Seml
as freight in all cases.

In counties where there is an agri-
cultural society, I would suggest that
the secretary take the matter in charge,
and send on the soil at an early date ;
it must be sent early to insure its
analysis, for this is a slow process.

Persons wishing further informa-
tion in regard to collecting and- for-
warding specimens may secure such
information by writing to me.

If the land owners of this State
would take hold of the matter at once,
I think Something can be done to
attract public attention to our unim-
proved lands for agricultural pur-
poses, and secure a share of the
immigration which now passes by on
the other side. R. U. KEDZIE.

State Agricultural College, )_
April 20, 1878. 3

MORE grass and less grain more
condensing of food on the farm should
be the motto now. The plan of put-
ting more of our idle acres into grass
and raising more live stock ofa better
quality will be a step in the right
direction.

Agricultural Items.

NEBRASKA raised 23,000,000 bushels
of corn and 170,500 hogs in 1877.

Too much exercise is well known
to retard the process of fattening
animals.

COTTON, sheep and hogs to the ag-
gregate of $99,000,000 were received
at Chicago Union Stock Yards. during
the year 1877.

CALIFORN IA has 3,800,000 fruit trees
and 36,000,000 grape—vines, and bar-
vests from 300,000,000 to 500,000,000
pounds of fruit yearly.

IT is stated that it takes 80 per cent
of the wheat crop of Iowa to transport
it to the seaboard. If So, Ohio, Indi-
ana, and Western Virginia wheat
growers ought to be able to compete
with Iowa.

SPAIN has more sheep in proportion
to her population than any country
in Europe; next comes England, then
Denmark, Roumania, and Hungary.
Saxony, Belgium and Switzerland
have the least.

WVITH regard to swine, the United
States heads the roll of all nations with
071 per thousand of the population,
followed by Spain, Denmark, Austria,
Hungary, Portugal, Germany, France,
Russia, Great Britain, Sweden, Nor-
Way and Greece, in order named.

Mr. MECIII, the famous scientific
farmer of England, estimates that fit‘-
teen hundred Sheep folded on an acre
of ground for twenty-four hours, or
one hundred Sheep for fifteen days,
would manure the soil snfliently to
carry it through a four years rotation.

THE French government, realizing
that national and individual prosperi-
ty are dependent upon the develop-
ment of agriculture, have introduced
a bill into the senate making it obliga-
tory to teach the elements of agricul-
ture and horticulture in the 30,000
primary schools of the nation.

AN Eastern butter-maker tests his
salt by dissolving a little in a glass
tumbler. If the brine formed is clear
and free from bitter taste he pronoun-
ces the salt good; if on the other hand
it presents a milky appearance, leaves
any sediment or throws a scum to the
surface he rejects it.

Tun great difference in the amount
of cream contained in the first and last
milk taken from the cow appears to
be satifactorily explained on the sup-
position that fatty matter of the milk
obeys the Same lawsof gravity in the
udder of the cow that it does when
set aside in an open vessal.

SMALL farms make near nigbbors;
they make good roads; they make
plenty of good schools and churches ;
there is more money made in propor-
tion to the labor ; less labor is wanted;
every thing is kept neat ; less wages
have to be paid for help; less time is
wasted; more is raised to the acre;
besides, it is tilled better ; there is no
watching of hired help; the mind is
not kept in a worry, stew, and fret

all the time.


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gasfefis apartment.

J. J. WOODDIAN, - - ‘

PAVV PAW

ERRi\TA.—-In my article in last Vis-
iToR on the *‘ Tariff,” ‘* Second Cloth-
ing Wool," should read “Scoured”
Clothing Wool.

Without any solicitation, or pre-
vious knowledge on my part, the
Michigan Delegation in Congress, un-
animously presented my name to the
President. for one of the four Agri-
cultural Commissioners froin the Uni-
ted States, to the “International In-
dustrial Exposition at Paris.” The
President made the appointment and
I have accepted; and engaged pass-
age to Liverpool, on the steamship
Algeria, of the Cunard Line, which
sails fiom New York for Liverpool, at
9 o’clock A. M. on the 22d inst.

I expect to be absent until the close
of the Exposition, the last of October.
It was my inclination to resign the
Master’s oflice, and let its entire du-
ties and. responsibilities fall into other
hands; but the judgment of the Ex-
ecutive Committee was against me;
and yielding to their wishes, I shall
continue to hold the office; but with-
out salary during my absence.

The correspondence and general
duties of the Master, will be placed
in the hands of the Secretary of the
State Grange; and the general and
special Deputies will act under his
instructions. By this arrangement of
the Executive Committee, I am con-
fident that the work will move on har-
moniously, and receive no check or
injury from my absence. I go as
the representative of the Agricultural
Interests, and my duties will be iii-
timately connectcd with the ‘objects
and welfare of our great and prosper-
ous organization. The VisiroR will
be received and read with deep inter-
est. and through the Master s Depart
ment, the Order will continue to hear
from me.

My address will be United States
Department, of the International Ex-
position, Paris, France. The Postage
on letters is five cents per half ounce.
All correspondence will be answered
promptly, and most cheerfully.

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By-Laws of the Michigan State Grange.

The following are the amended
By-Laws of the Michigan State
Grange. In the amendment made to
Sec. 1, of Article 3, by the last State
Grange, an omission occurs in the
By-Laws printed in book form. The
word coring, should be inserted be-
fore “members,” in the first line.—
[See Sec. 1, Preamble to the Const_ of
National Grange, unr.ler the head of
“ State Grange.”

ARTICLE I.
TITLE.

This organization shall be known as

fiissgiigjiiligan State Grange, Patrons of

ARTICLE II.

SREL;i'r1p.\' TO NA;rioNAL GRANGE.
ec.. nall't t th - -
State Grange shallsbic ssiibj:ctMt1§hl§:3
controlled by, the Constitution add ap-
plicable By - Laws of the National
Grange.
ARTICLE III.
MEMBERS.

Sec. 1. (Asamend d ‘ ' —
The voting memberslfip (S)l?I.El;ll(‘“,)lt\]d(l)(t3l;Il87£l,-Ii
State Grange shall consist of the Mgas-
ters, or Past Masters of Suhommat
Granges and their wives who ae
M8l5l‘0D,S. who shall be chosen is
proportion to one Master to ever
tive Subordinate Granges, 01- majofi
part thereof, in the County; Provided
that in Counties where there are not

THE GRANGE VISITOR-

five Subordinate Granges, or a major
part thereof, the Master and Secretary of
the State Grange shall consolidate such
Counties into Representative Districts,
in such manner as they shall deem just
to the Counties interested, and give
them a fair representation in the State
Grange. These ineuibers shall be elect-
ed by ballot by zi convention to be held
the third Tuesday of October of each
year, at the county seat of each county;
Provided, the place of meeting was not
fixed elsewhere by a vote of the last
preceeding annual convention; that
each Subordinate Grange shall have
four deligates to said County Conven-
tion, said deligates to be chosen from
the Fourth Degree members of said Su-
bordinate Grange to represent said Su-
bordinate Grange in said County Con-
vention. The Convention may elect
alternates, or empower delegates to ap-
point substitutes from among the
Masters of the County. _

Sec 2. Past Masters of said Subordi-
nate Granges and their wives, who are
Matrons, shall be considered as honorary
members, and shall be eligible to ofliee
but not entitled to vote.

SEC. 3. Each Delegate and Oliicer
attending the State Gi‘:-nige shall receive
mileage at the rate of two cents per mile
for the distance traveled in going and
returning by the nearest traveled route,
and $1.50 [)('I‘ diom for the time actually
spent in the (iiziiige. The Mai;-Lei‘ and
Secretary of the Sate Graiige shall give
such delegate .-: . order for the amount
on the ’1‘reasurei- of the State Grange,
which shall be paid at the close of the
session.

ARTICLE IV.
I\II~Il-3’I‘I.\’GS.

Section 1. This Grange shall hold
its annual meetings oti the second Tues-
day in December of each year, at such
place as the Grange may by vote decide.

Sec. 2. In case the Grange does not
select the place for its next annual
meeting the Executive Committee shall
determine where such meeting shall be
held.

Sec. 3. Special meetings may be call-
ed by the Master and Secretary, upon
request of the Executive Committee or
the Masters of twenty Subordinate
Granges. V

See. 4. \Vlien any meeting of the
State Grange is to be held the Secretary
shall give at least 30 days notice of the
same to the Secretaries of Subordinate
Granges of the State.

ARTICLE V.
(zL'0RUM.

Fifty members shall costitute a quo-

rum for the transaction or business. A

less number may meet and adjourn from
time to time.
ARTICLE »VI.
OFFICERS‘

Section 1. The oificers oftliis Grange
shall be of the same number and name
as in the Natioiial and Subordinate
Granges.

Sec. 2. The regular election of oili-
cers shall take place at the annual meet-
'ing of alternate years, the next election
berng at theyaniiual meeting of 18--.

Sec, 3. Vacancies shall be filled by
election at the first annual meeting
after the _vacancy occurs. But until
such meeting the vacancy may be filled
by appointment by the Master.

Sec‘ 4. All elections shall be by bal-
lot, and a majority of all votes cast shall
be necessary to elect.

ARTICLE VII.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

Section 1. 1l[asle7‘.—It shall be the
duty_of the Master to preside at all
meetings of the Grange ; tosee that offi-
cers and members of committees propel--
ly perform their respective duties - to
see that the Constitution of the Natidnal
Grange, the By-laws of tlie_ Grange and
the usages of the Order are observed and
Obeyed, to sign all drafts upon the Treas-
I1I‘ytandtpelrl‘0rm such other duties as
per am 0 iis otlice or a ' - ‘
these articles. re requued by

fSec 2. Ove’/'see7-.——_It shall be the duty
oh the Overseer to assist the Master in
t e maintenance of order, to preside
over the Grange in the absence of the
Master, and in case the office of Master
be vacant he shall fill it until the next
annual meeting.

Sec. 3. Lecturer.——_I t shall be the
duty of the_Lecturer, in addition to the
duties required by the Ritual, to prepare
and deliver an address, upon some topic
involving the good of the Order, at each
annual meeting of the State Grange

Sec. 4. Slezuarcl.-—’1‘he Steward’s duty

Shall be #0. have cliarge of the inner

 

gate, and perform such other duties as
are required by the Ritual. _ _

Sec. 5. Assistant-Steward_.—’I:liisoffi-
cer shall assist the Steward in his duplies
as Steward, and_perform such 0t 91'
duties as are required by the Ritual.

Sec. 6 iSecretar,—y. —The Secretary
shall make and keep accurate record
of all the proceedings of the meetings
of the State Grange. He shall make
all necessary returns to the National
Grange and keep the accounts of the
Subordinate Granges with the State
Grange.

He shall pay over to the Treasurer
within the time prescribed by the Con-
.titutioii of the National Grange. all
moneys coming into his hands, and
take a receipt from the Treasurer for
the same. He shall, under the
direction of the Executive Committee,
draw and countersign all orders on the
treasury.

He shall furnish the Subordinate
Grzinges with the necessary blanks
upon which to make reports of the
condition of the Grange; also, when
required, of the condition and amount
of crops, or other matters upon
which reports are required for the
benefit of the Order.

He shall also keep and publish
annually, a complete register of the
names and number of all Subordinate
Granges in the State, with the name
and address of the Master and Secretary
of each; and send a copy to the Secre-
tary of each Subordinate Grange, on
the first day of March in each year.
He shall conduct the correspondence of
this Grange, and generally shall act as
the administrative otficer of the Grange
under the direction of the i\I-aster and
Executive Committee.

He shall prepare and publish a
tabulated sheet of balances of each
Subordinate Grange with the State
Grange, as it appears on his books on
the first day of September of each year,
and before the 15th day of said month,
shall send one copy ofsuch balances to
every Grange Secretary in the State.

He shall also make a list, by mem-
bers, of the Granges, entitled to repre-
sentation in the County and District
Conventions,aiid determine, under such
regulations as the By- laws may estab-
lish, the number of representatives to
which a County or District is entitled;
and the publication of such list of
Granges and number of representatives
in the oflicial paper of the State
Grange, shall be deemed and taken as
sufiicient notice to all Granges of their
rights to representation.

He shall keep a list of Granges delin-
queiit more than one quarter, in reports
or payment of dues, staiiding in the
official paper of the State Grange, and
shall correct the same monthly.

In compensation for his services the
Secretary shall receive a sum of money
not exceeding $1,000 per annum, and to
be fixed by the Executive Committee,
to be paid quarterly. The Secretary
shall givea bond for the faithful per-
formance of his duties, to be ap-
proved by the Executive Committee,
and such bond shall be deposited with

the Master of the State Grange for safe
keeping.
Sec. 7. T/'easurer.—’1‘he Treasurer

shall receive all moneys of the State
Grange from thehands of the Secretary
,and give a receipt for the same. He
shall keep an accurate account of all
moneys received, and pay from the
same, on the order of the Master and

Secretary, such order bearing the seal
,of the Grange. He shall give a full
; statement of the condition of the treas-
,z ury at each annual meeting a.nd wlien-
,ever called upon by the Executive
, Committee to do so, and he shall give
;bonds in sufficient amount to secure
all money that may come into his
hands, said.bonds to be approved by
the Executive Committee, and deposi-
ted with the Master for safe keeping.

Sec. 8. Gate Ifeeper. —It shall he
the duty of this officer to see that the
gates are Properly. guarded.

Sec. 9 Chaplain and Laidy Ofiicem-_
—The duties ofthe Chaplain and the
several lady officers shall be the same
as required by the Constitution of the
National Grange and by the Ritual of
the Order,

t See 10. At the expiration of their
eim of olfice all oflicers shall deliver
to their successors in office, all moneys,
b00kS, and papers belonging to said

otfice.
ARTICLE VIII.
h'.\’ECUTIVE COMMITTE]-J.
The Executive Committee of this

Grange shall consist of seven members
to which shall be added the Master.

   
   

The members of the Exeutive Com-
mittee shall hold their office two years,
four to be elected each alternate year,
and three each alternate year.

It shall be the duty of the Executive
Committee to attend to the general
business transactions of the State
Grange, to exercise a general supervis-
ion over the Order during the recess
of me Grange, to instruct the Secretary
in regard to the printing and disburse.
ments, and such other dimes as may
be imposed upon them by these Articles
or By-laws. _ ,

The members of this committee shall
receive per mileage three cents per
mile, and per diem of three dollars
while engaged in the discharge of
duties enjoined upon them, which shall
be in full for services and expenses.

At each annual meeting the Execu-
tive Committce shall make a full report
of the labors and doings of the Commit-
tee during the year.

The Dividing Line.

It is of the utmost iinportaiice that
the Patrons of Husbandry should
have a clear and well defined idea
as to their rights, privileges, and
duties within the gates of the Order.

To reach such an iinderst:iii<ling,
the facts and conditions of society
must be looked at just as they are.
Any impracticable theory is worth-
less, especially for present use. Mat-
ters of business must be handled in :1
business-like manner.

The organization of the Grange,
grew out ofa necessity felt by farm-
ers for an improvement in their con-
dition, as a class. \Vliilc it is nota
political organization, yet the prin-
ciples it teaches underlie all true
political economy, all true statesman-
ship. It is an orgatiization into
which the motives that usually diiide
men in partisan politics should never
enter; but Where every «jileslion, afll ct-
ing the farmer, directly or indirectly,
near or remote, may be fearlessly,
conscientiously and thoroughly ana-
lyzed. It is a crucible into which
all questions of production, distribu-
tion and consumption ; all questions
of governmental policy, whether
legislative or administrative, may be
put, tor the purpose of separating
the pure meta|——truth-—-from the
worthless dross, error and prejudice.

No one can be a true (r'ran{/er
while he holds “political notions" too
sacred to be tried on their merits
in relation to the fa:-iners’ interests.

While, therefore we claim an exalt-
ed and independent position for the
Grange as a school for investigation
of principles and policies, where truth
may be freed from error, Where
farmers may learn that their interests
are identical, we hold that there
should be a well (lefinecl tlivitllng line
between such investigation, and the
business of poliliciztl action. _

When it comes to forming combi-
nations for the choice and election of
candidates to fill the various ofiices
in the gift of the peoyle, the work
should be done as citizens and not 
Grangers. In the Grange you h3\_'9
learned how certain measures will
affect the husbandman, now, in your
political action, choose to oflit-e such
men as will represent your inte1’eS*~S-

IIUNGARIAN grass, cut green and
Well cured, is used by some good Ver-
mont dairymen as a food for butter
cows, and claim that it has the effect
to give the butter the true summer
yellow. It is suggested that since Hun
garian grass so cured remains bright
and green all winter, and because
one of the elementary colors which g0
to make green is yellow, that it 15
this greenness of the fodder which
imparts the yellow color.—iS‘cie/ztlflfl
Farmer.

The height of iiiconsideration 0“
the part of a visitor, is not to be reildy

and Secretary as ea: ofiicio members.

for meals when the bell rings.

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Qanununirafians,

Defrauding Farmers.

ADDISON, May 1st, 1878.
Worth 1/ Sccrctcn-_y .-

I presume if all the frauds that ai'e
being perpetrated on the unsuspect-
ing farmers were exposed through
the columns of the Visiron an enlarge-
ment would be demanded for that
purpose, if for no other. But I, for
oiie, do not like to see my brother
farmers gulled by sharpers without
giving an expose of the manner in
which the gulling was accomplished,
and thus place light where darkness
usually is, when the wily agent calls.

Quite recently two of these sharks
referred to, visited this vicinity, \Vest-
ern Lcnawee Co..and were introducing
what they called the PHCENIX LiGii'r-
.\'i.\'c. RODS. Of course they were
experts in talking and lying as has
been since found out; these forerun-
ners say nothing about a written or-
der; they want no such thing, for it is
their purpose to come around in a
week or so and put up the rods them-
selves. '1 hey want the purchasers to
understand that the agreement is
wholly a verbal one; but as they pro-
pose to give a policy that will cover
the loss, in case the buildings rodded
are in any way damaged by lightning
they desire the poor fellow who they
are hoodwinking to sign a paper (a
copy of which I give below), which
they call an application for such poli-
cy. They will request the purchaser
to read before. signing. but when the
attempt is made, they have a very im-
portant matter to coininunicaie in
regard to the desirability of such in-
surance, and will attract his attention
in some way, if he is not on his guard,
so as not to allow him to get at the
meaning, Ol‘ anything else, of the paper
he 1S about to sign. Ile signs it.
They. hurrcdly make out a duplicate,
and the chief one of the fraud signs
that, then urgent business in some oth-
er part of the Township induces them
to leave. After they are gone the
purchaser reflects upon the bargain
he made and how he beat them down
from perhaps a $200 job, at their
price, to a $25 job, at a price of his own
making. He then reads over the
duplicate of his application for that

-desirable policy, and finds it to be

precisely this:
PHOENIX LIGHTNING RODS.
‘(Then follow blanks for date and name of dealer)
Please deliver at my house enough for
circuit form, of PATENT COPPER RODS
for my _____________ ..,witli ground rods
anda sutficient number ofpoints, at your
earliest convenience, and erect the same
if desired for which I will pay you
eighty and one half cents per foot, cash
on delivery; or will give my note paya-
ble in ______________ --187--witli interest.
I own the land and buildings for which
these rods and credit are procured.
(Signed) ...................... -_

He reads and re-reads, but no light
shines upon the valuable application.
All is enshrouded in darkness, but
yet every thing must be all right, for
those agents made every thing clear
enough. this latter reflection is a con-
soling element and lulls censcience to
‘the lands of perpetual sleep, if she
even so much as demands further in-
vestigation.

Several days after the time set
‘verbally when the job was to have
been done, a foreman and two assist-
ants enter the yard with a lightning
rod wagon. The foreman makes a few
casual remarks of inquiry in regard
to who is the proprietor, etc. and he
being present, takes the original paper
-signed from his book, and reads ; then
inquires if the signature is correct, and
if he desires the rods put up by them,
or will he do it himself, of course he
will reply; “the agreement was that
the agent was to do the work himself.”

This being what he wants, he or-
ders his men to “Lay off rods enough
to circuit the house! ” The order is
obeyed. The men being experts at
the business are as lively as bees and
before the purchaser is aware of it,
his buildings are literally circuited
with rods; being, perhaps, fifty times
as much as was agreed upon, when
he signed that “Application for an In-
surance Policy.” He attempts an ex-
planation. He remonstrales, inquires,
almost swears. in fact does every thing
except taking the fraud by the throat
and choking him until he becomes
breathless-—yes dead I But all he does
is to no purpose. The foreman is
busily directing his men. and has time
only to say, “ This is what you order-
ed the Company to do, and I am act-
ing under the instructions of the
Company.” As soon as the purchas

‘er says, as he undoubtedly will do :

“ Well‘ sir, you need not put up any
more!" work ceases and the men pre-
pare to leave, but are very careful to
take measurements, and leave rods
enough to circuit the buildings. The
pay for rods is then demanded, and of
course the purchaser is so confounded
and out of balance that he scarcely
knows what reply to make, but finally
gathers courage enough to refuse to
pay a cent. This is expected and Mr.
Cheeky COOll_) remarks: " VVell I sup-
pose the Company will be compelled
to have resource to the courts then.”
Jumps into his wagon and as cooly
drives off. The to-be -pittied farmer
is left to stew in his wrath alone. He
is so much bewildered or so excited
that he simply swears, if he is posses-
of that habit, and only chokes his
oaths if he is not. He can do no work,
cannot sleep, or even eat, he simply
blows all the time. Shortly after 11!
o’clock the next day Mr. Cheeky and
his men return again. He remarks:
“As this is the last unscttle(l job in
the County, I am instructed by the
General Manager to settle with you.”
He has much to say about the law on
contracts, and the decisions of the
various courts, and, in fact, commen-
ces a general raid of scare, and wheth-
er he succeeds or not, depends upon
the mettle of the man he is raiding
upon. I was an eye-witness to one
of these raids only last week, and
having learned in the Grange how to
talk, and how to bother, and how to
interrupt, I had a fine time in allow-
ing a scheme of mine to exhaust itself,
I gathered from him all the informa-
tion that I have given above, and
induced him to allow me to examine
his policies which I noticed were
headed AETNA INDEMITY Company of
Chicago Ill., and only one place for a
signature, and that to be the Agent’s
himself. This helped very much in
exposing the fraud, for he was em-
ployed, as he said, by the Plnenix Co.
Kalamazoo.

Brothers, I hope you will profit by
this expose, and when you see these
frauds entering upon your premises
in the image ofpeddlers, book agents,
or other agents cooly go about your
own business and be sure to request
them to go about theirs.

Never sign a. paper that a stranger
may request you to; never place any
confidence in any one, of Whom you
have no knowledge whatever. Deal

wholly with your Order and through-

your Order, and you will not be gull-

ed by sharks. Never purchase a thing

because you imagine you are getting

it at a cheaper rate than your neigh-

bor will be obliged to pay. Lastly;

"Be honest and fear not ”

F raternall y and '1 ruly Yours,
Tnos. MALONY,

Sec., Rollin Grange, 383.

One—half cup of corn starch im-
proves any common cake; less flour,
however, must be used.

"I THE GRANGE’ §71s1'roR.

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

May 16. Unadilla, Ingha.m,Co., Mich.
“ 17, Waterloo, Jackson Co., Mich.
18, Norvill, “ “ “
20 Sp}-ingport‘ u .a 41
Homer, Calhoun “ ‘-
Battle Creek, Calhoun Co., Mich.
Bedford, “ “ -*
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Mich.
South Haven, Van Bureii Co., Mich.
Plainwell, Allegnn Co., Mich.
Berrien Centre, Berrien Co., Mich.
To lfie arranged by Thomas Mars, in
errien Count .

(K II (C y (K It
Monteray, Allegan County, Mich.
Moliiie, “ “ H
Rockford, Kent
Alaska, “

Ionia, Ioiiia
Keene, “
Berltn, Ottawa
So. Boston, Ioiiia
Grattan, Kent
Portland, Ioiiia.
Grand Ledge, Eaton Co., Afternoon.
North Lansing, Ingham Co., Evening.
Lainsbura, Shiawassee Co., Mich.
Victor, I flinton “ “
Oak Grove Gr. Livingston Co., Mich.
Howell, Livingston Co., Mich.
Pontiac, Oakland “ “
Orion’ u u M
Imlay City, Lapeer “ “
Memphis, St. Clair Co., Mich.
' Flushing. Genesee “ “
24, Birch Run, Saginaw Co., Mich.
25, Saginaw City, “ “ H
‘26, Orient, Osceola “ “
27, Big Rapids, Mecosta “ ‘-
‘29, Fremont Center, Newaygo Co., Mich.
29, Ravenna, Muskegon Co., Mich.-
Jonesville, Mich, May 7th, 1878.
Fraternally, T. A. THOMPSON.

t‘.¢l\'4l\'a'-‘_‘C‘CI.‘.“‘lC§\‘:Iy$—Cr-'-1

Farincrs in Legisliitioii.

Bro. Cobb:

In the Visrron of April 15th,
Brother Pray propounds this ques-
tion: “\Vhy should not Farmers
Represent Farmers in our Legislative
and other Representative Bodies?”
This isavery important and yet a
very simple question. I apprehend
no one will deny that the great
Agricultural interests of our State
should be represented by Agricul-
turists.

Let us change Brother Prayls
question, and put it in this form:
Why are not Farmers Represented
by Farmers? with this change, the
question is more pertinent, and comes
home to the farmers with more force,
and possibly may induce them to
take a retrospective view of their
past actions, and perhaps they may
resolve to make amends.

Why are not farmers represented
by farmers? First, because they do
not attend the primary meetings in
their respective townships; they
seem to manifest so little interest in
selecting candidates, or are so busy

about their work, they neglect this -

important duty as citizens, and leave
this matter, which is of such vast
interest to themselves, to others:
They allow a few professional politi-
cians to select delegates to represent
themselves (not the farmers), in the
conventions for nominating candi-
dates, for the farmers to vote for.
Can the farmer who thus neglects
this important duty, expect any favors
of a convention thus organized ‘! Sup-
pose the farmers and laborers should
turn out in full force, could they not
select men of their own choice?
They have the power in their own
hands, why not use it. Is any one to
blame bm, themselves? If a candi-
date for Congress is to be nominated,
the delegates sent to nominate, are
lawyers or office holders. Do you
suppose they will select a. farmel‘?
It is absurd t i expect any such thing.

When did we have any other but
a lawyer to represent this second
Congressional District? Have we not
in this great Agricultural district, a
farmer capable of representing our
interests in Congress better than a
lawyer? Cannot the great Agricul-
tural State of Michigan find as much
as one" farmer in whose hands it is
willing to trust its interests? Nine

3

lawyers in Congress from Michigan.
Does that sound well? Is it policy?

Farmers, Laborers, Patrons, how
long shall these things be? It is for
you to determine.

Brother Pray asks the question,
“ \Vould it not be well to change the
programme?" Certainly; the sooner
the better. Why not inaugurate a
new system‘? Let the voters select
their men, and then elect them

My second reason is our party
ties have been so strong we have not
been willing to cut loose from them,
we have voted more for party than
capability or honesty. How often a
worthy capable candidate has been
defeated by a worthless demagogue
because he (the demagogue) belonged
to the dominent pai-ty,and although he
may have secured his nomination by
fraud, we must support him and our
party, it the heavens fall.

Voters! is not this true i Patrons!
How many votes have you thrown
away on some political partizan,
when you might have elected a
good intelligent farmer whether a
member of our Order or not?

I am of the opinion it matters very
little to what political party a man
belongs at the present time. What
we want is honest men; men who
dare to do right; men whose sole ob-
ject is not their own aggrandisement,
but who are willing to labor faithful-
ly and zealously for the welfare
of their constituents. We do not
want men who inflate their own
salaries and contract the wages of
the laborer, or the price of our farm
products. We want no more Bel-
knaps or Credit Mobilcrs; but we do
want honest men in office. \Ve want
our Government to aid us in this
time of trouble. Cannot this Govern-
nent do something to relieve the
distress that abounds in our land?
Is there no remedy? Many of our
farms are mortgaged. Must they be
taken from us? Must we be turned
out of our old homes where we had
hoped to spend our last days in
peace? \Vho is responsible for this
state of things? Have we brought

it about, or are our law makers (law- _

yers) responsible for it.

Now farmers, laborers, let us in-
vestigate; let us repudiate all dis-
honesty in party or politcians, and it
will not be very long before we shall
have no occasion to ask the questions:
"' VVhy should not,” or, ‘* Why are
not Farmers Represented in our
Legislative Bodies 1”’

D. Wooi)n.iN.

Paw Paw, Mich., May 8, 1878.

The Feeding Value of the Potato.

How to convert potatoes, with the
best economy and with the greatest
profit, into other forms of food,
into milk, butter, and meat, is a prob-
lem not yet fully solved. Various
estimates have been made by practical
men as to the effective value of the
potato in the production of beef, mut-
ton, and milk. and though opinions
still differ, the proportion of other
food staples that potatoes are capable
of yielding, is nearly indicated in the
following statement :

A bushel of potatoes when judicious-
ly fed to animals of a good breed will
produce:

pounds
Of beef, from . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 to 3
Of Mutton, from.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 to 6
Of pork, from.. . . . -5
Of milk,fi'om.... ...35 to 40
0fbutter,from....  .. . 2 to 2}

It is of course; not supposed that
potatoes are fed exclusively, in pro-
ducing these results, but in suitable
combination with other kinds of feed

CONRAD WILSON.

Do not entertain visitors with your
own domestic troubles.


   

THE GRANGE VISIT

SCHOOLCRAFT. MAY 15. 1878.

OR.

‘E§ea:¢tarp's éepsrfmtnf.

J. T. COBB, - - - - SCHOOLCRAFT.

Ofiicers and members of Subordinate_Granges
in corresponding with this ofiice, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

I BiLANKS.

Blanks that are sent free from this ofiice on
application are :

Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub-
ordinate Granges. A _

Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-
mona Granges.

Blank application for
Granges. _ _

Blank applications for Membership in Pomona
Gran es.

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

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

“A Sister's ” article would have ap-
peared in this number, but the “rule”
that all Contributors must give their
name is so obviously right, that we
aredisposed to adhere to it. As this
article is without date or name, we
hold it to hear from the author. When
requested, the name is withheld from
publication.

“Aunt Sally” also forgets to sign
her name.

 

Are these Things so‘!

The American people are notoriously
progressive. When we say this there
is running alongside, parallel with the
declaration, a feeling or idea or im-
pression of real, actual, desirable ad-
vancement in the direction of ini-
provement and a higher and better
civilization.

In making this first statement how-
ever, at this time, we do so with a
purpose to call in question, and object
to the progress that has been made in
a department of business where edu-
cation, refinement and culture are to
be found, and where the boor, the
clodhopper, and the unlearned are not
permitted to enter. And we raise the
inquiry whether the progress made by
the bar and judiciary of the country

has not been antagonistic to the best_

interests of the people. The business
of securing justice between man and
man in cases of difference, and of re-
quiring the fulfillment of obligations
on the part of the unwilling, has been
from time immemorial committed to
the institutions known as courts, and
the purpose of this article is to ask the
question, Is the object for which courts
were instituted attained? or, when
attained, as it sometimes no doubt
must be, is it at such price as is satis-
factory to fair-minded, honest men?
Our observation leads us to believe
that there is but one opinion on this
subject. We are sure that the great
body of ‘the people, though they have
given this matter no systematic con-
sideration or discussion, have come to
understand that speedy justice is no
longer to be expected in the adminis-
tration of our judicial system,
These are progressive times. In
every department of business PUSH
has come to be recognized as the essen-
tian element—a characteristic feature
of this country. Men want to reach
conclusions at once——have no love for
the slow plodding usages and habits
of their grandfathers. If this spirit
of the age has reached the judiciary
department of the country it has had

an effect in the opposite direction from
what is shown in all other depart-
ments of business. The two most
important elements in operating the
machinery of the law seem to be to
consume time and make costs. .

We need not minutely describe the
general course of cases that are
lavunc/zed in justice courts —-go on
appeal to the Circuit, are put over
from one term to another, first, per-
haps, by the attorney for the plaintiff‘,
then by the attorney for the defend-
ant, and when at last, after months or
years of delay on one pretext or an-
other,a verdict is reached, the litigants,
if not yet impoverished, discover
that they are just getting down to
business.

No Circuit Judge would have the
discourtesy to refuse to hear argu-
ment on a motion for a new trial, be-
sides usage demands that any course
which has the two elements of need-
less delay and expense should be
respected and pursued; and usage in
this is the “ Higher Law.” When the
machinery of delay has run dry the
case is, perhaps, again tried in the
Circuit, or goes to the Supreme Court.
In each case no change of programmne
will take place. Anything that con-
sumes time and postpones what should
be the first prime object of a court of
justice, is in order with the bar and
permitted by the court.

This charge seems sweeping and
severe, but can its truthfulness be de-
nied. No one will pretend that our
courts in these latter days, attempt
to secure justice to the parties at law
within a reasonable time and at the
least possible cost. The reverse is
notoriously true.

We call to mind a case in our town-
ship where the sum involved was less
than $10, that was in court over four
years, cost the county over $500 and
the litigants a large sum. And an-
other case were the original amount
involved was less that $20, now in its
sixth year, with no prospect of reach-
inga conclusion. And the experience
of the citizens of our town is not dif-
ferent from that of others,—if not in
every township, certainly in every
county in the State.

If we are answei ed that no one com-
pels us to go to law,——if we don’t like
it, keep out of it. I answer that the
practice of courts and attorneys has
been such that careful, prudent men
are heard to declare every time this
subject is called up that they would
rather sustain a loss of $100 at any time
than to attempt to obtain their rights
in courts.

Few of our most judicious, careful
men of any class are found in court,
either as plaintiff or defendant, for the
simple reason that such men have no
confidence in the administration of
law—are, in short, afraid of the whole
machinery of courts, preferring to
sufi'er loss, injury, or thinly disguised
robbery, if not in silence, at least
without resistance, rather than take
the chances of delay and loss that are
sure to follow any attempt to secure
justice in our courts, and yet these
men contribute, without complaint, to
the support and maintenance of a
usage that is as disgraceful to our
boasted civilization, as it is expensive
and unsatisfactory.

We complain of hard times, but
what do we do to relieve ourselves of
the burden of taxation. If the com-
plaint is well founded, is it not time to
cast about us and see if something
cannot be done. Shall we go on from
year to year paying court expenses
that, in half the cases, amount to
more than the sum in controversy?

This condition of things is the
growth of years, and is so thoroughly
imbeded’in our statutes and the law of
usage, that we cannot even expect to
make much headway against it. But

   ‘  RIB/I I _ ,7» - --;{,:;*‘:;'. .41. ' "'-'7———4——— -- 7 7‘ » ‘W’ V'V:*"7 -' 17' ..:\_~_

We hope, lby caning attention to it to
31-ovoke c iscussion. .

1 And Iwould suggest, as the 
practicable step toward the correctloe
of the abuses complained 0f: F113 
demand such legislation as Wlll P13"
vent any case going from a Justice,
to the Circuit Court, where the S1131
involved is less than, say $100-0 -
As we have intimated, these abuses
will not easily be rubbed out. B_Ul«
can we not, by making a definite P0m_t
—the reasonableness of which is obvi--
ous to all——conimence the work_0f_r0-
form with more hope of accomplislllng‘
something, than to raise the cry of
honesty and reform in a sort of gen-
eral way. Before we Vote for mem-
bers of another legislature, let 118
know what the candidates think about
this matter, and what, if elected, they
will do about it. If the people them-
selves do not undertake to correct
some of the abuses that have settled
down upon us, I apprehend they will
have occasion to continue grumbling
for years to come.

Condensed Report of Proceedings of El-
mira Farmers Club, as found in "13
Husbandmaii of May 1st and 8th.

The manufacture of sugar from
beets and cane has been discussed by
the Club from time to time. Letters
received by Secretary Armstrong from
two Neb. correspondents, claimed that
good results were obtained last year
from a new kind called amber cane,
and that farmers were so confident of
success that they were making ex-
tensive preparaiion for raising this
new variety of cane with the expecta-
tion that it will prove more profitable
than raising wheat.

Bro. Sessions by letter gave his tes-
timony against raising millet and
corn for fodder where grass makes a
good crop. This View was endorsed
by the club and the opinion seemed
to prevail that grass should be placed
first in the list of food prepared for
stock, and corn fodder, Hungarian
grass and millet should be raised only
as a substitute for a hay crop.

In answer to an enquirer who de-
sired to fence with barbed wire, Pres.
Hoffman said he had used such for two
years, and was favorably impressed
with it, but thought more time neces-
sary to determine positively that it is
the best and cheapest farm fence-—
thought 20 feet apart, about the right
distance for posts. As the Pres’t did not-
state how many wires he used, or the
cost of his fence, we have no data to
compai'e this with other fences, the
cost of which we know.

From State Agent Carpenter, of
DesMoines, Iowa, we learn that barbed
wire is now worth nine cts. per pound,
and weighs 1-81 pounds to the rod.

A barbed wire fence need not be as
high as any other fence, as stock have
great respect for the barbs after hav-
ing been once introduced.

A lengthy discussion on the subject
of manures seemed to lead to the con-
clusion that course manure should be
plowed under for its mechanical effect
on heavy soils, but on light porous
soils surface application insured bet-
ter results. Concentrated manures
by which we mean hen manure, night
soil, and the like, are made available
by mixing with dry earth, and the
mass kept sheltered and applied in a
dry condition, when planting corn, or
to other growing crops.

The deoderizing properties of dry
earth and plaster are not understood
and appreciated by farmers generally,
or we should not find in these days of
cheap plaster, so many offensive odors
in the back yards of farmers.

The advocates of coloring butter
had another hearing, were promptly
replied _to, and the subject left about
where it was taken up. ‘If any ad.

;

Vance toward a conclusion was made
it wap tevidently covered by the old
coup e .

“A man coiiviiiceil _agaiii_;~ltl his will

Is of the same opinion sti .”

A correspondent recommended
Brpw.nel1~5_beauty as :2 late potato,
claiming this new varie y superior to
the peachblow in qual1ty—-smooth as
the early rose, and never hollow.

N 0 one could sat1sfacto1'1y answer
a. Wisconsin enquirer “how to kee
eggs fi'om now.until next.winter,”

We were a little surprised to find
the President and Secretary of the
Club in favor of the old way of sow.
ing plaster by hand rather than with
a machine, and cannot in this land of
horses see much [force in_ onebof the

b'ections to mac ine SOWIDO‘ ec-au-
2it takes a horse to run in?’ be

It takes a man to run the business
the old way, and is neither easy or
pleasant. _ Perhaps, however, the
hirecl man is the approved machine in
this case.

Upon the question of harrowing
corn, there was some apprehension
expressed as to its being‘ safe treat-
ment, though the practice wss ap-
proved by both the editors of the
Husbandman.

In this part of Michigan. harrowing
corn fields after planting as the weeds
start, finds favor with all those who
have tried it. Of course it will not
do if the land is wet, or on sod that
has not been well prepared for the
crop.

‘We find in the Husbaiidnian that
a record kept by Isaac Ste{ll'IlS,‘ in
Newfield, Mass, from 1898 to 13.30,
of the date when apple trees were in
full bloom, shows May 9, 1830, as the
earliest blOSS0II1lI]0' in that period of
58 years, and Jun? 3, 1850, as the la-
test.

T. B. Tompkins, of Elmira, N. Y.
has continued the record to date, and
from that we find that in this period
of 80 years these records show this
to be the only year when apple trees
were in bloom in April.

The extremes of the seasonapppear
in Mr. Tompkins’ table, April 20th,
1878, against June 9th, 1867, a. range
of six weeks in eleven years.

The flattering prospects of this
early season have been suddenly
chilled by the frosts of the morning
of May 11th, which extended overa
great breadth of country. Cutting
down the early tender garden vegeta-
bles, grapes, peaches, and Sm-“ill
fruits in many localities. The extent
of the damage cannot at this writing
be estimated.

BEFORE the next issue of the V15-
ITOR, as will be seen by Bro. Thom?‘
son’s list of appointments, he will be
in Kalamazoo. VVe are informed by
Bro. James, that his lecture there W111
be at the hall of Arcadia Grange. 11'? 2
P. M. His lectures are spoken 0f_S0
highly by all who have heard llllllo
that we hope no one will fail to hem‘
him wherever he speaks.

THE Patrons of Hillsdale County
will Hold their annual Pic-Nic on the
fair grounds in the city of Hillsdale,
Wednesday, June 5th, at 11 A. 3!-
Bros. Childs, Luce, and Moore are EX‘
peoted to give addresses. A cordial
invitation is extended to all tillers of
the soil, whether of the Order or n0t-

Berrien Springs, the county seat of
Berrien county, rejoices in the fact
that not a lawyer or law oflice is t0
be found within its boundaries.

   

A place for everything, and eV91'Y
thing in its place, is the secret of good

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“H: are in receipt of a circular from
J. D. Whitman, Secretary and Busi-
ness Manager of the “ Wool Growers
Exchange,” Stubenville, O. This or-
ganization has succeeded the “ \Vool
Growers’ Association,” which has been
doing business for one year at the
same place. VVc gather from the cir-
cular that the Exchange is composed
largely of members of the old Asso-
ciation, and that the new organization
is to accomplish the same purpose
and is simply the outgrowth of the
experience of the men who, by the
observation and knowledge acquired
by the business of a year, have found
a change desirable. Last season was
exceedingly unfavorable for the new
enterprise, but it seems to have men
of determination and push behind it,
who are doing all they can to inaugu-
rate a new method of handling this
valuable product of the farm.
We quote from the circular:

“ Let the farmer friends of the house
induce other wool growers to support
the enterprise by shipping wool here,
and by subscribing stock to the Ex-
change. This subscription is made
so easy that no wool grower can have
any excuse for non-support. The
coming season promises to be more
auspicious than the past for making
this enterprise beneficial to wool
growers; and the probability is that
the stock subscribed by coiisignors
will pay itself back, indirectly, in one
season, by having the wool properly
handled and sold. But the great ad-
vantage Will be in the building up for
wool growers an organization that will
give them a strength they do not now
have, and enable them to have an in-
telligent knowledge of their own
situation at all times, without any
detriment to any other legitimate call-
ing or class.

“SECURITY, &C.—The managers in
the house are bonded; the wool is
kept insured; graded; sacks are fur-
nished for the shipment of wool here.
Money will be advanced on Wool, if
desired, for which interest will be
charged not to exceed 7 per cent per
annum. Consignors will say, when
consigiiing wool, to whom they de-
sire advances, or return of sales to
be sent. Blanks will be sent out for
shipment when sacks are ordered. In-
structions from consignors, as to sales,
grading, &c., will be followed as far
as possible.

“GrRADING.—Tl]e object of grading
wool is to present it in a shape that
manufacturers want to buy, and thus
having every lot disposed of upon its
merits. A Wool grower thus knows
what he is raising.

" We make some extracts from dif-
ferent sorces, showing why a house of
this kind should be supported. Several
circulars could be filled with such ex-
tracts:

‘For many years the wool growers
have complained, and 1 think with good
reason, of the system practiced by the
majority who purchase their clips.—
There is no proper discrimination as to
the quality or condition. The dealers
pay about as much for interior wool,
nominally washed, as for best _clipS.
thoroughly washed and put up in the
most approved condition. There is no
encouragement for producing the be?‘
sample, and preparing it for market in
nice clean order. The purchases are
made upon the general average system,
the best woois being bought at much
less than they are worth, while for the
inferior and dirty the negligent or dis-
honest farmer is rewarded by realizing
more than the product is worth.’-
Americcm. Oultivator, Boston.

“ Some dealers have written to the
men who are trying to carry this
Wool House through, and told them

i ' (TI-IE»GRA1VGE_iOl{7ISl*Ci7OR.

if they desired to save the fine wool
interest of this country, something
of this kind must be done. Farmers
must bulk t/zeir own wool, and put it

in good condition for the market, in- i ’

stead of begging dealers and others to
do it for them.

‘Farmers are censured for the dis-3

honestmanner in which,in many locali-

ties, they put up their woois. It is but i

fair to state in their defense, that the
local buyer is aware of it, and is largely
responsible for it, for he, either for the
sake of his commission, knowingly
pays full price for such woois, or else, if
he happens to be a storekeeper, for fear
of losing a customer he does not prose-
cute the ofl'ender, and thus the majority
of farmers who would take the same
pride in the condition of their fleeces
that they do with their stock, are dis-
couraged from keeping up their stand-
ard. If farmers would put in their
fleeces a tag, with the name and address,
they would ere long find buyers who
would appreciate honesty, and if the
local agent will not discriminate be-
tween light and heavy woois, they can
find responsible houses in the East who
will obtain their relative value.—.l[au_r/er
(E A'vc7'y’s New York Ilfonthlg Wool (fir-
cularfor April.

“Farmers appreciate the situation
spoken of in this Circular fully, and
through a house of this kind, are try-
ing to remedy the wrongs complained
of

“It is expected to continue the issue
of the lVool (r’rowcr.s-’ Bullctizz the
coming season, 25 numbers during
the year, and weekly during the wool
season, for which .30 cents per annuin
will be charged. We desire to make
this little publication indispeiisible to
every live wool grower; and will use
it in giving general wool news and
markets to our consignors. Consign-
ors will also, if necessary, be advised
by special circular.

“Any further information will be
gladly given on any of the points
touched upon in this circular. Yet
we would advise all who desire to be
kept fully posted to send for the Wool
Growers’ Bulletin. You will more
than receive back the cost of this in
the information obtained as to how to
avoid buying shoddy cloths, if you
do not raise a pound of wool. Sample
copy sent free to any address.

In sending for sacks, or for further
information, address all communica-
tions to 117001 G/'02ncr.s-’ ];'rc/i(m,r/6,
Steubenvillc, 0/tio.”

Farmers’ Scrap Book.

lfvery farmer shou‘d keep a scrap-
book. Many valuable receipts, useful
hints and beautiful thoughts are float-
ing around in the various newspapers,
that may be preserved in this way for
convenient reference. The book may
be arranged into different departments
—tlie scientific, the floral, the horti-
cultural, the veterinary, the house
hold, the agricultural, the poultry,
the ornamental,—and each article
placed under its proper place heading.
Thus an index will be unnecessary,
and you can readily turn to the article
to which you Wish to refer. The
value of such a book will, we think.
be apparent to every farmer, and its
compilation a pleasant amusement.
The lives of valuable animals may be
saved by reference to its pages; the
corn may be cultivated more success-
fully, or other and better varieties
obtained. Many a ‘pleasant hour may
be passed by the winter fireside read-
ing its pages, for if the selections are
good it is an interesting and valuable
encyclopedia of rural affairs. Let
the children have a. department of
their own. devoted to pigeons, rabbits
and other pets. You will hereby
instil into their minds a love of nature,
a desire for study, and methodical
habits.——Amer7.'cmi Stock Journal.

. Tea or coffee should be drank from
the cup, not the saucer.

1

1 C. L. VVHITNEY, - -

- MUSK EGON.
Our Visitor.

In the prospectus of the sheet of
l 1877, it was said that “the Order of
Patrons of Husbandry has come to

stay, and should be so treated by its
friends.” Should you look for proof
of this, find it in the character and
quantity of our literature. Do you
inquire at home for a. proof of our
fraternity’s prosperity and perpetuity?
Look at the increased size and fre-
quency of‘ this, Our Visiroa ; also to
the improved character of its columns
and see if you can not see that the
Grange has come to stay. The more
earnest Patrons have doubtless al-
ready seen this, but have they direct-
ed the attention of others less earnest
to the fact, and have they shown the
lukewarm and creaking brother, that
the present is well and the future
bright.

\Vhatcvcr the Visiroit is to us With-
in the gates, its light shines without
rt-fleeting to all, friend or foe, enough
of the truth, that they‘too may know
that of a fact we have come to abide
for a time. To show an organization’s
literature is to show its strength or
weakness. Then all who love the Or-
der and would advance its interests-—
gain assurance within and command
confidence without, should endeaver
to improve and increase our literature.

When we enlarged the VISITOR, we
did well—-when we increased the fre-
quency of its issue we did better—,
but to increase its number of readers
is to do still better, for then we
may, look forward to the time
when a larger paper issued weekly,
will vanish doubts of the fact that we
have couie to remain.

Can not each and every subscriber
to the Vlsrron put the matter be-
fore some brother or sister and so
urge the facts that our list may be
largely increased? Oflicers should
each and every one urge this matter
in the Subordinate Granges and in
the County Grange meetings, Our
paper should be on each programme.
Appoint a committee of ladies to call
upon every brother in the Grange,
and solicit his subscription and never
take No, for an answer. If one is
found unable to pay fifty cents, ask
that the Grange send it to him free of
cost. Again, let a Grange vote from
its treasury enough to send a copy to
every family represented in theGrange.
thus securhig a Grange periodical to
every member To subscribe for and
read the VISITOR, is the duty of every
Patron in Michigan. Many can do
more than this, they can write. They
have had experience, valuable experi-
ence, which told in these columns
would save time and money to many a
reader. Let those who write not
think that the readers of their articles
are the only ones who are benefited-—
for the anther of a good article is al-
ways benefited by his efforts to aid
others, and the greater the effort and
the more research in the preparation,
the better the result, both to writer,
and reader.

Subscribe then for the VISITOR, and
induce all others to do so. Read every
number carefully and induce every
member to do the same. Write as
often as you can for your own good
as well as for the general benefit of
all the readers, and as a result, every
doubtful member will be convinced,
and every non-Patron impressed with
the fact that the Grange Organization
has come to stay.

Husbands must not expect their
wives to make good, white bread from
poor flour.

§g."z‘..c,t_g1zp‘r’_-sygg gl2partiun1t._ 

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Travel .\'0tes.
\'im_\ioN'i'\'ii.i.E, May 10, 187%‘.

llbrtliy Bro. :—As we are weathei'-
bound by the continuous heavy rains,
I will send you a few notes. I reside
near the line of Barry and Eaton
counties, and within a fortnight have
been north to the north east part of
Ionia County, and west to Hastings,
and east to Charlotte, going and coin-
ing by different roads; so I have had
a chance to see some of the present
condition and prospects of fariners in
this part of_the State. According to the
State census of 1874, we are in the
heart of the largest maple sugar mak-
ing section of our State. This year
the quality was very fine, but the
quantity less than one-halt’ an average
crop.

Fruit trees of all kinds have blos-
somed very full, and are setting finely
with fruit, thus promising an abun-
dant crop if no untoward circumstan-
ces prevent its maturing. Owing to
the rains, spring work is in a very
backword condition; less than orie-
half the anticipated amount of cats
are in, while scarcely any one has be-
gun to prepare for planting corn, ex-
cept on sandy lands.

VVheat averages well and is about
three weeks ahead of ordinary sea-
sons; on sandy fields and rolling lands
it is very heavy, with a tendency to
lodge now and then, while on low
grounds and fiat locations it has been
drowned out more or less. and an oc-
casional field has been damaged by
wire w(1'ins_ Altogether the out-look
is very favorable now, but there are
many contingencies to allow for be-
fore the crop can be marketed. Grass
is very forward and very licavy.

Grange matters seem to be in a
prosperous condition generally. The
membership is not as numerous as a
year or two ago, those having dropped
out who joined for fun or curiosity. or
who expected all the benefits of the
Order were to be had by simply join-
ing it, without any efl'ort on their
part. I am sorry to say, that those
who are disaffected, include some of
sufficient wealth and influence, that
they might have helped make the
Grange more a power for good than
it now is, who seem to forget that re-
sults flow only from causes, and that
to their indifl'crence more than to any
other cause, is owing the failure of
the Order to attain some of the re-
sults to which it has aspired.

The members who hold on are
working out some grand results.-
Several Granges, especially in Ionia
County have built substantial and
commodious Halls, while others con-
template doing so another season.—-
The moral and educational i'eatures
of the Order are begining to show
their legitimate effects in the develop-
ment of a- better and more refined
and independent type of manhood
and womanhood. May we hold fast
to what we have and advance one step
at a. time, until we attain the full re-
cognition of the rights and privileges
which the American farmers as Amer-
ican freemen and citizens should en-
joy. As aids in this work "ermont-
ville Grange No. 625 has adopted a.
series of questions for discussion at
each regular meeting, and invited va-
rious partles, most of whom are not
members of the Order, to address
them in open session, at designated
times. Both these plans have worked
well, and taken in connection with
music and the socialenjeyment of our
meetings, have added larrely to the
interest and attendance. \Ve hope
with a better’ Hall and increased ex-
perience to move forward in our good
work. B. E. BENEDICT, Sec’y.v

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HOME AND FRIENDS.

Oh, there's a power to make each hour
As bright as heaven designed it,

Nor need we roam to bring it home,
Though few there be that find it.

We seek too high for things close by,
And lose what nature found us ;

For life hath here no friends so dear
As home and friends around us.

We oft destroy the present joy.
For future hope. and praise them,
While flowers as sweet bloom at our feet,
If we’d but stoop to raise them ;
For things afar still sweeter are
When youth’s bright spell hath bound us,
But soon we're taught that earth hath naught
Like home and friends around us.

The friends that speed in time of need,
When hope’s last reed is shaken,

Do show us still, that, come what will,
VVe are not quite forsaken.

Though all were night, if but the light
From friendship’: alter crowned us.

’Twould prove the bliss of earth was this:
Our home and friends around us.

Some Good Advice to Young Ladies.

ST. JOHNS, April 29th, 1878.
Worthy Bro. Cobb:

Many thanks to you for the courtesy
extended to the ladies in offeriiig them
21. department in the VISITOR, and per-
.mit me through its columns to address a
‘few words to our girls in and out of the
‘Grange.

Do you imagine, my dear girls, the
Iincalculable amount of good you might
do in the temperance cause, if you
would combine together and never tole-
rate or encourage the addresses of dis-
:sipated young men, no matter how
wealthy and fascinating they may be.
Heed not the promises and vows of
such, as you value your happiness in
‘this life. Read the following true story
F1101‘ think it over-drawn. It is the same
story in the life of any drunkard’s wife,
with variations.

In the quiet little neighborhood where

I was born, there lived many years ago
a young blacksmith and wife who were
married and commenced housekeeping
when I was a young Miss of ten. He
had been a reckless youth, but the fair
young girl married him for love, and
thought she could reclaim him, as many
have thought before and many will
again. Oh, the bitter disappointment
and humiliation that was in store for
her and how bravely she bore it. As I
think of her now, and how little she
had to make life desirable; of her in-
cessant toil year in and year out, no
luxuries and few of the comforts of life;
of her sunny clieerfulness, her buoyant,
happy disposition amidst so much that
would crush out ordinary mortals, I am
filled with amazement, and think, veri-
ly an angel walked by the side of a
demon. She was not handsome, hardly
pretty, but very fair, with such a wealth
of golden hair. Her vivacious, spright-
ly disposition made her particularly at-
tractive to _ine, although many years
my senior. I loved this gentle being,
that knew so little of joy. How brave
and hopeful she was. For years taking
in sewing and washing, and with the
money thus earned buying little com-
forts to make her home more tasteful
and attractive, and have them ruthless-
ly destroyed by this improvident hus-
band in his mad, drunken fits.

He was an expert at his trade, and
would be steady several weeks, some-
times get some money ahead, and then
would follow a week or two of drunken
carousal, and abuse of his wife and lit-
tle ones. Many a night has she sought
shelter beneath my father’s roof, away
from his drunken, insane fury. She
did not despair, but nourished a hope
that never knew fruition. “If I am
only patient with him,” she would say,
“he will reform and si :n the pledge
some day, and such happiness I shall
see then.”

One sunny day in October I took my
patch-work and went to the lowly home
of Mrs. P. As I approached the door I
heard sobs and moaning, opened the
door unceremoniously and stood on
the threshold appalled. The room was
one mass of confusion, broken dishes
and chairs scattered about promiscu-
ously, and midway in the room this
human fiend was dragging his almost
insensible wife by her long, silken blond
hair. He relinquished his hold upon
her upon seeing me. She staggered to
her feet while the blood flowed from

wounds upon her face. The sight of me
partially sobered him; he stood in awe
of my father, and begged me not to tell
him, said they were only scuflling and
she fell. She dared not dispute him.
I indigiiantly refused to comply_with
his request, and taking the poor victim
almost dragged her to my father’s where
she told the stpry of her continued siif-
ferings. He was arrested and thrown
into jail. For days her life was des-
despaired of, but at length she recover-
ed and visited him in prison. \Vhen
his trial came off she would not appear
against him. “I can not,” she said-
“he is my husband and the father of
my little boys; I took him ‘for better or
for worse,’ I will not desert him now,
though he has blighted my whole life.
May God forgive him as freely as I do.
Iwill go back to my miserable home
and live on to the bitter end.”

So the years rolled on ; her clieerful-
Iiess was not as habitual as in the days
gone by. She was often in pensive
inelancliolly moods, but made no com-
plaint to the neighbors, who were in-
dignant at her and stood aloof because
she did not complain of him. She was
left alone, comparatively, save the brief
visits I paid her, for I still loved and
pitted her. She never referred to her
trouble. One day she clasped her hands
upon my cheeks and looking down into
my eyes exclaimed, “my child, my
darling girl, never, oh never give your
young heart into the keeping of a drink-
ing young man; promise me you will
never heed his vows. Never forget me
and my weary life, and you will be
safe,” and then she raised her eyes to
heaven imploriiigly, “may heaven in-
terpose and save my boys from being
drunkards.” Had I time I might tell
you how this prayer was answered.

I was married and left the neiglibor-
hood. Three years after came the news
that Mrs. P. was dead. Sorrow, neglect,
and exposure had done their work, and
she was at rest. How sweetly she re-
posed—-death came as a friend and
gently severed soul from body, leaving
no trace of the terrible past on her
brow. A smile lingered about the
mouth, “how sweetly she slept the
sleep that knew no waking.” She
heeded not the wailing of the uncon-
scious infant by her side, motherless
ereit had learned to smile upon her.
Deaf alike to the sobs and lamentations
of the older ones. Oh man, thou ine-
briate, well may you cower in the dust,
for as surely art thou her murderer, in-
directly, as that God will call you to
account for your broken vows. Thus
ended the life of this lieart-broken wife
at the age of 34. With this dissipated
man she groped her way in darkness
without one ray of sunshine, save that
trustful hope that ever promised a
brighter future..

I could tell you how this unhappy
man suffered from remorse, tried to re-
form but utterly failed, with his habits
fixed, in a few years brought him to a
drunkard’s grave. I could tell you how
the five boys and one girl were left or-
phaiis—ot‘ the angelic disposition of
this loving girl, and of what she was to
these brothers that had inherited a taste
for strong drink of their fatlier——of the
Sllp€l‘hul)lall efforts she made to save
them, of her ultimate success, and
how these brothers became worthy citi-
zens, and of the inexpressible amount
of good shelias done in the temperance
cause, but time and space will not per-
init.

And now, dear girls, make every
effort to reclaim every young man ad-
dicted to intemperance within vour cir-
cle of acquaintance, and the blessings
of parents, brothers and sisters wiil fol-
low you. AUNT HETTIE.

MARILLA, April 23d, l§78
Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Pursuant to appointment the Maois-
tee District Pomona Grange, No. 21,

‘held its first meeting in Sherman, Wex-

ford Co., April 17th. The Granges of
Manistee and \Vexford Counties were
well represented.

-Grange was called to order at 2 o’clock
P. M., and opened in due form, in the
Fifth Degree, VV. M. Danville presid-
ing. Upon opening in the Fourth De-
gree, members of that degree were ad-
mitted. In the evening Grange opened
again in the Fifth degree and conferred
the same in due form. Adjourned till
8o’clock the next morning, when we
opened again in the Fourth Degree.
With a few amendments, the by-laws
recommended by the State Grange were
adopted. Four standing committees
were added to the given list—Co-opera-
tion, Education, Resolutions and Music,

 GRANGE VISITOR-

A great amount of work was Pl'°‘,"1’t'
ly dispatched until 3 o’clock P. M. Tlhen
came the special order of the day, W 611
the public (as well as Patrons) were en-V
tertained by a grand lecture from oul
lecturer, Mrs. Steele; also, remarks by
Bros. Steele, Brimmer,_McDiarmid and
Griswold, which we think were all for
the good of the Order. The weather
was propitious, and all seemed well
paid for time and trouble.

MRS. J. A. Poms, Sec’.Y-

ALTO, KE.\"r Co., May 6th, ’78.
W0-rtliy Bro. Cobb .-

We have thought many times of con-
tributing our mite to the Ladies’ De-
partment, but hearing it was full to
overflowing, thought it best to leave the
space to more valuable matter. But in
looking over the Ladies’ Department in
the last GRANGE VISITOR, we find so
much that is good, we can no longer
forbear expressing our satisfaction.

We were very much interested in an
article written some time since on
house-keeping, by “Myra” and one
expression she used has almost haunted
us ever since. It was this: “Better
leave a few wrinkles in your clothes
than add wrinkles to your temples.”
And she might have added, sorrow to
your heart. For do we not all know
that when we are so weary and feel al-
most overburdened, that our heart and
mind is not attuned to that sweet cheer-
fuliiess that is so essential an element
in the ordering ofa happy home. How
many ofus, do you think, (if it were
not for the eyes and tongue of Mrs.
Grundy) would lay on the altar of “use-
less work” so many hours which might
be more profitably and pleasantly em-
ployed.

Something was said by another sister
about “system in house-keeping.” VVe
regard it as the Alpha and Omega, and
by thus systematizing our work, and
using our brains (for we consider they
were meant for use as well as our hands
and feet,) we may save to ourselves
maiiya rest, and find more time for
those little recreations of which all
stand in need, and none more than the
farmer’s wife.

We were always much pleased with
the VISITOR as it was, but how much
better welike it as it is. ‘We do hope
its course will be “onward and up-
ward.” It rests with ourselves. Pat-
rons, to the rescue! Don’t let our lit-
tle home paper go backward. Our
Worthy Secretary has sent you the
names of nearly all the “heads of fami-
lies” of our Grange, but we thought we
would try our success in that direction,
and send as the result four more sub-
scril~.ers—one is ofa brother who has
not met with us in some time, although
we can not help but feel that his heart
is with us, and we hope that he will
become so filled with the good things
therein and so pricked in conscience,
that he will find no rest until he comes
and confesses his short-comings and
becomes what he once was—an earnest,
faithful Patron.

The Grange to which we belong-
Soutli Lowell, No. 113-is located in a
fine section of Kent County. VVe have
a hall 22x40 feet, two stories high, situ-
ated six miles south and west of Low-
ell. \Ye meet semi-monthly, unless
conferring degrees, when it is iiecessarv
to meet oftener. \Ve always endeavdr
to have something in the way of discus-
sions, essays, select reading, etc., to
make our meetings interesting. \Ve
also have, in connection with the
Grange, a Literary Society, open to an
and it is a success in every respect. ’

But we fear “ye editor” will think
our article too long already, and will
close by saying to him that when he
makes another tour of the State, to stop
awhile with the good people of South
Lowell, \Ve will assure him a hearty
welcome, and kindly invite him to our
home, where the latch-string is always
out to all worthy Patrons.

Mus. M. T. REMINGTON.

 

SHERWOOD GRANGE, No. 96.
Brother J. T. Cobb.-
Yeslerday. May 1st, we met at our

Grange hall to listen to the lecture giv-
en by Brother T. A. Thompson in be-
half of our noble Order. The attend-
ance was small, partly owing to the in-
clemency of the weather, but more to
a misunderstanding about the day he
was t0 Speaky as many supposed the
lecture was to come off on the 2d; con-
sequently. not a few who would have
been glad to hear him, will be ver
much disappointad to learn that he has
been here and gone again.

 

The lecture was highly interesting,
and those that_heard hlln went home
well pleased, willing to endure the web
ting they got going home for the sails.
faction of knowing that the farmer is 1,0
longer a mere country “ Clod H01)))nr’ii
but a man of sense and culture, whose
star is in the ascendency—thanks to the
Order of Patrons of Husbandry.

Could some of our delinquent mem,
bers have heard the lecture, I Opine ,-,
would have aroused their dormant en.
ergies, and at the next meeting of the
Grange it would find them once more
within our gates.

Our Grange is in good working order‘.
those that have waited for the Grange
to do something without their ll6lp,have
dropped otfone by one, until what there
is left are determined to “stick to the
ship,” and show to those who predicted
an early death to our Order, that the
Order will never die, but live for ages to
come, for the benefit of future genera.
tioiis. II. ;\I. '1‘.

1 Rise to Explain.

 

In becoming a contributor to the wo.
mens’ Department I am reminded oftlie
banquet to which Damocles was invited
and enjoyed so much, until he saw the
suspended sword above his head,

Here I have to contend, first, with the
“wicked printer-boy,” who makes me
sayjust exactly that which I did not iii-
tend to say. Then come the critics, &c.,
who, taking them all together, are al-
most as dangerous as the sword, for,
“ he who steals my purse steals trash,
but he who takes my good name, takes
that which enriches him not, but makes
me poor indeed.”

Permit me to repeat, to all who are
interested, that I believe it to be the
boiindeii duty of every mother to
teach her girls everything pertainiiig
to housework—sewing, knitting, car-
pet-making, plain cooking, cooking
for the sick, nursing the sick, and
everything that could be possibly
brought under the sphere of woman’s
work. In neglecting this high and sa-
cred duty we do our daughters great
iiijustice, and also an irreparable injury.
We not only do them injustice, butalso
the men who are so uiifortunate as to
ask their hand in marriage.

Let me digress a moment here. I
have often observed men ofa high order
of intellect, and sensible in every other
respect, show a most unpardonable and
unaccountable want ofjudgemeiit and
common sense in the selection ofa wife.
\Vomeii may plead guilty of this want
of discretion, also, but I have observed
it more in men. Much of domestic iii-
felicity may be attributed to this cause.
Girls assume the cares and responsibili-
ties of married life when they are totally
ignoraiit of every domestic art; conse-
quently they are obliged to learn by
hard, and often bitter experience that
which they should have acquired pro-
ficiency iri while in their father’s house.

In a former letter I said 2’ ‘”l‘rain the
girs to habits of industry, After that
give them time for fancy work—music,
or any other divertion their tastes might
indicate or their circumstances allow.”

Again, I wrote: “Ifagirl has at-aleiit
for music, I would be glad ifshehad an
instrument and time to practice.” Ob-
sersve, I said, a talent for music, not a
passing fancy, but a talent which would
go with her through life, and. in after
years, should adversity assail her, she
could bring that talent into use, by teach-
ing music, and help, perhaps an invalid
husband, support a family, or, if death
had claimed him, raise and educate his
fatherless children. _

I do not eat the bread ofidleness; nei-
ther do I encourage my children to do so.
If my husband were a millionaire I
would still insist on the girls taking
lessons on the cooking-stove, as well as
on the piano. IfI did not remember an
adage, "Self praise is half scandal,” I
would tell how much work the girls and
I do, but modesty forbids it.

I hope I will not be obliged to tax ‘the
Editor’s patience with this subject
again. MRS. J5.

 

“I’m out of work and have no food,"
Spoke up the tramping cheat.

“ I’ll give you both,” the man replied,
“ So sit you down and eat;

Then unto yonder Wood-pile go,
Where toil till 1 return,

And feel how fond a thing it is
A livelihood to earn.”

A saddened look came o'er the tramp;
He seemed like one bereft;

He stowed away the victuals cold;
He——sa.w the wood and left!

Let us be just to each other.

 

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BIRMINGHAM, Mich., May 1, ’78.
Ii’/o. J. T. Cobb.-

If you have space in the next number
of the VISITOR, please publish the fol-
lowing resolutions, adopted by Bir-
mingham Grange, No. 323, April 27th,
187 ‘. C. G. JACKSON, Sec.

\Vinai<i-1.-x_s, Owing to the alarming
increase of _destructive insects which
prey upon fruits and vegetables, and
thereby render their production ex-
tremely ditficult, and in some cases,
well nigh impossible; and

\VIIEP.EAS, The increase of insect
pests is largely due to the destruction of
their natural eneinies,—-the birds,—
therefore,

Resolved, That we, the members of
Birmiiigliani Grange, No. 323, P. of H.,
will, in our respective neighborhoods,
enforce the bird law, of which we ap-
pend a copy, and urge our brother farin-
ers throughout the State to do the same.

Bird Lau-'.—“Aiid no one may ever
kill any blue-bird, bob-o-link, brown
thrusli, clierry-bird, finch, lark, martin,
night-liawk, oriole, robin, sparrow,
whippoorwill, wood-pecker, wren, yel-
low-bird, or any song bird, or rob their
nests, under penalty of $5.00 fine for
every bird killed or nest robbed.”

C. G. JACKSON,

H. I). SiMoi\'soN,

A. J. CROSBY,
Comrnlltee.

\\'iii'i‘n I)lGl£()N, April 28, 1878.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

I was much pleased with Bro. Ses-
sion’s testinioiiy against the use of to-
bacco in a recent number of the VISIT-
oit, and I want to say to him that there
are afcw men, and probably most ot' the
women in the Grange, who regard the
weed as great a nuisance as he does. I
know at least one brother who is nearly
sixty years old and never, so far as he
can remember, had any tobacco in his
mouth. Yet I am sorry to say that
most of the men and boys I meet seem
wholly enslaved by it. I met one boy
only seven years old who said he had
chewed tobacco two years and had used
it so long he did not 1/iinltz he could leave
it ofifnow.’ Some of the young men in
a certain Grange where I go pretty
often, are so attached to it that they
can not wait to get out of the room
after the Grange work has closed, but
light their pipes and soon fill the hall
with smoke. I am glad Bro. Sessions
has expressed himself’ so decidedly on
this subject. Let all who feel as he
does, speak as plainly. In my talks to
Subordinate Granges I have given my
emphatic condemnation of the practice.
Is not a reforrn in this matter essential
to the development of that “higher
and better manhood” which is declar-
ed to be an object of the first import-
ance‘? Fraternally,

HENRY COLLINS,
Lecturer St. Joseph Co. Grange.

JSERLIN, Ottawa Co., i\Iich., 1

April 27th, 1878. 1
At a meeting of the Western Pomona
Grange, No. 19, held at Berlin on the
Zitli of April, the action of the Board of

_Control in assigning the farmers a por-

tion of the basement in the new capital
at Lansing, was freely discussed, and
as a result the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:

Resolved, That the action of the Board
of Control in assigning the agriculturists
of the State a small portion ofthe base-
inent of the new capital, shows the es-
timation in which these men hold the
farming interests of the State.

Resolved, That we are not supplicants
for State, County, or Town favors, but
as individual citizens and tax-payers of
Michigan, will take such action as will
cause our interests to be properly rec-
ognized and our rights respected.

CHAS. W. WILDE, Sec’y.

HAR'ri«‘oRD, April Llstli, 1878.
W02-lli_y Secretary Cobb .-

I do not remember of ever seeing any-
thing in the VISITOR about Hartford
Grange, No. 89, so I thought I would
Just say that it is still alive and don’t
propose to die while it can see any other
Grange live. And one proof (which I
think sufficient) is, that I am able to
send you three dollars and fifty cents
for seven more copies of the VISITOR
for one year, in addition to those already
taken.

~TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

\Vhile I am about it, 1' must not forget
to say that T. A. Thompson, of Minne-
sota, gave usa public lecture last Fri-
day evening, which seemed to be every-
thing that could be desired, both to
members and outsiders. I heard him
give two private and three public lec-
tures last week, and have made up my
mind that he is the right man in the
right place and would advise all who
may have an opportunity of hearing
him to avail themselves of it by all
means, whether members of the Order
or not, and you will never rue it, even
if you should have to go through the
rain as I did on one or two occasions.
I have a prospect of more names to
send in soon for the VISITOR.

Fraternally yours,
JESSE THOMAS.

BATTLE CREEK, May 9th, 1878
The Hon. 'l‘. A. Thompson, Past Lec-
turer of the National Grange, and auth-
or of the Secret \Vork of the Patrons of
Husbandry, will give a public lecture
at Stewart Hall, in Battle Creek, May
22d, at 2 o’clock P. M. All are invited
Brother Thompson will also lecture
and exemplify the secret work of the
Order before Battle Creek Grange, No.
66, at their hall at 7 o'clock P. M., same
date. The attendance of all members
of the Order of Patrons is requested.
W. S. SIMONS, Master,
Battle Creek Grange.

COREY, May 3d, 1878.
Brother Cobb.-

Tlie crop prospects in our locality are
good, but don’t think the chances are
quite as good as i-n the early spring.

Corey Grange is doing well-its pulse
is strong. A. P. SHI-JPHERDS()N,

Lecturer.

Be Cautious.

Hoiin, M; Ctl 18’8.

lV0’I't'Zl_I/ Secrctar_'y Cobb .- ly D 1, I

fEs'<)p in one of his fables gives some
account of “an old experienced salt"
who, he says, after some observation of
the ways of the world, came to the wise
conclusion that “caution is the parent
of safety.” Doubtless people of all
classes and all conditions in life, would
be wise if they could keep the moral of
this familiar fable more in mind.

Caution is requisite to safety and suc-
cess in all business transactions, and
there is no place that it can be put to
better Lise than on the farm. Its pres-
ence or absence often determines the
questionof success or failure, and meas-
ures the difference between a wise man
and afool. It is not my purpose to
write a lecture on the subject, but sim-
ply to remind my brothers of some of
theta) losses, fzlijilures, aphdpdeceptilonsdtlhey
su mit to, ecause ey are iee ess,
and forget to be cautious. Many ot' our
mistakes and all our bad ‘habits Ia)re wit-
nesses to our want of caution. isease
wasted courage, and a blroken constitu:
tioii often come from tie same cause.
But more sad, perhaps, than all, is the
fact that our class subn%i% to be lmadg
the dupes and victims 0 'nancia an
political bummers, who go about the
country on purpose to deceive, to cheat,
and to use them, and though the fraud
is daily repetf1ted,dmore and more willing
victims are oun . -

Nothing is more common than the
cheating of farmers by lightning-ro_d
men, by patent-right men, quack medi-
cine men; in fact, by quacks, pretend-
ers, carpet—baggers, atpd bpmmers ofdall
kinds, who induce t em 0 sio'n or _ers
for What they do not want, and to give
notes for nothing. Theln copies the po-
litical demagotrue, wit 1 01 upon is
tongue, and kindly volunteers to rep-
resent them. They do not look to the
bottom of him or knock the bark off to
find that he is rotten, but _consent that
he shall use them for their injury. The
question of George Pray f‘Why Not -.
is answered. And yet 1hlS.lS not a true
picture of all farmers, and in that rests
our hope.

In a recent number of the Visrron
appeared a letter over the signature of
Mrs. Green. There was nothing green
in the letter. Though written by a
woman it was a manly letter, or per-
haps I should say a letter that would do
credit loa man. She urged indepen-
dence, and told us how to secure it.
When we all become independent there
will be less need of the sign of caution.

Very truly yours,
ALONZO SESSIONS.

Hard water becomse nearly soft by
boiling it.

gammunitatiaqs.

Second Lecture Tour in Northern Mich.

BEAR LAKE, May 1, 1878.
J12-ot/ier Uobb.'—Acting on the old
motto, “better late than never,” I take
my pen to note the result of that
second trip. The next week after

Bro. VVhitney organized our “ Man-
istee District Pomona Grange” here
at Bear Lake; Mr. S. and myself start-
ed south to meet our engagement at
“Crystal Valley,” Oceana Co. The
distance overland is about 80 miles.
Part of the Way it was very rough
and muddy‘. \Ve found Bro. Prouty
and family very kind, and everything
arranged to make it pleasant, even
the music by the choir a success ; and
a large appreciative audience. This is
a live Grange with some active mem-
bers. Bro. P. said we were expected
to lecture at South Weir the next
evening. ‘We called at Bro. Smith’s,
who is Master of the Grange and
found him absent from home, and no
appointment given out. So we went
on to Pentwater, five miles, and next
day to North VVeir. We had a fair
turnout on short notice, and found
some good thrmers who, (almost
persuaded before) now concluded to
join the Grange. VVe stayed with
Bro. and Sister Green, a good home
and wide-awake Grangers. Next day
we came to the Claybank’s and stayed
with Father Phillips over Sabbath-
lectured to a good audience Saturday
night, notwitlistanding, it was cold
and windy. They have a good Grange
here. I was in hopes to get some
chance to lecture to some dormant
and discouraged Granges back from
this place, and told Bro. Phillips I
would give them free lectures if they
would get an audience, as I returned
from Crystal Va:ley, but he failed to
get any appointment except at Clay-
bank’s. Mr. Steele, preached in Bro.
Phillips’ neighborhood Sunday, A. M.,
and I in the evening, and started
Monday, A. M. for home. The snow,
the Wind, the sand and sawdust filled
my eyes on the lake shore and caused
inflammation so that I have been
obliged to desist from reading or writ-
ing much until within a few days.-—
Since our return home, we visited
M arilla, and attended the first session
of our “Pomona Grange,” held at
Sherman, of which you will hear
through the Secretary.

Lectured once while there, and re-
turned through Marilla, and the woods
described by Bro. VVhitney, in the
VisITOR, and found them still rough,
rougher-——roughest, but putting on
their beautiful robes of green, and
spreading a carpet of beautiful flowers
of varied hues, over the landscape,
thus diverting the mind from the
loneliness of the place, and raising the
thoughts from those spring beauties
up to “Our Creator.” It they raise
their tiny petals to Heaven in mute
adoration—should not we raise our
hearts too in adoring love.

Yours, Fraternally,
A. R. STEIHl1Eu

The satisfaction given by Dr. James,
as agent of the Kalamazoo Co-opera»
tive Association, may be inferred
from the fact that he has closed a
contract to continue as manager of
the store at 31 North Burdick street,
and if there is any truth in the ru-
mors afloat goods are to be sold there
at lower prices than ever. A more
earnest worker, or one more devoted
to the principles of the Order We
never saw, and if the members gen-
erally, would evince the spirit of
Dr. James, agreater success would
be attained in the Order.——Ii’aI(lma-
zoo Gazelle.

Stay, stay at home, my heart, and rest;
Housekeeping hearts are happiest;
For those that wander they know not where
Are full of trouble and full of care;
To stay at home is best.

Weary and homesick and distressed

They wander east, they wander west

And are baffled and beaten and blown about

By the winds of the wilderness of doubt;
To stay at home is best.

Then stay at home, my heart and rest;
The bird is safest in its nest;

()'er all that flutter their wings and fly
A hawk is hovering in the sky ;

To stay at home is best.
Atlantic Jlonlhli/.

Michigan State Poiuological Society-
June Meeting.

The summer meeting of the Michi-
gan Poinological Society will occur
in the City ofJackson, June 18, 19
and 20. The Jackson people say
that they are going to make every-
thing pleasant for the people who
atteiid, and they hope to entertain
delegates from all parts of the State
and from adjoining States.

The Programme will be a full one
as usual, and it is desirable that there
beaspecial effort in the gathering
of summer fruits that are ripe at that
time, for the permanent catalogue of
summer fruits will be up for discus-
sion and form a prominent feature of
the programme.

An evening will be devoted to a.
general discussion upon Horticultur-
al Education and Experimental
Horticulture at the Agricultural Col-
lege. The discussion will be opened
by Judge Ramsdell, of Traverse City,
who will be followed by President
Lyon, the Agricultural College Pro-
fessors and others.

The second evening will be given
over to the Esthetics of Horticulture,
in which a number of gentlemen and
ladies will take a. prominent part.
'I he topic of “ Fruit as a part ofgood
living. Vllhat fruit to eat? When
and Where to eat it? ” will occupy a
prominent place in the programme.
J. '1‘. Thompson, of Detroit, will lead
in this discussion.

The following are among the topics
for discussion:

How far shall we go in the attempt
to create a demand for apples of the
best quality?

The current worm, extent of its
ravages and remedies for its destruc-
tion.

Foresting for Michigaii. Shall we
begin to grow plantations of trees,
and how shall we make the first
efforts? ’

Horticultural implements. VVhat
are the most recent and valuable
improvements in them? What do
we need more than we have :7-

Economy in gathering fruit.

Horticulture and health.

Ornamentation of village lots.

Selection as a means of improving
varieties.

Special iiianures for the orchard.

It is quite desirable that all who
are expected ‘to attend should com-
municate with the Secretary, an-
nouncing their intention as soon as
possible that the committee on ar-
rangements may be notified how
many to expect. It is desired that
there be afull attendance and that
each one going will be prepared to
say something upon one or more of
the topics.

CHAS. W. (:‘r.inrisi.n, Sec-’y.

iidn saris Ania xviiur Noribisi
‘OR SALE.-——T. L. “ll-IITE, Girard, Branch

County, Mich., breeder of Pure Bred Essex
Pigs. direct descendants from the celebrated

hard of the late Fisher Hobbs. Stock for sale

at reasonable rates.

‘OR SALE. -—Oiie yearling Short-Hornfiiull.
Your choice of two. WM. R. ROUG ,
May 13th, 1878. Buchanan, Mich.


 

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8

' THE fences of the United States
are reported to be worth $800,000,000,
or $20 per head for each inhabitant.
The expenses necessary to keep them
good, is at least $100,000,000. Major
Brisbane, of the United States army,
estimates the annual destruction of
timber in the United States at 5,000,
000 acres, and that one—half of‘ this
immense area is required for fencing
alone.

VVHEN you have a mind to advise
with any one concerning your private
affairs, examine well first how he
manages his own; for he that has been
faulty in the aministration of his own
concerns will never be able to advise
well with reference to those of others.

Til E REAPER, DEATH.

Died in Roland, Eaton Co., April 19th. 1878,
Nlaoriis A. Moran, aged 37 years, a beloved
me-inter of Sunlield Grange, No. 260. and wife
of Theron Moyer.

\

STATE GRANGE or ILL.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

susmassi AGENCY:

166 Washington Street, Chicago, 111.

J’. M. CHAMBERS, Business Manager.

Patrons’ orders, under seal, filled promptly
at the

LOWEST WHOLESALE Attainanln RATES.

Patrons in Michigan wanting orders filled
from Chicago will receive the same attention

and positively the same terms as Illinois mem- .

bers. .

TERMS POSIYIVELY C.-.l.§’1l.

@” Remittances should be by Draft, I’. 0.
Order, Resjistered Letter or Express, prepaid.

eo.\'s|e:.\m1n.\'1‘s
lll All KINDS [ll PHUDUEE. EHAIN. Mill Hill Slfltll.

receives our personal attention, and will be sold
promptly for the Highest Possible Price.

F R. U I T 2
WE SOLICIT CONSIGNMENTS OF

Sll‘ElWllBI‘l‘lBS, Plllll Elllll General PI‘0llllGB,

that can be sold to advantage in this market.
Patrons in Michigan, give us a trial. Prompt
Returns. Shipping Tags, Market Reports and
full particulars furnished.
L. G. KNIFFEN,

Wisco_\'sIiv STATE Gnznvon. Bonded Slate Agt.
maylo-it 2l4 VVest Water St., Milwaukee.

5-TON STOCK SCALES,
$50.

FREIGHT PAID, AND NO MONEY ASK-
ED TILL TESTED.

JONES, of Binghamton,

mflyfinl BINGHAMTON, N. Y.

Germanflnise and Bow Pnwder.

It should be the aim of every farmer to make
his horses and cattle as handsome and useful
as possible. Nearly every teamster who drives
a team of very fine horses feeds Condition
Powders, either openly or secretlv,

The German Horse and C0|V“POWdor is of
the highest value for stock. It aids digestion
and assimulation. It helps to develop all the
powers or the animal. It improves its beauty
and increases its usefulness. It makes fat and
milk. By using it a horse will do more work
andacow give more milk, and be in bettei
condition, with less feed.

By giving poultry a heaped tablespoonful
occasionaliy in a quart of chop, it will keep
them healthy and increase the quantity of eggs.
3}’ Ewing 11°35 *1 large heaped tablespoonful,
with the same quantity of salt, in a half peek
of scalded wheat bran for every four hogs, twice
a week you will prevent Hoe DISEASE.

Put up in five pound packages, six packages
in a box, at 12 cents a pound; or in six pound
boxes at ten cents a pound. The receipt is
posted on each package and box. Made by Dr,
Oberholtzer, at his mills, No. 2 Fetter Lane,
Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by   JAMES,
Kalamazoo Co-operative Association, N o. 3]

North Burdick St., Kalamazoo, ‘Mich., and by
J. M. CHAMBERS, Illinois State Business
Agent,.Chic:igo, Ill., at the Lowest Wholesale
Price, when ordered under the seal of the
Grange. V “"1315-if

Kept in the oflice of the Secretary of the

MICHIGAN S '|‘ A T E GRANGE.

Ami sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash 07- 

der, over the seal of a Sn/)m'o’£na.le Grange,
and the sz'_/jnature of its Jlaster or Secretizry.

Ballot Boxes, (hard Wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .891 20
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, tor Secretary to ‘
keep accounts with members,.., . . . . . . . I 00 ,
Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . l 00
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the _
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . 00

Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,

well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,. . 00
Cushing’s Manual, . . . . .  .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f_50
Applications for Membership, per 100, . . . . 00
Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Withdrawal Cards, per dozz, . . . . . . . . .  2:3
Diniits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Bv-Laws of the State and Subordinate _

.Granges, single copies 5c, per doz.,.  . -30
New kind of Singing Books, with inusic,

Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 S0
Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lo

“ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. l 00
Blanks for Consolidation of Graiiges, sent
free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blank Applications for Membership ID Po-
mona Granges, furnished free on appli-
cation)

Blank “Articles of Association” for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Graiiges
with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . . I0

Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . l 00

Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100, . . 40

Address, J. T. COBB,
SEo’Y Mien. STATE GRANGE,
SCHOOLCRAFT. MICH.

J. M. S cnioisrnn,

STATE BUSINESS AGENT, I’. 0fH., I

DEAL Eli IN

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—AND——

80 VVOODBRIDGE S'l‘., \’Vest,

DETROIT, - - MICHIGAN.

PRICES REDUCED FOR 1878.

Patrons’ Paint Company.
INGERSOLLS’

BRUSHES and POTTERY PAINT.

Fri-ig/it Paid on all Paints and Paris Green

to all Paris of the Cozmtrg/; so it makes no dif-
ference where you live, you get your goods at
the same price as if YOU WERE AT THE rac-
roar. Our Book,
“ HOW EVERY ONE CAN PAINT,”
with specimens of 20 Brilliant Colors, Sewing
Machines, Brushes, Pottery, &c., mailed free
upon application to PATRONS’ PAINT CO.,
162 South Street, New York.

Secretaries send for Circulars for your whole

Grange.

'1‘ R U S T E E S :

T. A. Tiioiursorz, Prest., Past Lee. Nat. Grange
SAM’L E. ADAMS, of Minn., Master “ H
Hon. D. WYATT AIKEX, S. 0., Chairman of the
_ Ex. Com. National Grange.

MORTIMER WHITEHEAD, N.J., Lee. Nat.Grange.
O. H. KELLY, Sec. Nat. Grange, founder of the

Order and Past Master Cal. State Grange.

M. A. WEIGHT, Author Declara.t’n of Purposes.
M. D. DAVIE, Master State Grange, Kentucky.

FARM for SALE,
VERY CIIEAP!

Situated about 6% miles south of Ypsilanti,
in the township of Augusta, Washtenaw Co.,
containing 200 Acres of Land. A very
pleasant and desirable location; well adapted
to grain raising and dairying—a first—cla,ss
Cheese Factory just across the street from it.

There is about 40 acres of good Timber upon
it; a. tine Orchard of Choice Fruit, and pretty
good buildings. It is located within one-half
mile of a. first rate District School, 9. Saw Mill,
Post Office, Blacksmith shop and two Stores.

This farm, having come into my hands by
Assignment, 1 will sell either the whole or a
part of the same, at very low figures.

J. WEBSTER CHILDS,

aprl-2t Assignee.

All kinds of Country Produce, i

iiani niiiin pimp menial =

Ready Mixed Paints and Paris Green, ,

$50 PER cnzvr snvnn. has;-i f

THE GRANGE VISFTOR. _

riiicr LIST of SUPPLIESJ THE AMER“’AN IMPROVED

VVALIIEE

INVEl\"I‘OR, 1878.

TERMS TO PATRONS, Address

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I THE KALAMAZOO

lspring Tooth Cultivator

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 HARROWI

i\Ia1iu1"actui'ed by

[D. C. and H. C. REED &: 00.,

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KALAMAZOO, MICH. ‘

‘ cures Time and M0neg/
TO THE FARM]-JR.

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We refer farmers, by permission, to

E. O. HUiii>imi«:i', Pres. of State Agric’l Society,
VVM. H. COBB, Pres. Kalamazoo Co. “ “
and 200 of the best farmers of Kalamazoo Co.,
who used this Harrow last season.

D. C. and H. C. REED & C0.

IVRJTE F013 OJROULARS T0
The PHELPS & BIGELOW

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Wind Mill Co.,-

iCHICAGO. - - -
Manufacturers of the l '

 

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lTOOTI-IED WEEDING HOE. .~

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PROPRIETORS.

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The Best “FEEDING MACHINE in Use. For further information and

C. L. VVHITNEY, Muskegon.

6000

LADIES’ SPRING HATS,

Trimed in the Latest Styles,
All.‘ PROM 50cts. To $3.00 EACH.

5000

LADIES’ LINEN SUITS,

of Basque. Skirt with 0ve1-skirt. cut

.nd Trimmed in good style, which we will ell at
from 81.25 to 83.00 per suit. Illustrated Price
Lists of Ladies’. Misses’ and Children’s flats. also
Descriptive Price Lists of Ladies’ Linen Suits,
Dry Goods, Gloves, lloslery, Notions, Carpets.
Oil Cloths, Cutlery, Sllver and Silver Plated
VI/are. Jewelry Sewing Machines, Croquet ets.
Trunks, Traveli
particulars, SENT FREE to any address.

ng Bags. Groceries, elc., with full

MONTGOMERY WARD & C0.,

227 and 229 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill,

PARIS GREEN

__—ror.——

Potato and Other Bugs.

Put up in 14, ‘.28, -'36 and 100 pound packages, at
40 cents a pound, less 2:3 per cent, being 30 cts.
a pound net; put up in l, 3, 5 and 8 pound pack-
ages at 440 a pound, less 25) per cent, being 334'
a. pound net.

On all Orzlers of [00 Pounds and Over,

\\’e will ‘Pay the Freight.

We do not weight the cans as so much Paris
Green, as all other manufacturers do, but give
full meI'_(]/it of I’ari.i‘ Green.

0. R. IN GERSGLL, Manager,
Patrons’ Paint 00., 162 South St.. N. Y.
May, 10th, l8'[8. 315!

wm. Hf onxogais.

(Successorto N. D. VVETMORE,)

General Un-nnaranvn Grange Agent.

WESTERN BUSINESS A SPECIALTY.
No. 48 Coroiidolet Street, New Orleans.

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

CONSULT YOUR INTEREST!

JOHN o. MILLER,
Commission Merchant,

.53 MARKET STREET,
ILLINOIS.

Is there in the interest of Patrons and others-

Will not only sell, but will fill all Orders
promptly at Vvnolesale Price.

WIND MILL.

And Dealers in

Nos. /ll, 46 Si 48 N. Burdick St,

PUMPS, PIPES,TANKS, &c. l

KALAMAZ()(),MICl-l. *

§ REFERENCES:

C. L. VVhitney, Muskegon,

Freeman Franklin, Buchanan,

Thomas Mars, Berrien Center,

B. F. Pennell, Berrien Springs,

‘ R. M. Goodwin, Union Pier, _

,» Henry Chamberlain, William Chainherlani,
‘ Three Oaks.

George Bridgman, of Bridgma

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l Thomas Mason and Wm. J. Nott, St.J05°l’l"