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Grange, P. of H,

SCHOOLCRAFT, AUGUST m, 1878.

THE GRANGE VISITOR,

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Officers National Grange.

il1IASTER—-S. E. ADAMS, Minn.

0vr.ns1~:r.n-— J. J. WOODMAN, Mich. .. 
LEcrnnnn—M0RT’MR WHITEHEAD, N J.
STEwARD—A. J. VAUGHN, Miss.

Assr. S'r1swAnn—WILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
CIIAPLAIN—A. P. FORSYTH, Illinois.
TBEASL'RER—F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y.
SECB.ETARY——U. H. KELLEY, Kentucky.
G.u*n-KEEPER-0. DINWIDDIE, Indiana.
CERES—-MRS. S. E. ADAMS, Minnesota.
POMONA-MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, Michigan.
FLORA—MRS. J AS. T. MOORE. Maryland.
LADY ASSTISTANT S'rEwAnD—MIss CARRIE A.

HALL, Kentucky.

Officers Michigan State Grange.
M.—J. J. WOODMAN, - -

Paw Paw.
0.—P. W. ADAMS, - - - Tecumseh,
L.—C. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskegon,
S.—I-I. FLEMING, - - - Pontiac,
A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - - Ionia.

U.—SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake, Manis’e Co

T.——S. F. BROWN, - - Schoo1cpa.ft_
SEc.—J. T. COBB, - - - H

G. K.——A. N. WOODRUFF, - Watervliet.
CEBES.—MRS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.

POMONA—MBS. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLORA-—MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.~MBs. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Executive committee-

F. M. HOLLOWAY, Chairman, - Hillsdale.
J. WEBSTER CHILDS. - - - Ypsilanti.
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceans. 00.
C. G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch 00.
WESTBROOK DIVINE, Belding, Ionia Co.
THOMAS MARS, Berrien Center, Berrien 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 C0.

General Deputy.

C. L. WHITNEY, - - - Muskegon.

Special Lecturers.

‘ R- E. Trowbridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansing.
Thos. F. Moore, . .’. . . .Adrian,. .. . .Lenawee Co
Geo. W, Woodward. .Shelby, ..... . .Oceana Co

Samuel La_ngdon, . .Bowen Station,. . ._Kent Co
E. C. Hernngton,.. .Four Towns,. .Oa.kland Co

M. L. Stevens, . . . . . . ..Pe .. . .Shiawassee Co
In R. Brown, .. ..Rawson ' 10,. .Washtenaw 00
Andrew Campbell,. .YpsiJa.nti, . . “ “

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

The Kalamazoo Business College
f“1d_ Telegraph Institute is one of the
Institutions that is really worthy of

Seneral support.—St. Joseph 00. Rep.

To THE PATRONS o1<‘ SUGAR RIV-
ER GRANGE, No. 125, wrs.

BY W. ATKEETOX.

\Ve go to work at early dawn,

And work till evening shades appear ;
And thus continue through the week,
Till Saturday at two we're here,

Our weary body’s seek a change,

And to this end We meet in grunge.

Our rural friends and patrons find
That over—work, neglect of mind,

And constant care, without respite,
VVill turn our day to darkest night ;
Then patrons let us have a change
And once a week we’ll meet in grange.

Our principles you’ll o\vn are just ',
To the greatest number we will do
The greatest good; we humbly trust,
And charity to all bestow.

\Ve’ll not attempt to disarrange

Just principles within the grange.

VV'e wish to educate the mind ;

Add dignity to labor too ;

Be just, be honest, and fear not.

Do well, what’er we attempt to do.
Sometimes the sisters will arrange

A sumptuous feast within the grunge,

In things essential let us work

In harmony, in unity;

In non-essentials, liberty ;

And temper all with CHARITY,

And useful hints we’ll interchange,
That we may profit by the grunge.

Much might be saved in the way of trade
If we would but co-operate _:

And save in some if not in all

The sales, and purchases we make 2
\Vhen this we do ’twill not be strange

lf we shall profit by the grange.

Then Patrons lift our banner high 2
And sing your grateful songs of praise ;
Sustain our noble principles,

And hope, and look for brighter days ;
Then words of cheer we’ll interchange,
Hurrah! hurrah! for Valley Grange.

The Successful Grange.

It was evident to the founders of
our Order that something was needed
to enable the farmer to rise, socially
and financially to a level with other
trades and professions. And so, for
the accomplishment of that purpose
the Order of Patrons of Husbandry
was instituted. What the Grange
may do towards bringing about this
result depends how it is conducted.
The regular routine of business is
necessary, and is instructive; but
something more is needed to make a
success—to make it strong. And the
first requisite is promptness. This
should be the first and greatest law to
every member, Promptness shows
that there is interest felt in the work.
Where every member is on hand,
ready to do whatever may be for the
good of the Grange, where all is
peace, harmony, and brotherly love,
there is no apparent hindrance in the
way of makingvthe Grange accomplish
its mission.

VVhat can be said of that Grange
where the condition is just the oppo-
site, where members are not prompt,
and where discofd takes the place of
harmony, where a few strive to hold
up the Grange the while encouraging
each other to hope for better times?
Can it be truly said that such a
Grange is accomplishing its mission?
Lectures and essays are of no use to
those who never hear them. Rules

, the mind.

and regulations are useless to mem-

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bers who rarely if ever attend. And
it could not be otherwise. Still they
say as innocently as though the
dormant condition of their Grange
was not the doings—-or rather the
non-doings——of just such sluggish
members as they, “ I don't see as
the Grange does us one particle of
good.” Suppose they should purchase
a nice farm, and after the necessary
writings were completed and tl1c
money was paid over, that they should
go away and leave it by itself with no
one to take care of it, and should pay
no attention to it. \Vould their prof-
its be very large, or would their farm
increase in worth very fast’? and yet
there is just as much sense in sup-
posing this as in thinking the Grange
will benefit a person whether he at-
tends its meetings or not. They per-
haps think that they confered a great
favor by affixing their names to the
roll-book and that was the extent of
their duty. And now the Grange
must unload its benefits right at their
doors, and they sit with folded hands,
while others are at work, striving to
hold up its principles from falling into
utter disgrace. \\'hatever we expect
to rgceive in trade we expect to pay
its equivalent value iI1 return. And
this principle holds good in regard to
the Grange. If We expect to receive
a benefit, either socially, intellectually
or financially, we must give in return
our time and attention.

The second requisite to a successful
Grange is work. If we should not
use our arm for a sufficient length of
time it would become useless and we
should have no control over it. But
by constant use it acquires strength.
It needs exercise that will give action
to all its muscles. Just so is it with
That needs exercise to
keep it strong and healthy; and
equally true is it that. a Grange to be
a healthy, useful Grange, must work.
It must have lectures, essays, papers,
recitations, discussions, and last, but
not by any means least, music—some-
thing for each and every one to do.
And the Grange that does not neglect
these things will not fail to have in-
teresting and profitable meetings, if
all work in harmony. There should
be a diversity of work. To change
often rests the tired muscles while the
others are getting their needful exer-
cise. And this is true of the mind.
Then there should be recreation for
all—old and young. Recreation is
just as necessary as work. VVithout
this we should be unfit for work.
Picnics, festivals, camp-meetings and
the like would be excellent times and
places to provide this, and combined
with instruction, too. The Grange
should be conducted so that the mem-
bers will feel that it is their home;
that they can cast all cares aside, and
have a thoroughly good time and go
away better prepared to take up the
daily burden of life.

The Grange is similar to a tree and
like it, it needs pruning. Dead
branches if left’ on the tree disfignre
its beauty and hinder its growth. In
like manner the weak and tardy mem-
hers--the dead branches if left in the

Grange will not only disfigure it and
hurt its growth, but will in time
bring decay upon the whole tree. It
18 better to cut them away. Do not
allow them to destroy the work, the
result of which you have labored so
earnestly to produce. If a member
has not the good of the Grange at
heart his place is not in it. Some
Granges have borne such burdens too
long. They have carried them until
they are broken down, and there is
now but the broken trunk to be seen
where the strong and beautiful tree
once stood—the result of not pruning.
But where pruning has been prac-
ticed, the result is, that more interest
is manifested, new life seems infused
into the members, and they are strong
for the work.—J)e'7-i_r/0 Rm-al.
[From the Michigan Farmer.“,
Cross-Breeding Wheat.

The beneficial effects of crossing
different varieties of plants of the

same species is being frequently dis-
cussed through our leading agricul-
tural papers, I beg to inform the read-
ers of the FARMER of a very marked
instance of it in my experimental
grounds at this time.

In a small plot of ordinary ground,
containing now a large number of
varieties of wheat, I planted last Sept.,
among others, nine grains of Victor
wheat that had been carefully fructi-
fied with pollen of a productive Egyp-
tian variety. My reasons for choos-
ing these two varieties were the ex-
cellent straw and remarkable stooling
qualities as well as the fine white grain
of the Victor, and the immense head
of the Egyptian. From the nine
grains sown only seven germinated.-
Three of these are about the same as
the old varieties and some of the
newer varieties growing by their side,
viz, throwing up three or four stalks
with ordinary sized heads. The oth-
er four varieties under exactly the
same treatment, were remarkably pro-
ductive, and I have this day counted
sixty-eight stalks from one of the
grains sown. And in one of the
heads I counted eighty good plump
grains, and in the poorest head thirty-
five grains, being at the very least
4,000 grains from the one sown.

Surely upon the principle that
“like produces like,” if only the best
of these grains are selected from the
largest and best of the heads for a
number of years, the grain thus pro-
duced must be of incalculable benefit
to the agricultural community so soon
as there shall be a suificient quantity
to distribute at a moderate price.

CHARLES ARNOLD.

PARIS, Ontario, July 18, 1878.

DON'T BE AFRAID-—T0 do a ‘little
missionary work outside the Grange.
The Grange must grow by taking in
members from outside, and we can
not expect persons to join unless they
have an intelligent idea of what the
Grange is, and the best way to give
them this intelligent idea is to get
them to read a good Grange paper.

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J. J. WOODMAN, - - - PAW PAW

THE FRENCH METROPOLIS.

The City and its Defences.——A Sunday
at Versailles.- Interesting Account of
the Great Illumination.

In my last, I referred to some of
the objects of interest in Paris. Of
the great city itself, but little au-
thenic history of its origin is known,
further than that in the time of Juli-
us Caasar, that portion south of the
Seine, was occupied by a tribe of
semi-barbarians, who had chosen the
site for reason of the defence offered
them by the encircling river. The
Romans took the place, and it grad-
ually rose in importance. The Em-
peror Julian built him a palace here,
the remains of which still exist.-
Many of the public buildings were
erected in the twelfth century.

The city has been the scene of
many sanguinary cqnfliets, both from
foreign enemies and insurrections
within. Owing to the constant in-
cursions of the English during the
reign of Charles V, fortifications
were thrown around the city, and
from that time large sums have been
expended on its defences. Some of
the gates of the old wall are yet
standing. The present walls, or fort-
ifications, were constructed by M.
Thiers, in 1841, the entire length of
which is about 28 miles. It consists
of ninety-four different bastions. The
walls of the ramparts are 33 feet in
height, and encircled with a ditch 18
feet deep, and from 50 to 100 feet in
width. Back of these, sixteen de-
tached forts frowning from steep
heights above, defend the approaches
to the city. In 1870 these works
were armed with 15,000 guns, and
yet the city was taken by the Prus-
sians. Since then, another series of
forts larger and stronger than the
former have been constructed, at a
greater distance from the fortifica-
tions; and the French now think
the city impregnable.

VERSAILLES.

A writer has said “that if Paris
were blotted from the face of the
earth, leaving nothing behind it but
the palace of Versailles, a journey to
it would pay the visitor from a foreign
land.” The town is about twelve
miles out of Paris by rail, and has a
population of about 65,000. The
Royal Palace is a massive stone struc-
ure, immense in size, but by no means
commanding in appearance. In it
the senate and chambers of deputies
hold their sessions. It is the won-
derful park, gardens, and water works
that makes it perhaps the most
interesting spot in France. The
gardens were laid out by Louis XIV,
who, it is said, expended more than
$200,000,000 on it, the exact figures

not being known, as the records of
the cost were destroyed by the king’s
own hand, to conceal the royal ex-
travagance. The park is the most
extensive and beautiful in the world,
with magnificent walks, drives, foun-

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tains and lakes. The Prussians occu-
pied the place in 1871, and it was
there that King William was pro-
claimed Emperor of Germany, in the
midst of his victorious generals and
army. The fountains play but once a
month,and that on Sunday, commenc-
ing at four oclock P. M. June the
25th, being a “ fete day,” when all the
fountains would play, a small party
of us took the cars in the afternoon,
and rode to see the palace and the
great show. On arriving (alhough it
was Sunday) we found thousands of
people assembled, and crowds coming
from every direction, bands were
playing, balloons ascending, and
cannons booming. A glance through
the long series of rooms in the Art
Gallery, and a walk through a por-

tion of the park and garden, viewing
the most beautiful landscape scenery,
the eye ever beheld, brought us to a
point where, the shade of a beautiful
cedar aifoi-tlt-d protection from the
heat of the boiling sun, and the curb-
stone a seat, luxuries which but few
could enjoy, and at the same time
have a commanding view of the great
arena where the great contest of
waters was to take place. Ten thous-
and people gathered and took posi.
tions in plain view of the great
fountains of Neptune, Apollo, Latona,
Daybreak, and others, and as every
one was gazing upon them. intent on
seeing the first upheaval of the waters,
a crash of thunder that made the
very rocks tremble, burst from a
little cloud which but a few moments
before every one had rejoiced to see
intercepting the scorching rays ofthe
sun; and instantly every eye was
turned heavenwrd and met with a
flash of lightning almost blinding,
followed by another crash of thunder
more terrible than first. The waters
from the fountains leaped up and
mingled with the downward flow from
the great fountain above. Ten thous-
and umbrellas were raised, and the
rich overskirts of the ladies adjusted,
so as to protect them from the
spattering rain. The umbrellas af-
forded protection, and all seemed to
enjoy the scene;

“And the fountains gaily played.”

But the scene changed: what seemed
at first to be but a summer’s shower,
proved to be a storm. The rain
came down in torrents, with bail and
wind which completely demolished
the umbrellas, when a general “stain-
pede” commenced. The water ran
in torrents over the pavements and
down the declivity towards the lake,
through which the crowd waded,
silk hats and rich bonnets wilted and
drooped, and white shirts hung heavi-
ly. The scene forcibly impressed the
mind with the truth of the old proverb,
that, “there is but one step from
the sublime to the ridiculous.” The
thick branches of the cedar which
had given us shelter from the sun’s
heat, served a double purpose, and
protected us from the fury of the
wind, so that with the aid of our
umbrellas we managed to save our
beavers and a thorough drenching.

The crowd disappeared, and the storm
passed over; but,

“The fountains, they played on.”

ANNIVERSARY or TEE BIRTHDAY on
THE REPUBLIC.
Whether Sunday, the 30th day of
June, was in reality the anniversary
of that event or not, does not matter,
for with the French people, Sunday
is the only day in the week good
enough for a celebration, a public
demonstration. For several Weeks
previous, great preparations had been

going on, along the great avenues and
in the public grounds of the city, for
the illumination. A shower of rain
the previous night, laid the dust and
cooled the atmosphere, and the day
.-was all that could be desired. Unlike
our Fourth of July celebrations, the
burning of gunpowder was dispensed
with, except in the firing of a salute
in the morning. Taking an open
cai-riage,'we drove through some of
the principal streets, and visited
several places of interest. All the
buildings were profusely decorated
with flags, mottoes, emblems, and
flowers. Columns and triumphal
arches were erected; and all the
appliances for a general illumination
were in position. It seemed as if
every one had attempted to out-do
his neighbor in decorating his premi-
ses. The streets were densely crowd-
ed with people and carriages, and
our progress was frequently attended
with difficulty. In the evening, the
carriages were ordered off from the
principal avenues, the street cars
ceased to run, and the carriage-ways
were given to pedestrians. The
public illuminations, which cost the
government and city one and a half
millions of dollars, were principally
confined to the two great avenues,
“Bois de Bologna,” and “Champ
Elysees,” including their gardens and
parks, the “Place de*La Concorde,”
and the “ Gardens of the Tuilleries,”
extending nearly four miles in length.
Along these avenues and in the
“ Place de la Concorde,” alone, 40,000
glass globes covered as many jets of
burning gas, surmounting and con-
necting lamp-posts, resembling rows
of burning pyramids, connected with
chains of fire, and the windows, ve-
randahs, and house-tops, demonstra-
ted that the private citizens did not
“put their lights under a bushel.”
Passing from the “Elysian Fields,”
into the “Gardens of the Tnilleries,”
a most enchanting and bewildering
scene met the eye. Colonades of fire,
supporting massive frontice work of
sparkling colored lights, as beautifully
and artistically arranged as if it had
been done by the artists’ brush, ex-
tended for half a mile on either side
of the great passage way through the
Gardens, to the Orchestra, where 500
singers were making the Gardens ring
with stirring music, over which, and
directly between the burning colo-
nades, flashed a star of electric light,
almost as bright as the noon-day sun.
Beds of flowers were made to sparkle
like diamonds and rubies; and pale
moons shone through the trees of the
unlighted portions of the Garden,
At the same time, at the extreme
west‘ of this great field of blazing
lights, in the park of the “Bois de
Bologne,” 100,000 tinted lights
charmingly arranged, sparkled among
the trees; and the very heavens were
made to blaze with the magnificent
and wonderful display of fix-ewo,-ks_
The number of persons witnessing
the illumination could be estimated
only by the area covered by them.
For miles around every available
space was occupied by the dense
moving masses, and thousands gazed
from the doors, windows, balconies
and house-tops. Martial music, sing.’
1n_g,_“ The _Marseillaise” and other
stirring national odes, and cheering
Were in Order; but no drunkenness,
or riotous conduct was indulged in:
The Republicans were jubilafit and
seemed to be insp_ired with true
patriotism. The Imperialists were
quiet and reserved. To a superficial
observer, the Republic seems to be
firmly implanted in the confidence
and affections of the masses - and did
they possess the intelligehce and
high moral culture necessary to

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of the Republic ; but with the wealth,
intelligence and influence largely
with the Monarchists, who, taking
advantage of the poverty and credu.
lity of the masses, with winning ways,
deceptive tongues, and false pledges,
will gradually divide the vote of the
Republicans, and regain a controlling
influence in the government, and the
end will come. I speak only my own
convictions and apprehensions, and
sincerely hope that time and events
may prove them groundless.

Feeding Band-wire in Straw.

As the use of self-binders, wire be.
ing used, is becoming quite general, it
is well to move quite cautiously in the
matter of allowing cattle to eat straw
from which the wire has not been
removed. Cattle should not be al.
lowed to eat straw from which the
wire bands have not been reinoved,
though the wire may not prove fatal,
as is shown by Mr Clarkston in the
Iowa State Register.‘ “ Self binders,
using wire, are coming into general
use, and stock-raising is of too much
consequence to be jeopardized by
any injurious element. In the sum-
mer of 1863 and 1864 the graiii on
Melrose farm was bound with wire,
There was no effort made to save the
wire from the straw when threshing.
The cattle of the farm were wintered
at the straw stack. At the time there
was considerable talk on this subject,
and cosequently the result of such
feeding was watched with interest.
There could not be discovered
outwardly any deleterious effects of
the wire on grown cattle, cows, or
younger stock, all appeared to prosper
and were healthy. This would appear
to be nearly conclusive evidence that
there was no danger from such wire.
But in the fall of 186-1 we slaught-
ered a steer for beef, and made close
observations as to the effect of the
wire. The steer had not eaten any
of the straw in which there was wire
for seven months. There was in the
first stomach (sometimes called mani-
fold) at least one hundred pieces of
wire of from half an inch to an inch
long, sticking in the honey-comb lin-
ing of the first stomach. They were
fast, and immovable by any operation
of nature, and would evidently have
remained there as long as the animal
lived. There were few in the second,
and less in the third stomachs, but
none could be found in the intes-

these wires threatened serious difli-
culty, yet there was not the least in-
flamation, mattering, or ossification
around the wires. The next year
(after they had been feeding two
winters on the same) we slaughtered
again, and found the wires in the
manifold. Again, in the fall of18G0,
we killeda dry cow, which had no
chance of eating wire for over twenty
months, but the pieces were found
plentifully. And yet during all this
time, and ever since, our stock has
been healthy and grew finely under
the care administered at Melrose

Farm. And there are two old c0WS,
at least, now on the farm doing their
duty, that fed on wire and straw
twelve years ago.

And yet with this evidence before
us of the innocent effect of wire, We
would, in threshing, remove the wire

easily throw out the wire. A pair of
shears is best for cutting wire on
bundles, and it is but little trouble to
catch the wire in the left hand and
pull it out as it is cut.—,Mt'ch. Farmer.

A devoted husband says that the
phonograph is simply a machine that
“ talks back,” and he has had one Of
that kind in his house ever since he
was married.

tines. And while the presence of

from the straw. A band cutter can .

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gist: ggeufs apartment.

.1. ll. GARDNER, - CENTREVILLE.

I would again call the attention of
the Patrons to the fact that I am fur-
nishing the best warranted wagons at
inanufacturer‘s prices, which are now
sent subject to examination, and if
not satisfactory, they can be returned,
if the pay is placed with the Grange
.\Iaster in advance, and he certifies to
the order. These wagons took the
first premium over the Studebaker
wagon at the Spring Fair in St.
Joseph County. They are second to
no wagon made in Michigan.

Any one wanting a drill to use
this season should now send on their
orders, as I am now contracting for
the “ \Vestern ” and “ Farmers
Friend,” and I desire to know how
inany are wanted soon. If orders are
delayed until seeding time it may be
to late to secure them; as some were
disappointed in getting reapers of
me by delaying until a few days be-
lore harvest.

lhave got a few plows on hand,
which I can ship immediately to any
place, from $9 to $10 per plow, Fan-
ning mills for $18, as good as any
made. Get a new mill and put your
wheat in the best condition possible,
so that you can get the highest price
for extra. clean wheat. It will pay
well; feed the screenings to the poul-
try, and that Will pay again.

To any person wanting a large
horse power cane mill, I would say
thatl have one to sell for $100 with
bagasse carrier sixteen feet long, that
will crush sufficient juice to supply a
large sized evaporater and heater
combined, if proper power is used.

I quote Mason’s quart fruit jars for
$14.50 agross on hand and ordered
direct from the jobbers; cash to ac-
company orders in all cases. I have
also a large stock of groceries on
hand and can order them from Chicago
or Detroit and send to any part of the
State, it taken in whole packages, at
wholesale prices, and no commissions
charged. Cheese is now about 75-cts
33') il)., for best full cream; skimmed
from 5 to Ggcents, according to quali-
ty. It will probably be higher before
long.

The following from the Grange
-Jfulletin, seems as applicable to Mich-
igan as elsewhere. “ Every member
of the Order is bound by the acts of’
the Order, and when any Grange
adopts a measure that it has the right
to adopt, its members are estopped
from whatever destroys it’s legiti-
mate effects. When a State Grange
erects a business establishment or
adopts a law, not only is every
Patron within its jurisdiction bound
to respect that business establishment
or that law, but every Subordinate
and County Grange Within its juris-
diction is bound to do so too.
Within its jurisdiction the acts of
9Very Grange are binding on all Pa-
trons.

“In its business undertakings,
more than any other, the Order needs
to be supported by all its members.
It cannot secure any permanent ad-
"3_ntages except by following out the
principles of co-operation; and it can
not carry out the principles of co-
Operation so long as individual Pa-
trons claim and exercise the right to
Dlease themselves in competition to
the Grange business establishments.
When any Patron does anything that
le§S0I_1s the trade of the agencies he
fails in his duty to the Order.”

THE truly wise man should have
no keeper of his secret but himself.

 

Don’t brag. Avoid quarrels.

Canned Butter.

Such has been the progress in the
manufacture of American butter that
that article is now marketed in all
sorts of shapes both for home use and
foreign exports. Fine creamery but-
ter is made to retain its sweetness
and purity, kept however long in any
part of the world, especially in the
warmer climates. Ships making
long voyages or parties going on a
cruise, and people living isloated in
sections, with no opportunities for
making or purchasing freshly-made
butter now no longer need eat poor
butter, when a. nice article can be
obtained that will retain its flavor
for an indefinite length of time.
Canned butter now figures in the ex-
ports of the United States quite
prominently. The butter is packed
fresh from the churn, at the packing
rooms of the ereamery. In the meth-
od of, regulating the temperature lies
the great secret of the success which
our American creameries have obtain-
ed. Butter sealed_in cans is free from
foreign substances, such as salt and
pickle. A can of butter that had
been sealed nearly a. year was found
by an assayer to be as fresh as when
made, and was not afl"ected in the least
by the tin. It has also been ascer-
tained by experiment that dairy but-
ter is more liable’ to melt in a warm
temperature than creamery butter,
for the reason that the latter consists
of only a single churning and is pack-
ed closer, while the former generally
consists of several churnings which
are apt to vary in quality in hot weath-
er. The introduction of canned but-
ter is destined to become a large in-
dustry, and the success of the move-
ment is assured. The principal rival
to American en terpries in the indus-
try is Denmark, which country has
for some years exported canned but-
ter to various hot climates, but chiefly
to South America. The great care
taken by the Danish dairymen to
perserve the grain of their butter, has
given them an advantage in the past
so far as the foreign export trade is
concerned; but it is now claimed that
the American-made article is super-
ior to the Danish article in some re-
spects, and that it can be (and is)
sold at less price than Danish butter,
which is its only competitor. At a
famous dairy farm at Gieddesdol, 748,
997 pounds (banish pounds, one of
which equals 1,102 pounds English) of
milk, used for butter-making, yielded
22,270 pounds of butter, 100 pounds
of milk thus producing 3.43 pounds
of butter, or 29.2 pounds of milk pro-
ducing one pound of butter, which is
about the average yield of Danish
butter.

Very little of canned butter is seen
in our markets, and that little is put
up by butter-makers for hotels and
private parties who order it in that
shape.-—0ultz'vat0r.

How To HARDEN BU'I‘TER.—A meth-
od in practice among the best butter
makers in England for rendering
butter firm and solid during the hot
weather is as follows: Carbonate of
soda and alum are used for the pur-
pose, made into powder. For twenty
pounds of butter one teaspoonful of
carbonate of soda. and one teaspoon-
ful of powder alum are mingled to-
gether at the time of churning, and
put into the cream. The effect of
this powder is to make the butter
become firm and solid, and to give it a.
clean sweet flavor. It does not enter
into the butter, but its action is upon
the cream, and it passes off with the
bettermilk. The ingredients of the
powder should not be mingled togeth-
er until reqnired to be used, or at the
time the cream is in the churn ready

for churning.——ExcIzange.

Qarresgandentg.

SILVER LAKE GRANGE, No. 629,)
July 10th, 1878. I
B7-o. J. T, Cobb.-

As there has been nothing in the
VISITOR for some time from our
Grange, will now tell you and the read-
ers of the VISITOR how we are getting
along. We are taking in more new
and good members this season than
ever before, and still they come. The
facts are these: \Ve organized our
Grange two years ago with 16 members,
took in a few more members and
stopped. The remainder of the farmers
around seemed to think it was of no
consequence, and would soon die out,
and I fear too many were in hopes it
would. But weak as we are, we built a
snug little hall, 18x30 feet, last summer.
This spring we bought a good organ.
These things, with our superior facilties
of trade, began to open their eyes, and
the results are very satisfactory, and
the outlook at present is that we shall
have to enlarge our hall to accommodate
all that want to come in. VVe hold our
meetings oncein two weeks, Saturday
afternoon, and the afternoon is getting
too short for us, we cannot get through
in time to do chores. At our last meet-
ing I called for and obtained a.
verbal report of the growing crops of
every farmer present; of course, there
were some farm hands and some young
men who do not own farms,who had no
report to make. The crop prospects, as
reported, were decidedly flattering, the
majority reported their crops as being
above the average and some considera-
bly above, while there were but one or
two who reported below, and those
from local causes, and certain crops.
VVinter wheat is reported as,heavy, the
best ithas been for years, and is now
out of harm’S Way from any usual cause
of shrinkage. While Spring wheat is
about medium with an increased acre-
age, hence a good crop in prospective.

As to the Chicago agent, Brother
Thomas Mason, I will say that I con-
signed sixty bushels of beans in June,
and his dealings with me are entirely
satisfactory, I realized 31; cents per
bushel more for them than I could
have got here over and above freight,
cartage, commission and all. I believe
him the right man in the right place,
and would advise all Patrons of Western
Michigan to patronize him with their
produce, and also give liin their orders
for goods to buy. Let us support our
own agents in preference to supporting
those who would crush us if they could.
Our Grange will probably do quite an
extensive business in the way of pro-
duce with Brother Mason the coming
fall. Fraternally,

'1‘. H. CLYDE, Lecturer.

DALL, COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Kansas City, Mo., July 25.
To J. T. Cobb, Esq.~—Dear Sir .-

I Write in behalf of the above firm,
to inquire about the apple crop of
Michigan. Apples are comparatively a
failure here, and we shill be dependent
largely upon Michigan to or some other
part of the country for our supply. '[‘he
firm have a. house at Lawrence, Kan.,
which handled last year 10,000 barrels.
They have established a house here,
because Kansas City affords greater fa-
cilities for the distribution of produce.
The two houses can handle to advan-
tage 30,000 barrels, and any informa-
tion you can give them about the crop
of your State, will greatly oblige. Hop-
ing to hear from you at your earliest
convenience, I am, truly yours,

M. L. THOMPSON.

The writer of the above letter is an
oid friend, who has been in Kansas for
some years. We presume he repre-
sents a reliable house. Will our
readers post us up about the apple
crop prospects. J. T. C.

OFFICE or HOWARD BRos. & .KEN-}

MARILLA. Manistee Con}
July 24, 1878.
Worthy Sec’y Cobb .-

The Manistee District Pomona
Grange held its quarterly session at
Marilla. Center school house July 16-17.
Bear Lake, Pleasanton, Cleon, and
Marilla were well represented, notwith-
standing the hot weather _ and the
hurry of the season. Those intending
to be present from Sherman were pre-
vented from coming by sickness. It
is thought the time was pleasantly and

profitably spent, and that Pomona
Granges can be of great good to the
Order. MRS. J ENNIE A. PoPE, Sec.,

Manistee Dist. Pomona Grange. No. 21.

ALTON, Kent Co. Mich.,
July 15, 1878.
Worthy Bro. Cobb .-

It is harvest time and I have all the
work I can well get along with, but I
will take timeto write a. few lines to
your valuable paper. First, I will say
that our Grange is doing Well and is
steadily on the increase Last Tuesday
we had work in the fourth degree, and
after the work for the evening was
done, our worthy Master closed the
Grange,and we had the tables all ready
and with our friends outside the gate,
(for we had the priviledge of inviting
our friends who were not Grangers to
enjoy the feast) we gathered around
the board and were helped by the good
Brothers and Sisters to the nice things
provided. The supper over, and the
tables cleared away, we had a good
social visit. Some of the young peo le
did not leave the hall until two ve
oclock. I guess they enjoyed them-
elves. Well, Iam always in favor of
having our feasts and lectures in such
away that we can ask our friends to
come in and enjoy them with us, for
it certainly has a tendency to bring in
our Order those who would have Iiever
joined us had it not been for the oppor-
tunity they had to hear some of our
excellent lectures, delivered under such
circumstances. It gives the outsiders
a chance to know what our objects are
and for what end we are laboring.

Already I have said more than I iii-
tended to, so I will close by saying that
the more I attend the Grange here, and
the more I attend other Granges, and
read the GRANGE VisIToR, the better
I like the Grange and its works.

A SISTER.

PAW PAW, July 13, 1878.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

Please announce through the VISITOR,
that the next regular meeting of the
Van Buren County Grange, No. l3,will
be held at South Haven, on the 8th day

of August next, at 10 oclock A. M.

Patrons, why not go to South Haven
on the 8th of August, cannot we afl.“ord
to leave our farms and business a day
or two ? The hurry of the season will
be over, let us gather on the shore of
our grand old Lake Michigan.

The South Haven Grange will cordi-
ally welcome us, we shall have a pleas-
ant time, and we trust every subordi-
nate Grange in the County will be
represented. D. WOODMAN, Master.

THREE RIVERS, July 25th, ’78.
1117'. J. T. Cobb, Schoolc-raft .-

VVORTHY SEc’Y. — Please notice in
the next issue of the GRANGE VISITOR
that St. Joseph County Pomona Grange
No. 4, holds its next regular meeting
Thu rsday. September 5th, at fhe Grange
Hall, in the village of Leonidas.

Yours truly,
W. G. LELAND, Sec.

AUSTERLITZ, July 15, 1878.
The next meeting of Kent County
Grange, No. 18, will be held at the hall
of Whitneyville Grange, August 7th, at
10 o’clock A. M. All fourth degree
members invited. M. B. HINE, See.

A NUMBER of butchers and provis-
ions dealers in Liverpool, England,
have clubbed together for an experi-
mental importation of live hogs from
this country. They have purchased
a steamer and had her fitted for the
acommodation of 2,500 hogs between
decks, besides a large number of cat-
tle on the main deck. If the venture
turns out well they propose to estab-
lish a. full line of steamers for this
business. Facilities have been pro-
vided for killing and drssing the hogs
on board in case of necessity.—]l{z'ch.
Farmer.

BROTHER Smith,” said a. doleful-
looking individual ,“ my mind is in a.
very unsettled state. I don’t know but
I have had a call to preach.” “O, never
mind,” said that sympathizing broth-
er; I wou.ldn,t worry about it if I
was in your place, for like enough
you won't hear it again these forty

years.”


 

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

SCHOOLCRAFT. AUG. 1, 1878.

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gettziarns gepartmcnt.

J. T. 00133, - - -

- SCHOOLCRAFT.

Oflicers and members of Subordinate ‘Granges
in corresponding with this office, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

BLANKS.

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

Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub-
ordinate Granges.

Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-
mona Granges.

Blank application for organizing Pomona
Granges.

Blank applications for Membership in Pomona
Granges.

Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer.

Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges.

Blank Certificates of Election to County
Convention.

Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to
the State Grange.

Blanks for Consolidation of Granges.

Blank Applications for Certificate of Dimit.

Blank Plaster Orders.

Blank Certificates of Incorporation.

Micliigan Representation in Congress.

The communications from Brother
Tomlinson were a day to late for the
last No. of the VISITOR, for which they
were intended. But perhaps our read-
ers have more time to read and reflect
upon the situation, now that the har-
vest is over than they had two weeks
ago. The showing made is a bad one
for ourAg1-icultural State, but if we
are satisfied with it, we might per-
haps save ourselves some trouble by
committing this whole matter of Con-
gresssonal legislation to the few hun-
dred lawyers we have in the State,
and let them fix it up among them-
selves.

If other classes are unfit for this
service, or by usage are practically
ruled out, why need we waste time
and effort in aiding this lawyer to a
place instead of that. If lawyers are
the only men that know what legisla-
tion the people need, why not com-
mit the whole matter to them. It
seems quite unnecessary and foolish
for others! to “mix in.” ‘Vs have
now a lawyer delegation in congress
from this State—mostly young men,
and the farmers of the State, though
in a majority will nearly all vote this
fall to return this lot of lawyers or
another to Congress. As shameful
and stupid as this appears, I still feel
that we have made a long stride in
the right direction within the last five
years. Until the Patrons of Hus-
bandry raised this question, no one
apparently had ever thought what 3,
great wrong was tolerated from year
to year. In fact the farmer has had
little or no right to complain of the
Congressional legislation that affected
his business as he had made no move
to protect his interests, but had ap.
parently been satisfied that it should
either take care of itself‘, or depend
on those to look after it who have evi-
dently been studiously intent on tak-

ing care of themselves. The fault has
been our own, and when once recog-
nized the ground work is laid for re.
form. But this will not come from a
more statement of the matter. The
laboring class must come to under-

stand that our form of government
imposes responsibilities on every citi-
zen however humble. The great mass
of the people want to be well repre-
sented, but are still inclined to leave
the whole matter to the managing
men of the political parties, seldom
taking the interest in measures that
they do in the success of the parties
to which they belong. If the primary
meeting is not attended by those who
complain, their chance of remedying
the evil complained of is lost. \’\'e
have never been disposed to insist
that farmers were the only honest
men——not a bit of it. Human nature
is much the same whatever the occu-
pation. But if we have meirof ability
in the Agricultural class (and we need
not say  for all know we have,) by
what sort of law or logic are they
overlooked by the nominating con ven-
tions of political parties.

But -the world moves, and we
note witlrsatisfaction in our Grange
and Agricultural exchanges the very
general demand for amore faithful
representation in the legislative bod-
ies of the country of the Agricultural
interest. \\'hile the demand for more
farmers is not uniformly urged, the
demand that fewer lawyers be allowed
to misrepresent the people is every
where made. The demand will sooner
or later be heard.

It has been heard in reference to
our claims for a share of the State
oflicers, and the time is not distant
when by continued agitation the peo-
ple will be awakened to a sense of
duty that will bring with it a correc-
tion.

Visitor Files.

.__:.

Do you keep a file of your VISITOR.
If not, why not. Its make up is such
that it can be kept for future refer-
ence, or reading with little cost or
trouble. VVhen in town get a dozen
of these flat head paper fasteners at a
book-store. Two of them an inch
long will carry a full volume in good
shape, and it is but the work of a
moment to add the new copy when
received.

Those who have kept a file of the
VISITOR since its enlargement, have
the Reports of the Oflicers of the
State Grange at its last session, the
rulings and decisions contained in the
Digest lately revised by the Ex. Com.
of the National Grange, the By-Laws
of the Mich. State Grange as amended
and now in force, together with the
Rulings of the Master of the State
Grange, and you are now getting in
each succeeding No. the letters of
Bro. VVoodman. Starting out as they
did with his leaving New York on the
22d of May, we have a connected ac-
count of matters of interest that come
under his observation. You have re-
ceived your papers through this busy
season of the year when many of you
have not found time to look over
even hastily, the papers you are tak.
ing. If you have kept your Vrsrron
on file, in the season of leisure that is
but a little way off pick it up and in
looking it over you will find in it
many things to interest you. Besides
the doing it, or having it done is 3

THE GRANGE VISITOR:

good lesson to the children. In many
families that never save a paper: 3
good many other things are not saved
that might be, with advantage and
profit to all concerned.

Picnic at Battle Creek.

\\'e have received a poster announc-
ing a Grange Picnic "two miles south
of Battle Creek, on the 8th of Aug.
“'6 have a vivid recollection of at-
tending a Grange Picnic at that place
three years ago. It was than a grand
success, and as delegation after dele-
gation with music and banners filed
into the long procession that stretched
from the town out in to the country
for two miles, the good people of the
city came to fully realize for the first
time that the Gr-angers were a power
in the land. With such energetic Pa-
trons as are to be found in every part
of Calhoun County, we can safely
predict if the day is favorable, a large
turn out of the sturdy farmers with
their families on this occasion.

W’. A. Armsti-ong,Sec’y of‘ the State
Grange of New York, and one of the
Editors of the Ilusbandman is posted
as THE speaker of the day. '\\'e have
not heard Bro. Armstrong from the
platform, but as a writer he has within
the last four years obtaineda Nation-
al reputation, and now stands in the
front rank doing valiant service in the
work of agricultural advancement.

Ilis clear, concise style, with
his bold and independent course in
attacking any form of monopoly, or
abuse that has invaded the rights of
the people, together with This carefully
prepared Reports of the Proceedings
of the Elmira Farmer’s Club, which
has become so famous, has given him
a prominence and his paper an influ-
ence with the farmers of the country,
that few journalists acquire in a life-
time and few agricultural journals
can obtain.

The Patrons and farmers of neigh-
boring Counties will be welcome, and
we think well repaid for the time,

trouble and expense, incident to their
attending the Battle Creek Grange
Picnic on that day.

 

GRAXGES delinquent in reports
from Secretaries for quarter ending
March 31st, 1872:

17, 32, 50, 52, 62, 67, 68, 69, 77, 79, 86
94, 97, 102, 112, 135, 138, 141, 146, 179,
181,182, 187, 197, 208, 209, 223, 233, 242:

.245, 255, 264, 265, 282, 287, 233, 307, 308'

309, 313, 320, 321, 329, 334, 342, 345 359
371, 378, 383, 385, 386, 411, 418, 4291431’
447, 448, 450, 457, 460, 468, 478, 492 502’
504,505, 509, 522, 523, 526, 534 553’ 554’
556, 560, 570, 598, 600, 604, 605,’ 611.’ ’

This list does not include those
dormant Granges that have not re.
Ported for 3 Year or more, of which
there are quite a number, who seem
practically dead, though they have

not formally surrendered their char-
ters.

 M,
will be a County Grange picnic on the
Allegan County Fair Grounds, on the
21st of August. As Allegan County
has been the Banner County of the
State, a large gathering of Patrons

may be expected. G d
and 800d music can ‘belichpefildlellkdhs,

a d P t .
i::vite§" r°n§ °V°1‘)’where are cordially

 

Br a circular from Bro. L. H. Ives‘
of Ingham County, We learn that the
Patrons of Ingham are to have :1
“ Grand Harvest Picnic on the fair.
grounds at Mason, on Wednesday,
Aug. 7th. The order of preparation
demanded by the circular, has no
uncertain sound, and with such :1
popular speaker as Bro. C. G. Luce,
we predict a large gathering of the
Patrons and their friends of Ingham
and neighboring counties.

JUST before going to press, we re-
ceived from II. D. Platt, a copy of an
agreement by which the signers agree
to mutually share in the expense of
defending any of the parties to the
agreement who may be sued for in.
fringement of the patent claimed to he
owned by Joseph Bickford & Co.

That’s right. That is practical co-
operation that will probably do good
at small cxpense.—Ed.

What the Country Needs.

Fewer men who seek office and
more men whom the oflice seeks.

Fewer dogs and more sheep.

Fewer trickling demagogues, who
are anything or nothing, as interest
dictates, and more brave men who
dare to do their own thinking, and say
what they think.

Fewer great men made to order
and of small material, and thrust in
front of men who have capacity for
greatness.

Fewer juvenile statesmen, who are
eager to rush into the places their
seniors and betters ought to occupy.

Fewer impetuous young men, eager
to rush into print and raise the devil
generally.

Fewer men to advocate the election
of favorites on personal grounds, and
more for the public good.

Fewer wire-pullers in popular con-
ventions, and more people.

Fewer “leaders” to knuckle to
popular prejudice, and more real
leaders to combat those prejudices
when wrong.

Fewer (AT0) bar rooms and more
schools.

Fewer fences and more pastures

Fewer scrub cattle and more good
ones.— Greensboro’ (N C’.)1’at7-z'0t.

KEEPING EGGS——A correspondent
of the Utica N. Y. Repzzblicmz, writes,
that she had tried salt pickle for keep-
ing eggs, found that when the brine
was too strong, it hardened the yolk
of the egg. But she had tried the
recipe recommended by the National
Butter and Egg Association and had
been successful. This receipt (one
bushel of lime, eight quarts of S311»
twenty-five ten quarts pails of water)-
I reduced to the proportions Which
I wanted to use, and carfully perpfll"
ed the brine according to directlolh
though I used air-slacked lime; 351
had no other, and put in the 65855
this was the last of August, I thlflki
and though the others spoiled in foul‘
or five weeks, these are good n0W~

   

KISSING by telephone is the latest--
The telephone consists of a striugv
one end of which is placed between
the teeth of each kisser, and stretch‘
ed. Each one chews and understands
the situation about the middle of the
string.

   

A PAPER butter plate manufactofl’
at Lyons, Iowa,now turns out 113300
plates per day. The demand is so
great, however, that facilities are
to be added until 300,000 per day
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Michigan Representation in Congress.

Brother (/obb .-

Since the list of Congressmen that
I sent to the VISITOR was published, I
have received the following very val-
uable letter from Hon. Ilenry Cham-
berlain, of Three Oaks, Berrien Co.,
which lets the light right into this
question. I hope you will do the
business men of this State the favor
to publish this letter, which I liere-
with inclose. By it we find that the
State of Michigan has been repre-
sented in the lower house of Congress,
since its admission into the Union in
1836, by 52 different men. With one-
half our population engaged In agri-
culture, we find Ina period of 42 years,
that two farmers have some how got
to Congress—-one for one term and the
other for three.

If the editor of the V'isI'I'oIt or any
one else can give us the occupation of
D. A. Noble, H. L. Stevens and D. O.
Leach, the list will be complete.

If we all support the Visrroit, as
we should, it will yet become the
most powerful paper of the State to
give unity and strength to the agri-
cultural interests Fraternally,

O. TOMLINSON,
Colon, St. Joseph Co.

THREE OAKS, July -ltll, 1872.
O. TOMLIXSON, EsQ.:

Dear Sir.'—I notice your request
in the GRANGE VISITOR. First, I
make some corrections: K. S. Bing-
ham served from ’-17 to ’5l; D. A.
Noble was from second district, and
preceded VValdron; Hester L. Ste-
vens was from the fourth district:

Lisr OF REPRESENTATIVES AN1) ’I‘HEIR
Piioi-‘EssIo.\‘.

Crary was a Lawyer of Marshall.

J. IVI. Howard, a Lawyer of Detroit.

McClelland, Lawyer, i\Ionroe.

Buel, Lawyer, Detroit.

Penniman was from W'ayne Co.; I
think a Lawyer, but am not certain.

Lyon was from Grand Rapids, and
was a Surveyor.

Chipman was from Ceiitreville, St.
Jo. Co., Lawyer, previously of Niles.

Stuart, Lawyer of Kalamazoo, largely
interested in Agriculture.

Sprague was a IVI. E. Presiding Elder.

Hunt was a Lawyer from Pontiac or

Bingham was a Farnier, I believe, of
Green Oak. '

Conger C?) was a Lawyer of St. Clair.
D. Stuart, Lawyer, Detroit.

W. A. Howard, Lawyer, Detroit.
Granger, Lawyer, Ann Arbor.
VValdron, Miller, Hillsdale.

Beaman, Lawyer, Adrian.

Clark, Lawyer of Kalamazoo, largely

engaged in Agriculture.
Walbridge, Miller, Kalamazoo.
Kellogg, a Lumberman and "Editor,
Kelloggsville.
Peck, Merchant, Lansing. .
Trowbridgc, Farmer of Oakland Co.,
I think Birmingham.
Upson, a Lawyer of Coldwater, and
before of Centreville.

Stoughton, Lawyer of Sturgis.
Longyear, Lawyer, Lansing.

Blair, Lawyer, Jackson.

Ferry, Lumberman, Grand Haven.
Foster, Merchant, Gr-aiid Rapids.
Baldwin, Lawyer, Pontiac.

0.'D. Conger, Lawyer, Port Huron.
Driggs, Lawyer (?), East Saginaw.
Strickland, Lawyer, St. Johns.
Sutherland, Lawyer, East Saginaw.
Field, Merchant, Detroit.

A. S. VVil1iams, Editor. Detroit.
Willetts, Lawyer, Monroe.

Willard, Preacher and Editor, Battle

Creek.

McGowen, Lawyer, Goldwater.
Burrows, Lawyer, Kalamazoo.
Potter, Banker, Kalamazoo. _
Keightly, Lawyer, Constantine.

W. B. Williams, Lawyer, Allegan.
Stone, Lawyer, Grand Rapids.
Begole, Lumberman, Flint.

Durand, Lawyer, Flint.

Brewer, Lawyer, Pontiac. _

Bradley, Lawyer, Bay City.
Ellsworth, Lawyer, GreenVill€-
Hubbell, Lawyer, Marquette.

 GRAN GE VISITOR.

R}i(_‘A I"I'.l‘U LATIOS.

Lawyers, ......................... - . 3

Farmers, ________________________ _ _ 2
Surveyor, ....................... -_ 1
Merchants, ______________________ _, 3
Lumberman, ____________________ __ 3
Editor, _____________________________ A _ 1
Ministers, _______________________ 4‘ 2
Millers, ____________________________ - A 2
Banker, _________________________ , , ]
Unknown, _______________________ _ _ 3

One hundred and eighty years of ser-
vice, eight by farmers,

I have given you such information
as I have at hand, and think it is cor-
rect, except as indicated by (P).

I know you will excuse the haste
in which I answer your request, when
I tell you that I have been in the
harvest field all day trying a new
reaper and binder. I knew if I put
it off until a leisure _time, it would
never come. Very truly,

HENRI’ CHAMBERLAIN.

J nstice in Courts and Representation of
Farmers.

 

Tiuvnitsiz CITY, July 10, 1878.
Brother J. T. Cobb .-

Asthere has hev-n imny valuable
articles published of late in the VISI-
TOR,0n the present system of attempt-
ing to secure justice in our courts,
and on the agricultural interests of
the country being represented in our
legislative bodies by farmers, may
I add a few words to the mass
whether I add any new ideas or
not. It is the mass of evidence
that counts. I argue, that we ‘may
trace our complicated system of court
practice and usage, and our unequal
legislation for the agricultural inter-
ests of our country, to the same cause
viz., to a predominence, not in num-
bers, but in activity, of lawyers in all
of our legislative bodies. It is to
the advantage of the lawyers to sup-
port the interests of those who do
the most to support them in their
profession. It is also to their inter-
est to complicate the laws as much
as possible, so that a man, even of
good natural ability, if not up to
trickery and familiar with crooked-
ness, cannot understand them.

I hold that the lawyer is following
out the direction of his legal educa-
tion. His occupation is——complicating
the laws, in class legislation, for the
men on whom he relies for business.
Then who is to blame? The farmer is
to blame, he takes a back seat in our
legislative bodies and contents him-
self to listen, and vote as his particu-
legal adviser directs. The lawyer
frames the bill to be acted on, perhaps
takes it to some farmer friend to
present, cajoles him into the belief
that it is just what he wants, and by
his presenting the bill leads many to
think that he is the author of it.

Is it right that fifty-two per cent of
the wealth, producing, the tax-paying
population, should stay in this torpid,
this secondary condition for all time
to come, as in time past? No broth-
er farmers. We produce ninety per
cent of all the wealth, and pay a
large majority of all the taxes, then
does it not devolve on us, as wealth-
producing, as tax-paying citizens, to
see that our interests are properly
looked after? _ .

Brother Pray has twice said that
there is no lack of ability among
farmers, and I will here say that our
most useful, our very best men were,
most of them, from the farm, and
there is still an abundant supply of
first class mental capacity sluinbering,
as it were, on the farm, while design-
ing men, who have some political ax
to grind, so manipulate our caucuses
and conventions as to secure the
nominations, _then raise the cry of
faithfulness to party, and secure the
election of some lawyer or politi-

. cian, to live at our expense, an

not legislate for the people. The

only interest they have in us is our
support in caucus, convention, and
at the ballot box. Wake up fellow
farmers, look these facts squarely in
the face. Step forward and demand
your rights. Do your whole duty.
Bafile intrigue and deception, and
fraud will soon step down and out. In
selecting candidates for oflice avoid
all those who are over anxious for
the oflice, for the salary of any of our
offices is no more than an adequate
compensation for services truly ren-
dered, and if aman is over-anxious
for an oflice, it is for his own pur-
poses, not the peoples, and he will
work for himself at our expense. Do
not let party lines govern you, they
are erected by politicians for their
own purposes. _T. H. CLYDE.

Another Swindle.

Yl’SIL;xN’II, July 22d, 1878.
Bro. J. T. Cobb:

There is quite an excitement in this
part of the State in respect to what
we think to be a grand swindle.

A combination of sharpers in Yps-
ilanti claim to have bought the patent
right of this State for what we call
the slip gate—a common board panel
hung between two posts, on a short
cross stick or bar nailed to the two
posts. The gate is operated by slip-
ping it back to the middle on this
cross bar, and then swinging it half
round.

It is used very generally in this
part of the State, on account of its
simplicity of construction, and it is
so easily operated.

They claim it was patented 13
years ago, by a man in Ohio,'a.nd they
have bought of him. At least, they
are sending their agents out over the
State collecting royalty of farmers
using them. Fifteen of them left
Ypsilanti to-day.

The gang is backed by a prominent
boot and shoe firm of this city, at
least they furnish the working capital.
I understand they collected $2,700 in
Wayne County last week. I also un-
derstand this swing gate is used in
your part of the State.

They operate like this—-they call
on a farmer using the gate, claim they
own the right and make their de-
mands.

I enclose a card giving terms, also
a. blank notice used to intimidate
every farmer they can.

Ithink best to organize to fight
these daylight robbers. It can be
proved that this sort of gate was
used before the time they claim the
patent was taken out. They claim
the manner of setting the two posts
is included in the patent.

Yours, fraternally,
H. I). PI..\'r'r.

[CARl).]
TERMS FOR FARM Iu(III'rs.

Not exeeding sixty acres, $33.00* not
exceeding one hundred acres, $5.0(f; not
exceeding one hundred and sixty acres,
$8.00; two hundred and forty acres and

"over, $10.00. Please call upon our agent,

Mr ...... --, who will be at ____ -_, on the
____ --ol"__.._-_until-..--o’clock,.._M.
Respectfully,

JOSEPH BicKi«'oR1) & Co.

XO’.l‘IF1CATlOI\' OF SUIT.

To ____ --, of the County of .... _-, and
State of Michigan :

You are hereby notified that suit will
be brought against you in United States
Court, for an Infringement of Patent
upon the “ FIELD FENCE AND GATE,
COMBINED,” as secured to ‘John C. Lee,
of Medina County, State of Ohio, by
Letters Patent dated, October 24, 1865,
and numbered 50,605; and which said
patent, with full right to collect damages
for all infringements thereof, has been
assigned to us.

No further notice will be given before
suit is brought. and you may pay to
Barritt & Gritfen, Attorneys at Law, of
the City of Ypsilanti, the regular rates,

with fifty per cent. additional, in full

settlement tor your infringement, at
any time before the commencement of
said suit, JOSEPH BICIIIFORD & Co.

We advise Patrons to inanfully re-
sist every demand made by this class
of plunderers. That swing gate has
been in use in this part of the State
more than thirteen years, and there is
little danger of any suit being brought
against its use by the Joseph Bickford
Bull-dozers or any other set of swind-
lers. The lightning rod men are evi-
dently bent on having a living out of
the farmers, and have struck another
vein which they will work while it
pays.

Cabbage Worms.

.-\t a recent meeting of Grange No.‘
8, the question was asked, ~‘l low shall
we protect our cabbage from the rav-
ages of the cabbage worm.

The Master Bro. Gr. Lee Clark, an-
swered that he had succeeded for
three years by sprinkling his cabbage
with strong soap soads two or three
times a week.

Scarecrows.

Here is a couple of items worthy of
being told. Farmers who have tried
them say they are effectiial as good
scarecrows :

The best scarecrow is a suspended
looking-glass. Take two small cheap
mirrors, fasten them back to back, at-
tach a cord to one angle, and hang to
an elastic pole. When the glass
swings in the wind, the sun’s rays are
reflected all over the field, even if it
bealarge one, and even the oldest
and bravest of crows will depart pre-
cipitately should one of its lightning
flashes fall on him.

The second plan, although a terror
to crows, is especially well suited to
fields subjected to the inroads of small
birds, and even chickens. It involves
an artificial hawk made from a big
potato and long goose and turkey
feathers. The maker can exercise his
imitative skill in sticking the feathers
into the potato so that they resemble
the spread wings and tail of the hawk,
It is astonishing what a ferocious bird
of prey laii be constructed from the
above simple material. It only re-
mains to hang the object from a tall
bent pole, and the wind will do the
rest. The bird will make swoops and
dashes in the most headlong and
threateningmaiiiier. Even the most
inquisitive of venerable hens have
been known to hurry rapidly from
its dangerous vicinity, while to small
birds it carries unmixed dism:i_v—
b'cz'omtg'fic Amer-ican.

Pitorir or C()\\'S.——l)1'Of. Stewart
estimates that it takes two-thirds of
what a cow cats to sustain the life of
a cow. Prof. Arnold estiviiates it at
four-fifths. There are then but one-
third to one-fifth of her food which
goes to milk. Two-thirds of the cows
in the United States do not make
their owners a cent of profit. Hence
there is a great necessity of keeping
better cows. It requires but a frac-
tion more food for a paying cow than
for one that is non-paying—one pays
a profit of $20 to $25-—the other noth-
ing. Probably dairymen lose more
from scant feeding than from any
other source, if we except poor cows.

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gables’ gepartment.

A MODEL VVIFE.
BY 1-‘. E. s.

The lecturer of a Grange in Vermont,
being a bachelor, offered a prize to the
one who would write the best essay on
“What Constitutes a Model VVife and
Housekeeper.” One of the lady mem-
bers submitted the following for his en-
tainment:

O Muse ! inspire, while I, for Brother Gibbs’
Pastime and profit, shall discourse on ribs,
From seven years’ experience of married life

I ought to know the qualities 9. wife,

To render home attroctive, should possess.

And I confess
I'll not in any way the matter slight, _
But give my views. Don’t think I’m making
li ht
Of sugh a serious subject. These young Pa-
trons
Can rely on what is said by worthy matrons.

First, then, a wife should know no other way
Than her respected liege lord to obey.

She must not even hint of woman's right

To vote or lecture ; to attain that height

Is solely man's prerogative, but she

In naught but housework his superior should be.
See that his meals are served to suit his taste
E'en though her intellect should run to waste.
Young says: " Is it not enough plagues, wars

and famines rise

To vex our lives, but must our wives be wise ?”
Another says : “ The sweetest thing in life

Is the unclouded welcome of a wife.”

Her call be it, then, his sorrows to begiiile,
And always meet her husband with a smile.
And apropose of this, I heard one day

Of a wife who tried this very pleasant way :
Her lord came into dinner, cross and tired ;
She met him, with a smile almost inspired.

He looked alarmed ; “Got the toothache again,

he '3”

“oh, no, my tooth is comfortable to-day ;,’

She smiled again ; said he (the precious lout) :
“Old woman, before we go further, I want to

know what you're grinning about.”

A wife should stay at home and never pout,
Because, like men, she can not gad about.

Her sphere is home ; domestic, good and pure,
She, like a snail, should keep within her door,
But not, like the slow snail in silver track,
Place all her dainty wardrobe on her back.
She must not follow fashion’s changeful whim,
But dress with modest taste as pleases him.
Novels she should not read, but all such books
As qualify wives to be superior cooks.

Should studied be. And never let her dip

In politics ; if she the paper reads, must skip
All but domestic recipes, or she'd invent

Some way to have a female president.

She should know how to make a cup of tea
And cook an egg to an extreme nicety,
Be able to do all kinds of work,
But never from the household drudgery sliirk.
Besides all this, if perfection she would be,
Must drive the team, and team to haw and gee,
And hold the plow, and, when a. horse gets
tired,

Herself the harness wear; then she’ll be admired
As a woman of some character and grit;
That’s what the men require, and not wit,

Not beauty.
They simply want a wife to do her duty.

She never must refuse to milk the cows.
These were required in all those solemn vows
She took upon her on her marriage day.

For recreation, she can weep or pray

Or take ii. load of grist to mill

Or carry to the pigs their pails of swill.

She must not be so inconsiderate as to fail

In health, or die, thinking he'll bewail

Her loss. He'll dye his faded hair

And brush his clothes with the extremest care
And look about for model No. 2.

Young Patrons, yet another word to you
And I have done. Whenever you decide
To take for better or for worse a bride,
Don't always make your visits in the eve,
“When she is dressed her lover to receive.
But call upon her on some washing-day;
Then you can tell if marrying will pay :
See if she's careful not to slop the suds,
And notice, too, if she can lift the tubs
Without calling the men folks to her aid.
For all this trouble you’llibe amply paid,
If by it you secure for life

A strong, industrious, model wife.

To Mothers.

“ The mother holds in her oflice the key of the
soul,
And it is she who stamps the coin of character.”

VVe endorse all Myra says in her arti-
cle about “Our Girls,” and think it
excellent. That the moral learning of
many of our girls lS sadly deficient, is
a lamentable fact, and that much, very
much of the blame must be attached to
mothers is true. They may wince un-
der the charge, yet _in her heart too
many must plead guilty. The daugh-
ter’s physical wants are lavishly pro-
vided for; good schools and teachers
to aid and instruct her in her mental
development, and all the accomplish-

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

merits that go to make up the polished
young lady, are duly bestowed upon
her; she is fair to look upon perhaps,
and the proud mother is satisfied and
thinks, orI should say, don’t stop to
think in the busy whirl of life, but that
she has done her whole duty, and yet
this girl may be entirely devoid of
principle. If Imeet a young woman
ever so prepossessing, graceful and con-
ciliating in manners, if she can delib-
erately pick her friend and neighbor’s
character to pieces and has no regard
for truth, she loses all attractions, and
we know there is something radically
wrong about her education, and won-
der what sort of a woman her mother
is.

Oh, if mothers could but realize the
responsibility that rests upon them!
VVe take the little darlings in our arms,
with a feeling of thanksgiving in our
heart to the great Master for the pre-
cious gift. It is ours, we feel exceed-
ingly happy in our motherhood. If

the thought should intrude itself upon
the mind that this child might grow up
wayward and unprincipled, it would be
instantly banished. VVhat, my child,
my little darling be anything but what
is lovely ? Oh no! \Vill not the un-
dying love I have for it shield it from
all harm? And shall not its future be
bright and as endearing as heaven. \Ve
should not forget that excessive love is
blind. \\'hen the little prattler comes
to mamma with its little dissembling
storys, little cut-fibs, she sees no
in them, it was so cunning, and
they get a hug and kiss instead of a
gentle rebuke. Oh, mothers, teach
your little ones to be truthful. Let the
basis of their character he founded upon
truth and integrity. Frown upon any-
thing that has the appearance of slan-
der and gossip.

“ Our babes shall richest comforts bring

If tutored right they’ll prove a spring
Whence pleasures ever rise.

\Ve'll form their minds, with studious care
To all that’ manly, good and fair,

And train them for the skies.”

Give the girls good attractive reading
and encourage them to talk of what
they have read rather than persons;
thoroughly instructed in all the mys-
teries of house-keeping, this come what
may you should not fail to do. Our
physical surroundings help to make up
our characters, and we should, by all
means, strive to have things neat and
nice around us. Give the children
books and pictures, if your means will
permit. If they love music, gratify
them. Teach them to love and culti-
vate flowers, for their influence is re-
fining. In short, do every thing to
make home pleasant and attractive.
\Ve must do all we can to protect them
from vicious associates. Teach them
to confide in us while young; if we can
keep their confidence so, they will come
freely to us with every thing that in.
terests them, and we shall be able to
save them from the moral poison so
fatal to thousands of our dear girls,
Talking confidentially with them upon
such subjects as interests them, and
give byprecept and example good prjn-
ciples, in other words, practice what
we preach.

Much is said lately about giving girls
a profession, It is well to know many
things for the mere sake of knowing
them, therefore, if you have means
give your daughter a thorough educal
tioii. Knowledge is power, and no
young woman, be she ever so rich, can
tell what may be the exigencies of her
future condition. But I would not ad.
vise her to go out and battle with the
world, as the brother must. I wish
there might be more said of woman’s
duties, and not quite as much about her
rights;_it might be her right to do that
which is not her duty, but never hei-
duty to do that which is not right.

In regard to dress, she should be
dressed in perfect accordance with her
age and position. No intelligent girl
likes to be dressed dowdish. To be well
dressed is a wholesome gratification
provided it_does not run into extrava:
gance. _It is the duty of parents to See
that their girls are elegantly and pret.
tily dressed. I maintain that a girl may
be elegantly dressed and yet be not at
all extravigant. Simplicity, if united
to good taste, wiil be found many times
more effective than the most costly at-
tire. A cotton dress, if fresh and pret-
tily made, may be as becoming silk
But she should bear in mind that dress
is not the first object in’ life.

“ ’Tis not the casket that we prize,

But that within the casket lies ;

These outward charms that please the sight
Are naught unless the heart is right.”

AUNT HATTIE.

For the Girls.

 

Worthy Secretary Cobb .-

As my first letter to the VISITOR did
not find its way to that dreadful recep-
ticle, the “waste basket,” I have taken
courage to come again ; when lo ! just
as I take my pen, there flashes across
my mind some words of Burns (a part
of which was quoted by a sister in a
former number,) half deterring me from
my purpose:

“ O wad some power the giftie gie us
To see ourselves, as ithers see us
It wad from many a blunder free us. "

One can scarcely take up a paper or
periodical of the day, without seeing an
article headed like the following:
“Training of Boys,” “Education of
Boys,” and many others bearing the
same import. Now while some are
agitating this question with regard to
boys, I feel equally interested in behalf
of our girls. My dear girls, never blush
at being called a farmer’s daughter, nor
in years to come, a farmer’s wife; for
farming is an honorable calling. The
time has been when the country girl
was considered awkward, ignorant, and
uncultivated ; but that is not their pres-
ent condition. People are opening their
eyes to the fact that a major part of
them now will compare favorably with
our city girls, in education, refinement
and musical accomplishments.

Do not consider that to labor is a dis-
grace, but rather learn to do your work
so well that you will feel proud to say :
VVhen mother has company to, tea, I
can get the entire meal, even though
our company unexpected. Study
grace in the folding of a curtain, the
setting of a table, or the making of a
bed, and you will be surprised at the
pleasure it afibrds you, and the interest
you will feel in the housework which
you once thought so dull and monoto-
nous.

But the girl asks, “Do you think we
should milk the cows and help do the
chores?” Most emphatically no! I
do not think it is your place to be com-
pelled to do the milking; but it is well
enough to know how, so that in har-
vest time, if father wishes to work a
little later, on account of the rising
storm, and desires you to go after the
cows and milk them, go cheerfully;
you will find plenty of beautiful wild
flowers in the meadow, and such queer
shaped limbs and boughs, which can be
woven into a basket for your hanging
plants, and lovely moss with which to
line line it, in fact you will come home
laden with treasures, the feeling that
you have had such a pleasant walk, you
will hardly be able to say whether you
went to fulfil you father’s wishes, or
from a desire of your own. Cultivate
energy and cheerfulness. Be thorough.
Perform in the best possible manner all
your tasks, remembering always that
“that which is worth doing at all is
worth doing well.”

And lastly, be natural. True polite-
ness does not consist- in wearing white
kid gloves {though these are well
enough in their place), in trying to imi-
tate the Grecian bend, nor ape the
manners of some would-be devotee at
the shrine of fashion. But in being
kind and courteous‘ to all, in giving a
word of sympathy to those in sorrow,
a friendly hand to those in need, and
never seeking to show knowledge at
the expense of some other person.-
Hoping I have not been so lengthy as
to be tedious, I am,

Respectfully yours, Juxo_

Worthy ;S'ec7'etary :

As the ladies have been favored with
space in the VISITOR, where we can air
our opinions,  think we ought to im-
plrlove the privilege and not be continu-
a y making excuses. I don’t suppose
W‘; gm expecfed to equal some of our
ce_e ratedlwriters, but simply to enter-
Eainloulilse ves as farmers’ wives. I cer.

iaiiti)  ave been very highly entertain-
ge ayrtsomet, yes, all of the letters in our
Wap toH:,'?;H_t, 22111151 I think it is a nice
yh IS! . is Warm weather, as we
call; have a sort of friendly chat with-
2:;:g.::.;°.:::.2:::e::es 2“ .3”
. _ ge rea
:2; °°.::‘,rr.-. the we we souni
seniimenis) oaf ell 1t]‘tI belie“? "us the
have to do tbs; armers wives .that
harvesting. r own Work through

We manage to keep up a lively inter-
i:ii‘:.3;:.Sme- and  have a
the worth *Il’\Ie’tlf’we don t’ It IS not
with the tia :8 Era fault’ for he goes
get to ride gndac atndi‘ takes all he can
opinion 3‘ thatnios 0 us are of Betsy’s

. we can go most any

 

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way rather than stay at home. For the
last few meetings our members have
been talkingup the subject of building
a hall. I can safely say, that if the‘.
go to work with half the eai'nestnes.~
they display in talking about it, we
will soon have a nice hall built, and I
think it would be a good idea to have ;i
room in every Grange hall, where tliii
ladies could assemble and talk ove,.'
their affairs by themselves. \Ve feel a
little diflident about talking before the
brotliers, and if we did not, I don't be_
lieve they would listen with a very
good grace. Of course, when We talk
it is about souiething that interests u
such as liouse-work, fancy-work, the
fashions, etc. Just imagine a man giv.
iiig his attention, while a lady was (1.3.
scribing some fashion, or was telling
how to build an air castle, or card re-
ceiver; they would think we had lost
our reason.

I believe I have not seen any mention
in the VISITOR of a Grange picnic that
was held June 15th, on the agricultural
farm in Lansing. There were several
Granges well represented and niaiiv
people there that were not Gl‘2lllgel‘_:_
As the farm is twenty-one miles distant
from our place, we enjoyed a plea.-uni
ride through a beautiful country to be.
gin with. Our first thoughts on reach.
ing the farm were, how we would like
to live on such a beautiful place, and
why can’t all farmers have their fai-ins
as nice and attractive, with drives, Tux-
tic bridges, arhors and beautiful luwiisi‘
when husband, who had been takiiig :1
practical view of things, lllf0l'lll(‘ll Us
that it took considerable inonvy and
hard work to keep things in such ()l'(lel',
But what attracted our attention lll().s'[
was the museum and green lloilso.
These excited our wonder and ciiiiosity
——we could spend days there and then
not feel fully satisfied.

\Ve were cordially received and po-
litely entertained by the Professors of
College, the band giving us some nice
music, and everything was done that
could add to our enjoyment. An invi-
tation was extended to all to conic
again, and I shall try and accept, the
first opportunity. Frateriially,

J. E. l’.

Fri mi the Husbandman.

El)UCATION.

“Education is properly to draw forth,
not so much the comniuication of
knowledge as the discipline of thi-
intellect; the establishment of the
principles and the regulation of the
heart.” If we adopt this definition of
education as found in KVebstei~’s un-
abridged, we cannot doubt the necessity
ofa thorough education. If education
embraces not only the development
and discipline of the intellect, but the
formation of habits, the determination
of principles, and the culture of the
heart, it ought to be the greatest aim of
our lives. \Ve have to choose between
barbarism and crime, or education and
civilization. and civilization is at the
basis of morality, and morality works
itself up into religion. First, and most
necessary, is a good English education.
If a person can read the English lan-
guage well, lie is enabled to possess the
treasures of history and science, and all
the culture of English prose and poetry.
If he can write grammatical English.
he can communicate his knowledge _to
others, If he is master of mathematics
he can transact all the ordinary busi-
ness of trade.

That there is a mistake in our system
of public education is too true. J. G-
Holland says that public schools are
a curse to all the youth that they unfit
for their proper place in the world. It
is the favorite theory of teachers that
every man can make himself anything
he chooses. Now I believe that a
school, in order to be a good one, should
be one that will fit men and women 111
the best way for the humble positons
that the great mass of them must neC8S'
sarily occupy in life. The fact should
not be ignored that the great maj0I'lt.VL'
of places in the world are subordinate

and humble, but not the less respect“

able. But we greatly need soberel‘
views of life. Ifeverybody strives 1'01’
the high places, and nearly everybody
fails to get one. they are discontente

and unhappy. Humble employmcnts
should not be held in contempt, but 011"
children should be taught to respect
humble callings and beautify and enable
their work by lives of industry 811

contentment. They should be taught
that no one is respectable when he is
out of his place, or doing what God did
not intend he should do. If you are 8
first-class blacksmith or shoemaker. 3"’

 


you not more to be respected than a
poor farmer ora weak minded minis-
ter? It is not necessary that our boys
and girls be taught any less than they
are now, but they should be taught
more practical knowledge; not only
that which is ornamental, but that
which is useful, and the common duties
of life. I have been surprised and
greatly interested in statistics showing
the appalling results of ignorance,
showing that the chances for crime
anioiig those who cannot read or write
are nine times as great as among the
etlucatctl. Let us send our children to
school, give them as good a chance as
possible, but let us also watch their de-
velopment into manliood and woman-
hood, and know it they are being
titted for the positions which they must
occupy, and where they will be the
most useful. Asameaiis to this‘ end
we are banded together here, and if we
receive all that we may learn here into
good and honest hearts, we shall be
beiietitted thereby and be_better pre-
pared to meet life’s exigencies, to per-
forni our duties, even though it may be
in the huinbler walks oflife.
Mus. J nuns BEECHER.

How to “Break Up ” Sitting Hens.

At this season of the year the sit
ting hens—noticeably of the Asiatic
varieties—have laid out their second
or third litters of eggs, and for the
second time this season they have be-
come persistently “ broody.”

.\l:iny devices for breaking these
fowls up have been tried. And most
of the attempts to do this prove fail-
ures with the determined Cochins and
Brahmas. VVe have in late years
found but one way that this can be
done effectually. And this is by far
the most humane and certain method
we can advise.

A watchful eye should be kept up-
on these laying hens and pullets every
day, as they approach this term of
natural broodiness. And the firs:
evening you find one upon the nest
(when she should be upon the roost)
is the time when you should com-
mence to break her up.

Remove her_and place her outside
of the henhouse—anywhere in a new,
strange spot. .\ slatted open coop
without floor, upon the bare ground,
is a good contrivance in which to cage
her. Or if convenient, let her run
alone ouz‘.side of her pen fence, day
and night, for three or four days. She
will forget her broody inclination in
that time, if she has not been allowed
to squat in her nest more then a few
hours previously.

Look out for the next one now.—
There will be plenty of them at this
season. And as soon as No. 2 shows
the sitting inclination remove her as
promptly. The two hens may be put
together. They will help to “cure”
each other of the broody fever. VVatch
for No. 3 now,"and so on to the end.
it on will have little trouble with them.
Feed them lightly. Give them plenty
of fresh water to drink. Keep them
entirely away out of sight of the old
nests, and they will shortly get over
their broody fit. This is our plan for
breaking up hens that we do not wish
to use as sitters.——I’0uZtry lVorld.

CURE FOR GrALLS.——A writer sends
to the Elmira Farmer’s Club the fol-
10_W1ng cure for galls on the shoulders
of draught animals, which he says is
the best he ever used :—-Dissolve six
drachms of iodine in half a pint of
alcohol, and apply it on the sore with
a feather as soon as the collar is re-
moved, and when at rest twice a day,
morning and evening. The article
should be in the stable of every farm-
81‘, as it is an excellent application on
hprses where the skin is broken by
kicks or other accidents, and is a sure
cure for splints if used in a proper
manner. .
Cold corn beef is best for making
hash. ‘

_TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

7

Michigan Cattle for England.

\Ve learn with much satisfaction
that Harry Roe ahd John Ellis, the
well-known cattle dealers, have col-
lected a very fine lot of cattle for ex-
port this week, numbering altogether
100 head. Of these fifty are taken
from this State, and our old friend
Samuel Lyndon, of Plymouth, furnish-
es 30 of them, choice, well fed and
finished up good enough for any
market. Messrs. Robinson and Caplis
also well known cattle dealers, have
undertaken a trip to the old country,
and have collected 125 head of choice
bullocks which average 1,500 lbs.
Fifty of these are also from Michi-
gan, and J. D. Adams furnished
eleven of them, choice young steers
which were in his stalls last winter.
These cattle are of very fine quality. It
it a great satisfaction to know that our
farmers are at length taking a position
among those who furnish the best
beef that goes into the market, and
that even in Great Britain some of the
cattle which have been taken from
this State have brought the highest
prices in London market. These dro-
vers would have taken a large propor-
tion of Michigan cattle if they could
have found them ——1llz'c/Lz'_r/an _Fd7'77l€7‘.

Winter versus Spring Wheat Flour.

It is an exploded theory that New
Process flour cannot be made from
VVinter wheat, and we quite agree
with Mr Albernathy, who our readers
will observe, states in the present
issue that “patent” flour can be
made from good grades of winter
that is fully equal to spring wheat
flour. We are hardly prepared to
follow him, however, when he gives
the palm of excellence to Winter
wheat flour. The fact that many
bread makers do not succeed well
with flour made from Spring wheat
is because they do not know how to
handle it. They generally knead it
the same as they do winter wheat
fiour, which is unnecessary, since it
has a greater percentage of gluten.
An ordinary bread-maker will knead
a strong Spring wheat to death: for
no matter how strong a flour may be,
the elasticity of the gluten can be
destroyed by too much kneading.
Remember this when your customers
complain that they cannot make good
bread from your strong flour.——.-1m.
Millet‘.

Cmvnu HA1'.——M. N. Russell in
the Germcmtown Telegraph.‘ I have
been in the habit of putting some salt
on my clover hay when putting it in
the barn, and anti satisfied that it is a
benefit to it. I do not put very
much on, and I think there is where
the trouble with most people who
oppose the plan lies—they have given
it atrial and put on too much and
did harm instead of good. I have
put clover hay in- the mow that did
not seem to be more than half cured,
and it would come. out in the winter
as nice as could possibly be. Had it
not been salted it would have been
all musty.

VVHAT Nnxr ?——They are now muk-H
ing gentleman’s cuffs, collars and
shirt bosons of celluloid. These new
goods closely resemble lintn and
have the advantage of being water-
proof, and any dirt or stain can be
removed in a twinkling with a moist
sponge and are instantly ready for
use again. They will be invaluable
to travelers or any one in fact. They
keep in shape, do not fray on the
edge, last for months, and cost but a
trifle, l’aper cuffs are no longer in
demand.—E:::c/icmge. .,

Apply Icommon bfiing soda to
burns.

Is the Idea a Practical One.

A correspondent of an agricultural
paper makes the following sugges-
tions. He says:

“I saw an account in one of my
late papers of a plan for keeping
apples. It is as follows :

‘I use flour barrels and find them
preferable to apple barrels, as they
are made tighter. I first cover the
head with gypsum (land plaster),
then it layer of apples, then cover
them with plaster, and so on till the
barrel is full; then put the head in
and drive the hoops tight. The plas-
ter, being of a cold nature, keeps the
fruit at an even teinperature, and be-
ing fine and dry, packs so close as to
keep the apples air-tight. I had
Northern Spy and Swaar almost as
fresh in May as when they were
picked, and found no decayed ones,
and think they would have kept un-
til early apples were ripe, had we not
used them.”

Now if this be true, I would advise
commission merchants who receive
apples from Michigan, to have them
packed in the Grand Rapids plaster;
for in that way we may be able to
buy plaster for something like a
fair price in this loczility.

Firm Butter Without Ice.

From VV. P. Hazzard’s treatise on
butter and butter-making we extract
the following: In families or where
the dairy is small a good place to
have butter cool and firm without ice
is by the process of evaporation as
practiced in India and other warm
climates. A cheap plan is to get a
very large-sized porous earthen flower-
pot with an extra large saucer.
Half fill the saucer with water, set it
in a trivit or light stand,—such as is
used for holding hot irons will do,
‘upon this set your butter; over the
whole invert the flower pot, letting
the rim of it rest in and be covered
by the water; then close the hole in
top with a cork; then dash cold
water over the flowerpot, and repeat
the process several times a day, or
whenever it looks dry. If set in a
cool. place or where the wind can
blow upon it, it will rapidly evapo-
rate the water from the pot, and the
butter will be as firm and cool as if
from an ice house.

AMMONIA FOR Housnwrrias USE.——
The pantry shelves are getting grimy,
or finger marks around the door
latches and knobs are looking dark
and unsightly. For lack of time they
are left day after day, for it is hard
work to scour all the time, and it
wears off the paint too. Now suppose
the wife has her bottle of spirits of
ammonia to use; she takes her basin
ofwater and a clean cloth, just puts
on a few drops of the fluid and wipes
off all the dirt; it is worth more than
a half day's labor, and does not hurt
the paint either. She could put a
few drops in her dish water and see
how easly the dishes could be clean-
ed; a few drops on a sponge would
clean all the windows in the sitting-
room making them shine like crystal.
It would take the stains off the tea-
spoon, and a teaspoonful in the mop
pail would do more in washing up the
kitchen floor than 10 pounds of elbow
grease applied _to the mop handle.
A housewife has just as much right
to make.her work easy and expen
ditious as her husband has. If she
does not do it, the fault is her own in
a great measures.

A STEAMER which left New York
for Europe recently, took one hun-
dred and fifty tons of agricultural im-
plements. England and Germany are
liberal purchasers from American
manufacturers.

Timber Culture.

Congress has passed what is known

as the Timber Culture Act, which is

intended to encourage the growth of

timber upon prairies. It provides

that any head of a family or member

who has arrived at the age of 21

years, who shall plant, protect, or keep

in a healthy, growing condition for
eight years, ten acres of timber trees
thereon, not being more than four feet

apart each way, on any quarter-sec-
tion of any of the public lands of the
United States, or five acres on any le-
gal subdivision of eighty acres, or
two and one-half acres any legal sub-
division of forty acres, or one-eighth
part of any fractional subdivision of
land less than forty acres, shall be en-
titled to a patent for the whole of a
quarter-section, or of such legal sub-
division of eighty or forty acres, or
fractional subdivision of less than
forty acres, as the case may be, at the
expiration of said eight years, on mak-
ing proof of such fact by not less than
two credible witnesses; provided that
not more than one-quarter of any sec-
tion shall be thiis granted, and that no
person shall make more than one en-
try under the provisions of this act,
unless fractional subdivisions of less
than forty acres are entered, which, in
the aggregate, shall not exceed one
quarter-section.——1V. W. Lumberman.

Aslianied to Tell Mother.

“ I would be ashamed to tell moth-
ther,” was a little boy’s reply to his
comrads, who were trying to tempt
him to do wrong.

“ But you need not tell her; no
one will know anything about it.”

“ I would know all about it myself,
and I’d feel pretty mean if I couldn't
tell mother.”

“It‘s.a. pity you \\3SI1’l3 a girl.
The idea of a boy running and telling
his mother every little thing.”

“ You may laugh if you want to,”
said the noble boy, “ but I’vc made
up my mind, never as long as I live,
to do anything I would be afraid to
tell mother.”

Noble resolve, and one which will
make almost any life true and useful.
Let it be the rule of every boy and
girl never to do anything they would
be ashamed to tell their mother.

Several men lately swam the Mis-
sissippi River above New Orleans on
a. wager. A reporter on the race says,
“None of them seemed to be putting
forth much eflbrt till it was discover-
ed that an alligator had struck out
from shore as a competitor, and then
—well, each man did his best to keep
the aligator from carrying off the
stakes. -

DIsC0N:r1«:NT.——Man is the victim of
discontent. He either looks for hap-
piness in his recollections of the past,
or seeks it in the brilliant visions
which his fancy has created of futuri-
ty; whereas the present should be the
moment of enjoyment and prepara-
tion for the future.

The Grange offers to the farmers
the most practicable means of better-
ing their condition; and while it con-
fines its membership strictly to the
agricultural class it appeals powerful-
ly to the general public for sympathy
and encouragement.

THAT boy that took a hornet’s nest
and undertook to carry it home,
thinking he had a. bag of treasures,
lost the bag on his way, but succeed-
ed in getting the hornets to accompa-
ny hiin to his destination.

Women are slow to learn by the ex-
perience of others.


  

 

 
   
  
  
  
 
  
  
   

 

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A Safe Man.

The man who is scrupulously polite
and respectful to all women in public,
but habitually saves coarse manners
and vulgar language for his own wife
and daughters, is no gentleman. He
is only an imposter. The young man
who oils his h:iir,p11tS sweet odors upon
his pocket handkerchief, and bows
with charming elegance to Miss Ara-
bella Sprigging and her lady friends,
and goes home to sneer at his mother,
disobey her wishes, and treat her
with familiar discourtesy, is :1 pinch-
back imitation only ofa gentleman.
Genuine good manners and gentle
breeding should begin at home. As
a rule the men ina community who
are most trusted are the best men at
home, \Vhen a man opens his front
gate, only to meet his wife’s face at
the door radiant with pleasure, and
hear the shout from the eager child-
reu, “Papa is coming,” it is safe, as a
rule, to lend that man money. He is
honest and will repay it if he can.—Ex.

PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES

Kept in the office ofthe Secretary of the
MICHIGAN S T A T E GRANGE,
And rent out Post Paid, on Receipt of (Josh Or-
der, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,

and the signature of its Jllaster or .\'ecretar_1/.

Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$l 2:)
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . 1 00
Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . 1 00
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . -'30

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

well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,. . 50
Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Applications for Membership, per 100, .... 50
Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Withdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . 25
By-Laws of the State and Subordinate

Granges, single copies 5c, per doz., . . . . . 50
New kind of Singing Books, with music,

Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . l 80
Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

“ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l 60
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent
free on application . . . . . . . . . . .; . . . . . . . .

Blank Applications for Membership in P0-
mona Grrangcs, furnished free on appli-
cation.

Blank “Articles of Association" for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Granges
with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . . 10

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

Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . . 40

Address, J. T. COBB,
Si:c‘v MICK. STATE Gnsxon,
SCHOOLCRAFT. MICH.

iininrm“. iiosnrsil
THE TEMPERANCE

COOK BOOK!

A Complete Guide to Plain and Rich Cook-
ing. Ice Creams, Summer Drinks, Sauces, etc,
without the use of Wine, Brandy or other
liquors. House-keeping and House-furnishing.
Taste and economy in Carpeting Rooms. Hints
on Home Amusements and Reform Clubs.-
Care of the Person, and how to be beautiful.
Care of, and Food for the Sick. Making Soap;
Coloring; and Flower Culture.

Address,
CHRISTIAN HERALD.
209 Jefferson Ave., DETROIT, MICH.

J. M. CHIDISTER,‘

s'[‘A'l‘E BUSIN ESS AGENT. P. ot'H.,

DEALER IN

€?rI=!..n6LI IV§«.

——AND—-

All kinds of Country Produce,

so woor)niui)(;r«; s'r.. West.

DETROIT, — — MICHIGAN!

      

BT.'>‘I\'lCSS ('OI.I.T-‘.(‘-I-I AND TELEGRAPH
1. ‘TITIITTC, KALABIAZOO MICH.
Send for Journal

 

Patron’s Commission House!

TIE[OM£—lS—.I\/IASON,
General Enmmlsslun Merchant.

I83 SOUTH WATER STREET,
CHICAGO, - - ILLINOIS.
Respectfully solicits Consignments of

FRUITS. VEGETABLES. BUTTER. EGGS.

Poultry, Wool, Hides,
PEL'I‘S, TALLOW, and DRESSED I-IOGS.

GRAIN, HOGS, and CATTLE
In Car Lots. Also,

1. U.lII.’1~JIi in Car or Cargo Lots.

Having a large and conveniently arranged
House in the business part of the city, we are
prepare to handle goods in any quantity, and,
being on the SHADY SIDE of the street, can
show PERISHABLE goods in BEST CONDI-
TION, throughout the day. With

SUPERIOR FACILITIES,

and close peisonal attention to business, we
hope to merit, receive, and retain a liberal share
ofgour patronage.

rders for goods in this market will be filled
at lowest wholesale rates.

Cash must Accompany Orders
to Insure Prompt Attention.

Also, Collecting and Distributing Agent of
the Michigan Lake Shore Fruit Growers’ Asso-
ciation.

—REFEBENCES :——-

Mcrch:m’ts’ National Bank, Chicago, Ill.

J. J. VVoodman, Paw Paw, Mich.

J. 'I‘. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

C, L. VVliitney, Muskegon, Mich.

R. C. Tate, I’res’t Mich, L. S. F. G. Association,

St. Joseph, Mich.
W. .2,‘-Bi-own_,nS¢ $27 ylich. L. S. F. G. Ass’n,
. evcusvi e, ic .
13:? Stencils, S/zippz'n_q Tags, (mzI]V1a.r/tat Ite-
ports /‘u-rnz'.s-lieu.’ on up;/ii":-atinn.

COIZRESI’0)ID]2)ICE SOLICITED. m-ay‘3U

READY MIXED PAINTS ANDHTRRTT GREEN.

PRICES REDUCED FOR 187$.

Patrons’ Paint Company.

INGERSOLLS’

Ready Mixed Paints and Paris Green,
BRUSHES and POTTERY PAINT.

I§"50 PER CENCI‘ SAITII). ég

I"re1_(//zt Paid on all Paints and Paris Green

to all Parts oft/ze Country; so it makes no dif-
ference wherc you live, you get your goods at
the same price as if YOU WEBB AT THE rac-
ronr. Our Book,
“ HOW EVERY ONE CAN PAINT,”
with specimens of 20 Brilliant Colors, Sewing
Machines, Brushes, Pottery, &c., mailed free
upon applictttion to PATRONS’ PAINT C0.,
162- South Street, New York.

Secretaries send for Circulars for your whole

Grange.
‘T B U S T E E S:
T. A. THOMPSON, Prest., Past Lee. Nat. Grange.
SAM’L E. ADAMS, of Minn., Master “ M
Hon. D. VVYAT’I‘_ Aiiznx, S. C., Chairman of the
Ex. Com. National Grange.
MORTIMER VVHITEHEAD, N.J., Lec. Nat.Grange.
O. H. KELLY, Sec. Nat. Grange, founder of the
Order and Past Master Cal. State Grange.
M. A. WRIGHT, Author Declarat’n of Purposes.
M. D. DAVIE, Master State Grange, Kentucky.

5-TON STOCK SCALES,
$50..

FREIGHT PAID, AND NO MONEY AS K
ED TILL TESTED.

J ONES, of Binghamton,
BINGHAMTON, N. Y.

Paw Paw, Mioli., May 18th, 1878.
J owns, or BINGHAMTON :

My Scales give entire satisfaction. I have
subjected it to the most severe tests, and find it
not only correct in weighing large or small
amounts, but perfectly reliable.

_ Yours, Fraternally,
[Signed] J. J. WOODMAN.

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?fHE GRAEEE VISITOR.

  
  
   

THE KALAMAZOO

Spring Tooth Cultivator

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HARROVVI

Manufacture d by

D. C. and H. G. REED & 00.,

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

Saws Time cmrl Money
TO THE PARMER.

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-  ..s._.;,___..
We refer farmers, by ]if:l‘llll>‘.<i0ll, to
E. U. }IL'.\(riii2i-zv, Pres. of State Agi-ic’l Society, 1'

WM. H. Conn, Pres. Kalamazoo Co. “ “
and 200 of the best farmers of Kalainazoo 00..
who used this Harrow last season. l
D. C. and H. (3. REED & C0.

W121’/‘E 1'01: (..'1I~.’ci'(.'l../ll-RS’ T0
The PHELPS 8!. BICELOW
Wind Mill C0.,

Manufacturers of the

  aw‘
WIND MILL.

And Dealers in
pours, PIPES,TA1\'KS, &c.
; Nos. ll, T6 & T8 N. Bnnlick St.,
" KALAMAzoo,MicI-I.

 

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Received First Award at Michigan State
Fair in 1377, A '

And many of the Co. Fairs of the State It, is

Easily Operated. Simple. Durable and Tlieap.

When closed e h a
a block, thus remzginegnalFfldiidegfiyetfsdigggg
I’°5t- F01‘ Grate or Right, address the Patentee,

bani. E. RUDD,
Cassorous, MICE.

July lst, 1878.

6000
LADIES’ SPRING HATS,

Trimmed in the Latest Styles,
A.'.l.' FROM 50cts. 1'0 $3.00 EACH.

5000
LADIES’ LINEN SUITS,

Consisting of Basque. Skirt with over-skirt, cm,

.nd Trimmed in g
from 81.25 to $3.00 per suit. Illustrated P.-ice
Lists of Ladies’. Misses’ and Childre_n’s Hats. also
Descriptive Pi-lce Lists of Ladies’ Linen
Dry Goods, Gloves, lgoslery, Notions, Ca]-
oii Cloths, Cutlery, Silver and silver Plated
Ware. Jewelry Sewing Machines, Croquet Sets,
Trunks, T1-avcli
particulars, SENT Flt

 

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ood style, which we will sell an,

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pets

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MONTGOMERY WARD & C0.,

227 and 220 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, m_

PARIS GREEN

—Foi<~—

Potato and Other Bugs.

Put up in 14, 28, 56 and_100 pound packages, at
40 cents a pound, less 2.) per cent, being 30 cts.
a. pound net; put up in 1, 3_, 0 and 8 pound pack-
ages at 4-10 9. pound, less 2:) per cent, being 33.:
a pound net.

On all Orders of l0() Pounds and Over,

“’e will Pay the Freight.

VVe do not weight the cans as so much Paris
Green, osall other manuf:i.ctnroi's do, but give
full zreiy/it of Paris Green.

0. R. INGERSGLL, Manager,
Patrons’ Paint 00., 162 South St.. N. Y.
May, 10th, 1878. lit
VV In. I-I. HARRIS.
(Successor to N. J). Wi-:rMonr.,)

.General Cu-operative Grange Agent.

WESTERN BUSINESS A SPECIALTY.
No. ~18 ('oi'ond0let Street, New Orleans.

Orders for Sugar, Molasses, Coffee, Rice, and
all Southern products filled at \Vholesa.le cash
prices. Consignments of Flour, Meal, Bacon,
Lard, Corn, Oats, I-Iay, Vi/heat, Bran, Apples,
Potatoes, Cabbage, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and
Stock solicited. i§“Send tor Circular.

COLVINS’

, EUREKA BEE — HIVE

and Ilonoy Rac-lrs.
MADE ON AN ENTIRELY NEVV PLAN.

A Great Advancement in BEECULTURE.
Gives UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION where-
introduced.

Sample Hive—Complete, - — 33-50-
Liberal discount on large 0l‘lTl:1‘S.

Address, ‘
McCAl.L «R W’ I LLIAMS,

Sclioolcralt, Kalamazoo Co., Mi?"

 

Tillman HiRiinTRdTuwder.

It should be the aim of every farmer to mfllw
his horses and cattle as handsome and useiul

j as possible. Nearly every teamster who drives

ateam of very fine horses feeds Condition

Powders, either openly or secretly. _
The German Horse and Cow Powdor 1s.0f

the highest value for stock. It aids digestion

- and assimulation. It helps to develop all the
; powers of the animal. It improves its beauty
‘ and increases its usefulness.
; milk. By using it a horse will do more Wofkv
, and a cow give more milk, and he in better
: condition, with less feed.

It makes fat find

By giving poultry a heaped tablespoonflll
occasionaliy in a quart of chop, it will keep

= them healthy and increase the quuntity of egg‘-

By giving hogs a. large heaped tablespoonfulv
with the same quantity of salt, in a half P9.
of scalded wheat bran for every four hogs: twwe
a week you will prevent Hoe DISEASE.

Put up in five pound packages, six Packages
in a box, at 1'2 cents a pound; or in six 130"“.
boxes at ten cents a. pound. The rece1Pt 15
posted on each package and box. Made 1? Dr’
Oberholtzer, at his mills, No. 2 Fetter "99
Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by R. E. JAMES,-
Kalamazoo Co-operative Association; N°- 3

North Bnrdick St., Kalamazoo, Mich.’ and by ’

J. M. -CHAMBERS, Illinois State 1311319395
Agent, Chicago, 11]., at the Lowest Wholesale
Price, when ordered under the seal of the
Grange. may15-if

 

 

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