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Officers National Grange.

hIASTER-S. E. ADAMS, Minn.
OvEssEER——J. J. WOODMAN, Mich.
LEcrusEn—M()RT‘MR WHITEHEAD, N J.
S’l'EWARD~—A. J. VAUGHN. Miss.
Assr. Sri:WAiin—WILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
CHAPLAIN-—A. I’. FORSYTH, Illinois.
TRE.‘LSLTREI!.——F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y.
SECP.ETAR‘1'~U. H. KELLEY, Kentucky.
GATE-KEE1’ER-(). DINWIDDIE, Indiana.
CERES—MRS. S. E. ADAMS, Minnesota.
POMONA—MBS. J. J. WOODMAN, Michigan.
FLonA—MRs. J AS. '1‘. MOORE, Maryland.
LADY ASSTISTANT STEWARD—MISS CARRIE A.

HALL, Kentucky.

Officers Michigan state Grange.

M.—J. J. WOODMAN, - — Paw Paw.
O.—P. ‘V. ADAMS, - - - Tecumseh.
L.—C. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskegon.
S.—H. FLEMING, - - - Pontiac.
A. S.-—W. H. MATTISON, - - - Ionia.

U.—-SALMON STEEL, Bear Lake, Manis’e Co
T.—S. F. BROWN, - - Schoolcraft.
SEc.—J. T. COBB, - — - “
G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF, - \Vatervliet.
CEBES.—MRS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.
POMONA-—MRS. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLORA—MRS. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—-Mas. W. H. MATTISON, Iouia.

Executive Committee-

F. M. HOLLOWAY, Chairman, - Hillsdale.
J. WEBSTER CHILDS, — — - Ypsilanti.
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceana 00.
C. G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch 00.
WESTBROOK DIVlNE, Belding, Ionia Co.
THOMAS MARS, Berrien Center, Berrien Co.
WM. SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Oflicio.

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 Cc
Geo. W, W'oodward. . Shelby, . . . . . . .Ocea.na Co
Samuel Langdon, . .Bowen Station, . . .Kent Co
E. C. Herrington,.. .Four Towns,. .Oa.kland Co

M. L. Stevens, . . . . . . ..Perry.. . .Shiawassee Ce
L. R. Brown, . . . .Ra.wsonville,. .W'ashtenaw Co
Andrew Campbell,. .Ypsilanti, . . “ “

Mrs. Salmon Steele,. .Bea.r'Lake, . .Ma.nistee Co

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SCHOOLCRAFT, SEPTEMBER” i list, I 1878.

THE REST OF THE GRAVE.

BY AN OLD PARKER.

I aui weary and worn, but my task is nigh
done ;

I have toiled from the dawn till the set of the
sun ;

I have carried lii'e’s burthens, and carried them
brave,

And I long to enjoy the sweet rest of the grave.

I have toiled in chill winter, through snow and
through sleet,

I have toiled in the glare of the summer sun’s
heat ;

And I fain would lay down where the willow
shall wave,

And forever enjoy the sweet rest of the grave.

And I wait for the summons, I list for the call
To the peaceful transition donated to all ;
That silent abode, that low mansion, I crave,
Where I can enjoy the sweet rest of the grave.

There my father is sleeping, my mother so true,

Fond sisters and brothers are resting there too,

And a daughter, a blossom washed down by
death’s wave ;

I, with her, would enjoy the sweet rest of the
grave.

And the friends of my youth, they are scattered
and dead,

And the strength and the glow of my maiiliool
has fled,

And the sparkle is gone from the pleasure life
gave,

And I now would enjoy the sweet rest of the
grave.

When I halt at the gateway , that leads from
all care,

And the sentry shall ask me, “Have you done
your share '5”

I will answer triumphant, “ I’ve done my part
brave,

And I come to enjoy the sweet rest of the
grave.”

And the world will not mind when my star
goes down,

It will wave just the same when my life
tlireacl’s unwound ;

But I, loose from bondage, like the unfettered
slave,

Will rejoice in a freedom to rest in the grave.

Still the farmer will furrow to sow and to reap,

Still the sailor will course on the fathoinless
deep,

And the miner will delve in" his dark sunless
cave,

VVhile I shall be resting, so sweet. in my grave.

As millions were toiling when my toil begun,

So will millions be toiling when my toil is done,

And many like me, will grow weary, and crave,

A respite from toil, in the depths of the grave,

O ; the folly of man, his ambition and strife l

That incites him to toil the short span of his
life ;

And like me tend to labor, to gain, and to save;

Then relinquish it all, for a rest in the grave.

J. \V. KELLEY.

BERLIN Mien.

THE little girl was quite right
who listened to a. minister who “ roar-
ed like a nightingale ” in prayer, and
then said, “Mother don’t you think
if that man lived nearer to God he

would’nt have to talk so loud 2'”

Farm Accounts.

The Question, “ Does Farming
Pay?” is almost universally answered
by farmers in the negative, though
they can rarely, if ever, make a de-
tailed statement of their debts and
credits, which will prove either side
of the question. Yet it is a self'-evi-
dent fact that farming pays the
Nation. It is our great producing
industry, the main spring which keeps
all the machinery of transportation,
commerce, and manufactures in mo-
tion, creating a. value of untol(l mil-
lions out of materials that have no
commercial value until transformed
by labor. If, on the other hand,
farming does not pay the individuals
who pursue it, there must be sonic-
thing Wrong in the system by which
the wealth created by its labor is
divided; or if on the other, it does
pay the individual, there must be
something wrong in the system by
which his business accounts are kept,
or he could show by his balance
sheets, his exact business income and
expenditure, the amount of his profit
and loss. The latter is probably the
general fact; or more properly it is
the fact that the farmer has no busi-
ness system, and does not keep his

. accounts in such form and with such

accuracy as to exhibit the true re-
sults of his business operations.

It is quite common for a farmer to
say that himself and family have
labored a whole year, when the fact
is, some or all the members have
spent weeks, and even months, at-
tending school, in travel, recreation,
or amusement; and it would be a
manifest injustice to the farm to
charge it with time thus occupied.
He should charge all seeds, manures
and fertilizers used, whether pro-
duced on the farm or purchased, and
for repairs of exclusively farm build-
ings, fixtures, tools, and vehicles, and
also for taxes and interest on all real
and personal farm property. Contra:
He should give the farm credit for
every kind of crop or product sold
from it, at "the price received, and
for all the grain, meat, vegetables,
milk, butter, cheese, eggs, and other
products taken by his family, at their
value on the farm, and whether
wasted or consumed. This last item
is of the utmost importance, and
should be as rigidly adhered [to by
the farmer as by the country mer-
chant who charges to the family all
the dry goods,groceries, and necessa-
ry supplies taken by them from his
store. At the expiration of the year,
a new inventory should be taken, em-
bracing exactly the same items as the
original, and the sum of this inventory
and credits balanced with the sum of
the debts, and the first inventory will
show him his gains or losses for, the
year. To many, perhaps most farmers,
the keeping of books is irksome and
perplexing, and therefore neglected;
but it is absolutely necessary, if farm-
ing is a business pursuit, and is to
be conducted by those principles
which prevail in other business enter-
prises.

pl Iiflouii Sunsciumrion
( will Expire with No.

No person, either farmer, or any-
body else, can say that his business
does or does not pay,unless the exhibit
is made by regular, correct account
kept by the above or similar method,
and if thus kept he might, or proba-
bly would, find that his business was
a good one, the trouble with his final
account being caused by a deficiency
of labor, debts, and family expendi-
ture.

Farming, in every sense, should be
managed on strictly business princi-
ples, and only when so managed have
we a right to expect that it will pay.
—Rm'al TWTG7/J Ynr/(er,

An Easy Way With a Vicious Horse.

A beautiful and high spirited horse
would never allow a shoe to be put
on his feet or any person to handle
his feet, without a resort to every
species of power and means to control
him. At one time he was nearly
crippled by being put in the stocks;
he was afterwards thrown down and
fettered ; at another time, one of our
most experienced hon-se—shoers was
unable to manage him by the aid of
as many hands as could approach.
In an attempt to shoe the horse re-
cently, he resisted all efforts, kicking
against everything, even an anvil,
and come near killing himself against
that, and was finally brought back
to his stable unsliod. This was his
only defect: in all other respects
was gentle, and perfectly docile, and
especially in harness. But this de-
feet was on the eve of consigning him
to the plow, where he might work
barefoot, when by mere accident, an
officer in our service, lately returned
from Mexico, who was passing, and
being acquainted with the difliculty,
applied a complete remedy by the
following simple process: He took a
cord the size of a. common bedcord,
put in the mouth of the horse like a
bit, and tied it tightly on the animal’s
head, passing his left ear under the
string, not painfully tight, but enough
to keep the ear down, and the cord
in its place. This done he patted
the horse gently on the side of his
head, and commanded him to follow ;
and instantly the horse obeyed, per-
fectly subdued, and - as gentle
aud obedient as a well trained dog;
suffering his feet to be lifted with
entire impunity, acting in all respects
like an old stag-er. That simple
string thus tied made him at once
docile and obedient as any one could
desire. The gentleman who thus fur-
nished this exceedingly simple means
of subduing‘ a. very dangerous propen-
sity intimated that this is practiced
in Mexico and South America in the
management of wild horses. Be this
as it may, he deserves the thanks of
all owners of such , horses, and es-
pecially the thanks of all whose busi-
ness it may be to shoe or groom the
animal.— C"omm.e7'cz'al Advei-tiscr.

—-The kind of dentists this country
wants are those who can extract teeth
without payin’.


 

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LETTER FROM FRANCE.

The Parig Expositioii.—Suiiday in Paris.
Notre Dame.— The Great Balloon.
Hotel De (:luiig.—Aiid the Ruins of
the Old Roman Baths.

1’Ai:is, France, Aug. 1, 1878.

The Great Exposition is declared
on all hands to be a great success.
Dr. Barnard, the Assistant. Commis-
sioner General, disclosed yesterday
in a public speech, that “ Republican
France, in this Exposition, had eclips-
ed all its predecessors.” This may
be true in a general sense, but it
seems to be universally conceded
that the grounds and buildings at
Philadelpia were larger, more coiiven-
ient, and more expensive, and the
sections and groups better arranged
than here. Nearly all the buildings,
except the Annexes, are under one
roof or connect'ed, and there is coin-
paratively but little space not occu-
pied by buildings. The grounds are
too small and cramped up to allow
that out door exercise, among lawns,
flower gardens, and forestry, so much
enjoyed by the visitors at Philadel-
phia; and the buildings too low and
close to give that free circulation of
air and light, which -added so much
to the eheerfulness of that Exposition.
Some of the countries on this side of
the Atlantic have made more full
exhibits of their raw products and
inaiiiifacturies than they did at Pliila-
delphia, this is especially true of Eng-
land and France. The French people
have taken a great interest in the
Exposition and filled their section to
its utmost capacity. They have
shown great skill, and much taste in
arranging their exhibits so as to give
the most favorable impression. They
have a large amount of machinery on
exhibition, but it is generally heavy
and cumbersome. The great interest
which almost every one took in
Machinery Hall at Philadelphia,
where fourteen acres of machinery
in one building was in constant
motion, does not seem to exist here.
The French mainifacturies of‘ agricul-
tural implements have exhibited
plows, harrows, cultivators, rollers,
clod crushers, etc. in endless profus-
ion, but as a general thing they do
not flatter the inventive genius of the
French people, or the skill and work-
manship of‘ the manufacturers. The
agricultural implements and machin-
cry from the United States elicit
much interest here, and are closely
scrutinized and admired by the
French farmers, especially the plows,
reapers and mowers, and the harvest-
ers with self‘-binding attachments.
The judges in this group have nearly
completed their labors, but their
decisions are not generally known
but there can be no doubt that
our American exhibitors will take
their full share of the awards. To
even name the many objects of
especial interest in the several depart-
ments, -would be impossible in a

The section in which are exhibited
the crown jewels of France, and the
numerous presents which have been
made to the Prince of Wales is
constantly crowded with visitors, and
the police are employed to keep them
in line, so that all may have an
opportunity to give them a passing
glance. The value of this collection
is almost incredible.

As in Pliiladclphia, the Art tliillery
is constantly tlironged. The exhibi-
tion offine statuary and rich paint-
ings is said to be the largest ever
made at an International Fair. In
number of‘ exhibits the French greatly
excel, and in fine and minute delinea-
tions of'natnrc unadorned, the French
artists will undoubtedly carry off‘ the
great prize of honor. The Parisians
have a great passion for statuary and
paintings; the great number of im-
mense and expensive Art Galleries
located in different parts of the city
are wonderful and surprising.

A SABBATII ix PARIS.

The morning was beautiful. I
mounted the top of a street car and
passed down the beautiful avenues
and boulevards towards the old
Cathedral of Notre Dame. Nothing
could be seen along that three mile
ride to indicate that it was the Sab-
bath Day. Shops were open, the
streets were crowded with vehicles,
men and women thronged the side-
walks, the yell of‘ teamsters, and
crack of that “everlasting whip”
grated harshly upon the ear, stone-
cutters and carpenters were at work,
the ring of anvil and soniid of'machin-
cry were heard.

The Church edifice of Xotre Dame
was erected hundreds of years ago,
and now stands as one of the arcliitect-
ural glories of Paris, and of the
world. The great beauty and archi-
tectural effects and designs of that
elaborate point, the high Gothic arch-
es, gilded ceilings, and frescoed walls
within, are most wonderful. It is
perhaps the most impressive ecclesi-
astical object in Paris if not in all
Europe, ;in grandeur and historical
associations. It was before its high
and magnificent altar that Napoleon
and Josephine were crowned. I at-
tended services, which were very
pompous and participated in by many
of the nobility of Paris, and those who
delight in forms of‘ splendor. This
service was the only indication of
rest and worship that I had seen,
After the service was over, I went up
the stone steps leading to the top of
the towers. The steps were badly
worn by the foot steps of the curious,
who had ascended and descended the
narrow winding way for many ages,
The lookout upon the top offers a
splendid View of the whole city which
was spread out like a grand panorama,
with its countless spires and domes,
encircling fortifications and frowning
forts. Returning by the street car to
my hotel, Ipassed under the great
balloon which was conveying persons
heavenward about 1,000 feet, for the
moderate price of $4.00 each,they were
then drawn back to earth by means
of‘ steam power. Forty persons were
thus suspended over the heads of
twenty thousand people, who, remain-
ing on earth, with upturned eyeballs
were watching if not envying the
“chosen few ” in their mrial flight.

architectural charms, some of‘ which
still remain. Mary Tudor, wife of
Louis XII. and sister to Henry
VIII. of England, resided there,
and one of her apartments, with
furniture, including bed, is still pre-
servedjust as she left it. James V.
of Scotland, the father of Mary Queen
of Scots, and the “ Fitz James ” ofthe
“Lady of the Lake," was married
here to Madeline, daughter of Frances
I, Jan. 1st, 1537.

The Museum is said to contain
some ten thousand objects, principal-
ly of‘ Medieval curiosities, and other
lionian antiquities. Old weapons of
warfare of every character: ecclesias-
tical vcstments; nine crowns of the
Gothic Kings of Spain; works in
glass, ivory, metals, and the precious
stones; mosaics, gold plate, pictures,
altar pieces, “a vessel with Charles
the V, and the nobles of his Court in
gold and gilded bronze,” such, and
of almost all other kinds imaginable,
constitute this wilderness of curiosi-
ties here displayed. Just behind the
Hotel are the Tlierines or ruins of the
Roman Baths, said to have been erect-
ed by “ Emperor Constantius Chlorus,
who ruled in Gaul about the year
A. D. 300,” in the palace of which
these baths formed a part. “ The
Emperor Julian was proclaimed by
the Roman soldiers, A. D. 360; and at
the same Palace some of the earlier
Frankish Kings made their residence.”
One of the largest rooms in the old
building yet remains, and suflicient
repairs have been made to prevent
the walls from tumbling, but time has
told fearfully upon the once grand
structure. It is interesting to visit
these old ruins and study the designs
of statuary and carvings, some of
of which are in a good state of pres-
ervation, while others are marred,
worn and crumbled by the finger of
time. No one who has viewed the
many wonderful and imposing
structures in this great fcity, reared
to perpetuate the history of
events, and deeds of men, built of
stone, iron, and brass, so massive as
if to bafile the wear of time, can stand
within these crumbling relics of R0-
man Royalty, without being impress-
ed with the truth of the lessons _con-
tained in the following lines:

“ ’ Tis strange, ’tis passing strange
To mark the fallacies of mortal man.

Behold him proudly view some pompous pile,
Whose high dome swells to emulate the skies,
Andtirpgile and say, my name shall live with
Vv'hile at his feet, yea at his very feet,

The crumbling dust of fallen fabrics

Teaches the solemn lesson;

He should know that time must conquer,
That the loudest blast that ever filled

Renown’s obstreperous trump,
Fades in the lapse of ages and expires.”

A GREAT EXPOSIIION ix 18'i'9.—
England has decided to have a great
show next year. It will be an agri-
cultural exhibition. The expense
is estimated at‘ £150,000. The Lord
Mayor of London has appealed to the
British public for the support of the
projected scheme ; it is to be under
the auspices of the royal agricultur.
al society. Agriculture is declining
in Great Britain, and there is some
hope that the exhibition may arrest
its downward course. The number
of cattle, and the acreage of wheat,
and other crops are decreasing, and
very nearly one-half the population of
the United Kingdom is now depend-

ent for sustenance upon imported
food.

—The man who jabbed a ten-penny
nail in the bottom of his foot, ex-

claimed, “ The iron has entered my
sole 3 ”

Facts to be Seriously Considered by
Farmers.

The death of a Subordinate Grange,
says the Patron of Ilusbamlry, is a
public announcement by its members
that there are not twelve intelligent,
public-spirited, resolute farmers in
the neighborhood. It is a surrender
to their old task-masters, the mer-
chant, prof'essional politicians, and
other middlemen, \vho have organiza-
tions of their own, and who have
sworn that the Grange shall not live
in this country. This surrender falls
heaviest upon the wives and children
of farmers, for when the farmer is
robbed of the products of his toil, his
wife and children must work the
harder and practice still greater self-
denial.

\\'e frilly agree with our able co-
temporary in its views, and if the
Grange has lost strength and numbers.
the farmers themselves are to blame
for it. \\'e think that the greatest
obstacle in the way of the Grange, is
the lack of confidence among the
farmers in themselves and in each
other. They have been so accustom-
ed to let the lawyers think for them,
the merchants buy and sell for them,
and the little professional office seek-
ers in the towns pack conventions and
nominate candidates for them, that
they cannot be made to believe that
they can perform all these duties
themselves better and cheaper. .\
large portion of them went into the

its success. Their old task masters
told them it would soon die out, and
they believed them. They look with
positive disfavor upon any plan in
the Grange to establish a co-operative
enterprise of any kind. They cannot
manage one themselves, they think,
and they have no confidence in their
neighbors and they are not willing
to trust them. They let things run
on in the old channel, prefering to
pay the rich, safe merchants from 2:’)
to 250 per cent profit on all that they
buy and sell, than to risk a small
amount of money in the liands of a

, few ignorant, inexperienced farmers

like themselves, in an effort to save
all this profit. These Patrons expect-
ed every Grange paper to die out
sooner than the Grange itself’, so they
would not risk one or two dollars for
a paper devoted to their own inter-
ests, but continued to patronize the
political papers, which belong, body
and soul, to the merchants and politi-
cians.

It is only here and there, compara-
tively, that a Grange is made up of
the right material, made of men and
women with beads on their shoulders.
and imbued with a noble purpose to
boldly and earnestly work for inde-
pendence, for their rights and their in-
terests both in public and business
afl“ai1's. Such Granges are full of life-
energy, enterprise. Their members
read and think, and have confidence
in themselves and in each other. It
a. co-operative enterprise is suggest-
ed, they examine it carefully, and, if
they approve it, adopt it and unite in
making it a success; they don’t dis-
miss it as something beyond their
comprehension, which can be manag-
ed successfuly only by the intelligent
and wealthy merchants in the towns-

If farmers generally only had more
confidence in themselves and in
each other, if they would read and
think more, and come together in the
Grange in this spirit, they could
make their Order a complete success
—the leading power in the country
in all business and industrial affairs.
Fa-rmei-’s Friend.

 

ANY man is made better by a sis-
ter’s love. The love of another fel-

low’s sister may do.

 

 

Grange with but little, if any, hope of

   

 


THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

MY LEVI D EV! EY.

The whistle shrieks forth a warning loud,
And the train moves slowly away;

its burden consists of an eager crowd,

Each inipulled by the needs of the day ;
Every conceivable form and condition of life
You will see as you pass through the train ;

There is maiden and youth, there is husband
and wife;
lint one motive moves all, a desire for gain. g

Far out on the mighty ocean's wave,

A steamer is proudly moving along ;

lts freight is humanity, some tiinid,some brave,
A waiting, anxious, hopeful throng;
Surrounded with danger, each one looks ahead
'l‘o the day when the voyage will be done ;

”l‘is the battle of life and struggle for bread
That calls them from home and urges them on.

Thus over the highways of travel they speed,
Earnestly striving to meet life’s demands ;
l'i'osperity's wave bears some for above need,

some are miserably wrecked on advesity’s
strand ;
But all are subjected to life’s ceaseless wear,

Hf toil and trial, disappointment and pain ;
Through all our race, life is freighted with care
Some getinore of sunshine, others get more of
rain

But freest of all from the evils of life,

And freest of all from adversity’s storm,

Is he who, together with children and wife,

Is earning his bread at home on the farm :
There is nothing to fear from the angry wave,
And nothing to fear from disaster by rail ;
Industry will earn, frugality save,-

So if patient and faithful, he never will fail.

Imwngiac, )I1ch., Aug. 20th, 1878.

OUR BOYS.

Myra says in her article about “ Our
Girls,” that the only way to do away
with the great “social evil” of to-day
is to give our girls a good moral educa-
tion. Granted; that is one very essen-
tial point to begin with. But shall we
not give Our Boys a moral education as
well as our girls 2’ Shall we not teach
them to lead pure. noble lives; teach
them to respect virtue, and also teach
them to treat our girls with the respect
that is due them from the opposite sex ?
Not many girls would depart from the
path of virtue if the young men showed
by their actions that they respected vir-
tue,.instead of trying to destroy every
vestige of it. Wherever they chance to
find it. How many timesdoes a girl
had herself left alone to her own diver-
sion, while her escort seeks the society
of another more gaudily dressed, and
upon whose brow can plainly be seen
the imprints of shame.

The morals of our young people—and
I might say old, for that matter—-are be-
coming more and more corrupt every
year. But shall we, as Myra says, lay
all the blame upon the shoulders of the
mothers? In some instances I would
Say, yes ; but not all. Do not lay all
blame upon the mother ; poorsoul—she
has enough to bear without your cen-
sure or mine. Many a poor, loving
mother has wept bitter tears over a fal-
len son or daughter that she ‘has loved
as the apple of her eye, and for whom
she has plead with streaming eyes, only
I0 have them turn a deaf ear to her en-
treaties, through the influence of some
one who exercised a stronger power ov-
er them. How many a mother has tried
to the best of her ability to rear her
daughter to a pure and noble woman-
hood, only to have some young man
Step in, and with words of love and fair
promises win her daughter’s affections,
ruin her reputation, then laugh her
to scorn While he seeks other victims to
Conquer. VVho is most to blame ? Fre-
qllen tly we hear of some poor, distract-
ed creature rushing unbidden into the
presence of her Maker, rather than
bring disgrace upon that mother who

reared her so tenderly and lovingly.’

Think you who was the most to blame
—that loving mother or that fiend in
human form, who by his lovc—s’weet
Words of love—won- her child’s love,
0n_1y‘ to cast her aside after accom-
plishingthe ruin he sought.

going the rounds of to-day: such as
temperance reform, dress reform, polit-
ical reform, etc. But what we need
most is a moral reforn for both old and
young; and how are we to get it. Be-
gin at our own firesides. Teach our
boys while young to be manly, teach
them to strive to attain to a pure and
noble manhood, teach them to treat
other young men’s sisters as they would
like to have them treat their sisters,
teach them to shun evil companions,
the dram shops and other places of low
resort; and last but not least, keep
them at home nights where you know
where they are: for more than two-
thirds of the evil that is in the world is
done under the shadows of nights, and
if our boys are allowed to be away from
home night after night, they will stand
a pretty good chance of being led astray.
The seeds of dissipation will be sown
before we are aware ofit, no matter how
much we work to the contrary. Some
parents say. “ 0, Well, my boys are a
little wild, I know ; sowing their ‘ wild
oats’ etc, but but by and by they will
get married and settle down, and make
just as good husbands for all that.” A11,
my friend, do you know that your boys
may cause some other mother to mourn
over a fallen son or daughter that was
first led astray by your boy that is " on-
ly sowing his wild oats 1” Some moth-

ers will keep their girls in the houseg

with them, and teach them to be lady-
like and refined ; and at the same time
allow their boys to run the street
from morn till night. In the street,
they are educated to everything that
tends to make them rough and rowdy-
ish. No wonder they are wild and
reckless! Vslhile the girls are being
taught music, German, drawing, and
the various other accomplishments that
make them young ladies and ornaments
to society ; the boys are being taught to
swear, chew tobacco, smoke, drink
whiskey, and scoffat female virtue. In
the street they are taught all that tends
to lead them to disgrace and ruin.

Mothers, your boys are just as good
as your girls, and need the same retin-
ing influence; they are prone to wan-
der, therefore, they need the same
watchful care you exercise over your
girls. Teach them early to give you
their confidence; be to them their
friend, adviser, sympathize with them
in their troubles; and in after years
they will look back to a life of which
they are not ashamed. They will say,
“ To my mother I am indebted for the
purity of my past life.”

Fathers and mothers, there is a great
work for you to do. Look to it that
you so rear your boys that they will
lead pure, virtuous lives : then, and not
till then, will we have a change in that
great “ social evil” of which Myra
speaks. VERONCIA.

Sherwood, No. 96.

A Mother’s Responsibility.
Wbrthy Secretary Cobb .-

Please excuse me for calling again so
soon. I know it is hardly polite, but
when an old woman thinks she has
something to say she likes to say it, and
this is her privilege, as it is yours to
consign it to the Waste basket, if you
think it ought to go there.

I cannot help saying how fully I.en-
dorse what Aunt Hattie and Juno say
in their article in the Visitor of the
1st of August. There is a great respon-
sibility resting upon the mother in the
training of those precious immortals
committed to her care. She is aptin her
tender love to pass by many faults un-
corrected till they have grown to be vic-
es ; then she becomes alarmed, and
finds to her sorrow that she has neglect-
ed her duty, and feels it is hard work to
eradicate the weeds that have taken
root in the mind of her child. Some-
times the weeds of disobedience, pride,
selfwill or selfishness have taken root.
They all grow very quickly, and need
to be nipped in the bud to have the
child grow up to perfect man and W0-
manhood. Precept is good, but prac-
tice in a mother carries more Weight
with it. Let a mother be very careful
that her example is good—fit to copy af-
ter. Let her govern her own spirit,
and by her loveliness of character, woo
and win her offspring into the paths of
truth. It is in vain we try to teach
what we do not possess. Our sons and
daughters soon see the deficiency, and
instead of profiting by the precept, they
despise the example. How can we
teach truth and integrity if we are guil-
ty of slander and love gossip ? Truth
is the foundation on which to build a

perfect character, and should be early‘

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taught. Ican but think if a mother
has done her duty by example, as well
as by precept, her children will grow
up to be perfect pillars in the temple of
home. I concur heartily with Aunt
Hattie when she says, “I wish there
might be more said about woman's du-
ties, and not quite so much about her
rights. It might be her right to do
what was not her duty, but never her
duty to do what is not right.” It is a
woman’s right to reign in the heart of
her husband, and have " her cliildi'en

rise up and call her blessed.” Oh
mothers, make home happy
for your children, give them

reading that will amuse and in-
struct, decorate their rooms with pic-
tures, and encourage in every way a
love for the beautiful refinements of
surroundings, as;these beget refinement
of feelings. 1f the mind is fortified by
good thoughts, there is not much dan-
ger of evil ones breaking in to damage
and destroy. I have not room in this
paper to talk to the boys and girls; that
must be left till another time. There
has been much said on this topic, but
still something more might be said to
advantage. Respectfully Yours,
Au.\"r MARGARET.

Report of Coiiiinittee on Crops and Con-
dition of Farms.

.\l.-\RLE'l"1‘E, Aug. 22, 1878.
Bro. Cobb: -
For the purpose of stimulating our
Grange to improvement and good
Works, a Visiting Committee was ap-
pointed and directed to report upon
the crops and the condition of the
farms of Bros. R. T. \\'ellwood and
Hugh Dale. The Committee first
called upon Bro. V-Vellwood, and af-
ter taking a general look about the
premises, were invited. in to dinner.
To this We gave deserved attention
without delay. \Ve found this farm
in a fine state of cultivation for one
so new. The corn was very fine and
promises a good yield. The wheat of
the Clawson variety was threshed,
and yielded fifteen bushels to the
acre, which is about the average crop
of this section this year; the Clawson
giving the best yield. VVe next vis-
ited the farm of Brother I)ale, Whom
we found taking a good noon nap on
the floor. llis farm of 160 acres has
90 cleared, and nearly free from
stumps, having been occupied by
Brother Dale for 20 years; he being
a pioneer of Sanilac County. VVe
found an orchard of 2% acres of fine
trees and good fruit, though but
about halfa crop. The hay and oat
crop were all secured, and reported
rather light. The potato crop looked
finely. The Coin. agreed that he had
too much fencing, and advised larger
fields, His stock looked well‘and a
colt we saw is destined to be a prize
animal. Unlike some farmers his
tools were housed and in good condi-
tion; the repairing, he says, gives
him work for rainy days. Believing
these farm visits will be productive of
good, I am Fraternally Yours,
B A. \V1LsoN.

Prices of Paints Again Recuced.

The Patrons’
having largely

Paint Company
increased their
steam machinery for producing
Ingersoll’s Ready Mixed Paints
have again reduced the price of
their celebrated Pure, Fine, Ready
Mixed Paints, making the discount
40 per cent from the retail price,
which makes the price much less than
the materials can be bought for mix-
ing Paints in the old way; and besides
the Ingersoll Paint looks elegantly,
and will endure so much longer

Any one can have the Company's
Book, “ Everyone their own Painter,”
and decorated with illustrations of Col-
ors, Brushes and Putty, mailed free by
mentioning this aper, and address-
ing R. ‘Ingersoll, .'lanager, 102 South
Str., New York.

School Books.

 

The frequent changes demanded by
teachers, by superintendents, by
agents,by publishers, or by somebody,
has imposed a grevious tax on the
poor and rich alike in this State for

many years. If the people, who on
account of numbers have the largest
interest in this matter, are unable to
direct or controll this matter, and
they seem not to nave been, they
should at least avail themselves of the
services of our State Agent in Detroit,
J.  Chidister. In answer to an iii-
quiry we made not long since, he
writes that he has an arrangement
Will] a house in the city by which he
can supply schools books at reasonable
rates.

Find out in season what school books
you must have, and if you dare not or-
der and take chances on prices, send
-the Agent 3. list of your wants, includ-
lug stationery of all kinds, and get his
prrices “before purchasing elsewhere.”
\\ e think you will save money for
yourselves, which is both a right and
a duty, aid the Agency established
by the Executive Committee for your
benefit, and in all this prove your-
selves better Patrons. J. T. C.

Paris Green in the Orchard.

Some time since an inquiry was
made as to whether there was any
way to destroy the canker worm on
apple trees. Four years ago they
attacked my orchard by millions, and
afew days after it looked at a dis-
tance as if a fire had passed through
its branches—-not a leaf left. In the
orchard I had about one hundred and
fifty trees, twenty years old. I had
taken great pains with my trees, and
they did extremely well up to this
time. I felt almost discouraged and
knew of no remedy. After a time
the trees all leaved out again, but
grew very little that season. The
trees were loaded with these pests by
billions, so that if one passed under
the trees he would be covered with
the destroyers and their threads,
which hung down with a worm at
the end, about as thick as the warp of
open gauze; on these threads they
swing as a pendulum when the wind
blows, and by this means pass to the
next trees if near enough. This time
too, they left scarcely a leaf, and then
disappeared. The trees leaved out
again, but looked weakly and grew
but little.

The third season I was on the look-
out. As the trees leaved I found
them again covered, and declared war,
bought a. hand pump and $5 worth
of Paris green, put a. kerosene barrel
into my wagon, filled it with water,
added one tablespoon of green to
a. pailful, gave it a good stirring, had
a man to drive around under the
trees and keep the mixture well
stirred; I took the pump and sprinkled
about a. pailful as evenly as possible,
on each tree. The second day after
I operated a second time with a
Weaker solution and less quantity, as
I found their number but few, and
those not in good health. The past
season I kept a good lookout, but
failed to find one. I have other or-
chards, but so far have not been
troubled. I keep my war material
all ready now ; if the enemies appear
I shall storm their works immediate-
ly.—T. L. Guiéforol, in Factoryantl
Farnz.

 

VVANT1«:i>,—Purcliasers for 100,000
fine, one year old Honey Locust.
Prices low by the 10,000. Send for
terms. HENRY COLLINS,

L. St. Jo. Co. Grange,‘
Box 311 \Vhite Pigeon, St. Jo. Co.,

Mich.


  

 

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

SCHOOLCRAFT. SEPT. l, l878.

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

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

organizing Pomona

Our Court System.

This is the “off year” in American
politics. But while the off year is re-
lieved from running the President
Making Machine, yet Congressmen,
State and County officers are to
be selected and elected. By our sys-
tem of government as well as by all
others that we have ever heard of, it
takes a host of oflicials to take care of
the dear people, and the dear people
must of course pay for being taken
care of. As the great body of those
who pay for being care of, have also
to earn a subsistence by honest toil,
it is always important toknow wheth-
er we are being well taken care of, and
not only that but whether we are
being well taken care of at
reasonable cost. If we had all in-
herited vast fortunes and were able
to transmit such to our children, “each
and every,” it would not seem so much
matter, but as in this country
what the most of us have, we work for,
it stands us in hand to watch well and
know that when we part with any
portion of our earnings that we are
getting an equivalent of some sort.
If, in casting about us, we find we
are paying more f'or something that
we cannot dispense with than it is
worth, our first duty to the communi-
ty is, to undertake to get it at a less,
or reasonable rate. Now we have
come to believe that courts were
originally established for a given pur-
pose, but instead of partaking of the
spirit of progress that characterizes
the Nineteenth Century, they have
become so involved in an amount of
technical machinery, and precedents,
and usages, that justice is lost sight
of, and about the only tangible things
left are the lawyer’s fees and the bills
of costs. Of the technicalities and
musty precedents that are looked up
from the days of witchcraft until now
and gravely read to “Your Honor”
by the hour, we confess we have very
little respect, and for the usages that
have obtained so firm a foot—hold, we
have only condemnation mingled

with disgust-

Lmadc to pay fees.
.snying that nearly every intelligent

4—-.<...—.-.- - --~

 GRANQE

Of the pleas, pretexts, and dodges,
employed to shield the criminal we
have nothing to say, but the adminis-
tration ofjustice is so tardy, so dif’ri-
cult, and so expensive, that we felt
:1 long suffering tax-ridden people
should be aroused and an effort made
to bring about a reform. To that end
we introduced this subject in the
VISITOR, of May 15th; and in nearly
every number since, it has been con-
sidered from our stand point.

The agitation of every subject

imust precede the work of reform
‘whcrc reforms are needed.

\Vc re-
gret that the papers of the country
are usually so dependent on the good
will of the lawyers of their towns that
they have no real independence.
They will not publish articles that
seriously charge the Court with dere-
liction of official duty, and the bar
with :1 studied purpose to keep cases
in court as long as litigants can be
We are safe in

man outside the bar, no matter what
his profession or occupation, will
readily endorse the views we have
expressed in former numbers of this
paper. Yet this matter cannot be
brought at once before the people of
the country because of‘ the timidity
of the press, and its subserviency to
the limbs of the law.

The fact is patent that the higher
our civilization the farther we are
from speedy justice at reasonable
cost in our courts ofjustice, so called,
though they might better be called
courts of procrastination or extension.

Our readers who have given this
subject any attention will remember
that while we believe that the courts
of our State are run more in the in-
terest of the lawyers than of the peo-
ple who are taxed to pay the court
for service rendered, yet we have pro-
posed to remcd y by amendment of
our laws just simply one thing, and
that is this—mai:c it impossible for
any case where the judgement obtain-
ed in ajustice court is less than $100
to go on appeal to the circuit court.
lVc would not deny an appeal to some
tribunal——say to arl)it1‘ato1‘s, and let
their judgement be final. \

And we now come back to the
starting point, we are to select a Legis-
lature this fall that shall have power
by a single enactment to save the tax-
payers of Michigan thousands of dol-
lars annually collected from the peo-
ple and used to carry on suits between
parties When the original sum in-
volved was the value of a black and
tan dog, perhaps, or some petty quar-
rel between a couple of neighbors that
the tax payers have really no more
interest in than they have in Mrs.
Partington’s Isaac. Now what I
want to know is this ; will a few mem-
bers of the Order in the several Coun-
ties of the State aid me in securing
an answer from the candidates for the
State Legislature of the several polit-
ical parties, to certain questions which
shall pledge them, if elected, to use
their best endeavors to have our laws
amended as I have indicated.

If I receive such answer to this en-

VISITOR.

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quiry as will justify the expectation
that the work will be very generally
attended to. I will prepare such a
statement of the matter as I think
will cover the ground, and have a few
hundred printed and distributed to
volunteers over the State, who will
use them?

Now, Brothers, I leave this matter
with you, and will only add, that
Patrons must do some practical work
if we mean to prove to ourselves and
those outside the gate, that we are a-
live and mean business.

The Allegan County Pic-nlc.

The Patrons of Allegan County
held a pic-nic on the County fair
grounds near the village of‘ Allegan,
on the 21st of August, according to

previous notice as published in the
Visiron.

Bro. C. G. Luce had been engaged
to do the talking, and to avoid a night
ride, came on as far as Schoolcraft on
the evening train the day before, stop-
ped off and dropped into my office
quite unexpectedly. \Ve had,of course,
a very pleasant visit with him, and it
seemed to me I might not only have
a good day myself, but might per-
haps do something for the subscrip-
tion list of the VISITOR, so the next
morning I determined to accompany
Bro. Luce to Allegan, where we ar-
rived a little before 9 a. m.. \Ve were
met by Bro. Stegeman at the depot,
and taken at once to the store so well
known all over Allegan County. Ar-
riving at the store, our visit with Bro.
Stegeman was about at an end, for
soon the standing room was crowded
with customers. Sister Stegeman was
at her post, entering articles on a
half dozen bills of‘ as many customers
as Bro. S. and a clerk were handing
goods over the counter and calling
out the name of the buyer, the article
called for and the price. There was
no delaying, no higgling about price,
but the goods were selected, counted,
weighed or measured, and delivered;
the same persons accomplish more in
fifteen minutes than is usual in the or-
dinary Way of trade in an hour. Sis-
tcr Stegeman makes bills of all sales,
charging goods at cost, and enters the
name of the customcr and the amount
of his bill in a sale book, collects the
amount with four per cent. added, and
gives this itemized bill to the buyer.
In this way the buyer can look over
his bill at his leisure, see what each
article costs and discover mistakes
should any have been made. This
four per cent. pays rent of store, inter-
est on capital stock, insurance, salary
of Brother S. and wife, clerk hire, all
incidental expenses, and adds some-
thing to a sinking fund each year.
Probably no other co-operative enter-
prise in the State, and few out of it
has been as successful as this one. The
explanation is given in a few words-
the right man is in the right place. At
eleven o’clock Bro. Stegeman said
that trade must stop, the store must
be cleared out and locked up, for Alle-
gan Patrons were to have a. pic-nic,
and that must not be interfered with
by trade ; and of course the store was

locked up at once. About eleven o’-

clock the larger part of those who had
determined to give a day to recrea.
tiou were on the ground 'I‘he .\l:1n-
aging Committee concluded that this
kind ofa company could not be kept
together to listen to a speech with the
full baskets of supplies setting around,
and so it was determined to attend
to the eating part of the pic-nic at
once, and such notice was given out.
Considerable time wa.s necessarily oc-
cupied with this important part of the
programme, for the supplies were as
usual at like gatherings. abundant and
good. After dinner. Bro. Henry
Schultes of Martin Grange called to
order, and after a song by a dozen or
morc ofthe singing Patrons of .\llc-
gan Co., Bro. C. G. Luce was intro-
duced. As many who have heard him.
know, he makes speeches for the ex-
press purpose of advancing the grcal
interests of the Order, and therefore
wants to be heard throughout by his
audience. In his opening remarks he
endeavored to impress this fact upon
his hearers, and related a little cir-
cumstance that occurred oncc when he
was talking at a Grange pic-nic this
summer. lle said he had as usual
begged the assembly to give him their
attention, but after a while a loving
couple just back of the stand umnind-
f'ul of his reasonable request, were
heard by him in lively conversation.
and soon the crisis was reached and
the fellow popped the question. The
speaker stopped short in his Granger
speech, turned around and advised
the girl to say yes, at once, have 'tll('
matter settled, so that they and their
immediate neighbors could give atten-
tion. \\'e shall not attempt to give
an extended review of the speech or
Bro. Luce, covering an hour and a
half. He referred to the relative im~
portance of Agriculture; to the large
proportion of mankind engaged in
providing subsistence for all; to the
opinions of the wisest men of all ages,
that not only the prosperity but the
perpetuity of governments al-
most always depcnded upon the agri-
cultural class. The more intelligent
this class, the greater the security.
The Grange may be relied upon to
disseminate valuable information in
relation to the business of farming.
and should receive the hearty support-
of every farmer who believes there is‘
room for improvement and advance-
ment in his calling, and that knowl-
edge is better, as well as safer than ig-
norance. The speech was full of good
points, good advice, and so thorough-
ly practical that no one who heard it
could fail to give it a cordial endorse-
ment.

The gathering was not as large 35
many that have been held in differ-
ent parts of the State, but those pres-
ent were well pleased with the address,
and pronounced the pic-nic a success-
As Bro. Luce had spoken a good Word
for the VISITOR as I believe he always
does wherever he goes, we improved
the opportunity to invite members Of
the Order, who were not taking it; to
come forward and subscribe, and in the
course of the afternoon we secured

about 25 new subscribers.

 

 

 


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THIS No. makes its appearance a
little later than usual owing to a press
of work in the oflice in which the
Visiroii is printed.

At'.\"l‘ Kate’s article was not in time
for this No.

@an1n1unir:11iau.s'.

House Cleaning.

At a meeting of Oakwood U'l'allgE‘,
No. 353, one of the sisters arose and
said “ I have received an anonymous
communication on the subject of
House Cleaning, with a request to
read it here ; I don‘t know why it was
sent to me, unless intended a direct
fling, for you all know that I never
clean lmuse. However, I will read the
article and leave it to the Grange to
say what shall be done with Joe John
in case he can be found.”

The time of house cleaning has come
and gone, and all have survived it
(except myself.) 'I‘here has been
considerable said in the Grange Visi-
roii by the ladies in regard to the mat-
ter, but not one word by the poor
hen-peeked husband. As a fair rep-
resentative of the latter class, I will
give a little of my experience. The
ball opened thusly: Joe John, the first
time you go to town, you get some
lime, for 1 am :1 going to clean house,
l’ve put it off", and put it off, and put
it oil, just as long as I’me a going to,
now that’s the end of it, and this last
sentence came out with a ring that
made me \\'ell, did you ever
have a lump of ice slip in at the back
of your neck and crawl slowly down
your spinal column ? Well that is the
way I felt, for I have been through
that mill several times. As a matter
of course, I put off going as long 
possible, and even held out two days
after my stock of tobacco was ex-
hausted, then I could stand it no long-
er. I had urgent business in town,
so hitcliing Fred to the buggy, I drove
up to the gate to get in and slip on
my other coat and was on the retreat,
thinking I was in luck not to be dis-
covered, when my ears caught the full,
round tones of Mary Ann’s voice,
shouting, Joe John, where are you go-
ing? I’ve got to go to town, I’m in a
terrible hurry. Don’t you dare to go
without a basket to get that lime, or
I’ll I guess I wont finish the
sentence, for it makes me shiver to
think of it. As a matter of course
the lime came home when I did. But
as I was detained longer than I ex
pected, she was awfully put out. The
first thing that greeted my ears on
m)’ arrival was Joe John, where have
you been all day ? I thought you was
In a terrible hurry this morning. Did
you get that lime ? I replied, yes
inarm. But she must see for herself.
Nearing the buggy, she stopped short
and opening her large black eyes, she’
centered her gaze on me for about a
half minute, then raising her hand in
awful grandeur, and pointing her in-
dex finger at me, said in a solemn
measured tone, Joe John, you have
been drinking. Look at those eyes
and that nose, you need not tell me
you hain’t. \Vhy your face looks like
a full moon in Indian summer; your
eyes blood shot, your nose like an im-
proved blood beet, and your breath
smells like :3. Oh, whew, what a
stench! H ere she nearly broke down
(for the want of words to express her-
self',) but she rallied and came once
more to the front and says, to thmk
you, the man I led to the Altar, should
conduct himself in this way. I do
belive I shall go mad (and I thought
she had’nt far to go.) \'Ve1l, I’ll make

V é”1'='eA'N  VISITOR. I

you pay for this my Joe John, now
you mark that. And she went to the
house, and I to the barn to unharness
Fred, and take a survey of‘ the situa-
tion. Now she undoubtedly thought
I was intoxicated, but I assure you,
such was not the case, as I am strictly
a temperance man. I was unable to
find any foundation for the compari-
sons she brought to bear upon my
manly phiz, and as to my breath, that
awful stench was caused by my eating
a few young onions at red-ribbon
lunch room, down town. Now all
things have an end, so did this day
and I will pass over the following
night and not trouble you with an ac-
count of this night of nights. The
next morning all seemed clear around
the domestic horizon, and planting
bag in hand I shouldered, my hoe and
started for the corn field, when I was
startled by that familiar voice, Joe
John, Joe John, where are you going’!
I replied, to the field to plant corn.
Then came the command—about face,
for-wurtl march, double quick. I’ve got
urgent business for you to-day, do
you hear? And wlien I put in a pro-
test that it was getting late and it was
time corn was planted, she replied:
Don’t you know the moon is in the
dark, and will be for two days yet?
So hang up your hoe and march.-
There was nothing left for me to do
but obey, so submitting with as good
a grace as possible, I marched and re-
ported for further orders, which were
forth coming. Pull off those boots
and put your slippers on, then pro-
ceed to carry the furniture out of the
parlor and parlor bed-room, into the
front yard, and be careful not to
scratch or move one single article.
I went to work, for I knew that to de-
cline any of these gentle requests
would bring down an avalanche of
words and vindictives that would
bury me beneath them, so after a
good deal of hard work and some
sw— sweating, the rooms were cleared.
Just then I caught a glimpse of llary
Ann coming up the front walk where
she had been hanging on the gate
talking with one of the neighbors for
the last hour, and her breakfast dishes
yet unwashed (urgent business, a/Lem.)
Got them out have you, with a sharp
glance at the furniture, to assure her-
self that it was uninjured. Now get
the tack lifter and get these carpets
loose as soon as possible for I am in
an awful hurry, the rooms must be
white—washed, the floors mopped, the
carpets cleaned and put down, the
furniture and pictures dusted and ar
ranged, beside all my house work, and
it must all be done by 3 o’clock, as I
have got to go and make a. few calls
with Mrs. Streeter, when I gently
hinted that if she had been doing
house work instead of hanging on the
gate talking, she might have got away
by two o'clock, she slopped over again
and said, Oh, yes! that’s always the
way, I can’t speak to one of my
neighbors with out you are mad about
it, and with head turned up to one
side and mouth askew, she left me
monarch of all I surveyed. By this
time the carpets were loosened, and
then came the carrying out, hanging
on a pole, whipping out the dust, &c.
Then came the white washing, which
was accomplished after some Sharp
sparring in regard to mixing and ap-
plying. \Vell you’ve got that done,
have you’! Now go to the barn and
get some oat straw, and be sure to
shake out all the chaff and dust, (just
as if I didn’t know enough for that,
hadn’t I taken that lesson every
spring and fall for the last ten years?)
Now we( just notice that we) must
hurry, so I can get one of the carpets
in and spread it on the floor. Mary
Ann comes to the door and looks it
over carefully, then walks to the OP-
posite side of the room, and takes a

view from that point, then goes to the
bed-room door and takes a. look at
right angles with the first view, and
then concludes she will have it turned
one-fourth around. There, that looks
better, it will bring the warm spots in
a different position. N ow you may
commence tacking it down on that
side. She has a perfect horror of
blood blisters under her finger nails,
so she thinks of something she must
do right away, and leaves me to com-
plete the job. And just as I reach
that desired point, Mary Ann put her
head in side the door and wants to
know how far it turned under on that
side ? I replied, about so far, measuring
about half way to my shoulder on my
arm. She said she expected it would
turn under some, as she measured by
her nose when she made it. I remark-
ed (to myself) that if she had meas-
ured by her tongue it would have
turned under still further. She flew
into a terrible passion and denounced
me and all my relation, and after ex-
hausting all the pet words in her vo-
cabulary; as a clincher, she picked up
the tack-lifter and shied it at me with
terrible force, but being an expert
dodger, (I have had considerable prac-
tice in the art) I dodged the missile.
The consequence was it struck the
floor, rebounded, passed out the door
and shivered the large plate mirror
that was secured to the bed-room
dressing bureau. Then as she took
in the situation, she gave one howl of
mingled rage and pain and fell to the
floor in a swoon. Now if there is any
thing I hate and that makes me ex-
tremely nervous, it is to see a woman
in a swoon. Of course I had to re-
sort to some restorative. Hardly re-
alizing what I was doing, I forced
about an ounce of Limberg cheese in-
to her mouth and held a lump of fetty,
(which in my nervousness 1 had mis-
taken for salts of ammonia) to her
nose. I don’t suppose there is another
man living that would have made
such a. blunder, but it produced the
desired result, and all I have got to
say in regard to the means employed
is that it is the most powerful restor-
ative ever concocted. Try it. It cer-
tainly beats a combination lock all to
pieces, for it unlocked Mary Ann's
senses in a hurry, and with one fran-
tic leap and a half choked utterance,
(that I was unable to understand on
account of its being so strongly fla-
vored with Linzberg), she sprung to
her feet and out on the lawn, where
she fell into the arms of Mrs. Streetcr.
\Vhat further took place at that time
I am unable to say, for my heart was
as full of thanksgiving at my success
as her mouth was of cheese, and I re-
tired to my closet to give vent to my
feelings. The result is I have been
keeping bachelor’s hall from that day
to this. The third day after Mary
Ann left me, I was summoned to ap-
pear before Judge Justice to answer
to the charge of fllaljoractice. I paid
$100 for the privilege of restoring
Mary Ann to consciousness as a final
result. There is now a. case of Chan-
cery in Court, brought by Mary Ann
against her husband for a bill of di-
vorce. I think I will let it go by de-
fault.

The above is to be continued if .\Ia-
ry Ann fails to get her Bill and Ali-
mony.

Yours in a. Happy State of Mind,

J on. J OHN.

After the reading it was moved and
supported that the Grievance Com-
mittee be instructed to have Joe.
John arrested and brought before the
Grange for reprimand. The House
adjourned before the question was
taken, the Chair having suggested’
that a “ Committee of Irfvestggatzovz
might be necessary to his discovery.

Visiting Their Agricultural College.

\Ve receive the from
Prof. VV. J. Bealz

On August 24th, about three hun-
dred persons visited the Agricultural
College. They were in two parties,
the larger coming from I)elhi Center.
as a Sunday school, the smaller from
the county east. The larger party
was composed largely of farmer’s fami-
lies, the smaller were mostly meni-
ot VVest Handy Grange, No. 613.
Several other companies are coming
although it is getting rather late in the
season to see the grounds, crops, gar-
dens, etc. to the best advantage.
The party referred to expressed them-
selves very much interested in what
they saw and heard. The Master of
West Handy Grange said that some
of their party had never visited this
place and none of them had visited it
for several years, most of them not
within eight years, although they had
lived only about fifteen miles away;
until within two years they had gen-
erally considered the College ausc-
less tax on the farmers, why? because
they had not taken the trouble to go
and see it, or because they had not
tried to get the reports and read for
themselves. They knew almost noth-
ing about it. They had certain theo-
rics, picked up from various sources.
Within two years they have entirely
changed their views, and become in
favor with their College. How came
these farmers eager to learn the
truth, and resolved to go and see and
know for themselves? It was a Grange
movement. Better late than never
but it does no credit to farmers who
will not sooner try to inform them-
selves about so important a move-
ment so near them until it has been go-
ing twenty years. There are many in
distant States who are better inform-
ed of what we are doing than most of
the farmers in our State. How are
we to reach this class? \Ve are
trying to reach them ina variety of
ways, by reports, by writing for the
papers, making experiments, answer-
ing questions, by Farmer’s Institutes
etc. We want the earnest co-opera-
tion of every true f'armer. VVe are
doing all we can for the elevation of
the farmers as a class.

When a company visits us, they let
us know befbreliand. The party
meets in the chapel for a few moments,
where they are briefly instructed as
to some of the experiments, where to
find the orchards, vineyards, gardens,
nurse1'y, wild gardens, green house,
plats of grasses,and large plants, plats
ofcorn, and wheat etc., and potatoes,
the fields, the cattle, the various
buildings, the niusenni, library, etc.
They take notes of these. They put
out their horses; take their lunch in
the grove. The visitors stroll about
in small companies as they may wish,
The College flag is raised, and the
comet band gives them music. We
have a large number 01' visitors dur-
ing the summer time, we are always
glad to see them, especially in the
best part of the year when crops can
be seen. Too many visit this institu-
tion in the winter, too few in the
summer.

I should have said that West I-laii-
dy Grange was induced, partly at
least, to visit us through the influence
of our worthy Bro. J. Webster Childs
who had dedicated their new hall, also
by one of our students who lived in
their neighborhood.

following

Fowls need charcoal when in con-
finement; but that from wood is not
palatable to them. The best way of
furnishing it to them is by chai-ring
an ear of corn The fowls will de-
vour it greedily, and the improved
condition of their combs will soon
show its wholesome effect.

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Moi<E.\'<-i, Aug. 18th, 1878.
Editor Grange V I3-8'1‘/01' -'
Permit me to offer a short coinmuiii-

cation for the columns of your paper.
The Granges of Southern Michigan and 1
Northern Ohio held their annual basket .
pic-nic in the grove of Bro, Baldwin, a J
few rods south oftlie village of Moreiici,
on the 8th of August. The meeting
was called to order and opened with a
few appropriate remarks by Bro. Ma.-
son, of Morenci Grange, followed by
speeches from Bros. Crabbs and Mick-
ley_ VVe had good singing by members
of different Granges, and the \\'eston
Cornet Band added life and joy to the
occasion. At twelve o’clock we ad-
journed for dinner, and a good, social
hour was enjoyed by all. _ At one
o'clock the assembly was again called
to order when Hon. C. G. Luce, of
Branch Co., was introduced, and deliv-
ered a splendid address, which was ap-
preciated by botli believer and unbe-
liever, and we think it was the means
ofawakening some careless ones to a
sense of their condition, and the value
of our ()rder, as we have heard of sever-
al such expressing a desire of late to be-
come a, “ granger, and with the gran-
gers stand.” At four o’clock the labors
of the day were completed. At half
past four the Pomona Grange held a
session in the Morenci Grange -liall.
The meeting was called to order by
Master Horton. After the reading of
the minutes of the last meeting, five ap-
plications for membership were accept-
ed, and the fifth degree conferred upon
the candidates ; after which the Grange
opened in the fourth degree, and all
fourth degree members were invited in.
Morenci Grange hall was beautifully
ornamented with evergreen and flow-
ers, fruit and grain. A large collection
of plants and flowers from the green
house of A. A. Abbott added much to
the beauty and freshness of its appear-
ance. Short speeclies and reports from
different Granges were listene(i to with
interest. The following poem was read
by Miss Alice Mason of Moi-enci
Grange: -

PATRONS \VEli(.‘OMEl

‘We welcome brothers to our throng,
VVho clear the fields for growing grain‘,
Who cultivate and labor long,
And wait for sunshine and for rain.
And when the harvest, ready, white,
Invites their labor and their care,
Go forth with sickles shining bright,
And gather in a. bounteous share ;
Then list, ye busbimdnien, the call,
Of, “ VVelconie, Welcome, to our Hall.”

And Sisters, too, with shepherds‘ crook,
The roaming flocks were yours to shield ;
And then beside the rippling brook,
, Faithfully gleaned in harvest field ;
Enlisted now within our band,
My noble sister Matrons dear,
Ti you we give a willing hand,
And lisp a welcome word of cheer.
’l‘lien welcome, welcome, inatrons all,
To a seat within oui- hall.

We ope’ the gates of ball and home.
To all who give the signal true,

And with our secret pnss—Wu1'dS come,
Their pledge, fraternal, to renew.

\Ve know no party, Chnrcli or sect,
While here within the Patrons rooiii.

N o strangers at our harvest feast,
But brothers, sisters, all at home.

Then welcome, welcome, Patrons all
To a seat within our hall.

The Grange was interested and in-
structed by some very spicy remarks
t'rom Bro. Luce. and at half past ten
closed; all feeling that a pleasant and
profitable day had been spent.

SPRING\'iLLE, Aug. 24, 1878.

Brother Cobb .-

IfI mistake not, as yet nothing has
ever appeagd in \the) £1)/'-isitor from

' rin vi le ‘range I o. ‘.7 .

bpButgi"or all that we are by no means
dead, and ifyou will bear with me I
will tell you something of our doings.
\Ve have no hall of our own, but have
been able so far to rent a building that
answers our purpose well; we have a
portion of it set apart for a store, where

ies, besides buying at wholesale many

1, mznodities. VVe have ust pur-
gfiagdcoover forty bushels Timothy

seed, and have been able to make quite
asaving on all investments. But lest
my article should become too lengthy I
must proceed at once to what  wish
more particularly to speak of. \Ve
have had during the summer months
what we term semi-inontlily afternoon
tea-parties, where we meet in social iii-
tercourse, entering into discussions up-
on various subjects. The last one was
held at the above date at the residence
of Bro. Daniel Maslatt. These subjects
were discussed; Is the Sowing of Salt
Beneficial to Our Land, and \\'hat is
the Best Variety of Wheat to Sow. E.
R. Kilbury had but little experience in
sowing salt, had sown salt upon his
whole field of wheat, and could not tell
the benefit. He mixed salt and plaster
half and half. He thought different
soils needed different kinds of wheat,
Clawson’s for openings, Amber for
timber lands, and would sow from 10th
to 12th of September. D. C. Richards
had never sown any salt himself, but
once worked foraman in York State,
who sowed salt and thought it an inju-
ry. In sowing wheat he thought we
should be governed by the condition of
the ground; in hot and dry weather,
wheat would malt before it would come
up ; would sow vai-ieties as above incu-
tioned. Geo. Sheelan sowed salt on his
wheat last spring, and noticed that it
very soon changed in color foi- the bet-
ter. B. B. Hines had an interest in a
piece of wheat sown with salt; the straw
was bright, heads well filled and plump,
while a piece just over the fence where
no salt was sown was struck with rust;
same kind of wheat and soil. R. Wood-
en from his observation thought he
should sow salt this fall on his wheat.
Bro. Morey had used salt, and thought
he should use it again. He thought it
had a tendency to stiffen the straw,
thereby making it stand better. He had
sown it on his corn-field, and did not
have to plant over where the salt was
applied. \Vni. Ousted had a piece of
wheat which was being entirely eaten
up by some worm. An application of
saltseemed to arrest their work. The
discussion ended with a select reading

by Sister Taylor. J. E. Giisns, Sec.

COVI-lIt'l‘, VAN BPREN Co. Mich.. 1

Aug. 1.‘-lth, 1878. I
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

Dear Sir :—Tlie Van Buren County
Grange held its third quarterly session
in South Haven, Aug. 8th. There was
a very good attendance of the members,
also agoodly number of visitors from
Allegan and Berrien Counties. Among
them I noticed Bros. Barnard and wife,
Bishop, Miller, Mai-rs, Rector and
Thomas Mason, of Chicago. Bro. Ma-
sen favored us with a short address set-
ting forth the trials and claims of the
Patrons Commission House in Chicago.
His remarks were timely and Well re-
ceived, and I think that the mind of
every Patron was, that he ought to be
sustained in his efforts to secure for the
Patrons all that their produce should
bring in that market. He explained
why it is so often the case that common
fruits were returned as bringing as
much or more than the best. He ad-
vised all Patrons to put up their pack-
ages as near alike in quality as possible,
thereby causing it to sell upon its me;--
its. Mr. Maseii said that Patrons need
not be afraid of sending him too much
ofa good article. Bros. Barnard, Mil-
ler and Hogiie favored us with short,
spirited addresses. \Ve were kindly re-
ceived by the South Haven Grange,
and entertained by them with the true
hospitality of Patrons. Our Sessions
were harmonious and useful to all con-
cerned. Our Co-operative business
seems to lag at the present time, but we

hope that the present stringency will ’

relax, and that Patrons will feel able to
take hold of the matter and make it a
success. Crops are fair; corn is suffer-
ing for want of i-ain ; apples are a light
crop in this vicinity; peaches will not
be any thing here, and around South
Haven they are not a good crop. The
Orders seem to be growing stronger in
this County——that is to say that al-
though We may not number as many as
formerly, yet We are stronger in mor-
al and intellectual character than ever.
The Grange has come to stay, and is al-
ready a great power in the land. and
that for good. Hoping that the princi-
ples we hold will become better known,
I subscribe myself, Yours Fraternally,
~ JAMES O’KEi-1-H.

At a meeting of Kent County Grange
No. 18, held at the hall of Whitney-
ville Grange No. 22;’, the following pre-

 

'1lI-IE GRANGE ’ WISIT

amble and resolutions were unanimous-
ly adopted :

Whereas, A firm by the name of Jos-
eph Biekford & Co., ofYpsilanti, Micli.,
are extorting- money from farmers in
various parts ofthis State for pretended
infringements upon a patent claimed to
be held by said firm for a slip gate, and

lVhe-reas, we know said gate to have
been in general use by the farmers in
this County several years prior to the
time claimed for said patent;

Therefore, Resolved, That we will re-
sist and refuse payment of any money
as a royalty to said firm or any of their
agents for the use of said gate.

Resolved Further, That we will unite
and defend any member of the Order in
any suit that may be instituted against
the aforesaid pretended infringement
by said parties, or any other person or
persons. Signed,

WM’. P. \Viii'i-.\'E\', Master.
M. B. HINE, Secy.

VVHI'r.\'i«:\'viLLE, Kent Co., lg
August 26th, 1878. )
lVorthy See’_y Cobb .-

Having seen no correspondence from
our Grange in the Visri-on, I think it
may not be uninteresting to our Sister
Granges to know that \Vhitneyville
Grange, No. 2:12 yet lives, although some
of its enemies long since predicted its
speedy dissolution; but no doubt the
“ wish was father to the thought,” and
if any of our Anti-Grange friends (?) had
been present at our meeting last Satur-
day evening, we think even they would
have been compelled to acknowledge
that it was a pretty “lively corpse.”
‘We have now about fifty members in
good standing, besides four candidates
on whom was conferred the fii-st degree
at our last meeting. There are also
several delinquents, some of whom sig-
nify their intention of returning again
to the fold this fall. “And still the lamp
holds out to burn.” The chief attrac-
tion at our last meeting was our new
Organ, which was used for the first time
that evening. It is one of the Beatty
organs from \Vashington, N. Y. It is a
beautifully made, and very sweet toned
instrument, sent on fifteen days trial,
and only cost, including freight, 650.,
about seventy dollars. It is needless to
add that it gives complete satisfaction,
and if any of our Grange friends are
desirous of purchasing an instrument,
we would advise them to give this kind
a trial before buying any other. We
have a Grange Social, composed of the
ladies of our Society, which contributed
forty dollars towards the organ. The
Kent County Pomona Grange was held
at our Hall on the 7th instant, and al-
though your correspondent was un-
avoidably absent, being engaged in
teaching the “young idea,” and can
not speak from observation, it was said
by those present to have been very en-
tertaining and instructive. Last, but
not least was a feast of good things pro-
vided by our worthy matrons, of which
all partook with hearty zest. VVe have
not any hall of our own as yet, (other
than two of our candidates) but occupy
a very convenient room which we have
rented ever since our organization some
four years ago. But we hope by anoth-
er year or so we will have a building of
our own.

I have much more to say, especially
on the subject of Education of farmers’
children, but I fear I have already ta-
ken up to much space that would have
been better occupied by others, but if I
am made welcome this time, I may at
some future time come again.

Yours, Fraternally, L.

GENESEE PIONEER GRANGE, 118.
Aug, 12th, 1878.]
Brother  T. Cobb.-

Dear Sir:—I see by the last Visilor
you wish to be posted in regard to the
apple <_3I‘0p. I.happen to be one of a
committee of six, who were appointed
to ascertain and report upon the crops,
and the prospects of the different crops
in this vicinity. The wheat is now har-
_vested and being thrashed, and is yield-
ing from 20 _to 35 bushels per acre. Oats
W1”_b9 3 light crop in quantity and
q“311ty- Barley Was n_0t much raised,
but what there was suffered damage by
the rains: Of com the prospect now is
that it will be.poo_r; it is late, and a
300d share of it will never mature. The
trouble with the corn was too much
(Vxgtls “I;sm‘2]z1(i)e‘etlite5hland cold. The hay

an an average but

gas badly damaged by the rains.
rapes and peaches bid fair to be plen-
t.Y-V Phe apple crop bid fair last spring
to be large, ut late frosts damaged the

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prospects, and I think the wet weather
has had a tendency to make them fall
off; but I believe there will be an aver-
age crop. I think that our Grange
could get two car loads and perhaps
more. I shall have myself lialfeiiough
foracar load; other Grange.-i in the
County will have coiisiderable. “'9
would like to know how they will be
waiited—on commission or plll‘Cll:l[~‘¢-
here 1’ It may be that it will be a good
outlet for our apples. lam satisfied
from observation, not only for this seas-
on but for years, that the great reinc<l_\-
for too much wet or dry is a thorough
under-draining of our land. I have S0011
fields of oats this summer that \Ve1'<-.
sown on clay land not under-drained
that becanie so crusted over that the
seed never half grew. Yours,
\V.\i. Ai.(i.\’ri-L.

BIR.\iI.\'GllA.\f,1\ll(‘l{, u

, Aug, 19. lsrs, ,’
1};-o.J. T. Cobb .-

The next regular meeting of the Oak-
land Pomona Grange, No. 5, l’. of H.,
will be held at Pontiac, on ’l‘uesd:iy,
Oct. 8th, 1878, at one o’clock p. In,
Members of the Order are cordially .-o-
licited to attend. Yours I-‘raternally,

Josi-:i-ii J.\<-i<.-'.o.\', Sci‘.

The next meeting of the St. Clair (‘o.
Grange No. 1:.’ will be held at the hall
of Jeddo Grange No. 491, Jeddo, at lo
o’clock a. m. on \Vednesday, Aug. 2:3,
1878. All Patrons in this and adjoining
Counties are cordially invited to attend.

Mosics L()(‘Ki-1,
Master Jeddo Grange No. 491.

lVO/'l/I.__I/ 1)"/*0. C0111) .'

Dear Sir and Brotlier:—'l‘lie Hills-
dale Pomona Grange No. 10, l’. of
H., will hold a meeting at Fay-
ette Grange Hall in the village of .lcii-

esville, on VVednesday the 4th day of

next September. E. J. Hoi>(:Es, Sec.

TIIE REAPER, DEATII.

Sister Ada, daughter of Joseph and Natiii-_v
Baker, aged 23, died of consumption, on the
26th day of May, 1878 The deceased when
prostrated by her last sickness, held the office of
Pomona, in Flower Grange No. 497, of which
she was a charter member, and as long as health
permitted, was a regular attendant and efficient
worker; and,

WV/zereus, It has pleased God to remove this
our sister from among us, therefore,

Resolved, That in her death we lose a quiet,
peztueable, worthy member; her family, :1. treas-
ure; the neighborhood, a friend.

Resolved, That the above obituary, preaniblc
and resolutions be printed in the Grange I-’i'i-i-
tor, and spread upon the records of our Grzuige.

MARTIN BAKER, Secretary.

Flower Grange, P. H., No. 497, 2

Claybanks, Mich., Ana. 222d, 1878. )

LINES COMPOSED BY DR. R. SABIN, SHELBY, .\lll‘li.

Once again our Grange is mourning
For a noble sister gone,

But we'll meet her in the morning
When we reach our final home.

Oh l how sad the stroke has fallen
On a mother’s loving heart,

But we know that angels calling,
Bid our loving ones depart.

And a. sister, sad and lonely,
Brother dear and father, too,

All must give up one so lovely,
And, with us, blcl her adieu.

Ever through a long, long sickness,
As the vital forces fade,

Did our sister bear with nieekness
The afflictions on her laid.

And when death relieved this Matron,
While kind friends around did weep i

Like a good and noble Patron,
She in Jesus feel asleep.

We shall sadly miss our sister,
When we come to our retreat,
But we know that angels bless her,

And she's waiting us to greet.

Mrs. E. M. Crawford, wife of A. N. Cl"-W"
ford, of Ganges, died June 2d. 1378. aged.“
years. Michigan Lake Shore Grmige, 0* Whwh
the deceased was a member, adopted the follow-
ing tribute to her memory : ,

Whereas, The harvester, Death ,has entei"€<
our midst, and taken from our number om‘ be‘
loved Sister Crawford ; therefore, I

Resolved, That in the death of our sister, We
have lost 9. useful and beloved member Of °‘,"
Order, that as a Grange we lament her deal ';
and earnestly tender our sympathies to 0”‘
Brother and the family and friends that 1'10"”
her loss. .

Resolved, That our Charter be drape‘! ";
mourning for sixty days; that these r8501“t‘;’1’1‘e
be entered upon our record, a copy sent W . _
family. and a copy to the Visi-i-on for P“b"°a

ion.

 


 

The Grange.

Extracts from a paper read before
NeWilI'k, N. Y., Grange, April 0th,
1978 :

The Grange is, practically, one of
the new things of our times. \\'hat
the order has accomplished has been
done within a brief period, and what
‘t has failed to do, it has a few years
bf existencie to ‘aetblpmedt for. \Vigli-
nut, going into e a1 5 as 0 reasons or
its :1-ganization, the fact was plainly
evident that the rural masses were

» ' -' nt in man im or an ranc es
Lltlltle ' y’ P t T» b h
of education ; that they held too
strongly to the traditions _of their
fathers, instead of being guided by
the revelations of science and newer
experience, and there was not that
concert of thought and effort that
characterizes most other pursuits.
l-lecreation and social enjoyment did
not receive their proper share of at-
tention; and in short, a boundless and
exhaustless field appeared to be open-
ed, in which united laborsél of head};
heart and hand would pro uce ric
and abundant fruits. The fact Was
quite too plain that even thelbest
farmers were not living up to t ie re-
quiremems or privileges of this en-
lightened and ‘progressive age. The
very nature of a farmer's yearjy lop-
erations is calculated to teaci uni
the virtue of patient waiting, laboring
always, rather than to inspire a Zea
for new opinions and practices. Re-
lying upon the promises of “ seed
time and harvest,” he becomes accus-
tomed to “ wait for things to come a-
round.” Vhile thus waiting, men,
things and events have conie_around
him in ways not always for his good.

As long as farmers are simply try-
inv to “hold the even tenor of their
wgy,” individually, they are relative-
ly going backwards. People of every
other calling, l3l‘£1l11p(:, pliieveshand pol-
iticians not excepte , ave t eir ex-
clusive associations for the particular
benefit of members of their craft. A
mutual association of some sort for
fa1‘u1e1‘S had become, not a desirable
choice, but an absolute necessity.
l'nder the circiiinsta-nces ti movement
which promises social, moral, mental
and financial benefits, even at a small
sacrifice of time, money and preju-
dice. could not be expected to make
rapiddpnd genteral prggé-esis tt)htroughd-‘
Ou e coun ry. ia is an
customs were too firmly fixed, and
the change to new and untried meth-
ods too great, not to require time and
education before their adoption be-
came general. Comparative ignor-
ance on the part of those to be bene-
fitted, as well as a lack of confidence
in humanity,were at the same time
serious obstacles and impelling mo-
tives to the pro ress of the new or-
der of things. g.\ll obstacles to the
contrary notwithstanding, the growth
of the Grange has been tolerably rap-
id and in the main satisfactory. This
niiiy suggest such questions as “ \Vhat
is the Grange ?” ‘* What has it done,
and what is it going to do ?” Briefly
—it is an institution which seeks to
better. in every sense of the word, the
condition of farmers and their fami-
lies, without defrauding any individu-
ill or class. As an educater it has al-
ready done much by teacliiug the
first step toward knowledge, “ to know
that we are ignorant.” If it seems
like assuming too much to claim that
connection with the order has taught
us this, there is plenty of other evi-
dence to prove the ignorant condition,
as well as the consciousness of it-
l_laVe we not been told from time to
time, and rather emphatically, too,
that farmers are ignorant; that they
do not understand business ; that they
cannot agree to unite, even for their
0WI_1 interests; that they cannot keep
their own counsels or secrets? The

THE GRANGE VISITORPQAP

manner of telling often implies that
they are hopelessly ignorant; _that
they cannot even manage their own
affairs _; that they are in constant dan-
ger of violating the universal and im-
mutable laws of trade; that so sim-
ple an affair as a mutual life or fire
insurance association is an abstruce
science quite beyond their possibili-
ties. No need of the grange to teach
us that we lack culture and social ac-
complishmenls. Reminders of that
fact come quite often enough from
those of our fellow mortals who move
in other walks of life.

Right here the farmers’ organiza-
tion lias furnished inca’culable aid
and comfort to another class. Those
who would speak slightly of us or our
occupation, have only to use the word
grangers, and they have said volumes.
In their opinion it is equivalent to us-
ing all the disrespectful epithets ever
applied to the ignorant and unfortu-

nate tillers of the soil. But a
brighter day is dawning, .\lan’s

first and noblest occupation is “look-
ing up.” In the triumph of mind ov-
er matter, none have greater opportu-
nities than the farmer. I make the
assertion without the fear of contra-
diction, that nothing has given a
greater impetus to improved methods
of agriculture and general education
among farmers than this same Pa-
trons movement. The order is yet in
iiifaiiey, but promises well for reach-
ing full maturity, and perhaps a
hearty and honorable old age.

That class of croakers, who were
wont to predict its early demise, ap-
pear to be completely discouraged as
prophets. Much of the opposition
and disfavor with which the move-
ment has had to contend, have come
from a misapprehension of its ino-
tives and its objects. It has been re-
garded in the light of a “ trades’
union ” among mechanics, or a coinbi-
nation among manufacturers or deal-
ers. \-Vere such organizations con-
ducted on strictly grange principles,
their whole management would be
changed and much good would result,
There can be no possible objection to
members of any trade or profession
uniting for their own instruction or
profit, so long as the rights or privi-
leges of any individual or class are in
no way lessened or endangered there-
by. Duty to ourselves, to our fami-
lies, to our fellow beings, and to our
country requires that we should study
to make the best possible use of our
time, our talents and our means. How
can we better do this than -by occa-
sional meetings to confer with those of
kindred interests and occupation ?

Some may be disappointed that we
are not already obtaining more and
greater pecuniary benefits. If any
members are inclined to blame the or-
der in general, remember W-e have no
right to do so, until the component
part which we form, is doing its ut-
most to help the whole order, to be-
come what it might and should be.
To plead a lack of confidence is sim-
ply to confess a want of faith in each
other, which I am sure we do not feel.
I presume the members of a igrange
at the outset might be divided into
three classes as regards their coiifi-
dence in the order, and their reasons
for joining it-. The first have no par-
ticu-ar confidence in the order, but
join because it seems to be popular
and may help them to accomplish
some personal ends. Tney do not ex-
pect to benefit the grange, and as
soon as their motives are understood;
nobody expects they will. Another
class have all confidence, in fact ex-
pect wonders, and seem to think the
grange will do it all, leaving nothing
to be done by them as individuals.
Such, of course, are doomed to disap-
pointment. The third, and it is to be
hoped the largest class, are those who

realize that by judicious and united
efforts much may be accomplished,
that the grange will become just what
its members unitedly determine to
make it. As soon as this class absorbs,
or even outnumbers the other two,
all vision of failure will vanish

I believe that every grange, inde-
pendent of any connection with Na-
tional, State or County organizations,
has, within itself, ability and resour-
ces sufficient to accomplish great and
good results for all its inembers. In
a united capacity we are apt to lose
sight of individual responsibility and
duties. Perfectioii in every part is
essential to a harmonious whole. In
case of such members as claim that
the grange “ does not pay,” there is
often the best of reason for it——-it does
not owe them anything. Those who
are punctual and regular in the atten-
dance, and prompt and cheerful in
their discharge of all their duties to-
wards the grange, are not given to
making such complaints. Patrons of-
ten hear the injunction, “ \\'liatever
you strive to do, do it well,” and they
cannot be too careful about lieeding
it. l'nder the old order {of things,
lack of time has been one of the most
serious evils the farmer has had to suf-
fer. Even now there are plenty of
members who imagine they cannot
spend time to attend the meetings of
their grange. Fifteen minutes saved
each day, by improved management
or some other device not already in
use. will cover all the time necessari-
ly spent in attendance.

For my part I believe that one of
the essential benefits of the grange
consists in taking its members from
their regular and exhausting labors
for a few .l1011Z'S every week. This
saving every minute is one of the
matters on which our judgment is of-
ten at fault. Many who aim or claim
never to waste a moment, really waste
their whole lives as far as the good
they have done is concerned. \\'e lay
all sorts of plans for enjoying life and
making others happy at some future
time, and neglect the present oppor-
tunities for doing both. Less time
and thought spent in regrets for the
past, and plans for the future, would
leave all that is necessary for present
duties or enjoyment.

Before the days of the grange, farm-
ers knew but little concerning the
first cost of the most common articles
they use. The difference between
buying for cash or credit is one of the
things we are beginning to learn. So,
too. of large quantities or small. A
certain manufacturer would not sell a
dozen plow points at a time for cash,
at any less rate than a single one on
credit. His excuse Was, “ to serve
everybody alike.” A remark being
made not particularly complimentary
to his manner of doing business, he
replied, “ Plow points are a pretty
close thing anyway.” Pretty close to
all profit, thought I to myself. Shrewd
but honest dealers are no longer back-
ward about seeking the grange trade
and making it an object for iarmers
to buy for cash, and in larger quanti-
ties. Life and insurance associations,
on some plan that will keep their high-
est officers out of the penetentiaries,
and their patrons out of the poor-
houses, have also become necessary.
The difference between paying actual
losses and necessary expenses, instead
of imaginary losses, enormous salar-
ries, commissions and expenses, is get-
ting to be understood. These associ-
ations are already among the most
successful and practical grange eiiter-
prisés. A little effort is all that is
necessary to increase their usefulness
many fold. VVhile it would be impos-
sible to predict the future of our or-
der, too much attention cannot be
given to the performance of its pres-

ent requirements.

7 77

Iiiiproveinents in Farming.

Although the application of labor-
saving machines to agriculture is far
behind the application of these agen-
cies to the mechanic arts andZmanu-
factures, still it is wonderful how
much more work can be done, and
how much more produce can be raised
by the farmer of to-day than by his
father forty or fifty years ago. It was
stated in a paper read before the So-
cial Science association at Cincinnati,
on the patent system of the U. S.
by Carroll D. \Vright, that fifty
years ago, when corn was planted by
hand, two acres a day was good work
for one man; now an Illinois farmer
with a check-sower and horses can
plant fifty acres a day, doing the
work of seven men under the old sys-
tem. Before the invention of corn-
shellers, shelling was done by hand,
and three to five bushels a day was a
man’s work ; now two men with a.
sheller driven by a farm engine can
turn out 1,500 bushels a day at a cost
of one-half cent a bushel. Seed sow-
ing is now done by machines at the
rate of twenty acres a day, and much
more evenly and thoroughly done
than in the old days of broadcast hand
sowing. In 1845 the McCormick
reaper was first introduced, and 150
of them built at Cincinnati, but it did
not come into general use until 1852.
It enables one man and a team to
perform the work of seven cradles.
But even the reaper did not bind the
grain into sheaves, and up to four
years ago the farmer had to pay bind-
ers $3 a day. In 1873 the first self-
binder was introduced, and now 3.
combined reaper and binder, drawn
by a pair of horses and a man, will
cut and bind twelve to fifteen acres of
grain a day, doing the work of twelve
men. Less than fifty years ago cot-
ton was cleaned—that is, the fibre
separated from the seed—by hand, at
the rate of four or five pounds of
cleaned cotton to the hand per day.
Now with a gin it is cleaned at the-
rate of 4,000 pounds a day. Twenty
years ago the rule was for one man
with a horse and plow to cultivate
twenty acres of corn ; now the rule is.
for one man with a sulky culti-
vatordrawn by a pair of horses to
take care of eighty acres. In 1870
there were 6,000,000 persons reported
engaged in agriculture in the United
States, and the product of their labor,
with the aid of machinery was 287,-
600,000 bushels wheat; 761,000,000
bushels corn , 282,000,000 bushels
oats; 17,000,000 bushels rye; 29,761,-
000 bushels barley; 3,000,000 bales of
cotton; 27,000,000 pounds flax; 12,-
746 tons hemp; 27,310,000 tons hay ;
73,635,000 pounds rice; 262,535,000
pounds of tobacco; 104,000,000 bush-
els potatoes; and smaller amounts of
other crops. But if this immense ag-
ricultural report had been raised en-
tirely by the slow and feeble pro-
cesses in use fifty years ago, it would
have required 25,000,000 persons in-
stead of 6,000,000.

Our agriculture possesses one great
advantage over our manufactures
which saves it from the results of over-
-production. It has a foreign mar-
ket for all the surplus it can yield.
VVe cannot eat any more bread now
than we ate twenty years ago, yet
one man can produce four or five
times as much; but we can always
find a foreign market for what we do
not ourselves consume——and this
saves the farming interest from the
breakdown which excessive produc-
tion brings to manufacturers. \\'ere
it not for this foreign market, we
would have to break up our farm ina-
chinery and go back to the old hand
methods, to prevent the land from be-
ing glutted with uncoiisuincd pro-
duce.—-St. Louis Repzrblican.

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IIo'r alum water is the best insect
destroyer known. Put the alum into
hot water and let it boil until all the
alum is dissolved; then apply it hot
with a. brush to all cracks, closets,
bedsteads, and other places where
any insects are found. Ants, bed-
bugs, cockroaches, and creeping
things are killed by it; while it has
no danger of poisoning the family or
injuring the property.

To <'L'uE a felon take a pint of com.
mon soft soap and stir in air-—slacked
lime till it is the consistency of glaz-
ier’s putty. Blake a leather thinible,
fill it with this composition and iii-
sert the finger therein, and the cure
is certain. This is a domestic appli-
cation that every housekeeper can
obtain promptly.

As soon as the upper portion of the
straw of the cereals become yellow,
no further increase takes place in the
seed. If the grain be not cut down
soon after the appearance of this sign,
its quality deteriorates and its weight
diminishes.—.7V. E. Fh-rmer.

Even the railway embaukments in
many parts of France and Belgium
are fringed with fruit trees, and many
of the small tenant fruit growers in
Jersey and Guernsey have made mon-
ey sufficient to enable them to pur-
chase their own land.

—A Yankee was asked if he had
crossed the Alps mountains “ “'31,
now you call my attention to the fact,
I guess I did pass over some risin’
ground.

——A politician who was kicked
downafiight of stairs in St Louis,
said he felt as if his seat had been
contested.

PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES
Kept in the oflice. of the Secretary of the
MICHIGAN s'r'A'rE GRANGE,

Ami sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Or-
der, over the seal of a Subordiwmte Grange,
and the sigmztm'e of its Master 01‘ i\'ecretary.

Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .-til 2.5
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to

keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . I 00
Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . I 00
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the

Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . 50

Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
Irom 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, . . . . . . . . . . . . . -30
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 cop 15 etc. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . I 80
Rituals, sing e copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . I5
“ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent
free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blank Applications for Membership in P0-
mona Granges, 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., Moraeco with tuck, . I 00

Notice to Delinquent Members, per I00. . . 40

Address, J. T. COBB,
Si-:c’Y MICH. STATE GRANGE,
SCHOOLCRAFT. MICH.

i'1‘I'i1%: i(i'r‘RANé-“IE VISITSGR. S

C O LV I N S’
EUREKA BEE — HIVE

and Iioi-icy Racks.
MADE ON AN ENTIRELY NEVV PLAN.

A Great Advancement in BEE-CULTURE.
Gives UNIVERSAL SATISFACTION where-
introduced.

Liberal discount on large Orders.

Address,
McC.-ILL & VVILLIAIWS,
Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo (‘o.. Mich

MCC.-ILL .i' VVILLIAMS:

G1-:NTs:—Aftera thorough trial of the El’-
REKA BEE-HIVES, both for Comb and Ex-
tracted Honey: I can positively assert, that for
saving, and making large colonies, and for the
production of surplus Honey, it is unequaled
by any Hive that 1 have ever seen or used.

Yours,
Lnnu: Tnonrsox.

I do hereby endorgtlie statement of Mr.

Lyman Thompson.
0. H. FELLOWS.

GRAN GERS
And Others, Visiting KALAMAZOC,
\Vill find a good place to stop

By the Day or for Dlculs
at the new GRANGE HOUSE,

“OUR. I-IC)l\?[E,”
(Formerly Sheridan House,)
Corner MAIN and ROSE Streets.

_Sl"519 .1lI.‘3fi.?9_"9.‘}l:.S;

J. M. CHIDISTESR,

STATE BUSINESS AGENT, I’. ofH.,

DEALER IN

GRAINS»

—A1\'D—

All kinds of Country Produce,
80 VVOODBRIDGE S'l‘., West,

DETROIT, - - MICHIGAN

Patron’s Commission House!
THOMAS MASON,

General Enmmisslun Merchant.

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

Flllllli. VEGETABLES. BUTTER. EGGS.

Poultry, Wool, Hides,
PELTS, TALLOW, and DRESSED HOGS.

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

L UMBER 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 personal attention to business, we
hope to merit, receive, and retain a liberal share
of your patronage.

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

Cash must Accompany’ 01-ders
to Insure Prompt Attention.

Also, Collecting and Distributing Agent of

l the Michigan Lake Shore Fruit Growers’ A550-

 

- _- ,§§ uu.r.r.m«:.wnr1‘; no AND
'|l*‘|li‘:.ll".‘t.lFRAl’lI ns'n'ru'rr«:. Bonn:

‘ I 3, Be 41‘ Journal.
""153 ” Ur W.F.PABS()NB,Prest.

149dl&w3nJ Kalamazoo, Mic h.

l ciation.
i —REFERENCES :—
’ Merchiuits’ National Bank, Chicago, Ill,
J. J. \Voodman, Paw Paw, Mich.
_ J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.
‘ C. L. Whitney, M uskegon, Mich.
R. C. Tate. Pres’t Mich, L. S. F. G. Association,
St. Joseph, Mich.

l
l
 “g I W. A. Brown, Sec‘y Mich. L. S. F. G. Ass’n,

.\'tevL-nsville, Mich.
fig?“ .\‘te/zcils, ‘S/u']{pi'/Lg 'l'u_z/.9, and ;lIuI‘fcet He-
po/ls /urmslzerl on uppiimtion.
I CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. may3U

 

Sample Hive—Comp1ete, - - $3.50.‘

THE TWENTY-SECOND

_ (EDITION

“Descriptive Price List’

OF OUR

’ for the Fall of 1878 is

NOW READY.

It is the most complete work we ever published.

Contains <lCs‘CI'l‘ptl(ms .'lIl(l

prices of all classes of goods, such as

Dry Goods, Gloves, Ilosiery, .N0ti0n.s-, Ccu'p(.'fs, Oil Cloths,
Cutleiry, Silver and IS"l-(l/'6')’ Plated Ware, W(¢t(:Im.~', Jew-
ell’!/, Sewi~ng ]lIacIu"ne.s', ’1'ruui.'s_. 1'r(tveh'n.._r/ Bug.»-1.
Pipes, Tobacco, Cig/«rs, Tens, A’'('.

“'0 also issue Supplements containing prices of GRUCERIES. EU‘-

Thcse “ I‘I{l( ‘Ii

LISTS " are almost indispensable to those who desire to 1Jli!'I.‘ll1lS€ any class of grwxls for per.-omil

or family use. FREE to any address.

.M0.N'TGO.Ml*71{I”' WL£I]i’.]) 5" 00.,

227 and 229 “'al):Isli Art‘... ('IIl(.'AC-0, Hill.

THE KALAMAZOO

Spring Tooth Cultivator

__0R_

HARROWI

Miiiiufactured by

D. O. and H. C. REED & 00.,
KALAMAZOO, MICH.
Saws Time and ]V[0neg/
TO THE FARMER.

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Purl-‘iirllier Particulars sail for Circular.

0

We refer farmers, by permission, to

E. 0. HUMPHBEY, Pres. of State Agric’l Society,
WM. H. COBB, Pres. Kalamazoo Co. “ “

and 200 of the best farmers of Kalamazoo L‘-0.. 

who used this Harrow last season.
D. C. and H. C. REED & C0.

IVRITE FOR (JIRCULARS T0
The PHELPS &. BIGELOW

Manufacturers of the

WIND MILL.

And Dealers in
PUMPS, PIPES,TANKS, &c.

_“ Nos. ll, «l6 8' l8 ll. lliirdick St.,
 KALAMAZ()O,MICH.

 
  

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Eclipse Automatic Gate!

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And many of the Co. Pairs of the State. It is

Easily llperalall. Simple. Durable and Cheap.

when 010385» each end of the Gate rests u
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post. For (late or Right, address the Patentee,
KARI. E. RUDD,

July 133: 1378' Cassoroms, Mien.

Wind Mill C0.,'

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l1iEAi)Y FOB AGENTS!

 Tl-IE TEIVIIPERANCE

COOK BOOK!

A ljoiiipletv, Guide to Plain and ltich Cook-
ing. Ice Creams, Summer Drinks, Sauces, etc .
without the use of \Vine, Brniidy or otlu-r
liquors. House-keeping and House-fiii*iiisIiiii;,r.
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 Soup;
Coloring: and Flower Culture.

A(l\lfCr:S,
CllRIS'l‘I_\N flER.\l.l),
BUS! Jefferson Ave., DETROIT, MICH.

iSVVm. I-I. HARRIS,

(Successor to N. I). W1-;'rMoni:,)

General Cu-uieralive Graiige Agent.
WESTERN BUSINESS A SPECIALTY.
No. 18 (Iorondolet Street, New Orleans.

Orders for Siigar, Molasses, Coiiec, Rice, and
all Southern products tilled at Wholesale cash
prices. Consignments of Flour, Meal, Bacon,
Lard, Corn, Oats, Hay, \Vheat, Bran, Apple-S.
Potatoes, Cabbage, Butter, Eggs, Poultry and
Stock solicited. a§’Send for Circular.

.:?r5i\i STOCK SCALES.
$ 53 C3 ..

FREIGIIT PAID, AND NO MONEY ASK
ED TILL TESTED.

JONES, of Binghamton,

BINGHAMTOX, N. Y.

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Paw Paw, Mic-h., May 18th, lST3-
Jo.\'i-;s, or Bixeiruirox : ’

My Scales give entire sot.-‘s/‘action. I _ha\f€
subjected it to the most severe tests, and find it
not only correct in weighing large or 5111
amounts, but perfec-1/g reliable.

Yours, Fraternally. ,
J. J. WOODMA).

_ _______,______,.,.

[Signed]

German Horse and Euw Pnwdel.

It should be the aim of every farmer to mill‘;
his horses and cattle as handsome and nselu
as possible. Nearly every teamster who drives
a team of very fine horses feeds Condition
Powders, either openly or secretly. _ I.

The Grerinaii Horse and Cow Bowdql‘ “.0
. the highest value for stock. It aids dlgeshfin
_ and assiniulutioii. It helps to develop all ttfi
, powers or the animal. It improves its beaugi
and increases its usefiilness. It makes fat 311k
milk. By using it a horse will do more W02‘ 1;
andacow give more milk, and be in bete
nondition, with less food. ‘ M

By giving poultry a heaped ta.Ulé-’5l_’°°k"P
occasioualiy in a quart of chop, it will 
them healthy and increase the quuntity of 9¢.';‘|'
By giving hogs a large heaped.talJlesP°_°“éd£
with the same quantity of salt, in at bill‘ I’ .;e
of scalded wheat bran for every foul‘ hogs! “H”
a week you will prevent I-Ioo Disi-:.}s+:. ki es

Put up in five pound packages, _slX VP“ 
in a box. at 12 cents a pound; or in six }}0t is
boxes at ten cents a pound. The recelP‘Dl_'
posted on each package and box. Made bIl:ane
Oberholtzer, at his mills, No. ‘.2 letter “ES:
Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by R. _E- JA.‘ ;
Kalamazoo Co-operative AssoCiat_l0T1: 1‘°(ib‘.
North Burdick St., Kalamazoo, Mich.. ?1“_ 65-5
J. M. CHAMBERS, Illinois State }3“%‘:i‘
Agent, Chicago, III., at the Lowest “'h°f ‘W,
Price. when orileri-.xl tinder the seal “r H‘
Grange. '“"-V1".

 

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