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SCHOOLCRAFT, SEPTEMBER 15th, I878.

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Ofllcers National Grange.

l\rIAsri-211-S. E. ADAMS, Mimi.
OVEESEF.R——J. J. WOODMAN, Mich.
LiicrUr.isn—M()RT’MR WHITEI-IEAD, N J.
S'l‘EWARD—A. J. VAUGHN . Miss.
Assr. Sri.«:WARi)—W'ILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
C}{APLAIl\’—A. P. FORSYTH, Illinois.
TB.EASUR.El1—-F. 1\I. l‘.lcDOVVELL, N. Y.
SECRETARY-—~0. H. KELLEY, Kentucky.
GATE-I{EE1’ER——0. DINWIDDIE, Indiana.
Ci«;R1~:s—l\IRs. S. E. ADAMS, Minnesota.
PoMoiu—Mizs. J. J. WOODMAN, Michigan.
Fi.oR.s.—iVIRs. JAS. T. MOORE. Maryland.
LADY ASSTISTANT SrEwARD—-Miss CARRIE A.

HALL, Kentucky.

Dfflcers Michigan State Grange.

J. \VOODMAN, - -

W. ADAMS, - -
L. WHITNEY, - -
FLEMING, - - - Pontiac.
. . S.—W. H. MATTISON, — - Ionia..
‘.—S.lLMON STEEL, Bear Lake. Manis’e Co
T.—S. F. BROWN, — - Schoolcraft.
SEc.—J. T. COBB, - - - “
G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF, - ’Watervliet.
CERES.—MBS. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.
Pono.\'A—MRs. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
Fi.oR.s.——MRs. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—MRS. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia..

Paw Paw.
- Tecumseh.
Muskegon.

Executive committee.

F. M. HOLLOVVAY, Chairman, - Hillsdale.
J. WEBSTER CHILDS, - - - Ypsilanti.
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceana Go.
C;G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch Co.
W ESTBROOK DIVINE, Belding, Ionia Co.
TIIOMAS MARS, Berrieri Center, Berrien Co.
W M. SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicio.

State Business Agents.

J. M. CHIDESTER, - - - Detroit.
J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph C0.

General Deputy.

C. L. WHITNEY, - - - Muskegon.

Special Lecturers.

It. E, Trowbridge, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lansing.
Thos. F. Moore, . . . . . . Adrian, . . . . .Lenawee Co
Geo. VV, Vlfoodward. .Shelby, . . . . . . .0ceaua. Co
Samuel Laugdon, . .Bowen Station, . . .Kent Co
E. C. Herrington,.. .Foiir Towns, . .()akland Co
M. L. Stevens, . . . . . . . .I’erry. . . .Shiawa.ssee Co
L. R. Brown, . . . .Rawsonville,. .\Vashtenaw Co
Andrew Campbell, . .Ypsila.nti, . . “ “

Mrs. Salmon Steele,. .Bear Lake,. .M-anistee Co

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From the Fii.rmer’s Friend.

THE LIFE OF THE l¢‘.»\R.\I.

BY SETH T. \\'Al.'l'O.\'.

\Vith the life of the farm there can nothing
compare;

\\'itli it’s mystical \vondei‘s of earth and of air— 4

'With its seasons that come, and depart in their
turn.
And each with a lesson of profit to learn.

In the !.s‘}_)1'illg is the opening of bud, and of
bloom,

And the air is then laden with richest pe1't'ume,

While the birds in returning to garden and
lawn,

\Vith their chorus awaken the farmer at dawn.

The ground it is broken with barrow and

plow,

By the toil of his hand and the sweet of his
brow;

And the farmer in planting has faith that the
seed

VVill spring froin its eai'th.bed and ripen for
need.

In the summer all nature is fair to behold

In its glorious vesture of green and of gold,

The forests are clad in the green of their leaves,

And the fields are aglow with the gold of the
sheaves.

.\low the reapers and mowers but count it as
n play,
’Till the hay and the harvest are both stored

away:
To be up with the sun and the lurk in the morn,
And at work in the iield till the sound of the
horn

That shall call them to dinner and rest for an
hour.

In the quiet and shade of the porch and the
bower.

Then back to their work till the set of the sun

Is the signal that day and its toiling are done.

(Yer his h erds as they graze in the valley and
slope _ _

Roves the eyes of the iarnicr with pride and
with hope: _ _ - ~

For the snowy white milk they will bring Iroin
the field. _ p .

Its beautiful treasure of butter will yield.

In autuiriii the fruitage is fair on the trees,

And the honey is gathered from the home of the
l‘ --3

VVhile tiie:ciii1di‘cn, with hearts t-hat are joyful
and free,

Go hunting for nuts with a boisterous glee.

The corn and the buckwlieat are harvested
ow
And stlribled for winter, the sheep and the cow:
The harvests are over, the crops are all in,
The barn it is full, and o’rilowing the bin.

In winter, the season of ice and of snow,
Thouah cruel and bitter the tempest may blow,

1:»

Round the tire that is blazing so bright on the _

hearth
Are gathered the happiest people of earth.

The nuts and the apples are handed around,
And lost to the ear is the storm with its sound,
So happy and thankful for home and his board,
The ‘neart of the husbandinan praises the Lord.

‘A 4:» ~.‘.‘- '5‘

Oh! the life of the farni is a life that is rare, _
With its trees and its flowers and Edeiilike air:
With its meadows and valleys so fresh and so

green, _ _
and its murmuriiig brooks and their glimmer-

ing sheen.

VVith its songsters that warble high up in the
tre

es
And whose’rich notes of gladness are borne on 

the breeze, _
With its flocks and its herds on the hillook
and plain, _ _ '
And its fields that are waving with grass and
with grain. ,

With its bounty of fruits, from the trees and
the vine, _ _ f

And its glories and beauties ot shade and o
shine; _

With its zephers that whisper so softly of peace,

And its “seed time and harvest" that “never

shall cease.”

G-xr.tt’1w clam. Qrpnrtuuut.

Political Influence of Fairiiiers.

It is a fact, generally conceded,
that the farmers, as a whole, are the
most careful, conservative, and relia-
ble class of citizens in the country.
They practice industry and economy.
To a greater extent than any other
class, they live within their means and
pay their debts. They do not get
rich by the sudden turns of the wheel
of fortune. They are not llbcll to
extravagently large incomes. They
are on a comparatively equal footing
one with another. They are capita-
lists and laborers combined, and can-
sympathise with the two great classes
which seem to be ever and anon an-
tagonzing .»£‘f.lCl1 other. \\'ise men
who have the future safety and pros-
perity of the country at heart, and
who are almost discouraged as they
witness the wild political schemes
which are advocated by unscrupulous
leaders. instinctively turn to the
farming class with the assurance that
certainly these voters can be relied on
to deal patriotically and fairly with
the questions before them. The
farmers can form no alliance with
commuiiistic agitators, nor, on the
other hand, with the supporters of
monopoly rule. They are a great
middle class on whom in a large
measure the safety of the republic de-
pends in peace as well as in war.

In these trying times for our gov-
ernment and for our commercial
institutions, it behooves every farmer
to Weigh carefully the problems pre-

sented,a.nd to look to the ultimate
tendency of any policy he is urged

 to support, as well as to its present
effect, before he gives it his adher-_
; trade.

cnce and support.

The influence of farmers should be
given to the fullest degree in favor of
economy in government affairs, the
reduction of salaries to a point com-
mensurate with the present reduced
cost of living and the reduced incomes
from tax-paying property: They
should strive to put out of their ser-
vice the class of politicians who seek
the public service for the stealings,
for it is much safer to employ honest
men than it is to try to compel dis-
honest men to desist from stealing or
to hedge the public purse about so
thoroughly as to prevent their depre-
v datioiis.

The farmers should keep constant-
ly before their minds the importance
of making a. radical change in the
class of men entrusted with the law-
making power of the State and

( will Expire with X0.

nation. Our reprcseiitatives have too
often been the attorneys of corpora-
tions, or at least they have sought. to
serve themselves and their parties,
giving secondary (‘£O1lSl(lel':1ll0ll, or
none at all, to the true businers
interests of their coiisiitiienzs. Par-
ty legislation, investig:iIion for politi-
cal purposes, prirty contention and
demagogisni in gciieral have had
quite too long a sway in our legisla-
tive halls. We want honest, straight-
forward fearless action, and we can
have it only by sending men who
appreciate the industrial needs of the
country, and those are surest to ap-
preciate thcni who liavc :1 direct
intcrestiiii the business 2'-.ll'ni:'s of‘ the
country. l’:1riners owe to themselves,
their country, and to all its vast pro-
ductive interests, to exert. themselves
to purify their legislatures, State and
national, and to till the public oilices,
local as well as the higher ones, with
the best men they can secure. They
should not put off this work until
election day.’ There should be con-
sultation before hand and a general
attendance at the primary meetings
of the various parties. The people
should elect their candidates rather
than permit the choice to be subject
to barter between bands of party
managers to suit the demands of
interested corpoi-ations or t'urtlier the
political advancement of aspiring
party leaders-T/re JI/i.5'b¢I71(7);1vI7/.

A Worlmniii Capitalist.

Mr. J. H. VValkcr, 2: \‘.’orcestcr shoe.
mziiiiifactiirci‘, who appeared before
Mr. liewit-t‘s Coiigrcssionnl coin-
inittce on Tuesday, has had the ad-
vantage of having like many other
capitalists. advanced iroui the posit-
ion of :1 ” joui‘nc_yin:m "' to that of a
iiianufacturci‘ on .-I large .<c-alo. He
takes a hopeful View of business pros-
pects at present, and tells :1 story ot
the business lilo of himself and of
other \Vorcest.er iniiiilacturcrs which
should be taken to heart by a good
many workersjust starting out in
life. lie says: “ I don’t believe
there ever was 2|. time when :1 man
with fair ideas could not rise to be an
employer, and the chzmcc was never
so good as to-(lay. certainly in our
In granting credit, our iirst
requirnient is chai-acter ; then the fact.
that the man has been :1 journeyman,
and, lastly capital.” The foundation
of his belief that the avenues are open
to capable workmen to become cm-
ployers of labor is in his experience
and that of many iirins, his rivals in
business. lle worked at the bench
until he had saved four thousand five
hundred dollars,when he stzirted busi-
ness, and, by strict attention to his
trade (not through speculation), he
now commands a business of two
million dollars per annum. He says
that of twenty-one firms in Worcester,
inlcuding forty men, making five mil-
lions dollars’ worth of boots per
annum, only five members of the
firms are sons of manufactures, and
only one was not a wage-Worker or
i journeyman. ]i':rc/um_r/e.

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gastens éepartment.

J. J. WOODMAN, - — - PAW PAW

OUR EUROPEAN LETTER.

Mr. J. J Vvoodman describes his Tour
through France, Switzerland, and
Germany.—Notcs by the way.

(‘oLoG.\*E, Germany. )
Aug. 12, 1878. f

When one has been shut up in the
gay city of Paris for months, con-
stantly surrounded by a throng of
people whose dialect he does not un-
derstand, and compelled to seek in-
formation through the aid of an
interpreter, it is a great relief to go
out into the country among quieter
scenes and more cheering surround-
ings.

Leaving Paris on the 7th ofAugust
in company with a friend, we passed
through a rich and beautiful farming
country for nearly three hundred
miles, when we came into the foot
hills of the Alps, and up the narrow
valley of the Rhone, through deep
ravines and interesting scenery, pass-
ed from France into Switzerland, and
reached the quiet beautiful city of
Geneva. The city is situated at the
lower end of Geneva Lake, and on
both sides of the River Rhone whose
wide and rapid waters, flowing out
of the lake, are spanned by fine and
substantial bridges. The city has
a population of 65,000. Its chief
manufactures are watches and jewel-
ry, in the production of which large
quantities of gold, silver, and precious
stones are made use of. From the
City and the Lake the country rises
gradually towards mountain ranges
visible in every direction. The Lake
is a beautiful sheet of blue water
about 50 miles in length, and eight
miles wide, being the largest in
Switzerland. It is 1,230 feet above
the level of the sea, and has a depth
varying from 300 to 000 feet. \Ve
took a steamer for Lausanne, and
glided over the waters of this most
lovely Lake, called by the Romans,
“Leman,” and immortalized by By-
ron in the familiar lines:-—

“ Clear placid Leman I thy contrasted lake
With the wide world I dwell in, is a thing
Which warns me, with its stillness, to forsake
Eartlfs troubled waters fora purer spring
This quiet sail is as a noiseless wing

To waft me from its distraction.”

\Ve gazed with delight upon the
charming landscape, which surrounds
the Lake. Farm cottages, rural vil-
lages, beautiful groves, and cultivated
fields, variegated with green herbage,
and golden grain, could be seen almost
to the mountain top. To the South
in plain view, were the snow-capped
peaks of Mont Blanc, looming up
above all others, the highest peak of
which is 15,781 feet above the sea
level, 1,200 feet above the surrounding
valley, and 1,000 feet above the line
of perpetual snow. This is the high~
est mountain in Europe, and of it a
writer has said: “The scenery of
Mont Blanc is a wonderful combina-
tion of Alpine glories on the grand-
est scale. Lofty peaks forever robed
in untrodden snow, wide seas of ice,
huge crevasses, bright green glaciers,

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

savage rocks, and pine forests, skirt-
ing the borders of civilization, make
up a tout ensemble truly. marvelous
andimprc.<sive.” 143113715179: the Cali‘
tol of the Canton ot'Baud, is beauti-

a l'ully situated on a commanding emi~
.

nence, and its principal object of
interest is its fine old Gothic Cathe-
dral which bears the marks of nine
centuries. It is associated with the
stirring events of the Reformation,

‘for here Calvin, Fare], and Verret,

met in discussion, from which came
about the separation of Verret from
the liomish Church, and the transfer
of its allegiance from Savoy to Berne.
The history of Geneva and Lausanne
are associated together in the Refor-
mation, ripeniug together through
the indomitable labors of Calvin for
free institutions and Protestantism.
The name of the great lieformcr is
held in sacred remembrance by the
people of free Switzerland, and the
house in which he lived and died, as
well as his last resting place, are
pointed out to the traveler by the
good people of Geneva with almost a
reverential sol:-mnity. As one stands
by that 2-'m~l square stone in the
cemetery bearing the initials of“J.C.”
he cannot help but think of the
mighty forces that were put in
motion through that man‘s influence,
and the fruit of seed sown in troubled
times, which have ripened, not only
in Switzerland, but throughout the
world.

From Lausanne, a. few hours ride
by rail, through a most beautiful
farming country composed of hills
and valleys, where men, women, and
children, were lending a helpin
hand in the hay and harvest fields,
brought us to Berne the Capitol of
the Swiss Republic. The city occu-
pies an elevated position, about 100
feet above the river Aar, which near-
ly surrounds it. The river itself is
at this point said to be 1,500 feet
above the the sea level. Borne is one
of the most ancient cities in Europe,
and at every turn the visitor is re-
minded of past ages. The buildings
are mostly of a grey sandstone, with
iron balconies,and so constructed as to
form low and massive arcades over
the sidewalks, which render the shops
dark and gloomy within. This leads
to the almost universal practice of
turning the goods and business into
the streets, along which are to be
seen women washing, ironing, sewing,
knitting, sawing and splitting wood,
and men engaged in nearly all the
avocations common to city life. A
few hours more by rail brought us to
Thun, where We took a steamer
across the Lake of that name, and
then a short distance through a
mountain gorge to the neat pleasant
village of Interlaken, situated in a
rich little valley surrounded by the
most romantic of Alpine scenery.
Lake Thun is about ten miles long
and two miles wide, dotted along the
shore and on the mountain sides with
rustic villages, cottages, and gardens,
backed by the snowy moutains of the
Obei-land.

Interlaken is called a little Paris,
and fashion and gaiety find their
homes. there. Nearly all tourists
agree in calling it the most charming
of Swiss towns. Here we took a car-
riage and drove up the narrow valley
of the foaming Black Lutehine, twelve
miles, to Grindewald, a romantic
valley, chiefly inhabited by those who
tend cattle which graze in the valleys
and mountain ravines. The valley in
which the village is located is 4,000
feet above the sea level, and guarded
by giant snow-capped mountains ris-
ing more than 9,000 ft. above the val-
ey. Near are two glaciers,whose stiff-
ened billows glisten in the sunlight
and may well be termed “ motionless

torrents, silent cataracts.” Vegetation
grows almost up to the snow belt,
and cottages dot the valley and
mountain sides. We next drove to
Lauterbrunnen, a village of 1.400 in-
habitants, so secluded amid rocks
and mountains that the sun cannot
visit them until seven oclock in the
summer mornings, and not until noon
in Winter. The name signifies, “noth-
ing but springs,” of which a great
number come down from the sur-
rounding mountains and cliffs. Here
to, is the world-renowned Staubback
Falls. A mountain torrent leaps over
a rock, and falls perpendicularly 000
feet, being the highest waterfall in
Europe. The water is nearly dissipa-
ted into spray before reaching the
valley below. Much has been written
about this wonderful cascade. One
writer compares it to an undulating
lace veil, another, to a “bird of Para-
dise,” and another to a “shower of
rockets,’ Byron compared it to the
tail of

“ The giant steed to he bestrodc by Death,
As told in the Apocalypse.”

and \\'ordsworth calls it the “ sky-
borne water-fall.”

A drive of seven miles through the
narrow mountain gorge, with rocks
rising perpendicularly 1,000 feet on
either side, brought us to our hotel,
well satisfied with our drive and ram-
ble.

’We left the .village early in the
evening; a few minutes ride by rail
brought us to the Lake of Brienz,
where we embarked for Gressbach,
to witness the illumination of the
Falls. This lake is eight miles long
and two miles wide, with a water
depth of 500 feet. \\'e landed at a
Station near the foot of the Grressbach,
and wended our way up a steep
winding road constructed in the
mountain side, nearly half a mile to a
fine hotel built on a high bluff which
juts out into the lake; standing 500
feet above its waters, giving a fine
view of the lake and its surroundings.
Here we engaged rooms for the night,
and then went out to view the illum-
ination of the cascades, which fall
1,300 feet from the mountain top into
the lake below. The perpendicular
fall, from the mountain above to
where we stood, 800 feet below, was
broken twice by rocks, and behind
and all around the falling, foaming
waters, Bengal lights burst forth at a
given signal, transforming the hither-
to darkness into the most brilliant
dazzling light. The mountain foliage
was lit up with a sudden glare, and
the waters resembled molten iron
Soon the upper fall turned into liquid
purple, next into a beautiful green,
and the lower, the largest of all, into a
liquid ruby. The effect was most
wonderful. V\’e saw the falls the
next morning, as nature made them,
grand, beautiful, and lovely, and con.
cluded that the attempt to improve
upon the beauty and grandeur of na-
ture was an illuston if not a mockery.

\\'e again took the steamer and
crossed the lake to Brienz, and there
aearriage for Alphnach. The road
led up the mountain side, winding
through woods and along the edge of
steep mountains to the summit of
Bruuig Pass, and elevation of 3648
feet. This point and the degceni; is
romantically interesting, affording a
fine view of Alpine scenery. After 3,
drive of seven miles we reached
Alphnach, and went on board a
steainer, which took us across the
Placld 81‘e_en waters of Lake Lucern.
l.‘he lake is about twenty-five miles
10118‘: and varies from one to four
in Width. The mountain scener
around this lake is grand beyond de-
’°'°"il’l5i°Da DEW objects of interest
me“ the eye at every turn, and tour-
ists usually regret that they have not

more time to spend here. “'3 took
the morning train for Zurich, thence
by way of Schaffhausen to F riburg in
Germany, and from there to Strass-
burg, the capitol of the conquered
provinces of Alsace and Lorraine.
Strasburg is a strongly fortified city,
and for two hundred years belonged
to France; but was taken by the
Germans in 1870, after a seige of fifty
days, and a constant bombardment of
forty days, during which the people
were compelled to live in the cellars,
and for a portion of the time were
compelled to subsist on the least food
that would sustain life. The effects
of that terrible bombardment. are
visible in almost every part of the
city, and numerous cannon balls and
shells are yet to be seen where they
lodged in the walls.

The greatest object of inte1‘e.-‘t in
this ancient city is the Cathedral, a
most noble specimen of Gothic archi-
tecture, with its world renowned
spire rising 468 feet from the ground.
It was commenced in 1025, and com-
pleted in 1439. The interior of the
church is magnificent, and the effect
produced by a circular mirror in
the front, nearly 150 feet in cir-
cumferance, is wonderful. In one
corner stands a clock, extending al-
most to the arch above, of the most
marvelous construction, the opera-
tions of which are witnessed by hun-
dreds of people attwelve o’clock noon
of each day. It is not only a time
piece but a perfect almanac and
astronomical calculator, indicating
the day of the week, month and year.

changes of the moon, and motions of

the Earth, indicating the seasons, also
signs of the zodiac, and eclipses.
Just before the hour of twelve, a
figure representing an angel strikes a
bell, and the twelve apostles walk out
in procession, each turning to, and
saluting the Saviour. Then Old Father
Time strikes the hour, and a cock flaps
his wings and crows.

The walls and fortifications around
the city are being removed fa1'll1cr
back, extended and greatly strength-
ened, indicating that the Prussians
are apprehensive that the French will
sometime in the future, attempt to
regain the city and the conquered
provinces. I am clearly of the opin-
ion that their fears are not ground-
less. The French people _feel cha-
grined and humiliated over the result
of the war, and the loss of their
territory, and the prevailing senti-
ment seems to be, that this disgrace
must be wiped out, and the lost
provinces retaken. The present con-
dition of the two nations was cor-
rectly indicated by an intelligent
French lady in Strassburg,who spoke
broken English, in answer to the
question, “under which government
she preferred to live!” evading the
direct question, she replied, “Both
are very good, the French have much
money, the Germans have much bul~
lets.” From Strassburg, we passed
down the rich valley of the Rhine t0
Heidelberg. Some portions of the
valley are low but as a general rule.
the whole country is very productive,
and the indications of thrift amfmg
the farmers are more perceptible
than in Switzerland. Few cities are
more charmingly located, or possess a
more picturesque appearance than
Hedleberg, but its greatest object of
interest to the visitor, is the. ruins Of
the Old Castle, once a royal re.~idenc6
and fortress, grand and maglglfi‘
cent. The ravages of war and tl_m°
have told fearfully upon its massive
wall, and costly finish. The thr0I1°
room and cellar are inthe best st?“
°f Preservation. in the latter is a W111“
cask with a capacity of -19,000 gall?!”-
The staves are eight inches fihlckt
and the hoops about eight Inches
square. The last time it was filled

 
    
     
    


 

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wasin17G-1. This cask is in a per-
fect state of preservation. We con-
tinued ourjourney down the Rhine
by rail passing through several fine
cities and towns, and a portion of
the region known as the Black
Forest of Germany, consisting of
high ranges of hills or mountains,
covered principally with black spruce
timber. Some idea can be formed of
me engineering skill and cost re-
quii-ed to construct the road through
these mountains from the following:
At one time our train moved along
on the mountain side 1,000 feet above
the valley, and the track of the road
could be seen coming out of a tunnel
at the foot of the mountain, and but
a f‘ew miles away; yet it requires an
hour’s run, across deep ravines, and
forty-two tunnels to reach the valley.
At .\layence we took steamer down
the lthine to Cologne. The scenery
down the river is beautiful, romantic,
and historical. The banks of the
river rise several hundred feet above
the water, and on almost every high
point and projecting rock, stands the
ruins of an old castle. \\'here there
is soil, the bluffs are terraced and
planted to vineyards. Germany as
well France, is a wine producing
country, and the Germans as well as
the English and French, think that
water was only made to wash with,
and unfit to drink without diluting.
From Cologne our travels will be
through Holland and Belgium, back to
Paris.

. ,.. _L _.

Articles of Association of the Michigan
Farmers’ Mutual Defence Associa-
tion.

We the undersigned, citizens of the
State of Michigan, do hereby associate
ourselves together for the purpose of
mutual defense against the demands of
certain parties who claim royalty on a
gate, in common use among farmers,
iinderapatent issued to one John C.
Lee, of Seville, Ohio.

1. This Association shall be known
as the “ IVIICHIGAN FAR)-inns’ l\IU’l‘L'A L
Di«:i'i«::~:ci«; ASSOCIA'1‘I()N.”

2. The ofiicers of this Association
shall consist of a President, Secretary,
and Treaserer, who, with two other
members of this Association, to be
elected by this Association, shall con-
stitute an Executive Committee, whose
duty it shall be to employ counsel and
arrange for the defense for all suits
which may be brought against any
member of this Association, or other
person, in the discretion of the Execu-
tive Committee, on account of the
above mentioned gate, using the money
collected therefore.

3. Any person may become aiuember
of this Association by paying two dol-
lars into the treasury and signing these
articles of agreement.

4. The officers oi this Association
shall keep an account ofall receipts and
disbursements until a. final decision
shall be reached by the courts. AS soon
thereafter as possiblea full report shall
be made at ameeting, which shall be
held at. such time and pla.ce as the
Executive Committee may appoint.

'5. The members of the Executive
(_.oinmittee shall be entitled to receive
$1.50 per day, and all necessary expen-
ses incurred by them while engaged in
the discharge of their official duties.

0. Any money that may remain in
_the hands of the Treasurer, after pay-
mg the expenses of this Association
shall be disposed of as the members of
this Assciation may direct at the meet-
lug for the final hearing of the fireport
Oithe Executive Committee.

1. The Executive Committee shall at
Once issue an appeal to the farmers or
Michigan to join this Association, and
shall procure the publication of such
appeal in the Michigan Farmer, with
tile request that other papers in the
State copy the same.

XPSILANTI, Mich.,Sept. 7th., 1878.

THE man who is anxious to see

' how the world could get along with-

out him, can find out by sticking a
cambric needle into a mill-pond, and

then withdrawing it and looking at
the hole.

 (;.RAi\i(}E V1l"sl17t‘"diEc.I 

Grape Ciiltrue.

Tne following brief, practical, and
condensed rules for the management
of grapes were given by Dr. \Vhitting
at the Farmer’s Institute, recently
held at Saginaw, Mich. :

The soil best suited for the grape
is decomposed shale, but any good
clay soil thoroughly drained will do.

The ground should be carefully
prepai%d, and only well rotted man-
ure used.

Decomposed turf is one of the best
fertilizers; when it can be obtained,
no other will be required.

The vines selected for planting :
should be good one-year-old layers or

cuttings. They may look small, but
will make the best vines.

Good culture is as necessary to
the vine as to the corn or cabbage.

Mulching and watering the first
year should not be neglected if the
drought is excessive. One good
soaking is better than many sprink-
lings. More water can be saved with
a hoe than can be put on with a
sprinkler.

In planting, out the vine back to
two buds, whatever its strength or
age.

Summer priming consists in pinch-
ing ofi‘ weak and straggling shoots in
order to ‘confine the sap to the main
branches.

The first summer allow but one
main shoot to grow. In the fall,
after the first frost, cut all the sum-
mer growth back to within two buds
of the ground.

The second year confine the sup to
two branches, and in the fall out back
to three buds each.

The third year, if your vine has
made vigorous growth, a few stems
of grapes may be allowed to mziture,
but better take off the fruit than to
allow too much to grow.

Too heavy bearing while young
will injure the vine for all future
time. The triinming now depends on
what kind of a trellis you wish to
cover.

After you have obtained a good,
vigorous root, you can make it grow
in almost any place or shape you
wish, by keeping the branches desir-
ed tied up, and all others pinched
back

Each year a few of the strongest
branches should be allowed to grow
as bearers of fruit the following year.

In trimming, cut away as much of
the old wood as possible and save
the new, as all the fruit buds are on
the new wood.

You can easily tell how much to
cut away by holding your new wood
up to the trellis, and imagine 21 branch
with three stems of grapes for each
bud.

If you do not cut of enough in
the fall, and you find that the vine
is going to be too thick, do not fail to
attend to it when the new shoots are
from three to six inches long, in the
spring, or while in blossom. As
soon as the fruit is set, examine the
vine, spread out the new wood so
that each bunch of grapes will hang
free and clear; pick off all the small
stems of fruit and fasten the vines
securely, so that the wind will not de-
stroy your crop by breaking the
young and tender branches.

\\'hen the wood has grown so that
there are three leaves beyond the
last bunch of grapes, examine the
vine, select the branches you wish
to save for fruit bearing the coming
year and keep them tied up until
they have grown as long as you
wish to make use of. The ends of
the other bearing branches should be
pinched off as soon as they reach this
point, “three leaves beyond the last
stem of grapes.”

Break off all shoots and laterals as

fast as they make their appearance,
but on no account injure the leaves
on the bearing canes.

The fruit will color, but not ripen,
if the leaves are destroyed.

Grapes for full and winter use
should be picked as soon as ripe,
and» When perfectly dry, should be
packed in dry sawdust. Select your
box or jar, cover the bottom with
sawdust, then layers of grapes and
sawdust alternately until full. Keep
them in the coolest place you can find,
free from fro:-zt, until wanted for use.

Lawyers and Baukrupts.

The chief reason urged by creditors
for the repeal of the Bankrupt act is
that under this system, as it has been
admiiiistered, a certain class of law-
yers, or other friends of the legal
functionaries, got possession of the
funds of the bankrupt estates and
nothing ever came of it. Our pa-
per has been named as creditor, chief-
ly for small amounts, in many dozen
bankrupt estates during the last eleven
years, and we can recall but four iii-
stances in which we ever received one
cent from the estates. Thousands of
leeches, chiefly lawyers, have lived
ofi this fat carcass ever since this act
was passed. They and the debtors
who have been discharged of their ob-
ligations have had the sole benefit of
the system. In this respect the inter-
ests of the creditors have virtually
been sacrificed from first to last. The
repeal of the act will remand all failing
debtors to the several statutes, which
will come into force the moment the
National act becomes inoperative.

The above extract is a reply by the
Journal of Commerce to one of its
correspondents. There is no ques-
tion of the esseiitial soundness of the
Journal’s criticism on the bankrupt
law so soon to expire. But will credit-
ors get any more under State insol-
vent laws then they did under the
National bankrupt act? It is very
doubtful. And their can hardly be
such a thing as a complete release of
an insolvent debtor who transacted
business in more than one state on
account of the various and often con-
flicting provisions of the state insol-
vent laws. Debtor and creditor will
be, then as now, in the hands of the
lawyers. The repeal of the Bankrupt
act will not exterminate the “thou-
sands of leeches, chiefly lawyers,”
that live and fatten on insolvent es-
tates. They will still exist to ply
their trade under the local statutes.
Let the Journal of Commerce, that
clearly sees the evil, join with the
Graphic in demanding that a sure
and speedy remedy be applied. This
remedy is to elect Congresses and
Legislatures with a good working ma-
jority of business men. Such a ma-
jority in the National Congress could
easily pass a bankrupt law which
would do justice to both creditor and
debtor, and prevent the assets which
should be used in liquidating honest
debts from going into the pockets of
“thousands of leeches, chiefly law-
yers.”—— Grap/tic.

H. G. Con, of Cedar county, Iowa,
tried the experiment of spreading
three bushels of salt broadcast over
two acres of his wheat farm. The
yield was 40 bushels per acre, while the
rest of the field gave only 95 bushels
to the acre. The straw was bright,
not being injured by rust, as the
wheat along side of it was, and it
stood six inches higher.

 

—“A soft answer turneth away
wrath,” said an infuriated farmer
as he threw a soft pumpkin at his
neighbor’s head.

GRANGE Visrron and Ilusbandman, $1.60.

THE MOSQ,UlT0 HUNT.

Not a sound was heard, but 2!. terrible hum
As round our chamber we hurried,

In search of the insect whose trumpet and drum
Our delicate slumbers had worried.

VVe sought for it darkly at dead of night,
Our coverlid carefully turning,

By the struggling mooubeams’ misty light,
And our candle dimly burning.

No useless garment confined our breast,
But in simple night-dress and slippers

VVe wandered ubout like spirits disrtressed,
Or the sails of piraticzil skippers.

Short and few were the words we let fall,
Lest the noise should disturb the mosquito’

1 But we steadily gazed on the whitewashed wall

And thought how we had been hit, oh!

But half an hour had seemed to elapse,
Ere we met with the Wretch that had hit us:

And, raising our boots, gave some terrible slaps
That made the mosquitds quietus.

Quickly and gladly we turned from the dead
And left him all smashed and gory i

“'e blew out the candle and popped into bed
Determined to tell you the story.

The Cooke Estate.

It is the custom of lawyers to plun-
der zi great estate whenever it is found
comparatively unprotected, and to
bleed it to the last possibility of de-
pletion. Not more naturally do
street thieves follow and rob a drunk-
en man than do lawyers a great prop-
erty which has lost its proprietor
through death or bankruptcy. Such
cases are as common as any other spe c-
ies of crime, and it is scarcely neces-
sary to specify. The Graphic has al-
luded to such cases, and has so far
succeeded in arresting public atten-
tion that all creditors are keeping a
strict and suspicious watch on baiik-
rupt estates. The remnant of Jay
Cook’s property in Philadelphia is
being subjected to this sort of scruti-
ny at the present time, and a notice
ofa suit against the trustee, E. M.
Lewis, has been filed. During the
three or four years since the exam-
ination of the estate has proceeded,
the following expenditures, which
some of the creditors deem objection-
able, have been made:

1. Counsel fees,about . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . «is 11,31 1,37
2. Extra counsel fees, about . . . . . . . . . 39,235.10
3. Incidental expenses, about. . . I . . . . l6,b’53.5r'i
-L Salaries, about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,648.49
5. Compensation of committee, about 3-i,480.(l0

Amountiiig in the aggregate to . . . . .z"s18T,327.51

Some of the particular items seem
to be as follows:

Counsel fees,
J. C. Bu1litt....    ,...5.§20,O00
R. L. Ashurst .................. ..... 20,500
Samuel Dickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500

Theodore Cuyler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,-500

Henry VVharton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500

Cost of litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38,673

Commissions to E. M. Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . 33,207

The trustee engaged and paid the
lawyers. He seems to have been
elected unanmiously to the place and
to have been regarded as an excellent
man, sagacious and worthy. He has
already paid to creditors, in stock and
cash, forty-two per cent. A column
dispatch from Philadelphia appears in
some of the papers, arguing that the
expenses are really very small. It is
probable that Mr. Lewis has done
nothing dishonestly, but that he has
merely yielded to the prevalent prac-
tice ofgiving lawyers full swing and
paying them, not according to their
work, but according to the value of
the property. This is wholly pernic-
ious, and it is a principal that is re-
sponsible for half the éstate-plunder-
ing in the country.—Grap/tic.

 

——)Iethod is the hinge of business,
and there is no method without order
and punctuality.

 

—When you get home from the
Fair, talk about what you saw, at
your next Grange meeting.



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THE GrR.A.\‘GE VISITOR.
SCHOOLCRAFT. SEPT. 15, L878.
gectetmsys cpartmmt.

J. T. COBB, ~ - - - SCIIOOLCRAFT.

Officers and members of Subordinate Granges
in corresponding with this oflice, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

trims.

1
Blanks that are sent free from this office on I d.y]‘e'

application are:

THE GRAN or}: V fif1s1T(, 

ifor all who composed the goodly

,l t rong who were wending tll’.ll' way to

 the hill top behind the neat little vil- ,

ilage, whose good people had made
iextensive preparations to entertain
,3 hcr guests.

‘ At about eleven o’clock the exer-
cises of the day began by an impres-
sive invocation from the venerable
, pioneer Rev. Milton Bradley, followed
jby an Address of welcome, eloquent
f.'u1d touching, by the Rev. .‘\lr. Up-
\\'ith well chosen words he

 
 

paid tribute to the brave and noble

l
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of Sub- l ,‘emnant__0f nmn and Women before
I

ordinate Granges.
Blank Quarterly Reports of Secretaries of P0-
mona Granges.

Blank application for organizing Pomona
Granges.

Blank applications for Membership in Pomona
Granges.

Blank Bonds of Secretary and Treasurer.
Blank Election Reports of Sub. Granges. ,
Blank Certificates of Election to County ,

Convention. 1
Blank Certificates of Representatives elected to ,

the State Grange. i
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges. ‘
Blank Applications for Certificate of Dimit. jr
Blank Plaster Orders. 
Blank Certificates of Incorporation.

PIONEER. Pit,‘-?\’iC—lnU’i'YERS AS ‘
l.E(ilSl.A'l‘0l{S.

\\'ithin a few years past the good 5
people of the State of Michigan, or
at least that portion of them who
have been in the State long enough to
entitle them to take rank among its
pioneers, have be-conic very much in-
tt-rested in preserving from loss the
incidents of our early history, and to
that end have organized in many of
the older counties pioneer societies.

Thise societies would attract little 
public attention, and in fact would 5
hardly have :1 recognized existence,j
but for their annual public meetings 
which have taken the shape of basket '
pic—nics, and are not only attend-
ed by the veritable pioneer and hisj
_‘_'.l'0\\'ll up family, but the meetings!
have been found so interesting that,
lIllll:lgl'21nlS of later days iind time to 
join with the g1'ay-lxzzirvtl pioneer in a 
day of recreation. V

At these reunions it is usual to hear i
from the pionecrs,minutely recounted,
incidents of the early settlement of?
the couutrywof the hardships and l
privations of pioneer lii'e——of the dif-
ficulties surmounted, and successes
won by indomitable perseverance.

From these recitals, each year de-
veloping something new, a mass of
facts are secured that grouped to-
gether in enduring form, are giving to
as authentic history, highly prized by
us, and we doubt not will be by those
who follow us.

Kalamazoo County has a Pioneer
Society, and its annual pic-nic on the
4th of the present month was an
event long to be remembered by those
who participated. Having a valid
claim by residence of almost 48 years
in this county, and all these years in
the township of Schoolcraf t, we deem
it a duty, as well as a pleasure, to at-
tend its annual meetings, so with
forty others, mostly pioneers, we start-
ed at 7 A. M. by rail for Augusta, 27
miles away, the place of meeting for
1878. As we stepped from the train,
and saw the magnificent evergreen
arch spanning the street with its

beautiful central “ WELCOME,” we felt
assured that a good day was in store

 

him whose strong right arms had
made the widerness to blossom as the
rosc——not forgetting their associates
of other days now gathered to the

3 narrow house of the dead.

The president of the society, Judge
Wells, responded in behalf of the

gpionecrs, thanking in earnest words

the people of Augusta for their care-
ful preparation and kindly reception.
He referred to some who since last
we met had in the fullness of a ripe
old age obeyed the final summons,
and pointed to their lives of earnest,
honest work, as examples worthy of
imitation by the young of to-day.
After a dinner of excellence and
abundance from, well tilled baskets,
speaking was resumed, and continued
for some three hours, interspersed
with music. '\\’e are not disposed to
follow the speakers either to eulogize,
or condemn, except the concluding
part of the speech of our old pioneer
fricild N. A. Balcli, Estp, where his
eulogy of lawyers and their great
value as legislators ran counter to our
views as expressed in the VISITOR,
from time to time within the last year.
Not familiar with the important part
enacted by the lawyers in the days of
the Reformation, we pass by -1111-
«juestioned his declaration, that the
great movement lieadcd by Martin

§ Luther, 300 years ago would not have

succeeded, but for the lawyers of Li!
time.

lie claimed that the perfection of
all reforms was dependant upon the
lawyers to give “ shape, strength, and
direction " to legislative enactment,
and closed with a plea ior the lawyer
as a legislator. llc said the legisla-
tion of our Granger friends “ was to
crude and without method," and that
we must have more lawyers in our
legislative bodies, “ if we would have
wise and effective laws based upon
the largest experience.”

Now this may be the very essence
of wisdom, or it may be condensed le-
gal lore, but we shall have in some way
to be converted from heresies we have
imbibed, and are teaching, or acquire
a legal education before we believe
there is truth enough in the position
taken, to save it from condemnation
by the bar itself.

We do not intend to make extended
argument in opposition to the opinions
expressed, but we cannot’ let them
pass without recording our dissent.
We judge of the value of the pro-
fession by what it is doing, not for it-
self, but for “ we the people ” in the
direct line of professional work.

The laws, rules, and regulations of

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our courts of justice, are the work of
the lawyers of the land, and no truth
is more patent than this, that any
attempt to secure justice in court
where right and justice are alike
seen by all, as well as where there is
room for a doubt, is resisted by every
device, pretext, and delay that
human ingenuity has inventeci

The gentleman himself, we dare say,
has only to review his own record to
find instances where he has fought
valiantly for hours, yes days, over a
paltry score of dollars, taking advan-
tage of every technicality, every
omission, every precedent, and
every usage known to the profession
to defeat what? simple justice, no
more or less. And this at a cost to
the county of ten times the amount in
controversy. But then Where the cli-
ent is able to pay his lawyer, the
majesty of thelaw must be vindicated
and the tax-payer must keep a judic-
ial machine running that he has no
faith in, as an instrument by vi hich he
may secure justice at reasonable cost.

This barrister knows full well that
no prudent business man, one who
counts the cost; before he engages in
any enterprise, will now undertake to
collect an honest debt of $550 by an
appeal to our courts if the claim
is against a man disposed to resist
payment. The complex machinery
of the law with its delays and multi-
plied expenses is employed to defeat
the very object for which courts were
instituted,and the careful man will not
hazard non}: for LESS. It has come
to that condition of things that this

class of men, as litigants, keep out pf

and shun our courts as they would
expensive instrument-s of slow tor-
ture. ‘fill any man pretend to say
that this state of things is chargable
to the "' crude legislation of our
granger friends?" Have not other
classes predominated in our law-mak-
ing bodies! Is it not notorious that

, lawyers have given "' shape, strength,

and direction to legislation” until this
state ofthings has been brought about
of which we complain? Have these
conservators of the interests of the
people ever attempted to relieve the
people from the onerous burdens of
taxation imposed to carry on suits for
menger, paltry sums, as compared
with costs that follo\=:ed——not at all,
eithcriu our halls of legislation or
courts of pi-ocra.sz‘.z'mzlz'on.

Shall we commend to the people
as men par excellence for legislators,
aclass whose business interests lies
in the increase of litigation rather
than in diminishing it‘? Men who by
profession, if 7-ctainezi, labor just as
earnestly to make right appear
wrong, and black, white, as they do
to establish a correct principle in
legal ethics ‘.’

Until we see some disposition on
the part of lawyers to simplify the
admistration ofjustice, and make it
possible for a citizen to appear in court
for the purpose of securing a right
with a reasonable expectation of ob-
taining that right within a reasonable
time and at reasonable cost, we shall
not advise our granger friends, or
anybody else who pay taxes, to en-

trust the work of 9. much needed

reform in the administration ofjustice
in civil cases to the lawyers of the
State.

Our legal friend is certainly looking
in the wrong direction for legislators
who will take care of the interest5 of
the people. “'9 want practical busi-
ness men, with broad views. .\leu
actuated with an honest purpose to
protect the people from too mut-/1 It-_:/-
z'.s'Zarz'on with its complications that
only “ lead to bewilder." Such men
from whatever classes they come
would at one session revolutionize a
judicial system, or its practice that
has in no way partaken of the pro.
grass that has characterized this cen-
tury. \\'hile every other business.
calling, occupation or profession has
been pushed forward with an activity
and growth before unknown in the
world's history, the business of dis-
pensing justice has been encumbered
with new difiiculties and delays and
increased cost, practically subversive
of the great purpose for which courts
were established.

(‘an we expect lawyers, as /wu;-mr(/.--
crs will make any etfort to simplify
this business and put it on a basis
that will make it possiblp to obtain
justice in civil cases wit/tin. a reasvm.
ahlc t‘z'me «ml at a 'I'€I,l.8072(.If)/L’ pi-:1-4=.
Of course not \\'e judge of the fu-
ture by the past, and by that standard
we should look with distrust upon a
legislature of lawyers.

Let us look over the court records
of our county and see what a beauti-
ful showing this branch of our high-
er civilization affords to the man who
pays taxes and studiously minds his
own business.

At four successive terms of the
Kalamazoo County Circut Court
held within the last twelve months,
there were 94 civil cases disposed
of. Five of these were appeals from
the Probate Court. In thirty-seven
cases the plaintiff failed to obtain 3
judgement. Nine cases of non suit.
Ten appeals from Justice Court dis-
missed on account of irregularity.
Ten appeals from Justice Court on
certiorari, or questions of Jaw. Of
the remaining twenty-three cases,
thirteen judgements were obtained
in sums ot’$100, or less, amounting in
all to $3196.41, or an average of $30 50-
The time consumed was nineteen
days, which gives an average daily
product of this judicial mill of $2054
in judgements. There is left but ten
cases where judgements of over 9100
were rendered.

These four terms of court cover 3
period of ninety days, in which all the
chancery and criminal business of the
year was transacted, as well as the
civil business which we have briefly
analyzed.

The criminal business of the coun-
try, we are assured will not cover
more than one fifth of the expense
charged up and paid for by the p80‘
ple. The only item which we have,

is that of jury fees for the year, Which.

in ’ round numbers were $2,400‘
VVhile it is quite impossible to deter-
mine what those nineteen days of 3'30,‘

84 each cost, it is safe to say that for

 

 

 

  

 


 

every dollar of those judgements U10
people who had no interest what-
ever either direct or indirect, have or
will have to pay $10, in good, honest.
hard earned money.

We think
from the burdens of a
that furnislies no adequate return for
the investment made, cannot be safe-
ly committed to a class of men who
we strongly suspect have brought
about the condition of things of
which we complain.

system

THE MILLERS’ CON Vl‘l.\"l‘iU.\'.

We have before us some extracts
lroiiiadiscussioii by the millers of
Michigaii, at a meetiiig of the State
associatioii lately held in Jackson.

Like most mechanical and inaiiii-
l:icti1i'iiig industries the milling busi-
ness is quite different from what it
was a few years ago. In that as in
everyt‘hing else, are found the pion-
eers of i1iiprovement——-meii not satis-
iied with things as they found them,
but bound to push forward and know

more of their business than their

predecessors.

In looking over the report, howev-
er, we were struck with the diversity
of opinions among millers with regard
to ditiereiit kinds of wheat for making
flour of the best quality, and the
great variety of opinions held by dif-
ferent millers upon the various ques-
tions connected with the business of
manufacturing flour. The general
ignorance of these men upon the
important question of the amount of
bread a barrel of flour will make was
a matter of greater surprise than any
thing else developed by the discus-
sion. From the f'ew millers who were
posted, and were called out to tell
what they knew, we select the follow-
ing statements:

“ Hr. Hatch, of Detroit, (who is an
expert,) stated that in baking, strong
flour was needed, and consequently
spring wheat was in demand, and
quoted higher than Michigan winter
wheat flour. He entered into the
technicalities ofbaking, and showed
why spring wheat flour was more val-
uable than winter wheat flour. A
barrel of Michigan winter wheat flour
would make about 2-10 pounds
of bread, while Minnesota and St
Louis flour would make from ‘.270 to
280 pounds. In reply to an inquiry,
he stated that he had never baked
bread made exclusively from Claw-
son wheat, but had heard of good
success being obtained from Clawson
wheat flour. Samples were submit-
mitted of bread made from Clawson
Wheat, which Mr Hatch pronounced
'60 be good bread.

The chair asked Mr. Hatch if he
had noticed any falling off in strength
in Michigan wheat flour in the last
three or four years, and he stated
that he had not.

In reply to enquiries, Mr. Ward
of Sclioolcraft, said that he had made
tests of the yields of bread by differ-
ent flours. A barrell of flour made
from the best Lancaster wheat yield-
ed 331 pounds of bread. Four bar-
rels of flour made at Terre Haute,
Ind., from Wabash wheat, yielded
308.} and 310% pounds of bread to the
barrel, the former being “straight”
and the latter “patent.” A barrel of
flour made from first grade of Diehl
Wheat yielded 278 pounds. The bread
from theDieh1wheat, looked bad. The

the chances of reliefl

‘Tfiif:

I G‘ra;4i< GE ZVTDSITOR.

5

1. bread from W'abash wheat looked best,
i although the bread from the Lancas.
j ter wheat :ippc:ired very nice and re-
‘' tained its moisture longer than the
; others.
f method to test wheat, in which sever-
al members concurred, and suggested
, ahat any similar tests which the com-
‘ mittee might make be published in
the .»’lmerz'cr.m Jliller.

Some time was spent by the Asso-
cistion in considering the relative
value of dif}"erciit varieties of wheat.
VVe give space to the discussion as
we find it:

The president suggested that a geii-
eral discussion as to varieties of wheat
would be profitable, and in responce
to the invitation of the chair, Mr.
VVard, of Schoolcraft, said,lie was lo-

fifteen kinds of wheat were raised,
while at the present time only six
kinds were produced, 2rz'.»:.., Diehl,
\‘Vhite'Amber, Treadwell Clawsoii,
Lancaster and l<‘.:r_'.'i,iti-iii, Of these
he prefered the Trcatiiveil, Egyptian,
and Lancaster and looked upon Diehl
as poor wheat. Hard, red wheats were
the most profitable for millers. Tread-
well was not a reliable wheat to sow,
but when of good quality was the
best wheat he knew of.

Mr. \V1n. Hayden, of Tecumseh,
desired to know if the analysis of dif-
ferent wheats had been made; and in
reply, the secretary, Mr Irlibbard of
(}‘ri':iiicl Rapids, read the analysis ma.de
by Prof. Prescott, of wlieats raised in
1877, which have ali-ead_v been pub-
lished in The Amerimn JIZZ/er. He
said, that further samples had been
sent to Prof. Prescott, but that gen-
tleman had refused to analyze them,
as his former tests had brought out
codnter analyses and elicited news-
paper controversy.

1\Ir.VVni. Hayden, oi Tecumseh,
stated that he obtained the best re-
sults from hard wheats. He believed
that soft wheats must be discarded.
In regard to the counter analysis of
wheat that had been made by Prof.
Kedzie, he believed that they were in
harmony with the results obtained by
Prof. Prescott.
lir. I-l..lIaydeii of Jackson, said
that the results obtained by Prof.
Kedzie had been published in the
.~1nze/-iccm Jllillcr. and so far as Claw-

by that paper. But that it also pub-
lished tests of flour inade from Claw-
son wheat showing that the gluten
wanted elasticity in a inarkcd de,-_rree.
There was a great <lifi'ereiicc in Claw-
son as in other wlicats. lle had seen
excellent Clawson wheat raised on rich
soil. In his vicinity (Jackson) al-

lacked strength.
choice spring wlieats brought quite as
high a price as Winter wheats. lie
believed that the introduction of Claw-

liad lowered the character and price
of the whole wheat crop of the State.
Hard wheats were best for use. There
was also universal condemnation of
soft Wheats, which were now princi-
pally exported. .He did not see how
it could be milled abroad when it
cannot be milled here. If it could be
milled elsewhere when mixed with
other Wheats, the same thing could be
done here. _

In reply to a question from Mr.
Merrill, of Kalamazoo, as to Fultz
wheat, Mr. Voight, of Grand Rapids,
said that he had found some of it and
thought it as good as Lancaster or
Mediterranean. He mixed it with
white wheat.

Mr. Wai*d said that he knew of sec-
tions where both Fultz and Clawson
wheat had been introduced, and mill-
ers were universally unsuccessful with

cated in a section where, at one time, ,

son and other soft varieties of wheat , _ _
1 broad field yet unexplored in your own

I
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i
1

He thought this the proper ,

son wheat was concerned, sustained ,

ities which the Fultz lacked. It was 1
soft, coiiipared with other red Wheats. 
Mr. Win. Hayden, of Tecumseh, liked I
the Egyptian wheat, Which, so far as
he had seen, was a solid red wheat
and was good and strong. Mr. A. X.
Cary corroborated the opinion of Mr.
Hayden, and stated that he bought
all of it he could get.

Mr. H. A. Hayden, of Jackson, said
that he had offered a small premium
at the county fair for the best ten
loaves of bread made from Diehl,

' Clawson or Tread well, the bread, flour

and Wheat to be exhibited together.
He suggested that if this idea be elab-
orated it might be a valuable one,

The introduction of new machinery
and new inetliods of niaiiufactiire with-
in the last few years, have worked a
revolution in this braiirli' of business.
and affected the farmer as well as the
ma.niifactui'er of his wheat. By these
improved methods, :1 better quality of
flour is niaiiiifactiii'ed than before, and
the Michigan farnier with his winter
wheat flour, does not occupy the place
he used to before "patent flour” was
made.

This condition of things may not
eontiiiue live or ten years. Manufac-
turing fiourwill be better uiiderstood

. than it is to-day, and no one can fortell

what vaiieties, what treatmeiit, or what
combiiiations will then give the best
i‘esiilts. '

Ofone thing .‘-iicliigan farmers feel
quite sure, and that is that (flavvsoii
wheat since its iiitrodiictioii into this
State has in most instances done better
than other varieties, and will ui.idoubt—
edly be sown this fall more generally
than any other variety. After reading
the journal of the proceediiigs of the
‘Millers Associatioii, it is safe to say
that fni'niei's are not the only class that
do not wholly uiiderstand their busi-
ness. and we are not sorry that millers
as well as fariiiers associate togetheizaiid
discuss questions that relate to their

_ own business.

There is much to learn in every de-
partmentof business, and we are im-
pressed with this truth when we think
that not one farmer in a liundred, per-

E haps in a thousand who has been rais-
.

ing wheat, and eating bread made from

i it, for half a life time, has any definite

though good looking, Clawsoii ivlieat ,
J11 some inarkets

idea ofthe number ofpounds of bread
there are in a barrel of lion 1'.
millers probably not one in ten know
any more about it than the fai'1ner. it
is even piobablc that quite a percentage
of bakers are-just as iiiiich in the dark.

Brotlier farinei's, do not suppose that
you of all men least ull(lel'Sl;aI1(.l your
business, and bejust as sure there is :1

chosen avocatioii, iiiviting your care-
fiil, studious attention, that promises a
rich return for time spent and labor
done, by earnest workers, within its
unknown bounds‘

The Urraiige with its associatioiis and
discussions has done much to stimulate
enquiry, encourage improvement, ob-
literate prejudice,and advance to a high-
er piane, the Agriculturists of our land.
Be faithful to its demands upon you, for
in so doing you will only be faithful to
your own best interests, as farmers.

\\’e would call attention to the ad-
vertisment on our last page of the Col-
vin Bee-Hive. It is now in general
use in this section of the State. The
gentlemen who indorse it are old relia-

.\1:d ofi

, both varieties. In Illinois and Indi-l ble citizens here, and would not com-
: 511151 00101‘ and Strength were the Qllal‘ , mend any contrivance that was not of

special merit.

J L's'1' before going to press we received
from Bro. Holloway, the Articles of
Association of the Michigan Farmers
Mutual Defense Association, which we
print on third page. From Bro. Hollo-
way‘s letter we conclude there is a pros-
pect of this new Association doing some
business. If the Patent Gate claim
goes into court, the claimeiits will cer-
tainly have to make out a case before
they get more money, and farmers
should all come to the front and join in
the defense. Do not be be hull-tlozed
out of a dollar. Let every Subordinate
and County Grange iii the State vote a
sum to sustain this defense.

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

17, 32, 50, .32, 6:2, 67, 33, 09, 77, so, 94,
97,102, 112, 135, 133, 141, 143, 179, 131,
132, 187, 197, 208, 209, 2236,12-12,245, 2.55,
264, 235, 232, 237, 288, 303, 309, 320, 321,
334, 342, 34.3, 359, 371, 373, 333, 33.5, 411,
418, 429, 431, 447, 448, 450, 457, 460, 433,
473, 492, 502, 504, 50.3, .322, 523, 526, 534,
 560, 570, 598, (100, 304, 00.5, 611.

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

not formally surrendered their char-
ters.

WE have received from the publish-
ing house of R l). .\leridith & Co.,
Louisville Kentucky, by order of O.
H. Kelly,a box said to contain 4-IO
Digests, issued by authority of the
National Grange.

This is a digest of the laws and
enactments ofthe National G1-ange,
and with it we find the Decisions of
Masters of the Nat. Grange and Court
of Appeals, to which is added the
Parliamentery Guide, “Declaration
of Purposes,” and suggestions for the
organization of co-operative societies,
approved by the National Grange.

These books were to have been
furnished some months ago for dis-
tribution. As there is nota. suflicient
number to supply every Master in the

, State we shall mail at once a copy to

the Masters of the several Granges,
that we find are not delinquent,
more than one quarter, in reports and
payment of dues. If any Master does
not receive a copy that he thinks
he is entitled to, we suggest that
he make enquiry, and ascertain
whether the secretary has discharged
his duty to the State Grange. If the
supply proves insufficient, we shall
endeavor to procure more copies:
The book is valuable for reference,
and careful examination of its con-
tents Would enable Masters to avoid
some mistakes they are quite liable to
commit,and relieve the Master of the

State Grange from considerable cor-
respondence.

Svs'1?1«:.\1 on the farm is essential
to permanent success. \Vhatever
branch of farming is selected should
be stuck to if only moderately suc-
cessful. A man is constantly learn-
ing in a. business to which he gives
habitual attention, and this knowl-
edge is a part of his capital just as
much as the money invesed in stock
tools, or buildings.

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In a former number of the Visirou.
I asked for reports from Patrons of
the benefit resulting from tiie appli-
cation of salt as a manure in its ap-
plication to crops, and especally to
wheat. Some have reported satis-
factory results in increased yield, early
ripening, stiffness of straw and free-
dom from insect enemies; and state
that they shall continue its use. Others
have not discovered any advantage in
larger yield. ’I‘lie effect on different
soils and in diil'erent seasons is not
always the saine. I applied last fall
at the time of sowing,on parts of three
different fields from fifty to three
hundred pounds to the acre. On two
no difference was perceptible at bar-
vest. On the other, the salted part
of the field ripened a few days in ad-
v.-iiice of the part, on which no salt
was applied.

I believe that it will be well to ex-
periment furthcr in the application,
and especially on clay and gravelly
soils.

Salt at Sagiiiuv is now 743 cents a
barrel, and H.430 a ton in bulk for the
best: second quality is 65 cents a
barrel. A car can be loaded with part
in barrels, and part in bulk if de-
sired.

Second, .\licliigaii test inspected oil
is now lb‘ cents a gallon at Detroit by
the barrel. I can fill orders at that
rate if money is sent with the order.
Orders to be paid on delivery will be
charged a cent a gallon more. Barrels
contain about fifty gallons.

Team harness is still $24.00 a set
with hip straps and flat lines; round
lines are a -$71.00 additional, and britch-
ing is $33.00. Lumber and shingles
can be had at wholesale rates by the
car load shipped direct from the mills.

Any lady wanting a nice sewing
machine should forward her order
to me soon, as I have some as good as
there is made at a lower price than
any other first-class machine is offered
for, which I send on trial and if not
satisfactory, it can be returned. I
intend before long to close up my
business, and the price of these ma-
chines will then be put up, as agents
are endeavoring to get control of
them, and doubtless will as soon as I
quit. I have yet a stock of boots and
shoes which I am offering by the

single pair at cost by the case; also, ~
domestic dry goods and groceries.‘

To any live Patron or Grange, want-
ing a small stock of goods it will pay
them to write for prices for cash.

Across Ptiiposes.

In the case of the Dickson libel in
the Police Court yesterday. the small
boy who carried the note made it
quite ainusing for the audience and
provoking to the usually placid Pros-
ecuting Attorney. Thc examination
was in this shape:

' “Where do you live P"

‘Right across the street from Mr.
Dickson.”

“Where does Mr. Dickson live?”

“Right across the street from us.

*-But that ain’t what I Want," and
the Prosecutor began to grow red and
perspire; “Tell me where you live.”

“I live with my mother,”

“And where does your mother
live?”

“Right across the street from Mr.
Dickson.”

Then the l’rosecutor swore out lia-
hens corpus against the witness and
served him with a man dam us.—I)e-
trait Eveizi72g ;Tele_(/mph.

 

Gnsvos Visrron and Husbandman, 81.60.

gtate §,geiit's éepzn-tment.

- CE1\‘TRI-IVILLI-J. '

THE 

5 g:urre.s'_,yamleiiri;.

()i.i\'.'-:, Aug. iiltth, 1.978.

I B/'0. J. '1’, Cobb.-

‘ DEAR SiR—By direction of Olive
Grange, 1 forward you t'or publication
- in the \'isiToit, the following Resolu-
itions ununiinou‘-‘l.V Eldopted by OH!‘
f Grange:

 

l swindle which is being perpetrated up-
on the farmers of this State by the so

 

l versal use throughout the country, we .

5 consider this a favorable opportunity for
1 the P. H. to show the people that we
lare cognizant of our rights as farmers,
and will protect and defend them by a
united opposition to any party,‘ or (-or-_
,l poration that may seek to deprive us of
1 them. _ ,

I Many fariner.< outside the gate in this

vicinity have offered to assist us in figlit-

ing this swindle, and offer to place
{money in the Grange Treasury to be
1 used for that purpose, thereby demon-
,sti'ating the confidence which non-pa-
troiis have in the strength and influence
of the organization. This is also illus-
trative of the apathy and iiidiffereiice,
which farmers exhibit with regard to
their rights, until they are individually
tlireatened,wlien they naturally seek
the aid and assistance which can only
be obtained by co-operation. Individu-
ally we are liclpless, collectively we are
masters of the situation.

’I‘lierefore, we would say to non—pa-
trons, come within the gate, there is
room for all, and help roll the wheels of
progress and justice, until swindlers and
robbers are swept from the land. \\'e
as a Grange, ai'e in a healthy and flour-
ishing condition. Our meetings are
lively, and we think profitable. ()ur

commencement of the present year,
from sixty-three to nearly one hundred,
and some are still knocking at the gate
for admittance.

adopted by Olive Gmiige, No. 23-38, Aug.
2-ltli, 1878:

‘VIII-IRF.-\.'s‘, Certain parties starting out
from Ypsilanti, Mich., claim to be the
owners of a certain patent on a Slide
Gate, which gate is in universal use by
the farmers of this State; And

\\'in:RnA.<, Said parties are collecting
money from the farmers, who use said
gate, on the ground of infringeniciit of
patent; And _ ‘

VViir:ni~_:As, We the members of Olive
Grange, No. 338, are satisfied said par-
ties are swindlers, and the whole claim
a fraud; Tlierefore,

Resolved, That we will resist by our
influence and means, all efforts of said
parties to collect damage from members
of this Grange.

Resolved, That a copy of these Reso-
lutions be published in the G RA .\'(:h Vis-
ITOR. and county papers.

Yours, Fraternally,
Tnos. \\'. B.-\l.l)\\'l.\', Sec’y.

.\i..ii-'i.i l’. 0. Soi"i'i—i l"l..\.,)
Augu.-‘L iitltli, l.~'TS. J
B.-'o. /. '1’. (2'o(';{;:

\\'e feel under many obligations to
you for several speciiiieii copies of the
GRANGE \'isi'roi< sent us. We appre-
ciate them very highly indeed. It
furnishes just such (lrange news as we
like to hear. The \'isi'roi< is plain,
practical and to the point. “'9 as
Grangers in South Florida, are con-
siderably behind the times in Grange
matters and training. But not witli-
staiiding all our disadvantages some of
us arejust as true to the cause as can be
found, I don’t care where you go, or
how close you look. We would do
something if we had a chance, but at
present our communications are bad, as
_we have no railroads, and depend en-
;tirely on water routes, that; are con-
 trolled by the niercli-ants, which‘ gives
j Gr-angers a poor showing in the way of
, trading tlirougli Grange channels. But
- we have a faint hope that the day is not
i far distant when the wild deer and all-
, gators will have it salute from the iron
lliorse. Tlien “the pooroldGi'aiigers,”
{as they are often called by those},th-at
 can not be admitted. will be more in-
. dependent ofthekid-gloved professional
;men. I see from Orange papers that

the order is in a flourishing condition

nearly all over the United States, and I

l do believe the Grange will be a grand
( success in a day not far distant.

Please send me by return mail, one

copy of the Ritual; 25 blank notices

to delinquent members. Four copies

1 eonser uence oi" the trreat fraud and .
'1 . ] '5

called owners of the Slip Gate in uiii- .

iiiembersliip has iiicreased since the,

The following are the Resolutionsf

'2 Visiroiz. directed to subscribers as fol-
. lows: Peter Turner, Keysville; \V_. P.
i Key, and Geo. Vi’. \Vells, Alsfia, Hills-

Iboro (30,, Fla.; \V. 1’. Key, Gand_v.’~‘.

- (Jove, Morgan Co, Ala. Find enclosed
l stamps for same. \\'ishing you and the
‘ Visiroit success, 1 will do what I can
i for it in the future.
3 me again soon.
Fraternally yours,

I reniain a South Florida Graiiger,
l A. \\'. Wr:i.i.s.

\
l3A'l"l‘l.l£ Ciu-.'i«:i<, Sept. Isis’.
‘ Bro. Cobb .-

You will hear from '

..-._...__-_..._

 Our thanks are due to Bro. Garrati,
j that good, Whole souled, jolly old Grang.
er, and his good wife for our pleasant
visit. May we have many such.
Fraternally yours,
Rir‘H.-um KEi~:i.i-:n. .S€c'_\'.

_. A1.'oi's'r 20:11, 13:s_
. We/'(Iz_y Bro. Cobb .-
I have only to say that Oul'GI'£ulge 1,,
prospering finely. \Ve have quite a
number of new applications for niein.
1 bersliip. \\'e try to make the social and

5 educational part interresting by editing

i I have been looking for seine coni— 1
l

: niunicatioii from Pennfield Grange,
but not having seen any, I thought I
, would send you a few lines, and let you

; alive, and thinking‘ that some in-ay not
t know the -location of our Grange. 1 will
' briefly describe it.

Pennfield Grange is located about 4.].
miles north of Battle Creek City, in the
beautiful valley of the Battle Creek,
and upon its bluffs, with farming lands
second to none in the State,an(l is coni-

; posed of a class of farmers, thatin point
; of intelligence, and as thorough, prac-
: tical agriculturists, will compare favor-
ably with any portion of the State, and
as evidence, look at their beautiful
Efarnis scattered along the valley and
Ion the bluffs, at their waving fields of
I grain, at their large and well developed
3 flocks and herds, theirlarge and comino-
3 odius farm houses, with barns and sheds
filled with hay and grain; the vineyards
loaded with their rich and luscious fruit.
. Their neat and tasteful school building,
1 where the young store their minds with
useful knowledge, and we have every
evidence of thrift and prosperity, and a
community of enterprising, and useful
citizens.
\Vlieat has been a very good crop in
‘ this section, averagiiig from twenty to
tliirty bushels per acre, Bro. Garratt,
having raised thirty-three bushels per
acre on corn ground, of the Clawson
variety; corn not more than halfacrop,
 on accouiit of the very dry, hot weather;
oats a light crop, and potatoes small ; a
fair crop of grapes, but a very small crop
ofapples. And now a few words about
our Grange. Last spring we decided to
hold our Grange meetings at different
places within our jurisdiction, and hold
our meetings in the afternoon. The
Brothers and Sisters thinking that it
would be well to rest from their weary
larni labors, and spend their afternoons
in social enjoyment.

Our \Vorthy Master appointed a
special committee, whose duty it is to
present subjects for discussion before
the Grange. Then the \Vorthy Master
assigns the different subjects to mem-
bers of the Grange, who write essays on
the subject presented, and reads to the
Grange at the next meeting. Then fol-
lows a general discussion, which nearly
all take part in. It is very interesting
and instructive, the Sisters taking part
in the debate as well as the Brothers.

()ur last meeting before harvest, was
held at the house of Bro. Garratt, on
the i.’Jtli ofJuiir. Although we were in
.1 the midstof liaying, we had a full meet-
ing, a number of visitors f'rom other
Graiiges being present. \Ve were rath-
er late in getting to the Grange, but
found the croquet grounds in full run-
ning order, the Sisters in the house
shelling peas for the table, with their
tongues as busy as their fingers, talking
over the events of the day; we found
the house very neatly and tastefully
adorned with evergreens and flowers-
the rooms were cool and inviting, and
at the tsp of the Master's gave], the
rooms were filled with smiling and hap-
py faces, ready for work in the Grange.
After the regular order of business,then
came the discussion on the different
topics assigned us. This most impor-
tant feature of our meeting occupied
some time, and was valuable in manv
ways——developing the ubiltty to talk
and instruct in the work of our
voca.tioii, which f'arniers as a class
so much need. After a thorough de.
bate we adjourned. The Sisters went
to the diniiig-room and filled the tables
with choice, tempting viands such 3'5
W0U1d Satisfy the appetite ofaiiy G1-anu-
er in the land. °

After the tables were cleared, the com.
pany spent an hourin social chat and
games, and as the sun was sinking low
in the west, and throwing its golden
sheen o er hill and valley, we departed
to our several homes, feeling glad that
we were Patrons all, and better that we
001l1d meet as a Grange, and better still
that when in the Grange we were Mi
willing to do our whole duty.

, a paper called, “The Grange Interest."
Every member is invited to contribuu.

. articles to its pages, and all seem well

pleased so far with it. \V'e realize the

_ V _ . aGrange is what we make it, and we
;know that Peiinneld Grange is stilll

deem it a pleasure to make it interest.

3 ing and useful to us all; thereby cum.
 vating a feeling of brotherly love inn]
‘ proving that it is good to meet together,

\\’ithout this feeling of interest in the
cause we work for, it would be drudgery.
Make the Grange interesting, and it

-, happier social time can always be had_

Hiimn E. TA\'l.ti]{, Se.-,

l)ow.i(ii.-ii‘, Sept. nth, 1575.
]}/'o. J. 2'. Cobb .'

I believe nearly all the tax-payers in
the State will endorse your efforts to re-
form our system of Jurisprudence, and
think it would be a. good plan to semi
blank petitions to each Grange in the
State, requesting the Masters to get
signers and forward to the legislature
as soon as it is organized. Bro. Abriun
Fiero, of Lansing, a first-class farmer,
an honest and competant man is a candi-
date for Representative to the legisla-
tive; will the farmers of Cass County
give him their united support and
thereby secure the election of a man
who will faithfully represeiit our great
agricultural interests.

Fraternally,
ll. H. TA YLOR.

\\'A'rsoN, Sept. l'lth, 1875’.
To Ed. Grange l'1Isiifor.-

_At tlielastmeeting of VVatson Grange
i\o._l-54, its members adopted the fol-
lowing Resolution :

Having heard of the attempt to col-
lect money on the farm gate in common
use, we hereby resolve, to stand by
one another and test the claim in court
if called on; and we will resist all such
swindlers.

Resolved, That our Secretary be di.
rected to’ send this resolution to the
Grange \ isrron for publication_

C. L. Vizvizit, Se-c’y.

Q.l‘iN(-v, Sept. to, 1878.
B/'0. J. T. Cobb .-

D_i-:.-iR SIR——\Vill you please give this
notice a place in the columns of the
Grange VISITOR, and you will oblige.

The next regular meeting of the Hills-
dale Pomona Grange, No. 10, will he
on the second VVednesday in Oct. next,
at the Hall of the Litchfield Grange, in
the village of Litchfield, at 10 o’clock
A. M. Members of the Order from
Branch and Calhoun Counties are cor-
dially invited.

H. D. Psssi-:i.i., Master.

Giuxii RAPIDS, Sept. 9th, 1878.
Brother J. T. Cobb .-

By order of the Executive Coniiiiittee,
the next meeting of Kent Co. Grange.
1\0. 18, will be held.at Cascade Grange
Hall, on Wednesday, Oct., 2d, 1878, in-
stead of Oct. 9th, as per adjournment.
M. B. HINE, Sec’y.

Prices of Paint Again Reduced.

The Patrons’ Paint Company having
largely increased their steam machin-
ery fol‘ producing Ingersol’s Ready
Mixed Paints have again reduced
the price of their celebrated Pure.
.l‘_me, Ready Mixed Paints, making the
‘hslcount 4" D81‘ cent from the retail
Price, which makes the pr-ice much 1639
then the materials can be bought f0!‘
"fixing paints in the old way; and be‘
sides the Ingersoll paint looks elegant’
1)’, and will endure so much longer. ,

ny one can have the Company“
Book, “Every one their own painter,"
and decorated with illustrations of C01-
01‘-S. Brushes and Putty mailed free by
mentlonlng this paper, and addressinK

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New %%l‘r81t{)- anager, 10" Sout

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I. EDGAR .TO.\'l‘IS.

Slut l.\'Hll\5l the street with a fling and fl flirt.
And a high, majestic swing:
}p,,- guriiieiits sweeping the dust and dirt,
That long to their lustre cling——
\\’ith nose elevated a yard in air
On the patent bu!/oomzlic plan,
,\ painted face that is false as fair,
And 2|. grimnce for every man.

A form, manufactured in equal part
Of whalebone, and silk, and cotton—-
.\ hollow, hard shell where was once a
heart,
Now lost and its name forgotten ;
A mincing gait that is highly bred,
A waist that a midge might span,
A toy balloon in the place of a head,
And in voice like a. rattle pan.

She thinks she is wondrously fine and fair,
With her powder and paint and curls,
And looks in her sex with a brazen stare

That demolishes common girls ;
And she paddles along in her dunces
dance, _ _
With body and brain so light, _ .
That wiser ones sneer at her prinking
prance, .
And vote her a perfect fright, .
As she moves along winh her lofty swing
And a trail like the tail of a kite.

Reply to the “Invalid Correspondent, A.
1’. IL, of the " Farmers Friend.”

Your appreciation of my p en sketch-
es are gratefully treasured in memory’s
casket, and be assured, dear girl, that
my hearts warmest sympathies are
enlisted in your behalf as an invalid,
since your last letter. I too have tast-
ed afliictiou in varied forms, and as
sometimes an invalid, have often ex-
hausted every known means for mak-
ing time pass agreeably. If any of
my simple methods for being useful
can be of service to you, I shall be
glad to make them known ; yet, they
may not be new to you. One of my
chief refuges from dullness, is the se-
lecting of choice scraps from news-
papers, and pasting them in some book
not otherwise useful. \Vithout doubt,
your father has patent ofiice reports
by the score, in which perchancc he
never looks lf you will fill them
with attractive stories, good poetry,
instructive essays, eloquent lectures
and choice engravings, they will prove
to be as interesting as any volumes
found in your large library. To make

pastc—n_ioistena spoonful of flour or_

s!ai'cl1 with cold water, then add near-
ly a pint of boiling water, stirring
first to keep '_from lumps. The thin-
ner the paste, only so that it will ad-
here well, the better it is for scrap-
books. In applying the paste to your
scrap to be placed in y our book, wet
your finger in the paste, then apply
rapidly to the back of your scrap, and
lay gently on the page where desired;
rubbing it carefully with a dry cloth
35 _1Il papering walls. \\'henevcr you
finish a page and turn it over, place a
dry leaf between to remain as you put
your book to press. To keep your
scrap book from swelling out to im-
proper dimensions, you need to cut
out every other leaf, an inch from its
fastening in the binding. To have
your book smooth, lay it on a table,
and place a. number of heavy books
upon every part of it; or cover your
book with a board and place two
smoothing irons thereon. Change
}’_0ur drying leaves every morning uii-
til the parts pasted are sufficiently
dry, for fear of mold or mildew.
When weary of making scrap-books,
lsometimes resorted to framing pic-
tures. \Vith a box of broken glass from
the country store, and a glass-cutter,

Cut a piece of glass to suit the size of

V9111‘ picture to be framed. Cut. a
Piece of heavy pasteboard from a. box
Procured from the store, the same size
38 your glass and picture for a back ;
‘hell with stiff wheat paste and strong
Paper or cloth, bind your glass, pic-

THE GR4.}i1'\*(§E'i‘§7IsIT61Ii. I

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turc and pzisteboard around the edge

* neatly and carefully together, to the
‘ width of an inch on each side.

‘ your picture frame dry now under a »
\\'hcn dry, bind again "

. light weight.

l popular now.
Let ;

with gilt paper, spliiits, paper border -

or anything fancy. For liaiigiiigs.
‘ twist some scarlet yarn into goyd sized

picture with glue. I have seen love-
_ ly franics of autumn leaves varnislied;
‘, frames with pumpkin seeds arranged
.in vines and rosetts; also, seed and
 shell frames. A unique frame is made
, by gumming on to a plain wood frame,
 all manner of old relies, such as fancy
f buttons, tliimblcs, toys, spectacles,
 broken bits of colored glass, fish-
 hooks, small knives, &c., 6:c.

1 Another pastime which served me
' well, was piecing variety quilts. My
first attempt I succeeded in finishing a
bed quilt, containing 1,600 different
varieties of calico, and 5,377 separate
pieces ofcloth. In my second attempt,
with a pattern of my own invention, I
have finished :1 bed quilt containing
3,194 different varieties of calico and
U,.‘lS)3 pieces therein. Such attempts
as the last two mentioned, however,
need the blended virtues of patience
and perseverance, developed in a high
degree. .

In examining one of my scrap-
books, I find t-he following directions
for making a delicate and pretty
“daisy tidy,” which may prove a
pleasant pastime to you, if not to iii-
tricate. Materials : Three rolls of
fine white tape and a. few knots of
yellow worsted. Directions: Cut the
tape into pieces, fifteen and one-half
inches long. \\'ith the aid of your
tape measure and pencil, mark off up-
on one edge of the tape, dots one inch
apart; mark the other edge in the
same way, these dots alternating with
the first, and place .1 third row of dots
midway between these two, along the
centre of the tape; join the ends, and
with strong white thread gather the
tape by taking a short stitch where
each dot appears, and carrying the
thread from one to the next. If done
rightly the gathering thread will form
a series of points. Draw the thread
and fasten it, thus forming a flat ring
of quilled tape with a small opening
in the centre. For the centre of the
daisy, Wind 3. thread of the Worsted
around your finger fifteen or twenty
times, slip off and tie a bit of thread
tightly around the littte cluster of
loops, cut open at each end, shear it
off smoothly with the scissors and you
will have a flat fuzzy tuft one inch
across; fasten this over the centre of
your daisy, and the flower is coni-
plete. Make twenty-five of these,
fasten together in diamond form, and
finish the tidy with a cord and tassel
of worsted looped and fastened from
the three lower points.

By the way, dear invalid, did you
ever try your hand at spatter work '3
\'Vhen made tastefully and correctly,
they equal the fiiiest steel engravings
in beauty. \Ve have made fern pic-
tures in this wise: Take a sheet of
unruled white paper or bristol board,
lay ferns in a tasteful and artistic
manner in the centre of your piece
desired. then ink a tooth-brush and
hold it in your left hand, while you
move over it with a fine comb in the
right, hand. The spattcrs need to be
fine and equally distributed over the
surface of your paper, shading off
from the centre to the outside.-
\\"hen your paper is spattered evenly
and darkly, then with a pin carefully
litt, your ferns from their place and lay
your first spatter picture away to dry.
Sometime, if you wish, I can give you
directions for making mottoes in spot-
ter-work found in my scrap-book; sl-
so, how to make moss pictures, and
rustic work, and a wax cross. Many
lovely ornaments can also be made

I weakiiess and lussitiide.
cord and fasten on the back of your '

from splints and worsted, and are very
But, dear invalid, in
all these pastimes allow me to can-
tion you against overdoing. Never
allow yourself to work so incessantly
at even light work as to fall into
trembling and a feeling of extreme

your recovery.

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It will hinder

I have :1 dear young friend for at

neighbor who, from a violent attack
of spotted fever several years ago,
has never recovered her health, She
is just as busy as :1 bee with her many
pastimes, even ovordoes herself o"-
ten; and when I asked her what I
should tell you for her, she said: “ I
do almost everything fora change."

\\'hen you Wish more of my words
for your benefit, write and let me
know. I have spent many thoughts
upon you and your needs. Have tried
to give a variety of pastimes for your
amusement. If useful to you, write
sonictinies to your friend.

_\ir.s. .‘»I. ll. FR.\.‘{t‘l-1,

Auburn Four Corners, Susqiieliannn

County, Pa.

What Fiiriiicrs Succeed.

That farmer will succeed who makes
up his mind that the whole secret of
success is in himself; that is, the man
and not the business that tells. He
will succeed iflie bring to bear the
same amount of skill, forethought and
energy, economy and judgement that
any other business requires. He will
succeed if he sticks as close to his
farm as the mechanic does to his shop,
and not expect to work three or four
months and then take his ease the rest
of the year. 'l‘hat- farmer will succeed
who takes the papers, and digests
What he reads, and who is not afraid
of new ideas and new methods of iii-
dustry. He will succeed if it is his
intention that whatever he sends to
market shall be the very best, and so
made and put up that when seen it
will be captivating for its freshness,
cleanliness and purity, and will be
unhesitatiiigly taken on account of
his well-known character for honesty
of weight, ineasurc and count. Those
who have farms may think themselves
fortunate, for although they will not
thereby find sudden roads to wealth,
they will certainly prove that persist-
ent farm labor will bring (I. sure re-
ward. It is worthy of notice, that the
adventurer and spcculator, with blas-
ted hopes and sliattcred health and
fortune, have in the end to come back
to the farm for health and safety.
Agriculture is the basis of national
strength and wealth, and a most cer-
tain and liberal support for all who
follow it intelligently.—E.z:change.

One day this summer we rode fifty
miles in a rziilway car, seated behind
four meii,who were playing with those
awful plziythings of the devil—c:1rds
They played echure until they were
tired of it. They played a little seven-
up, pcdro, and occasioiily a trifle 01'
poker. \V e never heard a dispute.
Their bursts of merriment occasioiilly
at some unexpected play repeatedly
drew our eyes from our book. They
never qurrelled, and never called
names once. \Vhen we got out at our
station we_s-.i.t in our window and
watched a party of young men and
maidens play croquet. In fifteen min-
utes we saw two persons cheat siic-
cessfully. \V e heard the one player
who did not cheat, accused of cheat-
ing flve times. ‘We heard four dis-
tinct bitter quarrels. \Ve heard a
beautiful young girl tell two lies, and
a meek looking young man -three, and
finally we saw the young girl throw
her mallet against the fence so hard it
frightened 11. horse, the other young

.girl pounded her mullet so hard on the

ground that it knocked the buds off

the house at different doors, and the
two young men looked shecpish and
went off after a drink. Now, why is
this? Isn’t croquet 51 good, moral
gamc,— Ilurlinf/ton. flair/reg/c’.

Concert of A 1-tion.

1\l

-ie importance of concert or c ~-
operation among farmers cannot be
over—estimated. lleretofore it has
been considered impracticable for
them to co-operate. It has been held
that they were scattered too niucli to
work together Or in concert. This is
not true. They can co-operate, as
the past years have demonstrated,
but the masses have never seen the

importance of this step; consequently, -

the burdens have been imposed upon
the few in every Grange. Such is the
case however, in every organization
Those, therefore, who see the iinpor-
tancc of co-operative efforts among
furiners should not allow themselves
to become discouraged.

We have more of the co-operative
spirit in the Order than ever before.
It is true that some of our brethren
are not as active as at fii-st, but
many expected results which were
unattainable, and gradually lost
enthusiasm, notwithstanding which
they clung to the organizatioii as a
true friend. This proves they have
confidence in the Grange, and know
that it is the instrument by which
they are to protect and elevate their
vocation. Were it otherwise, they
would not continue to spend time
and money to uphold it.

The Grange is a school wherein
are taught those lessons which farin-
ers need to learn. Some were more
or less acquainted with those lessons
and knew What to anticipate. The
masses, however, were not—else there
would have been no demand for the
Grange organization. They hoped to
obtain at once that which time and
perseverance alone can seciii-c. They
had niisconceived notions of the work
ahead, and, as a result, found their
ideas modified as they progrc<sc<l.
They, therefore, rely upon those
who have a clearer view of the
importance of our organization, and
depend upon them to devise ways
and means to advance the interests
of the Order. Much as this is to be
lamented, it could not, in the nature
of things, be otherwise. Those who
feel that they are laboring in 3 good
cause, but do not understand how
best to promote the interests of that
cause, naturally look to the few to
point out the way; upon whom fall
the burdens as well as the honors.

Those, therefore, who are placed in
charge of the organization have gieat
responsibilities placed upon them.
They are to lay out the plan of action,
to adhere to it themselves, and to
teach others how to do it~until this
is done, the burden is upon them.
Great as this burden is, there is no
room for discouragement. The mas-
scs are supporting them, and will ren-
der telling aid to the cause as soon
as they know how. Every oflicizil in
the Order should therefore devise
means by which the lessons of our
organization are imparted to mem-
hers. They rely upon and expect
this. In doing so, however, be care-
ful to teach them to think for them-
selves, thatahigher manhood may
be developed; that as they learn they
may become less and less dependent
upon others for their ideas and views.

Be careful not to educate them to
look upon those in whom they have
confidence, as lcaders—as men who
possess their thoughts and opinions.
By so doing the (‘ri-angc will soon de.
velopa higher order of citizenship
place the average farmer above the
deceptive influences of those who set

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tinued devlopment of the noble pui--
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BUSI HESS l‘0LLEGE.WVRI'I‘|l\'G AND

’l‘l!2l.El:‘-RAP}! INS’l‘l'I‘UTE.
ONLY $3. Bend for Journal.
' W. F. PARSONS, Prest.

l49dl&w3m Kalamazoo, Mich.

TIIE REAPER, DEATII.

HIGHLAND, Sept. fld, 1878.

and beloved brother Erwin Vl'ixson ; therefore,

Jh.-solved, That as a Grange we deeply lament
the death of our brother, and most earnestly
tender our sympathies to the family and friends
of the deceased who mourn his loss.

Ifesolt-ed, That these resolutions be spread on
our records, sent to the family of the deceased
and to the GRANGE VISITOR for publication.

LYMAN CATE,
FANNIE CATE, ,Committec.
A. W. BAKER. 5

'I‘enn_v Plains Grange, No. 235.

The Husbandman!
EVERY FARMElt—Should TAKE IT.

It is thoroughly Reliable
and Practical in Every
Department.

It is Owned, Edited and Managed
by FARMERS, and is an able Ex-
ponent of the Agricultural
Interests of the Country.

’l‘irn IIUSHANIIMAN discusses public questions
from the farmer's standpoint. It demands that
the burdens of taxation should be more equita-
bly placed on all classes of property, and that
the farming interests be thereby measurably
relieved.

THE HUSBANI)MAN contends agaiiist unjust
discrimination in freight charges, by which the
present railroad management is heaping heavy

urdens on the farmers of this and other States.

No other farmer's paper pays as careful heed
to its Market Reports, which are thoroughly
reliable and accompanied with comments show-
ing the condition of the market and tendency
of prices.

In short, Tin-: HUSBANDMAN seeks to promote
in every way the greatest good of the agricul-
ral class, and is such a paper as farmers every-
where ought to read and support. The reports
of the discussions of the famous

Elmira Farmers Club

occupy about one page of the paper each week,
and are alone worth more to any practical
farmer than the cost of subscription.

Many of the leading farmers in different parts
of the country are among its large number of
correspondents.

Hon. Alonzo Sessions, the present Lieutenant
Governor of Michigaii, and an old and successful
farmer, in it letter urging the farmers of his
own county to take this paper said 2 “ I have
read THE HUSBANDMAN for more than two
years, and I do not hesitate to recommend it as
the BEST FARMERS PAPER that I ever read.
1 take and read several other papers, but I will
say frankly that no paper comes to my house
that is more welcome to myself and to all my
family, and not one that is read with so much
pleasure and profit.”

As a representative of the GRANGE, THE
HUSBAXDMAN is highly prized by the leading
members of the Order, in all sections of the
country. It is not sensational, but is candid
and influential.

The llusbanvlmau is a Large Eiglit-Page
Paper, and only $1.50 per year.
Postage Free.

The interesting character of THE HUsisA.\‘i)-
Mme, and low price, commend it at once to
farmers everywhere, and_ make it an easy task
to secure a club of subscribers in any Giaiige or
community. Send for sample copies which are
furnished free. Address,

IIUSBAN DMAN , Elmira, N .1’.

We W,“ send Tin: lIl7SllA_\‘ll.\iA.\' and THE
(iR\NUl3Z VISl'l‘Olt for mu: year, to Clubs of
five or more, for SN-150-

nosey,

THE G-RANGE VISITOR.

lror. é;[.-.~. AND WANT NOTICES.

V‘fANTED— Pl.ll‘CllflS€l'S for l00,000 fine, one

the 10,000. Send for terms.

HENRY COLLINS,
I.er:tui‘er St. Jo. (‘o. t,'rrriii_ge,
Ilox illl, \Vhite I’ige'“' St. Jo. C0,, .\Ii::h.

it Fro Cn5:oCHAC.4:1<ro:E.

F HE subscriber xvislies to cxcliaiilggc Illllllllfll
, for -.i span of Ilr.-rsos or yoke of Oxeu.
Call on or address A. E. l.'I’Tl lN.

Fremont Center, Newaygo Co., .‘\li4;l:.

 

J. M. ciiinisrisn,

DEALER IN

,s C} I‘. .£&I IV' E as
Wiii-cm-:.xs, it has pleased the Great Master‘
above, to remove from our midst our worthy ‘

——AND—

All kinds of Country Produce,

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DETROIT, - - MICIIIGAN

Patron’s Commission House!
THOMAS MASON,

General Enmmlssinn lvlerchanl,

183 SOUTH VVATER STREET,
CI-IICAG-O, - — ILLINOIS.
Respectfully solicits Coiisigiiments of

Flilllll, VEGETABLES. BUTTER. EGGS.

Poultry, Wool, Hides,
1’ELTS, TALLOW, and DRESSED HOGS.

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

1. I,'.l[B1u’I2 in Car or Cu,/‘go 1.0,/.9.

Having a large and conveniently arranged
House in the busiiiess 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. \Vith

SUPERIOR FACILITIES,

and close pcrsoii:i.l atteiition to business, we
hope to merit, rcceive, and retain a liberal sham
of your patronage.

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

Cash nrnst Acconnpany Orders
io Insure 1'1-ornpl Attention.

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

——HEFERENCES :——-

Merchants’ National Bziiik, Cliicago, Ill.

J. J. \\'oo(lman, Paw Paw, Mich.

J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

C, L. \Vhitney, Muskegon, Mich.

R. C. Tate, I‘res’t Mich, L. S. F. G. .-kssociation,

St. Joseph, Mich.
\V. A. Brown, Sec’y Mich. L. S. F. G. Ass’ii,
Stevciisville, Mich.
Et’§" -\'f,encils, S/tipping 'I'rIys_. r1111/din)‘/.'t4 Re-
ports furnis/I.ed on IL]/)7!‘/r‘£III‘I)Il.

CORItF.SI‘ONDE1\'CE SOLICITED.

German Horse and Bull Powder.

It should be the aim of every farinci‘ to make
his horses and cattle as handsome and useful
as possible. Nearly every teamster who drives
ateam of very fine horses feeds Condition
Powders, either openly or secretly.

The German Horse and Cow 1’owdor is of
the highest value for stock. It aids digestion
and assimulation. It helps to develop all the
powers of the animal. It improves its beauty
and increases its usefulness. It makes fat and
milk. By using it a horse will do more work,
and a cow give inore milk, and he in better
condition, with less feed.

By giving poultry Lt heaped tablespooiiful
occasion-aliy in :1 quart of chop, it will keep
them healthy and increase the qunntity of eggs.
By giving hogs a large lieaped tablespooiifiil,
with the same quantity of salt, in ii. half peck
of scalded wheat bran for every four hogs, twice
a week you will prevent Hon“. DISEASI-2.

Put up in five pound packages, six packages
in a box. at 12 cents a pound; or in six pound
boxes at ten cents d. pound. The receipt is
posted on each package and box. Made by Dr.
Oberholtzer,at his mills, No. 2 Fetter Lane,
Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by R. E. JAMES,
Kalamazoo (Jo-operative Association, No. 151
North Burdick St., Kalamazoo, Mich, and by
J. M. CHAMBERS, Illinois State Business
Agent, (lliin:-ago, Ill., at the Lowest Wliolesale
Price, when ordcan-.d under the seal of tin-
Grangc. mayl5—tf

year old Honey Locust. Prices low by 3

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It is {lie insist coiiiplo.-to woi-l-; we ever publislied.

t'ont2iiu.< «lost-i'i'ptioIis Illlll

1lI'l‘.’C‘5"~ oi’ all tlnssos of goods. such as
I l)r_z/ (.'omI.~', Gl()l'(’.s', .IIo.-ion/. Noz‘ion.s-, (,'(()‘1H!f.s', Oil Clotlm,

(‘Hf/cry, Silrrfr (md SiIrm- Plrtfcrl I[*(Ii'({. lVat(:lac.<, Jem-
('II‘!/. S0u'in_r,I J.[m‘Iu'm».-_. [run].-s, Trrwc-ling Btu/sf.

or l':lniil_\' use. FR El‘) to any ll.(l(li‘l.‘F>.

LISTS " are almost indispensable to tll()>‘(.‘ ‘.vls<> -.

Pi 1I(’.s‘_. Tobm'('0, Ci_r/m-.-, _’I 1»/rs, d"('.
E \Vt-:il.~=oi.ssi1i- Supplcineii‘r.'-' coiitiiiiiiiip; prices of GR()(fF.RlES, lite.

These “ Plili 'l<'.

csirc Il)1Illl'I'll:l.~'C1lll_\' rl:a.-as of |,;m.Hls fol‘ persuiiul

fl10.,/‘."TG'0.7l1E,/4’ l ' ll";»1 If I.)  C0. ,

227 and 22!) \\'-abasli .-\\'e., CHICAGO, lllll.

Tllli K.r\l..A)lAZO(.)

yspring Tooth Cultivator

»—-or. ——

 HARROW’;

?il::iii1f:u-tuivul by

9D. 0. and H. C. REED tit 00.,

KALAMAZOO, MICH.

TO THE FARMER.

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We refer farmers, by permission, to

“'31. 11. Conn, Pres. Kalamazoo Co. “ "
and "200 of the best farmers of Kztlaiiiazno (_‘o.,
who used this Harrow last season.

I). C. and H. (I. REED ti: C0.

li'!t’l’/'1'.‘ /«'01: (.71/wt’/...i/.n~' To
The PHELPS &. BIGELOW
 ’Wind Mill C0.,

I\‘Iaiiiifactiirci's of the

W is Ea £19”

WIND MILL.

And Dealers in
I’L'i\IPS, I’IPES,'I‘ANKS, & c.
Nos. ll, ill 5.‘ l8 X. llurulirl; St,

- KALAMA’/.00, MICII.

co |_V|NS’
EUREKA BEE -HIVE

and I10:-icy 1?a(:](.~'.
MADE ON AN ENTIRELY NEW’ PLAN.

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

Sample Hive—Complete, - - $3.50.
Liberal discount on large Orders.

Address,
MCCALL <\': VVILLIAMS,

Schoolcratt, Kalamazoo (Jo.. Mich

MUCALL it \V.lLLI.\MS:

  
 
 

REKA BEE—HIVES, both for Comb and Ex-
tracted Honey: I can positively assert, that for
saving, and making large colonies, and for the
prorliictioii of surplus Honey, it is unequaled
by any Hive that I have ever seen or used.
Yours,
I.i'.\rAN Tnoursox.

.1-do bl-reby L‘ll<l()l'.‘-'6 the stateiuent of Mr.
l.yuI:iu 'l‘lmiiip‘«'x,m.

H. ll. l7EI.i.o wa.

Sz.:I‘e.9 Tz'me asml Jlloney,

For Pnrllier PElI‘llBlll3l‘S send for Circular. :

E. O. HUMi>uni?.Y, Pres. of State Agrit-’l Sol.-icty,  FD .1.“ I .“,.\,.“,D

GE.\"rs:——Afl:era tliorough trial of thc EI'- V

l

READY FOR AGENTS!

THE TEMPERANCE

cool: BOOK!

.\ (foixipletv Guide to Plain and Rich Cook-
ing. lce Creams, Summer Drinks, Sauces, etc,
without the use of \Vine, Brandy or other
liquors. House-keeping and House-furnisliing.
Taste and economy in C.-upetiiig Rooms. Hints
on Home Amusements and lieform Clubs.-
Czire of the Person, and how to be beautiful.
Care of, and Food for the Sick. ‘Making Soap;
Coloring: and Flower Culture.

Addit-ss,
CIIR ISTIAN H ER.\lll),

20$? Jcllerson A\'e., DETROIT. MICII.

5-TON srooii CSCCAI.lE:S,
$ § (3 ..

Fltl“.lGlI'I‘ PAID, AND NO MONl7.\' ASK

JONES, of Bingliamton,
BINGHAMTUN, N. Y.

l'u.w l’nw, Micli., May ltltli, 187R.
.l0.\'l‘l.\', or l3l.\'til1AM'l'0.\' :

My Scales give mltire s(Iticf'r/wtion. I have
subjcctcd it to thc most severe tests, and find it
not only C()l'l'€l.‘t in weighing large or small
amounts, but 1I(‘l‘fe‘l.'I/[/ reliable.

Yours, Fraternally,

[Signcd: J. J. VVOODMAN.

riucs Llsriotisugrifiiisiizs

.\ilCHlG.\.\' S ’l‘ AT E GRANGE.
And swnl out Post I‘rl1(l, on Receipt of (Ids/L Or-

der, aver t/1/: sml of (L .\‘ubowIinale Gran,»/8.

am] the .5-£_«/nature of [Is Muster or Secretary.

Ballot Boxes, (liard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 3-1
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to

keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . .. 1 00
Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . 1 00
Order Book, coiitaiiiing l00 Orders on the

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

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

Well bound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. )0
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bouiid,. . 00
Cusliiiig’s Manual, . _ . . . _ . . _ , _ _ , _ , _ _ _ _ _ ,, 60

, Applications for Membership, per 100,  . 50
Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . .. 50
‘Withdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . _ ‘25
By—Laws of the State and Subordinate

Gr-anges, single copies 50, per doz., . . . . . 50
New kind of Singing Books, with music,

Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 50

15

. Rituals, single copy, . . , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , _ _ _

 

“ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  1 60

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 Grange:
with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . . 10

Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
mer. Cloth, 60 cts., Moracco with tuck, . I 03

4

I Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100, . .

J. T. COBB,
SEc’ir Mien. STATE GRANGE,

SClI()()L(.‘R.Al<"l‘. MICH-

Address,

 

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