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WIRE BINDING.

Our attention has been called to the
importance which this matter of using
wire for binding grain has assumed
within the past few years, and to the

sudden, and we may safely say unex-
pected, disposition of the very serious
objection that appeared to threaten
the manufacturer, the miller, and the
farmer by the use of wire for binding.
When inventors had so far perfected
their work, that the wire-binding har-
vester was an assured fact, many
farmers, all over the country, were
apprehensive of danger to their stock
by the use of wire. They confiden-
tially expected their cattle to eat all
the small bits of wire, and saw death
and destruction in the pathway of the
harvester. _

Just as experience, which usually
proves a. very valuable teacher, had
allayed these apprehensions of farm-
ers, the millers discovered that they
were likely to suffer seriously by the
general use of the‘ harvester.

We think something of the history
of what at first seemed a. small matter,
but which in a short time assumed

great importance to"‘the several inter-

ests involved, will be acceptable to
our readers. VVe first quote from the
Inter- Ocean, of 9. late date:

The Millers’ Association of Minneap-
olis, having discovered that there was
injury being done their bolting-cloths
by iron—-pieces of iron in the wheat-
attributed the whole trouble to the
wire-binders, and at a. meeting on the
13th of last November, passed a resolu-
tion discriminating to the exent of 10
cents a bushel against all wheat bound
with wire. But they very soon found
out that the resolution was a. dead let-
ter, because there was no way to distin-
guish grain that had been bound with
wire, until they had ground it; also,
because, in order to keep the necessary
amount of wheat to keep the mills run-
ning, they were compelled to pay as
large :1 price as the Same wheat was
quoted at in the Chicago and Milwau-
kee markets. They actually had to pay
a. remium for >Minnesota wheat in
or er to keep it at home.

The manufacturers immediately be-
came interested, as it was a blow struck
at them, and they deemed it the duty
of the millers to supply or adopt some
method of extracting the wire from the
wheat they -were grinding. But as the
millers seemed to take no trouble to find
any such means, the manufacturers of
wire-binding harvesters devised a mag-
netic a pliance, and have taken a. great
deal 0 pains to show the millers how
absolutely certain the use of it will re-
move all of the wire, and all other

particles of iron and steel that are in

their wheat.

From actual test in all the mills of
Minneapolis during the last two or
three weeks, the proportion of wire
that has been removed from the wheat
by the magnets is but a. little more
than one-half, in weight, of the whole
quantity of iron and steel that has been
taken out.

Broken nails, scraps of scoop shovels, .

bits of thresher teeth, elevator buckets,
tacks, screws, ecales,'.pieces of every
conceivable kind were found. Passing
from the grain bins. the grain is nailed
hp in—c'a'rs, or in holdsof schooners and

' ;‘and when it‘fine.lly getsto the

elevators ‘these too are found» full of‘

nails. fndeed, from the time it is
threshed, the wheat becomes like the

small boys’ pockets, in his first pair of
breeches-the de"posi,tory, of these scales
and odds and en“ s. of all sorts.

In‘ this connection, on the subject of
these other intruding particles of metal,
the following extract from the Minne-
apolis Iinfbune of Feb. 19th is suggest-
ive reading: '

“On Saturday night, 1.000 bushels of
wheat’ were run through a spout at
Washburn B. mill, which had been
provided with the magnets, and there
was found adhering to them seventy-
three pieces of wire and seventy-one
pieces of other. metalic substances, con-
sisting of three tacks, two ends of cut-
nails, one end of a horse-shoenail, and
sixty-five pieces—small ' s awls——of
wrought iron, sheet-iron,‘ an cost-iron,
varyin from one-eigth toone-fourth of
an, in in length, many of them
appearing to be scales or fr ments
broken from badly-worn mac inery.
It appears that about one-half of these
iron particles are common to all sec-
tions, and that, if wire-binders were
not in use at all, still these magnates
should be in use in every mill in the
country.” _

By a most simple appliance of ‘horse-
shoe magnets arranged in “gauge in
the supply spouts through which the
wheat must pass. the wire or other
metal is separated from it by the ,mag-
nets, attracting and holding each and

. every particle of iron or steel, whether

binder wire or other metal, that may be
in the wheat. Experience shows that
in practise no particle of iron can get
through the spouts that are supplied
with magnets. They are absolutely
certain. As a. result of testing and
proving this perfect certainty of the
magnets removing all the wire from
the wheat, the Minneapolis Millers’
Assocation, which first made any gen-
eral complaint, passed resolutions at 9.
meeting Feb, 21st, which are practical-
ly a. rescinding of the obnoxious ones of
B eb. 13th. A special committee re-
ported at this recent meetiugthat they
had invistigated the usefulness of mag-
nets, which had been placed in the
mills of this city; _a.n closed their
report by a recommendation that their
general agent be requested to distribute
the same as broadly, and through the
same channels, that he sent the resolu-
tions previously passed.

Our deductions are that it is really
necessary for millers to have the mag-
nets whether there are any wire bind-
ers in use or not. ’

The cost of using them is trifling,
as there are no patent, fees to be settled,
and anyone who desires to can make
the experiment with them, and it will
be a. matter of surprise to him to find
how much iron, other than comes from
the binding wire, they remove from
the wheat. So that this invention con-
cerns, directly or indirectly, every mil-
ler in the country. Indeed,-. the inter-
est of the manufacturers of. Wi_re-bind-
ing harvesters, and the mlllers are mu-
tual in this matter from the . fact. that
millers desire a. , large _ production of
wheat and the manufacturers desire 310
furnish the machines for harvestmg lt-

As a consequence of these experi-
ments, ma nets of proper d1.n1_e!1B10l1S
were plac in several ofthe rmlls, and
their action closely watched  all the
interested parties, and the M11 or s As-
sociation appointed a‘ committee to in-
vestlgate and report-ireslillis. On the
22d ult., the asscclqtioni ave to the pa-

ers of Minneapolis an St. Paul the
foltlxotwzinizxgiceting of the directors of the
Minneapolis Millers’ Assoclat-i9n._he1d
at their-oflice thlsday, to cons_id.el=,th°

report of the _co}qhmittee.cp  1iW9d‘3l?9«_.

revxtus n'x«.=s=;*=i..!.I.at—, ..t<.>’.. i,':fe.'s|>..‘-. ' ’%1!=.i.1it.12r<.>‘¥’
inagnetéff6f*rem?D3,flfi§.. . ..T'§$*,M“ 
the following report W5 13999” by
the committee, and after being fully

discussed was adopted by the board of
directors:

_ Your committee appointed to inves-
tlgate the usefulness of magnets in ex-
tracting-wire from wheat, ask leave to
report. —Ma nets were placed in the
Pillsbury, ashburn, Arctic, and H01-
iy.M.1lls, and have been in use for sev-
eral_ days. Our inion is, that bv
their use the wire as been chiefly, if
not wholly_, removed from the wheat,
and the evil of using wire bands can be
lessened. 2 We recommend that our
general agent be requested to distrib-
ute this report as broadly, and through
the same channels as were the resolu-
tions passed by this association Nov.
13th, 1878.

Signed. JOHN Cnosnv,
C. F. HOBART,
FRED. C. PxLLsB‘URv,
Committee.

Though these resolutions are not
quite as strong as the facts would seem
to warrant, or as the binder manufact-
urers might at first thought desirable,
they are sufliciently forcable to; assure
the wheat growers of Minnesota that
their use of wire for binding wheat is
no longer to subject them to fear of
discrimination against their product.
These resolutions virtually amount to
a. rescinding of the obnoxious resolu-
tions of November last, which recom-
mended:

That whenever practicable a. differ-
ence of ten cents per bushel, under cor-
responding grade. be made in the pur-
chase of any wheat containing wire;
and further,

That We most earnestly recommend
the discontinuance of the use of wire
binders for binding Wheat.

To show the interest awakened in
this matter, We again give an extract
from the Pioneer-Press of St. Paul
which we find in the Farmers’ Re
view.

The Millers’ Association, in session
yesterday, Feb. 7th, were treated to an
exhibition of a magnetic process for
extracting wire from Wheat. It consists
simply of two gangs of common horse-
shoe magnets, four in one and five in
the other. These gangs are placed in
9. spout through which the wheat
passes, and, by the severest tests. it was
demonstrated that every particle of
wire was arrested. Numerous pieces,
fromthe size of a. pin-head to an inch
in length, were counted and mixed
with a. quantity of wheat, and being
passed through the spout, the exact
number would be found upon the mag-
nets. The millers were highly pleased
with the workings of the simple device,
and it will be, undoubtedly, lutroduced
into all the mills. The chief points of
interest in this matter is the fact that
this is note. patent, nor have its pro-
jectors any to sell. It is merely a hint
to millers that, with an outlay of a few
dollars, they can themselves put mag-
nets into their mills, which-‘will obvi-
ate the objections hitherto urged
against wire-binding harvesting ma-
chinery. ’

From‘ our own observation of the
efficiency of the magnets and the above

more conclusive experience of the Min- ,

nesota millers, we are satisfied that all
candid millers will agree, when the
opportunity of testing the magnets is
afforded them, that they may leave the
wire binders to stand upon their own
merits for their claims to superiority in
the contests of the harvest field. If
binder attachments, using twine, or pa-
per, or any other material, prove‘ better
side. ted than wire to the purpose of
bin_ ing grain, or if improved mechan-
ism for the use of wire supersedes’ the
binders of to-day, it is not for us, nor
for the farmers, to regret the ' advance
that has been made. But it is a satis-
faction to know that the recent side

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contest is at an end, and that it ends
without serious loss to either the farm-
ers, the binder manufacturers or the
millers.

Qinmumuicatiuus. .

Agricultural Education.

S. H. Carpenter. L. L. D., of the
University of Wisconsin, furnishes the
following answer to ‘the question,-
“What brain culture will best fit the
farmer for his calling” :

I. Every farmer is a man and needs

to know : ,
1. What man is ...... ..Mental Phi1o§0PhY-
2. What men have done ........ ..History.
3. What men are doing ...... ..

.... . .Language and Literature.

II. Every farmer is a citizen, and
needs to know :
1. The duties of citizens:
(a) Towards each other....
(b) Towards govern_inent.. . _
1’. How to express his _views.. . . .Rhetoric.
3. How todefend his views....... ..L0El0-
III. Every farmer is a business man
and needs to know: _
I, Commercial laws... Political Economy.
2. Commercial methods .......... .. _
. . . .Mathematics and Book-keepmg.
IV. The business of the farmer is:
(a) to improve natural resources by-
1. Drainage .... .... ....Civil Engineering.

2. Building ......... .._. ........ .. _
Civil Engineering and Mechanics.

3. Use and care of machine _
. . .Including Geometry and Trigonometry.
4. Proper sub-division of farm..:. . . . . _
... ....  ........Surveying.
(b) To develop to maturity two clas-
ses of germs:

1. Vegetable .....................Botany.
2. Animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Zoology.
His means are: '

1. Soil ........ ..Chemistry and Geology.

2. Atmosphere and chemical force. . . .
...... . . Astronomy and Physics .

3. Vital forces. . . . .

(a) Vegetable .......... . .‘ . . . . . . . .
.... . .Botany, Horticulture, etc.

(b) Animal ................. .,
. .Physiology, Stock—breeding, etc.

This, in the modified form published,
fully explains the reasons why the va-
rious studies enumerated are taught in
the Michigan Agricultural College.

Some criticisms have been made
through the columns of the VISITOR,
from time to time, of the great expense
of the College, as nothing has been said
of our University, the inferences are
that the body of the Grange are satis-
fied with that institution, but believe
that the College should be conducted
more economically. The following
facts .in reference to the cost to the
State of educating a student at each
place in a four years’ course may be of
interest. The College- teaches essen-
tially the studiesjenumerated in the first
of this article. The University fur-
nishes in four years, courses in the an-
cient languages, modern languages,
sciences, and civil engineering, in ad-
dition to the short courses in law, med-
icine, dentistry and _pharmacy. No
farmer who wishes his son to pursue
his profession would send his son to
any of the professional schools last
mentioned, but he might give him a
general education in one of the four-
year courses first mentioned.

To find what are the relative costs to
the State per student, the course at the
Agricultural College, which is a four
years’ one, must be compared with the
cost of a four years’ course at Ann Ar-
bor. We cannot compare a course in
science with a course in law or medi-
cine. Admitting this fact, we find that
at the University, in the department
of arts, literature and science (which
embrace all the four years’ courses) are
exclusively employed.

16 Professors at a. salary of .. . . . . . . . .. . $2,250

8 Assistant Professors at a salary of. . . . 1,600
8 Instructors at a salary of ..... . . . .. .. 900
1 President at asalary of .... ......... 84,000

One half of whose services may be es-
timated as given to this department.
This makes a total cost of $58,000 (in
this is not estimated salaries of janitors,
engineers, etc.) In this department for
1878 were 441 students, so that the total
cost of teaching was $131 50 per student,
of this amount each student pays $20,
leaving an expense to the State of $111-

'5(;)['n the State Agricultural College, for
the same time we find one president
with ,_ gdgfy of $3,000, four professors
witli‘-is salary of $2,000, one more with a

~ ’ of $1,500, one instructor. $1,000,
and one assistant, $600,—-or a total of
$14,100. The number of students was

239, so that the avera e cost of teaching
was $58.80 per stu ent. The total
amount paid for salaries (omitting sec-
retary) averaged $61.35 per student.
01' this amount the students pay $6.50
each, making a total cost to the State
of $54.70 per student, or less than one-
half of what is paid by the State for the
same thing at the University.

Another thin to be noticed is that
the University as, on the, average, a
class room for ever 22 students, while
at the Agricultura Colle e there is but
one class room for 48 stu ents.

Although increased economy has been
urged on all sides in relation to the Col-
lege matter, very little has been said
about the University, and yet the facts
seem to be that the College is conducted
much more economically.

Every person who is fully acquainted
with the workings of the University
fully believes it to be working as econ-
omical as is consistent with good results,
and that any further reduction of ex-
penses would sadly mar its efliciency.
It is probable that the Agricultural
College would much enlarge its sphere
of usefulness by increasing its running
expenses, but no ex enditure in that
direction is asked 0 the Legislature.
The State Board of Agriculture has
simply asked for much needed philo-
sophical instruments, and buildings to
relieve the over - crowded iecitation
rooms. 0. E. V.

Hints on Pork and Plaster.

Bro. Cobb .-

It seems incredible that, after the
repeated warnings of the press, and
the frequent accounts of death from
trichina, any one who is enlightened
enough to be a Granger, could be so
reckless as to eat raw pork. Yet I
have recently learned that several of
my neighbors. and fellow- grangers, of
whom better things might be expected,
thus foolishly run the risk of being
eaten alive by the minute parasite
which may occur in any pork, no
matter how well the animals from
which it is made are heated, nor how
much the ham or sausage is smoked,
nor how hard the meat may be allowed
to freeze.

In a _case of which I have some
knowledge, an intelligent farmer, and
several members of his family died in
horrible agony, from eatingtaw ham.
He thought jas he raised hisown ork,
it could not be infested with tric ina,
and it would therefore be safe to eat it
raw. His folly cost him dearly,.and
in his neighborhood. pork, as an article
of diet, was ata discount for a long
time.

It is only by examination under the
microscope that the presence of these
parasites can be discovered, but as they
are killed by a temperature a little low-
er than that of boiling water, an abso-
lute safeguard, and the only one,
against danger from eating pork, is
thorough cooking. Pork, of the differ-
ent kinds, properly cooked, is a tempt-
ing dish, and good enough in its way,
for any one, but raw ham, sausage or
B0111 of an description is not fit for

uman foo , and all who indulge in it,
do so at the risk of their lives.

I write this communication because I
know some who need the warning, and
perhaps other readers of the VISITOR,
may take heed and profit thereby.

Now, a word on the plaster nes-
tion. Last year our Grange or ered
60 tons, about 20- of which was sold to
outsiders. This year, so far, we have
ordered 40 tons and shall probably want
10 more, all taken by members, as for
various reasons, we are not selling to
outsiders. What plaster we have re-
ceived, has cost us $4per ton, while the
local dealer here has just reduced his
price from $4.50 to $4.25. Of course, all
our members procure their plaster
through the Grange, and I don’t think
we here are short-sighted enough to do
otherwise under any circumstances.
Last year those without the Grange
could uy plaster at less than Grange
prices—this year they have to pay
more, which is a consideration devout-
ly to be wished for, as it may bring to
them a realizing sense of how good it
is to be a Granger. It seems to me that
the combination must be tired of “kick-
ing against the pricks,” and must be
satisfied by this time, that Day & Tay-
lor, ‘backed by the Michigan State
Grange, are not_ to be “ busted” so
easily as they expected. Now,- as
competing merchants, after a season of
throat-cutting-,,by§ which their custom-
ers profited,  into an amicable ar-

rangement to Emutually all the

customers each can obtain, and then
make up former losses. I think if the
combination could be assured that Day
& Ta lor, and the Michigan Grange
wo_ul confine themselves to their le-
gitimate business of su plying Granges
only, they would be wi ling to stop try-
ing to “ bust Day & Taylor,” and ap-
ply themselves to their legitimate busi-
ness of making up their losses in the
fight, by skinning outsiders through
their local agents, and how they would
s_kin them, until even the most cau-
tious and short-sighted farmer without
the gates would see the benefit of being
inside, and should he get there, and
being there ,won1d see that his standing
with the Order was kept good, at least
once a year, about plaster time.

’ Fraternally yours, ll’.

Suggestions on Elections.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

I would like to suggest to the readers
of your pa er, whether the time has
not arrive for the farmers of Michi-
gan, and the _United States, to take
som_e_action with a view to a just rec-
ognition of their interests by those in
authority? In the election of oflicers,
legislative and executive, the agricul-
tural population are mostly united
with the cities, which, with greater op-
portunities for combination, and by the
liberal use of this worlds goods, are
generally able to manage matters as
they please. Now, if farmers intend to
make their influence felt in the man-
agement of public affairs, they must
elect honest, capable men, free of
charge. I do not mean that money
should not be raised to pay the expens-
es of a canvas, but that the agricultural
population should set their faces against
the use ef money to influence elections.
This may be done by a general under-
standing, which the Grange will dis-
seminate, that no man is worthy of, or
shall receive your support, who uses,
or permits money to be used to secure
his election. You must insist that can-
didates for office are honest and faith—-
ful men, with the same firmness that
you demand these qualities in selecting
agents to transact your own private
business, or you are unfaithful in the
discharge of public duty. The best
men, as a rule, do not make themselves

by the intelligent citizens, of the dis-
trict, who, so long as the caucus system
prevails, must attend and not leave
everything to be controled by theigno-
rant and vicious elements. And when
the convention meets, the question
should never be, “ who wants this or
that oflice ?” but rather “ who among
those who can command the support of
good citizens, is the most competent to
discharge its duties?” But how is this
to be done? First, farmers must send
farmers to our various conventions, and
to instruct them to make a. ticket with
farmers names upon it. Second, they
must su port that ticket to the letter

then wil they have their just rights,and’
not till then. Hoping this subject will
receive careful consideration by those
interested, I remain, Yours fraternally,

VV. W. BAKER.
Highland, April 6, 1878.

Something for Vermont Farmer to Con-
sider.

ORLEANS, March 27th, 1879.
Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

I noticed in thelast Visiron, an arti-
cle from Vermont Farmer, in which, in
alluding to my article of Feb. 15th, he
says he fails to‘ see the point.

Now the point is just exactly the
thing I would like to have him see-
hence this communication. ’

It seems hard for V. F. to seethe dif-
ference between commodities produced
by individuals and that, which is in
every sense, a creature of law.

For instance, when there is a scarcity
of any article of general use so that its
value is much above the cost of produc-
tion, every person may go into the pro-
duction of said article and supply the
demand, _and of course the thing will
regulate itself aftera little-—-that is, on
all articles of unrestricted production.

Now, so with money; nothing but
law gives it its existence. When mon-
ey becomes scarce, where is our remedy?
08:11 the people by any effort under the
present system, do anything to bring
relief? I say, 110. They may improve
W9" f3_Tm3; they may increase their
production in every way; economize
and add unbounded ~wealth to their
P°_99e551°nS. and they have not added

candidates; they must be sought out-

one dollar in money to their scanty
supply.

Now if you place money on the samg
footing with every other commodity in
use, take off your legislative restric-
tions, and let everybody coin money,
and see where your money would come
from.

, It is the special law. regulating our
money affairs that gives it any interest
value whatever. more than is possessed
by an old wagon, as aforesaid.

I will say right here that the system
in present use, by which the nation is
supplied with money seems very much
like a meeting-house turned bottom u
and standing on its steeple. I don’t
like to break the rules,and run this thing
into politics; so I will» close by asking
V. F. if he can see the‘ point now.

Fraternally yours,
MONT. SPAULDING.

Hamilton Grange on the Plaster Ring.

Preamble and resolution adopted by
Hamilton Grange, No. 355, P. of H.
A ril 5th, 1879 :

HEREAS, The plaster companies of
Michigan are using every means in
their power to ‘break down the Grange
plaster company of Day 4!; Taylor by
selling an inferior quality of plaster for
less than a good article can be manu-
factured; and,

VVHEREAS, Messrs. Day & Taylor are
furnishing a better article of plaster
than was ever before shipped from the
Grand River Valley; and,

WHEREAS, There is every reason to
believe that if said companies succeed
in gaining a monopoly of the plaster
business of the State, by crushing out
Day & Taylor, that plaster will again
be advanced to an exorbitant price;
therefore,

Resolved, That it will be for the in-
terest of all farmers to sustain Day &
Taylor by purchasing their plaster of
no other com any, at any (price.

Resolved, hat it is the uty of every
Patron-in the State to not only buy his
plaster of Day & Taylor but to use
his every honorable means in his power
to induce farmers outside the Grange
to do the same.»

Resolved, That it is the sense of this
Grange that an Patron who knowing-
ly purchases p aster manufactured by
any other company but Day cit Tajylor,
under present circumstances shoul for-
feit the respect and confidence of all
true Patrons.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to the GRANGE VISITOR
and Michigan Farmer for ublication.

- A. G. ISE, Sec.

illnrreapunxlruu.

Sonus, Main, 6, 1879.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .- _

The next regular meetin of Berrieu
County Pomona Grange, A o. 1, will
be held at Buchanan on Tuesday, the
27th of May next, commencing at 10
o’clock A. A . There will be a public
installation of the officers elect. Mas-
ter J. J. Woodman is expected to be
present. All Fourth De ree memb_9-1'8
of the Order are invit . No pains
will be spared to make this meeting in-
teresting and useful.

CHAS. HOGNE, Secly.
SILRLBY, Oceana Count ' Mich.,}
April , 1879.
Brother J. T. Cobb .-

Briefly let; me sa , Pomona Grange.
No. 23, of Oceana lounty is constantly
growing in rim ortance, and will ac-
complish a goo work in assistiner 001'
strugling subordinate Granges, and re-
susitating the dormant ones. ,

I herewith inclose also for publica-
tion, ’a resolution passed unanimously
at our last meeting, as follows:

Resolved, by Oceana Pomona Grange.
N o. 23, that we lace at the disposal of
the Executive ‘ommittee of the State
Grange, for the defense of the suits
brought by the Slide Gate swindlers.
the sum of ten dollars, to be drawn
against, as the wants of the committee
may require for that purpose.

Geo. W. WOODWARD, Lecturer.

 

HOWELL, April 7,1879.
Worthy Secretary: _
‘The regular meeting of the Livinr

Tuesday, May 6th. Hiram‘Baker, 01

 

 

ston Co. Council will be held in Howell, 1

Howell Gran e, will reada per cm.
titled *-‘sheep uabandry-.” l‘lus'sub-_._
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great profit to the members of the Ccum I


  

 

' in interest. :3 are always
cififimtlt welcome _Brothers and Sisters
§rom other Counties. Fraternally,

_ Mas. W. K. SEXTON, Secretary.
DOWAGIAC, April 2, 1879.
Bro. J. T. 0055-’ . .
Our Legislature has been in session
three months, at a cost to the ta_x-pay-
ers of not less than $60,000 and if they
had attended to the;business of the peo-
pie with as much zeal and energy as
they manifest in their private business,
the work of the session would be com-
pleted but they seem determined to
spin oiit the session as long as possible.
regardless of expense. The only reme-
dy is for the people to limit_ each ses-
sion to one hundred days, with no pay
beyond that time; also stamp out the
free railroad (pass nuisance, then they
would not a journ to go home every
Friday, and we might get a law to pre-
vent the Central R. R. ()o., from charg-
ing as much freight from here to De-
troit as from Chicago to New York_.
The time of holding town elections
should be changed from April_to March,
when farmers have more time to at-
temp H. H. TAYLOR.

DOWAGIAC, April 5, 1878.

Worth:/_ Brother Oobb :

Please give notice in the VISITOR
that Bro. T. A. Thom son, Past Lec-
turer of the National range, will le_c-
ture at Cassopolis on the 26th of April,
at onejo’clock in the afternoon. He will
also give a private lecture to the Grange
in the evening. Bro. Thompson will
also lecture at Porter Grange Hall, on
the 28th of April, in the afternoon and
evening. It is earnestly hoped that all
members of the Order, and farmers
without the gates, will attend these
lectures. I have written Bro. J. J.
Woodman, to be with us. Now Bro.
Cobb, you too, come down to Cass and
help the good work along.

Yours fraternally,
GAYLORD CORY.

RUTLAND GRANGE, No. 145.

March 27, 1879.
Worthy Brother,-

Never having seen a word in the
VISITOR, from Rutland Grange, I write
to say that we still live, and that-it is a
live working Grange. Each family has
been furnished with a copy of the VIS-
rron. We buy our plaster of Day &
Taylor.. Our Grange finds it pays to
keep a small stock of goods on hand.

A GRANGER.

HAMILTON, Earch 29, 1879.
Bro. J. T. Cobb:

The next regular meeting of Van
Buren_County Grange will be held at
Bloomingdale Centre, May 1st. All 4th
degreee members are invited to attend.
A cordial invitation is extended to
Changes of adjoining Counties.

Fraternally yours,
OSCAR CALDWELL, Master.

_Tiii~: stock of wheat in Odessa. Rus-
313. at the close of the year is reported
904.000 quarters against 409,000 quar-
ters twelve months previously.
_________________

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

cil, andg their meetings are steadily in-‘ W getnwmpfi gcpartmpnt.

C. L. WHITNEY, - - - MUsKEG.oN_

Sllpblementary Declaration.

   
 

 

At the last session of the National
Grange, the_ following supplement to
our Declaration of Purposes was ofl'ered
by Bro. Darden, of Mississippi, and
adopted by the Grange. It read as fol-
lows: .

_ “In accordance with the above ob-
jects of our Organization, and the meth-
ods by which they are to be obtained,
we pledge our unyielding devotion to
the work marked out. We believe the
principles enunciated in our Declara-
tion are in full accord with the highest
welfare of our country, and that they
deserve support, especially by all farm-
ers. The history of agriculture on this
continent shows that no organization
in its behalf has never been attempted
without direct efforts on the part of
those who prey upon its products to
neutralize the work; and the lessons of
the past establish the conviction that
our only hope is in the full and cordial
co-operation of farmers, wherever loca-
ted. To insure that success which is
within our grasp, we appeal, therefore,
to good men and women whose inter-
ests are our own,to join their efforts
with ours, confident that with their
support we shall not wait long for the
consummation of our hopes. We ap-
peal to the agricultural journals of the
land, asking their influence in aid of
these objects, as a potent means for the
attainment of a great object, To these
forces, and to the intelligence of our
people, we present the purposes which
animate many thousands of our farmers
in every State of our Union, and rever-
ently trust. in the direction of the wise
Providence, by whose decree we are
made tillers of the soil, that our efforts
may be rewarded by the final accom-

plishment of the measures which jus-

tice demands in the relief of an
oppressed industry, and the higher
enlightenment of its votaries.”

We heartily commend the above, not
only to the earnest attention of every
Patron, but to every tiller of the soil,
and the papers which pretend to be our
friends. But fi_rst read our Declaration
of Purposes, even study them. Read
them this in every Grange, ask your
local paper to publish botli. Our Pur-
poses are no secret. The Grange is the
instrument with which to attain them.
Then rally to the Grange to defeat those
who prey upon our industry, and thus
defefidt the happiness and hopes of the
wor .

EARLY MELONS.—GaI‘deI1eI‘S gener-
ally find it difficult to get as early mel-
ons as they would like, for the reason
that they will not bear transplanting.
I have tried a. way by which they
can be started early and transplanted
when wanted. Save all the pasteboard
collar-boxes and fill them with the
best soil. Any kind of boxes will do;
they can be made with bottoms tacked
on. After warming the soil, plant the
seeds, about five to the box. They can
now be sunk in the hot-bed, or if you
do not have one, they can be kept in
the house by the stove. When the
young plants are large enough they
can be transplanted. After making
the ground mellow, make a hole the
size the box ; then slip out the bottom
and the earth, with the plants will slip
through without being disturbed;
This plan will do for other plants be-
sides melons, as cucumbers, etc., the
tender.egg-plant, and some varieties of
flowers. By starting plants early in
this way, several weeks can be gained.
Practical Farmer.

 

As indicating the reputation of the
Michigan Agricultural College abroad,
last "summer a package containing a
red powder was sent from London,
England, to Prof. Cook to try as-a sub-
stitute for Paris green in destroying the
potato beetle. .Last week Mr. Hem-
ingway, a. member of the firm which
manufactures this powder, made a
journey from London to this place, to
ascertain the results of that trial and
the value of his powder as an insect
poison. It seems that the powder is a
residue left in the manufcture of dye-
stufls; it contains as large a per cent
of arsenic in an insoluble form as in
Paris green, whereas it can be supplied
with good profit at from six to seven

cents per pound.—Lanst'ng Republican.

Butter Makin g. ,

The following is abrlef abstract of the
address of Hon. S. E. Lewis, of Oxford,
Chenango County, at the annual meet-
ing of the New York State Agricultural
Society:

Only the high grades of butter are

free from competition with oleo-mar-
garine, of which as high as two hun-
dred and sixty thousand pounds have
been made in the United States in a
single day. At least fifty per cent. of
our dairy butter is none too good to
compete with this counterfeit article.
Exporters even are demanding our best
grades. Butter makers will be com-
pelled to improve the‘ quality of their
butter. We cannot aflord to make a
poor article.

In my opinion a great amount of but-
ter is spoiled, 1st, by uncleanliness in
manufacture; 2nd, by too much acid in
the cream; 3rd, by casein in a decom-
posed state in the butter; 4th, by too
much friction on the butter in churn-
ing and working. Foul milking sta-
bles, impure water, odors from decom-
posing matter, all effect the quality of
the milk.

There is over a pound more sugar in
a hundred pounds of milk than there
is of butter. Sugar acidis the first sign
of decomposition in the milk. It de-
stroys the sugar. The second, or lactic
acid, destroys, the oils that give
butter its fine aroma. - When these two
acids are ;fully developed, destroying
the sugar and aromatic pro erties, We
have what may be called the natural
oleo-margarine butter'—'- it is_ scarcely
better than the“ patent article. Cream
should be churned while in the first
sugar acid. The best butteris made
from sweet cream, but that made from
sweet cream is more susceptible to odors
than sour cream butter.

Mr. Lewisrelated careful experiments
that he had made in raising cream -at
different temperaturesand under differ-
ent treatment. The general conclusion
being that it will rise the fastest on a
falling temperature. He did not be-
lieve that all the cream could be got out
of the milk, but what is left is of little
value for butter making- It is the
cream that separates readily under good
treatment that makes good butter.

The churning should‘ be stopped
while the butter is in a granulated state.
It is a mistake to churn until it is gath-
ered in a compact mass. If the butter
is taken out in the granulated condi-
tion, the buttermilk will drain from it
readily. I

The butter should be put in a fine
hair seive and the buttermilk thorough-
ly washed out by pouring clear cold
water on to it. In this way it can be
thoroughly freed from the casein and
sour buttermilk with scarcely any work-
ing, and the less working that is nec-
essary, the better. In workingthe la-
dle should. never be permitted to slide
or slip on the butter, to injure or break
down the grain.

The Best Crop.

Uncle Robert, of our Jameson Club,
has this to say to the farmer readers of
the Review: _
The most valuable crop that the soil
can produce is an honest farmer.
We will not say that the annual pro-
duction is small, but'we may safely say
that it finds a ready market.
For the growth of honest farmers, a
rich soil and a high culture is required.
The seed must be pure, and the weeds
kept down by constant watching and
labor.
Much intelligence is demanded in the
early growth, as well as the ripening of
the crop.
When the plants are tender, they
must be shielded from the frosts; and
when the summer sun is high, they
must be allowed the cool of the green
shade at noonday.
Rich is he, when in his old. age, he
has the crop gathered around him, and
as he points to them, one after the
other, he says with a wealth of satisfac-
rion, “The best crop of my life has
been my cm of honest farmers.”

Farmers o to-day, be not swallowed
up in your cattle and your com. Re-
member the boys, and so care for them
that they will ripen into farmers and
become noble heirs to your agricultur
al fortune and fame. '

HA1.» gypsum and dry woo_d ashes
makes an excellent top dressing for
grass and wheat when applied earl in
the spring at the rate of two bushe *0

the acre. ~

Balky Horses.

The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to animals puts forth the fol-
lowing rules for the treatment of balky
horses:

1. Pat the horse upon the neck; ex-
amine the harness carefully, first on
one side and then on the other, speak-
ing encouragingly while doing so, then
jump into the wagon and give the word
go, generally lie will obey.

2. A teamster in Maine says he can
start the worst balky horse by taking
him out of the shafts and making him
go round in a circle till he is giddy. If
the first dance of this kind don’t cure
him tne second will.

3. To cure a balky horse, simply
place your hand over the horse's nose
and shut off his wind till he wants to
go, and then let him go.

4. The brain of the horse seems to en-
tertain but one idea at a time ; therefore
continued whipping only confirms his
stubborn resolve. If you can by an
means give him a new subject to think
of you will generally have no trouble
in starting him. A simple remedy is to
take a couple of turns of stout twine
around the foreleg, just below the knee,
tight enough for the horse to feel, and
tie in a bowknot. At the first check he
will go dancing ofi, and after going a
short distance you can get out and re-
move the strlngto prevent injury to the
tendon in your further drive.

5. Take the tail of the horse between
the hind legs and tie it with a cord to
the saddle girth.

6. Tie a string around the horse’s ear,
close to his head.

 

Insanity Tearless.

The British Medical Journal re-
marks: “ One of the most curious facts
connected with madness is the utter
absence of tears among the insane.
Whatever the form of madness, tears
are conspicuous by their absence, as
much in the depression of melancholia
or the excitement of mania as in the
utter apathy of dementia. If a patient
in a lunatic asylum be discovered in
tears, it will be found that it is either a
patient commencing to recover, or an
emotional outbreak in an epileptic who
is scarcely truly‘insane, while actually
insane patients seem to have lost the
power of weeping; it is only returning
reason which can once more unloose
the fountains of their tears. Ev_en
when a lunatic is telling one in fervid
language how she has been deprived of
her children, or the outrages that have
been perpetrated on herself her eye is
never even moist. The ready gush of
tears which accompanies the plaint of
the sane woman contrasts with the dry-
eyed appeal of the lunatic. It would,
indeed, seem that tears give relief to
feelings which when pent up lead to
madness. It is one of the privileges
of reason to be able to weep. Amidst
all the misery of the insane, they can
find no relief in tears.”

THE Western Michigan Agricultural
and Industrial Society was organized
at Grand Rapids yesterday. The ob-
ject of the society is set forth in its arti-
cles of association, is to foster agricul-
tural, horticultural and industrial arts.
It provides for the annual electioh of _a
board of fifteen directors to hold their
office, one, two and three years, and
specified their powers and duties; em-
powers the executive board to make
rules and regulations for its exhibi-
tions; provides for the holding of an
annual fair. Article 9 provides that
the first meeting of the board of direc-
tors shall beheld at Grand Rapids on
the 6th day of May, 1879. Article 10
empowers the society to make amend-
ments to the articles of association.
The following gentlemen were chosen
directors: I. F. Clapp, of Allegan;
William Freeman, of Ludington; An-
derson Stout, of St. Johns; Abraham
Ryerson, of Hastings; J. 0. Rose, of
Big Rapids; Judge Ramsdell, of Trav-
erse City; C. L. VVhitney, of Muske-
gon; Alvin Chipman, of Bangor, Van
Buren County; S. L. Fuller, Grand
Rapids; Thomas Wild, Berlin, Ottawa
County; Levi Averill, Grand Rapids;
D. A. Blodgett, of Hersey; H. Dale
Adams, of Galesburgh; W. Devine,
of Green-ville.

- MEMBERS of sleeping or dormant
Granges hould go my th_e first? meetins
of their Obu or Dtstnet orange. and

we of Lecturers, or a Committee to

to them.

ask that body to send them aid in the .

   
   
  
  
 
    
   
     
  
   
    
    
  
  
      
  
   
 
  
  
    
  
 
    
  
   
   
     
   
   
 
   
   
   
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
   
    
   
  
    
    
  
  
  
 

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

SCHOOLCRAFT. APRIL 15, 1879.

.§ar2taxg’5 Qepartmeut.

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

Oflicers and members of Subordinate G1-anges
in corresponding with this oflice, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

LAW YER LEGISLATION.

We have befor-eT1s Senate Bill No.
168, “ To provide for a commission to
revise the Statutes for levying and

collecting taxes.”

It is conceded by every fair minded
man that taxation, as imposed, is very
unequal--that the measure of sup-
port furnished by the citizen for the
protection and advantages secured
by government is but poorly adjust-

ed to his financial ability.

VVe do not introduce this subject
for the purpose of approving or dis-
approving of the ,' proposed plan of
improving our present tax laws, but
rather to call attention to the last sec-
tion of the Bill, which illustrates and
verifies some things which we have
said from time to time about the

legal fraternity.

As the Bill is short, we give it en-
tire.

The Bill is prefaced “ Introduced
by Senator ‘Patterson, Feb. 15, 1879.
Reported without recommendation by
committee on judiciary, and ordered
printed March 26, 1879.”

We conclude this committee, con-
sisting of Messrs. Huston, Patterson,
Bell, Ambler, and VVeir, sharing in
the magnanimity of the author of the
Bill, approved of his estimate of pro-
fessional and non-professional ser-
vices.

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR A COMMISSION
T0 REVISE THE STATUTES FOR LEVY-
ING AND COLLECTING TAXES.

SECTION 1. The People of the State
of Jlfichigan enact, That the governor
be authorized and he is hereby required,

to appoint three competent lawyers
and two experienced non-professional
men as commissioners to revise and
simplify the statutes of the State for
levying and collecting taxes.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said
commissioners to examine all statutes
and systems for levying and collecting
taxes in the United States, and the de-
cisions relating thereto, to confer with
the judges of the State, so far as may
be proper and exhaust all available
means and sources of information bear-
ing upon State taxation and shall incor-
porate the results of their research in a
revision of the statutes of this State for
levying and collecting taxes, laboring
to secure a simple, just and constitu-
tional system, and the _said revision, a
bill prepared asaforesaid shall be sub-
mitted to the Legislature of this State,
at its regular session in eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-one, or at a special
session called for the purpose of con-
sidering said bill. . .

SEC. 3. The said commissioners shall
annotate said bill on the margins there-
of, with copious references to the stat-
utes, decisions and authorities bearing
upon the several sections and provis-
ions, and it shall be their duty to be and
appear before the Legislature consider-
ing the said bill or any committee there-
of, to whom said bill shall be referred
at such time or times as the Legislature
or said committee shall designate and
explain the provisions thereof, and

give all information in their power
pertaining thereto.

SEC.‘ 4. The professional members
of said. commission shall each receive
five thousand dollars and all expenses

actually paid or incurred in erforming
the duties herein require , and the
non-professional members of said com-
mission shall each receive one thousand
dong;-s—a'nd all expenses actually paid
d, -to be paid’ out of the State

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

treasury to each commissioner, on the
certificate of the Governor, that said
commissioner has performed the duties
r<1=.ic_l1uire of himhy this act with an
a davi of actual expenses paid or
incurred annexed thereto’, containing
an itemized statement of the expenses
paid or incurred ‘and made by said
commissioner.

It strikes us this was reported be-
fore it was completed. The 5th Sec.,
by some unaccountable:oversight was
omitted, and we beg leave to suggest
that the first action taken should be
to addanother Section. It should be
short, and simply name Senator Pat-
terson as the chairman of the com-
mission, and two of his associates of
the judiciary committee as the “profes-
sional” branch of the commission.

To ‘make‘the'Bill complete, but lit-
tle more legislatiiveaction beyond the
routine co_urs,e‘will be needed. We
can easilysee that there are brother
lawyers in‘ one house‘ or the other that
will discover that the senate judiciary
committeehad more modesty than it
ought to have had when the interests
of a great Statevwere involved, and
the 1st, Sec. of the Bill will be amen-
ded by striking out those “ two non-
professional men ” and then by sub-
stituting five for “ three ” the remain-
ing’ members of this judicisry com-
mittee will be provided for.

Then of course the 4th Sec. will
need amending, for professional ser-
vices are valuable, and should be
recognized bystatute.

These suggestfons of course, really
have nothing to do with placing the
whole business of providing by law
for the taxing of the property of the
people of the State. in the hands of
a few legal gentlemen, f )1‘ the Bill
as reported, proposes such disposition
of the matter, but our suggestion, if
adopted, would relieve the “ two non-
professional men” from a little un
pleasantness when on duty.

We can hardly think “ two expe-
rienced non—professional men ” work-
ing side by side ' with “ three compe-
tent lawyers” would be able to ap-
preciate the fact that four-fifths of
their compensation was paid by the
honor of being associated in work for
the State with “three competent law-
yers.”

We have seen some cheek, heard
something of audacity, but have nev-
er seen a.‘ more finished production of
professional conceit embodied in a
few lines than is found in the ten lines
composing the 1st and 4th Sections
of this Bill as reported.

VVe are curious to know why the
author of this Bill thought it neces-
sary to have these two experienced
cheap non—professional fellows on this
commission at all for. It shows this
lawyer's disregard of economy. 11; is
equivalent to throwing away $2,000
of the people’s money, and the ex-
penses of these “ two experienced
non-professional men.”

The 1st Section defines sumciently
what kind of lawyers shall be ap-
pointed on this commission, and the
Governor may know what sort of “ex-
perience ” a iion-professional man
must have to make him worth one-
filth as much as a lawyer, but
as this Bill is before the legislature
for its action, and as an average legis-
lator is probably not much above an

“ experienced non-professional man,” -

we think this section should have set
forth what sort of experience a pro-
fessional man must have to qualify
him to earn twenty per cent of the
compensation of a “competent lawyer”
when engaged in the same sort; of
service. Such a display of wisdom,
and fairness, such a recognition of
equal rights, and equal representation
of all the important interests. involved,

as appears in this Bill. suggests the

advisability of amending the consti-
tution of the State; It is a plain case,

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we don’t need this expensive Legisla-
ture at all.

The constitution should be amended
so as to abolish the whole thing and
save the expense of a useless institu-
tion. All we really need is a Senate
Judiciary Committee for legislative
purposes, and it is, perhaps, quite as
safe to say, for any other. Such a
committee could not only fix up the
tax laws all right, but such magnani-
mous gentlemen would be willing to
commit to some brother lawyers any
little details of execution for about
five times as much as a non-profess
ional fellow would be entitled to for
the same service.

The People of the ,State of Michi-
gan have sent their representatives to
Lansing for the sole purpose of
amending and enacting laws, that by
their operation shall benefit the peo-
ple, protect one class or interest from
trespass by another, and aid in the
administration of justice.

It is expected that the Senate will
exercise a wise conservative watch-
fulness over all proposed legislation.
and it would seem but a reasonable
expectation, that its Judiciary Com-
mittee would represent the best legal
talent of the body. We are not dis-
posed to judge the Michigan Senate
of 1879, by any such standard of
opinion, but hope this Bill from its
Judiciary Committee, may prove the
weakest and wickedest product that
shall be reported for its consideration
this session.

There can be no sort of danger of
such an absurdity of a Bill becoming
a law, but its presentation teaches a
lesson that the agricultural interests
of the country must take care of it-
self. ‘

The lawyers have so long been giv-
ing direction to legislation, and have
for so many years been explaining
and befogging the laws to suit their
own purpose that they seem to think
this whole business belongs to them,
and this Bill which carries on its face
such a presumptuous claim of pro-
fessional superiority and wisdom, fur-
nishes ample proof of the unsuita-
bleness of these legal gentlemen to
care for the interest of the people.

If there is any class of men that
should, as a rule, be kept out of official
position, it is the lawyer class.

In the practice of their profession
they are constantly trying to pervert
or suppress the truth—make black
appear white, or white black, and they
labor as faithfully and earnestly to
circumvent and render nugatory the
law, and cheat justice out of her dues,
as they do for any laudable object.

What is there about this matter of
providing for the assessment and col-
lection of taxes that makes a lawyer
five times as competent, or not exactly
that, but worth five times as much to
the State as a good business man.

While‘ the practice of law seems
calculated to disqualify a man for an
economical public servant, yet we
have in our mind a few lawyers that
we regard as fair-minded, honorable
men, whose common sense has not
been _lost or shrouded in professional
conceit, and who, like other good sensi,
ble men would do themselves credit
and render the State good service
whenever called on.

‘ We have also in our mind several
‘ non-professional men,” and Michi-
{Ian has many such, of large business
eXPe1‘1e!1_C8, nota whit behind those
lawyers in natura1'ability—clear head-
ed—sound, practical men, who can
comprehend the necessities of revising
our _tax laws so as to make them more
equltable, and whose sense of justice
would serve a good purpose in the;
“PP1i0ati0n of sound principles to the
Wink’ and Whose habits‘ of industry
mlght be depended upon to earn fair

cognpensation for faithful service.

CHAMl’ER'l‘Y—lN ,'l‘Vl_IE LEGISLA.
' TURE

We have rece—i_\;e_d the followi
Circular and Petition from the Hon_
Chas. E. Stuart, of Kalamazoo.

KALADLAZOO, April. 1878,
1|Ir.——-—.S'£r.-

During the present session of our
Legislature, a bill has been introduced
in the House of Representatives to re-
peal the provisions of a Statute passed‘
in 1867, which authorizes an Attorney
or Counsellor at law totake cases, and
prosecute them on shares. In other
words, to have the lion’s share. if he re.
cover, and nothing, if he fails. This
Bill was referred to the Committee on
Judiciary, "and has been reported upon
adversely.

This report must have been made
under a misapprehension of the true
meaning and ef_I'_ect of the Statute
sought to be repealed. That statute is
very ingeniously and speciously drawn.
And ‘to one, not informed as to its pm.
pose and object, it might seem unoh.
jectionable, merely giving a any mi.
gant, the right to agree with is Attor.
ney or Counsel, as to the amount of
money heishall pay him for his services,
This, however, a party has arightto
do without this Statute. There is no
law which prohibits a man from agree-
ing with his law 'er upon the amount
he shall receive or‘ his services, just as
he can with his mechanic or common
laborer. And this fact was well known
to those at Whose instance this Statute
was passed. But the common law pro-
hibits an Attorney, or Counsellor at
Law, from making an agreement with
his client to prosecute his suit, and to
receivelfor his pay, a certain share of
the money or propertgprecovered, and
nothing, if he fails in the suit.

It holds all such contracts null and
void, as against public policy. The
making of it is Cliamperty, which it
declares to be amisdemeanor, for which
the Attorney or Counselfor, who makes
it, ma be tried, convicted and punish-
ed. ourts also frown upon it, and
usuall idisbar any lawyer known to
be gui ty of such an act. It is this rule
of the common law founded upon the
wisdom and ex rlence of ages that the
law of 1867 is esigned to, anddoes re-
peal. The language em loyed in the
statute is ingenious, an well calcula-
ted to mislead. It repeals “all exist-
ing laws, rules and rovisions of law,
restricting or control ing the right of a
party to agree with an Attorney, So-
licitor, or Counsellor, for his compen-
sation.”

This statute is most pernicious in its
purpose and efl'ect. It demoralizes the

egal profession, induces the bringing
of unjust vexations and malicious suits.
and entails upon the eople of a county,
enormously increased Circuit Court ex-
penses. While upon the persons
against whom such ‘suits are brought,
the expense of defending is just as
heavy as the cu idity and perseverance
of the plainti "s lawyer chooses to
make it. It is estimated‘ by com etent
and honest lawyers,‘ that it has a ready
cost the Count’  Kalamazoo, by Way
of increasing « ‘curt’ expenses, not less
than $30,000, while in no case of any
magnitude, has there been a single 111-
stance of final recovery And it ispre-
sumable, that other counties in the
State have suffered proportionately-
The expenses of defending these suits.
has been most oppressive u on some (if
our best citizens, and who ly unjustl-
fled. In view of these" facts, and the
pernicious character of the Statute 01
1867, we earnestly invite the active 00'
operation of all our people; by et1_ti°”
and otherwise, to induce the 681313’
tureto take up and pass " House Bill
N o.’ 545,” and thus repeal this obn0X'
ious Statute.

To the .House of .Repreaentatives Of W
State of Michigan .-

Your Petitioners citizens of-———/
County, respectfully represent that
they have seen with surprise an
gret, that House Bill, No. 545, to repeal
certain parts» of the Act of March 15.“):
1867, has been reported to the H0“’’”'
by the Committee on Judicia1‘y;“d'
versely. ,,

And your Petitioners respectful’,
submit, that your Committee m“"d
have misapprehended the purp0_99 ““ _
intent of that act. » It- is very 111 1‘.
iously drawn, and in terms well 0“
lated to mislead. EN,
_ But its real intent, purpose ande M
is to abolish thecbmmon I/uw 0.79" '

of Oha . - I
This gtatuste has already had the

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of the Circuit Court in many Counties.
Its influence is in every respect most

i i . ,
peftxi: toliles result of the experience and

Wisdom of ages, which induces the
Common Law to declare Champerty, a
misdemeanor. Its practice. tends to
demoralize the legal profession, to im-
properly vex and harrass the fpeople,
and to induce purjury. And therefore,
your Petitioners most earnestly request
your Honorable Body, to take up and
bass House Bill, No. 545, and thus put
an end to such practice in this State.

To the bar of Michigan, to her public
men, and to very many thousand
citizens of the State, no public man
of the past is better known than Mr.
Stuart.

For many years the peer of any
member of the legal profession in the
State, his opinions have commanded
more than respectful consideration,
they have had great weight, whenev-
er and wherever pa ‘important legal
question was invo vet. _

In a private note accompanying
this circular, he says: “ That on ac-
count of infirm health, I am unable to
do much for the relief of our. people
from unnecessary burdens, still there
are some things in which I can assist,
and this is one of them. I have had
circulars and petitions printed at my
own expense and have given them
such circulation as I could. * * *

This is one of the VV1OI(‘1Si} laws kiln
the State and was smumr e ‘into t e
Statute iii such.languag:Das would not
attracp attention from any body ex-
cept awyers.

Hon. Johnathan Parsons, of our
County, introduced the Bill, N o. 545,
and has charge of it in thel H<1)use,
and if you favor this repea , p ease
give him as early and eflicient assist-
Ellce as (you canéhaiid téilerebyt oblige

im an serve e pu 1c in eres .

In another column we have had oc-
casion to refer to, and criticise the ac-
tion of the Senate Judiciary Commit-
tee, and it seems that the House Ju-
diciary Committee is of about the
same material. Men whose business
in the Legislature of Michigan, and
chief mission in this world is to take
care of the lawyers of this Common
wealth.

There seems to be quite a differ-
ence between these gentlemen of the
Judiciary Committees of this Legis-
lature, and the lawyers who secured
the passage of the law of 1867, per-
mitting the practice of Chainperty.

Those lawyers were crafty, shrewd,
adroitly covering their real purpose,
knowing full well that they were vio-
lating " the result of the experience
of ages, which induces the Common
law to declare Champerty a misde-
ineanoi'."’ Covertly accomplishing a
vicious purpose, they, and those for
Whom they were working, have, for a
dozen years been reaping the fruits
01' a practice, which, in the opinion of
such high minded lawyers as Mr.
Stuart, “ tends to demoralize the le-
gal profession, to improperly vex and
harrass the people and to induce pur-
Jury.»

NOW their successors. in this
legislature, with a disregard of
the restraints which impelled

the men who engineered the law of
1807' through the Legislature, to
keep its real purpose from view, seem
indifferent to public opinion, and the
e}n_ands of fairness and equity.
While it is no more creditable to the
men themselves, yet we are better
Plefified with this outspoken, confident
reliance on their ability to retain
their hold for a living, on the people,
regflrdless of every interest except
heir own, than we were with the
management which succeeded in ac-
°°mP1lSlJing a purpose by subtility
and deception.
flrge numbers of the lawyer class
393111 to have adopted the old notion,
that we have had put in shape. and

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

repeated by some “ dead beat” every
week for half a life time, that “ the
world owes mea living,” and they
seem bound to have it-—in one way
or another. This old saying is mis-
chievious and bad in its influence,
and has done much to encourage idle-
ness, dependence, and crime.

The way cases are handled that are
committed to lawyers, and the dila-
tory course of judicial proceedings
involving large expense to the liti-
gants and the people, with small re-
turns, aud this disposition of this
House Judiciary Committee to per-
petuate a recognized evil, only con-
firms the opinion long entertained,
that a large proportion of the lawyers
of the country feel that they have a

mortgage on the people which is good ‘

to them for a living.

Will a Legislature, largely coin-
posed of men who have interests in
common with the people, disregard
this note of warning from one who
fully understands the evils we are en-
during, and who has patriotically
stepped for a moment from his retire-
ment for so laudable a purpose as ap-
pears on the face of this circular.

Or in other words, will the repre-

sentatives of the people take care of

the interests of their constituents ?

QUARTERLY REPORT BLANKS.

In answer to several applications
from Setretaries for blank Quarterly
Reports that come with the report for

quarter ending March dist, we reply, I
that all Secretarins will be supplied ‘

before the expiration of the current
quarter, with two set for the remain-
ing quarters of the year. If any are
short of Blanks for reports now past
due, we will supply them on applica-
tion.

Bno. PATRONS, remember the busi-
ness department of the Order offers
pecuniary advantages and benefits
that you can easily secure by a little
work or attention on your part. Our
arrangements with Chidister, in De-
troit, and Mason, in Chicago, insure
you opportunities to deal with honor-
able men.

Then there is the good old house of
Montgomery, Ward dz C0,, the pio-
neer establishment of the country.
whose new advertisement appears on
our last page, which has probably
done more than any other house in
the country to educate the people in
cost prices of goods. VVhere you 113“?
no local establishment that you o-upht
to sustain, don’t forget that_ your in-
terest, these Grange establishments,
and that of the Order, are all in line.

Gen. Edward F. Jones.

‘We present this week a vei'y fine
portrait of Jones of Binghampton.

As we have no personal acquaint-
ance with Mr. Jones, we copy his
biography as we find it in the I[u.g-
bandmmzqof Feb. 12th.

Though an extensive manufactur-
er, his sympathies and associations
caused him to gravitate, early after its
organization, toward the Order of Pa-
trons of Husbandry.

No manufacturer in the country
recognized more promptly the funda-
mental truth that in “our business in-
terests we desire to bring producers
and consumers, farmers and manu-
facturers, into the most direct and
friendly relations possible,” and no
man has proved his faith by his works
more than Edward F. Jones.

V\’e take pleasure in introducing
him and his history to the readers of
the VISITOR.

Edward F. Jones, although ranking
as a true Yankee, “ to themanor born,”
first saw the light in the city of Utica.
to which his parents removed from New
England a short time before that event.
The incidents of his early youth varied
-not greatly from those usually attend-
ing the course of country lads appren-
ticed to farm service. He had keen
perception, a material advantage in the

 acquisition of knowledge through every

day observation, and he had besides the
somewhat rare quality among country
youth,genuine love for farm life. At
school he was regarded as bright. the
usual tasks amounting in‘ his case to a
gentle exercise for the mind, while his
miscliief-loving propensity gave unend-
ing- employment to his teachers, and
furnished infinite amusement and occa-
sional smarts to his young associates,
who bore all sorts of quips and jokes
emanating from the vivacious Jones,
whose brilliant sallies and repartees
never had hurtful sting, and whose
practical jokes usually involved himself
in whatever of distress was brought to
their objects. The secret through which
he won the warm affection of his young
associates and the friendly regard of
older acquaintances, was a true heart,
moving even his fun by generous im-
pulses.

The fair pi‘ovjsion for education was
well improved by young Jones, not be-
cause he gave especial attention to the
work, as a necessary qualification for
future use, but because his quick per-
ceptive faculties rendered study but a
pleasing diversion, fitting him for the
keener en joymeut of sport, which grew
and spread from him as the unfailing
source. It was no doubt fortunate for
the lad that his arents returned with
him to New Eng and during the rapid
development of his mind, which was
-tending to visionary schemes, having
the vague object of improvement i_n.all
methods of labor to which the brain or
muscle of the youth had been ap lied.
The practical reality of a strugge for

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profit on a rocky Massachusetts farm
afforded a safe corrective for the chi-
meras with which his mind was charged
when he entered the work; not how-
ever until he became owner and mana-
ger of an extensive farm, was the cure.
complete. Improvement had with him
the force of an absorbing idea. Al-
though delighted with farm life, he had
no love"-for ‘_the hum-drum plodding
which ends in a sufficient supply of
bread and meat. He would make the
rocky and reluctant soil‘ respond gen-
erously to' methods of his own. The
rules of practice were to be revised.
Above all he desired to show in actual
figures, weights and measures that suc-
cess awaited only intelligent applica-
tion of labor, and he concluded with
cheerful alacrity that so far as intelli-
gence was concerned he had abundant
means to secure successful farming.
Without reviewing his methods with
the soil, an illustration of sublime con-
fidence in his ability to cast the light
of refulgent wisdom upon New Eng-
land agriculture may be found in a
model barn which be constructed. The
plan embraced machinery for lifting
and depositing farm produce with the
least possible employment of manual
labor. 'l‘he bins, and mows and scaf-
folds were all the outgrowth of fertile
invention, making the structure such
a unique illustration of improved farm
architecture that to behold it caused the
eyelids of plain farmers thereabouts to
lift in fixed wonder. The model barn
brought many visitors from distant lo-
calities, for they had learned that Jones
had the first lesson in improved agri-
culture ready for practical use, and in
the generosity of his nature he wanted
the benefits of his advanced ideas wide-
ly disseminated. There was, however,
one glaring fault, not exactly with the
barn and the improvements it embod-
ied, but with the conditions under
which it was exhibited. The stubborn
soil would not yield the produce needed
to make the mechanical applications
useful, nor, in fact, to relieve the ap-
pearance of painful vacuity within the
spacious structure. Of course Jones saw
the difliculty speedily,’ and made such
corrections as he could by purchasing
ofhis neighboring farmers their surplus
products to fill the ample space elabo-
rately planned with a view to showing
the results of his skillful farming.
Driven to new thought, he conceived
the idea of feeding cattle with such
nicety and careful adaptation of supply
in amount and quality, that profit
wouldjustify the expenditures already
made. With this object he began a
system of feeding weighed allowances,
and to facilitate the work he had hay
scales set in the floor of his model barn.
Cooking the feed was also embraced
in his plan. All these ideas were put
to practical use, and the tests continued
until really valuable truths appeared.
The accident of location was perhaps
the most unfavorable incident interfer-
ing with the -full success that would
have attended the efforts toward the
improvement of agricultural under bet-
ter chosen conditions. On the fertile
lands of the West, the improved meth-
ods of tillage and the model barn would
no doubt have made Jones famous as
ateacheriii a profession which he re-
luctantly abandoned. A
All these costly experiments were
made many years ago. It will be in-
teresting to note briefly the results,
looking beyond the apparent failure
which filled the narrow scope of vision
for the Yankee farmers, who derided
efforts that gave them nothing in im-
mediate profit. The machinery to lift
from the wagon its load of hay and de-
posit it in the place where it was to be
stored has since been perfected and is
employed on thousands of farms. Cook-
ing food for cattle is the regular prac-
tice in many places, even on New Eng-
land farms that give grudging response
to the labor expended in their tillage.
And again barn scales, long regarded
asa wild venture in the model farm,
long ago pointed out as a folly of Jones.
have become a necessity. Strangely
enough, the very man who drew upon
himself the ridicule of farmers by set-
ting scales in his barn to bring certain
knowledge of resultsin feeding, is now
making. scales for other farmers, to
whom that useful lesson has brought
immense profit. Thus Jones of Bing-
hampton, impelled by blind fate, left
the profession for which he had natural
fondness, his labors unrequitted, to see
in after years the germs he had planted
in the sterile New England farm de-
veloped to living use, and himself em-
ployed fashioning to the hands of farm-
ers the appliances then regarded as the

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

idletor impracticable vision of an enthu-
sias .
_ There is still another curious illustra-
tion of the mysterious influences which
shape life and direct its course, seen
plainly in Jones of Binghampton, now
known all over the Union as a scale
maker. The farm life briefly sketched
in this article, fruitless as it seemed in
direct profits, gave a bent to the char-
acter which now marks the man as in
many respects an honored representa-
tive of agriculture. Gfted with rare
powers of speech and uncommon fertil-
ity of thought, they are never called
into full play more happily than in
meetings of farmers, which seem with
him to have all the conditions of a
needed stimulus. On such occasions he
is the representative farmer—nothing
more, nothing less. We have often
heard him addressing large assemblages
of farmers, but never once in such
meetings a word from him regarding
his special business as a manufacturer.
There is the instinctive love for the
avocation in which his early years were
spent, reaching to all its associations,
giving to the man something like the
character of an earnest, practical farm-
er, resting from successful labor, with
the rich lessons of experience offered
freely to those who may glean profit
l'rom them. ’1‘o this trait he is indebted,
no doubt, for the honorable preference
which has twice made him, in a rural
district, candidate for resresentative in
Congress. Although defeated, both
times he drew heavily from the votes
of the opposing party, and without the
tricks of the politician or the venal
practices by which support in too many
cases is secured, exemplified the strength
of sturdy manhood in canvasses entire-
ly free on his part from considerations
that influenced mercenary minds. For
several years he served acceptably in
the Executive Board of the New York
State Agricultural Society. the selec-
tion being made _by farmers who knew
his rare ability for the service required.

Among the first in the State, Jones
ofBinghampton,saw the benefits offered
to the agricultural class by the Grange,
which he entered at the first opportu-
nity. He saw in it extended applica-
tion of ideas which he had entertained
many years and had even ‘put to prac-
tical use so far as individual effort
could reach. As a speaker and a writer
he has performed effective work for the
Order, which has in him an honored
representative. To stimulate with farm-
ers a desire for self-improvement, and
its happy consequent self-respect, he
regarded their organization; effected
through the Grange, as of infinite value,
and has therefore worked zealously for
the grand object with more of success
than the public can know.

It is not within the province of this
sketch to depict exploits on the battle-
field, but something is due to the pub-
lic by way of explaining how Jones of
Hinghampton, came by his title of Gen-
eral. - The story is long and would
have thrilling interest if all were told.
'l_‘ he present occasion is not suited to the
narrative, therefore the briefest state-
ment must suffice.

When the first call for troops was
made, in 1861, Col. Jones, then living
in Massachusetts, was at the head of a
regiment already famous for the excel-
lence of its discipline. His regiment
was selected by Gov. Andrew for imme-
diate service, and started at once for the
field. All will remember the thrill
which quickened the pulsation ofevery
Northern heart when the news spread
to every town and hamlet that the Mas-
sachusetts Sixth had been fired upon in
the streets of .Baltimore, and the first
blood of the war was shed by the brave
men hastening to the defense of the
national honor. History has already
recorded the gallant bearing of the
regiment which gave the first sacrifice
in a cruel war, the Massachusetts Sixth,
commanded by Col.Jones. With this
bloody baptism there camethe inflex-
ible purpose to risk life, to lay every-
thing upon the altar of national honor.
00]. Jones never laltered in the line
marked by that stem resolve. The title,
General, was richly earned and came as
the grateful acknowledgment of. inesti-
mable service.

As)‘ information regarding dormant
(,1,-imges will be thankfully received by
the otiicers of the State Grange, and
may be sent to the General Deputy,
C._‘ 1,. wmmey, Muskegon.

Y E men and four women, asking
orltvlzfnting their now dormant Grange
restored can have their Il)’l8h gratified
by communicating with the State

5;-guge_Lecturer.

A gtutitis’ £2partmmt.__

Charity.

Hail, laud o’ cakes and brither Scots,
From Maidenkirk to John 0’ Groatsl
If tliere’s a hole in a’ your coats,

I reed ye’ tent it.

A chiel’s amang ye takin’ notes,

An’ faith he'll prent it.

Some time ago, our Worthy Master
designated me to appeal not to your
charity, but to your true sense of char-
ity. The Apostle Paul says, in his
epistle to the Corinthians, “ Though I
speak with the tongues of men and of
angels, and have not charity, I am be-.
come as sounding brass or as a tinkling
symbol , and though I have the gift of
prophecy, and understood all mysteries
and all knowledge, and though I have
all faith so that I could remove moun-
tains, and have not charity, I am noth-
ing; and though I bestow all my goods
to feed the poor, and though I give my
body to be burned,. and have not char-
ity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity
suffereth long and is kind ; envieth not;
vaunteth not herself, is not puffed up,
doth not behave itself unseemly, seek-
eth not her own, is not easily provoked,
thinketh no evil, rejoiceth not in iniqui-
ty but in truth, beareth all things, be-
lieveth all things, and endureth all
things.” '

So it would seem to the observer, that
this subject of charity, which our Wor:
thy Master has assigned to an obscure
individual in your midst, is one of
boundless scope and unlimited thought;
this little household word charity which
echoed in our ears, usually suggests the
parting with some of our substance for
the benefit of others, has, instead of
one, a multitude of significations. Us-
ually when a certain individual is men-
tioned as a charitable person, we under-
stand that he is in the habit of opening
his purse freely for the benefit of his
needy fellow subjects or encouragement
of beneficient institutions; but we find
by after consideration, that this is only
the substantial form of charity. We
might symbolize her as a beautiful
being, of which the above definition
would represent the body, another form
the soul, another the characteristic
which would lend an expression of
benignity to the countenance, and so
on.

And now let us draw on our imagina-
tion for the requisites of this beautiful
being. It seems that wisdom without
charity is deformed. This cannot refer
to the substantial form of charity. It
suggests to us, instead a charitable def-
erence to the opinion of others—a qual-
ity which precludes the possibility of
egotism, a quality which would really
mar the countenance of our symbol.
Therefore, a deferential respect to all
persons will be one of the essential
garments with which we shall clothe
her. Let us cast this mantle of chari-
table deference about the neck, and let
its folds envelop the left arm ; the right
arm we will clothe with the mantle of
power, whose woof shall consist of the
strength derived from a charitable opin-
ion and conscientious helpfulness ex-
tended to those who have unfortunately
fallen under the malignity of the scath-
ing tongue of the curious and envious;
theloins we will gird with the mantle
of strength, derived from that requisite
quality which knows no sociatgrade of
sympathy, the ~ circumstances alone
being the guide to our judgement, or
to illustrate more plainly, that the
hovel, if it contains an inmate who
shall distinguish herself by an act
worthy of our approbation, shall claim
our attention and acknowledgement of
such merit, as willingly and as really as
the inmate of the mansion—or that true
worth shall be the only consideration
for our appoval.

The right foot shall rest upon the firm
foundation of faith in all human be-
ings, in future reward for present good,
in an innate and inborn talisman,
guarding our conscience and knocking
invariably at our hearts for an account
of our eyery wrong act.

And now we have our symbol, let us
farther beautify the countenance with
sympathy; let us deck the brow with
a queenly crown of righteousness, which
can only be obtained by a life of devo-
tion to the good of our fellow beings,
and now let us breathe into our statue a
soul, and we have all, and more than
that for which Gygmalion mourned
and prayed. “ She suffereth long and
is kind.” This state of beatitude which
is seen in some individual who has

been bereft of friend after friend.until-

the heart is nearly rent asunder with

anguish, has seen one offspring after
another —the subject of many prayers
and hopes———fall aprey to evil influences,
and yet charitably holds to a faith
which is unconquerable—this state of
beatitude shall be a soul for our beauti-
ful statue; and there we will leave it,
and you may behold it in your imagin-
ation, the embodiment of many vir-
tues.

But now let us descend from our im-
aginary ideal, and have a few plain,
practical ideas upon this subject. Let
us be ever willing to divide according
to our best judgment with those solic-
iting our aid; let us not stop to inquire
into all the minutiae of their past life to
see that it has been one of faultless
rectitude, in order that we may deem
them worthy of our aid; let each
mistress of a household, when an indi-
vidual enters that house as "an inmate,
either in the capacity of servant or
companion, consider that, in a measure,
a human soul has been entrusted to her
charge, and if that individual has been
less fortunate in the culture of morality
or the refinment of civilizing influences,
let her clothe her or him with the
mantle of charity, and by the power of
habit and the influence of a life of rec-
titude, teach a lesson which shall need
few words to explain. The force of
habit is strong upon us, and the indi-
vidual who has had the misfortune to
be constantly under evil influences at
the tender age when our minds and
bodies are forming, is, and should
always be, an object of especial charity.
This does not, of a certainty occur in
the lower ranks of life merely—our
cities are full of the evil influences of
society. Many agirl, with the best of
social privileges, seemingly, has every
womanly virtue crushed out of her
mind, by a false education of the most
necessary requisites of life, and too
much devotion to the fashionable
world—when such an individual crosses
your path, and with lofty airs seems to
take in at a glance your own insignifi-
canoe, and pervades all things with his
or her overpowering amount of conse-
quence, bear in mind that a charitable,
pitying bearing toward such an one
will not only add dignity to yourself,
but will reprove much quicker and
more effectually than any expression of
contempt. True worth, accompanied
by the amount of dignity which a con-
sciousness of such a possession should
give, will always. hear weight with it,
however meagre or ungainly the outer
accoutrements of the body. Therefore,
we should strive to give to charity _the
many definitions which Paul has given
it, and clothe it in so many varied
forms that it may affect all our actions,
and be a power in helping us to the
right conclusions in all of life’s intri-
cate questions.

Georgetown, Mich., Feb. 23, 1879.

The Best and Proper Amount of Edn-
cation for Girls, for Self-rapport.

An essay Read before Schoolcraft Grange,
No. 8, March 8th, I879, by Anna L.
Fellows.

Education, generally speaking, im-
plies the intellectual discipline received
from home training and institutions of
learning, and although its true literal
meaning covers a broader field, we shall
consider it only in this limited sense.

'l‘o educate with a view to self-support
we would imagine the more thorough
and practical the education, the better.
Ideal and theoretical knowledge might
do for Aristotle and his followers, but
since Bacon, the practical has gained
the ascendency, and that alone will
answer the demands of to-day.

VVe are told that “to learn as we wish
to use, application must go with ac-
quirement.” Therefore an education
to be useful and complete must include
aknowledge of how to work. With-
out the power and inclination to apply
an education, “though it might embrace
all the learning and wisdom attainable,
would be of little use toward earning
our daily -bread.

Neither will work alone result in
much good, but combined with educa-
tion it is an irresistable force that
advances civilization. '

If a girl is particularly adapted to a
certain branch of industry or profession
give her first a thorough general edutai
tion, then fit her for that occupation
the same as you would your boys. Not-
withstanding uneducated girls find em-
ployment in some of the industrial
occupatlomnthe supply of such laborers
exceeds the demand.

Although there is no penalty attached

by law, as in ancient Greece, where
parents were required to fit their sons
for an occupation, otherwise they
would not support them when 0ld——yet
far greater penalties are imposed u 11
many parents and society in generargy
educating girls in such amanner that
they are entirely dependent.

You who were thrown upon your
own resources for self support, and
have encountered the numerous obsta-
cles that to us appear so formidable,
what would be your choice of an edu-
cation? Would you choose a limited
knowledge of the rudimentary branch.
es, a cursory glimpse at the sciences, a
smattering of French, German, Latin,
and perhaps Greek that you might be
termed a classical scholar, and a slight
acquaintaince with music, drawing,
and painting? or would you prefer a
trade or profession, accompanied if pos.
sible by a sound collegiate education?
Says Rev. Joseph Cook, “ It is a public
shame for us to send out of our
common schools, young girls above
manual labor, and utterly unskilled in
anything that would bring them a
dollar.”

The more our mental faculties are
developed and disciplined by extensive
education, the better are we prepared to
cope with the world; we are more able
to judge of our capabilities; judiciouly
select our work, and make it a success.
A true education broadens our ideas,
wakes up our dormant faculties, en-
ables us to see clearly, and not “as
through a glass darkly.”

Therefore, we ask for the most exten-
sive practical education within our
reach, with the fullest culture, and the
greatest liberty to advance, which the
resources of the age can command.

Short Lessons in Illstory——No. 2.

Let us next turn our attention to
Chaldea, Assyria and Babylonia, as
they seem to be classed together geo-
graphically and historicallv. We will
locate Ch aldea at the head of the Per-
sian Gulf, Babylonia northeast, be-
tween the Tigris and Euphrates ; Meso-
potamia, or the Land of Shinar, still
further north between the same rivers,
Assyria between the Tigris and the Z9.-
gros Mountains.

The valleys of the Tigris and En-
phrates were remarkably rich and pro-
ductive ; they must have been in order
to support such a vast population, for
we read that Babylon was five times as
large as London. The rivers teemed
with fish, the date palm fiourished,grain
grew abundantly. Chaidea is the only
country in which wheat is known to
be indigeneous.

The records of their history are almost
as ancient as the Egyptian. When
Alexander took Babylon he found an
unbroken series of astronomical obser-
vations, dating back as far as 2234 B. C.
Here was the kingdom founded by
Nimrod and the cities, Babylon, Ereeh,
Accad and Calnah, that ruled over his
Empire have been identified. Here,
also, we find that " wicked city of Ni-
neveh,” that Jonah was sent to preach
unto the city,‘ of Ur, the birthplace of
Abraham, who is supposed to havebeen
aSemite and not an idolatrous Chal-
dean, and that he went to the land of
Canaan about 2000 years B. C. _

The wisdom of the Babylonians is
celebrated both by the Jewish writers
and the Greek historians. They used
cuneiform or wedge-shape letters. They
were great astronomers, and knew the
principles of the arch, pulley, lever and
roller. The arts of inlaying and enam-
eling were brought to great perfection.
They cut gems and precious stones with
a skill and finish that can not be
equaled to-day. They made transpa-
rent glass and even lenses, and all of
this twenty—five centuries ago. Their
sculpture was a vast improvement on
the Egyptian, and although not to b9
compared with that of Greece and
Rome, yet it had a certain dignity and
grandeur.

About thel3th century B.C.,the ABBY‘
rians overcame the Chaldeans, or earl)’
Babylonians, and became the power of
western Asia, and had many not
rulers. Giglath-Pileser and Ashllfi W
Whose time belong the sculptured walls
and winged lions, Senecherib, whose
destruction Byron commemorates.

But the Babylonians were rest?“
when the Medes from beyond the Z3-
gsos invaded Assyria in the seventh
century B. C. They revoltedp “lid”
Nabopoiasses, and were given Baby‘
loniaas their share or the s “S9 Wt
their reign was short. Nebuchadnezer
ruled next and endeavored to rebuild
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was surrounded by a wall 338 feet high
and 85 feet thick. These walls are said
to have been huge graneries, to be filled
when famine or seiges were anticipated-
Its beautiful palaces and hanging gar
dens, built to please his Medean queen,
were among the wonders of the world.
He besieged Troy and Jerusalem, car-
ried off the golden’ vessels from the
House of the Lord and “took many
captives to Babylon.” Four kings came
after him, the last (N abonadius) shared
his throne with his son, Belshazzar,
who, according to the Scriptures, was
feasting and drinking, desecrating the
golden vessels, when the handwriting
up ared on the wall, “ Mene,_inene, te-
ke upharsin,” which was easily trans-
lated by Daniel, as it was his native
language, “His kingdom was finished.”
“ The Mede was at his gate, the Persian
on his throne.” Cyrus had diverted the
course of the Euphrates and made its
bed a pathway to enter the city, and
Babylon, the great, had fallen, never to
rise, 538 B. C.-

The once rich and populous valley of
the Euphrates is a desert; the land that
was once able to support such multi-
tudes by their primitive methods of
farming, became at length exhausted.
Their cities, built of bitumen or sun-
dried bricks, could neither resist the
many wars and invasions nor the ef-
fects of time, and they are now but
heaps of ruins. The people emigrated
westward, carrying their knowledge of
letters, astronomy and architecture
with them. “ The ships of Ur” traded
in other parts, the land, robbed of its
richness by continually taking from it
and giving nothing back in return, was
left to the “ beasts of the desert,” and
the prophecy of Jeremiah is fulfilled.

DORCAS HOPKINS.

Education of the Masses.

“ The roper education of the masses
is the ed-rock of our free institu-
tions.”

This quotation, which is from the pen
of A. A. Luce, in the VISITOR, is wor-
thy to adorn the Walls of_ every home,
school, and public hall in the land.
The question arises, VVhere are the
masses educated, and how shall they be
educated properly? A large per cent
of the masses are educated in our pri-
mary schools, and ten per cent of the
adult population can neither read or
write, and one half of these are voters.
Surely, in our land of free schools, there
is a fault somewhere; but how to edu-
cate them properly is to have them
pursue those studies that will prepare
them, when they become men and
women, to put into practical use, what-
ever their tastes may dictate, or oppor-
tunity offer.

A public school, for which taxpayers
are taxed to support, is for the public,
——the main object in view, to educate
the masses. We are also taxed to sup-
port prisons, jails, reform schools, and
all likeinstitutions. The report of these
institutions proves that a large per cent
are uneducated and have uneducated
parents. If education lessens crimi-
nals, then let us be taxed to support
schools and not prisons. ()ur school
system is either a blessing or a curse,
a_I1dit belongs to every lover of educa-
ion and our country to make it a bles-
5318- A public school brings in all
classes and conditions of children. The
school law says they shall attend school
three months (why not say nine?) in
the year until twelve years old, and if
not provided with books the District

rd shall furnish them. Do they?
be)’ may in graded schools, but it is
Uncommon in the primary. While we
admit that it is agreat benefit to many,
We must say (as it is managed) it is a
detriment to our own A uniformity
01' books, and apply the law in regard
‘O it. With a continuous school of nine
l1_10I1thsin the year by the same teacher
M 8 good one) will do more in one
gm R: educate the masses, createhan
93 In u ils and atrons t an

W0 years ofgclliool as usgally cobduct-

- Let different branches be taught,
50 that each child can have a choice
What is attractive to one is not at all sti
‘° “other, while some will work with
2931511 mathematics it is a discouraging
wtggifilafotéthers. Pérhaps if physiology
bede1:gnt.'$i°$§‘ifi."?.,°§‘£‘2.‘éh£’£“3§.Jvtiéfi
d. Wills, astronomy ' eolo or “Our
C"’il Government ”’s%metiiin that all
children should beytau ht Tgo-thirds
°-f the sons of our frgee .landw become

v swith’ but very little knowledge
°f 0111' Government laws In Russia if
Mn do notsend their children to
 Peertain number of months in

,9‘; -
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each year, until 10 years of age, they
are fined, and if the fine is not paid,
they are imprisoned. In the late war
between_Germany and France, one rea-
son ascribed for the victory of the Ger-
mans was_ the superior intelligence of
their soldiery, the difference being easi-
ly traceable to their very excellent
school system. While we have no am-
bition to have our country boast of its
intelligent armed men, we do wish we
could boast of our intelligent voters.
We believe our schools should be made
auxiliary to the Agricultural College.
Professor Brown, in his paper read be-
fore the National Agricultural Con-
gress, says: “The Drimary schools of
to-day fail to lead the farmer’s boy to
any higher appreciation of his father’s
pursuit._” Let us correct, this if we
can. Have our superintendents take
obligations, put them under bonds, for
the faithiul performance of the same.
Do away with third-grade certificates.
and hire teachers, that teachers’ insti-
tutes and Normal schools will recom-
mend. Education alone will not make
a teacher, they must be fitted for it, and
have their mind and heart in the work
of advancing their pupils, not the
money they receive for it. Then, Pa‘-
trons, visit your schools. Do you hire
a man and set him to plow your fields
without overlooking it? Never. If our
fields do not yield a full crop thereby it
is a small loss compared to the valuable
time our children would loose by hav-
ing a poor workman in the school
house. W'liat we want is to have such
schools that our sons and daughters
can receive a good practical education
at home. It is best for the parent, the
child and the school that they should
receive their education at home. Ad-
vanced scholars in schools not only in-
cite younger ones to excel, but make it
more interesting for all.

Perhaps some may say, “ VVe are
taxed enough now for schools, your plan
would double them.” Waita moment.
We never question the amount paid,
and we feel somewhat elated if we
make a little over and above. This
is what we all realize in regard to our
schools. VVe do not receive the benefit
from them we should, for the money
we pay out. Every district, if they
have but seven months school, let it be
a continued term from October to May,
by the same teacher, by so doing you
have the good of two months’ school
we would otherwise throw away.
Let us explain. It takes one month
for scholars to become used to applying
their minds to study and the teacher
to learn the ability and disposition _of
the pupils, then a vacation at the end
of each term of two months or more, a
new teacher for each term, and the pn-
pils commence in their books where
they did the first term.

We expect our present legislature will
do something to eradicate some of the
evils, but we must work faithfully our-
selves. Laws, unless carried out to the
letter, are of but little value.

. MRS. ADELAIDE KXA Pl’.

Schoolcraft, April 9th.

 

The Wife as Bar-keeper.

Bar-keepers in this city pay on an
average of $2 per gallon for whisky.
One gallon contains an average of sixty-
five drinks, and at 10 cents a drink, the
poor man pays $6.50 per gallon for his
whisky. In other words, he pays $2
for his whisky, and $4.50 to a man for
handing it over the bar.

Make your wife your bar-keeper.
Lend her $2 to buy a gallon of whisky
for a beginning, and every time you
want a drink, go to her and pay 10
cents for it. By the time you have
drunk a gallon, she will have $6.50, or
enough to refund the $2 borrowed of
you, to pay for another gallon of liquor,
and have a balance of $2.50. She will
be able to conduct future operations on
her own capital, and when you become
an inebriate, unable to support yourself,
and shunned and despised by all re-
spectable persons, your wife will have
enough money to keep you until you
get ready to fill a drunkard’s grave.-
Lecture of C. T. Campbell, at Mag/sville,
Ky.

So near as onecan gather from va-
rious .-tources, 1.000 or more members
have joined our Order in Michigan
since January 1st. Is the Grange dy-
ing out '3

1'.\'Ai~‘i«'i.i.iA'i‘+:i» members should
seek to join the nearest Grange and
thus keep up their membership, and be
posted in the movements of Patent

Right Gate Men, at least.

THE law says you shall not shoot or
spear fish in the inland waters of Mich-
igan during the months of April, May
and June.

Dividend.”

The Patrons’ Paint Company have
declared a cash dividend of seven per
cent. for the year 1878, payable March
1st 1879, to stockholders of record, Dec.
1st, 1878. This is the 3d annual divi-
dend thecompany has paid, and with
guaranteed dividend, 25 per cent, makes
96 per cent for three years.

Fraternally, O. R. INGERSOLL.

TIIE IIEAPER, IDEATII.

1’ALMER——Died March ‘28, 1879, at his resi-
dence in Lapeer, Brother Joel Palmer, aged
7.’) years, a worthy member of Lapeer Grange,
No. 216‘. JOHN THOMAS.
Secretary.

Fiiiicsi LIST of suppiiss

MICHIGAN S T A T E GRANGE.

And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Or-
der, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,
and the signature of its blaster or Secretary.

Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 2b
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . .. 1 00
Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . 1 00
Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . 50

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

Granges, single copies 3c, per doz., . . . . . 35
New kind of Singing Books, with music,

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

“ er doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . '

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

Blank “Articles of Association” for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Granges

with Copy of Charter, all complcte,. . . . . 10
Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
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Address, J. T. COBB,

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SCHOOLGRAFT. MICH

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PHIl’.O OTIS,

Dansville, -

M icliigan,
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AND

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To Patrons, I oifer my entire stock at whole-
sale prices, in lots to suit customers. Long
experience, improved machinery, competent
workmen, good timber, and honorable dealing.
I ask and expect your patronage.
Correspondence solicited, and promptly ans-
Wered.

I will deliver goods by team within a radius
of forty miles. Outside of that, will ship at
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Repairs furnished when ordered.

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They save Time and Money, and increase the
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To assure Bee-keepers that this is no humbug.
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Any of the above varieties at 50 cents per
lumdred, well packed and delivered at the Ex-
press Ofiice at Benton Harbor. Or will send in
small quantities, by mail, any of the above
plants. to any one forwarding pay for plants,
and money to pre-pay postage thereon.

Please send money in Registered Letter, or
Post Ofiice Monay Order, to
jan2 -3m WM. J. NOTT.

Benton Harbor. Berrien Co.. Mich.

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

The German Horse and Cow Powder 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 '11 do more work,
andacow give more milk, and be in better
condition, with less feed.

By giving poultry a heaped tablespoonful
occasionaliy in a. quart of chop, it will keep
them healthy and increase the quuntity of eggs.
By giving hogs a. large heaped tablespoonful,
with the same quantity of salt, in a half peek
of scalded wheat bran for eve four hogs, twice
a week you will prevent H0(}r{)ISEASE.

Put up in five pound packages, six packages
in abox, at 12 cents a pound; or in sixty pound
boxes at ten cents a pound. The receipt is

outed on each package and box. Made by Dr.
Dberholtzer, at his mills, No. 2 Fetter Laney
Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by R.  JAMES.
Kalamazoo Co-opentive Association, No. 3]
North Burdick St.. Kalamazoo, Mich., and by
J. M. CHAMBERS, Illinois State Business
Agent, Chicago, Ill., at the Lowest Wholesale
Price, when ordered under the seal of the
Grange. may16-tt

German Hose and Bow Powder.‘

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I will sell three inch and three and
one-fourth inch THIMBLE SKEIN
WAGONS, complete on cars at Niles,
Michigan, for ($45) forty-five Dollars
each. Without Box or Seat, Thirty-

Five Dollars.
E. MURRAY.
Niles, Mich., March 1st, 1879.

Grange HEADQUARTERS.
THOMAS MASON,

General Commission Merchant,

183 SOUTH WATER STREET,

CHICAGO, - - ILLINOIS.
Pu.rcha.sz'ng Agent /or the Patrons of Husband-
ry, authorized by Executive Committe of the
Michigan State Grange ; Agent of the N. W.
Produce Erchaizge Association, principal oflice,
Buchanan, Mich. ; also, Agent of the Michigan
Lake Shore Fruit Growers’ Association, Steven-
ville, Mich.,
Respectfully solicits Consignments of

FRUITS. VEGEIABIES. BUTTER. EGGS.

Poultry, Wool, Hides,
PELTS, TALLO W, and DRESSED HOGS.

GRAIN, HOGS, and CATTLE
In Car Lots. Also,
L UMBER in Car or Cargo Lots.

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

SUPERIOR FACILITIES,

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

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

Cal: must Accompany Orders
to Insure Prompt Alteption.
——-REFERE1\TCES:——

Executive Committee of Mich. State Grange.
J. J. Woodman, Paw Paw, Mich.

J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

Herman, Schaifner & Co.. Bankers, Chicago, Ill.
Thomas Mars, Berrien Centre, Mich.

W. A. Brown, Sec’y Mich. L. S. F. G. Ass’n,

Stevensville, Mich.
11%’ Stencils, Shipping Tags, and Market Re-
ports furriisheri on application.

()onnnsi=oNnENcn SOLICITED. mar-.12’79

THE KALAMAZOO
DR! L L TO OTH!

  

miientcuaprii 30. 1878.
met ‘Ia Kiuur ‘osiv

§4CAT'I‘ER,S THE SEED EVENLY 3% inches,
wide under the Shovel. An Adjustable Governer
Regulatgg the Depth, and Covers the Seed
Uniformly from one to three inches, as desired.
(lombinirig all that is desirable in_ Broad-cast
Seeding, with the advantages 0f.Dl'lll1I)g. _

We also manufacture a Grain Drill, using
this Tooth, which is Warm-ntegi to Gwe Sans-
fartion. or no sale-_

For further partlcllla-1'9 address BILL 00

ALA MAZOO GRAIN D .
AWHK 1, 1379_ Kuuuzoo, Mica.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

Paints and Paris Green.

—__._.

PRICES REDUCED FOR 1879.

PAIHUNS’ viii EUMPANY!

lngei‘soll’s Ready Mixed Paints,
Paris Green and Brushes.

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Best and Cheapest Paints in
the Wo1'ld.

Freight paid on Paint and Paris Green to all
parts of the country. So it makes no differ-
ence where you live, you get goods at the same
price as if you were at the Factory.

Our Book “How Every one can Paint,”
with 20 Brilliant Colors, Brushes, etc., illustrat-
ed, mailed free upon application to PATRONS’
PAINT CO., 162 South St., N. Y.

——-TRUS'l‘EES :—

T. A. Thompson. Pres., Past Lec. Nat. Grange
Samuel E. Adams, of Minn., Master “ “
D. Wyatt Aiken, of S. 0., Ch’m Ex. Com. “
Mortimer Whitehead, of N. J ., Lec. Nat. “

O. H. Kelle , Past Secretary National Grange.
J. W. A. Wdight, Master Cal. State Grange.

M. D. Davie, Master State Grange, Kentucky.

The IIus‘I:_a.nclma.ii!

EVERY FARMER 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
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Tnn HUSBANDMAN 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 HUSBANDMAN contends against unjust
discrimination in freight charges, by which the
present railroad management is heaping heavy
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to its Market Reports, which are thoroughly
reliable and accompanled with comments show-
ing the condition of the market and tendency
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In short, THE HUSBANDMAN seeks to promote
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occupy about one page of the paper each week,
and are alone worth more to any practical
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_ Many of the leading farmers in different parts
of the coiantry are among its large number of
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own county to take this paper said: “ I have
read THE HUBBANDMAN for more than two
years, and I do not hesitate to recommend it as
the BEST FARMERS PAPER that I ever read.
I 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, anddnot 33.9, that is read with so much

leasure on pro .

P As a. representative of the GRANGE, TEE
HUSBANDMAN is highly prized by the leading
members of the Order, in all sections of the
country. It ils not sensational, but is candid
and influentia .

The flusbandman is a Large Eight-Page
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The interesting character of THE HUSBAND-
MAN, and low price, commend it at once to
farmers everywhere, and make it an easy task
to secure a club of subscribers in any Grange or
community. Sand for sample copies which are
furnished free. Address,

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Z We will send Tun Husnmnxkn and THE
GRANGE vrsrron for one year, for 91,70.
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C Descrintlie,I1liilratel Price List

IS NOW READY, and will be Snrr Fun to any person '_who may ask for it.
From this desirable book you can obtain the wholesale price: of nearly every
article you may require for personal or family use, such as

Ladies’ Linen Suits. at $1.10 and upwards.
Serge, Mohair, Poplin, Bourette and Cashmere Suits at $4.50
and upwards. All well made in the Iatest Styles.

Also, a. full and complete line of

Dry Goods, Gloves, Hosiery, Notions, Clothing, Hats, caps,
Boots, Shoes, carpets, Oil cloths, cutlery, Silver and Silver
Plated Ware, Watches, Jewelry, Sewing Machines, Trunks,
Traveling-Bags, Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigars, Teas, Tlnware,
Saddles, Baby Carriages, Rocking Horses, Velocipodos,
Groceries, elo., etc.

We sell all goods at wholesale rices in any quan-

tity to suit the purchaser. The on y institution of the
kind in America. Address,

MONTGOMERY WARD & 00.,
227 5.-. 229 Wabash Avenue, onroaoo, n.i.1iioIs.

$500. CARRY THE NEWS! $500.

“ Behold .’ we bring you Glad Tidings of Great Joy .’ ”
The Deaf Ilear .’ T he Blind See.’ The Lame leap for Joy .’

 

The un<lersigiie(l having been appointed Sole Agent for

M. L. James’ Great Remedy

With power to use it for the best interest of Humanity, and having also consented to continue
as Agent of the Ixalam‘az_o0_Co-operative Association of“ the P. of H., and being so PRESSED
WITH ‘ORDERS that it is impossible for him to attend to them promptl , and feeling that he
cannot Justly refuse the URGENT APPEALS for THE GREAT REME Y, has consented to
make the following offer to those who desire to take advantage of the same. The price of the
Remedy, as all know, is 50 cents and $1 per Bottle, BUT TO ALL SENDING ONE DOLLAR
the Recipe to make the Medicine will be sent, so that anyone can make for themselves, and
._15AVE gUR TIME and themselves a vast amount of suffering at times, as well as many dollars
11 HIGH y.

The inventor has often offered ‘$500 for a case of Deafness, Roaring in the Head, Catii-rrh,
Sore or .VVeakVE_yes, Lame Back, Kidney Complaint, Rheumatism, Nervous Complaint, Piles,
Dyspepsia, or Stiff Joint, THAT HE COULD NOT CURE WITH THE REMEDY.

Without stopping to enumerate hundreds of cases in various parts of the Country where
success has attended the use of this GREAT REMEDY, sufiice it to say, the case of Mrs. Pier-
son, of Allegan County, who had not stepped for six years. Mrs. Sprague, of Branch County,
who was a couhrmed invalid for years. Miss Cripe, daughter of Rev. Jacob Cripe, of South
Bend, Ind., who was blind. Theiold gentleman at Niles with Palsy. The daughter of John
Cochrane, Blind from inflamation of the eye. Avery B. Snyder, deaf for several years. Samuel
R. Dolph, for several years roaring in the head. Miss Derby, daughter of Spencer Derb . of
Jackson County, who was Blind and had no use of her limbs. The gentleman at Hudson, ich.,
who had been troubled with Rheumatism for twelve years, and ior several months unable to
walk——together with hosts of others warrant us in the belief that it is a SURE REMEDY in
DEAFNESS, CATARRH, ASTHMA, PILES, DISEASES OF THE EYE, RHEUMA1. H)
AND N ERVOUS COMPLAINTS, DYSPEPSIA, &c.

Ladies with Nervous Complaints will find it a friend in need.

AG ENTS WANTED EVER YVVI-IERE-To sell the Great Remedy. Any good active
man or woman can make money selling the Remedy. Address,

L R, E. JAMES,
Bus. Agf. Kalamazoo 00—0peralive A ss '11, P. of H.

Lock BOX 995. Kalamazoo. Mich.

. P. S.-—To those who are not personally acquainted with the subscriber, Dr. James, we
will only say as reference, that he has for the past four years acted as Master Arcadia of Grange.
No. 21, and for nearly three years as Agent of the Kalamazoo Co-operative Association of the
P. of H., and makes this ofi"er for the good of those who may be in need of relief. Enclose a

stamp if you wish an answer to your letters.

$500.
5—TON STOCK SCALES,

I AM RECEIVING ORDERS FOR

HONEY LOCUST, 

 

From Patrons at Wholesale Prices,
as Iollows:

One year, No. 1, very fine, . . . . . . .$~l.00 per 1000
“ “ No. 2. good.........,.. 2.50 -‘ u
I wish to deal directly with the farmer.
Dealers are taking orders at 86 to $10 per 1000.
Patrons will save money by dealing directly
with me. I have several thousands yet to sell.
HENRY COLLINS,
Am" 1£e.]s;7ll)/Iiister 333, White Pigeon, Mich.

FARM FOR SALE!

_ Very Cheap.

Situated about 6 1-2 miles south of Ypsilanti
in the township of Augusta, VVa.shtenaw Co
containing 200 acres of land. A very pleasant’
s.n_d_desirable location ; well adapted to grain
‘M31138 and d3»11”y1118‘—~a first-class cheese fac-
tory ]ust_across the street from it.

There is about 40 acres of good timber upon
it; afine orchard of choice fruit, and pretty
good buildings. It is located within one-half
mile of a first rate district school, a. saw mill
post ofiice, blacksmith shop and two stores. ’

This farm. having come into my hands ‘b
9-53l8“m911t. I will sell either the whole or Z.
past 0:!” the same, at the very low price of 86,-

' 517"“ °f Pa ent made easy. This a
very cheap and deslmble farm.
Address. J. WEBSTER CHILDS,
Ypsilanti, Mich.

$ 5 0 .
FREIGHT PAID, AND NO MONEY ASK
ED TILL TESTED.

JONES, of Binghamton.

mayfini BINGHAMTON. N- Y

Paw Paw, Mich., May 1891; 1378‘
J owns, or Bmonurr on:

My Scales give entire satisfaction. 1 1‘“.°
subjected it to the most severe tests. and find ‘t
not only correct in weighing large 01‘ 3'“
amounts, but perfectly reliable.

Yours, Fraternally,
[Signed] J. J

. WoonMA_N-
 

lllil‘ ill lllllwll Still.
- - 3. GAR-

Il1I§§k;hdfI’rDIIIll7pEIIoSEEDSagddd °i>ilAN 5v

&c., at low rates.

We Wlll Send $1.50 worth ol seeds. in W“
or by the Ounce for One Dollar.

We will send PLANTS and smmns by E‘;
press at 25 per cent Discount-—and  am
to pay expressage. Correspondence,  ’
invited. Send Orders early to - ' V .

Lake Shore Greenhouse 3lll".li3llflll«*

March 1242. Muskeson. D“°“—