BEER EXECUTIVE ,

Michigan State

   

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Grange, P. of H.

[Kalamazoo l‘ul>lisliing Cofs I’rint.]

VOL. ~:l,——No. 10 §
WHOLE No 66.

SCHOOLCRAFT, MAY 15th, 1879.

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Officers National Grange.

MAS'l‘EB—S. E. ADAMS, Minn.

OvEasiiEn—J. J. WOODMAN, Mich.
Li:crUi2iis.—MORT’MR WHITEHEAD, N J.
STEWARD—A. J. VAUGHN. Miss.

Assr. SrEWARi)——WILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
CHAPLAIN—A. P. FORSYTH, Illinois.
TB.EASUBEB.—-F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y.
SECRETAEY—Wm. M. IRELAND,Wash’ton,D.C.
GATE-KEEPER-0. DINWIDDIE, Indiana.
CERES—MRS. S. E. ADAMS, Minnesota.
POMONA——MRB. J. J. WOODMAN, Michigan.
FLORA-—MES. J AS. T. MOORE, Maryland.
LADY ASSTISTANT STEWARD—MISS CARRIE A.

HALL, Kentucky.

Officers Michigan State Grange.

M.—J. J. WOODMAN, - - Paw Paw,
0.—THOS. F. MOORE, - - - Adrian.
L.—C. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskegon.
S.—S. A. TOOKER, - - — Lansing,
A. S.—A. E. GREEN, - - Farmington.

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

T-_s- F- BROWN» - - Schoolcraft.
Ssc.—J. '1‘. COBB, . - _ u

G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF, - Watervliet.
CiiaEs.—-Mss. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.

POMONA—MRS. G. W. EWING, Ross, Kent Co.
FLOEA—M.RS. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—MB.s. A. E. GREEN, Farmington.

Executive committee-

‘I? M. HOLLOWAY, Chairman, - Hillsdale.
C. WEBSTER CHILDS, - — - Ypsilanti.
- LUCE. - - Gilead, Branch Co.
THSTBROOK DIVINE, Belding, Ionia C0.
W MAS MARS. Berrien Center, Berrien 00.
J M. SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland 00.
Jv  A. BURRINGTON, Tuscola, Tuscola Co.

- . WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicio.

State Business Agents,

J" M- CHIDESTER - - - Detroit

THOMAS MASON,’ - - - Chicago.
General Deputy.

C‘ L’ WHITNEY: - - - Muskegon.

Special Lecturers.

vllljlfi §'°wb“d8e»..Bii-mingham, Oakland Co.
Geo  ' M0059» . . . . . .Adria.n, . . . . .Lenawee Co
Sam-uel 1 Woodward. . Shelby, ..... . .Oceana Co
0 H "1“8d011, ..Bowen Station,.. .Kent Co

- - errington, . . .Four Towns, . . Oakland Co

       

' R }S3tevens, . . . . . ..Pe ,....Shiawassee Co
And ‘ 1‘0Wn.....Rawson ' e,. .Washtenaw Co
mw C3‘mPb911. . .Ypsilanti, . . “ “

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Letter of Acceptance of an IllV_itati0ll to
Give a Reading of Original Poems Be-
fore the Watson Grange, April 12th,
1879, by the Farmer Poet.

My dear friend Haynes, ’tis justly due
That I present my thanks to you,
And to that strange, mysterious band
Called Grangers, as I understand,

For giving me a friendly call

To give a reading in your hall.

It does not come within my range

To say one word against the Grange ;
Indeed, I’ve formed the resolution

Of friendship for the Institution,
And frequently have thought that I
Would join the Grange~at least would try ;
But when I came to look ahead-
How could I otherwise than dread
The horrid torture and vexation

Of what they call initiation.

Now I’ve a curiosity

To get inside a Grange and see.

That I may know, from inside view, ‘
If what I have heard and read is true.
Therefore I’ve had consideration

Of your most courteous invitation,

To read before the Watson Grange,
And yet I thought it very strange
That I, comparatively a stranger,
Who never dared to be a Granger.

A backwoods farmer at the best.

Of small ability possessed,

Should be called out in this relation
To read to your association.

I pondered deeply on the-subject,

Now what, said I, can be their object,
That they invite me to go there -
W'ith my poor stock of rhyming ware.
Indeed, thought I, ’tis very strange,-
Have they no rhymers in the Grange Z’
Or have the hard, depressing times
Dried up the fountain of their rhymes P
Or do they to this course resort

To get me there to make their sport ?
Or have they yet another object,

And do they want me for a subject,

To put me through in this relation
The prozess of initiation ‘P
Of which, as I before have said,
1 entertain a perfect dread.
I couldn’t believe you would consent,
Or give the least encouragement

To any purpose, trick or plan,
Thus to deceive an honest man.

Or if you would, I couldn’t believe,
Your old friend, Stoddard, you'd deceive, \
Now I am cautious, as you know,
But yet I will consent to go
And do, in my poor way, my best
To entertain and interest
Men, women, children, great and small,
That shall assemble in your hall.
And further, I will not disclose
Your secrets to my friends or foes,-—
Unless, to lessen words of strife,
I may be forced to tell my wife ;
But then, of course, as you must know.
It will not any further go,—
For where’s the man that will believe
That a daughter of old Mother Eve
Will tell a secret anywhere
That has been trusted to her care ?
Then on your part I shall require
That you shall furnish hall and tire,

-And, what’s of greater consequence,

You furnish me an audience.

Nor do I think ‘it more than right
That you should keep me over night,
And treat me, though an outside ranger,
As kindly as you would a_Granger.
There is another stipulation V
That you must make in this relation.
Please to excuse me when I say, .
I’ve heard some hard things, by the way,
Of how they treat gitbeats creation)
Their subjects for initiation.

I can’t consent to be put through

The course I'm told that they pursue.
I can’t consent, I’ll plainly say.

To be blindfolded anyway.

I can’t get down upon all fours

And trot around your slivery hoors,
And carry a two-bushel Sack

Of rutabagas _0l_1 myback.

With the addition of a peck

Of onions strung around my neck-

I can’t allow your wives to spread

A buckwheat pancake on my_ head,
And then to bind, in P1399 0‘ hat’

A fleece of wool atop of that.

Nor give consent in any wise

To have the wool pulled 0 er my eye s,
Nor must a lady Granger there

Sift thistly hayseed in my hm»

Nor Granger girls, in any case,

With sorghum syrup smear my ‘N36.
Unless (in this I M33317 be P131”)

They'll come and kiss it off again.

1 can’t be harnessed anyhow

To some old-fashioned Granger plow,
And then required the plow to draw
With collar made of buckwheat straw,
A corn cob bit and driving lines

Made up of squash or pumpkin vines '
A pumpkin hung to either ear,

And then spurred on in pain and fear
With three-tined pitchforks in the rear.
Then for a barrow, drag a cat

Around the floor-—ta.il first at that.

I’d surely balk, then what a fuss,

And is it not ridiculous

To have such doings when you win
Some silly-pated greenhorn in '?

You who have passed through all of this,
Of course know better how it is.

My person and the clothes I wear

Must be secure and sacred there.

And if in their mysterious rites

They conjure up demoniac sprites,

I takes this time and way to tell,

I'll not he held accountable.

To finish in this direction

You must assure me full protection
From all these dangers and these harms
That may result from witching charms.
And furthermore, I briefly note,

You must protect me from the goat ;
Must keep him chained while I am there,
Or hold him by the horns with care.
And now my friend, Haynes, if it should be
To these conditions you agree,

On April twelfth, you understand,

If all is well, I’ll be on hand.

EDUCATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL
CLASSES.

A Speech by Hon. C. E. Mickley, deliv-
ered on the Occasion of the Formal
Opening of the Weston Grange Library,
April 19th.— Published by Request of
the Grange.

I see around me men who, more than
forty years ago, felt the want of homes ;
a dear spot on earth they could call their
own. To supply this common want of
our nature they changed the forest into
fields. The place on which we are as-
sembled to-night, a few years ago was a
howling wilderness, inhabited by the
untutored savage who offered his sacri-
fice to the great spirit of storms and
darkness. Look out and see school-
houses, churches, mills, railroads, a
thriving village.
memberances of the past, with grateful
hearts, you come from your rural homes
around which cluster the joys of domes-
tic life, to participate in the exercises of
the occasion—-the formal opening of the
library of Weston Grange.

We need but look around fus to see
everywhere abundance of material
wealth, enough of cattle and corn and
to spare, an abundance for the wants of
the body. Were these our only great
concern, we live for little purpose. Mind
is immeasurably more valuable than any
form of material wealth. “ Knowledge
is power.” said Lord Bacon, many years
ago. This is true of agriculture as well
as any other pursuitor profession. N ow
more than every before, the fortunes of
men, the welfare of the State, depend
on mental efficiency. Through mental
energy must agriculture, as well as arch-
itecture, look for any triumphs.

It is important that we leave behind
us well-cultivated farms, homes, mills,
factories, railroads, Amagnificent edi-
fices: More important still, that we
leave behind us well-educated, strong-
minded young men——young women as
well. The latter is as much more im-
portant than the former, as well culti-
vated mind is above property. “Happy
is the man that iindeth wisdom; and
the man that getteth understanding, for
the merchandise of it is better than the
merchandise of silver, the gain theroof
than fine gold.” We don’t believe that
any institution can supply all the wants
of life, but are of the opinion that a
well-selected library — books mostly
treating on agriculture, home life, the
farm, scientific. social, moral and intel-
lectual subjects——under the control of

VVith cherished re- ~

the Grange, will tend to the improve-
ment of our physical condition, as well
as the elevation of the immortal mind
The use of readingis to aid us in think-
ing. Reading is to the mind what food
is to the body. It is in fact the nourish-
mentof the mind, for by reading we
know our Creator, His works, ourselves
chiefly, and our fellow creatures. There
is a great difference in the kind of
"nourishment” for both mind and
body, a wise provision to meet our
va_ried wants, _for the constitutions of
minds difl‘ei' (like those of bodies.) We
should be careful in our choice of books
It is not so much the amount, as thé
kind of reading that will do us good -
for “books as affected are as men.”
Let us read with method and propose
to ourselves'an end to which all our
studies may point—the ‘highest devel.
opement of all our faculties and power
in harmony and obedience to the law
of God as revealed in His works and
word.

The press furnishes us with books
exceedingly cheap, even the best books
—the works of the great masters of
thonght are within the reach of an in.
dustrious farmer or mechanic—the edu-
cational power of books is felt, known
—books of a. high order constitute our
permanent literature.

We are assembled to-night as farmers
farmers’ sons, wives and daughters, en:
gaged in agriculture. The first, most
noble of all occupations, it is the only
one of Divine origin. It was the com-
mand of the Almighty that man should
till the ground. History proves that
where agriculture has been fostered by
a people; that nation has prospered
and reached a high degree of perfec-
tion; and where it has been neglected
degeneracy began. In evidence of thisl
fact we read the history of classic Greece
of manly and majestic Rome at thé
tomb of nations—a warning voice comes
to us over the age and the ages. All
acknowledge dependence on the hand
of the husbandman. Important as is
agriculture, it has not until recently
been regarded with public favor-_ The
ornamental has been too often fostered
to the neglect of the useful. For thou.
sandspf years farming was held to be a,
plodding industry, a dirty drudgery-
the son falling in the footsteps of the’;
father. Iani sorry to say this is the
case now in many countries. The man
that owns the land furnishes the brains
the serfs do the work. '

In this favored land of ours, there is
no royal road to honor or fame no
“ Royal blood.” Here it is a strife to-
gether for the prizes of life; a contest;
of mind with mind. In this onward
march of mind. do farmers keep abreast
with the times? A few claim a knowl-
edge of science, as applied to agricu].
ture; the masses acknowledge awant
of it._ Farmers, as a class, are just be-
ginning to discuss the question : Wheth-
er success in agricultural pursuits de.
pend more on the energies of the mind
or on the body. History has rendered
a verdict_in favor of the mind in mili-
tary achievements. A more complete
knowledge of science as applied to agri-
culture will be attended with like re-
sults. Our occupation in life is a mat-
ter of our own choice. We are tillers
of the ground and take the responsi-
bility. We have warranty deeds of
our farms, yet are only “tenants at
will,” for the “ earth is the Lord’s and
the fullness thereof.” Soon we shall be
supceeded by others.
1: is not enou b that w
ha1'Ve3'5y but thagt we briiigpdgiziitigwtvd

as a farmer of more than forty years’
experience, all along my life journey I‘
have suffered greatly through igno;-.
ance. In my travels I meet occasion-
ally one who suffers from, or has an

inkling ofa like inconvenience. How

aid us and work intelligently. I speak ‘

   

  
   
  
 
 
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
 
   
   
  
  
   
  
 
  
   
   
   
   
  
   
  
  
    
  
    
 
   
    
   
   
 
  
  
   
   
 
 
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
     
     
    
 
 
  
    
  
  
   
  
   

 
 
   
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
     

  

   

  
  
   


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often we have done with our heels what

. we might have accomplished with our

heads had we known more; and how
often we hear it said, had I known
when I commenced farming what
I know now, how much better ofi‘
I would have been. Yes: and if
some wiseacre should tell you what you
don’t know now (about farming,) your
stock of knowledge would be increased.
As men, we have other duties than
farming, we have a common interest
with the masses, the great bulk of man-
kind, “the State” all that constitutea
people worthy of the blessing—moral,
intelligent and progressive. I hold that
those who do the work,produce a large
share of the wealth of a country
should take an active part in public af-
fairs. Those who toil and produce
should shape the character of the gov-
ernment, which should be to the fullest
extent a government of the people, by
the people, for the people, and in the
name of the people. Farmers represent
:the most important industry of the
State and of the nation. There is no
productive industry so general in char-
acter. The‘interest of the man who
tills the soil on the granite hills of New
England, where it yields reluctantly to
the hand of the husbandman, is identi-
fied with the one who tills the fertile
valley of the Mississippi, the rich prai-
ries of the West, or the sunny fields of
the South. We aim through the Grange
to unite this great interest in bonds as
lasting as life, as strong as death. All
we ask, as patrons of Husbandry, is an
equal chance in the race of life with
those engaged in occupations and pur-
suits no more important to society than
ours; and that we ,are determined to
have. It is education which forms the
common mind and enables it to give
character as well as direction to events.
Our educational institutions as well as
our governmental, are outward indica-
tions of the progress of mind; to shape
these so as to reach the highest, aims of
life, education of the masses is our first
and great concern.

We are proud of our educational in-
stitutions, our schools and co1leges—no
better in the land. But the prevailing
opinion is that farmers need but little
of the education to be had at schools
and colleges. The history of the past
reveals the sad fact, that boys that grad-
uate at our colleges where physical la-
bor does not accompany and form a part
of education, return to the farm in old
age, if ever. The tendency of the high-
er education is, as a rule, to take farmer
boys from the farm. This is not the
fault of education proper, but of the
kind and the way it is obtained. As
suggested by our worthy brother Wood-
man, in his address at a meeting of the
State Grange, our system of education
can be improved by making it more
practical and demonstrative, less showy
and superficial : more for practical busi-
ness life, less of “ Paris finish.” Little
has comparatively been done for the
education of farmers, this is the reason
why they so seldom come to the front
and represent their interests in educa-
tional and governmental aifairs. A
young man may chose out of hundreds
of schools, in which to study law, or
medicine, or the higher mathamatics,
or Greek, or Latin. In these branches
teachers are plenty. Only here and
there a college where agriculture is
taught in theory and practice, science
asapplied to agriculture. Those who
toil and produce should shape educa-
tional institutions to meet the wants
and needs of the people. Is there a de-
mand for the large number of lawyers
and doctors? The hundreds unem-
ployed can answer this question. A
lawyer of prominence in the county
told me recently: “ I have but one son;
I shall make a farmer of him ”——(a_wise
conclusion truly.) He was attending a
Farmers’ Institute at Hudson.

Two hundred and sixty lawyers and
doctors have recently been turned loose
on the unprotected people. (I quote
from the press.)

This conclusion then I draw,
That no excercise of jaw
Twisting Indian rubber law,
ls as good

As the excercise of paw,

On the handle of a saw—
Sawing wood.

It is true “ the profession of the law
isvenerable for its antiquity, rich in
the illustrious names which adorn its
history, and unequaled for the aggre-

te of talent and eloquence which

We in all ages characterized its leadiiig
members.” Among the learned or lib-

. cnlpl-ofeggions, the one that oftenest

dam] th thful mind
1f:':3tuoI'nt‘i1elaw,eit h§.y§$'er been the

  

natural avenue to political preferment
and judicial honors.

Everywhere there is demand for
“skilled labor, scientific farmers,” to
“mix brains with soil,” “to spread
thoughts on the fields;” skilled me-
chanics, inventors toharness the wind,
fire, water, steel, iron, electricity, and
make them do our bidding. While I
believe strong common sense——(strong
horse sense as ex-Gov. Bagley puts it)-
coupled with good judgment, wins in
the race of life, yet it cannot be denied
that education is as essential to success
in farming as in any other occupation
or pursuit in life.

Colleges and schools at best are only
means to an end. We only commence
the better part of education when we
have done with them; application of
what we have learned to real business
life. The means of education, outside
schools and colleges accessible to all,
was never so general, so great. No
means of education can compare with
newspapers and periodicals. In 1833
there were but six agricultural papers
in the United States. Now, about one
hundred; and well-edited columns in
almost every weekly newspaper or
monthly periodical in the State, treat-
ing on agricultural progress and im-
provement. There were in 1832 only
four agricultural societies in the United
States; in June, 1872, 1,980 such socie-
ties and clubs reported to the depart-
ment of agriculture in Washington.
Michigan sent in the names of 58.

The press is a power in the land,
greater than the purse or the sword.
To the press of the county, of the State,
we are largely indebted for the advance
made in rural pursuits; ever ready to
report the proceedings of agricultural
meetings; the discussions of farmers’
clubs; the objects and aims of the Pa-
trons of Husbandry, who discuss in
their meetings a wide range of topics,
prominent among which are the farm,
home, health, sanitary arrangements.
political economy, the relation of farm-
ing to other business in the world.
Mankind are slow, to acknowledge
benefactors; no where does this more
fully appear than in the way we pa-
tronize the press. Farmers are grow-
ing rich! In thelanguage of one of old,
their eyes stick out with fatness. Who
ever knew an editor to get rich unless
in the conciousness of wearing himself
out for the benefit of others. This is
the reason, no doubt, so many connected
with the press enjoy “single blessed-
ness.” Brothers and sisters of the
Grange, and others, consider well your
interest, and patronize more liberally
the press.

It is plain to be seen, plain to every
observing mind, that farmers, as a class,
don’t take the social and political rank
that their numbers and the importance
of the industry they represent entitle
them to. Consideration cannot be
forced, it must be the outcome of genu-
ine respect. VVe aim through the
Grange, to aid dignity to labor, “ to re-
store.the deranged balance to society,
its old honor must be rendered back to
labor.” Industrial pursuits must be
raised in respectability and dignity
above the lower walks of commerce,
and fully to a level with its higher de-
partments and functions. “Both agri-
culture and handicraft must be made
liberal professions.” This can be done
only by stocking them with men of
liberal culture——for it is not the profes-
sion that gives character and standing
to the man, but the man to the profes-
sion ; the hat for the head, and not the
head for the hat. However varied the
source, men of superior culture get it at
the cost of the whole community, and
therefore at first owe for their educa-
tion. They must pay back an equiva-
lent, else remain debtors to mankind-
not in dollars and cents, but by teach-
ing or working each after his kind.

“ Self-educated men” appropriate to
themselves nothing taken from other
men’s share: they pay as they go, ow-
ing the academic ferryman nothing for
setting them over into the Elysium of
the scholor. They have behind them
an ancestry of broad-shouldered, hard-
handed, stalwart, temperance men, and
deep bosomed, red-checked, industrious
mothers, to whom they are indebted
for the richest inheritance—a strong.
sound organization, with corresponding
mental vigor, energy, power and endu-
rance. This class of men, as a rule,
keep out of ruts, and by the force of in-
nate power make their mark in the
world. Self-educated men seldom take
what they don’t want; are schooled in
self-reliance.

Individualized men,—Our famous
names of to—day are all new names in

the States; for though a man may be
born to rank and wealth he is not born
to knowledge nor practical skill. There
is a test by which we measure the pow-
er of a horse, the steam engine, the
raising of so many pounds through so
many feet in a given time. The test of
the scholar’s power is his ability to
raise men in their development. Ac-
tual service is the test of actual great-
ness. He who renders of himself the
greatest actual service to mankind is ac-
tually the greatest man.

All truly great men are lovers of
books, whether of.the learned profes-
sions or self-educated. Much as has
been said and written on education, we
come to this at 1ast—here nearly all
agree—all manly education must be
bottomed on religion; it is essential to
the normal development of man, and
all attempts at education without this,
must fail. As the primeval rocks lie at
the bottom of the sea and appear at the
top of the loftiest mountain, so in a
finished character religion underlies all
and covers all. It is written on the
iron leaf of destiny: “ Righteousness
exaltetli a nation, but sin is a reproach
to any people.” Piety, the love of God,
and goodness, the love of man——these
two parts of religion are taught in the
Grange—the soul of the Grange move-
ment. VVhat remains of religion after
these two parts are removed may safely
be left to the sects.

As Patrons of Husbandry, we aim at
the highest social, moral and intellect-
ual developments, first by individual
culture, as all reforms must commence
with the individual, each doing his
“level best;” secondly, by associated
efforts, assimilation, organization and
co-operation. Through this channel,
by diligence, industry and proper im-
provement of time, We aim to restore
labor to its ancient honor.

It has long been considered among
men that by far the best part of humani-
ty, physically as well as mentally, are
the women; and it is no wonder that a
fraternity like the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, recognizing woman’s great mis-
sion and the adaptness of the associa-
tion to her nature, should provide an
Order in wnich she is equal with man,a
helpmeet for.him in all the rights and
benefits of the fraternity—men and
women! brothers and sisters! Woman
is more industrious than man; she
therefore derives physical benefit by
uniting with the Order. The objects,
aims, principles and teachings of the
Order are such that when fully under-
stood they captivate women. The evi-
dence of this is in her presence and the
active part she takes in all the meetings
of the Grange. The success that has
attended her efibrt in procuring this
library of useful books is largely at-
tributable to her industry, zealand good
judgment. \Ve claim all the advant-
ages of the “higher education” for
women, because she is mother of the
race and wields the greatest power in
the world.

We invite all who are interested in
agriculture, and who are not in antag-
onism to our Order, tojjoin us in the
world’s great work—to organize the
rights of men.

What Came  s.

In a memorial to Congress relative to
the coming census of the United States
the superintendent of the census of
1860, Mr. Kennedy, gives the following
statistics as an illustration of the stu-
pendous results from a single hive of
bees, transported to the Pacific coast
less than thirty years ago. From the
single county of San Diego, California,
in 1876, there was shipped the astonish-
ing figure of 1,250,000 pounds of honey.
In 1877, there were in that county
23,000 colonies of b‘ees, and in one day,
Sept. 6th, 1878, there were shipped
from that port. 78 barrels, 1,053 cases
and 18 tons; and from that and inclu:
ding July 17 to November 10 1878 less
than four months, that one éounty ex-
ported over 1,000 barrels, 14,544 cases
and nearly 20 tons. He who. would
strike out from the census report the
item Of honey, could not have known
so great has the interest in this pro:
duct become, that many people of Cal-
ifornia liave from 500 to 1 000 hives
and that over 100 people in one count ’
have each more than 100 colonies (%
bees. According to the London News
of January 18, there arrived in Liver:
pool, 80 tons of honey, the product of
the bees of one individual- and that 3
Mr. Hodge in the first Week of Januar-
last, landed 100 tons at - a Londofi
wharf, the roduct of California. The
annual pro uct of honey has grown to
35,000,000 pounds annually

AGRICULTURE.
As Exhibited at the Paris Exposition .

WASHINGTON, April 20.—The report
of J. J. Woodman, of Paw Paw, Mich”
Assistant Commissioner to the Paris
Exposition on Agriculture, embracing
alimentary and other farm products,
has been received. It contains a ver
interesting account of the exhibit of
grains. The finest exhibit of agricul-
tural products from the United States
was that of the Oregon State Commis-
sion. Of the other great agricultural
and cereal producing States of the U3.
ion, some were not represented at all
and some but partially, the shortness of
the time of preparation having prevent.
ed. Cereals and other farm products
were exhibited by all the nations of
Europe except Germany. The culture
of sugar beet was shown to have made
important advances in Europe, amount.
ing to 632,500 acres in France alone,
This industry has increased live-fold
since 1810, and doubled since 1862.

FARDIING IN FRANCE.

In speaking of the agriculture or
France, the report conveys much inter.
esting information, showing the distri-
bution of agricultural wealth and the
agencies by which France has become
opulent as a producing nation. The
average size of farms is 16,‘; acres arable
or 33-} acres of productive land, making
3,977,781 farms; of these 2,826,388 or 71
per cent. are cultivated by the owners,
831,943, or but 21 per cent. are rented at
afixed price, and eight per cent. on
shares. The confiscation of many of
the lands ofthe nobility and the church,
and their sale by the Government in
small parcels led to the system of small
farms. Some are long, narrow strips, a
few feet wide resting on the driveway,
The first demonstrates a model farm of
fifteen acres divided into thirty-five
detached parcels. The pay of farm
hands is $11.00 per month with board.
Women one-half. Twelve hours con-
stitute a day. The free use of fertilizers
is mentioned as the reason for the
heavy crops realized from small area.
The advantage of rotation has also been
fully demonstrated in France, three
systems being in vogue, viz. : the bien-
nial the trienial and quadriennial. In
thirty-six departments the first men.-
tioned’ system has been adopted; in
£(;ll‘_t)(’i-SIX, the second; and in five, the

ir .

IN THE ENGLISI-I EXHIBIT.

Samples of Mold’s new varieties of
wheat were shown in the straw, and at-
tracted much attention. It was claimed
that this wheat could be sown one
month earlier, required but one-half the
quantity of seed, as compared with the
old varieties, and produced 105 grains
from a single stalk, and 112 bushels from
asingle acre. But few of the English
farmers cultivate their own lands, but
lease for a period from fourteen to twen-
ty-one years. The land is under a high
state of cultivation and very produc-
tive. the average yield being greater
than in any other country in Europe
if not in the world.

IN AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

Ninety-two and a half per cent. of
the whole territory is productive, and
the soil is highly favorable for agricul-
ture. The farmers generally own the
soil they cultivate. The average yield
of ‘wheat is fifteen bushels an acre,
which is much below the average of
other European Nations. The “three
annual rotations” system is in vogue.
The’ Hungarian mountain country is
admirably adapted to the cultivation of
grain. The Government is doing much
for the encouragement of agriculture
and the dissemination of important in-
formation relating to the different
branches of farming. Much has been
accomplished in the improvement of
the breed of horses by crossing with
English and Arabian races. The re-
port also gives an interesting summary
of agricultural development in N orwa)’ .
where the winters are unfavorable. but
wheat yields an average of 22 70-100
bushels to the acre, and other crops in
P}‘0 0I‘ti0n ; in Russia, where the wheat
_yie d averages 17 bushels to the acre;
in Holland, where the average of wheat
is 24 bushels; in Greece, where the
production of wheat is less than is l_'e‘
quired for home consumption ; in SW1?)-
zerland, where the crop does not me?‘
one-third the home demand; and 1P
Belgium, where the yield of wheat 13
27§_an acre, the government patronizefl
agricultural societies with a member’
5'13}? Of 17,000, and where the aver8¢°

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In the German Empire, the vine and
cereals thrive with equal abundance.
The rotation of crops is a subject of
government compulsion. In Turkey
the wheat yield is thirteen bushels to
each inhabitant. In Roumania the
production of Indian corn excels all
other countries in Europe, with an
average yield of thirty-four bushels.

AGGREGATES OF PRODUCTION.

An elaborate and comprehensive ta-
ble giving the average amount of the
cereal productions of Europe, and its
countries which furnish a surplus for
commerce, and also those which are
obliged to import breadstufis, shows
that the average annual production of
cereals in Europe, amounts to 5,147,796,-
000 bushels, of which Russia produces
1,655,021,000 bushels,ornearly one-third.
The whole of Germany: 765»000y000 bush-
els; France. 710,130,000 bushels; Hun-
gary,.300,330,000. On the basis of an
average of 15 58-100 bushels of cereals
for each person for home consumption,
Roumania, Denmark, Russia, Prussia,
France, Hungary, Bavaria and Swe-
den alone raise sufficient for home con-
sumption, while the following coun-
tries in their order are importers : The
German Duchies, Belgium, Spain, Aus-
tria,‘ Wurtemburg, Ireland, Turkey,
Finland, GreatBritain, Saxony, Servia,
Holland, Norway, Greece, Italy, Por-
tugal, and Switzerland.

The report shows that the whole of
Europe, with a population of 297,000,000
inhabitants, produces 5,147,396,000 biish-
els, or only about seventeen bushels for
every inhabitant, while the United
States, with 40,000,000 inhabitants, pro-
duces l,629,027,000 bushels, or forty
bushels for every inhabitant.

AMERICAN CATTLE IN ENGLAND.

Concerning the exportation of cattle
from the United States, the report says
a new idea has just entered the English
mind and the importation of American
cattle is to be made quite as beneficial
and remunerative tothe English fee-
ders as it is to the American farmers. It
has been shown by experiment that
American cattle can be imported and
fed on English soil, as the English feed-
ers know how, at a profit even if the
grain fed them is of foreign production.
All of this would be satisfactory to the
American farmers who are seeking a
market for their coarse grain and cattle,
provided this system would be as re-
munerative to them, but certainly the
idea is not flattering to our skill in feed-
ing and calls for more science and
economy in this branch of American
agriculture.—Spee'ial 007'. to the Phila-
delphia Press.

THREE RIVERS, May 8th, 1879.
J. T. Cbbb, Esq.——Dear;Sir .-

St. Joseph County Grange met at
Sturgis, May 1st, by invitation of the
Sturgis Grange, and was attended by a
large gathering of Patrons. The
Grange was opened in the 5th Degree
by the VV. M., J. H. Gardner, and
fifteen applications for membership
were presented by the Secretary. After
the usual transaction of business in
this degree, the Grange closed.in the
oth_degree, and adjourned for dinner,
which the sisters of Sturgis Grange
had prepared. Notwithstanding the
weather was disagreeablycold, Master
Joseph Sheap, of Sturgis Grange, had
In‘ readiness ice cream for all that
wished to be further chilled. After
dinner the Grange opened in the 4th
Degree, and Bro. Isaac Runyan, of
S_tl_n'gis Grange, read an essay in oppo-
sition to washing sheep. Bro. George
Schock, of Riverside Grange, read an
9353)’ 011 Sorghum, giving twenty
years of his experience in raising and
manufacturing the same, with all the
various varieties of sorghum, and
closed by urging Patrons to plant the
Minnesota amber sugar cane. Bro.

illiam Hull, of Centreville Grange,
T039 an essay on our public schools and
their needed points. Bro. C. Y. Run-
Y9-ny Of Oakwood Grange, read an
993$)’ on horses, their care and feed.
This essay produced the most discus-
51011. Bro. Gutelius Snyder, Lecturer
Of the County Grange, gave his experi-
ence in regard to the care of- horses
“l}0n_horse-railroads, and the iron
m|I1_es and iron works of Pennsylvania,
Belting forth that ground feed, mixed
wml good cut straw or timothy hay,
Kaye the best results. Bro. C. G. Lace

1118 Present from Branch County,
gave his views also upon the same
fubleci. lifter which the Grange closed
In due form, to meet at Centreville the

5‘ Thursday in June.
E. L. S.

Qlfinmmuuiratium‘-.

THE S GRANGE

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Legislation—State Grange—1’low Man-
ufiictiirers.

Bro. J. T. Cobb: S

The VISITOR came duly to hand at
12 M. to-day, and I have already taken
in its contents, with good relish and
much profit.

Your article on the tax laws and the
operations of our present Legislature
is good, and it suggests to me this
question for you to answer, if you can,
for the benefit of the tax-paying farm-
ers of the State, to-wit: What really
useful law has the Legislature of 1879
as yet passed, and what is the expense
to the State of this unlimited session,——
who is to blame, and how can we abate
this over-dose'of government.

I was particularly interested in the
defense of the State Grange by M. E.
C. While I fully realize the fact that
the members of our State Grange, in
their representative capacity, should
avoid all appearance of favoritism, and,
as a body, the State Grange should be
careful not to incur suspicion of cor-
ruption by any of its acts, but at the
same time, as members of the subordi-
nate Granges represented, we feel proud
to have our State Grange made up of
courteous as well as dignified men and
women representatives.

It seems to me that to have rejected
this kind invitation to enjoy these gen-
erous hospitalities would have placed
our State Grange at a great disadvan-
tage as to courtesy and the usual amen-
ities looked for in such bodies.

I was not a member of the State
Grange, neither have I ever met one of
the gentlemen of this firm of man-
ufacturers, nor have I ever used, or to
my knowledge seen any of the imple-
ments of their manufacture,—but I am
fully impressed with the belief that, as
farmers, we owe much to the skill and
ingenuity of those who are engaged in
improving and manufacturing the un-
equaled farm implements which we
find in our markets, the perfection of
which has done so much for American
agriculture. Verily, we, as farmers and
Grangers, may well strike hands with
them without compromising ourselves
as Grangers. _
I would say a few words about rail-
road passes but I am already too
lengthy. C.

Ingham County Pomona Grange.

Worthy Brother Cobb :

The last meeting of this Grange was
held in the rooms of Bunkhill Grange.
at Fitchbury on the afternoon ‘and
evening of the 25th of April. The
meeting in the afternoon was open to
the public, and a large number of per-
sons were in attendance. The meeting
was called to order promptly at 2
o’clock by the W. M., Prof. W. J. Beal.
The Master read a very interesting
paper relating to various topics of iii-
terest to the farmers, which drew forth
a lively discussion from a large number
of those present. The following reso-
lution was ofl'ered, and after an anima-
ted discussion, participated in by many
wool-growers, it was adopted unani-
mously:

Resolved, That the custom of wash-
ing sheep, practiced by the farmers of
this county, is cruelty to the sheep,
barbarous in its nature, and wholly un-
called for, and should be discounten-
anced, and the practice entirely abol-
ished.

The following resolution was also in-
troduced, and discussed by several of
the sisters present, after which it was
adopted with only one dissenting vote:

Resolved, That the difference in the
price paid by dealers between good and
poor butter will not justify our sisters
in bestowing the extra labor necessary
to manufacture a prime article.

In the evening, the Grange was
opened in the 4th degree, when busi-
ness pertaining to the good of the Or-
der was transacted. Verbal reports
were made by members from nearly all
the Granges in the County, which re-
ports were, in the main, highly encour-
aging. Eleven members of Subordi-
nate Granges united with the Pomona
Grange at this meeting. The sisters of
Fitchburg did their part Well in sup-
pl ing a bounteous repast, sumcient for
all’ present. The table was spread in
the room below the hall, and _every-
body that would come was invited to
partake “ without money and without

Yours fraternally,

price.”' This was a very interesting

VISI'FOR.. '
meeting, and cannot but result in good
to all in attendance.

Yours fraternally,
0. F. MILLER, Sec.

Grange Mass Meetings.

It is now the most propitious time
since the organization of the Order for
holding public meetings to set forth
our articles of faith and make known
our purposes, designs and objects to
those without the Gate.

The masses comprising the agricul-
turists of our country are still ignorant,
or they do not realize that our interests
are identical with theirs, and that We
are laboring heart and soul for their
benefit. They do not read Grange lit-
erature,—all the information they re-
ceive is from those periodicals that are
indifferent or utterly opposed to our in-
tercsts.

We have been represented as a mere
tidal wave, soon to be lost and forgot-
ten. This weeding-out process we have
gone through has been represented as
indicative of weakness, when in reality
we were only getting rid of those who
joined us out of selfish motives and
were really retarding our work.

The Grange is not dying out. Every
Grange that has weathered the storm
is growing or assuming conditions fa-
vorable to growth. Never were our
Pilgrim Fathers more zealous in the
cause of their religion than the present
membership of the Grange in our faith.
They have had the Grange faith ground
into them. They are Patrons in mus-
cle, bone and sinew. They are elders
and deacons, yea, more, evangelists, in
our work. Such members as these are
in every Grange, but they need setting
to Work. We should hold public meet-
ings in every school district in our
State,-—the result of which would be
such an uprising and victory for the
Order as was never known in the his-
tory of the world. County Granges,
where organized, could appoint suit-
able persons to carry on this work. But
this would not be complete without
having the power conferred upon them
to reorganize and assist in the consoli-
dation of any weak or dormant Granges
found within their jurisdiction. It is
too expensive, and in many instances
impracticable for the County Lecturer
to get a dormant Grange in just the
right condition for reorganization, and
then send for the State Deputy to com-
plete the work, and perhaps wait weeks
or even months for him to come, when
the same work could be done Without
any extra expense, and at the proper
time, by a local Lecturer, or Deputy.

I feel perfectly free at this time to
urge this measure and call the attention
of the State and County Granges to
this matter without any fear of being
accused of having an axe to grind, for
the reason that this year ends my labors
in this County and State.

SAM’L J. BARNARD,
Lecturer Berrien Co. Grange.

More One-Sidedness.

At the meeting of the Pomona
Grange of Ingham County,‘ held at
Fitchburg on the 25th of April, the
following preamble and resolutions
were adopted:

VVHEREAS, D. M. Ferry & Co, of
Detroit, have formerly dealt with us
in the gseed line, and’ only last fall,
through their agent, did solicit our fur-
ther patronage, promising us] faithfully
to send us a certain amount of seeds as
Wedwanted on application for the same;
an ,

WHEREAS, On application being
made to them at about the usual time
for purchasing seeds, this spring they
totally refused to have anything to do
with us; and,

WHEREAS, They have before done
the same thing with others Granges,
stating they wanted nothing to do with
Grangers, as they had regular custom-
ers through which they could deal,
evidently to maintain high prices or to
ipite the Patrons of Husbandry; there-

ore,

Resolved, That we express our most
unqualified disapproval of their action,
and that we will not plant a seed
around which is enclosed a paper
stamped with D. M. Ferry & C0.’s
name, until such time as they shall
agree, upon their honor, to furnish
seeds to the Order _,’,of Patrons of Hus-
bandry.

Resolved, That a copy of these reso-

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Live Patron for the same purpose.
E. H. SHEPARD,
F. VV. HAVENS, } Com.
P. M. ETCHELLS,

Monterey Matters—A Discussion on
Plowing.

MONTEREY, April 23d, '79.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

As I have never seen anything from
Monterey Grange in the VISITOR, I
thought I would try and let you know
that we are alive and growing.

Our Grange was organized six years
ago last February by Bro. King,with 37
charter members, and for the first year
or two we grew quite rapidly, and have
been growing ever since, and for the
past six months our membership has
increased rapidly. During the first
quarter of this year we initiated 15
new members, several of the best farm-
ers in our town being of the number.
To-day we number 127 members.

The hall we use is too small and we
ought to have a new one, but times are
rather close and it is hard work to talk
of such matters at present.

We have had several animated
discussions at our meetings this last
winter. One question of some import-
ance, on the subject of plowing, was
argued at some length by our members,
and the following is the substance of
the remarks made by Bro. Sylsbie Rum-
ery on the subject:

The question is hard to get at; it is
expected that everybody knows howto
plow, even small boys and women
sometimes hold the plow. It is the
most important work of the farm,——if
it is poorly done, the result is a poor
crop. No amount of cultivating can
make good the loss occasioned by poor
plowing.

Every man’s farm has two kinds of
soil, agricultural and sub-soil. The
agricultural soil may be two inches, or
it may be nine, but it is not 20 feet,—it
is no deeper than the air can penetrate.
If the agricultural soil is too shallow
it may be gradually deepened by lift-
ing an inch of the sub-soil at each
plowing, bringing it up to the air and
enriching it with manure. Our agri-
cultural societies, by their premiums
for smooth, shining, flat furrows, have
done the community great harm. That
which often takes the premium is the
poorest kind of plowing. The soil is
the best plowed when most thoroughly
crushed, twisted and broken, with the
sod well covered. On some kinds of
land I would have the furrows lapped
an inch. Let the air and water have
a chance to circulate underneath the
surface. Light soil, however, should
have a flat furrow, to make the land
more compact.

I have studied the subject of plowing
for the past four years, and during that
time my mind has changed materially
on the subject of plowing. I don’t
care how often the sod is broken, if it
is turned over. I used to think the flat
smooth furrow was right, but I now
think it a sad mistake. The plow that
raises the furrow and then lets it fall
and breaks it all to pieces is the plow
for me. I do not care how rough it is
after plowing, so everything is turned
out ofsight, and the soil is well crushed
and pulverized, that is the main thing.
Ground plowed in this way will work
up mellow and nice,while your flat
furrow will be hard and unproductive.

Several brothers agreed with Bro.
Rumery, while others thought a smooth
flat furrow, well rolled down, was the
best. Respectfully yours,

B.. Sec. Grange, N o. 247.

Notice of Meetings.

The next meeting of the Ingham Co.
Pomona Grange will be held in the
rooms of the Alaidon Grange in the
afternoon and evening of June 6th,
commencing at 2 o’clock P. M.

O. F. MILLER, See.

The regular quarterly meeting of
Kent County Grange, No. 18, will be
held at the all of Harmony Gran e,
in the township of Walker, on the th
of June, at 10 o’clock, A. M.

GEO. W. EWING,
Sec‘y, pro tem.

Oakland Pomona Grange, No. 5, P.
of H., will hold a special meeting with
the Four Towns Grange, N o. 408, on
Tuesday, May 30th, 1879, commencing
at 10 o’clock A. M. All Fourth Degree
members are cordially invited to attend.

J. JACKSON, Sec’ ,
Birmingham. inch.

     
 
   
  
      
       
       
    
     
 
       
       
         
       
      
 

 

  
   
     
     
        
       
   

 

      
      
    
       
  

 

  
        
    
       
   
           
       
       
   
     
     
         
          
       
          
   
 
     
   
   
   
 
 
   
 
   
   
     
     
   
   
   
    
          
       
       
       
    
     
      
   
     
        
         
      
     
      
   
      
      
   
     
   
         
 
      
     
 
   
      

 
 


 

 

 

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scnooncaarr, MAY 15', 1879.

firtrztaxyh glrpartmeut.

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

Officers and members of Subordinate Granges
in corresponding with this oflice, will please
always give the Number of their Grange. 1

SHALL SUITS FOR PETTY SUMS
BE APPEALED TO THE CIRCUIT
COURT, AND FROM THE CIRCUIT
TO THE SUPREME COURT WITH-
OUT RESTRICTION OR LIMIT 2

That is the question that the people,
by petition, have asked the Legisla-
ture to settle by a negative answer at
this session.

House bill No. 286, restricting ap-
peals from justice courts to judgments
of $50, which passed the House on
the 30th of April, by a vote of 54 yeas
to 22 nays, has for its object the pro-
tection of the tax-payers of the State
from the onerous burden of taxation
which annually falls upon the people
on account of suits for petty sums
that are appealed from our justice
courts to the Circuit Courts, and in
the prosecution of which the litigants
themselves are often impoverished.

We learn that the bill met with
strong opposition in the House, one
of the chief objections urged,being its
alleged unconstitutionality. As we
considered that objection in the Vis-
ITOR of April 1st, we shall not go over
the ground again at this time. As we
then showed, the objection does not
seem to be well taken, and the objec-
tors, we think, use it for the simple
reason that they can urge no good and
valid reason against a bill, that if en
acted will save many thousands of
dollars annually to the taxpayers of
the State, who have no sort of interest
whatever—-not the most remote, in the
class of suits that this bill is intended
to affect.

Another point made is, that the
rights of the citizen should not be
abridged, that every man should be
permitted to prosecute a suit to the
highest tribunal known to the law.
That all sounds very well as a naked
proposition, but practically it ignores
the rights of communities and asso-
ciations of men, leaving them at the
mercy or meanness of the individual,
which, taken in connection with the
usages of the courts and the bar to
postpone, defer and prolong indefinite-
ly all cases once within their grasp,
justifies the demand on the part of the
people for protection from litigants
and lawyers, who with only a bone of

contention will consume years of time
dragging it through the courts of the
State, largely at our expense.

Communities certainly have rights
as well as individuals, and when
under the operation of law pro-
vision is made for giving every man
two chances with his little case, his
rights can not be very much in jeop-
ardy, while as the matter now stands,
the great body of the people have no
protection at all. In considering this
question we are not disposed to spend
much time with theories, but think it
just as safe, and far more business.
like, to regard the situation in the

light of actual experience.

There is probably not a County in
the State in which the court calendar
has not been encumbered for years with
cases in which the costs to the liti-

gants themselves have ‘become the
mostfimportant feature in the suits,

.2 a.n‘d»‘in’stead of hazarding the personal

rights of the individual, the passage
of this bill will protect men from the

consequences of their own folly. It
will also protect the man of small
means, who now has no even chance
in court, as by appeal it soon gets be-
yond his reach, no matter how good
his case.

Permitting a suit that began in a
neighborhood quarrel over some petty
difference to monopolize the time of
courts and all the machinery of the
law, frequently for days, only to be
sent forward to the Supreme Court to
pass upon the case, and perhaps re-
turn it for another trial, and this at an
expense to the County of hundreds of
dollars, may be a good thing for some-
body, and probably is, but it has had
the effect to undermine the people’s con-
fidence in an institution established
ostensibly for the protection of their
rights. About no one thing is there
greater harmony of opinion among
the people than upon this question.
Present the matter just as it is to the
first fifty men you meet, and forty-
nine of them will promptly approve of
this bill.

The State Grange at its last session
unanimously adopted the following
resolution, reported for its considera-
tion by the Committee on Resolu-
tions:

Resolved, That the laws of the State
relating to the Judiciary, be so amended
thatin any case where a judgment of
less than $100 shall be rendered in any
Justice Court of this State, that no ap-
peal shall be taken to a higher court, or
court of record ; but either party to the
suit may appeal to a court ‘of arbitration
—to be composed of three persons, one
to be chosen by each of the litigants,
and the third arbitrator to be chosen by
the other two.

The subject had been before the
subordinate Granges of‘ the State for
some months, and their representa-
tives were fully posted as to the views
of the membership, and there is no
question but this resolution is in ac-
cord with the deliberate opinion of a
very large proportion of the people of
the State.

The practical effect of this bill, if
it becomes a law, is so obviously in
the interest of the people that we can
hardly justify any opposition to its
passage on the ground of its uncon-
stitutionality. For we find many able
men who favor the measure and hold
to our opinion upon this question of
constitutionality, and while the prac-
tical results can only be good, it is
safe to regard it constitutional, until
otherwise determined by the proper
tribunal.

‘As, probably but few of our leaders
have seen the Legislative Journal, we
propose to place upon record for their
benefit, and for the information of
their constituents, the names of those
gentleman who voted in the negative
on the final passage of the bill in the
house. They are Briggs, Cutcheon,
Francis, Granger, Holt, G. H. Hop-
kins, Kuhn, McGurk, McNabb, Moore,
Moulton, Noah, Palmer, Powers, Saw-
yer, Stanchfield, Stevens, Turnbull,
Waltz, Yerkes, Young, and Speaker

‘The cost to the County of main-
taining its judicial system in any of
the populous Countie of southern
Michigan will fall but little below
$20,000 per annum, and in Kalama-
zoo County the civil business consti-
tutes about four-fifths of the whole
amount.

As to the propriety of taxing the
public for its criminal business there
is but one opinion, but when we are
invited to pay four times as much to
help along the quarrels and crooked-
ness of our neighbors we should like
some protection against this usage
which requires us to pay $5, and
perhaps $50 to aid our neighbor to
collect $1. Every observing man
can call to mind instances when civil
suits for a few paltry dollars have
cost the County hundreds, and we are

cooly informed that this condition of

things is necessary and must contin-
ue-—that nothing short of this un-
limited right of abuse on the part of
theindividual, is compatible with the
liberty of the citizen, and the great
fundimental principles of our govern-
ment, and‘ all this sort of talk that ig-
nores equal rights, justice and com-
mon sense.

The legislator who by his vote re-
fuses to aid in diminishing this ex-
pense to the several Counties should
be prepared to defend the present
usage. We hold to the opinion that
progress has been stamped upon
every department of business, that
each year develops in science and art
some new and useful feature or dis-
covery. Medical science is keeping
pace with the progress of this most
wonderful century. The fields of
religious truth are being rapidly re-
lieved of that narrow sectarian bigot-

so common 50 years ago. But
what advance has been made by the
legal profession in the administration
of justice between man and man. If
any advance has been made we pity
our grandfather’s.

It is manifestly a reproach and a
stigma upon the profession, when we
can assert without fear of’ successful
contradiction that in the administra-
tion of our judicial system the ad-
vance made has been of a retrograde
character, and to-day every business
man knows that to attempt to collect
$25 ofa perverse customer is neces-
sarily a losing business.

Careful, prudent men who are more
ready to suffer wrong than to lose
money, are practically excluded from
the use of the legal machinery design-
ed for the protection or enforcement
of the rights of the citizen.

Our Mexican neighbors that we
look upon as a halflcivilized race ap-
ply a little good common sense to the
little differences that arise between
citizens.

A party having a grievance goes
before the Alculde, or Justice, and
makes his complaint. The Justice
hands a. huge came having some in-
scription denoting his oificial position,
to a Constable. This is an order to
bring forthwith the other party be-
fore him. Each party tells his story,
and can send the-Constable with the
ofiicial cane to bring witnesses to tes-
tify in the case.

The witnesses are questioned by
the Justice and the parties, and the
decision is rendered then and there
that is final, and each goes about his
business. There is no humbug about
it, no long talk about great cardinal
principles, and the terrible hardships
that the individual citizen may suffer
if not allowed to spend his time and
money, and involve others in his lit-
tle affair who have no interest in the
matter. To the man who has not
read Blackstone it seems a waste of
time and money to send for a. black-
smith and pay him $1.50 for killing a
troublesome fly with his sledge ham-
mer, and the Greasers don’t do it,
but we submit to a lolly more regular,
more dignified, more red tape in it,
but just as senseless, when we allow
a petty suit to remain in our courts
for years, to the injury of the parties
themselves, to the disturbance of a
neighborhood, to the detriment of
every interest involved, except the
fee of the lawyer and attaches of the
court.

We may mention as illustrating the
unbusiness-like character of the laws
and usages which govern the trial of
causes once launched upon the ju-
dicial sea of uncertainty, this provis-
ion of law-——a. party to a suit is allowed
two years in which to take an appeal
from the Circuit to the Supreme
Court. The necessity for_such a length
of time may be apparent enough to 9.

judicially educated mind, but to the

man who has a good valid claim
against another, that he has under-
taken to collect by the aid of the ju.
dicial machine, this delay seems not
only unnecessary but purposely in.
tended to defeat the object for which
courts were established.

The present system, and usage, is so
loaded with delays, exceptions and
motions, for this, that or the other
thing, that it is rapidly breaking down
of its own weight of useless lumber.

This attempt to restrict appeals
is a move in the di1'ection of reform
that has the approval of many of our
best lawyers, and includes, as we have
been informed, one of tne Judges of
the Supreme Court, who in most de-
cided terms declares against the
present usage which permits a five-
dollar suit in a justice court to come to
the Supreme Court for determination.

-A.\l0THER GRANGE PAPER.

We have received sample Copies of
our namesake, the Iowa Grange Vis.
itor, a neat four-page monthly, issued
by Bro. Carpenter, by direction of
the Executive Committee of the State
Grange of Iowa. It seems'to be con-
ceded that the Order in each State
must have a paper, and we welcome
this new representative to a place in
thefamily of Grange periodicals that
are doing, we believe, a good work for
the great agricultural interests of the
country.

THIS number appears without a por-
trait and biography, which have for
the last three issues given va-
riety, and added a new and interesting
feature ;to on columns. We shall be
able, in our next issue, to givea like-
ness and biographical sketch of W.
A. Armstrong, Secretary of the State
Grange of New York, who is best
known as the editor of that popular
journal, the Jiusbandman; and that
is promise enough for this time in that
direction.

The Lawyer Again.

A bill is now pending in the House
of Representatives to fix the compen-
sation of the Reporter of the Supreme
Court of the United States. This
Reporter is a very great man. His
name is Otto, and if the reports of his
remuneration be correct, his emolu-
ments are equal to his accomplish-
ments and desserts, however high they
may be. He is paid by the United
States $2,500 per annum, as long as
only one volume of reports are issued
yearly, and an additional $1,500 when
two volumes are issued. As two vol-
umes a year have been issued for sev-
eral years past, the Reporter has been
in regular receipt of $4,000 yearly. The
cost to the Reporter of a volume of
reports is about $150. The Reporter
has a monopoly of the sale. Each vol-
ume is sold at $500 per volume. Lead-
inglawyers and all law libraries must
have the reports of the Supreme Court
of the United States. It is estimated
that its Reporter is in receipt, from 1115
otfice, of about 3520.000 a year. The
Secretary of State, one of the leading
lawyers of the country, is paid $8.000
a year, and the Reporter of the Su-
preme Court, a lawyer not as W611
known as Mr. Evarts, receives $30,000
a year for his va.luable services. This
anomaly should be removed: The bill
now before the House proposes to 11X
the salary of the Reporter at $4,500 3
year, and an additional $500 for every
additional volume published in all)’
one year. The Public Printer would
have the sale of the volumes of reports
after they were printed and bound-
’l‘he price is fixed at ten per cent. above
the actual eost of printing anti bind1ng~
Even this is an extravagant salary f0?
the work required to be done. The
editing of modern reorts is a very
slight matter. The ol reports are full
of the learning of the reporters—911j
riched with notes. The new l‘€P9r'55
are rushed through. All their learning
is contained in the opinions of the
judges. The unoflicial learning of the
professions now goes into spec1a1’9«1'“‘
cles in-the law magazines, and into the
discussions of the authors of taxi‘
books. The modern reporter of 41595

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proof-reader. 'l‘lie ability required in
a Reporter is not very great. His sala-
ry should be small. Reporters are

' usually lawyers without practice, but

with gooél friends. The whole people
should not be taxed to support them in
]uxury_——_ZVe'w York Graphic.

0lnr’r2zi;Innx12nt2."ll

COLDWATER, May, 9, 1879
Bro. Cobb :

The Branch County Pomona Grange
met with Bronson Grange on May 2d,
and it was the meeting of the season.
A lively interest was manifested by all,
and we believe the plan of meeting
with the different Granges of the
County is working admirably. Our
exercises consist of reports from Sub-
ordinate Granges, essays, discussions
upon topics of interest to the agricul-
turist. The question box we find of
advantage, and a fruitful and profitable
source of discussion, A farm.visiting
committee is appointed, consisting of
three brothers and sisters, who are ex-
pected to visit the farm and home of

  
 

. some brother, and report at the next

meeting, with such suggestions and
criticisms as they shall deem proper.
As your humble servant is one of the
victims to be visited next time, you
may expect rather a_ blue report.
’l‘he question for discussion atour. next
meeting will be: “Is the cultivation of
Flowers Profitable for the Agricultur-
ists?” But I see I am taking too much
space and have but_commenc_ed. Of
our :meeting, suflice it to say it was a
perfect success. \Ve are receiving ap-
plications for nienibership at every
meeting, and this year we have decided
by a unanimous vote to hold our annu-
al picnic on June 11th at VVilliam’s
-Grove, to which all friends of the agri-
culturists are cordially invited. With
such men as our Executive Committee
is composed of, for a Committee of Ar-
rangements, there is no such word as
fail. Again let me say, that we desire
all to join us for a day’s recreation and
profit, whether identified with the
Order or not, who are friends of the
laborer. \Vhcn our arrangenients are
more fully made, we will write yoti
in titiie for your next issue.
Fraternally yours,
\\'.s.i.i.Acn E. \Viu(iH'r,
Secretary.
COLl)\VATl<lR, April 30th.

It has been some time since I have
told you anything about Coldwater
Grange, No. 137, but it has not been be-
ca&e there was nothing to tell.

Our Grange is in a fine condition.
We have had meetings semi-inonthly
all the Spring, with a good attendance.
We have had some excellent articles
read before the Grange, and the discus-
sions of the questions brought up have
been well sustained. The 15th of April
we had a fine article on the culture of
corn, followed by a discussion, and last
evening we had an article on the raising
of calves and colts, by one of the young-
er brothers, also a deplamation.

We voted to hold our meetings semi-
monthly through the summer.

We have a Farm and Home Visiting
Committee, from which we expect to
be greatly benefitted, in fact it seems as
though each member was doinw his or
llnegr best to make the meetings Iiiterest-
. We have, in the last three months
initiated three new members and takeii
five by demit. 1

H0D1ng that other Granges may be
as harmonious as _we are, and as pros-
P0l'0us as they deserve to be, I remain
fraternally. 1:‘.\iii.i' .-\. HoR'i‘oN,

Secretary.
_ OAi<i.Al\'i> County.

Wheat in parts ot this County looks
p°°”.V- Spring has been cold and dry,
and has been fine for putting in barley
Spring Wheat and oats Groodly
bfeadths of all these have been put in
and at this date, (May 6th,) are very
Iggmising. Wlient is 94 cents: corn,
sen-d. oats, 230.; potatoes, boc. We
eat considerable produce to Mr. Cind-
sener» 01‘ll' State Agent at Detroit, to

I and make well by so doing. C.

T THREE Rivi~:Rs, May 8, 1879.
be next meeting of St. Joseph Co.
U‘;"1011a‘ Grange, will be held in
at1l1l«Pev,il1e the first Thursday in June
me-0 oclock A. M. All 4th Degree
tenglbers are cordially invited to at-
fer  The 5th Degree will be con-
form upon all persons applying in due
‘n- W. G. LELAND, Sec.

   

THE GAME OF LIFE.

BY JOHN G. SAXE.

called euc/ire,
(Tlhougl; I have never played it for pleasure or
ucre,
In which when the cards are in certain condi-
tions,
The players apeear to have changed their posi-
tions,
And one of them cries, in a confident tone,
“I think I may venture to go it alone !”

‘Vhile watching the game, ’tis a. whim of the
bards, '
A moral to draw from the skirmish of cards,
And to fancy he finds in the trivial strife
Some excellent hints for the battle of life;
VVhere — whether the prize be a. ribbon or
throne~
The winner is he who can “go it alone.”

When great Galileo proclaimed that the world

In a regular orbit was ceaselessly whirled,

And got not :1. convert for all of his pains,

But only derision, and prison and chains,

“ It moves, for all that,” was his answering
tone,

For he knew, like the earth, he could “go it
alone.” ,

When Kepler, with intellect piercing afar,

Discovered the laws of each planet and star,

And doctors, who ought to have landed his
name,

Derided his learning and blackened his fame.

“I can wait,” he replied, “till the truth you
shall own,” '

For he felt in his heart he could "go it alone."

Alas, for the player who idly depends

In the struggle of life, upon kindred or friends,

Whatever the value of blessings like these,

They can never atone for inglorious ease,

Nor comfort the coward, who finds, with a
groan,

That his crutches have left him to “ go it
alone.”

There’s something, no doubt, in the hand you
may hold,

Health, family, culture, wit, beauty and gold,

The fortunate owner may fairly regard

As, each in its way, a most excellent card,

Yet the game may be lost, with all these for
your own,

Unless you've the courage to "go it alone.”

In battle or business, whatever the game,

In law or in love it is always the same,

In tlie struggle for power, or the scramble for

pe f, .

Let this be your motto—“Rely on Yourself,”
For, whether the prize be a ribbon or throne,
The victor is he who can “go it alone."

 flspartmeut. I

C. L. WHITNEY,

- MUSKEGON.

VVESTERN Pomona Grange, No. 19,
Ottawa and Muskegon Counties, holds
its regular quarterly meeting at Mus-
kegon on the 22d inst, at 10 a. m., and
continues until noon the 23rd. This
meeting is Floi'a‘s festival VV. M.
Woodman and lim. Thomas Mason,
agent of the Nortli-western Produce
Exchange Association, Will be present
and address the Patrons.

National Lecturer.

It is expected that Bro. Mortimer
Whitehead, the \Vortliy Lecturer of
the National Grange, will visit Michi-
gain between June 9 and 19, unless he
can be induced to defer the time until
August. County and District Granges
wisliing to have a lecture and instruc-
tion from him should inform this
otiice or the Master at‘ once, that ar-
raiigenients may be made to save time,
travel and expense.

Bro. Whitehead is an earnest, zealous
Patron, and believes in the higln-31'
aims and objects of our Order. I wish
that every Patron in the State could
hear him. Let Counties so arrange
that the greatest number can come
with the least time and expence to
those who attend.

P. S. Bro. Whitehead will come to
Michigan on the 9th of June, and will
give us 10 days work. Send in your
applications to fill up the whole time.
he is ready to work and will give pri-
vate meetings in time.

Twenty years ago, this country did
not export more than a million pounds
of cheese. The aggregate is now over
sixty millions.

A sudden lowering of the tempera-
ture of the stable, or the exposure of
cows to a cold rain storm, has been
found in several instances to reduce the
yield of milk from twenty-five to forty

per cent. in a few days.

THE éRANGE VISITOR.

There’s a game much in fashion—-I think it's '

- Qlfiummunirationa.

Programmes for Mason Grange,
N0. 2653.
APRIL 5TH, 7 o’cLocK, P. iVI.—Sow-
ing Plaster, A. J. Holley, J. Q. Thomp-
son, Milller & Fitzsiniinons; Clearing

‘ VVaste Places, N. H. Gardner and L.

H. Ives; Reading, Mrs. Nettie Rowe;
Windmill and Pumps for VVatering
Stock, G. W. Sh-afer.

APRIL 12TH, 2 o’(‘LoCK, P. M.—Pro-
fitable Truck for Farni Garden, \V.
Asa Rowe; Family Literature, Mrs.
L. H. Ives, Mrs. R. C. Rowe; Corn vs.
Oats for Profit, D. C. Smith, C. A. Hol-
den, James Wiley; Reminisceiices of
Pioneer Days, H. H. H-awley.

APRIL 19TH, 2 0'CLO(‘K, P. M.—-
Raising Calves, E. P. Rowe, O. E. Mil-
ler; Care of Front Yards, Mrs. N. H.
Gardner, Mrs. Nettie Rowe; Telling A
Story, H. Bristol; How I Manage
VVash-days, Mrs. D. Fitzsiinmoiis, Mrs.
J. Q. Thompson. -

APRIL 26th, 2 o’cLocK, P. M.-—Prop-
er Food snd Care for Work Horses, 1).
L. Cady; Training Colts, C. A. Hol-
den and Chas. Kendall; How to Make
Little Attractions for Home Adorn-
meiit, Mrs. H. Bristol, Mrs. Thomp-
son. V

MAY 31), 2 o'cLocK, P. M.—Shall We
VVash our Sheep? Messrs. 1-Iawley,
Stillman, Bulleii, Ives; Care of Swine
in Summer, 0. F. Colgrove, D. C.
Smith; The Back Yard, L. H. Ives,
Mrs. Colgrove, Mrs. Miller.

MAY l0'I‘I-I, 2 o’cLocK, P. M.—C-an
We Afl'o1'd to do without Suitable
Scales for VVeighing Produce 1’ Messrs.
H. Bristol,Hawley,and Bullen; When
to Ctit Clover for Hay, W. Asa Howe,
O. B. Stillman, and others: How to
Amuse the Little Folks, Mrs. Thomp-
son and Mrs. Ives.

MAY 17TH, 2 o’ci.oCK, P. M.—Does
it pay to Make Rag Carpets‘? Mrs.
Shafer and Mrs. Miller; Care of Farm
Implements, H. A. Hawley and D. L.
Cady; Odd Jobs for Rainy Days,
Huntley and H. C. Rowe; House
Plants, Mrs. Dwinell and Mrs. H. A.
Kendall.

May 2-itrn, 2 o’oLocK, P. M.—Iiisur-
ance ofFarm Property, 0. F. Miller;
The Most Profitable Disposition of
Ashes, Messrs. Bulleii, Booth, and
Fitzsimmons; lVIanagemeiit of Farm
Help, Messrs. Bristol, Ives, and Booth;
The Opportunities of To day as Coni-
pared with Those “When I was a
Girl,” Mrs. O. B. Stillman. .

Fax-iiiers Should Have a Scrap-book.

To the editor of the II07nesiea(.l,

I saw in the Famners’ Review some
valuable suggestions from Prof. W. J.
Beal on the importance of study by
farmers and of their keeping notes,
both of their own plans, and such as
they might find of others in reading.
The article “sot me to thinkin’ "and l
chide niyselffor not having had a better
plan before in saving valuable articles,
receipts, and suggestions of others.
Who does not get in every paper ideas
valuable for reference, short not-es—the
creaui of some one’s thought? But,
when wanted, the paper is either gone,
or else one is unable to turn to it, hav-
ing lost the date.

The case is not much better, even if
the paper is filed, as without proper
index, we might look in vain. I<‘arni-
ers are a busy class, and when they
want a. m_islaid scrap or memorandum,
they never like to turn the bureau or
hook-cubboard inside out, or call to
their aid 3. pitchfork! Oh, no! that
would be unlarmer like. How can we
pieserve all these good things so  to
find them in the decimal of at second 1’
That is the question.

it has some difliciilties. \Vant OI
time and skill to cut out, write or
arrange printed clippings with a good
article on one side, and no good plan.
“Mark Twain” scrap books are nice,
so are cut-glass paper weights and
many other things, but they are not in
this cheap method. When reading
such papers as you do not care to tile,
have a scissors at hand to cut out, and if
your fingers are all thuinbs from hard
farm labor, just ask your little Bessie
to do it. Make notes also of such as
you wish to file, and any expei-iments,_
studies, or plans you bavein progress,
address of any person, price list, or any
thing liable to he wanted on short
notice, and equally liable to be just in

the wrong place at that very time. Put

5

these in a big book (portfolio) or some
safe place, until they begin to look
“ sizeable ; ” when that rainy day
comes, sort them and fasten in a scrap-
book with paste. Mucilage discolors
the paper so as to make it exceeding-
ly diflicult to read. A good scrap
book is such a volume as “ Joint Docu-
ments”issued by the periodical publish-
ing house of the State of Michigan.
Be sure, though, and not take one
which is in use.

Take out some leaves, but keep the
paging of those pasted upon it in sight;
fasten those with articles on both sides
by the left edge, keep similar articles
logetlier as much as possible, and don’t
crowd any of them. VVhen one book
is filled, plenty more can be had. Per-
haps the University will be investiga-
ted, or the Commissioner of Agricul-
ture will send his report from VVashing-
ton. Letter the scrap-books A, B, C,
etc., on the back.

For the index, which is the impor-
tant part, get a thin, good sized blank
book with alphabet on margin, like the
index to a ledger. For example, enter
under A, Address—A 10, meaning
somebody’s address may be found on
page 10 of volume A. Bees—B 2, C-
14, meaning that in volumes B and C,
on pages 2 and 14 will be found some-
thing on bees, it may be clipped from a
paper, or a written observation of your
own. So go on, leaving plenty of i'ooni
under each head, and enter in place
such as Corn, Cattle, Horses, Potatoes,
Wlieat, etc.; or if the entries are more
for the household, such as Cake, Pies,
Paiisies, \Vashing, etc. Where refer-
ence is made to papers on file, it might
be indexed, M. H.—No. 2, to be found
in Mic/zvigcm Homestead No. 2, etc.
After the headings are once made, the
index will last a long time, the entry is
made in a moment, and everything can
be found quickly. The scrapbook, in
time, then becomes ot' much valtie and
of constant reference. G. 1-1. s.

Elk Rapids, April 5.

Canada Thlsllcs.

’I‘HonNAPPLi,«:, May 4th, 1879.
Worthy iSec’reta7'_t/.'

I noticed iti one of your late issues
a-plan to kill Canada thistles. Perhaps
I -might be of service to iny brother
farmers by giving my plan.

As soon as they appear in the spring,
every time I salt my sheep or cattle, 1
go to the patch and drop a small hand-
full of salt upon each spear. The
stock will eat them off‘ _below the
ground, and will scoup out a small
cavity to get the salt. That will have
a tendency to carry the salt water down
upon the roots when the rains come
during the snmmer. I continue at
least every two weeks or so, every time
they show their heads, and as the
leaves are the lungs of the plant, you
keep the air from them and they soon
die, it rarely takes more than the first
sulniner to get rid of them. When I.
crine into possession of the farm I now
occupy, it had six patches upon it, the
size of a. table to six rods square. I
have eradicated ever one with very
little trouble. But I did not let them
get over one inch high, before I gave
them another dose. If you only at-
tend to them, you can get rid of them
every time.

Fraternally yours,
E. K. LENT.

Food for Gran ges—Prograninie.

ORION, May 6th, 187. .

It has been said that “many Granges
die for want of food.”

I have no doubt that most of our
Granges realize great difticulty in mak-
ing the meetings interesting and at-
tractive. In our own Grange we have
often found this ditliculty, and have
sometimes spent unprofitably the time
which should have been devoted D0 dis-
cussions of subjects in which we could
all join.

At our two last meetings we have
adopted and worked on a regular pro-
gramme, a ta. Prof. Beal, and we find it
works admirably.

Here is a programme for our next
meeting, and you will see that it con-
tains subjects of interest to all farm
ers and their wives. -

Making and applying barnyard man_ure,~ D.
B. Swayzae. ‘ ‘ -

The Grange papei,—Miss Andrews,

Song,—Clara. Axford.

Salt as a fertihzer,——R. D. A!1dl'8W5-

Can dairying be made profitable on opening
lands ?—A. B. Frost.
Song,— Blanche Carpenter.

Treatment of a. hired girl,—Mrs. Ella Owen.

 

  
   
  
   
  
 
  
 
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
  
  
  
    
    
       
     
     
       
  
      
     
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

   

 

   

    

   

 

 

 

   

 

   

 
 

   

 

 

   

    

   

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TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

§axlin%’ flepartmrnt.
An Essay on our C:mlxn0n4‘IS(ll.l00ll:

Read before Branch County Pomona
Grange, No. 22, by Emily A. Horton.

Believing, as I do, that our common
or primary schools are the foundation
of our National prosperity, I feel that
it is a matter of vital importance to us,
whether they come up to the high
standard of perfection, or not. Day
iy day, all over the land, in our com-
mon schools, the Nation is being built
up. Teachers who are competent, and
those who are incompetent, some good
and some bad——for there are botli—-have
charge of this most important work.
From all these different fountains of
knowledge, the youth of our country
are being fed and nurtured And ac-
cording to natural laws, they will be
largely made up of the aliments they
consume. As there should be no lack
of good, healthful food to develop their
bodies—and all good parents see to that
—so should they have good mental
food, and all they can digest too, not
weak, trashy stuff, upon which they
will develop into wishy-washy men
and women. Our school system has
made great strides in the last fiftv
years, but has it made the progress it
ought? How many of us think we
would hire a man to plow our land for
crops, and never go into the field to see
how he did his work‘? And yet how
many of us visit our schools? \-Ve do
not teach our children by example that
we consider their education of the first
importance. \Ve do not give the teach-
er to understand, by visiting the school,
that we are interested in the manner
in which he does his work, and will
have no skip in his plowing the fair
soil our children's minds. We
should demand the best qualifications,
both of capability and adaptation, in
our teachers. In return we should
give good renumeration and just com-
mendation for work well done. Under
the present arrangement of our schools,
there is not much incentive for an am-
bitious young man or Woman to adopt
the vocation of district school teacher,
as they must change their field of labor
every few months; they must be with-
out a. home as long as they teach; and
their salary is not large enough to
warrant them in pursuing it as a busi-
ness for life, with the expectation of a
home in their old age: so no matter

‘how well they like, or how Well they
are adapted to the business, common
rudence forbids them from engaging
in this most honorable calling. I know
a lady thirty years of age, who has
taught for several years, who is an ex-
cellent teacher, and loves the calling,
who will probably never marry, who
will, in the coming spring, quit teach-
ing to write for the press I said to
'her, " I am sorry to see you step out of
the teachers’ ranks, you are so well
qualified to teach, and you can do so;
much good.” Her reply silenced me
she said, “I d.on’t know whether I am
called upon to forego a home now, and
no prospect of one in the future, as the
result of my labor, even if I can do
more good teaching than I can by
writing stories.” It told a sad story to
em. The editor of our fireside papers
can afford to pay one dollar per column
for just average stories, and the people
foot the bills; but we cannot afford to
keep the best talent in our schools.
We‘ my high prices for all goods
we wear and food we consume, if we
are satisfied we are getting our money’s
worth; but when it comes to employ-
ing our teachers, we de not say,
“ What can you do for us?” but,
“VVhat do you ask per month?” and
if the price exceed enough to keep the
aspirant in shoes and umbrellas, we
thiiikit is too much, they must either
come down in their demand, go bare-
foot, or give up the idea of saving any
money for future use.

Now it seems to me there is no place
more fitting than the Grange to discuss
our educational interests, and by “dis-
cuss” I mean for all to feel an interest,
and take part in thought at least. Let

‘s a itate the subject, let us look at it
iii a lits bearings, and there will sure-
Iy be results following investigation
and thought that will be astonishing,
for there are many good minds in the
Grange; and towards whatever objects
they direct their thoughts, it is sure
to be moved.

1 liken the management of our dis-
trict schools to a man who is building
5; house that he hopes will last for his

children’s children. He consults an
architect, he has a fine plan drawn up,
perfect in all its details, he accepts it.
“And now, my friend,” says the ar-
chitect, “if you want a good job of
work, one that you can depend on and
be proud of, I would recommend Mr.
A. He has worked out many of my
plans, he is a skillful workman, and

never fails to give satisfaction._”
“VVell,” you say,_ “what are his
terms?” He replies that they are

about fifty cents per day more than
ordinary workmen, “but,” he says,
“ I think it pays, as his work is exact
and substantial, there being no tearing
down and building again where he has
the job.” But you, feeling that fifty
cents a day is worth saving, look
around, and you find a man out of
employment, and he will work on your
house for half the money Mr. A. de-
mands; and although you do not know
much about his work, you think there
is so great a difference in the price, you
will give him your work to do. He
begins, and carries on the work with
vigor. He is merry and gay. Care sits
lightly, if at all, on his shoulders, and
you are delighted to see your building
progress so rapidly. He is always
saying, “ Hurry up there, boys; that’s
all right, no use spending too much
time measuring; we want to get this
job done.” But by and by you begin
to see cracks in the walls, and even to
your unpracticed eye, they are not just
plumb, and you remonstrate with him,
and finally dismiss him, for fear the
walls may fall on -your head. And at
last you call in your skilled workman.
You say, “ Mr. A, what will have to be
done?” He examines it carefully, and
finally says the trouble is in the found-
ation , and one of two things will have
to be done; either to take down every
brick and stone, and build a substan-
tial foundation or else strengthen the
structure with bolts and props, and
always regret its weakness every time
you look at it. And either way it
will cost him more than to have em-
ployed the better workman in the
beginning.

But it is not houses we are building
in our schools; it is the future men
and women of our land—your children
and mine. _ They are to he the Nation
when we are no more. And shall we
give the building of their character
less thought and care than we do the
building of houses? All the highei'
branches are well taught. Our col-
leges, State normal, and union schools
are all doing their part in a workman-
like manner; but they have many bad
foundations to build on. It is in our
common schools that the greatest de-
feots are found ; there is a lack of thor-
oughness in rudimental teaching; there
are too many text books ; there are too
few maps and cliarts;_in many school
houses there is not even a dictionary,and
the only way to remedy these defects is
for each one of us to give the subject
careful thought. Let us visit the
schools now and then. Let us have
good teachers and give them wages
enough so that they need not board
around. Let us feel that they are co-
workers with us in building up the
characters of our sons and daughters,
and give them our hearty aid in their
work. It seems to me if we could
make a reformation in the matter of
text-books, there would be a, great
saving in time. All text-books of the
same‘ grade. even by different authors,
teach the same thing, or should: and
if all Of the same grade used the same
books, the time, used for two or three
recitations might be had for one, and
there would be much more time for
explanations and illustrations: Histo-
ry, philosophy, physiology, physical
geography, and mental arithmetic—all
need at least one-half hour for recita-
tion; but where is the time if you have
two fourth reading classes, two third
reading, and two second, and so on ad
infinitum. No wonder our teachers
fail in many points to fill our expecta-
tions. And shall we allow this state
of things to go on year after year with-
out any change.’ We see improve-
ments springing up on every hand, as
by magic; but no fairy wand touches
«the district school with’ its enchanting
spell, and never will, until the plain,
practical men and women, and their
earnest thought are brought to bear
upon the defects in the system, and
as an outgrowth of their thought, will
come the reformation. Think and talk
about lit L85 11.8 have the library'mon-
ey used for its legltimatepur ose, and,
by the by, why not have t e library
in the school house? It would not be
much trouble to the teacher to act as

librarian. If we had the amount ap-
propriated by law—if but ten dollars
per year—expended in good books ad-
apted to school use-—such as elements
of botany. physical geography, astron-
omy, geology, zoology, standard his-
tories, and encyclopedias, and the
library kept in the school room, it
would be a. help to both teacher and
pupil, and it would not take many
years to collect a valuable library—one
that would have a great effect on the
general intelligence of both teachers
and pupils, and even society at Qtrge
would be benefited by it. The Grange
is the fit place to begin this work.

Governing Children.

There is nothing that comes into
one’s every day life, wherein is more
diversity of opinion displayed than in
governing children. All look to the
same end, namely: to bring up their
children so that the world shall be the
better for their having lived in it; but
there are nearly as many ways of
reaching this end as there are parents
or guardians. While some seem to
think the only way to rule them
is with a rod of iron, and are sure to
quote the proverb, “ Spare the rod and
spoil the child,” others take the other
extreme, and believe entirely in moral
suasion. VVhile we- do not look upon
the rod as the only means to be eni-
ployed in teaching the child the differ-
ence between right and wrong, we also
believe a certain amount of correction,
judiciously administered, has often a
salutary eflect, and enables a wayward
child to discriminate between what it
should and what it should not do. Our,
children are, in a great measure, refiec-
tions of ourselves. If we give way to
a hasty temper, and are overbearing in
our treatment of them, can we expect
they will be models of good nature and
even dispositions‘? If we depart from
the strictest integrity in our dealings
with them, who is to blame if they
grow up with lax ideas of truth ‘.’

How many parents try to govern
their children by telling them the old
woman will catch them, or the bears
will eat them up, or something else as
far from the exact truth as that; and
when they detect their children in
what is know as a white lie, are ex-
tremely shocked at the inate depravity
of human nature. There is no such
thing as a white lie; oh, no! they are
all black lies, and the parents who al-
low themselves to “sow the wind,”
will most assurredly “ reap the whirl-
wind.” But some mother may say, “ I
don’t govern my children in that way,
but what I want to know is how to
make them mind.”

Experience has shown me that a
good way is never to really command a
child, unless you expect them to per-
form, and when you give a. command,
make them look you in the eye. This
may seem very foolish to those who
have never thought of it before, but I
have found it a great help in governing
children. I have seen parents who
always asked their children to do or
not to do, instead of ordering them,
and I have noticed they were more apt
to be heeded than those who were
more peremptory in their manner.
Children like to e treated with a cer-
tain amount of respect as well as those
of a larger growth ; and the surest way
to make children bad is to be always re-
minding them how ugly they are. VVe
know how leasant praise is to our-
selves, and why withhold it from the
little ones _when they are justly en-
titled to it

_Never oblige one child to give up its
rights to another,_ but rather encour-
age them to each vie with the other in
being unselfish. I once heard a moth-
91:58)’ Of agrown son, “ It was always
l1lS_ greatest pleasure when he was a
chlld. to see others happy,” and it
seems to have grown with his growth,
and _ strenthened with his strength
Jlldglllg from his actions. An tinsel:
fish child is almost sure to become a
generous man or woman; while, on
the other liaud, one who is allowed to
tease and injure anything merely to
gratify his own selfish nature, will be
Very apt to ignore the rights of both
man and_beast when grown to man-
h09d- King Lear says,

“ HOW shat er than a se en ’ ' ‘

T0 have 8. tlliankless chilldpl’ t S tooth it L5

He might h dd (1 “
still to have‘oii:enaeve‘i' g’OV€1:lI]l(e1dS.1’]’arper

CHLOE.
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ofI:JI:§EfI3_t:n1?;:ioN is simply the result

a

Farmevs Daughters.

The following sensible essay on the
education of farmers’ daughters, was
recently read before the Farmers’ Insti-
tute at Mason, by Mrs. E. M. Moore:

Very much has been said in regard to
how we should bring up our girls. In
the great battle of life, what will be like.
ly to be of the most practical use to
them——a thorough knowledge of house-
hold duties, or a musical education ? If
they are to become the wives of far-
mers or mechanics, what will best en.
able them to be, what every woman
should be, a helpmate for the man she
weds—a. knowledge of mathematics, 91-
a knowledge of how to make good light;
bread? What do you think will give
them the most satisfaction ? If they
chance to rise some morning, a few"
years hence, in a house of their own
where there is breakfast to get, milk to’
skim, pics to make and bread to bake
churning to do and butter to work’
rooms to sweep and beds to make-—and'
those are but a few of the many things
that need to be done-——perhaps two or
three little ones to care for, then they
will realize the necessity of knowing
how to accomplish those duties at a
proper time. If they chance to get a
husband who is able to keep a hired
girl (and all girls do not,) doyou know
of one who is capable of taking care of
another woman's housework, manag.
ing it all, or in part for her ? I do not
think the experience of those who have
had to depend upon hired helpis pleas-
ant enough to induce any sane woman
to wish to trust the manageinentof her
household affairs in the hands of hired
help, who are often inexperienced and
incompetent, and only fit for help, and
quite generally poor help at that. Many
an unhappy, accomplished woman has
had to learn of her mother-in-law how
to perform those little every-day duties
which must be attended to in every
home, and which every mother should
take care to teach her daughters before
they are qualified to take charge of a
house of their own.

Then what will lighten the burden of
care, which rests heavily enough upon
the young mother at best? I~will tell
you what I think about it: A thorough
knowledge of homely household du-
ties. Yes, there is no mistake about it.
There is nothing like knowing just
what to do and just how to do it. Un-
der such circumstances, a woman whose
mother taught her how to do all kinds
of house work when _a girl, can accom-
plish more in one day than can be done
in three by the inexperienced 0 who
has to work at a disadvantage for a lack
of knowing how.

Can any one doubt this? Let them
make inquiry among their friends, and
take a. peep into their kitchen pantries,
and see if this is not true. Do not un-
derstand me to advocate keeping girls
in ignorance? Far beit from me to say
anything of the kind. I believe in
sending them to school and giving them
an equal chance with their brothers.
whenever it can be done. In fact, pal‘-
ents owe their children 8. common
school education, and all the extras the)‘
can afford to give them besides; but
mothers, do not neglect the practical
part; if you do, the result will bebitter
tears, many hardships—smiles and
mirthfullness all gone, simply because
they do not understand the practiclll
workings of science of domestic econo-
my, and struggle and labor hard to ‘do
well, what they might do well will!
case, if they only knew how.

Right here allow me to say {I few
words about the fashionable ladies 0;
the day. What are their aims in life.
They do not appear to have any Out’
side of the desire to dress finer and
considered more fashionable than lllelf
neighbor, and to look upon fiiufmem
sons and daughters as inferior being!-

A few evenings since a. young Mm:
upon being introduced to a fine, 89”“
ous, open-hearted fellow, whose b _
and expressive forehead was the 557“
bol of his acres, was heard to e§fl“‘m’
“ 0! he is nothing but a farmer l_ A};
who was she that looked thus disdalhe
fully on God’s noble men? Why: 9 n
was the daughter of a broken-down
merchant, whose fortune had in
ruined b the extravagance Of 9 W h
and a foolishly-proud daughter. Thougy
her father’s heart had been wrung
misfortune, and he had paid the P9“ ,3.
of his extravagance by beillfi lnwlfieab
ted in the home prepared for ei-iml 3
his daughter had not yet learn mm
difference between pride find W '
extravagance and wealth. "ad

Did these foolish persons 9”’

 


 

their bibles, they would find that God
Himself has selected his prophets and
kings from among farmers. Noah was
a husbandman and planted a vineyard ;
Abraham was rich 'in cattle; and Lot
had flocks and herds, insomuch that
there was not pasture for both, and
they divided the country. Lot took the
great lains of Jordan, and Abraham
took t e hilly country of Canaan, Jacob
wasa great cattle grower, as he pre-
sented Esau with several hundred cat-
tle. Moses was a wool-grower, and
Gideon wastaken from the threshing
floor. Saul was a herdsman. €V911
while he was king. David was a shep-
herd, and was taken from that occupa-
tion to be king of Isreal. Uzziah was
a cattle-grower. Elisha was pl0W_{D¥—’,’
with twelve yoke of oxen when Elijah
cast his mantle on him’ and called him

to be a prophet of the Most High. And

yet, though Godvhas honored_ the hus-
bandman —— selected his kings and
prophets from among the far‘mer's—aI_'e
some so foolish as to cry out, 0. he ls
only a farmer! ”

Now, mothers what shall we teach
our daughters, aside from household
duties? I answer, teach them to be
courteous to the poor and lowly as well
as to the wealthy; to be self-reliant in
all cases; teach them to have some aim
in view; cast aside all foolish pride and
work for some good, be it ever so lowly;
teach them to carry themselves soloftily
that men shall look up to them as mod-
els of all that is worthy the name of
woman. In conclusion, I would say to
my young sisters, encourage the far-
mer boys; their faces may be browned
with the sun, their hands may be har-
dened with labor; but beneath their
jackets are hearts that are loyal and
true, to which you may safely trust
your happiness, and on whom you may
depend for your pork and cabbage.

Encouraging the Sisters.

SALEM, March 11th, ’79.

As I make the attempt to write, such
a multitude of thoughts occupy my
mind, so many subjects present them-
selves to me that, I scarcely know
which to select, but I have finally de-
cided to say a few words to the sisters,
by way of encouragement. .

I must say thata thrill of joy and
gladness came over me as I thought
What a desirable change this Grange
movement had brought about, more
particularly to my sisters and myself.
My sisters. We should be glad that we
have lived to see the day when farmers’
wives are something more than mere
household drudges, when the chief aim
of our life is not to cook, eat and wash
dishes.

Words are inadequate to tell the
great good that has come to us. Now
we are permitted to write with our
worthy husbands and brothers, to elevat
mg and promoting the interests of bus-
bandry. We can now stand beside
them and do earnest work in the
Grange, in the temperance cause, or any
cause that has for its motive the up-
lifting of fallen humanity.

My sisters, the most of you are much
Y‘i“ngel'_than myself. I hope you have
3 ‘mg life before you, in which you
5113)’ do much to bless the world, and
mill‘; YOU will do all ‘in your power to
N1; e the Grange inviting and instruct-

It is a recognized fact everywhere
Eylliit there is enough to be done to ele-
H? 0 ‘Elbe plane of humanity, both in the
th0I‘: and intellectual world to engage

2 98$ efforts of all men and‘ women.
a cceptlllg these facts, as all must,
gm 33 We are banded together by a
BMIUJOIZI calling, influenced by a gen-
am llewsslty. inspired by a true faith,
andmated by alively hope, all fostered

oodlllllirtured by _a common brother-
work, how can we best accomplish the
good efore us? If we would have a
worketflbctlve Grange we must do the
memb but such a Grange should do, re-
,8 juBte1'"1€ that each separate Grange
it In What the members that compose

ake it
is :i:te"_5. It appears to me that our duty
on ’"v 15}? It_ never be said that the

Igigéganization to which women are
min rd languishes, or is in danger of

pan(‘:f10Il. Let us be sure to do our
our 0 319 Woljk well, and in faith that
efleetivr 81‘ will be permanent and
mditi9- _Our order was a necessity,
mums 1? still demanded by the agricul-

ion Or their mutual benefit and pro-
nefiv and organized for wise and
.1,W,°°‘“ Purposes. Ver much has
Mn 3' n accomplished, but it
y appefirs to me that some expect

THE GRANGE Vlérron.

or no effort, to make it such.

Sister Patrons, I have been greatly
pleased and encouraged of late by the
apparent interest you have taken in the
literary exercises in our Grange; I have
also been benefited and strengthened.

My experience has ever been_ that
when I lay aside self and act with ref-
erence to the good of others I receive
the greatest benefit and blessing my-
self, oftentimes in ten-fold proportion.

My sisters, let us show our worthy
brothers that we appreciate their kind-
ness to us in making us their equals in
the Grange. First, by standing erect
and.defending the Grange when it is
assailed, not simply because it has been
or is a benefit to us, but because it is
right in itself, and a blessing to the
world at large.

It is an old adage, “give some an
inch and they will take an ell,” and
as women are heije allowed to be equal
to men, we are inclined to make the
most of our opportunities. The good
the Grange has done us, and the expe-
rience it has given us, are remembered,
and we shall never settle down to the
position we once occupied.

Let us convince our worthy husbands
and brothers that we live for a higher
and nobler purpose than simply to be
controlled by fashion and display, and
make ourselves a bill of expense; but
we consider ourselves under obliga-
tions as helpmates, and also fully com-
petent to use the means within our
reach for such purposes, and in such a
manner as to help them to enjoy the
good things of this world, and add to
their comfort, prosperity, self-respect,
dignity, independence and usefulness,
and improving our time profitably, so
that its effects upon them shall be ele-
vating and our example such as to con-
vince all that we are just what we ap-
pear to be.

Let us not be vain or foolish enough

to suppose that true womanhood con-
sists in elegance of dress or finery; let
us aim to glorify God by useful and
holy lives, and prove ourselves a bless-
ing to the world, and such as are anx-
ious to know what good will come as a
reward of our Grange work. Show that
one of the best of farm products is
grand noble men and women, and
there will always be room for them to
work, and work for them to do Let
us, then, work in true love and abound
in that charity which is the bond of
perfectness. Let us work faithfully,
add dignity to labor, and never be
ashamed to have it known that we are
members of the Grange family, and
that we have the good of the Grange at
heart, and are trying to act well our
part in the great battle of life. Life is
real, and time fast passing and too full
of importance to be trifled with. Let
us seek, to elevate ourselves to a higher
plane of existence, and take up lir'e’s
burdens with strong hearts and willin g
hands let us aim to catch every little
sunbeam that tlits across our pathway,
instead of grasping heartaclies and
shadows.
None of us are exempt from early
trials and crosses, but they may act
upon our lives as refining fire to give
us strength of character.

There are many Ways to draw hap-
piness from every day circumstances
of our life, a cheerful word, or even a
smile, may send gladness into some-
body’s heart, than when we lay down
our life work and take that long dreary
sleep that knows no waking till the
judgement morn, it is not so much
matter whether the question then be
asked if we were model housekeepers
and good cooks, but it does matter if
the question arises whether we have
done any good in the world, and if our
memory is precious to any outside our
own home circle. It will be a precious
legacy to the world if we have brought
up our children well, so that they‘ may
say of us, like George Washington did
of his mother, “All I am I owe to my
mother.”

My sisters, may our brothers never
have cause to regret that we were ad-
mitted into the Grange; let none of us
fail to do our part in helping to push
forward thisglorious work, until the
farmers of this fair country rise above
the position of hewers of wood and
drawers of water. Let us go forward
in this work, overcoming every ob-
stacle and bringing all within its iii-
fluence, nearer to the good, the beauti-
ful and the true. May all our labors
be characterized by harmony and wis-
dom, and our acts result in promoting

And now, my sisters, my heart goes

out to you one and all, as members 01'

to have a good Grange with very little,‘

the welfare and prosperity of our Order. '

the same fraternity, and I earnestly de-
sire that none shall excuse themselves
from any work assigned them in the
Grange, for it is evident that if every
one does his, or her part, we shall pros-
per asa Grange. and im rove morally”,
intellectually and social y.
Yours fraternally,

dutrrapnntlrncr.

WESTMINSTER Wiisr, April 26, 1879.
Worthy Brother .' _

I had not intended saying anything
further on the interest question, but
since receiving the Vlsrroit of the 15th
inst., I have been reading carefully
what Bro. Spaulding says for “Vermont
farmer to consider,” and while. I agree
with all he says in regard to law regu-
lating money, etc., except perhaps the
“meeting-house upside down,” I still
fail to see a single word bearing upon
the point under discussion, viz : What
right has the State to say what I shall
get for the use of my money ‘.’ I rather
suspect from Bro. Spaulding’s article
that he has the idea that our hard times
are caused by the want of more money
as a circulating medium. If he will
consider how rapidly our Government
4 per cent bonds are taken by our own
people, I think he will see his mistake.
And right here let me say, I)oes it not
furnish food for refiectioii, that while
our brother farmers in ,Michigan are
petitioning the Legislature to limit the
rate of interest to 7 per cent, Govern-
ment 4 per cent bonds are taken readily
—even in Michigan. .Why is it?
VERMONT FAR)iER.

DO\\'A(fi1AC, May 7th, 1879.
Worthy Bro. Cobb .-

Since a high railroad oflicial in
Chicago made his boast that ‘they
could control and direct any legislation
which afiected their interests by a ju-
dicious distribution of railroad passes
among members of the Legis iire, it
has aroused the people of llliiio to the
danger of this pernicious practice, and
the result is that the Judiciary Com-
mittee report and recommend the pas-
sage of a bill making it a penal offense
for any member to receive, or any rail-
road ofiicial to otfer, free passes. If
Michigan had such a law, all necessary
business of the legislative session would
have been completed in 90 days, saving
the t-ax-ridden people over $40,000
or $50,000, in expense. Now they
go home nearly every Friday on their
free passes, and no more business is
done until the next Tuesday, while
they draw pay‘for every day, Sunday
and all, from the commencement to
the final adjournment of the session,
let the people agitate this subject, and
never vote for another member of
either house unless he is pledged to
support‘ a law prohibiting the free pass
railroad bribes.

It looks now as if all the general re-
forms demanded by the people would
be defeated by this expensive and dila-
tory Legislature,which seems to be con-
trolled by interested lobbyists, as was
the Senate interest hill, where the
people demanded a stringent usury
law, they have thrown the door wide
open to Shylocks and extortioners.
How preposterous to enact any law
without restriction or penalty, and I am

surprised that some men who appear to
be sound on other subjects should ad- ’

vocate snch an absurdity.
Yours fraternal ly,
H. H. Taylor.

ORION, May 8th, 1.37:0.

Bro. J. T. Cobb: .

Enclosed find $23.14, being fees and
dues for the first quarter of this year.
Our Grange is in good working order,
but the most of our work has been ini-
tiating for the last three months. We
have over one hundred active members.
Last fall our W. M. Hiram Andrews,
appointed a visiting committee of two
brothers and two sisters, who were to
notify some brother that such a day
they were coming to his place. Then
each sister took a part of the household,
and one brother examined the farm,
and the other the stock and the build-
ings. Each would make a report at
the next Grange meeting, either in
writing or by verbal statement. Our
Grange has a good attendance every
two weeks. Another thing I wish to
mention: Our Worthy Lecturer, C. K.
Carpenter, to avoid work himself, pre-
pares a programme of questions, and
names the ;brothers and “Wte1‘3 that

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shall lead on those questions. Last
Saturday we -had a meeting and there
were four questions discussed. We
also have good,‘ singing. VVe are fully
persuaded that the Grange is or great
value and advantage to all farmers who
really desire to be benefited by it‘

Last spring I sent you a small cluli
for the V1si'roR. Please send me a few
copies. and I will get up another club.

PAYNE Axroan,
Secretary Orion Grange, No. 259.

"Five or six years of married life,”
remarks a veteran, “will often reduce
a naturally irascible man to such a coii-
ditioii of angelic humanity that it would
not be safe to trust him with a pair of
wings.” .

Dividend.

The Patrons’ Paint Company have
declared a cash dividend of seven per
cent. for the year 1878, payabie March
lst 1879, to stockholders of reaord, Dec.
1st, 1578. This is the 3d ar.:ual divi-
dend thecompany has paid, and with
guaranteed dividend, 25 per cent, makes
.96 per cent for three years.

Fraternally, O. R. INGERSOLL.

TIIE REAPEB, DEATII.

GLASS —Died, in Flint Township, Genesee
C0., Mich., April 8th, 1879, Sister Margaret A.
Glass, aged 42 years, a beloved member of
Flushing Grange, No. 387: wife of John Glass.

In this dispensation, the Grange has lost a
cherished member and friend, the memory of
whose cheerful countenance, gentle and affable
manners and gentle spirit will not soon be for-
gotten by those who knew her best.

PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES

Kept in the office of the Secretary of the
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 llfaster or Secretary.

Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 2:)
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, . . . . .  . . . l 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
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,

 

well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5"
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound, . . 50
Cusliing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (30
Applications for Membership,, per 10-’), .. . . 50
Membership Cards, per 100, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Withdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . ... .. . . 25
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . 26
By-Laws of the State and Subordinate

Granges, single copies 3c, per doz.,. . . . . 3-5
New kind of Singing Books, with music,

Single copy 16 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . l 80
Rituals, single copy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15

“ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l 60
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent

free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Blank Applications for Membership in P0-

mona G-ranges, furnished free on appli-

cation.
Blank “Articles of Association” for the

Incorporation of Subordinate Granges

with Copy of Charter, all complete,. . . . . 10
Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-

mer, Cloth, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . . 40

Address, J. '1‘. COBB.

Sac’! Mien. Sum Gnxnon,
SCHOOLCRLFT. MICH.

THE KALAMAZOO
DRILL TO OTH!

 

Patented April 30. I87 ‘.
‘M81 ‘I8 Iawi ‘09lY

 

SQATTERS THE SEED EVENLY 3; inches»
wide under the Shovel. An Adjustable G0V8IDcL'
Regulates the -Depth, and Covers the _Seed
Uniformly from one to three inches, as desired.
Combining all that is desirable in Broad-cast
Seeding, with the advantages of Drilling. ’
We also manufacture a Grain Drill, using
this Tooth, which is Warramed to Give Satis-
faction. or no sale.
For further pa.rticula.rs address

KALAMAZOO GRAIN DRILL 00..
‘ Ku..i_uxzoo, Mica.

. ,5: . ......-4-'-o-”~_:-L._.‘—‘.£..—.¢—.._-“




    

 

  

COLVINS’,
EUREKA BEE - HIVE

and Honey Ra cks.

—ARE———

A DECIDED SUCCESS.

Fifty per cent more surplus comb honey than
from any other Hive now’ in use. Highest tes-
timonials from the most successful Bee—keepers
in the State. New beginners, start right l Old
Bee-keepers, look to your interest! Give this
Hive a trial and see its superior merits.

AGENTS VVANTED IN EVERY GRANGE.

For particulars address,
EUREKA BEE-HIVE CO.,
Schoolcraft, Mich.

Grange HEADQUARTERS.

THOMA? MASON,
General Eummissiun Merchant.

L83 SOUTH VVATER STREET,
CHICAGO. - - ILLINOIS.

I’m‘c}icI.s1'ng Agent for the Patrons of H usb(md-
7‘_l/, authorized by Executive Committe of the
Michigan State Grange : Agent of the N, W.
Produce Exchange Association, principal office,
Buchanan, Mich. ; also, Agent of t/Le Michigan
Lake Shore Fruit Growers’ Association, Steven-
ville. Mich.,

Respectfully solicits Consignments of

Flillllfi. VEGETABLES. BUTTER. EGGS.

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

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

L UMBER in Car or Cargo Lots.

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

SUPERIOR. FACILITIES,

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

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

Cash must Accompany Orders
to Insure Prompt Attention.

——REfi‘ER1:NcEs:——— -
Executive Committee of Mich. State Grange.
J. J. \’Voodman, Paw Paw, Mich.

J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

Herman, Schafiner 5; Co., Bankers, Chicago, Ill.
Thomas Mars. Berrien Centre, Mich.

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

Stevensville, Mich.
€’ Stencils, Shipping Tags, and Market Be-
ports furnislied on appiication.

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. mar. ‘.’79

GRANGERS AND FARMERS.
Look to "Your Interests !

VVe are now prepared to furnish you with the

Wilson Patent Seclloial—wheel Windmill,

ars at Albion, at regular WHOLE-
Put 21%? TRICES. This offer holds g<.0d
'‘ ‘wherever we have no Agents. The
Wolcott Mill has been 6 years
in use. We call furnish hundreds
of testimonials. Write for Circulars
nd Price-list. .L. G. WOLC_O’I".[‘, _
a Box 298, Albion, Mich.

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

hints and Paris Green.

PRICES REDUCED FOR 1879.

PllHllNS’ lmii EUMPANV!

lngcrsoll’s Ready Mixed Paints,
Paris Green and Brushes.
Best amt Cltcwpest 1>«,mt.~.~ in
the World.

Freight paid on Paint and Paris Gieeii to r11
1) l.l'tS 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 Biilliuiit Colors, Brushes, etc., illustrat-
ed, mailed free upon application to PATRDNS’
PAINT CO., 162 South St., N. Y.

—'l‘RUS'l‘EES:

T. A. Thompson, Pres, Past Lec. Nat. Grange
Samuel E. Adams, of Miiin., Master “ "
D. Wyatt Aiken, of S. C., Ch’m Ex. Coin. “
Mortimer Whitehead, of N. J., Lee. Nat. “

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

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

The Hus_.'n_a.ndman!

EVERY FARMER Should TAKE IT.

Itiis thoroughly Reliable
and Practical in Every
Department.

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

THE 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
burdens on the farmers of this and other States.

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

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

Elmira Farmers Club

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

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

Hon. Alonzo Sessions, the present Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, and an old and successful
farmer, in a letter urging the farmers of his
own county to take this paper said: *‘ I have
read THE HUSBANDMAN for more than two
years, and I do not hesitate to recommend it as
the BEST FARMERS PAPER that I ever read.
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, and not one that is read with so much
pleasure and profit.”

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

The llusbandman is a Large Eight-Page
Paper, and Only 8|.-50 per year.
Postage Free.

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. Send for sample copies which are
furnished free. Address,

HUSBANDMAN. Elmira. NJ’.
We will send’l‘ns: Husssnnirsn and THE
ORANGE VISITOR for one year, for 8 1,70.

and in Club: of five or more, 8 I .80 each.

llar en llluwerlee s.

      
 
 
   
 
  

IS NOW READY, and wi

and upwards.
Dry Goods, Glo

Plated Ware,

 Our 24tli

Descriptive Illustrated Price List

11 be Sun-r Fan: to any person who may ask for it.

From this desirable book you can obtain the wholesale prices 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

All well made in the Latest Styles.

Also, a full and complete line of

ves, Hosiery, Notions, Clothing, Hats, Caps,

Boots, Shoes, carpets, Oil cloths, cutlery, silver and Silver

Watches, Jewelry, Sewing Machines, Trunks,

Traveling-Bags, Pipes, Tobaccos, Cigars, Teas, Tinware,
Saddles, Baby Carriages, Rocking Horses, Veloclpedes,
Groceries, etc., etc. -

We sell all goods at wholesale prices in any quan-

tity to suit the purchaser. The only institution of the
kind in America.

Address,

MONTGOMERY WARD, 8: ($0.,

227 & 229 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

I AM RECEIVING ORDERS FOR 

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1

H ON E Y I.() C'US’1‘9 S
From Patrons at Wholesale Prices,
as lollows:
One year, No. 1, very fine, . . . . . 
“ “ No. 2, good, . . . . . . . . ..
I wish to deal directly with the farmer.
Dealers are taking orders at $6 to $10 per 1000.
Patrons will save money by dealing dircctl y
with me. I have several thoiisaiids yet to sell.
HENRY COLLINS. _
Past Master 333, White Pigeon, Micli.
April lst. 1879. v

I WILL SELL

THREE INCH AND THREE AND ONE-
FOURTH INCH THIMBLE-SKEIN
WAGON, COMPLETE, FOR $545.

THREE AND ONE-HALF INCH FOR S48

THREE INCH AND THREE AND ONE-
FOURTH INCH, WITHOUT BOX
OR SEAT,  '

THREE AND Ol\'E—HALF INCH, \VITH-
()UT BOX OR SEAT, $38.

ONE-HORSE VVAGON, THILLS, BOX AND
SPRING SEAT, 835.

]i§=‘Delivered on Cars at Niles, Mich.
IE. MURRAY.

u is

1.00 per 1000 ,
2.7 '

MASTER'S OFFICE, Z
Paw Paw, Mich.. April 20th. 5
E. illm'7'ag/, Aliles, Jlic/1.:

DEAR S1R.—Your’s of the 7th came in my
absence, hence this delay to answer. In reply
to your inquiry, I will state that the wagon you
sent me, and which has been run one year, is
entirely satisfactory. As yet, eveiy part is per-
feet. There are several of your wagons in this
vicinity that have run for several years, and I
have heard of but one complaint, and that I do
not regard as strictly reliable.

Yours truly,
J. J. Woonmszv.

Thanking former patrons, we again offer GAR-

DEN and FLOWER SEEDS and PLANTS,

&c., at low rates.

We Will Send $1.50 worth of Seeds, in Papers
_ or by the Ounce for One Dollar.

\Ve will send PLANTS and SHRUBS by Ex-
press at 25 per cent Disc-;unt~and add eiiough
to pay expressage. Correspondence, with stamp,
invited. Send Orders early to

Lake Shore Greenhouse and Glllllflll,

Mai-ch 12-t2. M uskegon, Mich

J. M. OHIDISTER,

STATE BUSIN ass AGENT, P. ofH.,

G-I=I..£kI}.\T$..,

All kinds of Country Produce,

80 “'()()DBRIl)GE S'I‘., VVest,

DETROIT. - — MICHIGAN.
mans: BEES! BEES! I

For Sale.-—Choice Italians in movable-comb
hives. For particulars and price address,
SOUTIIARD .1: RANNEY, _
Kalamazoo, Mich.

5-TON STOCK SCALES,
$5 0 ..

FREIGHT PAID, AND NO MONEY ASK
ED TILL TESTED.
J ON ES, of B'1ngl'.amton,

m2i.y6m BINGHAMTON, N. Y

Paw Paw, Mich., May 18th, 1378.
Jonas, or BINGKAMTONZ
My Scales give entire satisfaction. I have
subjected it to the most severe tests, and find it
not only correct in weighing large or small
amounts, but pc1'fecti_1/ reliable.
Yours, Frateriially,
[Signed] J. J. VVOODMAN.

illllllllll Husllmli

l’llIl.O OTIS,
l)aiis\'illc, -
l\I:inufactui'cr of

B10 R GIXN. HAL F‘ DIOOLEY
AND

Telegla1ih'G1*aln Cradles, Hail Rakes, llc.

To Patrons, I offer my entire stock at whole-
sale prices, in lots to suit customers. Long
experience, improved machinery, coinpeteiit
workmen, good timber, and honorable dealing.
I ask and expect your patronage.
Correspondence solicited, and promptly aiis-
wered. _

I will deliver goods by team within a radius
of forty miles. Outside of that, will ship at
Mason, or \Villianiston. V

Repairs furnished when ordered.

STRAWBERRY ‘PLANTS!

AFRIQUE.
AMERICAN,
CAPT. JACK,
CHAS. DOWNING,
GREEN PROLJFIC,
GEN. SHERMAN,
JUCUNDA,
SENECA CHIEF.

AND 20 OTHER YARlE'l‘IESy

At 15 cts. per doz., 50 cts. per 100, $2.50 per
500, $4.00 per l000.

HORT. DEPT. AGRCL. COLLEGE;
Lansing, Mich-

llerman Horse and Bow Powder.

It should be the aim of every farmer to make
his horses and cattle as handsome and useful
as possible. Nearly every teamster who dl'1}793
a team of very fine horses feeds Condition
Powders, either openly or secretly. _

The German Horse and Cow Powdor 15.0’?
the highest value for stock. It aids digestion
and assimulation. It helps to develop all the
powers or the animal. It improves its beauty
and increases its usefulness. It makes fat and
milk. By using it a horse will do more work;
andacow give more milk, and be in better
condition, with less feed.

By giving poultry a heaped tablespoonful
occasionaliy in a quart of chop, it will ke8P
them healthy and increase the quuntity of 9383-
By giving hogs a large heaped tablespoonful,
with the same quantity of salt, in a half pefik
of scalded wheat bran for every four hogs, tW1°°
a week you will prevent HOG DISEASE.

Put up in five pound packages, six packflfles
in abox, at 12 cents a pound‘, or in sixty 1301111}!
boxes at ten cents a pound. The receipt 15
posted on each package and box. Made 1) D3‘-
Oberholtzer, at his mills, No. 2 Fetter N191
Philadelphia, Pa. Sold by R. E. JAME

Michigan,

‘ Kalamazoo Co-operative Association, N0-
North Burdick St., Kalamazoo, Mich.,  b?’
J. M._CHAMBE_RS, Illinois State Buainefifi
Agent, Chicago, Ill., at the Lowest Wholesale

goal of the
niaylfi-ti

Price, when ordered under the
Grange. ’ ‘ '