HE

 

ISSUED SEMI- MONTHLY}.

/
5

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

.
o

 

VOL. ,—No. 1.
Wnof: No 81

%

SCHOOLCRAFT, JANUARY 1st,

BY ORDER OF THE

   

»/J"/J5

GRANGE VISITOR  

MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE."

[Kalamazoo Publishing Co.‘s Print.]

Entered at the Post (mice at School-
cratt as Second Class matter.

THE GRANGE VISITOR,

Is Published on the First and Fifteenth of
' every Month

AT FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM,

Inva riably in Advance. . ‘

,1, 1',_coBB, Editor and Manager.

To whom all communications should be ad-
dressed, at Schoolcraft; Mich.

hmittanoes should be by Registered Letter,
Money Order or Draft

RATES or Anvaansnm:

‘ Acceptnble advertisements inserted. at the
rate of 81.00 per square, for each insertion.
A Liberal discount will be made on standing
naval" ements of three months or more.

INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.
Kerosene Oil.~When the Railroad Kings Rule.
—Work for Subordinate Granges, (page) . . . 1.

Report of Com. on Good of the Order, at Sev-
enth Session State Gran ge.——Barry Co. Po-
ona Grange.—Mon(vpolies of the Future.-
How to Trust the Boys —-Drive Wells,— Whgy
Join the Grange.—Grange Schools, (page). . .

A Little Boy’s Troubles.—What Relation Ought

' the Grange to Sustain to the Public Polity ?—
Co-operation—An Essay. —Grange Growth
and Prospects.—Grange Programme.-——Wa.yne
Co. Pomona No. 8.——A Card-—About Scales.-
The Indifference of Farmers, (page) . . . . . . .3.

The Grange Visitor.—The Make-up.—Petitions
to Congress.—Newspaper Rules.—Our Con-
tributors, (page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4.

Inetaliations.——Voices from the State Grange,
(page) “-

Convinced—(Poetry).—]:Iducation of Our Girls.
—-Directing Letters.-—A Talk with theVisitor.
—-Shall we Write for the Visitor F (page). .6.

Brotherly Love.—1’atrons’ New Year Greeting.
-Only Me.—-Real and Ideal. —M1scellaneous.
—Obituary.~Diphtheria. —Trees and Health.
—What it Costs to Smoke, (page) . . . . . . . . . 7.

Agricultural College. ——Notices of Meetingés,

(page) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ofilcers National Grange.

MA8'l'nn—J. J. WOODMAN, Michigan.
Ov'snsEEn.—PU'l‘. DARDEN, Mississippi.
LEcrUnEs—HENRY ESHBAUGH, Mo.
Srn-wAnn'—A. J. VAUGHN. Miss.

Ass-r. S1'nwAan—WILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
C}IA.PLAIN—s. H. ELLIS, Ohio.
TnnA.sUnEn—F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y.
sEOEETABY—Wm. M. IRELAND.Wash’ton,D.C.
GATE-KEEPEB—O. DINWIDDIE, Indiana.
GnnEs+Mns. J. J. WOODMAN, Mich.
pogolummns. PUT. DARDEN, Mississippi.
Fx.oaA——Mns. J. W. NICHOLS, N. J. '
L531 A33-1-13»;-us-Iv STEWABD—MRS. WILLIAM

SIMS, Kansas.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
D. WYATT Axm, So. Carolina; H. Juuzs, Ind.;
W. G. WAYNE, New York.

Ofilcers Michigan State Grange.

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

C.-—SALMON sTEEi., Monroe Oen. Gr. Tr.Co

'I‘.——S. F. BROWN, - Schoolcraft.
Sno.—J. '1‘. COBB, . — - “

G. K.—A. N. WOODRUFF. - Watervlieh
CxnEs.—Mns. C. L. WHITNEY. Muskegon.

PoxonA—Mizs. G. W. EWING, Ross, Kent Co.
Fr.onA—Mns. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—Mns. A. E. GREEN. Fmninstom

 

Executive committee-

J. WEBSTER CHILDS, Chairman, Ypsilanti.
F. M. HOLLOWAY, - . Hillsdale.
G. G. LUCE, - - . Gilead, Branch Co.
WESTBROOK D1‘VlNE, Be1ding,IoniaC0.
THOMAS MARS. Berrien Center, Berrien C0.
wx. SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co.
-7: Q. A. BUBRINGTON. Tuscola, Tuscola Q0.
.1’. J. WOODMAN, J. T. coma, - Ex. Oflicio.

State Business Agents,
GEO. W. HILL & C0., - — Detroit.
THOMAS MASON, - - . Chicago.

General Deputy.

0. L. WHITNEY, - . - Mnskegon,

Special _!._ecturers.
-no-. F. Moore,. .

   

  
 

Lenawee Co
. .Oceaua C0
1- . .Kent Co
Four I‘owns,. .Oakland Co
-39 vvllifllxeassee Co

. 8.! ma,
n. Ype u '' 9°

 

  

       

‘ly a vestlge of the old law remaining

KEROSENE 01L.
The Old Lav;_ahd the New.

Worthy Secretary Cobb .- *
It will be remembered by many who
attended the late session of the State
Grange that a resolution was presented
by the “committee on resolutions” and
adopted by the Grange, inviting me to
present some facts in regard to the use,
purchasc, sale and inspection of Kero-
sene Oil. Other and more pressing
business claimed the attention of the
meeting until the clock warned us that
the hour of midnight of the fourth day
had passed befnrethe floor was awarded
me to comply with the request of the
Grange. At that late hour, aftera con-
tinuous session of twelve hours for each
of two successive days it did not seem
wise to detain the members one mo-
ment longer; and I excused myself
(much to the relief of all) by a promise
to write out for tl1e—VISITOR some part
of what I had intended to say.

In this article I wish the reader to
bear in mind that I have no theory to
maintain, nor argument to make. I
desire to state such facts as have come
under my observation, leaving the rea-
der to draw his own conclusion. _

Petroleum under various names has
been known to exist for many years.
When first discovered, it was used large-
ly if not wholly for medicinal purposes.
But the use of Petroleum or Kerosene
Oil for illuminating purposes is of -re-
cent date. Itgis only from fifteen to
twenty years since it came into general
use for that purpose. One is not re-
quired to be very old to remember the
time when the saucer of lard with a rag
in the center for a wick, or the tallow
dip illuminated the rural home, or when
something a little brighter or better
was required, the lamp filled with lard
or fish oil, with its unfailing grease
spot on clothes, carpet or floor. All this
has passed away, and now nearly three
fourths of the people of this State use
what is know as Kerosene Oil to light
their homes, stores, oflices and shops.

When it was discovered that there
was to be a revolution in the material
used to light the world by night, a wild
speculation seized the public mind.
Men thought oil, spouted oil, dreamed
oil, and occasionally one struck oil. Oil
companies sprang up as if by magic.
Men, women and children went wild
in their mad thirst for oil stock. Men
who had never been blest with means
enough to own a hut or a mule, built
mansions, sported heavy jewelry with
coach and four. The amazed beholder
looked on (as a. little envy arose in his
heart,) and said they must have struck
oil. The truth was in most cases they
had struck victims but not oil. But the
speculators had their day, and oil has
become one of the legitimate and im-
portant productions of the country.
When it began to be used it was used in
its crude form, or refined by crude
machinery, worked by crude operation.
It was soon found that loss, disaster,
Wounds and death followed in the track
of its use. The horror columns of the
newspapers were filled with accounts of
horrid accidents occasioned by explo-
sion of lamps, lanterns, cans or barrels.
The truth was at length forced upon the
public mind that it had a right to ex-
ercise, a duty to perform.

The subject of Otficial Inspection of
illuminating oils was urged upon the
attention of the Legislature and a Bill
passed, and was approved on the 3rd
dav Of April, 1869.

The subject has been before each suc-
ceedinglegislature since then, and the
law amended or repealed and a new
one passed, so that now there is scarce-

.  Centre. . . G.Trn.v’se Co

Michigan was one of the first to re-
quire Oflicial Inspection. Now all of
the American States as well as most of
the countries in Europe enforce inspec-
tion. It is well for the public to bear
in mind that all of these laws of States
and countries are based upon the right
and duty of the government to protect
the lives and property of its citizens.
And not upon the theory that it is the
right or duty of government to compel
the citizen to buy good goods of any
kind because more profitable or satis-
factory to the purchaser or consumer
What the State undertakes to do is to
ensure the sale of a safe oil when prop-
erly used. The law of 1869 was like the
oil used at an early day crude. The
testing apparatus very imperfect, and
working with it very unsatisfactory.
To obviate the difiiculty met in secur-
ing uniformity and accuracy with the
old open cap method, the Michigan
Board of Health constructed an ingen-
ious device which to a. great extent re-
moves the difliculty. This tester is
made the legal apparatus by the laws
of 1877 and 1879.

Inow come to the point where I desire
to answer questions that are asked every
day by scores of people, in regard to
the effect of the repeal of all of the old
inspection laws, and the passage of the
one now in force, taking effect on the
first day of July last. The chief differ-
ence between the law repealed and the
one enacted were a reduction in the
flash test from 140° to,  Shutting
out the chill test entirely. A change
in the fee charged the dealer, of from
60 cents per barrel on single barrels, to
10 cents per barrels on car load, lots to
a uniform fee of half cent per gallon
on all lots great or small. Uuder the
law repealed, the inspector received the
fee collected for his services. Under
the law of 1879, the inspectors are paid
a salary based upon the amount in-
spected. These salaries are paid out of
the fees collected, and in no case to be
a charge upon theState Treasury. The
balance of the money if any goes into
the general fund of the State at the end
of the year. The accumulations for the
first sixmonths of this year will be
about $7,000, over and above all ex-
penses.

The chill test provision in the lawof
1877 was intended to prevent the sale
and use of illuminating oils in which
there was parafiine. The legistature of
1879 omitted this provision, believing
that public safety did not require it, and
that it increased the cost of the oil, and
as before stated; the whole theory of
inspection is based upon the demand
for public safety. And when a score of
people ask verbaly or by letter every
day. Why does not our oil givea bet-
ter light? Why does it smoke? clog the
wick and finely go out? I answer
doubtless there is paraffine in the oil,
and under the law in force we have no
right to drive it out. VVe enforce the
law as it is, ensuring you that the
escaping vaper from the heated oil will
not flash below 120°. All the rights
that the inspector has in connection
with it are given. him by the law, all of
the duties are imposed by it, In re-
gard to the propriety or impropriety of
the chill test, I desire to express no
opinion here. Consumers of oil have
the remedy for the evil complained of
in their own hands, the same as they
have in the purchase and use of other
articles. Thousands of people buy
shoddy clothing when it,would be bet-
ter and cheaper to buy genuine. Thou-
sands of ladies are to-day wearing pa-

er and wiser to wear genuine sole leath-
er. Yet the law-maker is not asked or
expected to step in and say which of

in force.

 

per soled shoes when itwould be health- .

worn, and thls is the view that many
take in regard to the sale and use of oil.
It seems to me to be a settled fact that
Water White Michigan test oil is just
as good as an illuminator, as any kero-
senc oil ever used in the State. I speak
advisedly when I say that not an ac-
cident has occured in the State by its
use since the present law has been in
force. From close observation, I be-
lieve it to be just as good to all intents
and purposes as the oil we had under
the law of 1877. It may not be quite as
lasting, but the difierence in this re-
spect is slight. I had hoped before pre-
paring this article to have procured the
result of careful experiments, but they
have not yet been completed.

In saying to the public, buy VVater
White oil, I am laboring in the interest
of no refiner or dealer. They all make
it. They all keep it, or will if custo-
mers require it. This oil is now sold in
the chief markets of the State at whole-
sale for 21 cents per gallon. The Mich.
test proper for 18 cents. Oils are all
from 33 to 50 per cent. higher than they
were from six to twelve months ago.
Our Mich. oil was at wholesale  cents
one year ago. Suppose we add the low-
est advance made upon ‘any grade of oil
33 per cent. to the price under the old
law one year ago 23% per cent. it would
make oil cost now with the general
boom of price 31 cents. In the first six
months of this fyear we have inspected
60,000 barrels of about 50 gallons each.
VVe;expect to inspect at least 40,000 bbls.

5.000.000 gallons, which at a saving in
price of 10 cents per gallon will amount
to $500,000. Now a word in regard to
use of oil impregnated with parafline.
You can tell it by its color. It has
a brownish yellow cast. VVhite Wa-
ter, is clear as spring water. VVhen
using this paralfine oil, great care
should be exercised with the wick.
If the oil clogs, gives a poor light,
smokes or goes out, look Well to the
\vick, cleah it 01' put in a new one. The
wick should be clean, open porous and
work easely, (though not too loosely) in
the burner. ‘

\Ve have had five explosions in the
State since the first of July of lamps or
lanterns. Upon examining into the
facts connected with them, we have
found the wick to be in fault. The wick
could not be turned up nor down. It
had worked badly for some time. Or it
was loose, and the oil would come out
and run over on the side of the burner
and take fire there. Some of these things
occur and are the usual cause of explo-
sion, and if you value your lives or
property, see that you have good wicks,
and that they are in proper order.

Care should always be exercised in
this respect, but it is more necessary
when using oil. Oil not free from par-
afline, Water White oil will not choke
or clog the wick as readily, but even
with this oil the wick needs care.

Oil is inspected at all places in ‘the

State where it is kept for sale, under
the present law as well as under the one
repealed. Any one using uninspect-
ed oil under test are liable to a fine
and imprisonment, the same as for sell-
ing it.
I had intended to say something in
regard to the method of refining petro-
leum, but this paper is now too lengthy.
There is one mistake I desire to correct.
Some suppose the refiner puts parafline
in to adulterate, It’is there, and he
fails to get it out.

Truly Yours,
C. G. LUCE.

 

The sea of this world hides so many
rocks that a vessel whose rudder is not
in the hands of Wisdom must of neces-

these classes of goods shall be sold or

  

sity soon sufl‘er shipwreck.

more during the year, making a trllal of‘.

YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
Wlll Expire with No.

l

WHEN THE RAILROAD KINGS
RULE.

What an easy calculation,
When the railroad kings rule,
Of the cost of transportation,
When the railroad kings rule ;
Then the charges, Granger brother,
On your freight will be no bother-
Pay one-half for carrying t’other,
When tlfe railroad kings rule.

Then the West—how they'll squeeze her,
When the railroad kings rule,
For her “ tribute unto Caesar,"
When the railroad kings rule.
In the kingcraft of her natures
They’ll have filled the Legislatures
With their mercenary creatures,
When the railroad kings rule.

Then the people will do penance,
VVhen the railroad kings rule,

As a race of serving tenants,
When the railroad kings rule;

Then the landlords will forstall them,
Since it “ pleases God to call them ”

To the hardships which befall them.
When the railroad kin gs rule.

Then the land-gift to Ringdom,
When the railroad kings rule,
Shall become a mighty kingdom,
When the railroad kings rule.
if 1- % it *

Then a bard shall sing a story,
How our sun at mid-day glory
Sinks beneath an ocean gory,
When the railroad kings rule.
—C’lzz'mqn Express.

glue-'tct’5 flvpartmrnt.

J. J. WOODMAN. - ' -

PAW PAW

Work for Subordinate Granges.

The annual meetings of the National
aild State Grauges have been held, and
their work will soon be laid before the
Subordinate Grauges. I

In View of the fact that railroad cor-
porations are consolidating their influ-
ence and interests, pooling their earn-
ings, and advancing their frieght rates
to an alarming extent, the National
Grange adopted the following resolu-
tions, by a unanimous vote:

Resolved, That the Executive Com-
mittee of the National Grange be in-
structed to prepare and immediately
forward to each Senator and Represen-
tative in the Congress of the United
States, a. memorial setting forth the
fact that the producing classes of
America are being ruinously oppressed
with the burdens that have been placed
upon them by the transportation cor-
porations in the matter of freight. rates,
and urge immediate action for relief by
the enactment of such laws as will
compel such a regulation of inter-State
transportation rates as will give moder-
ate rates to the shipper and moderate
profits to the transportation companies,
and also a formal petition to Congress
to be sent to Masters of the several
State Granges.

Resolved, Second, That each State _

Grange be urged through its Master
and Executive Committee to at once
take steps to bring this matter before
the people of the several States by se-
curing the appointment of a committee
in each Subordinate Grange, and in
Counties or districts where there are no
Subordinate Granges, one or more
active persons in each school district,
to solicit signers to petitions and for-
ward them to their respective Repre-
sentatives in Congress, and forward
similar petitions to their Senators and
Representatives in their State Legisla-
tures.

The following is the form of petition,
prepared for the use of Subordinate
Granges, copies of which will be for-
warded to the Granges by the Secretary
of the State Grange:

To the Honorable Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States
of America in Congress asserbled .-

We, the citizens of ________ -- County
State of ........ __do most earnestly an
persistently insist, that the Congress of
the United States enact such laws as
will alleviate the oppressions imposed
upon us by the transportation monopo-
lies that now control the inter-State
commerce of our country. Railroads,
or Railways, as they are severally

1

Continued cm fifth page.

 


l

 

.-r
.4‘

 

Se\'entll Session Mich State Grange—
Report of Committce on (ioad
of the Order

‘Worthy iilaster and Fellow Patrons .-

Your Committee on Good of the
Order submit the following report for
your consideration :

The objects of the Order are gener-
ally better understood than they were
a few years ago, yet in this respect‘
m‘any comefai short of fully appreciat-
ing the highland noble purposes for
which the Grange was organized.

To remedy this, we’ recommend a
more careful study of their declaration
of principles, and that a portion of that
declaration of principles be read at
frequent intervals. Let some young=
person commit the whole or some part
to memory and present the same as a =
declamation; or let some one takeal
paragraph as a text for an essay. As 
soon as he is initiated, every member 1
should be supplied with a copy of the
declaration of principles. 

To encourage this, we recommend

that the Executive Committee or Sec- ,

 

Tetafy Of the State Gmllge ‘NW9 Prlmfl meetings at the time appointed. Many l

ed a large number of copies for free
distribution to all the members of the }

Grange. Too many cannot be distrib- 3
uted among readers “ outside the l
gates.” '

VVe call attention to these words in 
our V‘Vorthy-Master’s report: “ If the J
farmers of our much favored land fail
to gather wisdom from the history of
the unorganized agriculture of the Old
World, and permit others to do their
reading, their thinking, their writing, 3
their speaking, their business and their 
legislation, it will not require the gift 
of a prophet to tell what their future i
will be. The history of the Old \Vorld
has been but the historypof oppression
to tillers of the soil.” ,

There never before has been so much .3
intellectual activity among the farmers
of ourcountry as there is at the present
time. Much of this we attribute to the
work of the Grange. '

Vile repeat and throw out some addi-,
tional hints, showing how our Granges
may become more ctiicient.

Vile fully agree with our VVorthy Lec-
turer tbat more care should be given in
the proper selection of oflicers in our
subordinate Granges. Mere popularity
should not be the main reason for elec~
tion to ofiice. None but faithful, im-
partial, and unselfish worke1's are wor-
thy of oflicial position.

We call especial attention to the
Grange as an educator. This should
be correctly kept before those not mem-
bers of the Order. ,

There should be more system in con-
ducting the exerises of the Grange, in
wearing the regalia, in fulland accur-
ately carrying out all the written and‘
unwritten work. The work of Bro.
Mortimer Whitehead, Worthy Lecturer ‘
of‘ the National Grange, during the >
past summer has done much good in l
our State. We recommend a continua-
tion of such work and that some plan
be early devised by which there can be
more system in passing from one
Grange to another.

Every Grange should make strenu-
nous efforts to get a hall of its own.
This effort will interest and strengthen
the members and increase the number.
The hall should be kept clean, neat, and_
in good order. The lamps ‘always trim-
med and ready for use. Bare walls
should be neatly decorated with suitable
mottoes and designs. If possible, col-
lect a museum of grasses, grains, seeds,
insects, and make them objects of
study. Glass jars of grains, labelled to
show the grade, as made by the boards
of trade, will be valuable and instruct-

.
E
1
i
.
l
r
l

ive.

vve earnestly urge every Grange to
start g£.ll1l,rary, even a small one, and
use eyery honorable means to keep it
growing, and teach every member to
use it.

Your attention has before been called
('0 the need of always having a pub-
fished program a week or two in ad-
“nee gf any meeting. None who try_

this plan will fail to appreciate its im-
portance.

To interest ail, strenuous eflbrts must
be made by the proper otflcers to pass
no one by. in the assignment of work.
Eacli can do something; he promises
this when he joins the Grange. Unless
he works, he will not maintain his in-
terest. The best workers find the least
fault Idlers are often mischief makers.
The program should be more diversified
than usual, and made to include litera-
ture, history, tableaux, dialogues, exhi-
bitions of small fruits, large fruits, of
grains, of vegetables. Plowing matches,
sheep shearing festivals, fairs, are valu-
able and coine within the scope of
Grange work At least once a
there should be an unusual effort made

5 to bring all together fora reunion, at a 
grand festival, where there shall be §

music. toasts. and speaking by promi-
nent farmers ; where the declaration of
principles shall be read and discussed.
VVe suggest a festival on or near the
anniversary of our Order.

Enough attention is not given to the
importance of promptly beginning

officers are derelict in this respect. The
time of closing can also be easily man-
aged by fixing the hour, and then
crowding the work along to close
promptly on time. If this was carried
out, there would be no need of the
remark of our Worthy Chaplain,
where he cautions us not to hold late
hours, and encroach on the Sabbath.

farmers to participate is valuable, but

1 we believe much injury has resulted in

some places in having too many public
meetings, especially where they were
not well attended, and the order of
exercises was -not interesting or well
carried out. If a meeting is to be
public, spare no pains to make it lively,
interesting, and instructive.

We call attention to the formation of
Granges for the little folks wherever it

is practicable, that they may early learn i

to love the Order.

alone while parents attend the Grange.

Although we do not understand that I
the financial work of the Grange is its .

main feature, yet we have noticed that
every live Grange is in some way active
in co-opeiation.

In the VISITOR we recognize a great
aid i11 promoting the good of the Order.
Cannot a member in each Grange be
appointed to solicit and forward sub-
scriptions? VVhere there is some one
to attend to this subject at the proper

time, more will be effected than by"

leaving it to all to ask, or not ask, as
they may desire. The VISITOR is fear-
less and always reliable to our interests
—which cannot be said of any other
publication in the State.

VVe are gratified with the increased
interest that is manifested in Pomo-
na Granges, and recommend that they
adhere to the objects as specified in our
By-laws, and not attempt to discuss
many specific topics such as culture of
wheat, corn, or the care of any kind of
stock. In meetings of Pomona Gran-V
ges, we shall find reports of schools,
Subordinate Granges, and co-opera-
tion quite enough to occupy the time
at command. It seems to be within
tlre scope of a Pomona Grange to
employ permanent lecturers for all the

Granges in the County, to hold
institutes in winter, and a rousing
farmers’ festival in summer. These

should be held in suitable parts of the
County, to accommodate every Grange
at some time or other. The carrying
out of but one of the above suggestions
will not make a Grange successful, but
careful attention ‘ to all of them cannot
fail to make a live, model Grange
which will be worth untold money to
any country neighborhood.

And now in conclusion, permit us to
recommend continued eflfort in the use
of petitions to members in our Legisla-
ture and in Congress. Petitions alone,

year ,

In some cases they i
are inclined to think the Grange inter- I
feres with their rights, because they,
are left to spend the long evenings‘

THE GRANGE VISITOT-if

l as we have tooloften learned, will not
 always accomplish the object desired.
.VVe recommend that Patrons, regard-

less of political party, follow up these .

‘ petitions with systematic personal
I efi"ort, and see that the desired meas-
-ures due attention. Be sure
i that no mistake is made in what you
‘ ask. and then see to getting it. This is
not all. Lay it down as a part of your
l duty to your Grange, your occupation
‘and your country, to attend the can-
l cuses, or primary meetings, and there
F‘ before hand know the views of your
rcandidates on certain important ques-
 tions. Respectfully submitted,
VV. J. Bi-IAL, (./zaimndn.

receive

 From the Home Journal.
The Grangers of Barry.

On Thursday, the 4th inst, was the

 day set apart for the Grangers of Barry .
i County to meet at Union Hall in this ,

jcity. The weather for the past week
.had been extremely unfavorable, and
l the roads were well-nigh impassable in

many sections. But for this there

would undoubtedly have been a very :
As it was, those-from :

large attendance.
the more favored sections turned out,
although the sky was clouded and the
1 day promised L0 be a disagreeable one.
Considerable interest was felt, and a
large and enthusiastic Pomona Grange
was formed. The next meeting will be
held at lvliddleville, and we hope the
weather and roads will be more pro-
=pitious. \Ve can assure our Granger
friends a hearty welcome by the Broth-
ers and Sisters of Thurnapple Grange.
All who can should attend, and those
who are at a great distance will find
many a latch-string out. The follow-

’ ‘ . V _ . . 7 . . .
,l Now and then a public meeting of- mg 15 the beclemry S lep0rt'
 the Grange, with invitations to outside 3

BARRY COUNTY POMONA GRANGE.
1 A meeting appointed by .I. J. \Vood-
,‘ man, Master of the State Grange of
3 Mich., was held at Union Hall, Hast-
l ings, Dec. 4th, 1875), for the purpose of
l forming a Pomona Grange. C. L.
VVhitney, general deputy, presided.
,-After organization seventy-one mem-
l bets joined.
3 Election was then held, which re-
3 sulted in the election of the t'rr;Illowing
unembcrs to fill the several 0 ‘cos for
E the coming year: '
5 Master—A. Luther, of Rutland Grange.

Ovt-rseer—-G. R. Durfee, of Baltimore
3 Grange.
I Lecturer~l\I. VV. Blanchard, ofJohns-
town Grange.

l
I

Asst. Steward~Byron Travis, ofThorn-
apple Grange.

Grange.
‘ Treasurer—.I. J. Hendershott, of Irving

range.

Secretary--J. A. Robertson, of Thorn-
apple Grange.

1G. Kei.-per—A. B. Harris, of Yankee
, Springs Grange
iPomona—Mrs J. .I. Hendershott, of
(‘ Irving Grange.
,Ceres—Mrs. J. J.
Grange.

Flora—Mrs. C. McQueen, of Thornap- '

ple Grange.

L. A. Steward—Mrs. M. ‘\V. Blanchard,
,’ of Johnstown Grange.
‘ ‘, Geo. Sheflield, Johnstown

I Granrre.

J EX‘ Com‘ i’ Z. B. Htoyt,Rutland Grange
' J C. N. Youngs, Hope “

After the election of officers the ta
bles were spread, and all present joined
in a hearty meal so liberally provided
by the Sisters, who always perform
their part well.

The tables being cleared,-C. L. VVhit-
ney the Lecturer of the State Grange of
Michigan, delivered an address in open
Hall, which was well advised and cal-
culated to interest the citizens of the
community, whether they belong to the
order or not, and especially to all per-
son who earn their living by titling
the soil.

The first meeting of Barry County
Pomona Grange will be held at Middle-
ville, in the Hall of Thornapple Grange
No. 38, in the afternoon of Wednesday
nearest the full of the moon, which will
be the 14th of January.

J . A. ROBERTSON,
Sec’y of Pomona Grange.

Gradually but surely are the great
railroad interests of ihe United States
being absorbed by a few capitalists, and
managed and controlled as they see fit.
The same is equally .true of the tele-
graph, and will by and by he of the
landed interest. For years past money
has been freely employed in the purch-
ase of real estate by men of large means,
who make the investment in the inter-
est of future heirs. With every year's
growth the United States increases in
wealth, which means an enhanced val-
u'e of real estate; and men with sur-
plus means are able to purchase, and
allow it to lie idle, knowing that the
future will justify the expenditure. In
this and other ways have men in older
countries become possessed of large
property, and their descendants are to-
day in the receipt of enormous sums
annually from small farmers who are
compelled to rent from them. How
does this look to the American farm-
ers.—Joumal of Agricultural.

Steward»-B.‘I3. ‘ravis, ofirving Grange .

Chap!ain~Geurge M. Hudson, of Hope I

Hcaly, of Rutland}

From the Live Patron.
How to Trust the Boys.

I mean the sons of farmers; those
, who are our partner: in the manage-
‘. ment of the farm, heirs to all the beau-
.’ tiful fields waving with grain and
1 abounding in cattle. I mean our boys;
3 our Nort or Bennie or John, whatever-
5 be hi- name. The one who is singing V
‘ and hallooing about the fields. stoning
,squirrels or chasing woodchncks. Or .
perhaps he is not so cheerful, but is
whining under the severe treatment or I
neglect of his parents.

_,- M” An. ,__._

a partner in the farm business, and not
; at all a silent one. Let us look at this

our attention a few moments. How to
trust him is the question. VVe feel from
year toycar that we are growing old,
, our boys are coming on apace, and are
. putting in their say on matters about
. the farm.

Rralize it or not, we will have to give
all over to some one by and by. To
whom would we be most pleased to do
it.

V’Ve know.

“Other hands our farms

' VVhat hands, fellow farmers 2’
would we most like to till our farms,
« on which we have spent so much time
and thought and hard work? .\Vho, if
not our own boy Nort or Bennie‘? \Ve
must know that to fit them for the
5 business we must get them interested
in the details of the farm woik. Have
them understand that they are part
owners. I like to hear boys tell about
“ our farm,” “ ourcrops,” or “our cat
tie.” It shows that he has already
taken part in the business, and can do
something toward the management of
the farm. It is a great mistake we
l make in not getting our boys at work
I planning for the prosperity of the farm.

 

I am strongly pelsuaded that this is i

1 a great sin we commit against ourselves
l and our families.
; reap. “/9 buy and sell, and do not con-
‘ suit our boys about it: We need not
1 alter our plans. \Ve can so conduct the
, conversation that they will advise just
the thing that we propose to do. I.l_~'
and by, we do not know how soon, am-I
, our boys will. have the whole man. ;J‘/

5 ment of the farm. If he has been ad-
} vised with before, he can go along with
little jar or break; but ifhe has been
treated as a hired man, and the work is
3 new to him, how can he go on with the
3 business safely‘? He can not; but he

 

tricksters on all sides, and by the time
he gets his education his farm is gone.

to work, and at what. age would you
co11sultyourboys‘.”’ I would say from
infancy. At the table talk over with

grass till it is sod bound, and you are
going to break it up. Tell the boys that
the meadow has been in grass so long
that it should be turned over. The

oys will ask why so.

would bring better grass. Now, what
will be most natural for the boy to say ‘.7
‘ It seems to me it is this :
father. would it not be best to break it
up this spring?” How easy to fall in

‘ his suggestion, and say, “ I guess I will
do it.” Now that boy has taken an in-
portant lesson, one that will do him
good in afterlife. Ithas not costmuch.
‘ You talked it over one day at dinner,
but the boy will look at that meadow
and see what sod bound means and will
observe the difference, and will say to
himself, “I think we did a good thing.”
If you have a cow that you want to get
rid of, tell the boys about her, how she

do much better, and you will get their
advice to sell her and get a younger
one. _ 

Give Sammy a piece of ground, plow 
it and help him cultivate it and give‘
him the crop. Let him sell it and have
the money and spend it; but advise
with him and show him when he has
made poor purchases, and he will be
better prepared to handle greater
amounts when he comes to have them.
Give Robert a few trees. Tell him how
he must keep out the borer and show
him how to do it. Tell him how to
keep the trees:from:worms’ nests. Tell
him he can have the crop of these trees
if he will properly care for them. Get
the boys in the practice of keeping an
eye on all parts of the farm, as if it
was their own, and you will soon in
that way have not only partners but
most elficent help. I remember when
I was a boy, we lived in the village and
hired our cow pasture of a farmer. My
father was not in the habit of consult-
ing us boys about his business much_
One day I went: with him to see the
pasture. As we passed over the field
he called my attention to the grass, and
said: “ George, does not this field look
rather short.” I looked at the grass}
with an interest, and felt that I was of I
some help. As we returned, I thought.
“ My father and I have been out to see
the pasture, and we thought the field
was rather short.” Now, my fame,-l
did not know how much ood he had ‘
done me, and how he. ha quickened
my interest in our family matte“

. . G. M. '1‘. J.
Binghamton, N. Y., Nov. 21, '79.

However that may be, he is, as I said, 3

matter or the boy rather and give him .

will till a hundred years to come.’’,
‘ Yes, and fifty years, and\twenty years. ,
\Vho ‘

VVQ plow, sow and i

will be the subject of sharp deal from ‘

I know of many such cases, and so do ,
you, my friend, if you have observed. j=
“But how," asks one, “ would you go 3

the mother a11d the children, if they ;
i are old enough to express an opinion, ‘
‘the plans for spring work, Perhaps;
you have a meadow which has been to ,

You would tell ‘
them if broken up and seeded again it ‘

“ \Vhy then, .

with plans, as though you had acted on :

is getting old and a younger one would J.
l

, ihnvii wELLs.

Important to WelI_—Uivners——’l‘he Princi-
ple in Gl'(’elI’s Pat.-nt Said to Have
been Discovered in 1x10

An Important I)iscoi'cry.

The following information may be of
some benefit to the parties prosecuted
and to such as own such wells. A re-
cent communication to the Ithaca Jour-
nal, siglled bv E. A. Warner, says:
-‘ ‘ W hen I wasiu VVashingt0n last week
I learned seari.-l1 was being made in the
patent office farther , back than ever
heretofore into the drive well system.
If P‘=1_l611t pas discovered in the over-
hauling) or dusiy_1node.'s and records
dated 1510. and said to cover the identi-
cal ])!‘0t:E.~S claimed now as a monopoly
by Wm. D. Andrews & Co. A Mr.
Bartholomew and Mr. Duel], of Cort-
fiiillbdi Welie, Iltthink causipg the search
.0 e mar e. V was statei, in my hear-
ing that proof had been discovered of
 pse pit tltilt; dxiivle well in the

’: :.un er is 8 tlpatent.”

'lh_e Cortland Standard copies the
letter, and make.-' the lollowing com-
ments: Judge Buell assures us that
. the statements made in his communica-
igpnt age true, and tu_rther that Judge
1 _a L‘ ford, ot the United States Cir-
. cult Court, has just rendered a-decision
111a-patentcase, which has an impor-
‘tant bearing upon the suits brought by
l\. \V. (xreen and assignees, against
persons using the driven well. Judge
Bla.tc_htord denies that if an invention
goes into public use tor niore than two
years prior to the application for letters
patent, it is an absolute bar to an action
by the inventor for the int'ringement.
Green, we und-arstand, claims that he
‘ made his invention in 1861, but did not
apply for his patent until 1866. During
this time the well went into general
use, Jaines Suggctt, Byron Mudge,
Robert Dalton, William, \Vinter, and
numy wirw ’  i‘ we are informed,

' ‘ as early as ‘ 162
the facts z.~- ‘e
i :hford'sdeci.

   
 
  

    

 

   

:lu

- 1112+-ll tn .- x 1id<-iit that ‘e
‘il'l\'r‘il “Ml .-slits air: :1 ly begun co 2-t
be suci-c.—.sl'ully maintain»-.:'.‘' - Er.

Way Join the (lmuge.

There are many reasons. 'l,‘h«- Grange
is a means of rational and highly bene-
ficial social enjoyment. The Grange is
a means of valuable instruction. When

~ farmers meet together they naturally
talk. They talk of their business as
farmers, of the markets, the oppression
of lllullopllns, the rate of interest, the
railroad law, the third term, the pros-
pect of the Patrons’ moveme-nt—in
short, of everything that interests them
as men. A few days since two good
farmers sat here at our table and talked
of the different breeds of hogs, and
their proper care, then of other stock
matters, and so on—all of us were in-
structed by the talking together. So
everywhere, and particularly at the
Grange meetings, good farmers will find
much valuable instruction in the mu-
tual exchange of views and the relation
of their €‘Xp€‘l"ItI1(5€S. In this connec-
tion thc advice cannot come amiss if we
say, go early. It will afford YOU the
greatest opportunity to talk With your
neighbors. The Grange is the means
of large savings in business. Already,
through the State and count,V agencies,
3 a vast amount of farm n1aC1liDeI‘y and
J other supplies have been purchased by
J the farmers at greatly reduced prices.
 and arrangements are notp Imzklpg for
still further reductionsau Vas er rans-
actions. Co-operative stores have been
started, insurance compflllles Ofgamzedi
elevators built and agencies V01” Sale Of
farm products established.‘ All this
tends to save money fO_r 111e_T31‘m91'y and
to teach him habits of business.——0re-
gon Cultivator.

   

GRANGE SCHooLs.~A peculiarity of
the Grange system in Michigan is, that
in many parts of the State members of
the Order have established schools of
the higher grade. which are maintained
in connection with the work of their
order, They are not intended. to take
the mace of the free schools in that
State; but many farmers who are mem-
bers or this Order, finding it expensive
to send their children to high-priced
boarding-schools, have combined to-
gether to establish high-schools near
home, where their children may board
at home and be constantly under the
pure home influence. These school-
moms are generally provided in the
Grange balls or buildings, and by the
effort of co-operation, farmers are en-
abled to provide a good high grade in-
struction for their children at a very
moderate cost. Moreover, the boys and
girls are educated to love the farm and
the home and from not being placed in
contact with outside influences, are not
so liable to be educated with 8. bias
against farming life, and towards the
life of towns and professional pursuits.
—Ame7'iccm (htllivatur.

NEW HAVEN is so flooded with law--
yers that recent law-school graduates
have hard work» to live._ Not a few
sleep in their oflices, putting out their
pint kettles each morning for milk,
which with crackers afl"ords their heart-
iest meal.—Exchange.

 

 

. '.r:‘13n~.» . .. _


 

 

A LITTLE BOY’S TROUBLES.

I thought when I'd learned my letters
That all my troubles were done ;
But I find myself mistaken—
.They only have just begun.
Learning to read was awful, .
But nothing like learning to write ;
I’d be sorry to have you tell it,
But my copy-boolg is a sight.

The ink gets over my fingers ;
The pen cuts all sorts of shines,
And won't do at all as I bid it;
The letters won't stay on the lines
But go up and down all over
As though they were dancing a jig-
They are there in all shapes and sizes,
Medium, little and big.

The tails of the g’s so contrary are.
The handles get on the wrong side

Of the d’s and the k’s and the h’s,
Though I've certainly tried and tried

To make them just right : it is dreadful,
I really don’t know what to do,

I'm getting almost distractr=.d—
My teacher says she is too.

Ther'e’d be some comfort in learning
If one could get through ; instead
Of that, there are books awaiting,
Quite enough to craze my head.
There's the multiplication table,
And the grammar, and-oh, dear me,
There’s no good place for stopping,
When one has begun, I see.

My teacher says little by little

To the mountain tops we climb.
It isn't all done in a minute,

But only a step at a time ;
She says that all the scholars,

All the wise and learned men,
Had each to begin as I do ;

If that’s so—where’s my pen ?

—C‘arlotta Perry, in November Wide Awake. I

Qiummuniiczttinns.

What Relation Ought the Grange to
Sustain to the Public Polity?

FARMINGTON, Dec. 12th, ‘'79.
Bro. Cobb .- I

The above question was considered 5

before the Oakland County Pomona
Grange. held in this place last fall.

It was conceded that farmers and
“ We, the People, ” did not control the
public polity as we ought. Grange
machinery must not be degraded to
political party machinery, but that
does not imply that farmers have
no political iights that politicians.
should be bound to respect. It does§
not imply that a Patron of Husbandry
should abandon all consideration of the i
public polity to lawyers, who are pro- l_

i one man in the nation fit for the presi-
{ dency, and he wanted to help elect him
ievery four years as long as he lived,
i while I thought the farmer of Andro-
l scoggin or the dairyman of Herkimer
would be better than the foremost sol-
, dier, since the chief danger to republics
i had been the army and exalted milita-
l I'y position. The farmer of North
 Bend died suddenly after being elevat-
i ed to the presidency, The rest of man-
: kind seem determined to never sub-
3 ject another farmer to such peril.
l GEORGE ROBERTS, Lecturer.
 Farmington Grange, No. 267.

C0-0PERATl0N—EDUCATION.

"An Essay read before «Woodstock Grange,
No. ‘I58, By John G. Curtiss.

The advance of each and every age is

, measured by its progress in reforms,
 those reforms that have a tendency to
‘ elevate the moral sentiments of men by
i the adoption of rules of associated ac-
tion. Every movement that tends to

I do away with the restrictions of caste
r in sociéty, and give to us the humanities
, of right, is a step toward a higher and
1, nobler development of that law, whose
S aim’ itis to secure happiness by first se-
curing the well-being of each and every
member of the community.

lciples of the Patrons of Husbandry,
’ have beendiscussed in all their forms, 3 -

and it is quite difficult to give to an au-
dience composed wholly of Grangers
 any new ideas in regard to the princi-
ples of the Order, its objects, its teach-
ings, or as to what its future may be,
but it isjust as true that no great sub-
ject aifecting human happiness is ever
; described enough, so long as a wrong
‘ exists there is work to do.

»

i were created free and" equal—tl1at they

ernments were instituted among men,
deriving theirjust powers from the con-
sent of the governed.” \Vhen this ;
great truth was first breathed forth to l
the world there had never been a more 

The prin - ‘

Our forefathers declared that “All men 

were endowed with certain inalienable =
rights—that to secure those rights gov- 

TI-IE GRAN Gilli’ i?i’§1T0R."

wrongs they have endured so long are .
beginning to look around for relief. ,
, They are educating themselves. They

'have formed associations. They are;
, combining themselves together for mu- ‘
3 tual protection not only, but to elevate I
_ themselves to that condition which of

might is theirs. And among all these ,
, combinations the Grange holds no in- 
 ferior position. Then let us as Patrons
l of Husbandry educate ourselves so as to 3
lbe fitted for a more exalted positon.

; Let us encourage the weak. Let us put 

,’ on our best armor that we may do bat-
i tle successfully with the strong.

l Then work on, brothers and sisters
{until your rights are secured to you,
l

l

l

in such a manner that when you come
to lay down your implements; of labor ;
you will do so with the assurance that
the great truths which you have yindi- ,
cated will be transmitted to your’ chil- ,
dren’s children for all time. VVork on
then Patrons, and do not declare your ‘
labor completed so long as one of your
toiling brothers and sisters is uneduca-
ted; so long as one poor family is in .
want; one human soul debased by dis- ‘
sipation, or one human being finds the
, temptatations to crime stronger than
 the facinalions of virtue.

A Card to the‘ Public.

\Vherea:-1, certain parties who are sell-
ing the Howe scales to farmers at what
we call swindling prices. and we are
informed that said parties are reporting
that they have furnished the Englishes
and the South Boston Grange hall with
those scales,

This is to certify, that all such state-
ments are false, and that we take no
stock in said parties, who go around
minding the farmers’ business.

VVe have a five-ton Jones scale at
our hall, and one of us has a 1,600 lb.

" perfect satisfaction. And we would ad-

vise all who want scales to buy from first ‘
hands, the manufacturer, Jones, of
‘- Binghampton, N. Y.

J. C. E.\:<}I.IsH
»
J. F. ENGLISH,

,(Hope you will do so in due time.)

2 professions.

, improve their swamp land farms.

‘ Harrison Gaunt.

, Select Reading, Kate Judson.

platform Jones scale, all of which give ~

.

3

l
‘of the Southern population coming
among us.
VVhy do not the newspapers publish,
those resolutions of the Nat. Grange.

They sound more like making a Nation
than t_he Brigadier talk that has been
the main business of Congress for the
past two sessions. Let us keep the ball
rolling in our State; let the mechanics
and laborers in all places learn our dec-
laration, let them know that what we
strive for is for the good of all; let them
see that public institutions are for the

‘ artisan as well as for the proiessions,—- 

that an educated farmer, engineer, ma-
chinest or slioveler, will produce more I
wealth than any of the so called learned

The man who could swim ;
had a much better chance for this world 
than the Philosopher when they were j

 crossing a river in a leaky boat.

\Vith twenty thousand soldiers kicked .
out of the Republican party, there is a .
fair chance for statesmen coming to the
front, and of leaving political partisan,
bargain and sale candidates to contem- -
plate the beauties of rural life, and to

L. G. HUNT. '2

Progrsninie of Tenny Plains Grange, for
1850. ‘

January 6th. 7 o’clock 1*. 1u.—-—“(,'-are I
and management of Sheep ”—Lym:1n 5
Gate. Discussion. Music for the eve’-
ning, Mrs. B. F. Davison. Inte1'mis- l,
SlOl’.l. Essay, Mrs. Smith Semer. Song.
January 20th 7 o’clock, P. n.—Care y
and Management of l“a.1-m Implements,
Discussion. Music,
Intermission. ,
Song. l
February 3d, 7 o’clock 1-‘. n.—How
to make our Homes attractive, Mrs.

‘.\lr.-'. Harrison Gaunt.

B. F. Davison. Discussion. Music,
Marshal Potts. Essay, Mrs. Lyman
Cate Song.

February 26th, 7 o'clock P. M.—
Open to the public.—I’ublic duties
of F2tI‘lIlel'S, A. VV. Baker.
sion open to all. Music, Lyman Cate.
Intermission.
Select Reuding(Fa1'mer’s Daughters),
, Mrs. C. E. Burns. Song.

Management of Orchards, J. S. Bam-

. equalities of

Discus- ‘

Essay, Mrs. H, Gaunt. "
 politics, it is for the svnne reason.
_ w ‘in or out of office, he becomes the
March 2d, 7 o’clock P. .\I.—(,are and ‘

From an occasional correspondent
of the H usbz1.na’.7nan., we find the fol-
lowing sensible letter :

The strange indifference to manage-
ment ot public affairs, manifested by
so many farmers operates as a great
discouragement to others who are
ready and willing to exert all their
force to bring correction to the evils
which spring from a system that prac-
tically excludes the interest, most
deeply concerned in just laws, from
all part in making or admin‘steriug
them. Every means employed to en-
list farmers in wise efibrts to secure
equal consideration for tl'eir interests
with all others,' is neutralized by
shrewd managers who £ll'_e able to di-
vide farmers on trumped-up political
issues, or in some way to divert at-
tention irom the most important mat-
ters in which they should have deep
concern. Thus, there is failure to
amend assessment laws; the in-
transportation charg-.
es are continued; the cost. of
civil service permitted to exceed all
reason, and legal services protected
by law when extortionate demands are
made. The men who produce wealth
have really less to say about its dis-
position than the men who, by forms
of law, feed and fatten upon it with-
out adding one whit to the blessings
that flow from well directed labor.
All this has been said so often that
it has the character of 9. well-worn
tale; still it must be repeated in the
hope that farmers as 3. class will real-
ize the situation and the necessity for
action on their part. looking to cor-
rection of the evils of which they
complain. One of their number, in a
letter received lately, has these plain
words that may be relished, because
they are highly seasomd by truth:

“ What our farmers most need

I to.day, is some method or agency by

which the great body of them can be

‘induced to open their eyes and ob-

serve, read, think, and reason for
themselves. If you find one making
no progress on the farm, it is because
they will neither read, observe, nor
think. If he is cheatud in trade or
If

dupe or tool ox‘ scheming, intriguing,
corrupt men, it is because he will not

fessional politicians, and whc prefer for
their clients the rich, who can reward
them for their services more munifi-

 ber. Discussion. Music, Norman Da-
l vison. Intermission. Butter Making", ‘
Mrs. A. VV. Baker, followed by lady

take the trouble to qualify himself to
judge of‘ what is right and best, and
then act intelligently on his own

grand or sublime declaration issued 
from the lips of man; but, alas it is to-
day a. misnomer. It is a falsehood so

D H. ENGLISH.

Grange Growth and Prospects.

 

cently than common people can.

It does not imply that the truth in
relation to govern mental affairs should
be made an exception to the truth after
which we" are required to search dili-
gently.

Bro. R. E. Trowbridge said we have

the right to ask how it is that farmers *

are required to pay 85 per cent. of the
taxes while they possess less than half
the property. It is easier to tell how it
happens than to tell why it should
happen. Many farmers pay taxes on
farms that are mortgaged what for they
are worth besides paying interest on the
money that bought the farms while the
posse-sors of other kinds of property
some of them get rid of paying any tax
by false swearing.
Bro. Trowbridge and all of us have
learned through the newspapers that
a. certain man hasjust sold thirty mil-
lion dollars worth of property, who
but afew months before swore he had
no property. If this government was
smart it would take such scoundrels at
their word. The penalty for perjury is
incarceration in the the state’s prison—
‘if the offender is poor, if he is rich it
shohld be a. forfeiture of the property.
Especially should it be so in the case of
a description of property which»natur-
ally belongs to the government, and
which should he used for the benefit of
the whole people. The government
put; foundation props under the magnfi-
cent castle that Vander—built. By
what authority does he require us to
keep those props in their present posi-
tion for all time to come? Let him re-
member that the props belong to us
and not to him. ‘
While Patrons may not all agree with
me as to the above, they will all agree
that a farmer has as good a right to a
controlingposition in the government
as any one else. Not long since a
three-termer asked me ifthere was any-
thing in the constitution prohibiting a
third term. I replied in Yankee style
by asking him if there was anything in
the constitution prohibiting a farmer
from being president. We could not

V .3;-ea at all, he thought there was but

far as the laboring classes are concern-

tries of the country is the one that guar-
antees to them the right to pay nearly
all the taxes.

The American public could, with
the same propriety bring forward the
same grievances that caused our forc-
fathers to secede from the mother coun-
try,—taxation without respresentation.
The laboring class fought the battle of
the revolutionary war, they battled for
rights and principles and were success-
ful, but their descendants, or at least
that portion of them, who, by necessity
are compelled to toil, or even those who
from their own choice or pleasure fol-
low agricultural pursuits, are to-day
denied the rights which they battled
for, won, and sought to transmit to
posterity. Certain it is that they are
acknowledged to be the bone and sinew
ofthis great republic withoutwhom the
nation could not exist. Still they are
almost totally ignored as an element in
political progress, and they will never
be recognized as any considerable ele-
ment in the political world until they
themselves force this recognition, and
this can be accomplished only by edu-
cating the masses,—combining them
togel;her,—a.nd thereby demonstrate to
the world their ability to not only gov-
ern themselves but others. Then they
will be in a position to awaken the in-
spiration of justice, and force an ac-
knowledgement of their rights. Our
statesmen and rulers who are composed
of professional men, as a class, aver
that the laboring classes can never be
so educated that they prudently may
be entrusted with the reins of govern-
ment. This is a slander older than the
Republic itself. It is crime sitting in
judgment on innocence.

Buta better day is dawning. The
masses oppressed with a sense of the

ed, for who does not know that the,
greatest inalienable right that is vouch- j
safed to those who carry on the indus-

_ LANSING, Dec. 22, 1879.
Editor Grange Visitor .-

Permit me to congratulate you on
your introduction of the new VISITOR.
Hurrah! for the Granger. \Vho can
beat them, double every three years-
just think of it; where shall we be
when we hold our fourteenth annual
session. Shall want a whole printing
ofiice by that time, Editors and assist-
ants, local news gatherers and foreign
correspondents, die. But perhaps by
that time you will have learned some
of the policy points that pertain to party
press, and to partizan paragraphs. But
how dare you a plowman for fifty years
presume to say that you shall continue
to the " truth, the whole truth,” and to
challenge the political rings to answer
for themselves toithe people. But go
ahead, don’t let party ties “ bottle you
up,” and we will all help you, and give
you a subscription list that will enable

- the issue of the VISITOR. The seventh
annual session has shown good progress
among the members of the Order, in
that they have resolved to work and
vote for such measures as they think

lessons of last year have been noted,
and the remedy found, and if we have
the nerve to apply it, we shall have all
the politicians of the State taking up
swamp lands and becoming Grangers.
But We shall have to keep well up with
ring movements, not all of those who
are known as farmers are with us or
for us, only as they hope to gain our
votes. There are some who have fine
2 farms, and who raise fine stock; and
who, also have a. public record, let us
look that over and see‘ if those ear
marks are correct. There are some
who “respect farmers, but look upon
Graugers with contempt.” '
_Republican partizaus will use the
Big. N. to keep the old liners in the
party traces. But the census of 1880
will settle that question without our
voting for a solid North or a solid South.
The natural increase of the North-west

our Executive Committee to double in 

the laborers of our State need. The ,

members. Song.

Elm-ch 16th, 7' o'clock P. M.—IIousc
Cleaning,—Mrs. Henry Holdridge.
‘ Discussion. Music, U. E. Burns.
Intermission. Salt and Plaster, VVal-
ter Nichols. Discussion. Select Read-
ing, Rollin W'ood.

April 6th, 7 o'clock P. M.——Farm-
er’s Gardens, R. S. Potts. Discussion.
Music, Anna Gillick. Intermission.
Culture of House Plants, Mrs. A. De-
Gai-mo. Song, R. H. Tvnny. '

April 20th, 8 o'clock I’. n.—Bes
time and manner of VVorkin;.~; High-
way tax, B. F. Davison. Music, Har-
rison Gaunt. Intermission. Front
Yard, Mary Tenny. I Back Yard, Sa-
rah 'Whitney. Song.

For the VISITOR.

At the annual meeting of VVayne
County Grange No. 8, which convened
at VVayne village, Dgc. 12th, 1879,
the following Patrons were elected
I oflicers to seive the next Official term,
VIZ:

VV. M.—O. It. Pettengell, Plym-
outh, P. O.

0.—O. R. Strong, Bellville.

L.—N. T. Bradner, Redford.

S.—Robert Brighton, Vlfyandott.

Asst. S.—Sa.b9z Padley, Denton.

C.—VVorthy Blanchard, Livonia.

TI-.—-—J. V. Harmon, Northville.

Secy.——W. E. Smith, Nankin.

G. K.—Chas. Straight, Perrinsville.

Pomona-—Miss Clara Clark, Bell-
ville.

Ceres.—Mrs. G. W. Thorn, Flat
Rock.

Flora.——Mrs. Lydia Cady, \Vayne.

L. A. S.——Mrs. E. P. F. Bradner,
Redford.

Executive Commit’..ee.—M. E. Carl-
ton, Canton; T. B. Cady, Wayne; Jas.
Vreeland, Trenton; L. Dean, Nankin.

By invitation the installation cere-
monies will take place at the Hall of
Centre Grange No. 298, Denton,'Jan-
uary 23d, 1880. All fourth degree
members are cordially invited to at-
tend. W. E. SMITH, Sec.

 

The white of an egg is said to be a spe-
cific for fish-bones sticking in the throat.

has settled that, even without one-third

1 judgment

It is to be swallowed raw. Remember it.

I know that the truth is
not always flattering to either men or
classes, and I may give oflilrnse if I
assert what is true of our class——that
they are apt to be thoughtless, heed-
less, and stupid. Many of them
do not manage their farms or business
at home with any degree of success
or credit. In public matters they
often allow passion or prejudice to
control, and they divide so equally
on important questions that one fac-
tion cancels the other, and they have
no voice or influence. In public posi-
tions, they are often too incompetent
or too ignorant to perform their
duties well, and too indolent and
stupid to qualify themselves, and they
consent to be led and used to their
own injury, and the injury and re-‘
proach of farmers as a. class.

“ I can see no end to this condition
unless there is some method, by
which farmers,as :1 body,can be arous-
ed from their lethargy and made to
think, and realize the possibilities
within reach, and the boundless re-
ward waiting only for uni- n and ef-
fort, not only made easy, but that all
alike should enjoy. I know of no
agency so likely or nble'to accom-
plish this work as the Grange, aided
by farmers’ clubs, and the public
press working together with them.
Let the work go bravely on. I shall
not see the end.

WHAT IS run REASON ?—There are
three live active Granges close to
Milford, Ill Probably there is more
Grange influence there: than in any
other town in the State. It is unde-
niably an active business town, as
much so as any south of Wilmington.
Has the Grange made it so, or is it in
spite of the Grange.—Chrom'cZe.

 

All pure, sweet laughter is a sign of
happiness, and happy people are much
more apt to be virtuous than unhappy-
‘Be good and you will be happy, is hard-
ly a more valid saying than Be happy
and you will be good.’ In.the matter Of
thought and character, It has many
times been observed_by the most 0919-
ful students of the mind, that a.1ack of
humor involves a very ser1_ous_ Intellect:
ual defect, a lack of nice dlB(}_I‘_l_nlln_$_t£,

 


  

 

-  ¢,«s_-_»..¢-.1 mm; S--4-,.;vst»¥ndn,-¢—'\ - .I,_ .. ~. ._ . , .

4

GRANGE VISITOR.

SCHOOLCRAFT. JAN. 1, .1880.

THE

Simtargri glepartment.

J. T. COBB. - SCHOOLCRAFT.

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

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

The first No. of the Grange Vis-
IToR was issued in April, 1875, by
order of the Executive Committee
of the Mich. State Grange. From
that time forward until Dec., 1877,
it was issued monthly.

It was then enlarged, and for two
years the regular edition of 4,000
copies has been issued on the 1st
and 15th of each month. Several
of the editions have reached 4,500

THE MAKE-UP.

1

We expect that the Master’s l
Department in future will be found 
on the second page as heretofore. 
But not receiving “ copy " before i
it was necessary to make—up the}
‘ inside, we were compelled this 
time to divide his communication. 
Changes of size and form, even in I
a little semi-monthly papermake 
some work. We shall have things
l all in good running order with the
next issue. «

l
PETITIONS T0 CONGRESS. l

We have sent to Secretaries the 1
blank petitions recommended and
provided by the National Grange 1.
for distribution to the Graiiges of;
the United States. 

These petitions ask for congres— 
sional action, to correct flagrant 
abuses which are so obvious that 

copies} These are mostly read by

Mich Patmm though We have a  P355 0f 1egiS1atiV9 hi-9t0l'.Ya W0 l Make men think about these mat-
. .,

few subscribers in each of a dozen jl
different States. It has been from ,

the begining to all intents and}

purposes a Grange paper, issued

for the sole purpose of disseminat- ,l
ing the principles of the Order,‘,
affording a medium of communi-:
cation for individual membersf
with the Order at large, and for;
ofiicers of the State Grange with:
members. As the Organ of the;

Order, it. has been a central point 
for the collection and distribution l

’ of Grange news, and its purposei

has been to aid in that educational i

work, which has ever been con-,l

sidered of primary importance tol

every one who fully comprehended

the Objects of our Orgam.Zati0n__ [ and discussion which they will elic- i hour before going to bed. Much ;

if we were wholly oblivious to the J

might expect some favorable ac-
tion upon them before the close
of the present session.

5
1
But. we have all learned that pe- 
titioniiig as a business, don’t pay:
much on the investment, and few 
of us would engage in it if it re- l
quired of us much time or money. -,

Our law makers seem to get I
pretty much outof our reach when 
they get to Washington, but as l
they are elected and paid to do our 
work and we want this work done, 
what less can We do than petition 
them. 3

It is not effort wholly lost. if our 
prayer is not granted. The read-l
ing of these petitions and the talk 1

 

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

 

. for those things that we all, both

'gressi0nal action.

congress, there is little prospect come. An article that you very
that anylaw regulatinginter State ,' much Want t0 See and that YOU

comnierce will ever be enacted. 3 k110W is Somewhere iii a_fil€ 01' fifl)’ ‘
1 But with or without faith that we , 01' a hundred Papers 15 hme better

shall reach the ear of congress,let  211? losltif You h3Ve 110 guide ‘'3
. . . or 1
us petition, not for everything that ' D m’ ' .

. . . . ' ' ’ ti 1;
we can think of, that individually , in?1[1: §::td::)S]:n1]l: ::.n:1(::]b{:IrSIT1:R
We thmk may need doctomlg’ but  somewhere, there was a very valua-
j ble article upon the legal rights of
l fariners, carefully prepared by a
011'  legal gentleman in the eastern

3 part of the State. That article
Every Grange should take action  alone was worth fai',moi'e to every

inside and outside “the gate” alike
agree imperatively require 0

on these petitions and appoint ‘; farmer who_t.akes the VYISITOR ll1Zll’]'l
some brothel. whose duty it shall 3 a year’s snbscription, but who has ‘;
get signatures to these peti- ‘. fhmeiel? “_"d'Wh°t that£ha_5t1tt 931:]: ;
and when this sheetis filled‘ r mm“ 95 um 0 1 0 Se" I
l anv disputed point there subst.an- ]

be to
tions,
with names attach another and in-  tialldetennined.

' V ' ' t h' .
Zgtiiilerzilgglter 1V1;,h3e(:1uraS‘:]::n1eI: i Before another legislature meets,
' " ' Ior rather, before the men who
have been secured that can be,! ‘

_ _ will compose it are noniinated
forward the petition to your mem-  some of you win want to km)“:
ber of Congress at \Vashington.

}' What answers some of the present
 members of that body made when
ters and talk about them—it can  interviewed on the question of-ap-
do no harm, it may do some good. l pealing suits from justice courts.

__?.—.»»—— i Have you those answers where you

i
NEWSPAPER FILES. 4‘
1

We have from time to time ad-
vised our subscribers to keep a file
of the VISITOR. In these days of;
hurry, here, there and every- l
where, we know this keeping a file
is not so easy a matter. With most 
of us, however systematic we may 3
be in in our business affairs, there 
is none about our reading, or little ‘
care of our reading matter. We l
pick up a paper for a minute §
while the pancakes are being .1
turned, or while waiting for some- 

thing or some body, or for a half;

. .. . “til . ii '. f‘- '.d'_"tl' ' .
Whlch statedm few Words ls thell ,a serves to eiil giten the pub 0 our 181 mg is iiown in as

improvement and elevation of the 
American farmer and his family. l

The sixth volume will commence 
Jan. 1st, 1880 with an increase of.
fifty per cent. in the size of the
paper and without any addition to
its price.

The farmers of Mich. have had
a prosperous year, and are better
able to buy and pay for what they
want and need, than they have
been at any time in the last. three
years.

We expect with the inducements
offered, to have a very consider-
able addition within the next three
months to our present list of sub-
scribers.

To advertisers, the VISITOR offers
one of the best opportunities to
bring their wares or stock to the
attention of farmers that can be
found in the State.

Itis not our purpose to devote
very much space to advertisements,
and as heretofore shall not accept
of any that are not of interest to
farmers. Patent medicines how-
ever good, and patent humbugs
however had, are not sought or ac-
cepted at any price ; but with more
room we shall devote more space
than heretofore to advertising.

The VIsIToii will be sent to one
or more subscribers for fifty cents
a year invariably in advance.

Our advertising rates are very
low when ‘the matter remains
standing for three months or more.

For terms, address

J. T. COBB, Publisher,
Schoolcraft, Mich.

Sample copies of the VISITOR
to any address on application.

t

he mind, adds to the general stock I
of knowledge of the people-in
sliort is educational.

This matter of patent rights as
protectedjby existing laws,or rather
holding the ignorant purchaser or
user of a patented article, liable to
the patentee or some scainp who 3
owns or pretends to own the as-
signed rights of the patentee, is an
absurdity, and every Grange in the
country should talk about it until -‘
every member is well posted and
understands his liabilities.

These petitions ask congress to
care for the interests of several
millions of the people of the Uni-
ted States, which fact would seem
to be sufficient, not only to com-
mand attention, but secure action.
But opposed to this are immense
monied interests that can concen-
trate their power, make it active,
insinuating, venal, until like giant
powder it is able to scatter to the
four winds of heaven all these
tame ,silent prayers of ours that so
seldom find courageous, active, in-
dependent, unpurchasable advo

cates on the floor of Congress.

There is little prospect of our
prayers being heard until the
people shall become so thorough-
ly aroused to the positive loss-
es inflicted upon them, and the
dangers that surround them, that
they will require pledges of

candidates for Congress, that if
elected they will, by their influ-
ence and vote, endeavor to secure
the objects sought by these peti-
tions. When the people demand;
these pledges they will most likely i
demand the nomination of men
that railroad monopolies cannot

chinking between jobs of work,:

‘and we take care of our reading
-_matter in much the same way.

Many of us can hardly tell wheth-
er we have had the last number of,
our paper or not.

Now we don’t write this expect-

} ing to alter or change the habits

of our people very much, but if a
little improvement is made here

Old files of papers are sonie—
times of great value, and more
care should be taken to preserve
them. Since the first number of
the VISITOR was issued in April,
1875, not less than 320,000 copies 1
have been scattered over the coun
try and of all these thousands
there are probably not more than
twenty full files in existaiice.

Now we have more than thats

number of members in the State
who would be glad to give the
price, sixty cents, for the 48 num'
bers issued in 1878 and 1879, nicely
bound, but these members did not
keep files and no one has for them.
We have plenty of all of the 4th
and 5th volumes except those ad-
vertised for in the VISITOR of De-
cember 15th.

If any of our friends can find
any of these, we shall be very
much obliged if they will send
them to us to complete volumes in
the hands of the binder. .

Well, we started out to ask our
friends to look overthis number of
the VIsIToR—‘—see if there is any
thing in it that you will ever want
to see.again,' if there is, mark the
articles and save the slieet- When
you go to town buy a small index
book, at the stationers, all nicely
lettered, and index the articles
giving Page, No. and Vol. of the
paper. If you continue to do this

‘can find them?

It is likely that a good many-
‘ men this year will be asked to put l

themselves on the record upon
questions that concern the people
and we now think that the VISITOR

will be worth preserving.

Again we say, keep a file of the
VISITOR and index every article that
you tliinlc when you read it you will
ever want to see again.

OUR CONTRIBUTORS.

This number of the VISITOR pre-
sents to our readers abundant,
proof of the willingness of Mich.
Patrons to respond to any claim

we make upon them for contribu- ‘
‘ tions to our enlarged sheet, and it

affords us great pleasure to be a
witness to the excellence of the
articles presented for the consider-
ation of our readers. Many of
these articles compare favorably
with articles that find place in our

_ ,high-toned moiitlilies that have a
1- and there. that is as much as we '

, -‘ National reputation.
; can expect.

To the enquiry, “What has the
Grange accomplished?” so often

I made by men of narrow views and

large prejudices, some of whom
have for a time perhaps belonged
to the Order of Patrons of Hus-

: bandry, this sheet makes in part a

reply. Review it, and see the

great variety of thoughts present- 1‘
ed by different observers in differ— .-
'ent parts of our common field of:

labor. VVe see here the results of
organized effort.

We have on these pages abiiii- 5

dent and convincing evidence of
mental culture and development,
a considerable part of which may
be ascribed to the education which
the Grange has given to its mem-
bers. On every page is plainly
viisible. not only the good results
of our Grange education, but love
for the «Order, and an abiding faith
in its beneficent purposes, high
character, and its perpetuity. Itis
everywhere
farming community occupy a more
advanced position to-day then ever
before, and the Grange has done
its full share toward accomplish-
ing this result. Let us not lose

sight of this encouraging fact, but ,

renew our diligence, and enlarge
from day to day our sphere of in-
fluence. ’

conceded that the-

l .
i buy. I believe we have such men, you will find your file of VIsIToRs l THE proceedings of the seventh
but until more of them are sent to of positive value to you in years to .

session of the Mich. State Grange
will be ready to send to the Mas-
ters ot' Subordinate Granges with-
in ten days. As has been our cus-
tom heretofore, a copy will be sent
only to such Masters as with the
name of Secretary elect for 1880
have been reported to this office.
Last year many of these officers
were not reported for months. It
is really the duty of the retiring
Secretary to make this report as
he is in possession, not only of the
books and papers of the Grange,
but is responsible for all the oflicial
work of the oflice until his succes-
sor is installed. There are Granges
in Mich. that neither the Master or
Secretary take the VISITOR, and of
course will not see this. If mem-
. bers of such Granges who take
ithe paper will give this matter
, their personal attention, they will

lconfer a favor on all concerned.
llt is a plain case. we can’t reach
loflicers who do not take the VISI-
lToR, except by the help of those
J who do. We repeat that we Want

the name and post oflice address

of the Master and Secretary of

every live Subordinate Grange in
, Mich., before the 10th of January.
 Shall we have them?

THOSE who were in attendance
lat the late session of the State

i Grange will remember that areso-

. . . ' ‘ d td
;may record things this year that Iumm was unammously a Op e ’

requesting that the portraits and

biographies of the Master and Sec-
lretary of-' the State Grange, sub-
stantially as they appeared in the
‘, Iluslianrlman, be printed in the
;‘ VISITOR. In compliance with that
,~ request, we have sent to the oflice
,5 of the Ilusbanzlman for the elec-

trotype of Bro. Woodman, and if
5 we get it in time shall present it to

? our readers in the VIsIToR of Jan.
 15th. The balance of the request

will be complied with in due time,
,5 together with the presentation of
5 such other cuts from time to time,
i as we can procure. How many we
i cannot say.

 

 

1 WE did not get this No. out of
lthe printing office as soon as we
I expected. A sick printer, and the
l additional labor incident to the
l change of size, (and that has been
3 no small item) has occasioned de-
l lay. But our readers will have
] their paper usually on time, and we
hope its make-up will prove as sat-
isfactory as heretot'ore—more than
that, if the complimentary things
‘said of the VIsIToR at the State
Grange and by our correspondents
are to be taken at their face we
‘ could not ask. With more contri-
butions and more experience, We
expect. the paper will maintain its
reputation through another vol-
uni.

_______‘__
Now Sisters, don’t think that
; you are likely to send us to much
matter for your department, 1f_
we chance to have a surplus ‘his
time it is so good that it will keep,
and some other day We may need
Itbadly, therefore we say, do not
withhold, but continue to contrib-
ute liberally. If you were all to
stop, and leave tl
blank, We should at once tender
our resignation to the Executive
Committee, and from what, we
know of its members, we feel sure
it would be accepted. So if you
think we have run the VISITOR long
fflgugha YOU will know what not
0 0.

’’‘*“’‘§——————__.__
EUREKA Grange No. 11, takes in
members sometimes, as all Granges
Should. In Dec. its candidates
covered a wide range in point of

I age, the difference between a
young man and a lady candidate

emg fifty-elght years. Can any
Grange beat that.

 

lis department a T


 

Continued from _/i7-gt page“

styled, exact fluctuating and excessive
rates Of transportation both for freights
and passengers, and in all such arbitra-
i'y_exactions are a law unto themselves
being beyond the reach of State le-gig.’
lation, and heretofore unrestrained by
Congressional enactments.
Whlle g9I1_eTal prosperity pervades
the land, agriculture, the corner stone
Of 0111' I1&ti0l'18J progress, is depressed.
The surplus of our farms is wrenched
from us to enrich the giant monopolies.
A bouyant market instantly enhances

the freight rates of transportation,‘

robbing the producer of Well-earned
profits, and levying upon the consumer
unjust taxation. A depressed market
maintains the previously enhanced
freight rates, and in neither case do
these common carriers attempt to pro-
mote the public weal.

Th_e patience of an industrious, law-
abiding people is sorely tried, and with
anxiety they look for relief to your
honorable bodies, from whom alone
relief can come. That it will come in
the near future, we have every reason
to hope. To hasten its coming, we
respectfully urge upon your bodies the
enactment of such laws as will prevent
fluctuations in freights, and unjust dis-
criminatious in transportation charges.

And your petitioners would ever
pray.

The memorial referred to in the reso-
lutions has been presented to Congress,
and already received that attention
which its importance demands, in the
introduction of a bill by Senator,Eaton,
“to create a National Railway Com-
mission.”

The following froin the editorial

columns of the The Chicago Tribune,

one of the ablest and influential Re-v
publican papers in the Nation, should i

be read by every Patron:

NATIONAL RAILROAD LEGISLATION.

The popular demand for National
legislation regulating the inter-State
railroads has now been brought before
Congress in the shape of a petition
from the National Grange of Patrons

of Husbandry, asking for the enact-l

ment of such laws as will relieve the
country from exorbitant and unlawful
exactions from the transportation com-
panies. Judging from Senator Eaton’s
proinptness in presenting a. bill for the
organization of a National Railway
Commission, and the announcement
that the Regan Bill will be revived, the
Democratic side of Congress seems to
be disposed to recognize the importance
of the popular grievance, and to agree
upon some scheme for relief. The

Republican members should not be:
Had the 3

behind hand in this matter.
President incorporated in his message
a recomiiiendation that Congress should
give serious consideration _to this sub-
ject, he might have done his party and
his country better service than by his
“suggestions” which have renewed,
in a measure, the untimely and un-
profitable agitation over the currency.
Since the Executive omitted the initia-
tive, the Republican members of Con-
gress should not permit the Democrats
of that body to lead in a movement
which, properly shaped, will be the
most beneficial and most popular of
the present session. The Constitution
warrants legislation for the regulation
of commerce between the States; the
Supreme Court, both in the Granger
decisions and passing upon the Pacific
Railway Funding Act, has confirmed
the principle of legislative regulation
in its broadest sense; and the people of
the whole country, without regard 0
party attachments, unite in appeal or
National protection against railroad e
€Xt'll'tl0Il and‘ abuses, which the States, i
in separate and independent action,
limited by their own boundries, cannot
provide. The only contention in Con-
gress over this subject should consist
in a rivalry between the two parties as
to which should lead in the reforms}
upon which both should agree in the

end. _ ,
Though the subject is now suggested

by'a Granger organization, those mem-
bers , ongress will make a serious
mist gvho believe that the demand
for ’ rotection against the rail-

  

1
eis ldmanates from the rural

ro
' ‘ l . If that were the case
dlsmcts a one sts, who consti:

t ‘ l the agriculturi _

Eglealigiciie than one-half the working

opulation of the country, and who are
2;; aged in the pursuit that forms the
basgis of America’s greatness and pros-

eritv are entitled to a hearing. But
The piotest against railroad extortion
has extended to the cities of late years,
as well as among the farmers, and to
consumers of the east as well as among
the roducers of the West. The mer-
chaiilts who handle the agricultural

roducts of the country, and those who
Eell the manufactured articles to the
producers, have come to.i:alilzeftl_1l=111l':
they suffer in common wit t e a
ers; all classes are gmuhd d‘’‘?"1 by tgfi
selfish, overreaching, and ruinousfiitims
icy whereby the railroad corporitar to
devour the substance of the coup Y
earn profits upon fictitious capital and
declare dividends upon watered stock.
The ve°v'e-   .“:.°.::d.;.:*.,°i;
Point“ ‘Eh? 9‘.’““"'g 8° ent which
the only civilized governm S b
tolerates the robbery of the "’.“s°fl.e,X
co rations that exist by Phhhc. ‘hie es.
"me ‘nd enjoy grants and privl 8

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

l

, of enormous value from the people. In
1 determining this matter, Congress has
1 for its guidance the systems for public

protection that have been adopted by

Great Britain, France. Germany, and

other European nations, and it should

be an easy task to outline a policy for
[controlling the greed of the corpora-
} tions that need not be experimental or
, uncertain. The underlying principle
iof such policy should be to give the
, public an equal representation in the
, contracts for transportation, which are
1 determined by the charges now fixed
; arbitrarily by the railroad corporations.

The most outrageous and persistent
extortions of the railroads are perpetrat-

L ed during the period when lake naviga- ,
= tion is closed. The system of American i

‘ lakes, in connection with the Erie
Canal, furnishes during a portion of the
.year a waterway between the VVest
and the seaboard which com-
pels the railroads to make reasonable
terms with shippers; but, as the close
of navigation approaches, the corpora-
tions begin a series of upward charges,
which stops just short of confiscation.
The rates for transporting breadstuffs
from Chicago to New York are to-day
more than double what they were dur-
ing the summer. N0 excuse nor pallia-
tion is offered by the railroads for this
exaction. The operating expenses have
not increased, if at all, one-tenth part
of the increase in rates.

that it was three months ago.
There is no difference in the intrinsic
value of the stocks, no increase in the
debts, notwithstanding the gambling
prices on Wall street. The railroads are
charging more than double what they
did a few months ago for the same ser-
vices simply because the people cannot
help themselves. This fact suggests as
one of the most important features of
National railroad legislation, not mere-
ly the prohibition of an increase of
rates within certain stated periods, but
the regulation of such periods in such
manner as to make the prohibition ap-
ply specifically to the time at which
, lake navigation ordinarily closes, and
1 to extend over the entire season during
-' which it remains closed. That single
‘ provision would go far toward suppress-
ing the hardships which the public suf-
‘ fers at the hands of the corporations.

Senator Eaton's plan for establishing
a National Railway Commission is
probably an essential feature of the pro-
posed National regulation of the rail-
roads, but it is only one feature. The
Commission would representthe people
in their relations and contracts with
the railroads, hut public protection re-
quires that it should be governed by
specific instructions of law relative to
the basis on which laws are to be fixed;
the prohibition of an increase of rates
within stated periods; a denial of the
right to charge more for a shorter than
fora longer distance, or to make any
other unfair discrimination, such as re-
bates; and, finally, easy and inexpen-
sive remedies for the people, and severe
peiialties for the corporations in all
cases of violation of the law.

should be left to its own discretion, and
subject to the powerful influences the
railroad magnates can always bring to

increase the burdens of the people and
the excesses of the corporations. The
provision of the Constitution, and the
decisions of the Supreme Court give
Congress the broadest authority for
bringing these public corporations un-
der control of the Government, and the
National legislation demanded by the
people must be of a nature that will
render appeals to the National Com-
mission and the United States Courts
effective by reason of the plain princi-
pies and details of the law under which
such appeals shall be made.

If this subject of railroad legislation
has now made its way into Congress in
such shape as to command the earnest
attention of both parties (which we
hope is the case), the giant railroad
combinations will undoubtedly organ-
ize a powerful lobby, and resort to the
most corrupt methods to defeat the pas-
sage of an adequate law; but every
man in Congress should start out with
the conviction, sure to be confirmed.
that uncertain or suspicious action will
be visited with the penalty of political
death in every instance.

As the Democratic members in Con-
gress seem inclined to step upon the
Grange platform, the writer of the
above Wisely suggests that “the Re-
peblican members should not be behind
hand in this matter.” While farmers
are the greatest sufferers from these
extortions, yet almost every branch of
business and industry, as well as the
interests of communities and States,
are seriously affected by the unwar-
ranted freight charges now exorbitant-
ly fixed by the transportation compa-
nies, and the above petition will be
eagerly signed by all classes of our citi-

tion; and I earnestly request the
members of Subordinate and County
Granges and Councils to act promptly
and thoroughly, and organize an active
corps of canvassers to circulate copies
of the above petition among "all the
U

1

The invest- '
merit is precisely the same to-day-

The creation of a Commission which ,

bear, would furnish no relief, but might -

zens, regardless of sex or party afffilia- '

people,” giving every adult citizen an
opportunity to sign the same, then
attach the several lists of names to the

your member in Congress.

says that “ours is the only civilized
‘government which tolerates the rob-
i bery of the masses by corporations that
,‘ exists by public sufferance, and enjoy
grants and privileges of enormous
value from the people ” Let it be dis-

unfriendly to the railroads, and only
1 complain of their extortions; and that
from this time, our Order will take the
aggressive, and give no quarter, until
our grievance _is relieved by impartial
l laws.
% PATENT LAWS.

The National Grange has taken
action upon this question, and sent out
the following petition :

T 0 the Honorable the Senate and House

of America. in Congress assembled:

Whereas, innocent users of patented
articles are frequently threatened with
- prosecution as infringement; and
whereas, the existing patent laws are
inefl‘ectual in protecting such parties
from the threats of the pateutees, or
owners of patents, or from the specula-
tions of impostors; therefore,

We, the citizens of ........ --County,
State of ........ __do respectfully peti-
tion your honorable bodies so to amend
these patent laws as to make the manu-

alone responsible for the infringement.

And further so to amend them as to
protect from penalty any person man-
ufacturing for his own use any article
previously patented;
manufacturer was not cognizant of the
existence of the letters patent.

And your petitioners wou
pray.

Let the above be circulated with the
railroad petitions. More upon this
subject in the next number.

ld ever

g’ertur2r’5 glrpartment.

C. L. WHITNEY, - MUSKEGON.

Installations.

Encouraged by the many kind
words of commendation of what we
hastily wrote about, the annual elec-
tion of officers, we now venture a few
thoughts about installation of the ofii-
cers elect, and we hope that these will
be received with equal favor.

Why do we have installations? Be-
cause at each advance. each new posi-
tion assumed, in our Order, addition-
‘V 9.1 pledges are required, and addition-
al instruction is given.

To install (says authority) is to in-
state—to place in office and to invest
with duties and authority. Then, it
will be seen, that installation is the
placing of a person in position and in-

sition.

There are two parts in each installa-
tion: 1st, a "pledge, or expression of
willingness and fidelity on the part of
the person assuming oflice that he will
perform his duties faithfully. 2nd,
instruction by the installing officer,
charging the installed with the duties
and responsibilities of the position
assumed.

but a. solemn compact between 21
Grange, by its installing oflicer, and
its oflicers elected and installed. Be-
fore an open Bible in the presence of
witnesses, saying to all that “A good
Patron is noted for fidelity,” the sa-
cred honor of the affair is registered,
perform all the duties appertaining to
the oflice, until the successor is duly
installed, to support the constitution
of the Order and the By-Laws of the
Grange there assembled, and to incul-
cate a strict obedience to all laws and
edicts emenating from proper author-
. ity, etc. Then each is instructed very
.briefl.y in the duties of the o$ce—
; some of the duties, laws, and edicts
‘-are then and there recited, and the
‘ new officer is duly invested with his
oflicial position, and the responsibility
begins, to end only when the successor
is installed.

May we not ask every installing
officer, every official-elect, and every
member of every Grange to read,nay!
study, and think of the import of this
beautiful, impressive and instructive
service. _ ,

Let the members read_ and learn
what solemn obligations rest upon

 

 

l
l

, printed head, and forward the same to i

The editor of the Tribune truthfully ;

tiilctly understood that we are not‘

of Representatives of the United States '

5

ithere oflicers, what onerous duties’ National-Lecturer Whitehead was
,' they have to perform, that they may present, and did usual good service.
‘ seek in every way to lighten their Other good and encouraging things
cares, lessen their anxieties, and aid i could be said, but lack of time and
‘ them in securing the highest aims of [room forbid.
the Order. ;
Let the oflicers-elect be prepared to 
take upon themselves their burdens 2 At the recent session of this far
with a full knowledge of their import- l VVest State comes this advice to all
ance, and to discharge them with fidel—  Patrons and farmers: “ Put less toil
 ity to all and every interest; and last, 5 and more thought into your calling,
~ and by no means least, may every in- j and make it attractive to your chil-
stalling ofiicer be prepared to so im- l dren. Unite with the Grange, and
press,_while he instructs that the in- [ take your sons and daughters with
, structionnnay be more lasting and I you. It is the farmers’ own and only
i have a wider influence than the mere Organization. Learn and practice the
E present seems to seek. May the great principles of truth, justice char-
; charges be so_full and earnest as to ity, and brotherly love, upon which it
5 make the recipient feel of a truth that is founded. By mutual aid, educate
; he is assuming an important trust, and yourselves and cultivate your gifts
~remember that “agood Patron. is noted in the frank and free discussion in the
f07' fi‘79l“5;l/- _ . Grange of these great questions in
VVhether the installation be private , which We are all alike interested.
‘or public, let the object sought be Learn to be more liberal, and,above
fully carried out. Each Grange should all things learn to break the bonds
select the installing ofiicer with care— which make you the slaves of party
some one eainest, prompt, efiicient, and the dupes of demagogues. Thus
and able to make the service attain willyou be better qualified to act well
the highest purpose, even if it is pri- , your part in life, and fulfill the duties

_ OREGON.

-, V3te- ‘of citizens and law-makers of your

\/Vhether public or private, it should State and Nation.”
be well done, for it has a secondary
service to instruct those who merely
look on, whether tney be Patrons or
not. '

MISSOURI.
At the late session at Sedalia, these

. - , . ds were recorded: “ U on this
If private. the members have their WOT _ - p .
minds refreshed by a recitation of the g one Word‘ Education’ rests everything

purposes of the Order which follows ‘ else' The prosperity of the Order is
7

facturer or vendor of all such articles ‘

1 the prayer. When you hear them, ask
yourself which line or word tells that
the Grange is only for money-getting?

advanced in proportion as the educa-
tional woik is made a success. The
reason why many Granges and mem-
bers have not been successful is sim-

provided, such 

structing him in the duties of that po- ,

-This service, then, is no little thing ,

But notice that “ its teachings are the
*5 loftiest that man can seek.”
If public, those outside the gate ,

ply because they have neglected the
opportunities offered them. They
{have an opportunity to learn some- ; gliléed E00_r:;g;atgi1g?1kd:ngn%C: :8 gltlhggs
i thmg .of mu: ceremonials.’ of the m‘ i ucation, and whereve}; the latpter has

:,t;u§{’)l.:::Sg,:;§n  °(:]S1;:%1fal’$"_‘dO°f ’, been made a success, the former is
l er‘ -how ‘impcgtagt then ti; th: - understood and practiced with satis.
l . t H. U fli h M b b , factory results. There is not a prom-
ims 3' mo,° Ger 5 0" e capa 19 to ise made by the Organization nor a
1 do Well ms part‘ I reform desired b its member b t
3 To have an impressive service, be it 5 What can be madga rand sucesss 1:1
1 public or private—use system, pre- . Strict Co_0pemtiOn g y
l pare for it. lst, select an installing‘ . '
_ officer; 2nd, arrange the time; 3d,pre- ,
 pare the hall by decorating and having ‘
iready for the un-intended; 4th, ar- :
l range for suitable music, and plenty ,
1

of it, and have it so planned as to,

CANADA.

The sixth annual sersion of the
Dominion Grange hasjust closed. Re-
ports showed 766 Subordinate Granges
and 51 Division Grangcs—an increase

1001118 in promptly and appropriately {,0 qub d, t G th 1 t
o 9-. or inae ranges e as

l to fill each awkward pause, and make ‘ year; 31,000 members are reported in

the Whole pleasant; 5th, have assist- , , ,
' ant and officers so prepared as to need 3 good. standmg' rum famfners of these
i provinces seem to be alive and have

no book; have the regalia and em-, . _
blems all ready just Where they will  take“ hold of thls movement Wlth
energy.

be best for use.
Many suggestions, more in detail, The growth is healthy hhd Wm
might be made, but we fol-bem-—hop_ I continue, as the principles of the Or-
. der are better known.

ing that what we have said will be,

“ words to the Wise,” and that "what-1 We rejoice at this good showing,
ever you attempt lo do you will strive i and every despondent brother, if he
do do it well,” and only add that We i reads, will find encouragement. If
hope no one will ever have cause to  our Order is a political movement. as
say, of any officer of‘ 1880, with ‘ some politicians claim, what have
Shakespeare, “ Unworthily than most  the thousands of Canadian farmers to
installed in that high office.”  do with it?

I
1
l
l
l
3

_ PENNSYLVANIA.
Voices from the State birauges.

The representatives from the Gran-
ges met in session at Bloomsburg the
same day we met at Lansing, and we
should judge that the working body
was about as large as ours.

From the address of welcome of
Bro. Bawmon, of the Columbia Co.
Pomona Grange, we quote: “Patrons,
you know we live in an age of pro-
gress; we dare not stand still and let
the world pass by us. Shall the first
grand pursuit of man remain torpid
when everything around us is stamped
with improvement? I have confidence
in the Grange, and believe it to be
the great lever power that will lift up
the agricultural -classes of‘ this coun-
try. I see it growing and expanding,
and thousands of coming generations
of farmers all over the land enrolling
their names on its bright calender,-
they will take hold of agriculture,
__but more especially one which i commerce, education and science.
boast itself republican. We should lTh9y W111 be the 133515 On Which the
therefore demand that the department l Tephhhc W1“ 1'95‘? most secure]! The?’
of agriculture shall be recognized in will be the sovereigns Qf all that the
the councils of the Nation, and be efiwth P1'°d““‘3sv ahfiv as the Vestal
dignified to a position in the Cabinet, Ylrglns St°°d by then‘ 9-“FMS hf “hd.Y'
and we should not slacken our efforts 1118' flames: 50 the farmers ‘"11 stand
until the Government has given to hy their Erallafies “hd feed hhlhfih‘
agriculture that consideration which my-” _ _ _'
its importance demands, and to which A,t°“°h1_h€ and heauhfhl memhnal
it is justly and rightfully entitled.” to Slster Plolleta We of the _Wortby
Again, 5-1: is the duty 01 Congress Master of the Pennsylvania State
to rectify the growing evils of trans- Grange: “'35 read and adopted‘
portation by law regulating internal Reports from all parts of the State
commerce between States, and we were of the most encouraging charac-
should exercise our right of petition ter—but showed that it is effort and
in asking for such general laws as will labor that brings the harvest in
prevent such evils in the future.” Grange work as elsewhere. '

A large number of the State Granges
have recently held their annual ses-
sion, and everywhere evidence is
given of the onward movement of the
Order and the better understanding
and practice of its principles and
teachings.

WEST’ VIRGINIA.

The seventh annual session of the
VVest Virginia State Grange, heldgat
Martinsburg, Nov. 5th and 6th, was
Well attended. “Few new Granges
have been organized during the year
—but many that were dormant have
revived, and others have been greatly
strengthened.”

Brother Master R. W. Boylon said
in his address, “To foster and protect
the ‘agricultural interest is the high
and sacred duty of every government


.¥€'V3.

 

 
 

 

§§atIir5' Q epartmrnt.

CONVINCED.

WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE VISITOR.

Well, wife, I've thought’ it over,
And I've read the paper through,

Now I think to join the Grange
Is the best thing we can do.

To be sure I have opposed it ;
Then I did not think ’twas right ;
But since I’vc read the Vrsrroa
New things have come to light.

I thought it was a humbug,
And it soon would die away ;

But I guess they do mean business
By what the papers say.

There are men of wealth and honor
That belong all through the land '.
And the battles of oppression
They are fighting hand to hand.

If I look at it correctly,
And I really think I do,

All they want is what is right,
The same as I or yon.

They don't propose their profits
To the middlemen shall go,
When with the manufacturer ’
Their business they can do.

Now they don’t like the idea

Of being imposed upon forever
By middlemen and agents

Who always seem so clever.

They're struggling now for freedom,
They are fighting heart and hand

For the rights of every farmer
Throughout our broad land.

Now we’l1join the Grangers, .
And help them fight it through ;

As good and honest farmers
All in duty ought to do.

I'll stand bravely by my comrades,
Till the victory we have won;
Never shrinking from my duty

Till my work on earth is done.

Bushnel Grange, No. 437. G.

W. E.

Education of Our Girls.

In looking over the numerous papers
of the day one can hardly fail to be
somewhat impressed with the whole-
some advice “educate your boys,” and
one can hardly take up a paper of any
kind without finding a lengthy article
on the proper way of doing this, recom-
mending this or that school, or eulo-
gizing this or that system of education_

More particularly is this advise given to 3

farmers’ boys, at the same time telling
them to what vast heights they may
aspire by the proper use of their brains.
Now this is all right as far as it goes_
We believe that our boys should be
thoroughly educated, so do we also be-
lieve in the thorough education of our
girls. If a college education better fits
a man for the cares and duties of life,
why not a woman. VVe have occasion-
ly seen in these same papers some ad-
vice about the educaton of our girls,and
it runs somewhat after this fashion :
“Girls, learn to work, learn to sew
neatly, make good bread and butter,
keep the house in proper order so that
when you marry poor hu'-‘bands——etc.,
etc,” also, “ Mothers, train up your
daughters to make good housekeepers,
wives and mothers.” ‘Now this speaks
well for the comfort of certain members
of the genus homo and at the same time
is the embodiment of the old idea that
the end ifnot the aim ofa woman’s exist-
ence is to marry. Now we do not in-
tend to say anything against the join-
ing of “ two souls with but a single
thought, two hearts that beat as one,”
for it isa declaration of our Creator that
it is not good for man to be alone, and
we might stop a moment to quote Josh
Billings on this point, if you will par-
don the broad step from the sublime to
the ridiculous, that the “married con-
disbun for every day wear is 20 per
cent. ahead,” but there always has been
and probably always will be a sprink-
ling of what the world terms old maids.
Those who think as Fanny Fern says,
“ There is one thing worse than getting
no husband, and that is getting a poor
one.” We would like to have those
would-be advisers tell what they intend
to do with them. Now we believe in
equal rights. Hark l I think I hear
some one say that woman wants to
vote. Well, suppose she does, whose
right is it to say she has not? But here
we will say that-this isa subject of little
interest to us, for we think that wom.
;n’s-rights should begin at home, in-

 

_ it brought, and then only for a short
1 time, while the boys seemed to regard

educated woman becomes the wife of

one far her inferior. But ‘there is no
I happiness in such unions. Education
cannot mate with ignorance, refine-
ment with vulgarity, or politeness with
burlishness.

VVe once heard the remark that too I
the politics of his country, not only  %,l:§shit€;:,d"c{;23“p;_E2g:dre:“)e[Zgg:_a2&.
whe’? some gr?“ 9IeC“°“, 15 Pendmgv 3 having heard it said at one time that
but in the primary meetings of his ‘ too much knowledge spoiled the blacks
township, we hope our gs,-is W111 be I at the South, and it did in one sense, it.
educated to the point. am they will be ggglljfkghtggnigobrinséagfé Off’een§,1j,g§;f§
able to at 1935‘ read the ballot‘ they such remarks to theland ofthe“heath-
cast. But this is not whatwehavei'c- en Chinee,” there to do duty among
feired to. We believe in treating our

the lowest order of the Celestials. .Do
girls the Same as our boys. Should one not fear that the cultivation of a wom-
of our sons show a taste or talent for

an’s intellect will unfit her for domes-
_ ‘, tic duties. VVoman’s nature is thor-
any branch of art, or industr ' or litera- oughl domestic and unless erverted
L lb ii d it’ (I hpld h
t ' 1- 11th g-, =yaaseeuca1on,an sou se
.§.i.”.Z.i.‘X-.§’.."i.‘V";..“’i.‘..‘l“uv.....‘* "iii? é"..l..°..“J I find the lust appreciation which a true
Now why not treat our daughters the % woman deserves,home will be the dear-
same way, and educate them to some i 953 519013 OD earth to 1191‘. and 0119 to
better employment than the needle l which he!‘ eyes and heart will turn
at starvation wages, . or swelling the  Whf-"‘eVe1‘ She may b‘*- _
ranks of third or fourth 1-ate school] \Ve have alsoheard it said that it does
teachers, with which the country id '30” require much b°0k1ea1‘Di“g to be 3
already flooded’ or worse yet, spending l good house-keeper. This isafalse idea,
their time in fashionable follies, and ‘ for the time has gone by Wham Hie
gm to we a  mate.»  at ;::::1:«.%::'.'::§.:::S ..:.::..;

‘ie re-n m - - on. I ,

xvi rZf,,e,nlbe§§§f§,'f..ao?§ lad; who i to the jibes and-sneers ofa whole com.
had amassed a snug licttle fortune by I P-llmltfl “hi? “OW C‘lnFed9_‘fii fig”-5 were
“gPi;:“*;’- Desi we-5 vf  l ;*:.:":.?.:.:..‘.:‘-'.:‘S..::”.?:;.
—. .  . . D . er ,
:feaS:j(st(;(yf::l0a]_-In 0532123303; She “liver l makethe most successful farmers. The
could rely upon the girls, they had no same-is true of all the other callings In

' t _-t h -k — ,1 life, for “knowledge is power” and;
In ems In L e W01 beyon the money education the nation's wealth. 1 Then

fpray why do not the best educated
women make the most successful

stead of at the ballot box. but should 
the time ever come when the law ‘
will make it a necessity for us to
vote, we say necessity for we believe it ,
the bounden duty of every intelligent,
honest, Christian voter to take a part in

it as-a lifework, something upon which l They 1

THE GRAN GET/‘V1sIT( )R.

i do our level best this coming year for
l
l

A Talk with the Visitor.

our own paper. .
‘ I have made my letter awful long.
i I don’t know but the scissors will
‘ make it shorter. Good-by,
GRATTON, Dec. 7. -, ANNT KATE.
Bro. J. T, Cobb: ‘ P. S.—I have had a good long letter
I have somewhat I would say unto , from Myra of eight P3295-
thee, therefore, have a little patiencel (#-
as thou knowest some of my imperfec- 

tions, and perhaps thou wilt knowj

_ _ To-day I set down to read and rest a
more, for old ladies have queer notions , few momlems before getting dinner‘ (by
soméetitmes, but wf hbave been on ‘ the Way it is a habit I have,‘ I took up
goo erms from t ie eginning. I  . I d f d the fol_
think thou hast been a. welcome visitor” an zigncultura paper an Ound Ed-t
to me all thy life, and may thou always iozvtlsgl :(.)rdS :0i1G,:),:);1c::E$:s of tlhzgf.
be as thou hast been. I have not been ‘ e e a les Sp

; . . .
, , i ' _ l papers with their weakly articles and
as sociable with thee as I wished, but l Sentimental trash. No name was aigm

3:1: iiprgieilo ‘:i:te:n I \F0Jv0Vué::it1t E130“ : ed, but who ever sent out such an as-
listen while I tell the'e ;vhat I thinkooufl sertion did not stop to count the cost. I
thee I k th t h _ , I was early taught the maxim to think
. ' now a t 0“ haét a bngm l twice beforel spoke, but I do not be-
Intellectual cmmteuace’ Sparking in . lieve the writer of those words heeded
every featu.re’ and all eye that looks  the maxim. Itseemed to me likethrow-
well to the interests of our noble Order. ‘ mg a bombshell into a Camp of good
You have a good constitution, a well ‘ soldiers. .

Organized and healthy System’ to en" There are too many writers among

courage _by precept. and example our  the ladies with sharp, bright, intellect,
mam em’ and that is more than most l who know how to handle eloquent

anzmie can boa: Of' : thoughts, and put those thoughts into
n no“ W at shall I say of my ; words to admit of such a broad asser-

BY AUNT KATE.

Shall we Write for the Visitor?

I

lmembers, as they are numerous.

shall find no fault.with them, only if
thou hadst more members, thy size

their prosperity and very existence de-
pended. They bent their whole ener-
gies to the work, knowing that by so
doing their labor would always com-
mand a good price, while on the other

, hand the girls carried the idea, and in
I some cases said that they expected to
I marry by and by, and there would be

; no need of so much drudging.

Poor

_‘ deluded girls, but the fault was not in

: them but in their education.
3 been taught that they had a place to fill

‘Had they

in life and how to fill it whether mar-
ried or single how diflerent would be
the result.

If our girls should show any talent
or taste for any branch ofindustry, any
particular calling or trade, we should
assist them all in our power to cultivate
it. Then in after years when father
and mother arelaid away in the silent
grave, and the old house at home is
theirs no longer they will be enabled by
their own talent and industry to build
up homes for themselves, and we truly
believe would make better wives and
mothers than those who are brought up
with theideathatthere is a man some-

‘ where created for the express purpose of

supporting them.

We do not remember to have heard of
educating our sons for good husbands
and fathers, or, arethey like poets, born
not made. Isnltltjust as necessary in
the one case as the other? \Vhat
knowledge does the young man from
college, audfrom there to the boarding
house have of the duties devolving upon
him as the lieadof a family, only as ex-
perience and good sense teal;-hes him,

. Ifa man who in his youth was brought

up to no particular calling has a good,
generaleducation he can generally find
aplace in the ranks ofthc word’s work-
ers, foritis brains and education com-
bined with a willingness to do what the
world wants. It is brains that rule the
world, not muscle. It is equally true
that a woman with a good education,
stands a better chance of coming oif vic-
torious in the battle with the world than
one without. '

Do not think for a moment that we
intend to cry down the domestic educa-
tion of our girls. . Far from it. We
think in many cases it is sadly neglect-
e(l,_ particularly in our cities and towns.
It Is not so much so among our farmers’
girls, they, in most cases,knowing what
their mother’s czln teach them, but with
the superior educational advantages at
their command they should be enabled
to takelong studies in t e advancement
of domestic regime. T is at the present
day can be done. There are here and
there schools dotting all the land, some
exclusively lor the education of girls,
others of high repute particularly in
our own State are open to them.

But we fear that there are many of us
who need to be educated to see the ne-
cessities of these advantages ere they
receive them at our hands. It has been
proposed to institute apdomestic depart-
ment in some of our schools and we
think in one or two instances it has al-
ready been done. This is as it should
be. By combining the higher educa-
tion with the domestic it will tend to
elevate our house-keeping work from
the mere routine of drudging to which
it so often falls, and any lady who cul-
tivates one to the exclusion of the other
takes a long step backward in the
grade that elevates her to the position
God intended she should occupy. For
she was created with mental as well as
physical powers. And we believe that
the head was made for use as well as
the hands and feet. Again, if woman
was created to be a helpmeet for man,
which VVebster defines as helper, a
companion, We think, in looking back
through the long years that have pas-
sed, how vast the army of helpers in
comparison with the companions, for as
man's education goes on all through
life, a woman’s should. We speak in
9. general sense, we know that this is
sometimes reversed and a refined an

f
1

l

I
d 1

l

housekeepers and home makers.
most certainly better understand
the laws of hygene and what is most
necessary to supply the waste constant-
ly taking place in the system. Under-

standing the better way of preparing 3
healthful food at the proper time and I

in the proper season. Also the prepar-
ing of clothing for themselves and little
ones so as to insure ease, elegance and
durability.

There areathousand and one ways
in which we may be benefitted by this
higher education. Not only in the

‘domestic regime but in our contact,
.‘with the outside world, which the;
Grange has opened up to us as farmers’ I
wives and daughters, and also in the.

daily walks of life. Of what untold
value is the influence of a refined and

educated woman in the lives of herl
Not only when they are at :‘

children.
home under her care, but in after years

when they have gone from her presence 3
to study out the problem oflife for them- ,

selves. It has been said that “The
hand that rocks the cradle rules the
world.”
then that the hand that sends forth
these future rulers of state, nation and
empire, these future poets, philosophers
and sages should be sustaind by all the
wisdom and knowledge of which she is
capable.

generations. It was once said by a
Kentuckey statesman. “Educate our
inothe-rs,and our sons will be educated.”

Then throw not any obstacles in the ‘

way of the future higher education of
women. As civilization advances their
educational advantages
there is, and probably always will be
a few relics of barbarism left, but these
only serve to brighter show the divine

lightof truth and justice, as the dark ~

cloud does the rainbow.

But, sisters, our school days with‘

many of us are past, and to these we
say, take time to read. Fill your house
with newspapers if nothing more, and
these long winter evenings take time to

read, and discuss with your-family what 3
you read. You may not have as large a :

bank account, but oh what untold
wealth you will have in the hearts of
your children. You all remember of
the little boy that said, “ it was so, for
ifit waslnt so mother would _have said
so.” Think of it, mother against the
world. It is not great sacrifices that
endear us to each other, it is the little
daily acts ofkindness that make up the
sum ofhappiness below. Let us learn
our daughters and teach ourselves in the
short time that is left us, those elements
going to make up the true woinan,for of
such a one it may be said that her influ-

ence is like the air, the rain and the sun-

shine, indispensible but too often en-
joyed without thanksgiving.
J. E. REMINGTON.

Worthy Sec. Cobb .-

What I intended to say in the article
on directing letters, published in the
VISITOR of December 1st, was, that
either the Mr. or Esqr. was imperative.

While visiting the State Grange at its
last session the thought occured to me,
that the Persian proverb which ‘gives
nine measures of talk to women and
but one measure to men, should have
been reversed, for surely the sisters
could not lay claim to but one measure,
while the brothers dealt out fully nine
measures.

Iasked one of our worthy sisters who
has been an occasional contributor to
the columns of the VIsIroR why she
did not give us more of her excellent
articles. Her answer was, “ I am
afraid of criticism." Let me remind
that sister that if we express ideas ‘that
all do not fully endorse, it gives them a
fine opportunity to exercise one of our
cardinal principles—charity.

CHLOE.

Ifthis be so how neccessary =

That all the noble and better 5
elements of her nature be brought to ,
bear upon the moulding of these future 3

would be increased. Now keep up
, good courage, my VISITOR, I hope this
; year you will have many more mem-
bers to hear you along the Grange
highway, which thou art building for
the farmers to walk in. I think we
do not do the fair thing by thee. VVe
do not give thee" a good liberal support;
if we did, thou wouldst soon become a
full sized VISITOR, able to meet the
demands and wants of all thy members.
I should think farmers would learn that
feeding well would increase the size of
their stock; so likewise feed our
GRANGE VISITOR, and you will not
have any cause to complain of size.
My dear Visrron, forgive me if I have
‘ spoken foolishly to thee. I know old
, ladies are sometimes foolish (so they
say), but be sure of one thing; you
shall have my support so long as I can
1 get the means to pay for thee.
I remain your sincere friend and
advocate, AUNT KATE.

ADVICE.

I thought as there was plenty of
room in the VISITOR, and it was all in
the family, I would write a few words
to my brother and sister Patrons in
regard to taking Grange papers. I
would like to ask how long a Grange
‘could live if it were not for the few
Grange papers that are taken. I think
the most of us would say, not long.
I have noticed that wherever you find
: an individual or a Grange that is wide-

a-wake to the Grange cause, they have
* been well supplied with Grange news.
You may say what you will, I don't
believe we can keep up a Grange inter-
est without a knowledge of Grange

j tion. Ladies of culture and a good
I‘ knowledge of human nature have ad-
; ded their power in the make-up of some
l of the best papers in the land.

E The news paper that contains the best
1‘ practical talk, and the varied experience
. of the wives and mothers, is the one
 that is sure to find a ready welcome in
 the home circle.

Then again, about the good-natured
Editors. Just as though they were not
ofjust as good material as cross ones.
Good nature is too scarce a commodity
to be ignored and cast aside as of little
value, and if we find in Bro. Cobb a
good natured Editor who is willing to
admit our various ideas, opinions and
experience, we as Patrons ought to feel
thankful.

If we can not come up to the standard,
set up by fastidious Editors and writers,

if we can not clothe our thoughts in all
the elequent words culled from VVeb-
ster’s dictionary, we certainly can write
them out with words not to be mis-
understood, and often times the simpler
the words and ideas, the greater the ef-
l feet, and they may be new to some if not
l to all. It is said “Talents brighter by
: using them,” therefore let your light
‘ hiue. Perhaps your articles are not
as elaborately composed as you might
wish or even as the Editor desires, yet
by practice you will attain a greater de-
gree of perfection. VVhat if he cuts
some of your articles down on account
of length, or leaves something out that

increase, but 1

: principles and what different Granges he thinks better not be given to the pub-
are about throughout the Unioed States _ lic, or models it over so it will make a
if we should try. The mind must be better showing, take it all in good part.
stimulated. VVe can read our papers at , That is his prerogative in the position
home When’ we cannot attend the 3 he occupies. Editors have many privi-
Grange, so that when we can go our leges which are denied others, but on
minds will be stored with something  the whole it is a thankless task. They
useful to some brother or sister who has 1 are expected to be perfect. They are
3 not had as good a chance to read as we, l supposed to have as much patience as

It is pleasant to exchange thoughts in-
telligently, and how can we do it with,
v out knowledge. OurGrauge is a school-

best in our power. We must work

, interests of all—especially the young-
i people.
them as possible.
declaim, and call on them in our dis-
cussions. In short, do everything We
can to keep up an interest. Any thing

Grange. I do not wish to have you
think you should read only Grange
news. Every family should have at
least‘ one newspaper, and, take time to
read it, and you need not neglect your
work to read. Men can read nights
- and noons and Sundays; Women can
read—well, when they nurse the baby,
churn, and when they are waiting for
the men to come to their meals, and
nights if they don’t have too much to
do——but read some anyway. I read
when I am tired, for I get tired some-
times, and'I have my papers close by
on such occasions. So in the course of
the week I do considerable reading.

My sisters, if we would devote a
little more of our time to reading, I
think it would be better for us and our
families. VVe would have something
to think of besides work, work. But
you say that it takes all your time to
do your work. You mean as you want
it done. But try and dispense with
some extra cooking, or some fine fix-
ings that are not necessary. It will be
better for you, you will live longer,
and be enabled to bring up your child-
ren better, which is better than all.

Now, brothers and sisters, let us roll
up a much greater number of subscrib-
ers for the VISITOR this yea1' than ever.
Let us surprise Bro. Cobb, if we can.
I think it would do him good. Ithink
the Husbandman is an excellent paper,

ane we should all strive to make it the «
with mind and might, and study the ?

Make it as interesting for‘
Have them read, .

is better than a half dead and alive‘

j Job, and an extra supply thrown in.
, Some of the sisters may say, it takes

samuch time. VVell everything takes
time, but writing for the VISITOR don’t
take as much as one might at first sup-
pose. You can think while you work,
and you can plan so as to gain a little
time, and instead of scrubbing, scour-
ing and trudging from early morn till
dewy eve, or spending time over fancy
work to place in every conceivable corn-
er, send out a cheering word to some
weary sister, tell her how grand and
beautiful it is to think of something be-
sides meat and drink and raiment. Tell
her how easy it is to get some of the
glory and;beauty of life. Tel)_ how
to do work the easiest and , '-‘way
so as to have leisure for medita , rest
and recreation. You who kn how
so sell to manage in all the affairs of
home and fireside, in training children
impart the knowledgeto us and a bless-
ing will come back to you. Let me tell
you my way of writing, or finding time
to write, (criticise charitably and do
not tell the over nice house keepers.)
In the morning while doing house work
I have a scrap of paper and pencil on
the window sill, and when an idea
comes to me I jot it down, or in the af-
ternoon when sewing or knitting, I
have paper and pencil in my work-
basket and note down the thoughts that
chase each other through my mind,
and then some day when I feel a little
stronger or too nervous to work, I copy
them and send the article to our good
natured Editor, to do as he thinks best
with it. .

In older time the Israelites were ex-
pected to make brick without straw, but
I hope that we as Patrons are not such
hard taskmasters as to expect Bro. Cobb
to make a good, interesting and valu-
able paper without a proper amount of
material, and a variety to chose from.
The VISITOR has gained ground the last

so is the I/I've Patron. Letps all try to

year, and has been brim full of good


  

. . .- r ‘T. T: 
ifi THE GRANGE? VISITOR. 7
things. It has given rise to earnest 4 PATRONS’    W-7,:-W’ (W (“W7-friirwfii WW’ A T . G T W W W
thdught,and in the near future to earnest , ‘ wh?(g;SmII;l,,:a,£Sar: Sgggggfiegéwgagjgg 3  Dlpmheflm

Work. Many have sent their contribu- I
tions to help sustain it. I hope they
will continue to do so in the future, and ,
others cast in their mite to sustain its 1
enlarged size the coming year. '
MYRA.

Brotherly Love.

Brothers and sisters a cloud is arising,

Which threatens the sunshine of our‘ Grange to
destroy;

Shall we allow the storm to burst in its fury,

’Twill sweep from our midst all the pleasures -
we enjoy ;

Our bark is frail, it should not be left to th'-
Tempest,

The storm will too much for its timbers prove; ]

There's a harbor, a haven where we can find ‘
rest, 1

’Tis the harbor, my friends, oi brotherly love.

Already has this subject been dis-,
cussed by abler pens than mine, yet it
is a subject that will bear being written
upon often, and we as Patrons should
-regard it as one of the first principles
of our noble Order. It should be so
indeliblv inscribed upon our minds
that it would enable us to overlook the
many petty annoyances that may arise
from time to time to mar the finer feel-
ings of our natures, and cause that
rebellious spirit of ours to assert itself,
to the discomfiture of our brothers and
sisters, as well as ourselves.

There has been very little brotherly
love exhibited in all classes of society
for the past half century, Selfishness,
envy, and jealously have usurped its
place, and it has become a part of our
natures to think only of ourselves, so
in every day life we need the modif'y-
ing influences of the precepts laid
down in the golden pages of our ritual.
There is no class of society, no form of ,
association, but is more or less co1itam- ,
inated with envy and jealousy; and to ,
make the Grange a success, they j
should not be allowed to enter within ;
our gates. VVe should banish all envi- ‘
ous thoughts from our minds, and I
should not let them get a foothold in {
our hearts, for if we do, the valuablej
social feature of our Grange is marred, 1
if not lost. ‘|

The institution of Patrons of Hus-
baudry is one of the grandest the sun
ever shone upon, and in my mind I v
believe it was flrst devised by the Al-
mighty Father to bring his children,‘
together He has organized his Church 
where the millionaire and the beggar 5
can mingle together to worship him,
but selfishness and envy have corrupted
these institutions, and to-day there is
but little unity in the Churcli—but
little brotherly love.

Shall we, as Patrons, allow their
hydra headed monsters to wrap their
folds about us? Nay, but rather scatter
those envious thoughts of ours to the
four-winds of heaven, and proclaim
ourselves brothers and sisters, bound by
the ties of our obligations to be true to
one another.

There has been a time when brother-
ly love wielded its septre over our land.
What would have become of that little
band that landed on our shores one
stormy night in December, had there
been no unity of feeling among them ‘.7
They could all kneel together, and
worship the Divine Master, all work
for the interests of one another. Had
there been the same feeling manifested
by them that is shown by the different
classes at the present time, could they
have withstood the many trials and
hardships they were forced to endure ?
No, indeed! their hearts would have
become dead, their hopes blasted, and
their deeds would have sank into obliv-
ion, or only have been known to future
generations as a wreck of human hopes
that had passed away. ,

But by that same brotherly love, that
same unity of feeling, their names
have become immortal. Ages upon

r
l
1
1

 

ages may roll around, and the heoric
deeds of that little band will be handed
down to future generations for all time,

Just so with our noble Order, if it
be kept pure, it will stand for ages, and
futdre generations -will bless the found-
ers of the Order of Patrons of Hus-

\ band,’-y, VERONICA.

‘ Sherwood, No 96.

 

BY Ll-‘.’I‘TlE LESTER.

I send you a a New Year greeting,
O Patrons good and true,

May you continue onward

A5 yQu are used to do,

Onward and upward going

Au over our broad i..‘..a,

VVith faith and hope: to lead you,
As they always do our band ;

May charity go with you
VVherever you may roam ;

Fidelity unite you

As you meet in your Grange home.
Faith in our Heavenly Father,
And in our brother men,

And charity for all we meet ;
Hopes for the future when

The husbandniaii, unscorned by men,
May proudly raise his head

And say, “ I am a farmer, sir,

And Work to earn my bread."

May the coming year but bring to you
New strength to dare and do.

May you put your shoulder to the wheel,
And push the work right l'.llI’0l.lgll-- 1
The work our noble Order .
Has so very well begun.

For a good mafn, though a farmer,

Then‘ onward ever, Patrons true ;
With your country‘s good in sight,
And may the coming year but bring
Fresh triumphs to the right. 

l
l
l
Should second he to none. I
l
l

A little figure glided through the hall ;
“ Is that you Pet?” the words came ten-
derly ;
A soh~suppressed to let the answer fall——
“ It isn’t Pet, mamma, its only me "

The quivering, baby lipsl—they had not
meant ‘
To utter any word could plant a sting,
But to that mother-lieart a strange pang [

went; ,
She heard, and stood like a convictedi
thing.

One instant, and a happy little face
Tlirilled ’iieath unwanted kisses rained
above;
And from that moment “Only me " had place
And part with Pet in tender mother's love.

CAROLINE A. MASON.

Real and Iilcal.

An essay. read before (launch.
Grange, No. 39, Dee., 1879:

As it takes many kernels of wheat 3
to fill a bushel, so it takes many varie-
ties of facts and fancies to make up a
lifetime, that we may meditate on‘
them, cherish them in our thoughts,
be guided by them in our actions,
and sustained by them in our daily
hearing. The pleasures of life may
be compared to a vessel, sailing on
occan’s deep blue waters, freighted
with items of choice value, to some 3
far distant port. there to be deposited
on the wharf of distribution, and for-
warded to their several destinies,
causing either gladness or sadness to .
the receivers. 3

Just so do we carry in our frail
barks of mortality, electric sparks of
sunlight or shadow, to the haven of
success or failure, depositing there,
deeds. either true or false.

But what are our ideal fancies? Do ‘

we fashion our lives from the castles ‘
We build? Do we substantiate our
advancements from what is going to
be. or what has been ?

True, we enjoy much ideally. The
imaginative powers with which we
are‘ gifted, were not designed to give
pain, but pleasure. VVe are taught in
the books of mental science and phys-

iology that it is not the physical eye '

that sees, but the mind. If there
were’ no ears there would be no
sound. Is it not diflicult to declare
that it does not rain, when it does ? or
aflirni yourself to be happy, when you
are sad i

These facts are based on a standard
of actuality, of genuineness.

We do not know who it was that
coined the expression, “ building cas-
tles in the air," but we think it an ex-
pression quite apt,—as we all indulge,
perhaps, on such a foundation. We
may have ideal castles, ideal fortunes,
fashions, characters, or recreations.
Some say it is just about -as well to
imagine yourself rich as to be rich;
just as safe to walk on ice three"‘inches
thick, and think it were twelve, as
though it were twelve.

We all have our ideals, we must
have them, The architect constructs
his house on paper, which is an ideal
house. The plan was not taken from

' the building, but the building from

the plan.

‘ or mind nerve and soul nerve.

‘ Mickley, and others.

‘ can be planned, governments founded,
. nzivies set afloat, railroads eonstruct- 2

ed from ocean to ocean,——in the mind,
and the subjective thought becomes
an objective reality, hence We see the

- conri ctiug link between the real and

the ideal. .

‘- Life is r.-al. life is earnest. and the
grave is not its goal." As materiztlists
have designated the functions of the
nerves into two classes, the intellect
ual nerve and the influential nerve-
\Ve
possess powers of action and imagina-
Lion.

Socrates, when sentenced to drink:
the cup of poison, was heard to re» _,

mark in his last hours, " Bury me if
you can catch me-,”— meaning that
his body was not the true and great

‘, man, but that the real Socrates was 3
‘ the life, the soul, the manner in which

he lived in doing valiant deeds for his
country.

The brilliant cliai'ncters the valliant ‘

deeds and worthy actions of so many
lives that have been truly worth the

tn the intelligence and worth of our
nation, have built 11p their lives from
putting ideal fancies into living reali-
ties. So on the deeds of each succes

sive age the following age depends,‘
, and makes the real its work perform, ~
and bowing at its feet, makes ideals,

its worshipers. E A. H.

GrREEN\'lLI.E, I)ec‘22?., 1879.
J.T. Cobb .-

As I have seen nothing for sometime
concerning Montcalm Grange, No. 318,
and as we have no Aunt Kate or Sister
Myra, I thought I would let you know
our condition. \Ve are still a live
Grange, and are pi'o.:-'pei‘ing finely; are

‘ taking in new members at almost every

meeting. The Pomona Grange met at
our hall on the 18th; there were a good
number of fourth degree lI]€l1]l,\i-‘TS pres-
ent.

The hall ‘was beautifully trimmed with

evergreens, and appropriate pictures:

graced the walls. An excellent dinner
was partaken of. ‘The Pomona Grange

held its session in the evening; quite a ,
W'e '

number took the fifth degree.
elected our officers Saturday; our Mas-
ter's name is Divine, and the members
of our Grange seem to think him pos-
sessed of some divine attributes, as this

3 is the third time he has been chosen to
, that office.

§Ve have commenced our
Grange socials again; this is the third

‘ winter they have been held; we meet at
« each others houses,taking our baskets of

provisions, and have a splendid dinner.
VVe have an essay by one of the mem-
bers, sometimes vocal and instrumental
music, but the chief object isa good
time, These socials have been the
means of bringing many into the
Grange. Last winter we took in twenty-
five new members, and I hope we may
have as good success this winter I
read the VISITOR, and read the depart-
ment allotted to the sisters with a great

* deal ofinterest; would like to hear from

w

more of them in thefuture.

THE State Grange has been in session

‘at Lansing during the week with a
large attandance from all parts of the 1

State. The annual address of Master
\Voodman is indeed a masterly docu-
ment, and we could wish it were in the
hands of every farmer of the State; as
the topics discussed are of vital inter-

5 est to every man that tillsarod of land.

Among the number of visitors from
this county we notice the names of Rev.
J. Crabbe, G. VV. \Voodworth, G. B.
Horton, VV. H. Livesay, Hon. C. E.
The order is re-
ported to be gaining in all the elements
of real strength, and after an existence
of seven years in this State its influence
for good has been felt in all parts of the
land.—SI.‘ate Line Observer.

A Hen Hatches Young Alligators.

There is do doubt that the newspapers
tell some queer things, but it must be
remembered how many queer things
happen. LHe$ is do stolry told by the Ab-
b ville a. mi iona :

y‘A lady rfesidiiig at Cow Island, in this
parish, wishing to ‘set’ a hen, went into
the field adjoining her residence, where
some of her chickens had been laying,
and produced some seventeen eggs, and
placed them under the hen. ‘When in
the course of human events’ the chick-
ens were hatched out, lol and behold
there came forth four small-_sized alliga-
tors. It is supposed that alligators from
an adjoining marsh had deposited their
eggs in the field, and she Iiot noticing
the diflerence, placed them under the
hen. And what is more strange, the
young alligators followed the mother
hen around the premises as happy as a
Colorado beetle in a potato patch.”

Children furnish more than one-half
of the world’s purest joys, their beauti-
ful deeds breaking in upon us oftentimes
as delightful surprises; and stupid would
we be if we failed to be roused from
life’s torpor by their presence, their
needs and their expression of them.

Brother \Vhitiiey was present and .
gave us one of his iIitei'esting talks. ‘

LISBON, Mich., Dec. 21, 1879.
lVorthy Bro. Cobb .'

It becomes our sad duty to announce
the death of Charles Bishop, of Cliester,
Ottawa County. a member of Lisbon
Grange, No. 313 Bro. Bishop was one
of the pioneer settlers of tliis,localit_v,

‘removing here from Senaca Co., Ohio,
about a quarter of a century ago. As a
farmer he stood first in this couiuiunity,
as his well managed farm and excellent
buildings attest. As a citizen and

I neighbor, his loss is deeply felt by the

v entire community.

\Vhile cutting cor-n last fall, Mr. B.
bruised his right hand, slightly, it was
at first thought, but gaiigreen set in
and it became necessary to amputate
‘ the hand, This was done too late how-
ever to render any eflicient help. and
iafterapainful illness, he expired De-
coinber 1:2. He leaves a grown up fam-
ily, which, by the way. for their many
sterling virtues, are a living nioiiiiineiif
to the virtue and integrity of their de-
ceased pareut. His bodv was followed
tn the grave by a large concourse of
1 sympatliising friends. I"'A'l‘lt()N.

1

1

Howi~:I.i.. Dec. 115, 1875).

A special meeting of Livingstone Co.,
Council will be held in the hall of Con-
way Grange, Tuesday, .lauai_'y 20th.
Festival at eleven olclock. Various
topics of interest will be brought before
the Council, among 'others, “The best
i method of preparing wool for market.”
Conway Grange hall is four miles north
of Fowlerville, near the line of Iuglmin
and Shiawassa counties, and we shall
be very glad indeed to see any of our

brothers and sisters from those counties
who may find it convenient to meet

with us. i\IRS. W’. H. SEXTON, Sec.

Lowi-JLL, Mich., Dec. 27, 1.879.

J. T. Cobb.-
i Grangers (one Grange bought five
set) and farmers outside the Order are
paying $33.00 for scales that can be
bought of the Grange agent for :".~'20.00,
and warranted too, and no money asked
until they have been tried and found
correct. Do such Grangers ne_ed scales

before they have some of the old scales
l removed. Don’t get upon your ear now
l and say you never will help fight

There are a few who do not do their
business that way, yes, far too few. At
the rate the .agent said he sold these
scales, Grangers were paying him over
:a hundred dollars a day for minding
‘their business for them. At this rate
we may soon look for hard times.
the Grange is an educator, there isa
‘ large field left yet for it to work in and

It will save hundreds of dollars to farm-
? ers if you can give some hints that will
,‘ wake up some of the sleepy ones.
iAgents will work lively until this is
 done. J. C. E.
BURR OAK, Mic-h., Dec. 25, 3879.
1, Worthy Bro. Cobb.-
‘ Last evening was a gala day withthe
Vchildren of our Grange, and perhaps
some of the older ones were just a little
‘ happy too. Well, we had a big time;

one of the finest evergfeens, loaded«
, with every thing to please the children, ,

l and also some beautiful presents for
J older ones. We of course had a pro

gramme gotten up by “hay-seed fellers”
as our high toned gentry call us, said
, programme consisting of a short prayer
l by the chaplain; and opening address
I by the lecturer; some reeitations by the

5 little folks, which were finely rendered,

interspersed with good music, the whole
concluding with the distribution of the
presents by old Santa himself, said old
man being no less a personage than our
postmaster, B. F. Sheldon, who was in
his usual happy mood and furnished
lots of fun for the little folks.

Our Grange is looking up, we having
just finished conferring degrees on nine
candidates, with more petitions coming.
We have just established a library with
sixty volumes and are about adding
Chambers‘ Encyclopedia, we are also

aboutto start a lyceum which promises
well and we think will draw in more of
the young people. In conclusion, we
are united and -are bound our Grange
shall be a success. Fraternally,
C. C. NEEDHADI,

another swindle for the farmers for they 2
will be swind_led one way if notanotlier. I

If‘

E : large amount of grubing yet to be done. ,

 

SOME _M‘(‘0UNT OF THE TERRIBLE DISORDEL

Diplitlieria is believed to have origi-
nated iii Egypt more tliaii 2,000 yearn
ago. It prevailed in Egypt and Asia.
Minor, to which latter country it ex-
tended during. the first five hundred
years, and was early (71lll0(l the Egyptian
or Sy l'l:ll1 ulcers. I'l.2l\'lll_L’ invaded Spain,
Italy, and Sicily, and other European
countries, the tliscasc appeared in
Rome A. D. 334, and being liiglily con-
tagious, rarely appeariug usa sporadic
disease, more frequently in an epidemic
form, lll its 1.500 years’ transit on the
continent of Europe, it :ifi"ccted mainly
rural districts and gzirrisoiied towns;
sometimes it has prevailed soextensively
that distant countries lnive been simul-
taneously, or successively, visited by it.
It extended to Holland, in which it was
epitle1niciii1b‘37, to Fraiice lll lSl8 and
1335, and lll Englziiid, the United States
and C:tllzl(l'.lS from 1856 to 1800, and more
or less since. As to the prevcnlioii of
this formidable disease, some very ex-
cellent suggestions can be :lLlV‘.lll(‘.e(l. It
has been noticed that where diplitheria
has occurred, after thoroughly iiivesti-,
gating the premises, sulllciciit cause has
been discovered to produce it, either in
:1 neglecletl cellar, cesspool, or iii‘ de-
ficient trzippiiig of sewer pipes. All these
should be cztrcfiilly inspected, and if the
cell-.ir should be found damp and badly
vciitilated, and containing vegetable
lilzillel‘ of any kind, all articles that
niiglit possibly become putrid or decayed
should be removed at once, the cellar
thorouglil_v veiitilatcd, the walls and
ceilings should he \‘v'lllle\YilSlle(_l, and dis-
infoc-t{mts liberally Stttllleretl over the
floor. ClllOI‘l\.l6 of lime is the best one
for this purpose. Next, the wzilcr-closets
should be looked after; if they are lo-
cated in the house, they should be ex-
amined by an honest and experienced
plumber, to soc if they are properly
trappe<l,:ii1«l one-li:ilf' pouiirlsulpliale Of
iron (L-oppt-i‘:is,) dissolved in two gallons
of hot watt-r, thrown into them at least.
twice a \\‘('(.‘l(. lf there are any cess-
pools in the yard coiivenient to the
lipiiso, pipes should be arranged to carry
off the impurities; they should be at
least three iiiclies lll diameter, and high
enough to carry the eflluvia above the
dwelliiig—liouse. If there are any sta-
tionary wusli:-:taiids in the house, they
should also he czu'cl‘ully exaiiiiiicd by a
':onipeteiit plumber, as to the traps being
safe. As to the treatiiieiit, quite a va-
riety of plans liuve been pursued; so
much iiiter>st has been taken through-
out the word to make the treatment
more successful, that almost all Euro-
pean countries and the United States
have offered preiniuins for the most stic-
cessful mode of treating this terrible
disease. As an example, lncr Majesty,
tha Gerinaii liliiiprcss zuid Queen of Prus-
1 sin, offered a prize of 2,000 reicliinzirks for
the best essay on the esiseiicc of diphthe-
ria and the result of trezttinent of the
disease, based on the knowleclge of the
‘ nature of the iiffeclioii.

Trees and Health.

Everybody knows that trees take the
carbonic acid thrown out in the breath
of men and animals, separateit into
component parts——carboii and oxygen-
give back the latter to be used over
again, and work up the former into wood
and fruits.

Itis also coming to‘ be generally un-
derstood that forest trees do important
service in promoting rainfalls, and in
helping to retain the surface-water for
springs, streanis and general use.

Itis also kuowii that certain species,
planted in malarial localities, help to
‘ render the latter healthy by somehow
i using up the deadly miasina.

‘ It would now appear that treesgrowiiig
I near drains carry off the sewerage water.
‘ A gentleman, whose cess-drain was
constructed just like his neighbors’ and
in the same kind of soil, had found it
uiiiiecessary to clean it out, while the
others had to be cleaned out frequently.
An examination showed that three
large trees, whose roots had penetrated
_l into the vicinity of his second,'or waste
cess—pool, were clearly channels through
a which the waste all escaped.-

Whether it was changed into plant-
food, as islikely, or was exhaled through
the leaves, in either case it was disposed
of with equal safety.

What it Costs to Smoke.

The cost of regular smoking is shown
by the following computation, upon the
basis of a weekly expenditure of one
dollar, the amount, $26, being brought in
as'capital at the _end of every six months,
at 7 per cent per annum compound in-
terest. It amounts to, at the end of .

  
  
  
  

 

 

5 years.....$ 304.96 45 years...$15,680.59
10 “ . . 735.15 50 “ .... ..22,423.98
15 “ .. 1,341.97 ‘55 “ .... ..31,936.l9
20 “ .. 2,193.94 60
25 “ .. 3,405.37 65
30 “ .. 5,108.56 70
35 “. .. 7,511.08 75 . . , .
40 “ .... ..10,900.07 80 “ ......18l,773.12

Most smokers (of cigars) will pay out
at least 25 cents a day for “the weed,”
at which rate the amounts in the above
table would be nearly doubled. Moral:
Don’t smoke.

Happiness is a frail plant which sel- «_

dom lives long on earth. It springs up
when it will ; often in quiet, shady nooks
and corners, seldom in cultivated ardens.
It often blooms where one wou d least

Leellurefi. B“1‘1‘09«k Grange N°- 303- , expect it, and then as unexpectedly dies. _


 

o

4

THE GRANGE VISITO R.

Agricultural College

One objection frequently and persist-
ently urged against the Agricultural Col-
lege is, that her graduates are all law-
yersor other professional men. This,
if true, would be an objection so far
as her claims as an Agricultural College
are concerned,but wouldjnot necessarily
bea valid one against her as an insti-
tution of learning. B'ut this objection
is not sustained by facts, as any one
may see by examining the last cata-

logue. Out of 186 living graduates, 69
are engaged in general farming, 8 as 3
fruit culturists, 4 as apiarists, 20in pur-
suits more or less intimately connected
with agriculture including 13 profess-
ors and teachers in Agricultural Col- I
leges, and Tin other industrial pursuits, 
making a total of 108, while there are ‘
only 73 engaged in all other pursuits, of
which only 16 are lawyers, 9 doctors, ‘I
and three preachers. The number of,‘
those actually engaged in farming I
would be largely increased were it not;
for the fact that considerable capital is
required to commence farming even on
a rented farm, and unfortunately many
of the graduates, at the time of leaving ‘
the iustitution are not very bounteously i
supplied with money, in fact are poor,
and would be obliged, if they worked at I
farming at all, to work at farm labor. ,
They are fitted to command much bet-
ter wages as teachers or in some other
pursuit, and no one should blame them
for doing so. Some of them engage in
other businesses with the intention of
continuing in them only until they can
command means to engage advantage-
ously in farming, but having become
successfully engaged in their chosen oc- ,
cupation and identified with it, they I
wisely stick to it. ‘ ‘

Even if a much greater number of 
the graduates than really do, should en- 
gage in other pursuits, it would be no 
argument against the usefulness of 
the college. It_ should not be expect- 
ed, nor would it be desirable, that all I
farmer's sons should be farmers. Some
of them, While they would make very

poor farmers, would be very successful,
and perhaps eminent in the pursuits
they are by nature adapted to, and to
compel such to be farmers would be as I
foolish and futile, to usea homely com- 
parison, as it would to make an ox bow I
of a pine stick. It is more than non- E
sense for farmers to form the idea that
farming is the only honorable pursuit
their sons can engage in. Society de-
mands business men and will continue
to do so to the end of time, and any one
who has watched closely the course of
events must have observed that the ten-
dency of city life is to cause young men
reared and educated in cities to degene-
rate in mind and body, and to become
worthless as business men. It is seldom
that the sons of even very talented
‘business men ever become eminent.
Hence the ranks of the professions and
of all business pursuits have to be re-
cruited from young men in_the country,
from farmers’ sons, who with strong
minds, in healthy and vigorous bodies,
do not find-it diflicult to far outstrip
their effeminate city cousins, although
they may have had far superior advan-
tages so far as education and culture, as
well as money and influence are con-
cerned. That this is true any one can
be convinced who will look over the
long list of names eminent in the his-
tory of our country as statesmen, pro-
fessional and business men. By far the
greater number of them originated from
the country.

But whether these things be so or not,
or whether it be desirable or not that
any farmers’ sons should ever become
lawyers or doctors or preachers or busi-
ness men does not alter the fact that
many boys from the country will be
ambitions to gain a higher education
than .is afforded by the district school,
and will leave home to seek it, and that '
many farmers will be ambitious and
anxious for their sons to do so, and will
send them away from home to be edu-
cated. The pnly question then is:
where shall these farmer boys be educa-
ted ! Shall it be in an institution in the
country on a farm,away from the temp-
tations and dissipations of towns where
the lessons of frugality and industry
learned on the farm shall be continued
and strengthened, associated with oth-
ers of their own class, and impelled by

_the same ambition and motives, or shall
it be in an institution in some town full
of devices to lure the young on to des-
them”, associated with boys. many Pf

 

them the idle and spendthrift sons of
Wealthy parents, already adapts in all
kinds of dissipation and immorality
impelled by no ambition, but there be-.
cause sent there, ready to snub and ridi-
cule all who do not join their vicious
and idle ways, and to laugh to scorn
any manifestations of industry or fru-
gality; and in which if not actually
taughtthat all labor is degrading, un-
dignified and disgraceful, all the asso-_
ciations around them would lead them
to that conclusion ? In which institu-
tion would a farmer feel his son to be
the safest? The graduates of which if
engaged in other pursuits than farming
would be the most apt to look with fa-
vor upon agrieulture and agricultural
interests? No intelligent farmer can
hesitate for an answer.

Let farmers favor and foster their own.
Visit and examine it before finding
fault.
cism, but suggest something better in-
stead of trying to destroy or cripple by
inadequate support. If your boys will
leave home to be educated, send them

Ilthere to receive an education that is ad-

mirably adapted to prepare them for

any avocation in life, and if after their ‘

minds are matured and they are capable
of decidihg for what avocation they are
best fitted, do not commit the absurdity

of trying to make a good farmer of one
who is admirably fitted by nature for
some thing else, nor the equal absurdity
of trying to make a smart lawyer or
doctor or preacher or business man of
one who is just flitted for an excellent
and successful farmer a.nd nothing else,
and do not find fault with your college,
because she does not make farmers of
all her graduates, whether they are fit-
ted to be tarmers or not.
GEORGE PRAY.
Woodard Lake, 190.

Notice of Meetings.

A public meeting and installation of
oflicers of Hillsdale Pomona Grange,
No. 10, will he held at Grange hall,
Jonesville, Monday, January 7, 1880.
The Hon. J. J. Woodman, Master of
State and National Granges will address
the meeting and install the officers. All
members of the Order and our farmer
friends are cordially invited to attend.
Public meeting and installation at two
o'clock P. M. Meeting for business at
ten o’clock A. M. sharp.

G. M. GARDNER, Sec’y.

A regular meeting of Oakland Pomo-
na Grange, No. 5, P. of H. will be held
at Pontiac, on Tuesday. January 13,
1880, commencing at 10 o’clock A. M.
Election and installation of ofliners will
take place. All fourth degree members
are invited to attend. _

J. JACKSON, Sec’y.

LANSING. Mich., Dec. 22, 1879.

On Wednesday at 1;. P. M. January 7,
at Dansville, we shall have an election
of officers of Ingham Co., Grange, No.
14. In the evening we shall confer the
fifth degree. The interest in the county
Grange has increased during the past
year, especially in the south-east part of
the county.

On Dec. 20th Capitol Grange No. 540,
elected John Holbrook, Master, and
Wilson Moore, Secretary, and re-elected
W. J. Beal Lecturer. This Grange has
made good progress during the past
year. *

MARRIED.

MINCKLER — ARMSTRONG.— In Traw-
bridge Grange No. 296, at a regular meeting
on December 24, by Bro. J. D. Donaldson,
Mr. Warren E. Mincklor and Miss Della M.
Armstrong, all of Trowbridge Grange.

..

ATTEND the KALAMAZOO

   

  

COLLEGE. Send for Journal. W. F. PAR-
soss, Pres’t, Kalamazoo, Mich.

I]11arterman’s Patent Ready-Mixed Paint-

(Established 1842). 159 SOUTHST., N. Y.

CHEAPESTSI. BEST in the WORLD.
Used by Patrons Largely.

Criticise it if worthy of criti-,

I L UMBER in Car or Cargo Lots. E

 

I

TOO LATE

It soon will be. The rise of more than half in
the price of Iron is more than we can stand.
For a very short time only we will receive or-
ders at old prices, viz.: -5 Ton Wagon Scales,
$50. All iron and Steel. _ Sold on trial-
freight paid by—no money asked till tested and
found satisfactory. All sizes.
JONES OF BINGHAMPTON,

Bingharnpton, N, Y. »

Paw Paw, Mich., May 18th, 1878.

Jonas, or BINGHAMTONZ

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

Yours, Fraternally,
[Signed] J.

Grange HEADQUARTERS.

THOMAS MASON,
Ilieneral Ilummissinn Merchant,

183 SOUTH WATER STREET,

CHICAGO. - - ILLINOIS.

Purchasing Agent /or the Patrons of Husband-

ry, authorized by Executive Committe of the

-, Michigan State Grange ; Agent of the N. W.
Produce Exchange Association, principal oflice,
Buchanan, Mich. ; also, Agent of the Michigan
Lake Shore Fruit Growers’ Association, Steven-
ville, Mich.,

Respectfully solicits Consignments of

The Hiigiaiidman.

REDUCE? rider I
$1._2'.E:.I::_$1.

The HUSBANDMAN has been widely recognized
as standing in the front rank of agricultural
journalism._ While treating fully all questions
embraced in

PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.

it d" with fearless ability the economic
problems that affect all productive industries.
It strives earnestly to incite thought, broaden
conception and increase understanding of the
wrongs through which agriculture has suffered,
especially the

UNJUST TAXATION

 

tions by which its products are cheapened be-
low the cost of the labor employed in their
production.

It would stimulate self- respect among farm-
ers through well-applied thought, fitting them
to represent their industry in the halls of leg-
islation as a vital necessity to national pros-

erit .

All the well-known features of the HUSBAND-
MAN will be maintained, including full reports
of the famous

and observations abroad.
ITS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

will embrace many writers whose work has al-
ready added largely to the interest and value of

FRUITS. VEGETABLES. BUTTER. EGGS.

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

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

I

Having a large and conveniently arranged I
House in the business part of the city, we are ;
prepare to handle goods in any quantity, and, 1
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.

I
I
I

Cash must Accompany 01-den-oi
to Insure Prompt Attention. ;‘

—-—REFE'RENCES :—
Executive Committee of Mich. State Grange.
J. J. Woodman, Paw Paw, Mich. I
J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich. 1
Herman, Schaifner & Co., Bankers, Chicago, Ill.
Thomas Mars, Berrien Centre, Mich.

W. A. Brown, Sec’y Mich. L. S. F. G. A.ss’n,
Stevensville, Mich.
§ Stencils, Shipping Taga, and Market Be-
po-rtr furnished on application.
Coannsponnnnon Somcrran. mar.12’79

Paints and Paris Green.

PRICES REDUCED FOR 1879.

PAIBUNS’ PAIII cnmmm

lngersoll’s Ready Mixed Paints,
Paris Green and Brushes.

Best and Cheapest Paints in
the World.

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

Our Book “How Every one can Paint,”
with 20 Brilliant Colors, Brushes, etc., illustrat-
ed, mailed free upon application to PATRON S’

If T. A. Thompson, Pres., Past Lec. Nat. Grange ‘
S

 

I

PAINT 00., 162 South St., N. Y.

-——'l‘RUs'l‘l~3ES: I

amuel E. Adams, of Minn., Master “ “
D. Wyatt Aiken, of S. C., Ch’m Ex. Com. “
Mortimer Whitehead, of N. J., Lee. Nat. “

O. H. Kelle , Past Secretary National Grange.
J. W. A. right,Master Cal. State Grange.
M. D. Davis, Master State Grange, Kentucky.

i5§'The Kalamazoo Business College is re-
ceiving a larger number of Students this year
than it ever had. Every desk is filled and it
has been necessary to add more to accommo-

Our Book “Quarterman’s Guide to Paint- date the new aPP1i°9"‘t5-
.

ing,” with sample colors,

MAILED FREE on APPLICATION

Michiga.n”s Temper-
THU]-HIEU'ER__ance paper. Only a
. Dollar 9. year. Wide

awake and progressive. Send postal for list of
150 choice books offered as premiums. Special
rates to Unions and Clubs and New Sub-
scribers, for purposes of introduction. In
Clubs of not less than ten, 50 cents a year.
Rare chance for Temperance Societies to scatter
fresh literature at Cost, The prgan of the new
Red Ribbon Constitutional Amendment move-
ment and of the W. C. '1‘. Unions, and is pro-
nounced the best tempatance paper ever pub-
lished in Michigan. F. H. Bunonss, 211 Jef-
ferson Avenue, Detroit.

I

 

HEADQUARTERS FOR LAND PLASTER I
I

‘DA? .2. TAYLOR.

Grandville, Mich.

Are prepared to furnish LAND PLASTER,
fresh ground, at contrrct prices, made
with the Executive Committee
of the State Grange.

A large stock on hand of pure, finely-ground
LAND PLASTER.

Send us your Orders direct.
DAY & TAYLOR.

jan1—1y

its columns.

It will present complete reports of NEW
YORK and PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.

A FREE COPY will be sent to any person
who forwards in one order the names and ad-
dresses of ten subscribers, new or old, with ten
dollars in payment there for.

Remittances may be made by draft on New
York, Postoflice money order, or in currency.
Checks on country banks involving expense in

-—————:_._._._._m.__

fastened upon it, and the hurtful discrimina- ‘

ELIIIRA FARMERS CLUB DISCUSSIIINS, s

and from time to time editorial letters of travel '

I  

 

  g

I

II GfiI!IlG[sDI[
‘ODVOIHO

fit is.is7I7 omzzrd H0./I GAIHS J1

‘altering Iiillng 
‘IVNIEJIHO
‘SIONI'I'II -

‘HQNEIAV HSVHVAA 688 DU‘? [.88

‘_'OQ 75> pram ifreuxofiquoyq

 

, GEO. W. HILL & 00.,
 so Woodbridge St, - . Detroit.
I

Are now prepared to handle

Wheat, Oats and Corn,

IN CAR LOTS.
Having plenty of storage room we can also
handle
APPLFS.
BEANS,
CHEESE,

POTATOES,

' BUTTER,

i EGGS,
I

I

J and in fact anything and everything that a
-, farmer has to sell,

collection must have ten cents added to meet I

such cost,
Drafts, Postoflice money-order and checks
should be made payable and all letters ad-

dressed to
HUSBANDMAN,

ELMIEA, N. Y.
Sample copies free on application.

Two Good Papers!

THE CINCINNATI GRANGE BULLETIN.

A large eight page, weekly, Grange,
Agricultural, and Family paper. now
in its Fifth year of publication, devoted

to the Grange, the Farm, the Home’

Circle, and the interests of the Farmer
and his Family, everywhere. It aims to
be first-class in every respect, believing
that the farmers deserve to have, and
will support a paper that in all its De-
partments would be THE BEST. Agri-
culture, Horticulture, Orops and diar-
ket Reports, Topics of the Times, Grange
News from every Slate, dtc. Price $1.60
per year, postage paid.

Our Little Grangers.

Published monthly fér the little folks
of the farm, and designed for their
Homes, their Schools, their Granges,
their Gardens, their Pets, and their
Flowers; to help them in loving the
Good, the Beautiful, the True, the
Home, the Farm, the Grange, and their
Native Land. Price only 25 cents per
year, sent free to all subscribers to the
Oinoinnati Grange Bulletin, or two" good
papers for the price of one. Address:

GRANGE BULLETIN Co.
148 W’. 4th St., Cincinnati, 0.

Send for Sample copies, free. novl-6m

HAPPY CHILDREN I

In answer to many urgent Requests from Town I

and Country, the Publishers of
“OUR LITTLE GRANGERS”
Have concluded to issue it by itself at

ONLY 25 CENTS A YEAR!
This will give thousands of Boys and Girls a

- chance to have a good paper ALL THEIR OWN.

The only paper ever published specially for
farmers’ children. It contains fine pictures, nice
stories, verses, puzzles, letters from little
Grangers all over the country ; pieces to ‘speak
at school or exhibitions ; about gardens, and
flowers, and birds and pots of all kinds.

Get up a Club at your Grange, or school, or
in our neighborhood, '

member it is only 25 CENTS A YEAR.
Make the little folks happier and better.
Address,
GRANGE BULLETIN .CQ.. _
nov.1—6m 148 W. Fourth St.. Cincinnati, 0.

I 011 as Favorable Terms as any
I House in the City.

We also PURCHASE ALL KINDS OF

GOODS I01‘ STORES, CLUBS and Families

At the Lowest Wholesale Price.

I
i 3% Consignments and Orders Soliciled.
jy12-no70tf.

I

I

i

I

I

'1‘. J‘. STRONG,
Monterey. Allegan Co.. Mich-.
Breeder and Shipper of Pure

Improved Chester Whites

Bred from the Noted Herd of 5. ll.
TODD, of Wakeman, Ohio.
§Correspondence Solicited.

Letters & Flowers

—-FOR-:

Decorating Grange Halls

and Homes.

I can furnish BEAUTIFUL LETTERS in
any color, in Old English Text or Medieval
Text, for Mottoes, &c., in Halls, Churches and
I Rooms. These letters are eight inches long-

the capitals are 12 inches. Price for 20 or
more, in one order,

Five Cents Each, by Mail.

EVERLASTING FLOWERS, Green, &c.,

for Bouquets and Trimming, by Mail or Ex-
press. Address,
C. L. WHITNEY.

Dec. 15, 1879. Muskegon, Mich.

PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES

Kept in the oflice orthe Secretary or the
MICHIGAN S TA T E GRANGE,
And rent out Post Paid, on Receipt of Cash Or-
der, over the seal of a Subordinate Grange,

‘and the siynaiturc of its Master or Secretary.

   
 

 

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members,. .. . . . . . .. 1 00
Blank Record Books, (Express apaid),.. .. . 1 00
Order Book, containing 100 Or ers on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . 60
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bonnd,. . 50
Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Applications for Membership, per 100,... . 50
Membership Cards, pelt 100: - - - - - - 50
Withdrawal Cards, per doz., 25
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . 25
By-Laws of the State Grange, single
copies 3c, per doz., . . . . . . . . . ._. . . . . . .  . 35
New kind of Singing Books, with music,
Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . .  .. I 80
Rituals, single copy, . . . . .. - 15
" per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 50
Blank “Articles of Association” for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Grange:
with Copy of Charter, all complete,.. . . . 10
Patron’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
mer, Cloth, . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . . 49

J. T. COBB,
Sac’! MICE. Sn-rn Guxdn, ‘
SCHOOLCBAI-'1‘, MICK.

Address,

...- .  ...-.-.. W... -..............,..a....¢.