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VOL. 6,—No. 3. }
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INDEX ro THIS NUMBER.

The Old Canoe~ J. J. Woodman, . . . . . . ..  . . l

' . ualit -—Abolish the Credit S s-
E::::sLo}*:evr.=liiiig(gl Beets to Stock—-An Electiic
Pen—Plaster~Foot Rot in Sheep—A Big
Boom—Kerosene —HOW L033 are We to
Live, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2

- , o, 97, — Hillsdale Pomona
Uggngflffdntrgim Co. Grange — Penufield
Grange, No. 85.—A Correction—Riverside
Grange, No, 178, — Programs Birmingham
and Oakland Co. Gmnges-—Installatioii Ex-
ercises—-Feed Young Animals Well—Worth
Knowing—Crop Reports—Recipe for Smok-
ing Hams—Miscellaneous Items, . . . . . . . .. 3

The (}0vex110l'Sl1lp—-VlSllCO1' Index—Progriims
"or Grange Work-Grange Notes—Breaking
pf the Bucket Shop . . . . . . . . 4

Td ltemitters-—Letter from Grc‘.'. Sessions, No.
7—I\'ext Governor-—Tha Governor Qllefitiml
_])eputies—Pickings by the Way, No. 2.—
Liquid Manure for Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Grange Missiou—-Essay from Aunt Hate-
Essay from No. 178-Writing for the V isitog
-—Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Tgble Appointinents—~Want of Courage-The
Wool Question—Fencing and Fences—Exact-
ness in Speech — Oleomargerine — Curing
Balky Horses—Treatmeut of a Cold . . . . . . 7

Notices of Meetings — Obituaries — Advertise-
ments 8

THE OLD CANOE.

Where the rocks are gray and the Shore is

steep,
And the waters below look flflfk. and G9‘??-
Where the rugged pine, in its lonely Prldefi
Leans glooinily over the murky tide ;
Where the reeds and rushes are long and rank,
And the weeds grow thick on the winding
bank; V
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day
through,
There lies at the moorings the old canoe.

The useless paddles are idly dropped,
Like a sea-bird's wings that the storm has
lopped, _ _ ,

And crossed on the railing. one o er one,

Like the folded hands when the work is done ;
While busily back and forth between

The spider stretches his silvery screen,

And the solemn owl, with his dull " too-hoo,"
Settles down on the side of the old canoe.

The stem, lialf;sunk in the_ slimy wave,

Rots slowly awa‘y in its living grave,

And the green moss creeps o’er its dull decay,
Hiding its rnouldering dust away,

Like the hand that plants o'er the tomb a

flower, _ .
Orthe ivy that mantles the falling tower ;
While many a blossom of livliest hue
springs up o’er the stern of the old canoe.

The currentless waters are dead and still—- V
But the light wind plays with the boat at will,
And lazily in and out again _

It floats the length of the rusty chain, _

Like the weary march of the hands of time,
That meet and part at the noon-tide chime,
And the shore is kissed at each turn anew,

By the dripping bow of the old canoe.

oh, many a time, with a careless hand,
I have pushed it away from the pebbly strand,
And paddled it down where the stream runs

quick, _ _
Where the whirls are wild and the eddies are
h’ k
And lvlaiitglied as I leaned o’er the rocking side,
And looked below in the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two,
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.

But now as I lean o’er the crumbling side,

And look below in the Blllgglr-l’l tldfy

The face that I see there is graver grown,

And the laugh that I hear has a soberer tone._

And the hands that lent to the light skiff
wines . . .

Have grown familiar with sterner things.

But I love to think of the hours that sped

As Irock where the whirls their white sprays
shed,

Ere the blossom waved, or the green grass

' SCHOOLCRAFT, FEBRU_ARY 1st. 1880.

JONATHAN J. VVOODMAN, so well
known to very many, not only of the
Patrons of Michigan, but of the whole
country, was born in Sutton, Caledo-
nia County, Vermont, May 25th,
1825.

Of English ancestry, his parents
were American born. His farmer, a
clergyman and f21rmer,had not neg-
lected the Divine command to “ mul-
tiply and replenish the earth,” and at
the age of forty-one, when Jonathan
was a lad of six years, with a. family
of nine children he moved to Western
New York. Not there realizing the
hopes which prompted him to abandon
his native State, and all the associa-
tions of early life, and impelled by
that desiie to secure a home for him-
self and family which has prompted
the best blood of New England to
flow westward for half a century,
four years later, in the spring of 183.’),
he emigrated to Michigan, and located
the farm now owned by Mr. Wood-
man, and on which he lives.

Western Michigan, except its few
praries, was then an almost unbroken
wilderness. A few families arrived
and settled in the neighborhood in
the summer of 1835, and not unmind-
ful of the fact that schools were an
essential part of the civilization they

had left behind them, they opened up
in a primitive way the chances for an
education in a slab shanty, to which
the few children of these early settlers
too young for work were sent.

Abof.‘i: this time. the flood tide OI
emigration to Southern Michigan
commenced, and the sturdy settlers
engaged at once in opening up farms,
building villages, and providing edu-
cational advantages for their children.

These were enjoyed by young
Woodman to the extent of devoting
the winter season to the village
school, and the summer to labor on
his father's farm, completing his
school education at a private acade-
my, under the tuition of the late Prof.
Vose, before he was 21 years of age.

His time in the village school and
his academic course of a few months,
had been so well improved, and had
kindled in him such a desire to ex-
plore the fields of learning, the por-
tals of which he had just passed,
that to go to college was then his
highest ambition. But a new country,
with its demands for improvement, at
new farm with its demands for labor,
and a large family with its demands
for a Iiving,left few dollars to devote to
the less necessary collegiate educa-
tion which his ambition coveted.
His father could not help him, and he
was compelled to abandon this
cherished purpose.

He determined to enter a law office
and study law, and went to Kalama-
zoo, making his first application for a
place in the office of Stuart & Miller.
Mi‘. Stuart was not in when the far-
mer boy called to arrange for his future
course in life. Mr. Miller, a few years
his senior, raised on a farm, with a few
years legal practice, was well qualified
to give good advice.

He said to young Woodman, the
profession is overcrowded, and the
chances for a competence and future
distinction are better and more certain
for a youngman intent on doing what
he undertakes well, ifhe sticks to farm-
ing in this new and undeveloped
country than at the bar. This legal
opinion from an eminent lawyer, cool-
ed his order for professional life, and
he returned home resolved to comply
with the wishes ofliis father and heed
this legal advice which had come to
him unsought.

From henceforth he was ultimately
to be a farmer, and he soon purchased
forty acres of land adjoining his fath-
er’s farm, incurring a. debt of $400,
which was paid in installments with
money earned by teaching. As he
was well qualified, and it wasmore re-

(TI! thg:el:(lll!ld8l'lu5 stern of the old canoe.

ment on his father's farm through the
summer seasons. A 40-acre farm was
too restricted for his ambition, and
in the newly discovered gold fields of
California, he fancied he saw a pros-
pect to secure means to enlarge his
little farmand enable him to prosecute

jects which attend success.

Re-signing the position of principal
ofthe Paw Paw union school, in the
spring of 1852, he joined the tlirong
and crossed the plains to meet and
overcome as best he might, the hard-
ships of the venture, and adventure,
of a two year's life in California.

Though he found no Bonanza, he
saved enough in two years of Califor-
nia. life by mining and other business
in which he was engaged, to enlarge
his farm, and soon make such valuable
improvements as gave him the coveted
standing which he has since so fully
en_]'oyed—an independent, enterpris-
ing Michigan farmer.

His services as teacher were in de-
mand, and the two winters succeeding
his return from California, he taught
school in a neighboring district. We
conclude that his time duuing the win-
ter of 1856 was not wholly devoted
to teaching, as we find on enquiry.
that in the following March he married
Miss Harty H. Hunt, daughter ofJ0hn
llunt, an enterprising farmer and pio-
neer settler of his own township
Four years later he purchased 100
acres of his fzitliei"s form, this time
incurring £1. debt of $4,000.

About this time, in 1860, he was
chosen to represent his district in the
Michigan legislature, a position to
which he was re-vlecteil successively
five times, making twelve years of
continuous service, during three terms
having the additional honor of being
selected by the body to serve as pre-
siding oflieer, a distinction never :ic-
corded to any member of ordinary
ability, nor given a second time to any
person lacking in executive talent. In
the late Centennial Exposition he was
one of the Board of Managers repre-
senting the State of lllicbigun, his es
pecial duty being to take charge of the
agricultural exhibition of his State.
In 1878, he received from President
Hayes, the appointment of Commis-
sioner to the Paris Exposition. being
one of the four to represent American
agriculture. It is worthy of note that

munerative, he devoted six successive

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winters to that work, finding employ- ’

his chosen vocation and secure the ob- '

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united solicitation of the entire Con-
gressional delegation, from his State,
Mr. \Voodman himself having no part
in its procurement, nor even the knowl-
edge that the position would ‘bc ten-
dered him. The duties of the office
took him abroad early in May, 1878.
lDui'iug the summer months he was
closely engaged in Paris most of the
timq. He found time, howevei',to make
occasional excursions into the agricul-
.tural districts of France, and trav-
eled extensively through several
other countries in Europe, where
with the fondness of an enthu-
siast, he sought out everything
new, if it seemed to have bearing upon
the business in hand—the develop-
ment of truth in agriculture. These
trips were delineated in letters to the
GRANGE Visiron and Post and Trib-
mic. and freely copied by the agri-
cultural press throughout the Union.
Very soon after the Grange move-
ment became in Micliigan a moving
impulse, Mr. Woodman identified
himself with it, notwithstanding the
opprobrium that thoughtless scrib-
blers and senile orators had endeav-
He saw in the
Order a precious boon to American
farmers, conditioned _onlv upon their
cordial support of an institution de-
vised in their interest, and therefore
dependent upon them for whatever
power or force it might have in shap-
ing affairs. Being thoroughly iden-
tified in the new work, it was soon
apparent to his fellow-laborers that
his abilities indicated a wider
field than could be afforded by his
local Grange as the measure of his
usefulness. and he was therefore
elected in 1874, Master of the Michi-
gun State Grange, a position which he
still holds, having twice been reelect-
ed by :1 nemly unanimous vote. In
1875. at the ninth annual session of
the National Grange in Louisville,
Kentucky, he was elected Overseer,
the second office in the body, the
term expiring in 1877. At the elev-
enth annual session in Cincinnati, he
was re—elected, and served with such
ability at the sessions of the National
G range at Richmond and at Cunand:ii-
gun, often occupying the chair of the
Master. Where his familiarity ‘with
parliameutziry law and usage, and his
natural tact as a-presiding cfiglcer,
brought to him the highest 0 cc in
the gift of that body—that of Master

{ Y_oUR Suiiscniivrioum
Wlll Expire with No.

Mr. \Voodm:i1i has many qualifies
that have given him admirable fitness
for the various official positions to
which he has been c:illed———biit it is
not the purpose of this sketch to make
a caref'ul niinlysis of clinmctel-_ It
may be said, however. that as a pre-
siding officer in a deliberative body,
he has, combined with the utmost
readiness of decision. rzire tact that
gives adverse ruling the character of
graceful and courteous denial, sooth-
ing to those who seek the favors firmly
refused. lntrenched in the most
profound parliamentary lore, he oc-
cupies the chair as the embodiment of
law whose executive he becomes, with
no favor nor harsh ruling to bestow,
the plain purpose being to guide the
proceedings of the body over which he
presides by the rules it has itself es-
tablished. As a speaker, he is entire-
ly free from ostentatious display, al-
though earnest and forcible, trusting
ratlier to close argument and the logic
of facts than to the arts of‘ oratory.

As a farmer, entire system marks
every department of his work. Ex.
cept when official duties have made
demands gpon his time, he has not
only given personal attention to the
business of his farm, but has always
taken hold of its manual labor with
the “ come boys” activity that usu-
ally makes success certain. He now
owns 500 acres of land, 350 of which
he is cultivating.

lu practical farmiiig he holds; 159,39,
ciously to the idea that a mixed hus-
bandry, thorough cultivation with a
liberal supply of fertilizers, and a sys-
tematic rotation of crops is essem;ia1
to success.

At this time about 200 acres of his
improved lands are in meadow and

mainder will be put in spring crops.
Of live stock he has 300 fine wooled
sheep, 40 head of cattle, of which the
larger part are being fed for market,
14 head of horses and colts, and some
75 head of swine, For this stock he
has ample shelter in winter, and it all
receives that care and attention which
the comfort of the animal and the in-
terest of the owner alike demand.
His motto is, system, economy, and
punctuality in all farm operations, as
well as other business, and “an intel-
ligent calciilation on probabilities.”
His farm liesjust outside the village
Of Paw Paw. 2 place of some 2,800
inhabitants, and the county seat of
Van Buren county. His residence,
within half a mile of the post office,
gives him all the society advantages
which village life affords. His farm
buildings are sufficient for the needs
ofa large farm. but exhibit no lavish
expenditure. With but one child, ii boy
of 17, his family is always reinforced
with the hired help necessary to run a
large farm, and, his considerate treat-
ment of‘ all his employes when at
home makes them careful of his inter-
ests, and there is little of that change
from year to year which is so common
among tirmers.
Mr. VVoodman has been successful
in his own business afi"airs-——sncccss-
ful in oflicial life, and honored for the
faithfulness with which he has dis-
charged every duty imposed upon
him—and now at the age of 54 we find
him surrounded with every comfort
and convenience found in a well or-
dri-ed home.
The fortuitous circumstances of life
that seem to attend some men more
than others, have fallen to his lot.
With a wife familiar with farm life
from childhood, and eminently quali-
fied to adapt herselfto every situation,
- practical good sense and sound
1 gment have contributed in no
small degree to their financial prosper-
ity,avliile her fine social and intellec-
tual qualities have made their home
an attractive center of a large circle
of friends who are always welcome at

this appointment was made on the

—-at its late session in November,;1879.

their hospitable board.

  

  

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. TIIE GRANGE VISITOR.

Olummnruimtinua.

“ Excelsior ” vs. “ Equality.”

FARMINGTON, Jan. 8th, 1880.
Worthy Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

“Equality” has hit me a lick over
the face and eyes. I might not feel like
thanking her very kindly for that were
it not for the fact that my great-great-
grandfather first saw the peep of day
in Ireland, and that accounts for my
enthusiastic love of England and her
institutions, for every Irishman loves
England you know. It is with shame
that I must confess that my grandfather
served during the Revolution in the
ranks of that arch rebel, George VVash-
ington. But grandpa was very young,
which is some excuse for his rashness
and ingratitude.

Judging from the tone of “Equalityls”
letter, I conclude she does not think
much of men, nor England either; but
I did not refer to the superiority of
monarchy and masculinity without
having attendant authority for so do-
ing. Gould Brown, in his grammar,
says “ the masculine has always been
considered the nobler sex,” and Jay
Gould has said, “VVe shall shortly find
ourselves living under a monarchy,”
and he said something about giving a
million dollars to have it so (I wish he
would give it to me). Let us never
forget that Gould-en opinions come
within one of being golden.

“ Equality” says: “ We will never
have an American nobility.” Bless
her innocent soul, we have got them
now. Does she think they would live
back in the sugar bush, and because
there are none there, that there are
none anywhere? These government-
favored few don’t have to work for
their living. Some think there is
only one man in America who has a
chance to increase his income by $100,-
000 a year, just ‘by writing his name,
but that is a mistake; there are lots of
them who can do it.

In a republic, no matter how glorious,
little girls don’t have an equal chance
with little boys. Each of the latter can

-be told to study hard, and be a good

boy, and some day he will be President
of the United States: but you cannot
encourage the little girls by any prom-
ise that they will ever be Queen of
America.

If “Equality” would only consent
to see that there must necessarily be
two classes, as wide apart as the mud-
sills and the dome,—one class to pro-
duce, the other to own and consume
the products of the earth, then she
might forsake some of her plebeian no-
tions, and perhaps consent to be crown-
ed Queen of America. Oh, how nice
that would be! Then lords‘ daughters
would have to ,bow so low that their
noses would hit the floor, according to
court style in England. Then we could
have servants in livery, and tourna-
ments, and heraldry, and coats of arms,
and knight-errantry (that means there
would be knights to go on errands for
us), and Knights of the Golden Circle.
We have some of this latter class now,
and as soon as ever they get the circle
completed and fairly welded, there will
not be an inch of standing room left
for the standard American silver dollar
nor for the standard American paper
dollar. Then the standard will be the
British sovereign, and we shall need
to keep our pockets pretty full of them,
for we shall need to visit the Queen of
England every year-and get hints in
regard to changing over our form of
What would be the sense
in laying a British foundation if We
are not going to build a British house ?

The golden circle is essentially Eng-
lish, and by its use we can speedily be-
come, as they are in England, divided
into two general classes, the rich and
noble on one hand, and the poor and
ignoble on the other. We are making
very satisfactory progress in that di I180-
tion already. When I was a little boy
I could count all the millionaires in
America upon the fingers of one hand,

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now it would require all the fingers and
toes of the whole township besides.

“ What man has done, man may
do." And this shows there is a chance
for you and for me,Brother Cobb. There
are millions of money lying loose
around, and if you will consent to act
on the following suggestions, you can
easily manage to get hold ofa few(upon
which you would allow me a royalty of
course,)and in that way I could manage
to rise by hanging to your coat, as it
were. VVell then, you have a printing
press. " All that other folks can do,
why, with scheming, may not you ?”
You cannot reasonably expect million-
aires to pay you much for advocating
the cause of the mud sills, and the mud
sills will never get a million to pay
you. A word to the wise is suflicient.
Too many are getting in ahead of us,
that. if we are ever to become million-
aires, something must be done, and
done right off. VVhen I was a boy I
read in thejgeography, that the motto
of the European peasant was; “ VVhat
I eat and drink is mine,” and I have
been thinking that first we know that
will be our motto, if we refuse to look
around us and see how the cat is jump-
ing, and especially if we refuse our-
selves to jump out of the plebian into
the patrican class. Devotion to Agri-
culture and hard work will not avail for
us, for, as the N. Y. World says: “ The
American laborer must make up his
mind, henceforth not to be so much
better off than the European laborer.
Men must be contented to work for less
wages. In this way they will be nearer
that station in life to which it has pleas-
ed God to call them.” Brother and Sis-
ter Grangers, are we not on the wrong
track seeking to; add dignity to labor ?
Another suggestion : How would it do
to leave all this drudgery to those far-
mers and their wives who stubbornly
refuse tojoin the Grange? They would
do for the mud sills, and we Grangers
can march over in a body to the ranks
of the nobility. But let no one think
that fifty thousand dollars nor five
hundred thousand would entitle him
to rank with the nobility. Nothing
short of a million would. Then let
each one of us aim to possess a million,
remembering this saying of a genius:
“I hate mediocrity in all things.”

A representative of the nobility -will
Pennsylvania has just said to a repre-
sentative of the mud sills, that if he
will come over into their side, his fu-
ture welfare will be assured. That
means millions. ‘What a fool to not
accept. Thecoward was afraid some-
body would twit him of Judas and
thirty pieces of silver.

“ Ill fares the land to hastening ills a ray,
Where wealth accumulates and men ecay.”

Any man who takes any stock in the
above poetic twaddle, is either a silly
sentimentalist or a wicked communist.

Sister “ Equality,” pray let us be sen-
sible .'l‘he ranks ofthe millionaires are
being filled at the rate of one a week.
This cannot always continue. The
door to fortune and to fame may yet be
slammed in our faces. We have no
time to lose. Let all who contemplate
exchanging their plebian for the
patrician, state quit the lower strata at
once and makea break for the upper
crust. I shall, for one, for still my
motto is EXCELSIOR.

Abolish the Credit System.
DOWAGIAC, Mich., }
January 14th, 1880.
Editor Grange Visitor .-

I am pleased to see that the VISITOR
is growing and prospering, and hope
all true Patrons will appreciate and
sustain it, by promptly forwarding
their little half-dollar.

General Jackson is reported to have
said, during the crash of 1837, that any
one doing business on borrowed capital
ought to fail. Perhaps the famous
old hero, who had just seen the Na-
tional debt paid, leavinga surplus in
the treasury, went a little to extremes
on the credit system, but every careful
thoughtful man knows that the main
cause of our financial troubles is the
proneness of our people in their Na-

tional, State, municipal and individual '
capacity to borrow money, or buy prop-
erty on credit, promising to pay almost
any rate of usury demanded by Shy-
locks,—and when payment comes to be
enforced, States repudiate and individ-
uals go into bankruptcy, destroying
their credit and ruining their friends.

Once in ten or fifteen years since the
organization of our Government we
have had a similar crisis to that just
passed. As soon as times improve and
confidence is restored, instead of learn-
ing wisdom from the past sad experi-
ence, our people plunge into debt again
-which is sure to bring another reac-
tion, followed by bankruptcy and ruin
to thousands.

I am inclined to think the only rem-
edy is to prohibit States and municip-
aliiies from issuing bonds, or incurring
indebtedness of any description.

Abolish all laws for the forcible col-
lection of debts, putting creditors on
their guard, and every debtor on his
honor; let the rule be pay as you go,
and we would see no more panics.

“But,” says my lawyer friend, “that
would cripple our business,” and de-
stroy the business of Shylocks and
stock gamblers. Well, let them turn
their talents in some other direction,
and earn an honest living by the sweat
of the brow, instead of rolling in wealth
and living at the expense of the tax-
ridden toiling masses.

Fraternally,
H. H. TAYLOR,

Feeding Beets to Stock.

ADRIAN, Mich., 1
January 2-lth, 1880. I

IVO7-thy Bro. Cobb.-

Last year a member of Grange No.
38-1, gathered from one-eighth acre of
sandy loam, four tons, or rather 160
bushels, of long red mangel wurtzel
beets, averaging about five pounds each,
and from six inches to three feet in
length. They were solid and crisp, and
worth, to feed cattle, sheep and swine,
in moderate quantities, $2 to $4 per ton.

The soil had been tilled for several
years, and fertilized with muck and
stable manure. Last spring a moderate

-dressing of stable manure was plowed

under in April, and the soil worked
with a harrow about once a week until
the middle of May, when the seed was
sown in drills three feet apart.

The plants were thinned to 12 or 15
inches apart, and tended with hoe un-
til they were about eight inches high,
after which most of the cultivation was
done by horse power.

At the time for gathering they stood
about two-thirds out of the ground, be-
ing very easily pulled—an average man
could pull 50 bushels an hour.

The cost of the crop was about one-
half of its value in this case. Farmers
should raise more roots for their stock,
to be fed in winter, They are very val-
uable in a sanitary point of view, being
relished by stock as fruit is by man.
Fattening stock supplied with roots
produce a superior quality of meat.

Farmers, try living without fruit or
vegetables one-half the year, and you
will see the point.

' H. C. BRADISI-I.

AN ELECTRIC PnN.—’I'he electric spark

en is among recent French inventions.
If a sheet of thin paper is attached to a
plate of copper or zinc, it is stated that
an engraving can be made with extra-
ordinary faciliiy by means of this device.
If one of the poles of a Ruhinkorff ma-
chine is attached to the plate and the
other to the upper end of the pen, the
current will run through, and in draw-
ing the paper is perforated. ‘Vixen the
drawing is finished, ink is laid on with
an ordinary roller, and the greasy fluid
penetrates through the holes. The plate
is then plunged into water, which do-
taches the paper, and it is ready for im-
mersion iii the acid. The advantage
claimed for this method is that the
artist does all parts of his work, and has
no more trouble than if he were work-
ing with an ordinary pencil.

A friend of ours was once on board of
a schooner wind-bound in the Bay of
Fundy. Speaking of it afterwards to an
old lady friend, she exclaimed: “Wind-
bozmd, were you? Why didn’t you take
some saffron tea ?—it’s the best thing in
the world for wind!”

Buy Plaster Now !

LOWELL, Kent 00., Mich.,
Jan. 26,1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb .-
At the last session of the Lowell Dis-

trict Council, a resolution was passed
recommending that each Grange ap-
point a committee to solicit orders for
plaster from farmers who are not Pat-
rons. VVe believe our Sisters might
help us much in this work, if they are
appointed on these committees. Let us
see to it that every farmer who uses
plaster has an opportunity to buy it of
Bros. Day & Taylor, and makes it nec-
essary for them to run their mill night
and day up to May. We can do it if we
put forth the proper effort. The farm-
ers outside the Order are beginning to
mean business, and are becoming better
educated as to the objects of the Order,
and as they become enlightened they
are more ready to join with us in mat-
ters like the plaster struggle. VVe find
this to be the case here at least. \Vith a
proper effort on our part, and without
a moment’s delay, it is in our power to
achieve a victory long to be remember-
ed, not by us alone, but by the Michi-
gan Plaster Ring as well.

Patrons, let us be up and at it. Let
every Patron consider him or herself a
committee of one and get all‘the orders
for plaster that they can, and hand
them to the Purchasing Agent as fast
as obtained, and when Bros. Day &
Taylor receive these orders, they will
feel that we are not dead or asleep, but
are fulfilling the contract on our part.
It ought to do us good to have it said of
us, “we have been tried and not found
wanting.”

Brothers and Sisters, we owe this
vigorous effort on our part to Bros.,I)ay
& Taylor. The good Patron pays what
he owes. '

I can furnish a first-class sewing ma-
chine with all the latestimprovements,
viz : The New Wilson Oscillating Shut-
tle Sewing Machine, to Patrons who
send orders under seal, at 23 per cent
discount from agents’ regular prices.
For further particulars, address, J. C.
ENGLISH, Lowell, Mich. There are
several of these machines in our Grange
and they give good satisfaction.

Foot Rot In Sheep.

During my attendance at our County
fair the last fall, I fell in with an ac-
quaintance of several years ago, and
when. last at his farm I found a very
fine flock of fine wool sheep. He was
then making a specialty of wool and
sheep raising, having a flock ofseveral
hundred on his farm, and reckoning
them a source of great profit in farm-
ing. At my recent interview witli him
I enquired for his sheep, and he replied
that he had been obliged to sell them
on account of the foot rot. He said
that it got in his flock, and he worked
two or three years to cure it, but had en-
tirely failed. He had given their feet
repeated parings, following this with
oil of vitriol and other powerful medi-
cines, but could not cure their feet, so
he gave it up and sold his entire flock ,-
and who that has ever tried catching a
large flock of sheep and paring their
hoofs, and then applying medicine to
eat out the disease, would blame him
for so doing. My friend was not a
Granger and did not take the GRANGE
VISITOR, else he might have seen a rem-
edy in it that would have cured his
sheep without the disagreeable work of
catching them at all. The remedy is
simple and easy, and one that I believe
will never fail to cure. I have tried it
with entire success, and since trying it
I have had no fears of the foot rot. I
take unslaked stone-lime and put it in a
box about three feet by four, with sides
about eight inches high, pour on water
until slaked, and of the consistency of
buckwheat batter, or thinner, place the
box in a narrow gateway, and drive the
sheep through it several times, so as to
thoroughly saturate the soft part of the
foot with the mixture. Repeat this
once a week for two or three times and

the rot and thelameness will disappear,
and if it comes on again it has only to
be persisted in and the cure is certain.
Try tt.

A Big Room.

Bra. .7. T. Cobb .-

It does me good to read what the far-
mers say on politics in the VISITOR.
Theirlaying aside party prejudice and

striving earnestly to find out what is

for their best interests, and for the in-
teresls of humanity, is one of the" good
signs of the times.

The farmers’ boom for Governor
should go on; yet we cannot help think-
ing that as long as the farmers do not
start a boom for some paying oflice, any
party or set of politicians will concede
to us the Governorship.

This boom is evidence that the farm-
ers are not yet educated out of their ex-
cessive modesty.

VVith lawyers to frame our laws, a
farmer for Governor would be of but
little benefit.

Let us have a boom that will place a
majority of farmers in our State legisla-
ture and in Congress.

To start it, we nominate J. J. Wood- '

man for Representative in Congress
from the Fourth District. I
CHRISTOPHER.

A SOURCE of danger in the use of ker-
osene lamps which seems to have been
generally overlooked, is allowing them
to stand near but stoves, on mantel-
pieces, and in other places where they
become sufficiently heated to convert
the oil into gas. Not unfrequently per-
sons engaged in cooking, or other work
about the stove, will stand the lamp on
an adjacent mantelpiece, or on the top
of a raised oven; or when ironing will
set the lamp near the stand on which
the heated iron rests. It is needless to
enlarge upon the risky habit of such
practices.

How Long We Are to Live.
It is not every one who asks himself
this question, because, strangly enough,
it is the belief of many persons that
their lives will be exceptionally lengthy.
However, life assurance coinpanias are
aware of the credulous weaknesses of
those whose lives they assure, and have
therefore compiled numerous tables of
cxpectuncy of life for their own guid-
ance, Wliltfil are carefully referred to be-
fore a policy is granted. The following
is one of these authenticated tables, in
use among London assurance companies,
showing the length of life at various
ages. In the first column we have the
present ages of persons of average health,
and in the second column we are en-
abled to peep, as it were, behind the
scenes ofan assurance ofiice, and gather
from their table the number of years
they will give us to live. This table ha:
been the result of careful calculation,
and seldom proves inislezuling. Ofcourse,
sudden and premature deaths, as well as
lives unusually extended, occasionally
occur, but this is a table of average ex-
pectancy of life of an ordinary man or
woman:
Age. Years to live. Age.‘ Years to live
1.. .35) | 50.. ...5l
. .31 I 60..
. 41 I 70..
............ .. 28 _.

Our readers will easily gather from the
above tabulated statement the number
of years to which their lives, according
to the law of averages, may reasonably
be expected to extend.—Ha1per’s Bazar.

TAKLNG A DISLIKE.-—Al1 ill-natured
fellow quarreled with his_ sweetheart on
the day they were to be married. After
the ceremony had begun he was asked:

“Do you take this woman to be your
wedded wife,” etc.

“lIe replied: “No !”

‘‘What’s your rczisoii?” asked the min-
isle:-.

“I’ve taken a dislike to her and that’s
enough,” was the surly reply.

The parties retirt-d—the bride in tears
—and, after much persuasion, the groom
was induced to have the marriage pro-
ceed. It was now the l-.1dy’s turn, and
when the minister asked the all-iinport-
ant ucstion :

“N10!” said she, resolutelv, “I’ve taken
it dislike to him.” ‘

The groom, inimiring her spunk, made
the matter up with her as soon as possi-
ble, and a third time they presented
themselves bcfcie the minister, who be-
gun the ceremony by asking the usual
questions, which were satisfactorily an-
swered this iime. But to the astonish-
ment of the party, his reverence con-
tinued:

“Well, I’m glad to hear that you are
Willing to take each other for husband
and wife, for it’s a good thing to be of
forgiving tempers. You can now go and
-get married where you will. I’ll not tie
the knot, for I’ve taken a dislike to both
of you l”

      

A good old parson complained to an
elderly lady of his congregation that her
daughter appeared to be wholly taken up
-with trifles or worldlyfinery, instead of
fixing her mind on things above. Y<‘>‘u
are certainly mistaken, sir,” said she, I
know that the girl appears to an observ-
er to be taken up with worldly things;
but you cannot judge correctly of the di-

rection her mind really takes, as she is n. '

little cross-eyed.”

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Union Grange No. 97.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Perhaps a few words from Union
Grange, No. 7, would be interesting to
some of your readers. This Grange
was organized Oct. 14, 1873, by Brother
Cahi1l,- starting out with 23 charter
members, among whom were husband-
men of great wealth and culture, who
worked with a hearty good will for the
cause they had espoused. In less than
one year their number had outgrown
the limits of the school district, and
embraced the area of the whole town-
ship and a portion of contiguous terri-
tory. This caused a removal to one of
the largest and finest halls in Union
City, with rent at $100 a. year. This
hall they continued to occupy, with a
slight reduction of rent, until the close
of 1876, when, with an empty treasury,
and a loss of 75 members, the small
remnant of what was once a flourish-
ing Grange, moved back to the place of
beginning, resolved at least to hold fast
to our Charter. During the years 1877
and 1878 regular meetings were held,
and by the exertion of a few of the old
Charter members, we began to lure back
some of those who had fallen by the
way. At the close of 1878 there was a
slight change of oflicers, when it was
found that there was a portion of the
finances in the hands of the retiring
Treasurer, which hepersistently refused
to pay over. \Ve waited patiently from
month to month, until allwere satisfied
that the remorse which naturally fol-
lows a guilty conscience would have no
effect on a member who values a few
paltry dollars more than he did his good
standingin the Order. VVe summarily
bounced him from all intercourse wit_h
the Order of the P. of H. Immediate-
ly after we began to receive petitions
for membership. VVe feel encouraged,
and believe that we shall yet obtain the
highest rank in our calling.

Trusting that other Granges will
shun the rocks that have so nearly
foundered our craft :—1‘. e. high rent and
inefficient oflicers, I remain,

Fraternally,
HAYSEED.

Meeting of the Hillstlale Pomona Grange.

Worthy Secretary .-

Hillsdale Pomona Grange No. 10, held
its annual meeting for installation, Jan.
7th, at Grange hall, Jonesville.

The roads were muddy, and th‘ day
rainy, but there was a good attendance
of farmers and professional men , besides
Patrons. Worthy Master Woodman
installed the oflicers, and after a few re-
marks by Hon. W. J. Baxter, and Hon.
Alexander Hewitt, he delivered an ad-
dress of nearly two hours. I need not
say thalit was interesting, and seemed
to be appreciated by all who listened to
it.

He described the miserable condition
of the farmers of the Old World as he
saw them when he was there as Com-
missioner of Agriculture to the Paris
Exposition, and showed that we, as far-
mers of this glorious republic, must or-

ganize thoroughly and educate our-'

selves, that we may be able and compe-
tent to take a higher position, and look
after our own interests in legislation
and State and national affairs, for the
same influences are at work here that
degraded the agriculturalists of the Old
World, and in time, unless we look after
our own affairs, we shall find we are on
the downward road, and will reach a
condition like the tenant farmers of
Europe.

In the evening we held a private
meeting, when Worthy Master Wood-
man instructed the Patrons in the pri-
vate work of the Grange, and particu-
larly urged that all Patrons become
more conversant with the unwritten
work, and live up to, and better re-
gard the impressive lessons of our ritual.
If we fail to do our work correctly. and
promptly, much of its beauty and force

is lost.
We start out in.the new year resolved

 

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

to show a better standing of the Order,
and make ourselves better men and wo-
men by the close of this year, and by
holding some of our meetings at dif-
ferent Granges in the county, to aid
them and benefit all members of the
Order, by becoming better acquainted
with the wants and difiiculties of our
Brothers and Sisters. G. M. G.

Meeting ty Grange.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Montcalm County Pomona Granges,
No. 24, convened at the Montcalm
Grange hall,No. 2l8,in the city ofGreen-
ville, on Dec. 13,1879, at one o’clock P. M.
and after having a very social chat and
agrand feast of roast pig and turkey,
with all other good things that the Sis-
ters of P: of H. so well know how to
prepare, all were made to feel strong and
prepared for labor. The \Vorthy Mas-
ter, Hon J. P. Shoemaker, called the
meeting to order, and all business was
adjourned until evening for the purpose
of hearing from our VVorthy Lecturer
of the State Grange, C. L. VVhitney,
who was attentively listened to for an
hour and a half. His lecture was good
and very instructive to all who heard it.
Brother Whitney always holds himself
in readiness to answer all questions and
inquiries pertaining to the good of the
Order, and its workings, and his an-
swers were at this time very satisfactory
to all concerned. At the evening. ses-
sion the following Patrons were elected
to fill the several oflices for the ensuing
year, as follows:

\Vorthy Master—Hon. J. P. Shoema-
ker. P. 0. address, Amsden.

Worthy Overseer— George Lester,
Crystal.

VVorthy Lecturer—Stephen Rossman,
Greenvllle.

Worthy Steward——'N. H.Evans, Clear
Lake.

Worthy Ass’t Steward—-L. P. Fuller,
Greenvllle.

Worthy Chaplain — William Taylor,
Greenville.

Worthy Treasurer-—Chauncey Case,
Crystal.

VVorthy Secretary—B. B. Crawford,
Grcenville.

Worthy Gate Keeper—-P. Long, Vick-
erville.

VVorLny Pomona—Mrs 0. Case, Crys-

tal.
Worthy Ceres—Mrs. George Lester,
Crystal.
Worthy Flora—Mrs. J. P. Shoemaker,
Amsden.
Worthy Lady Ass’t Steward—Mrs.J.
Burgess. Greenville.
Executive Committee—W. Divine,
Kiddville, S. Rossman, J. Burgess,
Greenville, H. J. Beach, Crystal.

By invitation, the installation ceremo-
nies will take place at the hall of Crys-
tal Grange, Feb. 4th, 1880, at 1 o’clock
P. M. All Fourth Degree members are
cordially invited to attend. Fifteen
Brothers and Sisters were instructed in
the Fifth Degree, Bro. C. L. VVhitney,
assisting. The program for next meet-
ing, as given by the Executive Commit-
tee, is too long for insertion.

B. B. CRAWFORD,
Sec. Pomona Grange.

Penn field Grange, No. 85.

J. T. Cobb:

At our last meeting one of our mem-
bers——an old lady—asked the question,
“ Why is not our Grange represented
in" our VISITOR?” We took this as a
rebuke.

We have begun the new year under
favorable circumstances. Our Grange
is under the same olficial administra-
tion nearly as last year. Since the ded-
ication of our new ball, in August last,
we have received several new members,
and still they come.

We have presented for discussion by
our Grange the question,

Resolved, That our present liquor law
is sufficient as a prohibitory law, if it
was appreciated by the people,and prop-
erly enforced to the fullest extent by all
oflicials. ‘

VVe propose to post our members in
regard to this matter.

We admire the new annual word, it
suggests may valuable ideas.

We have canvassed the membership
with the petitions to Congress.

Our Battle Creek co-operative store is
a success in every respect. Its mana-
gers are canvassing the idea. of buying
grain for shipment.

Ourquarterly meeting occurs on Feb.

6th; County Grange meeting, Feb. 3
14th, 10 A. M. In this locality Grange 
matters are booming generally. l
Yours fr-aternally, l

S.

January 23d, 1880.

A Correction.

VVATERVLEIT, Jan. 19, 1880.

Dear Friend .-—In the last copy ofthe
VISITOR there is an article headed,
“\Vork for the Grange,” which is cred-
ited to me. I do not know how this
mistake occurred, as I have sentyou no
communication, unless you or some
one else copied a mistake made by the
editor of the Buchanan Reporter, who
failed to give the proper credit when the
above mentioned article appeared in the
“Grange column ” of that paper, and as
I was editing the “column” it may
have led you or some one else to place
the same iII the VISITOR in connection
with my name, which is a mistake, as
“ VV. VV.,” of Stevensville, Mich., is the
author of that article, and should have
the credit. Please to make correction,
or give this a place in the VIsIToR.
Yours Fraternally,

A. N. WoonRUI=P.

Riverside Grange No. 178.

THREE RIVERS, Jan. 8th, 1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

I send you a few lines from Riverside
Grange, No. 178. On the 3d of this
month, the oflicers were publicly in-
stalled. The labors of the day closed
with a feast for all the visitors present.
On the 7th of this month our Grange
held a neck-tie social, and just one
hundred neck-ties were sold during the
evening, all for ten cents apiece, includ-
ing supper. Proceeds to be applied to
the purchase of an organ. During the
past year Riverside Grange has pros-
pered, both by increase of membership
and healthyfinances. The new oflicers
enter upon the new year with the pros-
pect of adding many names to the roll
book of this Grange, thus adding
strength to the farmers’ organization,
of which we feel so proud.

Fraternally,
Mrs. A. M. SNYDER.

Programs of the Birmingham Grange for

January 3.-—Installation of oflicers,—
open to invited friends. Intermission.
“ Care and Management of Sheep,” W.
Satterlee; Music; Select Reading by
Maggie Brown ; Our Aim, Jas. H. Pea-
bod

January l0.—“ Washing Made Easy,”
Mrs. Z. Caswell, Mrs. E. Beardslee and
Mrs. H. A. Castle. Intermission. Es-
say. Mrs. A. J. Crosby; Comic Song, J.
H. Peabody.

January 17.—“ The Model Farmer,”
J. M. Hunt, followed by discussion;
Intermission ; “ The Model Granger,”
Mrs. Frank Jenks; Charade; Grange
Monitor, J. Shain, Mrs. Proper.

January 24. — “ Gossiping in the
Grange,” Bertha VonDaniels and Mrs.
Dennison; Intermission; Instrument-
al Duet ; Essay or Reading, Cully
Wooster, C. W. Crawford, Mrs. F. T.
Hophfour, and Mrs. J. Jackson.

January 3l.—-Public Meeting. “ Best
Method of Preparing Fuel,” A. Bayley,
J. Benjamin, A. Castle, and Z. Caswell;
Violin Solo, Mrs. Chas. Castle ; Recita-
tion or Reading, Cora Savage; “Home
Politeness,” Mrs. A. D. Simonson, Mrs.
J. H. Peabody, A. J. Crosby ; Song.

February 7.——Resolved, “ That Farm-
ers devote ‘too little time to recreation,”
affirmative, P. A. Park, F. Gillispie,
and Wm. Jenks ; negative, A. D. Sim-
onson, Wm. Erity, and C. Power; In-
termission; “The Social Feature of the
Grange,” Mrs. R. E. Trowbridge, Mrs.
C. W. Crawford, and Mrs.E. C. Halsey.

February 14..—“The Grange for young
people;” Essays by Mrs. Wm. Jenks,
and Mrs. P. A. Park ; discussion by C.
G. Jackson and others; Intermission;
Grange Monitor, Agnes Parks ; Comic
Song; Essay—“St. Valentine’s Day,”
Mrs. H. Bowers.

February 2l.——“ Poultry keeping for
Profit,” VV. A. Dennison, MI's. H Per-
kins, and Miles Evarts; Refreshments
——Cofi'ee and doughnuts.

February 28.—“The Model House-
keeper” ; Essays by Mrs. Jno, Durkee,
and Mrs. C. Kelly; Remarks by Mrs.
J. H. Snow. Mrs. S. Beatty and Mrs.
Boyd; Intermission; Dialogue; Read-
ing or Essay, Allie Guillot, Clyde Woos-
ter, Jay Caswell, and Charles Castle.

March 6.—Plans ahead on the Farm,
G. C. Gibbs, H. Perkins, followed by
discussion; Intermission-; Charade;
Essay, Mary Perkins; Story, Mrs. J as.
Bayley.

March 13.——“Rag Carpets.” by Mrs.
Wm. Erity, Mrs. M. Evarts, Mrs. G.
C. Gibbs and Mrs. Hendrickson ; Song;

Intermission ; Experience Meeting-—

Subject, “Mistakes in Life,” by the
Grange.
March 20.—“Political Rights and

Duties of Farmers,” Hon. R. E. Trow-
bridge, James Bayley, George Jackson;
Intermission; Violin Solo; “Training
Children,” Mrs. A. Bayley and Mrs.
Hood ; Grange Monitor, Hrs. Shain.

March 2T.—“Small vs. Large Farms,”
Jno. Snow, E. Beardslee, 0. Kelly,
and E. Miller; Intermission; “Small
Fruit Culture,” F. ’l‘. Hophfour, Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Blodgett, E. C. Halsey;
Select Reading, H. Hood.

Installation Exercises.

\Vednesday evening the members of
Ypsilanti Grange, with a large number
of visitors, met at their new hall in
this city for the installation of otficers.
The ceremonies wer'e conducted in an
impressive manner by Deputy Albert
Day, assisted by D. Rounds, Esq., of
Rawsonville. The otficers elect, a list
of whose names appeared in the Ypsi-
lantian of last Week, were all present.

Upon resigning his chair as executive
of the Grange, H. D. Plait, the retiring
Master, in an address of welcome to his
successor, gave a concise history of the
fortunes of the Order in Ypsilanti, and
the struggles and triumphs during the
terms of Messrs. King and Campbell,
his predecessors, and himself.

After the installation came a recess,

which was improved in social enjoy-
ment.
l‘ he remainder of the evening was
occupied by remarks from visitors and
music by the choir, and at an early
hour the meeting was dismissed, and
each one went home withha feeling of
having passed a pleasant and profitable
evening.—Ypsilant75 Ypsilcmtian.

Progrnmlbf Co. Pomona Grange.

The following is the program of Oak-
land County Pomona Grange, No. 5, at
VVhite Lake" Grange hall, Feb. 25th,
1880:

10 A. M.—Openlng.

10 to 11, P. M.—Regular order of bus-
iness.

11 to 12 M.—Economy in farm man-
agement; Discussion opened by H. A-
Wyckoff.

12 to 1 :30 P. M.—Recess.

1 :30 to 2 P. M.-—Essays by Mrs. Stan-
bro and Mr. Satterlee.

2 to 2:30 P. M.—Reading of Pomona
Scrap bag, by Mrs. Charles VVager.

2:30 to 4 P. M.—Opening of the Ques-
tion box.

4 to 4:30 P. M.—Good
the Lecturer.

Recess.

7 P. M.—Conferring fifthvdegree.

The above to be interspersed with
music, furnished by V.Vhite Lake
Grange, at the call of the W. M.

W. W. BAKER, Lecturer.

of the Order, by

Feed Young Animals Well.

The man who wears out a calf’s teeth
in the effort'to make it shirk for itself
never raises a prime steer or a good cow.
Every dollar supposed to be thus saved
in the young animal must be replaced
later by expenditure of two. The man
who feeds best while the animal is young
makes the most money. This is gener-
ally recognized as true by our best farm.
ers and hence the improvment in stock,
and consequent cheapening in the rais-
ing ofanimals within the last ten years.
The same rule well apply to all farm
stock. If stinted while young, they
never pay the breeder and feeder a liv-
ing profit. Hencc the reason why
those who do not keep pace with the
times are always complaining that
there is no money in stock. The big
prices paid by the best stock feeders are
for animals that had their digestive or-
gans kept intact by early and properly
nutritious food. The value of a good
animal lies in its aptitude to lay on
flesh, and those kept steadily growing
from birth will continue this growth
and increase in profitable weight. To
do thisin the most economical manner.
The digestive organs must be originally
strong and unimpaired by abuse.-
Prairie Farmer.

ONE of the most pleasing and profit-
able uses of the agricultural fair is the
bringing together of people widely
scattered, with a common object to
think and talk about. The marvelous
show of big squashes, and heavy
“critters.” and polycromatic bed
quilts, may be stimulating, but after
all, people who are isolated nine-tenths
of the time, enjoy best the exhibition
of the human species, especially the
samples with which they are acquaint-
ed. “How do you do?” is a more
civilized question than the old Latin
salutation, “What are you doing?”
and the mutual interchange of pleasant
personalities is worth more than the
competition of material results of
labor, as the social is, superior to the
mere physical life.—Sp7-ingfield Union.

Worth Knowing.

“ It frequently happens, especially in
the winter, that a horse receives ase-
vere sprain, and it is not always con-
venient to call in a veterinary surgeon.
At such a time a certain cure that is
possible to every one to possess, is worth
something surely. Bathe the limb thor-
oughly in strong salt and water, as hot
as the hand can bear; then bandage
\Vhen dry rubverv thoroughly with the
following liniment.

One ounce of powdered camphor gum,
two ounces laudanum, one ounce orga-
num. one ounce ammonia, one ounce
oil of hemlock, all dissolved in one
pint of acohol. Shake before using.
Give the animal perfect rest if pus:-ible.
After two or three days, or when the
swelling and heat are gone, the hot fo-
man tations and bandage maybe discon-
tinued, but continue to use the lini-
men t, even after the horse appears \vel1,
for a joint or cord that has been sprain-
ed is very liable to be again. If the
case is an obstinate one you must
be the more persevering. A regular
“horse doctor” would charge $5 for the
very same treatment. Apply the lini-
ment as often as twice a day. It is as
good for human sprains and bruises as
f'or animal ills.”

This recipe,like many others, is lack-
ing in one important essential, owing
to the carelessness of the writer. No
mention is made of applying hot fo-
Inentation after rubbing with the lini-
ment. we will supply the omission.
As soon as the rubbing of the liniment
is completed apply again the hot salt
water and bi1Id up, and continue this
treatment till the inflammation is re-
duced.—Farm Journal

Receipt for Smoking Bacon.

Take 2. tin pan, or kettle, of corn
cobs and set them on fire, so as to make
them smoke; then turn bottom up over
the smoking cobs the barrel, or what-
ever you wish to pickle or salt your ba-
con in, so as to thoroughly smoke the
inside of it. Burn at least two pans of
cohs under it, so as to smoke it well.
Then pack the hams, shoulders, or
other meat that you wish to make ba-
con of, in the cask, and after preparing
your pickle, heat it nearly boiling hot
and pour it on the meat, and let the
meat stay until it is pickled, when itis
made into bacon, ready for use and well
smoked. I smoked my bacon by this
process last fall, and it is well done.
The bacon can remain in the pickle
until used, and you can watch the
pickle in the summer, and should it fo-
ment, scald it over. G. B.-

St. Albans, Vt., May 9th, 1878.

THE December crop report of the
Department of Agriculture states that
preliminary investigation points to an
increase of 12 per cent in the area sown
in winter wheat. The only States
reporting a decline are Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, and Arkansas, in which the
united wheat area would not exceed
that of some counties in the North-
west. All other States show an in-
erease, especially spring wheat in the
States of the Northwest. The winter
wheat average of these States, however,-
is small, and hence their increase, even
of very high ratio, does not add ma-
terially to the breadth sown in the
country— But many large winter
wheat States report great enlargement
—-New York, VVest Virginia, Ohio, and
Michigan. each 7 per cent; Texas and
Tennessee, 10 per cent; Kentucky and
Indiana, 14 per cent; Missouri, 16 per
cent; Kansas and Oregon, 20 per cent!
Illinois, 22 per cent. There are quite
general complaints of the ravages of
the Hessian fly in early-sown crops,
and of drought hindering germination
in the later sown, yet the crops start
out, on the whole, under prospects con-
siderably above the average, especially
in large winter wheat States.

IF only six substantial farmers in a
town are agreed, they can organize and
sustain a club which will put new life
into the agricultural and social culture
of that town.

Goon AND ILL NEws.—If you know
anything that will make a brotlIer’s
heart glad, run quickly and tell it;
but if it is something that will cause a
sigh, bottle it up, unless the sigh would
be deeper for the keeping than the tell-
ing.

DRONES.—Hard, horny hands, em-
browned by the sun and roughened by
labor, are more honorable than white
_ones that never reached out to help a
fellow creature, or added a shilling to
the world’s wealth.

THE every-day care and duties which
men call drudgery, are the weights and
counterpoises of the clock of time, giv-
ing its pendulum a true vibration, and
its hands a regular motion ; and when
they cease to hang upon the wheels, the
pendulum no longer swings, the hands
no longer move, the clock stands still.

THE Inter-State Commerce bill, or
Reagan Bill, aims to accomplish four
things: 1st, to prevent unjust discrim-
ination in the freight rates and charges
in all inter-State commerce; 2d, as
corollary to the first, to prevent all
rebates and drawbacks; 3d, to prevent
pooling earnings by different corpora-
tions; and 4th, to prevent a company
lrom charging more for a carload of
freight for a short distance than it does

for a long distance on the same haul.

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

  

 

    

SCHOOLCRAFT, FEB. 1, 1880.
fiwretarg tpartnnent. -
J. '1‘. coins, P

SCHOOLCR-AFT

   
 

Oflicers and members of Subordinate Granges
in corresponding with this oflice, will please

always give the Number of their Grange.

   

than three cents will be returned
to the sender.

   

THE GOVERNORS!-IIP.

GRANGES do not meddle with poli-
ties, but Grangers do. It is time to
begin now. It is very easy. Every
time the Grange meets from now till
election, somebody must request, and
everybody must bear it, that every bro-
ther will attend all the town caucuses
this year (of his party) and try to get
Grangers on the delegations. Do this
during recess, it not being lawful to
talk politics as Grange business. All
Grangers who are delegates must try to
get Grangers nominated to all the best
offices. SLOAN Coomav.

Bro. Cooley’s letter has the mer-

it of being short and easily under-
stood, but somehow it does not
strike us as being quite the thing.
We believe that heretofore the
farmers of this country have kept
in the background too much; that
our Organization was intended to
improve them, increase their con-
fidence in themselves. as a class,
and induce them, as they become
better qualified, to lay claim to
positions of honor and responsibil-
ity. This object was laudable and
praiseworthy, —but because the
farmers of this country have not
had their just proportion of office
heretofore. is it wise to ask for “ all
the best offices ” now '5 ” We think
not, and that to do so would be the
surest way to f'ail of getting our
fair share. Better ask for a little
less than we are entitled to, than
to demand too much, and in so do-
ing prejudice our case. When we
began to talk about this matter as
farmers, a few years ago, lif.tle
heed was paid by politicians to
our talk, but when we renewed
our demands two years later, they
were heard, and Alonzo Sessions,
a prominent farmer, was nomin-
ated and elected Lieut. Governor
of the State. At the next State
election we pressed our claims for
more than one place on the State
ticket, and that claim was heeded.
We now come to the front and say
that we shall be satisfied with
nothing less than Governor, and
assign as a reason that this is an
agricultural State, and that since
it became a State we have had but
one farmer elected Governor, and
now that we have such a large
supply of good material, and the
farmer and his business is looking
up, we insist that the lawyers,
bankers, and other business men
of Michigan, must stand back and
let us have a farmer for Governor,
to succeed O. M. Oroswell.

________:______
VISITOR INDEX.

Perhaps some of our readers
have not noticed that with the en-
largement of the Vxsrron, Jan. 1st,
We introduced one improvement
on the first page, an index of the
contents of each number. This
will often be found convenient to
those who read :with care, as well
as to those who keep a file, and oc-
casionally want to look up an ar-

 

MP3 of higher value

 

PROGRAMS FOR GRANGE WORK

subjects,

ation from many farmers at an
time.

copy in every family where a
Grange can be found.

The fact should never be lost
sight of, that this organization has
forits object and purpose the im-
provement and‘ elevation of the
farmers of America.

No such grand object can be ac-
complished without. work, and the
use of every available means. Our
Grange literature —our Grange
periodicals, and our Grange talk
are all necessary means f'or the ac-
complishmenf. of these objects.
Our friends are evidently doing
some good work for the Visrror...
The receipts for January have been
greater by forty per cent. than last
year. This of course, means many
new subscribers. and prompt re-
newals of’ old ones. We hope our
friends will not. relax their efforts.
With the increased cost. by enlarge-
ment, and the boom in prices that
had advanced paper 50 per cent.,
with no increase in our subscrib-
tion price, we find that we must
have 1,500 more subscribers than
last yearto make the VISITOR take
care of itself‘ this year. Every
good Patron in the State is inter-
ested in this matter-

We should be sorry to find at the
close of the year that the ambition
of the State Grange for a larger
paper had outgrown the principles
of the Order, and the liberality of
the Patrons of Michigan. The pa-
per must be self-supporting, and it
will be if its friends do their whole
duty in canvassing for subscribers.
A little paying work may be done
in almost every neighborhood out-
side the gates. The field is large,
shall it 11ot be worked by those
who so well know the value of
our organization to the farmers of
this Country. Send us names and
dollars, or even half dollars in ex-
change for the Visiroa.

Sample copies sent to any ad-
dress free on application.

 

IN compliance with the Order
of the last Mich. State Grange, we
present. the portraitfand biography
of Bro. Woodman in this number
of the VISITOR. The cut was sent
us by the Husbandman Associa-
tion of Elmira, N. Y. VVe are sorry
that with so good a -subject, the
artist mad_e so poor a job, but like
the boy artist who sketched a horse,
and that there might be no mis-
take, wrote below, “This is a
horse,” we have made sure of our
man by having a copy of his au-
tograph attached.

 

FARMERS’ INSTITUTES, we are glad
to know, are becoming more pop-
ular each year. Climax has an In-
stitute, Feb. 3d and 4th, and Gen-
terville the same days. The far-
mers of Cass County hold an In-
stitute, Feb.11th and 12th. This is
all good, and we are not likely to
get too much of it.

 

Posraen smnrs of higher value
than three cents will be returned

ticle.

THE  GE —VISIT6ii§:.ii‘i
"  __jj_________j

The programs we print from time
to time, furnish a great variety of’;
very many of them that  in a flourishing condition. It has
have received little or no consider-  150
y prospect of additions at an early
No Grange need be at aloss 5 day. At the instzillation of ofiicers
for work with a few copies of the I‘ on J

VISITOR taken by its members, and 
no’ Grange should be without a  the Clinton

_invited to talk Sunday afternoon

GRANGE NOTES.

I
i
l
i “A .uI~;)ini:n“ of Keystone Grange.
l V . '
g No. 226. writes that the Grange 1S

good live members, with a

an.17th, the members had a
good time. 0. G. Pond, Lecturer
Co. Pomona Grange,

i was the installing officer, and gave
i those present a fine address.
i
; BBO. W’. C. H0\Vl£LL, Master of
i No. 315, writes that his Grange is
!not only alive. but with asmall
increase in membership, is grow-
ing strongcr every month. He
says:
We have built a hall 24x60 feet, two
stories, and have it nearly completed,
using the upper room for Grange meet-
ing and the lower one for a school. We
hada fall term, averaging 60 pupils,
employing two teachers, and shall
have another term next spring.

A MEMBER ofBnnker Hill Grange,
No. 262, reports the Order in that
jurisdiction in good condition._ and
fullydetennined to not only main-
tain their standing, but to con-
tinuc to improve the advantages
which the Organization affords to
all earnest Grangers. From the
Secretary’s quarterly reports, and
from correspondence we are satis-
fied -that the Order in this State is
really stronger to-day than ever
before.

Bno. G. H. SINES, Sec‘y of Center
Grange, No. 298, writes that the
Grange is in good condition, and
has a nice hall, with the necessary
rooms adjoining. They keep a
small stock of groceries for the
benefit of members. The business
amounts to $1,500 a year, and is
well taken care of by Bro. Big-
gam. The officers for 1880 were
installed Jan. 2d, at which time
Bro. and Sister Finley, of’ Ypsilanti
Grange, contributed by timely and
instructive words of cheer to the
occasion. A feast was also in-
dulged in, for Grangers must al-
ways have a feast on extra occa-
sions.

SCHOOLCRAFT GRANGE, No.8, in-
vited Hon. Thos. F. Moore, Over-
seer of the State Grange, to install
its officers. This he done on the
evening of Jan. 24th, at an open
session of the Grange. The Grange
has a large ball, which was well
filled with Patrons and their ac-
quaintances. After the installa
tion, Bro. Moore made one of his
practical, earnest. speeches, which
was well received by all present.
No one, whether favorable to the
Order or not, could object to any-
thing said, and we will only add
that we hope that Bro. Moore went
away as well satisfied with School-
craft and its people as those who
heard him were with him and his
speeches, for his work did not stop
with Saturday evening, but, being
in Red-ribbon Hall, at the regular
Sunday afternoon meeting, he
made a second speech that met
with universal commendation from
the large number present. May he
come again.

OAKLAND CoUNTY,we thought had
some good Patrons, and of course
some good Granges, and the fol-
lowing letter furnishes conclusive
evidence that our opinion was
well founded. The Granges that

to the sender.

 

department of your Grange, and
w
equally indispensable articles, the
shovel, tongs, poker pail, and dip-
per, are offered as a kindly feeling
toward your Order.”

those outside the gate. Orion

Grange of the State in its support
of the Visrron. No other Grange
has sent us 44 names at once. "he
following is the letter:
ORION, Jan. 15th, 1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-
Orion Grange No. 2-39, of P. of H.,
held their installation of‘ officers on
Saturday. Jan. 10th, at 10 o’clock A. M.
\Ve had a pleasant social gathering.
After installation over. one hundred
took supper. The Grange voted to
place a copy of the GRANGE Vrsrron in
each family. Inclosed find a list of 4-1
subscribers. \Ve claim to be the Ban-
ner Grange of the State on subscription.
Orion Grange is all right, and never
felt so much encouraged to work and
persevere in the good work of our no-
ble Order. Yours fraternally,
HIRAM ANDRI-J\VS, Sec’y.

THE members of Wyoming Grange
metin their hall Saturday evening and
were much gratified to find there a
number of useful and valuable presents
which had been sent them by Grand
Rapids business men, for use and orna-
mentation of their neat and attractive
Grange room.
VVorthy Lecturer E. A. Burlingame
represented the donors of these gifts,
and in his characteristic manner pre-
sented the articles to the Grange. Wor-
thy Master, Hon. John Porter, accepted
the gifts in neat and appropriate re-
sponses.

VVe give the remarks of the gentle-
men as they were delivered.

Mr. Burlingame——’l‘o the officers and
members of VVyoining Grange:

In behalf of Messrs. Spring & C0,, of
Grand Rapids, 1 have the honor of pre-
sentiug this carpet f'or your hall, and
am instructed to say that in so doing
those gentlemen desire to express their
appreciation of the importance of your
avocation. Your worth as citizens, and
their friendly feelings for your order,
and their hope that you may ever re-
member that not the least among your
friends are Spring& Co., and I am fur-
ther instructed to say that when this
shall have become worn or faded, you
are entitled to have it replaced with
new, freely, from their establishment.
Mr. Porter——In behalf of the officers
and members of Wyoming Grange No.
353, we accept the beautiful carpet from
gentlemen Spring & Co., and desire to
assure them that we realize that be-
tween the merchant and the farmer
there is a mutality of interests and de-
pendence making the avocation of each
indispensable to the other, and we feel
that between these two most import-
ant branches of industry the most har-
monious and friendly feelings should

exist. Every intelligent farmer realizes

that in order to bring to our hands the

luxuriant and useful fabrics of foreign

manufacture, as well as the substantial

goods of our own industries, requires an

expenditure of‘ capital, and enormous

risks such as none but those possessed

of indomitable perseverance will under-

take. And as their store is filled with

every variety of‘ elegant and comfort-

able fabric, so it appears their hearts

are big with generosity and friendliness

for our Order.

l/Ve have sampled the speeches
made on the occasion, but as the
presents and speeches were so nu-
erous we cannot make room fora
full report, as we find it in a Grand
Rapids paper of late date.

In addition to the carpet f'rom
Messrs. Spring & Co., VV. S, Gunn
& 00. sent an “ elegant coffee tank,
made expressly f'or the culinary

hich,.with these smaller, though

Mr. Burlingame, for Messrs. Mills
& Lacy, presented a beautiful
copy of the Bible; for Vought,
Herpolsheimer & Oo., a handsome
duster and a Brussels mat, bearing
upon its surface, among others, the
figures of the watch dog, the goat,
and Flora, with her basket of
flowers. _For Adelbert D. Plumb,

do business in that way are not

only bound to live, but by these
fruits of good works will demon-
strate the value of the Order to

Grange justly lays claim to the
distinction of being the Banner

er, and also another of these use-
ful articles from Messrs. Bissell &
Co. For L. E. Patten, of the Art
Emporium. of Grand Rapids, a
framed engraving of‘ “ Rebecca at
the \Vell.”

Who shall say that Grangcrs are
at a discount in Kent County.

BREAKING OF‘ THE BUCKET-
SHOP.

Something under a year ago Melle
McKee opened a bucketshop in Cin-
cinnati under the title of the Branch
Chicago Board of Trade. Matters ran
along very well for a time, a number
of parties managing to ruin themselves
by dealing in margins at the place.
Among the victims were three wealthy
farmers, one, Frederick Dinkins, los-
ing it is said, some $20,000. Awhile ago
Mr. McKee commenced speculating
himself, and this move ended in his
abscondlng last Sunday night, leaving
his accounts short from $1,800 upward.
He used for his own purpose margins
deposited with him by other dealers,
and, being unable to replace his losses,
decamped. McKee is reported as being
a prominent democratic politician and
church member in high standing. It
is further said that S. H. Lamaril & 00.,
of this city, will re—open the bucket-
sl1op.—O/zicago Inlcr-Ocean.

My attention was called to the
above item in the Kalamazoo Tel-
egraph the other day, when in the
oflice,by a friend, who added, “Per-
haps you don‘t know that Kalama-
zoo has a bucket-shop well estab-
lished .7” It is well sometimes to
confess one’s ignorance and with
the verdancy of an average Grang-
er,we owned up,before reading the
article, that we did not know what
he was talking about. The term
was new to us. He said that if we
had a little money to invest we
might soon get a little business
experience by operating with this
“Board of Trade.” He did not
know whether any Grangers had
invested or not, but report said that
several farmers from the country
had, and gone home wiser, if not
richer, men.

Kalamazoo is the “Big Village” of
the United States, and is proud of
this distinction. Her wealthy cit-
izens have large mininginferests
somewhere this side of sundown.
It has railroad connections with
the ends of the earth; first-class
banking institutions, and business
houses of all grades; churches of
external beauty, and all ‘the mod.
ern internal improvements, It has
saloons to manufacture drunkards,
and other manufactories of divers
sorts, some for making money in a
legitiniate, honorable way, and
some for making paupers, crimi.
nals and dead beats, in one way
and another. It has institutions
of learning of all grades, from its
colleges to its privat.e schools. It
has various industries that, by giv-
ing employment to its people, add
to the importance of the “ BigVj1-
lage,” and why should it not have
a“‘ bucket-shop 9” Of course the
“ puts, calls and straddles,” and the
whole nomenclature of Board of
Trade gambling, can soon be ac-
quired, not only by the good sub-
stantial business men, but farmer:
when in town can be invited in,
“just to see how its done, you
know!”

This Branch Board of Trade does
not need Warehouses, or elevators,

or “ spot” wheat, but a little 8x10
oflfice and some “ character,
to give respectability to its opera-
tions. Of course it helps to have
a few church members take a hand
occasionally. Of‘ course it’s all fail-
Playa and nobody’s business ——if

” just

ah elegantly finished carpet sweep-

you don’t bet or take any chances,
YOU W0n’t make any money.

  

  
   
  
   

 
  
 
    
   
  
  
  
 
 
   
   
   
 
 


 

Honest farming is rather too
slow a way to make money. This
bucket-shop business beats it out
of sight—-if we are lucky and take
the margins, and if you do not,
why the other fellow makes what
you expected to get, and the other
fellow is generally the well dress-
ed chap who quietly pockets the
commissions.

We have"made some enquiries
about this thing, and find that, in
the long run, these farmers who
make haste to get rich in this in-
stitution, fare about as farmers
usually do who leave their legiti-
mate business to do better.

VVe are sorry to see respectable
business men trying to make
themselves and their fellows be-
lieve that this is a harmless busi-
ness. Will any of them say that
the community is made better by
having a bucket—shop added to its
business enterprises.

Is dealing in “phantom stock”
any great improvement. on some
Ways of shifting money from one
pocket to another t.hat.by uiiivers-
al consent, have had the ban of
public condemnation for these
many years? VVe think not!

 

T0 REMITTERS.

We frequently receive postage
stamps from those who order sup-
pliesjor the Visiron. As the with-
drawal of fractional currency has
left the country without any con-
venient money for making change
in remitting for the Vrsiron, or in
making change for small orders,
we do not object to stamps, but
we cannot, after this date, receive
those ofhigher demoninations than
three cents. '

We have on hand, of ten- cent
stamps, more than we can use in
a year, and hereafter shall return
all above three’s to the sender.

We are willing to receive three
cent stamps, for-we can use or con-
vert them into money, and in fact
advise the sending of three cent
stamps, rather than a silver half-
dollar (which we often get) for the
Vrsrron.

CONSTITUTION of National Grange,
By-Laws of State, Pomona, and
Subordinate Granges, with Decla-
ration of Purposes, all bound to-
gether, now ready for delivery.
Price 6 cents each, or 60 cents per
dozen; Declaration of Purposes,
5 cents per dozen, or 40 per 100.
Send in your orders.

Liquid Manure for Plants.

A Baltimore florist sends the Boston
Journal of Chemistry the following form-
ula for a liquid manure for flowers. ‘1‘_lie
materials may be had at any blacksmith
shop: Put one bus_liel of the clippings
from horses’ hoofs into a barrel, and fill
it up with water. Let it stand for a
week, when it is_ ready for use. Apply
it with a. watering pot_. _All bedding
lants can be watered with it every day
if they are not pot-bound. Repotted
plants should be watered eve_ry \\ cek uii-
til they have plenty of working roots to
take up the manure. It will also bi
found good for hard-wooded plants if use
once or twice a week. Two or three
weeks after the plants have ‘been mi-_
tered with the manure the loliagevusua -
ly turns from a green t0 it F110;‘: filo‘?
ing from the stem down to tile $11 1
which, lioweyer, lasts only] fol: rt] cw
weeks, when it changes _to  ttar_ oisvy
green. Plants under this wa e-‘ring  ye
very strong‘; the flowers aieflvery rag,‘
and bright in color. Plilllllls tllfts ‘ reionc.
can be _kept in very snia plo st qji a. Thig
time without being tl‘allS[)tal£lec mqrket
is 65P9cm“Y “d"‘"'mgeolls (t) '1 tl rec or
" dem’-T» “’h° 5°”? mg I) an S1 lnlrive to
F0"? WC" Pots’. Wmle 'he'l'v(lu (used rich
shift “'9'” ‘° “V” °.' “*1: ‘ti with this
mil alone" Flmyellii 'watevl':iit -five ier
“quid “"““"e Wm “"5 . bgsides e-
°°"‘.' more 1”'“"m°iil:miiSr:’ lighter and
 tfdnllld liiiiidled aiid can be Packed

due; together.

 

 

GRANGE Vlsrrof...

tllfimnmunirationa.

Letter from Gov. Sesslons——l‘€o. 7.

, HOME, January 19th, 1880.

Much of the time of each Legislature
is given up to considering and discuss-
ing the matter of taxation. Changes
in our tax laws are being urged con-
stantly, and it was rumored recently
that the Governor was seriously consid-
ering whether the defects in existing
laws were not so serious as to demand
immediate action, and to justify the
calling of the Legislature together in
special session to provide some means
for enforcing the collection of delin-
quent taxes. It is a subject that inter-
ests every tax—payer in the State, and
it is fair to assume that every farmer in
the State pays taxes. Farmers are not
apt to have anything that can be con-
cealed from the assessor, and whatever
they have is subject to levy and prompt
sale to enforce the collection of all
taxes apportioned to them.

_As a rule, they pay promptly, without
question or delay, often without know-
ing what they pay for, or considering
whether the taxes they pay are either
just or equal.

There was a time when this question
of taxation had much interest for the
people of this country, and very sensi-
ble men contended with great vigor
thata tax was properly a gift, or grant
for the benefit of the _q7'am‘or, and that
taxing one man. or class for the benefit of
another was plunder. It was also
claimed that plunder was a greater
hardship, and more odious; when per-
petrated under color of law. At the
same time it was urged with much
force and reason that taxation without
representation was a hardship, and that
it would be resisted to the utmost.

Yet in a country where, as weak and
feeblo colonists without resources, the
people were willing to hazard the exi-
gencies of a seven years’ war rather
than submit to legal plunder, it is sus-
pected, it is feared, it is even charged
and believed that the National legisla-
tion, and every State Legislature is
more or less occupied in devising
methods to tax the property or the
business of the country for objects that
do not interest the tax-payers, against
their consent, in opposition to their
wishes, and though they may be nomi-
nally represented, it does not make it
more pleasant or easy to bear, because
they are betrayed and plundered by
those whom they have chosen to guard
their interests and protect their rights.

What I have to say on this subject
will be said to occasion thought and
investigation for the purpose of j udging
what is wrong, and the proper method
of correcting‘ it.

If Granges, farmers, and citizens will
take more interest in the matter of tax-
ation, and watch the votes and motives
of those whe are chosen to act for them,
the knowledge of the former and the
caution of the latter will be improved,
and taxes will diminish accordingly.

Very truly,
ALoNzo SESSIONS.

 

The Next Governor.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Yes, by all means, give us a. farmer
for the next Governor of Michigan,
provided always, that we get the right
one, that is, one that will make a good
Governor. We, as farmers, however,
must not forget that there is great dif-
ference in farmers, as well as in lawyers,
or doctors, or merchants, both as to
ability to do business, and as to integri-
ty of purpose. And after having ex-
pressed our purpose to have a farmer
nominated for ‘the next Governor, we
should see to it in the start, that is, in
our primary meetings, that the right
man is brought forward in each and
every one of the parties.

We may well believe that if we con-
tent ourselves in demanding of the sev-
eral parties, that a farmer be nominated,
and then sit down, as we generally have
done, and allow the party managers
and professional politicians to select the

man, that We shall be sadly disappoint-
edlin the result. Ifa farmer be nomi
nated, and elected, whatever there may
be of good or evil in his ofiicial career,
we, as fariners, (after having made this
demand,) will be held responsible, and
if he makes mistakes through weakness
or indecision, instead of perverseness
of purpose, our responsibility will be in
no wise abated; hence let us see to our
primary meetings and nominating con-
ventions, remembering that “Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty.”

VVe must remember that if we have a
farmer for Governor, we want a man of
ability, integrity, and firmness of pur-
pose. VVe have such men ; let us see to
it that they are brought out. 0.

The Governor Question.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

I am greatly interested in the ques-
tion you have so fairly presented to the
readers of the VISITOR in regard to the
next candidate for Governor of Michi-
gan. Shall he be a farmer, or will the
farmers do as they have always done?-
remain silent until the candidates are
in the field, and then commence that
grumbling about farmers not being rep-
resented. There is no (loubt but that
the next Governor will be a farmer if
the farmers will unite. in presenting one
for nomination, and then stand up and
support that nomination. There is no
need of going outside of the agricultu-
ral class to find the requisite ability to
fill that position with credit to the man
and the ofifice. Now as to a name t'or
that position. -

The name most prominent for that
position, is that of J. J. \VooDMAN, of
Van Buren County.

But I ask, now, can we use the name
of Brother VVoodman for that position?

How can we spare Brother Wood-
man from the National Grange, and
from the State Grange. Ai'e we prepar-
ed for that? Is it not a FACT that the
duties of Governor requires his entire
time and energies. And we suppose
they are most severely taxed at that.

Have brothers considered this matter?

I think not.

I notice that Brother Cramptoii has
presented the name of the Hon. J. '1‘.
Rich, of Lapeer County, and it seems
to me that the farmers would do well to
consider Bro. Cramptonls suggestion.

Mr. Rich is an able farmer of Lapeer
County. Although not a Granger, he
is in strong sympathy with our organi-
zation. He is a man about forty years
of age; just in the prime of active life;
a man of ability and culture. Is now,
and has been for two sessions, Speaker
of the lower branch of our Legislature.
A very pleasant and popular presiding
officer.

Since Brother Crampton has present-
ed the name of Mr. Rich, I have taken
considerable pains to investigate this
matter, and now fully believe Mr Rich
would make an excellent Governor, if
elected. That he will truly take care of
our interests, as well as all the other
great interests of our State. He is a
man of his own convictions, but in the
administration of that office, I feel ful-
ly assured that he will be the man for
the whole people. Now I want to see
this matter fully talked up. Let us
come together on this matter.

Some may object because Mr. Rich is
not a Granger, but I think objection on
this account is not well taken. Gov.
Croswell is not a Granger, and yet he
has made a most excellent Governor,
and has recognized more ofthe farming
element than any Governor that has
preceded him.

Come now brothers, wake up from
your drowsinesss, and speak your minds
on this subject, and let us get together
and-nail the name of some good man at
the masthead of our Grange paper for
Governor, and let the outside world un-
derstand that we mean business. I say
Mr. Rich! what say you all 1 Speak
now, or forever after hold your peace!

GRANGER.

Posrnen smnrs of higher value.

than three cents will be returned

to the sender.

§}Iiis-'ti:r’:‘- Qepartnitnt.

J. J. WOODMAN. PAW PAW

Deputies.

It may not be well understood that
commissions of all General and Spec-
ial Deputies in the State expired with
the session of the State Gr-mige in
December last. The nor-thwest and
the nortlieast portions of the State
are entitled to one Deputy each, and
each County is entitled to a Special
Deputy, all of which will be appoint-
ed by the Master and Secretary of
the State Grange on the application of
the Masters of five Granges, where
there are so many in the County, or
by a less number, if not so many
working Granges in the County.
These Deputies will have authority
to organize new Granges, revive or
re-organize dormant ones, and settle
difficulties and irregularities which
may occur in or between Subordinate
Grangcs. I am of the opinion that
the good of the Order would be pro
moted by making the Lecturer of
each County and District Grange
a Special Deputy for the County or
District.

Cheering news comes to me from
almost every quarter, of the reviving
interest in the work of the Order, and
many Granges that have been dor-
mant a long time will necessarily
resume work during this year; and
by having a Deputy in each County
to aid, encourage, and render official
assistance when needed, will greatly
aid in the work.

Patrons, the time in the history of
our Order has come for active work,
and every member is expected to do
his whole duty. Kindle anew the
fires upon your Grange altars, and
make them burn more brightly the
present year than they ever have
before.

§5ci‘.tur2i"r- gglzimnmmit.

C. L. WHITNEY, - - -

MUSKEGON.

Pickings by the Way—No. 2.

The labors of the New Year began
by a large correspondence preparatory
to appointments.

On the 6th, we start out to make a
round of visits in Muskegon and Ot-
tawa Counties, but failed to reach two
of five appointments, owing to the
freshet on Sunday last, taking away
nearly all the bridges and the roads in
places upon streams we must cross to
reach our appointments. By swim-
ming team and wagon to cross one
stream, and fording others, we were
able, under the care of Bro. Thomas
Wilde, to reach the home of Bro.
S. Staufier, of Lisbon Grange. VVe
felt sorry for Bro. Wilde’s team as
they patiently took the cold baths, but
pleased that our tight Wagon box car-
ried us over dry and safe. We thought
often that we could wish every
Grange in our State had a. score or
more of such earnest and willing Pat-
rons as Brothers Milde and Stauffer,
each of whom drove their teams twen-
ty miles or more, and spent much
time to aid the Lecturer in the perfor-
mance of his duties.

On the 8th inst., in spite of bad
roads, of deep mud and threatening
weather, Lisbon Grange came out at
the appointed hour, and a very pleas-
ant and profitable session was lield for
instruction in the unwritten work, and
the higher lessons of the emblematic
instruction of the ritual.

On the morning of the 9th, Brother
Staulfer took us to Lunt, where a pub-
lic meeting was to be held in the r. 11.,
but run-away bridges, deep mud, and
constant rain prevented any from
coming out. In the hospitable home

of Bro. Benj. Whitney, we were con-
tent and grateful to be within doors.

In the evening a considerable num-
ber of the members came out and we
gave them a talk upon the unwritten
work, explaining its use and significa-
tion. l)uring the meeting the clouds
broke away and a clear, starlit, frosty
night followed, drying up the mud
somewhat, but not warming the
streams we must ford to reach '1‘ -
ronc Grange, at the village of Casno-
via, where we were to be on the after-
noon of the 10th.

Bro. Staufi'er’s strong and steady
team, patiently did their duty, and
we dined with Bro. Ed. Haywood, up-
on Whose premises stands the Grange
llall ol Tyroiie Grange. After dinner
we made a tour of inspection through
Bro. H.‘s extensive stock and horses,
and W-. re well pleased with his fine
Durham cattle and Merino sheep, all
showing care in selection and breeding
as well as in feeding. The feed is
mostly cut, and mixed, and steamed.
VVe saw corn-fodder and mangel-wurt-
zel thus prepared, and the machinery
all ready for use when needed to pre-
pare more, and the condition of the
stock thus fed is proof of the useful-
ness of the system. Bro. H. has ev-
erything handy and ready for use.
He has a large and well cultivated
tarin ; one of the largest and best
managed in Muskegon County.

The meeting, apublic installation of
oflicers, was well attended and all
things passed pleasantly. Tyrone
Grange has passed its hours of trial
and is enroute to success.

Bro. L. Armstrong took us home
with him, and on the next day, through
steady and hard rain, took us thirty
miles home.

On the 12th inst., the cars took us
to Portage, Kalamazoo County, where
we met Portage Grange, No. 16, and
installed its new ofiiccrs, and gave a
public lecture. A large attendance of
people were present, filling the hall to
overflowing,and we had a fine orchestia
of music to add to the pleasures of the
meeting. Portage Grange needs a
hall of its own, may it soon get at
work to build a Grange home, that it
may accommodate every farmer in its
jurisdiction.

A good night’s rest, an early break-
fast with the kind Brother and Sister
nearest the depot, we took the train
to Kalamazoo, and thence to Mendon,
where we met many brothers and sis-
ters, and in the afternoon gave a pub-
lic lecture, which will, we trust, result
in reviving and restoring this Grange.
We were pleased to meet Bro. Tuthill,
and find in him an earnest Patron,
who will take hold and help in the
good work here.

After the meeting, we were captured
by Bro. Wm. Langley, of Centreville,
who insisted that we should go home
with him and attend the meeting that
evening of Centreviile Grange—the in-
stallation of oflicers. We complied,
and found a pleasant meeting, a good
supper, and an enjoyable time.

On the following morning we had
time to make a pleasant call upon Bro.
J. H. Gardner, whose attractive home
teaches all who see it, :1 lesson needed
to be learned by nearly every farmer
in our State—to save the timber to
protect buildings and orchard from
the winds that dry out the soil in
summer, and carry piercing cold on
their wintry wings. Spare and pro-
test the forest has been Bro. Gardner's
rule in clearing and making one of the
finest farms in the State. Let others
learn, ere it is too late. Bro. Langley
took us to Mendon by a route new to
us, and we are more than pleased with
St. Joseph County.

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THE GRANGE MISSION.

B! were spurs, IIONTOUB. cannon, no 49.

H01 hrmeril ho I awake ! arouse

Your dormant minds from out the sloughs
Of ignorance, which all well know

Is one great cause of the farmers’ woe I

And open wide your sleepy eyes

Don’t close your ears to warning cries,
But look you to a state of things
That gives the power to monied kings,

Who use the wealth, that they have wrung
Bruin farmers’ toil, to crush them down ;.
And then, in scorn, they smile and say,

“ Poor fools! they know no other way.”

How long will you in silence bear
Those scornful words, because you wear
A coarser coat, perhaps, than they

And ha.ven‘t your best on every day F

How many years will you submit
To wear the yoke that does not fit ?
A yoke that is a constant bane,
And yet you fear to break the chain.

I know some men will whine and say,
"I’m sure I see no other way ;”
For shame, my brothers, ’tis not true,
There is naught that you can do

To lift the burden from our land.
Come, and with the Patrons stand,
And put your shoulder to the wheel,
For know in union there is weal.

Then some that long the yoke have home
Are getting old and trouble worn,
Think for their rights they do not care,
But ah ! your boys the yoke will wear.

And if you fail to do your part,

Your children e’er must bear the smart.
Don’t think, because you are only one,
The burden will fall on you alone.

Oh, no ! Your aid, though very small,
May be the means of saving all.

Then, farmers true, both young and old,
Come grasp the wheel, and firmly hold,

Until the tillers of the soil

Shall get their pay for,_honest toil ;
And, though the farmer he not dressed
In broadcloth fine, or silken vest,

He shall from monied kings command

A due respect throughout the land,

For all their rights, which long have been
Usurped, and held their grasp within.

I wonder where the spirit has gone

Of our great and good George Washington i’
‘Tie but a century ago,

He, with his band, made Britain know

That, though a homespun coat they wore,
She could not trample o'er and o'er
Their rights, nor from them take,

Their liberty, for Mammon‘s sake.

But of that time I need not tell,

For all must know the story well,

How, of that band, not a single one
Complained, and said it could be done. ‘

But brave and true, with hearts of steel,
They put their shoulders to the wheel;
And there they stood, and fought, and bled,
Until Oppression hid his head.

And could this spirit once prevail
‘Within our land, we need not fail
To gain the rights which we demand
For all producers in our land.

Then let us join, with heart and hands,
To free this Nation from these bans ;
And ever hear this thought in mind,
‘Tia for the good of all mankind.

There are many ways in which we all
May do our best to roll the ball.
Remember that a little thing
Sometime a great result doth bring.

And this is first, let us commence

To cultivato good common sense,

And ever live within our means,
Although sometimes quite hard it seems.

Let us beware of going in debt,
For costly dress or stylish hat,

A fancy horse or carriage fine,
Trying our neighbor to out-shine.

What if the city fop does smile.
Because we’re not got up in style ?
Why should we feel ashamed, or care,
If we but pay for what we wear.

In fact, it is not dress, but brains,

W'e need to change this state of things,
And I can say no reason why

The farmer ha.sn’t a good supply.

Don’t think, because your work is rough,
That you can never know enough

' To sit in Legislative hall
And wield an influence over all.

But reason, think. and cultivate
A knowledge of affairs of State.
And do our best in evcfy way

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THE GRANGE-VISITOR.‘ ,

An Essay from Aunt Kate on Kindness.

Kindness is one of the best meaning
words in the world; it will go farther.
and bring more happiness, than every-
thing else we may assume. How much
easier, too, it is to act kindly and natur-
ally to our fellow-men, and even to our
domestic and useful animals about us,
than to affect a rude and boisterous de-
meanor, which will surely not only
make others despise us, but, on reflec
tion, cause us to despise ourselves.

Kind and sympathizing words fall
from the lips like oil upon the troubled
waters.

If a person wishes to be successful in
business, he must be kind. Nothing is
more valuable, more easily
given than kind words and acts. A
person with a pleasant disposition finds
friends everywhere, and makes friends
where people of a contrary nature see
only enemies.

A kind disposition is one to be sought
after; like the pure sunshine, it glad-
dens, enlivens and cheers. In the
midst of anger and revenge, it soothes
and couciliates. But the reverse de-
grades, debases and destroys.

Who will not try to cultivate this
most noble trait of character. Kind
words to the erring one are like the
refreshing shower to the withered leaf
or the drooping flower.

Let us remember that every kind
word, act, or look we bestow will have
its influence, and eternity will reveal it.
The charity bestowed on the poor beg-
gar, the tear you have wiped away,
the glass of cold water you have lifted
to the parched lips, have had their ef-
fect. You will remember them in the
hours of afiliciion that may come to
you, or death, which surely must come
to all, and it will give you much joy to
think that you have not lived in vain.

Have we a son or daughter whose
juvenile indiscretion, or thoughtless-
ness, has increased our care,—be cau-
tions, for harsh words and tyranny will
almost always drive them farther from
the right path, while a gentle word of
affectionate reproof will win them back
to truth and virtue.

Now, in regard to those in our em-
ploy, those that daily work for their
daily bread,— be kind to them. treat
them with respect, don’t be afraidto
give them an encouraging word or
look, it will do them good, and not
make us any the poorer; and I think
they usually take a greater interest in
the work of their employer when thus
treated.

Let us remember that every noble feel-
ing which we exercise, and every good
action we perform, is around in the lad-
der which leads to God. How delight-
ful to scatter blessings of benevolence
on the poor and distressed, to promote
their industry, and to bestow rewards
on the children of labor, and to search
into the cause of sorrow and misery.

Those that have many friends think
very little of the value of a bow, a
smile, or a friendly salute, but it is
precious to poor, down-troddep, neg-
lected humanity. By a few soft words
and pleaaant looks, enemies have been
made friends, and old attachments re-
newed. He who will turn away a
friend for one fault is astranger to the
best feelings of the human heart. Who
has not erred at least once i11 their
lives ? If that fault was not over-look-
ed, to what depths of infamy would not
thousands have descended? We know
not the peculiar and pressing tempta-
tions to which another may be exposed,
they may have fought manfully for
weeks and months against the sin, and
yet, in an unguarded moment, they
yieded. They would give worlds to re-
call the act, they mourn over it in se-
cret, they repent in dust and ashes, as
it were. Now, shall we forsake them?
God forbid ! Earth and heaven, justice
and humanity, philantrophy and relig-
ion, cry out, Forgive! Forgive!

They who will not forgive must pos-
sess the hearts of demons. Surely the
love of God is notin them.

I feel that I cannot say too much in
favor of kindness. Kindness makes

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friends everywhere. If you are kind to
your domestic animals, they appreciate
it just as readily as a person would.
God has made them so, and I believe it
a sin and a crime to misuse an animal
just as much as it would be a person.

Kindness is one of God’s attributes,
and they who possess the most kind‘
ness have the most of the love of God
in their hearts.

Grattan Grange, No. 170.

Essay Read Before Riverside Grange,
No. 178, by Mrs. Sarah Shell-
liart, October, 1879.

When two persons marry, there is not
generally a marked difference in their
abilities, but a man’s business calls him
out into the world, where he mingles
with society, reads, travels, and contin-
ues to develop and improve. But his
wife devotes herself entirely to home
and home duties, so that she finds no
time for reading, or anything else cal-
culated to develop her mind ; and in a
few years, the difference is so great,
people begin to wonder why he ever
married so stupid a woman, and it will
be a blessed thing if the husband does
not wonder so himself.

Her children grow up around her,
and in her anxiety that they shall en-
joy every opportunity for improvement,
she makes a driidge‘ of herself more
than ever. The children, perhaps, be-
come educated and intelligent. They
continue to love their mother, after a
fashion, but how often her lack of cul-
tivation mortifies them! How much
better if she had kept up with the hus-
band, and in advance of her children,
and led them in duty and refinement.

Most women could do this if they
felt it to be a duty. But most all
women honestly believe they are sin-
ning against their families, except
when they have a needle or scrubbing-
brush in their hands. In some com-
munities a woman would be considered
a very poor manager if she was known
to spend one hour a. day in reading.
She might spend weeks on a quilt, or
embroidering the childrens’ dresses,
and it would be quite praiseworthy,
but to Waste time on music, drawing or
books would be outrageous.

Instead of having study come in after
all other work is done-—for every wom-
an knows it won't come at all then——
we would have self-improvement put
down as one of a wife’s and mothers
first duties. This change might crowd
out much trimming, and in some fam-
ilies some scrubbing. But who would
not prefer faces bright with intelligence
to shining tinware or ruflied dresses?

No mother should be sacrificed to her
family. What scatters and ruins a
family so quick as to have its mother
taken away from it? Yet many moth-
ers are overtaxing their strength daily,
bringing on disease and death,and think
all the time they are doing their duty
to their families.

In poverty or afliiction this would be
duty, but not so for those who might
take care of themselves, if they would,
but who, from a desire to get rich, or to
have their families make a display in
the world. abandon themselves to a life
of toil.

Is it not better for a child to live
plain, and be blessed with the love and
care ofa thoughtful mother. than to
enjoy an abundance and be motherless ?

It were better todo without ruflles
and embroidery, and many of the rich
pies and cakes, and many other things
quite unnecessary, and have a mother
respected and beloved by her family,
and competent to direct their steps.

The moral influence of a mother is
greater than that of any one else,
therefore let her see to it that her
example, as well as her precept, is cor-
rect. We must try to become ourselves
what we would have our children to be.

To those that have just been received
into our Order for the first time, we
would say that it is the mind and heart
we look to in accomplishing all good
works; and the instruction you received
was given that the mind should be stim-
ulated with the lbve of the beautiful.
Woman is the educator of youth, and

the co-student of man through life,-
and to be this she must acquire knowl-
edge and wisdom.

Education adds the greatest charm to
woman—-it is an ornament in prosperity
and a refuge in adversity.

Dear brothers and sisters, let us all
strive to store our minds with the good,
the beautiful and the true,——so that
when we are called to lay down our
work here below, and enter that home
above, we may be laden with rich,
golden sheaves; and Heaven forbid that
anyone should hear the sad sound——
“nothing but leaves.”

Writing for the Visitor.
PONTIAC, Jan 29th, ’S0.
J. T. Cobb .-

I have for some time been setting
quietly alone, having laid down the
last GRANGE VISITOR, ruminating over
many things in the past and present,
enjoying over again in my mind the
pleasant. and profitable nature of the
State Grange.

What a blessing memory is,—we can
rummage and turn over the deposits in
memory’s cell, and ever find something
to please, something to instruct, some-
thing available for the present emer-
gency, and still keep a store for fu-
ture wants. How sweet some mem-
ories are; how indelibly some persons
and things are stamped upon the mind,
never to be erased therefrom by any
vicissitude in life. -

Memorv warns me that I have been
remiss of late in not sending any word
of cheer to the Ladies’ Department in
the VISITOR. I have been contenting
myself with basking in the sunshine
others have made, enjoying the many
spicy articles the sisters have written,
feeling that the effusions of Aunt Mar-
garet’s pen were not missed. I am nat-
urally of a retiring mind, ever more
ready to hear than speak. It was a
lesson taught in childhood, and it has
never been forgotten.

I do not wish to forget that it is more
blessed to give than to receive, so I will
try and burst the chrysalis shell, and
if a gorgeous butterfly is not the result,
the imprisoned thought may do some
good if set free.

Reading a paragraph in the last VIS-
ITOR, your plea to the sisters, " If you
were all to stop, and leave this depart-
ment blank, we should at once tender
our resignation to the Executive Com-
miltee." I thought I would sit up all
night, and try to pen something, rather
than such a dire catastrophe should
happen. I had not taken into con-
sideration that the little paper we
all feel so much interest in, was mostly
made up of contributions, and if they
failed, what would become of our pa-
per? I shudder to think..

I am glad to see the VISITOR enlarged

and filled with so many good things.
“ It is a joy forever.” All Patrons
should feel interested, and support it to
the utmost of their ability. We get
many a live coal from its altar that
serves to kindle a fire that was almost
extinguished, and keeps up an interest
in the Grange movement that in time
would die from the want of the pure
life-giving element to keep it in a
healthy condition.
V I love the principles of our noble Or-
der, its elevating tendencies, “its teach-
ings are the highest man can seek,” for
it encourages advancement in all that
is good and beautiful, and stimulates to
action to attain to all that is high and
noble.

It has wrought a good work for the
farmer, and especially for the farmers’
wives. We are brought together, and
the kindly feeling of sympathy and
love is fostered. We know more of each
other, get interested in each others fam-
ilies, and have a thousand little tender
feelings that otherwise would remain
dormant in our hearts, if it werenot
for meetings in the Grange—-the beauti-
ful Grange that we love.

I fully agree with Aunt Kate. It
would be better for us to read more, to
have something to think of besides
work. In a general way, there is more
work in a farm-house than books and

.a glorious work.

papers. The work has be done, but it
need not employ our whole time, to the
exclusion of the improvement of the
mind and heart. I sometimes fear I
read too much. Last year we took
eleven papers, this year we take only
nine. I managed to read them alland
do my work, because I do not do every-
unnecessary thing, and use method
in what I do. I was brought up a Meth-
odist, and it comes easy.

I think with Myra. that “there are
‘ladies with sharp, bright intellects
who know how to handle eloquent
thoughts.” The mind of woman is as
capable of deep investigation as man’s,
and often brighter and more aciive,——
but the jewel is in a frailer casket, and
she has not the opportunity of display-
ing to others the fact. A native mod-
esty deters her from it, not intellectual
defects.

I have written somewhatof a lengthy
letter, and it may be you may think it
necessary to be abridged. It is subject
to your clemency, to abridge or cast it
into the waste basket.

Yours fraternally,
Mus. M. J. SPENCER.

Writing.

I was requested to write on penman-
Ship, but if that term means writing
with a pen, it is something, as the
011iF0gT=1phy_ of this paper will show,
in which I am not an adept. In
teaching young pupils to write with
chalk or apencil, I have in some in-
stances, where the children were re-
markably capable, had tolerably fair
success. For some inexplicable reason,
young children have not, until within
a :few years, been taught to write.
Writing is no harder than printing,
and though printing may serve to

muse, it is of no practical use in later
life.
Unlike the great’ Spencer, I do not

begin with several weeks’ practice on
preliminary strokes, tedious curves,
and angular joining, but put the little
pupil at once on the letter In, next i,
and very soon come to the loop letters’
which I tell them are like the steeples
of a city, most conspicuous, therefore
most important. As soon as they can
make the most simple letters, I set
them to combining them into easy
words, and those which will strike
their fancy, such as dog, good, mitten.
“A” seems to be the most diflicult
letter in the alphabet, therefore it is not
best to have children attempt that until
they have had considerable practice.

I keep them well stimulated with
praise, and they go to the board every
day with the greatest animation and
perseverance. Writing spelling lessons
and copying words has this serious
objection, that it makes them careless
in their writing.

Good penmanship is a fine accom-
plishment, but it is the least important
branch in the course. The object of
education, as we learn at these teachers’
institutes, is to develop and enrich the
mind, to train the child to think, and
of course much thought is not required
in learning to write. It does not, like
drawing, improve the imagination,
train the eye to observe, or cultivate
the taste. An undue ‘share of time
should not be given to it. A letter
written in a fine hand, but poorly
spelled, awkward in grammar, and
worst of all, lacking in ideas, is as dis-
appointing as an unsound apple,
golden to the eye, but [proving with
the first bite, to be insipid and nause-
ous to the taste.

To teach a child how to express its
thoughts on paper, in a legible hand, is
Writing, like the
thousand other inventions of civilized
life we daily use (and how much it
ought to increase our comfort and hap-
piness), is something which we seldom
refiect upon or appreciate.

Writing, printing, postal facilities,
telegraphy—what_ priceless inventions
are these in times of peril, of sickness,
of anxiety, as well as on occasions of
joy.

When the young man “goes West,”

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pack in his valise the warm socks of

-her own knitting, and with vague ap.

prehensions of all sorts of evils, from
scalping Indians to fever and ague, does
she part from the child over whose
comfort she has watched from infancy
to manhood. When far from home
and friends, he languishes in sickness,
what language shall describe the trem-
bling eagerness with which she gazes
out of the window for the return of the
messenger who has been sent to the
post-oflice.

But it is not sufficient that they
should be taught simply to express
their ideas in writing. Meagre out-
lines do not satisfy, they should acquire
the power of expressing them fully and
with ease, therofore some small amount
of rhetoric should be taught in our
district schools.

How helpless is that person who can
make his wants known only by word

, _ of mouth, or through the aid of anoth-

er. _Tlie Irish girl, who from the ves-
sel’s deck,watches the receding shores of
her native land, and sadly thinks,
“the ocean’s blue waters between us
shall roll,” has not the consolation of
feeling that she can still have the ad-
vice aud sympathy. of her friends in
time of need by the sealed letter. At
long intervals, poor child ! by the aid
of some grudging mistress as an amen-
uensis, can she hope to hold a sort of
second-hand correspondence with her
kindred and friends.

Nevertheless, the fact cannot be de-
nied that many persons who have re-
ceived this training have positive dis-
like to letter writing, make no use of it
—so that in some cases our labors will
be almost in vain. A.

Table Appointments.

There is no one thing about the house-
hold in which there is more diversity
of taste displayed than in the table ap-
pointments. Even among good house-
keepers there is a great lack of care and
exactness in setting the table.

Many seem to think, if the food is_
only well cooked and wholesome, that
it makes no difference how it is served,
but in this idea they are at fault, for
however Well an article is cooked, if it
is dished up in a slovenly manner, and
is served without any order, it detracts
from its palatableness.

Those who have a good appetite, and
are hearty and well, may not think
anything of the looks of their food,
while an invalid, or one at all fastidious,
will hardly be able to satisfy their deli-

‘ Cate appetite if the dainties set before

them are not served in an orderly ‘and
. enticing wav.

Very many cooks never stop to think
whether the edge of the platter is
splashed with gravy ornot, if the meat
is only done to a turn. Many will dish
mashed potatoes onto a plate in great
spoonfulls, and leave the spoon stick-
ing in the top of the pile; while it is
just as easy to serve it in avegetable
dish, and make it look attractive, by
sending it to the table smooth, and a
small piece of butter on top.

Vegetables of all kinds look much
better served in dishes made for that
use than they do in bowls of various
colors.

It is very unnecessary to have six or
eight kinds of cake, each on a separate
plate, for the same meal. It is not
only unwholesome in a hygenic point
of view, but it makes extra labor and
expense, and gives the table a crowded
look, which should be avoided. Half-
a-dozen kinds of pickles and sauce are
not needed at the same time.

Don’t put the butter on in a saucer,
but on a plate, or butter-dish, and, what-
ever else you may have on the table, do
be sure and have an extra knife for the
butter.

When you set the table, see that the
cloth, whether white or colored, is
put on true and smooth, and when re-
moved from the table, it should be
folded the same as it came from the
iron, then it will not look as though it
came out of a beggar’s basket.

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posite the carver. No table looks as
well with the tea served from the end
and the meat carved at the side—they
should be opposite.

The knives and forks should not be
tossed on, anyway, and if they land six
or eight inches from where the one
using them is expected to sit, let that
do. The knife should be placed with
the handle to the right, parallel with
the edge of the table, exactly in front
of the person using it, and the fork at
the left, at right angles to the knife.
Which ever way the tines of the forks
are putfeither pointing up or down, let
each one on-the table be placed the
same way. If you use cup-plates and
napkins, let them be put exactly the
same.

Place the platter of meat in front of
the carver, with an extra knife and
fork to serve it with, and the vegetables
conveniently on either side, but put
all on with correctness.

You may think the writer of this is
an old maid, or perhaps is “wise in
her own conceit,” but before you judge
too harshly, try this way of setting the
table, and then I am sure you will al-
low'that it is an improvement upon a
table that appears to have been ar-
ranged by a first-class whirlwind.

CHLOE.

Want of Courage.

BY MRS. T. CLARK.

Agreat deal of talent is lost in the
world for the want of courage. Every
day sends to the grave obscure men and
women who have remained in obsciiri—
ty because their timidity has prevented
them from making their first effort,
and who, if they could have been in-
duced to begin, would, in all probabil-
ity, have gone great lengths in the ca-
reer of fame.

The fact is, in order to do anything in
this world that is worth doing, we
must not stand trembling, saying, “ I
can’t,”—but overcome this tiniidity by
an undaunted resolution to meet and
conquer all difficulties that may arise.

It is fear, unrestrained, that prevents
us from accomplishing very much that
is in our power. We may imagine that,
in these days of peace, courage is un-
necessary. This is a mistake; courage
is as necessary to-day as in times of
war or martyrdom. It is not battle-
fields or the stake alone that try the
soul and demand courage, neither is it
necessary to be led into extraordinary
circumstances to learn, or‘ practice,
courage,—if it were we might despair of
acquiring it. Every—day life calls loud-
ly for its exercise.

Does it require no courage to meet
the opposition to our Order, as a Grange
——and does it not require a strong, un-
daunted, courageous spirit to prepare
and read our essays before a refined and
intellectual society, or even present our
articles to the readers of the GRANGE
VISITOR. And is it not for the want of
courage that our programs have so often
been a failure ?

No doubt very much talent lies hid-
den away under timidity, which only
needsa little moral courage to be pre-
sented to the world.

Few cultivate this desirable quality
as they ought.

ENGLISH authorities state that, out
of every five loaves of bread eaten in
England i_n 1880, three must come from
the United States and Russia.

A CORRESPONDENT wants to know if
wearing a hat ‘tends to make a man
bald. We believe it does. Women
don’t Wear hats——at least they don't
wear them on their heads, and so they
are not bald there. Hats destroy hair.
A woman's hat is worn on the back of
the head, and that is the reason why
women have to buy so much back hair.

THE expressions of the commercial
press in different parts of the country
are more respectful toward the farmers
in their renewed efforts to free them-
selves from the burdens imposed by
railroad corporations than it was a few
years since, when work of this same
kind was being done in some ._States.
City interests have been made to feel
the evil results of discriminations and
largely increased rates of charges in
freights, and they now “ know how it
is themselves.”

The Wool Questi'on—llome Consumption
vs. Foreign Export for our Farmers.

Editor of the Amegain Cultivator .-

In a recent communication I stated
that the farmer was protected in the
production of wool. \Voolen manufac-
turers have always been protected by a
tarifl‘, which protection could only have
been obtained through the votes and
influence of the farmer. Of this the
manufacturer is fully aware, and
although anxious, as every shrewd
party is, to purchase in the cheaper
market, yet he knew if this matter was
pressed too hard on his favorite side,
the farmer, in turn, would demand the
privilege of buying cloths and the like
in the cheaper market. This would be
ruin to the manufacturer and suicide to
the farmer, since their interests are re-
ciprocal. '

The more goods are manufactured in
the country, the less we purchase from

abroad, and the more money stays in

the country. The more inanufactories
we have the more laborers we have,
and the more consumers of the products
of the farm, and the less necessity for
the farmer to seek a foreign market for
his products. The interests of the man-
ufacturer, the farmer, and the laborer,
considered in a national point of view,
are identical, and it is only the wily
politician or the purely selfish individ-
ual that views them as antagonists.
Yet how little of the true character of
the three we see manifested. Too fre-
quently each of these classes considers
itself as singular, and having nothing
in common with the others, but seem-
ing bent upon thwarting aiid opposing
each other, when they ought to be
working for a common interest. A
nation’s welfare can only be founded
on the sum total of the welfare of its
individual citizens.

The wool question when thus consid-
ered becomes a matter of national jm.
portance, and not a subject for specula-
tion, where each party tries to get a
cenL’s advantage of the other. The
dealer labors to bear the grower, the
manufucturer to bear the dealer and
the laborer, while the laborer considers
that the employer has no rights which
he is bound to respect, and the emplov-
er is no less a tyrant when circumstan-
ces favor oppression. The employer is
either a lamb or a tiger, aifd is
both‘ by turns, but too often a tiger
with claws broken and teeth extracted,
so that instead of working for the
mutual benefit of each other, they
Spelldlheir energies in the destruction
of one another. No one is benefited,
but all suffer in consequence.

In my remarks upon this subject, I
have nothing to do with political ques-
V9113 35, Sfilchy but I propose dealing
with principles. I am not advocating
the claims of any class as against the
general good. If I favor the protection
of any special industry it is only when
all workers as well as others may have
a common interest.

We ll-111-30_I‘t large quantities of wool
when our factories have all their ma-
chinery fully employed, and at the same
time ‘we import large quantities of
wool in a manufactured state. Now I
am in favor of producing all the wool
we require and manufacturing all the
goods we require, and am in favor of
doing this without any law but that of
self-restraint. I know a large number
of men who are great advocates of
home industry by law, and in recent
conversation with one of those he
remarked, “It Ought to be a penal
offense for a man to wear anything not
manufactured in this countrv.” I
called his attention to the fact that the.
cloth from which his coat, vest, and
pants were made came from Germany ;
his hat was made in France; the cloth of
which his shirts were made came from
liarusly, in England; his stockings
from Nottingham, while he had noth-
ing upon his person of home manufac-
ture save his shoes.

I once looked in upon an entertain-
ment in Boston, given by a society in
favor of protectinghome industry. I
heard the speeches. (Talk is cheap.)
I noticed the apparel of those present.
Nearly all were clad in foreign cloth.
One Englishman rose and said,
“ \Vhen I was in England I was a free
trader, but there are exceptions to all
rules, and the United States is a great
exception, and as an adopted citizen of
this country I am in favor of protect-
ing home industry. The man who
said this was clad in clothes made in
England, and as he visited England
once or twice a year, his friends said
his clothes paid no duty.

For myself I am not one of that kind
of patrons of home industry. The
clothes I wear are made at home.
Every farmer you see and every farin-
ers’ wife, with their children, with but
few exceptions, are patrons of home
industry. It is the merchant, the man-
ufacturer, the professional gentleman.
the man of leisure who patronize for-
eign skill,while haranguing at citizens’
gatherings in favor of protection of
American skill against the cheap labor
of Europe. If these men are honest
let them practice what they preach.
let them patronize home industry, and
in a very short time we shall see such
an impetus given to business as this
country never before realized. I know
they will say we pay the duty on our
goods, but we farmers do not want this,
we want our own American labor pat-
ronized.

The great want of the country is
consumers, and unless We manufacture
more of such articles as we now import,

and for which we pay gold, we cannot .

expect very flourishing times.
‘ THOMAS VVHITAKER.

Fencing and Fences

This important subject comes home
to every owner ofa farm or of a village
lot that requires enclosure. At a meet-
ing of New Hampshire farmers, several
gentlemen publicly offered to sell their
farms for less than what the existing
fencing on them had cost. In a recent
address at an Agricultural Convention,
Mr. A. VV. (Jheever, editor “IV.E'.Farm-
er,” said he had carefully gone over
the statistics of farnis, animals, crops,
and cost of fences, and found that: "It
takes, on the average for the whole
country, $1.74 worth of fences to keep
$1.65 worth of stock from eating up
$2.45 worth of crops.”

Nine years ago the statistics gathered
at \Vashington showed that the fences
then in existence, had cost $1,747,549,-
93l. The additions since have raised
the cost of the present fencing of the
country to fully $2,000,000,000. A
million dollars is a pretty large sum to
count, or even to conceive of (we can
not countone million in the working
days of a month, counting one a second
and 10 hours a day), but here are two
thousand such millions. The interest
and repairs amount to over $:300,0U0,000
a year, and the rebuilding of decaying
fences nearly as much more, niziking
our annual fence tax far more than the
entire cost of the Army, Navy and
General Government expenses and Pen-
sions, together with the inlerest on the
public debt.

In N. Y. State, for example, there are
some 5,000 miles ofroads requiring 150,-
000 miles of fencing, costing over $4(),-
000,000, and the total fencing in this
single State has not cost less than 5230,-
000,000. .

During 38 years past the American
Agricultmntlist has had not a little to say
as to the uselessness of a good deal of
the fencing. But much will be needed
wherever live animals are kept, and we
propose now to direct souie effort to re-
ducing the cost of fencing generally.
If this one item in the United States
can be reduced only on e-fourth, thes:iv-
ing will amount to $:300,000,000. In the
older States, there are an average of
about two miles of fencing for each 100-
acre farm, costing about $1 a rod, or
.556-I0. If, in building new fences and
replacing old ones, we can erect them at
 to 5,5 the cost ofthe present fences, and
have those that will last two, three,
four or more times as long, and require
but small annual repairs, the average
value of farms will be enhanced some
hundreds of dollars at least. If a nar-
row effective fence can take the place of
the ordinary “worm fence,” there will
be a great decrease in the production of
weeds and foul plants. Two miles of
such fence on a farm, occupying a strip
8,} feet wide with its projecting coriiei's,
wastes two full acres of ground, worth
$150, or more. The cost of Iron and re-
cently of Steel, are greatly reduced, and
they have come into very largely in-
creased use in shipping, house-building,
etc. VVliy should they not take the
place of wood in all varieties of fencing
both for posts and rails? Such ac-hange
is already rapidly taking ‘place.

More than 100,000 miles of Barbed
Wire Fence have been recently erected.
VVhetlier this style of fencing is best or
desirable; whether it is too barbarous or
not, for general adoption over our vast
timberless prairies at the west, and what
forms con be adopted in our more thick-
ly settled regions, for highway fences,
for village lot enclosures, etc., will he
examined and discussed in future
papers.—Ame1'i'can Agricullurist Jam. 1.

Exactness in Speech.

It seems to us sometimes that there is
no habit more important and more un-
common than the habit of exact speech,
careful accuracy of statement, even to
the smallest matters. There are plenty
of good, well-meaning people in our
world who never know that they are
habitually, because they are unconsci-
ously, untruthful. and who would be
shocked and indignant if you should
accuse them of such a fault. Yet their
random assertions, their positive infer-
ences. the different words in which
they clothe the same fact upon each
repetition—all these errors tend to dis-

.tort and falsify, and what is that but

lying? Children, with their lively
imaginations and their want of judge-
ment, are always prone to this fault,
and need special watchfulness to correct
it.

But while we reprove our little ones,
let us keep a watch over ourselves,
lest the temptation of “making a good
story” out of a meagre fact does not
seduce us into misrepresentations
which we shall afterwards deplore. To
cultivate exactness of speech is to culti-
vatejustice and generosity as well.-
Er.

TRYING to do business without adver-
tising is like winking at a girl in the
dark. You may know what you are
doing, but nobody else does.

A CELLAR that is cool, dry, and dark
and well ventilated is the best place for
preserving potatoes in large quantities.
When smaller quantities are to be pre-
served, there is nothing like dry sand.
The same may be said of fruits and
roots of all sorts.

Oleomargerlne.

VVhen the manufacturers of oleomar-
gerine product an article that supplies
nearly half the current consumption
of butter in New York, without the
customers knowing but what they are
using the product of cow's milk, they
have accoinplislied a great achievement,
and it is no wonder that the dealers in
the legitimate product of the dairy are
exercised over this state of affairs.

There is no |>i‘etenti('>u that oleomar-
gerine is un wholesome as a food article,
only that it is not butter, and should be
so handled that all parties shall know
that it is not butter.

A butter dealer in New York is re
ported to have stated that nine-tenths
of the people who buy this stufl' do it
under the belief that it is butter, and
eight-tenths of them would not think
of buying it if they knew its real char-

acter, The butter dealers are,now re-
newing an active war upon the " tallow
butter trade.

If the cream produced in this country
was properly used, this oleomargerine
business would have no room for opera-
tion. The llllslzlkc made is in supposing
that any one person making butter can
do itas well as every other, and the mis-
lake madeis a vital one. It is quite safe
to say that of the butter sentto market 75
per cent of it is worth no more than
one-third the price good creaniery sells
for. As we have neighborhood mills
that grind our wheat and corn, so must
we—to secure uniformity—have neigh-
borhood creameries, who, collecting our
cream, shall produce an article of equal
color and merit the year ’round, thus
saving us the trouble of churning and
innrketing, and giving us a better price
for our creani than we ever, single-
handed, secured for our butter.

Curing Balky Horses.

A writer in one of our Canada ex-
changes gives his method of curing
balky horses. He says: I would pre-
pare myself with a good strap—I want
no whip ; perhaps he has got. a taste of
that already, and still he is master.
But some fine day when I was at peace
with myself and all around, I would
hitch him to the buggy, turning his
head to the village. He goes half the
way very well indeed; then he begins
to consider that he has gone far enough
in that direction and stops. I step
down ; he expects me to use the whip.
He is mistaken. As a criminal, I treat
him on the silent system. I push him
back a little out of the way. I show
him the strap, putting it up to his nose.
I go to the offside and buckle it to his
offfore leg, close up to his breast, throw-
ing the other end over his shoulder; I
then raise his near fore foot and fix it
with the hoof nearly tuching the belly.
This done, I say, “Now, old chap, you
just stand there.” I dont smoke, so I
take a paper from my pocket and find-
ing a place where I can sit down and he
see me, I begin to read. This is some-
thing he did not bargain for, and the
novelty of standing on three legs some-
what diverts his mind from the cause
that stopped lilm. I think this is the
chief point to be gained and the most
humane. When the strap is taken off,
I show it to hiin,cari'ess him a little, and
we move on without irritation. The
strap will now become a part of the
harness fora month or two, till at last
the sight of it will act as a tallisman.

Treatment of a Gold.

A bad cold, like measles or mumps,
or other similar ailments, will run its
course of about ten days in spite of
what may be done tor‘it, unless reinc-
dial means are employed within forty-
eight hours after its inception. Many
a useful life wil be spared to be unceas-
ingly useful by cutting a cold short off
in the following safe and simple man-
ner: On the first day of taking a cold
there is a very unpleasant sensation of
cliilliness. The moment you observe
this, go to your rooom and stay there;
keep it at such a temperature as will
entirely prevent this chilly feeling,
even if it requires a hundred degrees
of Fahrenheit. In addition, put your
feet into hot water, half leg deep, as hot
as you can bear it, adding hot water
from time to time for a quarter of an

when you take your feet out then when
you put them in it; then dry them
thoroughly, and put on warm, thick
woolen stockings, even ifit be snnimer,
for summer colds are the most danger-
ous; for twenty-four hours eat not an
atom of food, but drink as largely as
you desire of any kind of warm teas,
and at the end ofthat time, if not sooner,
the cold will be effectually broken ,
without any medicine whatever.

CERTAIN farmers, who have been
watching the wild animals which are
supposed to know instinctively what
the weather will be, are predicting an
open winter.

VICTOR HUGO was talking about age
and confessed, in a charming humor,
that the most disagreeable advance to
him was from thirty-nine to forty.
“Oh! that terrible forty,” he said.
“ But,” remarked some one, “ I should
think it a great deal better to be forty
than fifty.” “Not at all,” replied
Hugo; “ forty years is the old age of

youth, while fifty years is the youth of
old age." _

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C. B. CHARLES, Sec’y. Re,az,.,.,.;_ That we greatly lament the sad tsi'.;i1)l;t Alild pen and Steel.k  pu tg1al—d , p.I
Bangor, Jam 23d, ]gS0_ loss of such a worthy member, not only to °“r fousd szIi)i:lsfac)t’<;yli.o uA(ll;?,z:sS. e I este an ' E

Worthy Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

The second annual public Farmers’
Institute, under the auspices of the
Pomona Grange of Ingham county,
will be held in the village of Okenios,
commencing Tuesday, February 3rd,
at 10 A. M., continuing two days.

G. F. MILLER, Sec’y.

ADRIAN, Jan. 21st, 1880.

The annual meeting and election of
ofiicers of Lenawce County Pomona
Grange No. 15, will be held at Adrian,
Thuisday, Feb. 12th, at 10 A. M. The
meeting will beheld at the Reform Club
Hall, on East Mauniee Street.

GEO. B. HORTON,

JAs. Coox, Sec. Master.

The next regular meeting ofHillsdale
Pomona Grange, will be held at Grange
hall, Jonesville, on VVednisday, Feb.
4th, 1880. All Fourth Degree members
are cordially invited. Subject for dis-
cussion: “ Our Agricultural College.”
Meeting at 10 o’clock A. M.

G. M. GARDNER, Secretary.

'I.‘l’l;IR:2(AnI'Wld(RCI,C iir£.§Tii."’

DEAN.—At her home in Livonia, Wayne
Co., Mich., Tilla, daughter of Lafayette and
Emily Dean, after five days of intense suffer-
ing, which she bore with real patience and
fortitude, died Jan. 6th, 1380, in the nineteenth
year of her age. She leaves father, mother.
‘three sisters and two brothers to mourn her

ass.

At a meeting of Plymouth Grange, No. 389,
the following preamble and resolutions were
adopted:

WIIEBI-:As, It has pleased our Heavenly
Father to call to her home above, TILLA DEAN;
therefore,

Reaolvrd, That in the death of our sister, we
have parted with a worthy and consistent
member of our Order, whose loss we sincerely
mourn; her family an affectionate daughter
and sister ; her companions and neighbors an
afiectionate friend.

Rrsolved, That our hall be draped in moum-
ing for the period of 30 days ; that we tender
the family our heartfelt svmp -thies, and send
them a copy of thisobituary, that we enter the
same on the records of the Grange, and send a
copy to the GRANGE V1sIToii. for publication.

So young, and so loved ; why passes she away P

Vain question I Oh, why do our best hopes
decay '1’

Why perish the flowers P Why falls the bright
leaf P

And why is the light of the meteor so brief?
Why comes those sweet visions in moments of
pain -

Those glimpses of Heaven———aud leave us again?
Miss ELIZABETH SMITH,
Mus. JULIET BRADLEY,
Mus. ELIZABTH SLY,

Committee.

HAYNES.—Died, in Alpine, Jan. 11th, 1880,
Sister NELLIE GREENLY, wife of Bro. H. F.
Haynes, worthy Steward of Alpine Grange,
aged 26 years.

IN HEMORIAH.
Another friend hath crossed the silent river,

Another soul put on immortal light,

And in the realms of the dim forever,

Another voice is singing praise to—night.

The white~robed angels, with their shining
faces.
Al: the river’s crossing took our sister's hand,
To guide those trembling footsteps through the
dazzling places,
And deck her with the symbols of that Heav-
enly band.

Now she, in beauty, mid the throng is standing,
A ronsouied spirit on the other shore.
Were _we as sure that we might gain the land-

mg,
And dwell in peace and bliss forever more,

‘ Then we would ask that these wild scenes of
weeping,
And hearts bowed down with
and pain,
Might never be, when beneath the yew we’re
sleeping,
A sleep of eternal gain.
P. W. JOHNSON,
HATTIE D. J orINsoN,
H. H. Roorzns,
Committee.

weight of grief

HEATH.—WHEREAS, It has pleased the
Great Master, in his all wise providence, to
come so near our Grange circle as to remove
from our circle Mrs HEATH, the kind and lov-
ing mother of our worthy brother; therefore,

Resolved. That in the death of Mrs. Heath
our brotlers and sisters have lost a loving
mother, and the community a good and worthy
citizen, and we tender to them our heartfelt
Iympathy in their bereavement.

Hope made for her a pillow,
And Faith a garment rare,

To keep her in her slumbers
Till Jesus should appear.

At length the trumpet sounded,
The shadows fled away,

The gliding rays of glory
Proclaimed the light of day.

And when the shades of evening
Darkly clothed her room,

Her spirit had departed—
Deliverance had come!

Hark I I hear a song of triumph,
She sings on the other shore,
saying. "Jesus has redeemed me,

I sufier now no more.”

Let us cast our eyes backward,
On the race that she has run,
Only rofit by the lesson,
An deliverance will come.

J. G. Cunfls.
Ovonocr Woodstock Grange, No. 438.

Fr.-iternity, but to the community.

Resolved, That we extend to our deeply
afflicted brother and family circle, our heartfelt
sympathy, realizing with them how powerless
words are to heal, or earthly hands to relieve,
this affl ction.

Resolved, That, personally, we learn to real-
ize from this sudden death of our sister, that
“ While in the midst of life we are in death.”

Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded
in this Grange, and a copy be sent for publica-
tion to the GRANGE VISITOR and Goldwater
B. H. SMITH,

SARA SMITH,
BYRON S. Srorrorin,
Girard, Jan. 17th, 1880. Committee.

Republican papers.

MCGFII E. —— Died, in Wheatland, Dec. 5th,
JOEL MCKEE. At a meeting of Wheatland
Grange, No. 273, the following resolutions were
adopted:

WHEREAS, Impartial death having taken
from among us our esteemed brother, JOEL
MCGEE; therefore,

Resolved, That in losing him our Order sus-
tain the loss of ii. consistent member, and of a
true friend.

Resolved, Thai; while we recognize the inter-
position of Divine Providence, we sincerely
regret his early death, and desire to express,
through these resolutions. our condolence with
the family of the deceased.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
spread upon our records, and that a similar
_copy be sent to the GRANGE VISITOR for publi-
lication. E. T. WHITE,

JAs. HUMPHREY,

HELEN HUMPHREY,
Committee.

VICKERY.-—WHEREAs, It has pleased the
Grand Master of the universe to remove from
our midst Bro. EDWIN VICKERY. We acknowl-
edge the justice of Him who holds the world in
the hollow of His hand, and bow in submission
to the mandates of His divine will; therefore,

Resolved, That in the death of our brother
Kendall Grunge has lost a consistent member,
and this community a quiet peaceful citizen;
therefore,

Resolved, That our charter be draped in
mourning for thirty days; that 8. copy of these
resolutions be presented to the wife and family
of the deceased, and spread upon the minutrs
of our Grange, and published in the GRANGE
VISITOR. ORRIN POWELL.

LEANDER SIMMoNs,
MICHAEL MAsoN,
Committee.

Kendall Grange, No. 230, VanBuren Co.,

Mich.

WlLLIAMS.—WHEn.EAs. It has pleased Al-
mighty God to remove from our midst our be-
loved sister, Mrs. ELIZABETH WILLIAMS, of
Sturgis Grange, No. 332. we do hereby adopt
the following resolutions:

Resolved, That we offer our heartfelt svmpa-
thias to the bereaved husband and family of
the deceased.

Resolved, That our chapel be draped in
mourning for thirty days.

Resolved. That these resolutions be placed
upon the records of this Grange, a copy be pre-
sented to the bereaved husband and family,
and also be published in the GRANGE VISITOR,
and also in the local papers.

MR8. 0THo Mon,
Mus. L. S. PUTNEY,

IMPIJIIIANI PUBHII SAIE

Short-Horn Cattle,

A DRAFT FROIII THE

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Wednesday, March 3d, 1880.

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FRED. A. BEARD,
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THOMAS MASON,
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Crders for goods in this market will be filled
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J. T. Cobb, Schoolcraft, Mich.

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