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' INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.

The Governor Candidacy—Capita1 Grange-—
Report of Sub-Committee on Patrons’ Aid
Society to the State Grange, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

The Independent Fai-rner—Insect Enemies of
the Fruit-Grower, and How to Destroy
them——A Wedding Anniversary Occasion-
Beet Culture—Selling Plaster to Outsiders. 2

Do our Patent Laws need Changing ?fA Let-
ter from Arkansas—Essay on Writing and
Speaking—Berrien County Grange—A Word
of Caution— Grange Interests in Calhoun Co.
—CoIning Reform, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Next Governor—Co-Operative Trading-~
Masters and Secretaries of l880—Schools and
Grange Halls, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

To Correspondents—Pickings by the Way“
Declaration of Purposes—Proceedings of the
State Grange—Patrons’ Aid Society—RuIe_s
of Success——Program of Macon Gra.nge,... 0

Old Kitchen Reveries—Sowing and Reaping-
Wash Day—Character—-Miscellaneous, . . . . 6
Our Lottie —-Kind Words —Bringing Out Latent
Talent —Experience the Best Teacher—Angel
Food—Arou.nd the World—How to Grow
Rich——Installation Address——Smull Change in
the West,........     .. 7
Grange Meetings——The Reaper, Dsath——Adver-
tisements, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Ofiicers Nafional Grange.

MAs':‘l‘En-—JA. J. WOODMAN, Michigan. _
Ov'IiasEr:a— PUT. DARDEN, Mississippi.
LEcTuaEa—H_ENRY ESHBAUGH, Mo.
STEWARD—A. J. VAUGHN. Miss-

Assr. STEWAED-WILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
CK.APLAIN—S. H. ELLIS, Ohio.
TREA5‘U'B.EB—F. M. MCDOWELL, N. Y.
SECRETARY-Wm. M. IRELA.ND,Wash’ton,D.C.
GATE-KEEPER--O. DIN WIDDIE, Indiana.
CERES—MBB. J. J. WOODMAN, Mi_ch_. _ .
PO1i(ONA—M.]?.S. PUT. DARDEN, Mississippi.
FI.oB.A—Mns. J. W. NICHOLS, N. J.

LADY AssTIsTANT STEWAB.D—MBB. WILLIAM

SIMS, Kansas.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE :

D. WYATT AKIN, So. Carolina; H. JAMES, Ind.;
W. G. WAYNE, New York.

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

C.—SA.LMON STEEL, Monroe Cen. Gr. Tr.Co
'l‘.—S. F. BROWN, - - Schoolcraft.
SEC.—J. T. COBB, - - - “
G. K.——A. N. WOODRUFF, - Watervliet.
Cimas.—M.as. C. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon_
Por(oNA——Mas. G. W. EWING, Ross, Kent Co.
FI.onA—Ma.s. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—-Mas. A. E. GREEN, Farmington.

Executive committee-

J. WEBSTER CIIILDS, Chairman, Ypsilanti.
F. M. HOLLOWAY. - - Hillsdalm
C. G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch 00.
WESTBROOK DIVINE, Balding, Ionia Co.
THOMAS MARS, Berrien Center, Berrien Co.
Wis. SATTERLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co.
J’, Q. A. BUBRINGTON. Tuscola, Tuscola 00.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Ofiicio.

State Business Agents,

GEO. W. HILL dz 00., - - Detroit.
THOMAS MASON. - - - . Cl1l°3E°-
cenerai Deputy.

c. L. WHITNEY. ' - - Mnsk°8°'-‘-
8pecIai- Lecturers.
Thos.F.M .... ..Adria.n.....LenaweeCo
Geo. W,  .Shelby,’ ..... ..Ocea.na Co
Bnillual Luigdon, "Bowen Station,” .Kent Co

_ fign-ingto .. .F I‘owns,. .Oskland Co
 ' .!.l:.....°I"u‘erry,....Shiawasaoe Co

Bro. VVoodman,and if we don’t succeed
we shall at least teach the political par-
ties
to ignore the wishes of the largest and
most important interests in the State.
If our views are correct, there is no
time to lose in initiating the movement
suggested, and who can do it as Well
as the GRANGE VISITOR?

it is, you, as the organ of the agricul-
tural interests,ishould at once set on
foot a movement which should be
brought to a successful issue as early as
the April full moon.
every Grange in the State should have
before it for action; a resolution to
‘support no man for Governor at the
coming election, who is not a practical
farmer, and we venture the prediction
that there will not be twenty-five neg-
ative votesin the whole State.
will be the duty of the VISITOR to
urge and insist upon the fulfilment of
the obligation.
we will have Bro. Woodman, or some
other good farmer, at the helm of the
affairs of State, and then the interests
of farmers will be looked after, as well
as the interests of railroads.

The Governor Candidacy.

 

M l Edilor Grange VL'+l'itO7'.'

THE GRANGE VISITOR, l

We are glad to notice the discussion
I ofthe subject of a candidate for Gov-
ernor in the VISITOR, and I hope this
discussion and a continued reference to
the subject willbe kept up until some
one of your correspondents hits upon
a. plan of action that will result in some
5 practical good to the Order and to the
l accomplishment ofthe desired end; that
is.in the recommendation ofa farmer for
the ofiice of Governor of Michigan.
Sim ply expressing apreference for Bro_
Woodman or Mr. Rich will accomplish
nothing. We might express our prefer-
ence for Bro. Holloway or Bro. Luce, it
would simply be an expression of our
choice from the many competent and
available men inside the Grange for the
office of Governor. The question for
Grangers to sett-lejin the first instance
and now is, will we insist upon putting
a farmer into the ofiice of Governor at
our next election, are the Grangers true
enough to insist upon doing this ‘.7 Are
we willing to drop -our party prefer-
ences and prejudices, if necessaiy to ac-
complish so noble a purpose as placingin
the gubernatorial‘ chair of Michigan at
real “dyed in the wool” farmer”: If
we are, then let us in the first place take
some action as an Order which will
bring about so desirable a result. Let
every Subordinate Grange in the State
bind itself, its members by a solemn ob-
ligation not to support any candidate
for the office of Governor, who is not a
practical farmer, no matter by what par-
ty he may be presented. Take this step
how, and take it openly and with a de-
termination to stand by the record, and
let the caucuses and conventions of the
several parties be attended by men who
have independence enough to cast
off the emissaries of politicians, and we
may then succeed in getting upon the
head of each State ticket a practical far-
mer, which will result in giving us a
farmer for Governor. If each ticket has
nota farmer at its head, then let us sup-
port the ticket which has shown a dis-
position to yield to the demand of the
agricultural interests of the State. If
neither party hoists the farmers’ flag,
then let us go into the field with our own
ticket,headed by some such candidate as

that it is not a safe business

If this course is right, and we believe

By that time

Then it

Take this course, and

jndnw‘ Gun be .. ‘ fiqu “ ‘
in 3, sfio]eP,...Monroepu(leniitre,. .G.Trav’se Co

ing the past year.

meetings.
they have cost.

have often been told. VVe have had in-
quiries from a distance, even from the
State Lecturer of Texas. Our plans are
yet far from perfect. We need acliange.
Our resources in programs are by no
means exhausted.
change.
once in a while.

hottest part of summer,—-some longer,
some shorI.er~—and this recess, to some,
seems to be the best part of the year.
In the latter case, it takes much time to
get revived in work. It is to be com-
pared to the old way of wintering cattle
at the strawstack. They stand still for
six or seven months and grow some
during the other five or six months.
Capital Grange has usually taken a re-
cess for two or three weeks during a
part of August, but this year the meet-
ings had become so interesting that the
members could not afford to ,close the
doors, not even for one week.
Grange is to be compared to the good
husbandman who feeds his young an-
imals well and keeps them growing
every day of their lives.
every day has the advantage of all
which precede.

to the public, partly because our hall is
small.
among ourselves. Each weekly meeting
is probably not surpassed by any month-
l_v or quarterly meeting of any farmers’
club in the State.

dious, He knows how easy it,is for a

Capital Grange.

with lieatlquarters at North Lansing
whose influence lias been of great goor

ized about five years ago.

lowing:

that we have a live Grange.
some are dead or dying, or finding

a fortune to any member.
ure to any

neighborhood.

and much more.

No one can learn or acquire an educa-
tion without studying and sacrifice of
time and money. Learning cannot be

given to anyone. It must be earned.
Just so it is with 23. Grange. Success
cannot be given to it. The members
must work for it, and in working for
success we receive our reward. Those
who have done the most have received
the most benefit. None have received
greater benefits than our \V0rtliy Mas-
ter and our Worthy Secretary during
the past year. Ask them and they will
tell you so.
Those who have been least benefited
are those who have remained at home,
or who have refused to take part when
called on. The work here is not per-
formed by a few, but by many. Every
one has a chance to do something, not
so much as he ought to, because of our
large numbers. We are successful as a
Grange, because of our division of labor.
VVe have no bores, no long talkers such
as afflict many societies. We have a
great variety of exercises, all of them
useful. Farm and household topics,
political economy, history,amusements,
education,—all have a place.
For various reasons a few, very few,
have not taken part in the regular exer-
cises. In one respect we have all taken
a part without exception, that is, we
have told what others ought to do. We
have criticised, we have found some
fault. Even this has been of some use.
Our Grange, during the past year has
improved a good deal in some respects.
There is still room for improvement.
Our members have improved in punc-
tuality, in their ability to write and
speak with ease, and in their knowl-
edge of parliamentary rules. Our reg-
ular weekly attendance has nearly
doubled, and now averages full 75 mem-
bers, including meetings when the
weather is unfavorable. The member-
ship is quite scattered; a good many
live five or six miles from town. The
members in good standing number
about 220; and over 30 havejoined dur-

Our printed programs, which are dis-
tributed in advance among all the mem-
bers, have helped to add stability to the
They have been worth all

They have done other
Granges good besides our own ; as you

We shall have a
We all like something new

Most Granges takea recess during the

Our

In this way,

We have had but few exercises open

We held one farmers’ institute

Your Lecturer has tried not to be te-

Among our local institutions is one ,' more to

among the formers of this vicinity. \Ve
mean Capital Grange, No. 5-10, organ-
At the regu- I Just enough to test our patience.
lar meeting on Dec. 20th, before the 3 family has not ‘B
annual election of oflicers for the ensu-
ing year, the out-going ofiicers made‘
their report:-;. From the report of the
Lecturer, \V. J. Beal, we glean the fol-

While I long ag
it l so that
hard to keep up an interest, we are tak-
ing in more member.-J than we really
have room for. A good Grange is worth
It is a treas-
It costs
something, but it is worth all it costs

,l man.
.1 some hesitatiug beginner will often

interest and

lfan hour from one who is
3 heard on the floor.

l ened most of us.
ment of our members continue?

‘ we have a large number.

before he was sixteen.
finally decided the matter;

able right to expect.

Shelton is correct.

is too long for each to be complimented
lLI turn.

program, We shall listen attentively
to hear what good things they shall
promise to do for us during the coming
year. May no one accept an office in
Capital Grange without. realizing his
great responsibility, and then may he
resolve to perform all the duties incum-
bent on the oflice to the very best of his
ability.

 

Report of the Sub-Committee on Patrons’
Aid Society to the State Grange.

Your special committee, to whom
was referred the matter of a Patrons’
Aid Society, have had the same under
consideration, and would respectfully
report, asking your co-operation and
approval.
Co—opera1.ion is the chief corner stone
of our great Organization, and through
it, and astrict adherence to its princi-
ples, and the practice of its teachings,
we have accomplished what we have in
the past, and failed, if at all, in not un-
derstanding, or strictly adhering to its
precepts.
Working together to provide for the
wants of our families after our decease,
is co-operation, and of the noblest type,
and how much easier can we approach
the realms of shade, if we are conscious
that we are leaving our loved onesa
certain aid, to be used by them in the
hours when our ready hands and strong
arms of care and protection will be
needed and missed.

We are all painfully aware that life
is uncertain, and its termination sure,
hence it behooves every wise Patron to
make provision for those depending
upon him, when that dependence must
ceasc—as cease it must, and no one can
tell the day and hour thereof.

Societies and associations for life in-
surance are abundant enough, but at
such high rates as to be beyond the
power of the members of our Order.
They are not reliable, even if their ben-
efits were attainable by us, and all of
them are monopolies, for the benefit of
high-salaried ofiicials and well-fed
agents, rather than the benefit of those
insured. The amount required by them
being from four to six times the actual
cost.

From these facts, so well-known to
you all, we could not recommend them
to you, nor could any true Patron use
them without doing violence to his
principles as a. Patron, for we are taught
by the lessons of our noble Order to
“ mind our own business,” and as much
in this direction as any other.

Many organizations on the mutual
plan have lately sprung up, and are
effecting the same results as the old lzjfe
societies, at much less cost. Some of
them have to sustain an organization
for no other purpose than the operating
of the benefit association, which must
greatly add to the cost, while the Ma-
sonic and Odd Feilow fraternities are
each very successfully operating Mutual

Benefit Societies already have the or-

ganization without cost to operate the

same, and find that this branch

strengthens and assists the order itself.

The farmers have a similar organi-

zation ; why not use it to secure sim-

ilar results? The Order of Patrons of
Husbandry can do all these orderscan.

and more, for we give woman equal

privileges with man, and she can pro-

vide for her loved ones, if a widow, or

PoMoNA, No. 22.

Grange to hear too much from any one

Great things come
, slowly. Our Worthy Master has done , megs of life
as well as he could, and that is all that
any one can do. He has made mistakes,
but as Professor Shelton of’ the Kansas
agflcullllml College Says, “The only ‘‘ Treasurer, _oIie hundredgthousand dol-
persons who do not make mistakes are 
those who do nothing,” and Professor
The list of oflicers l

I will not intrude on the duties of
our officers who are this day to be elect-
ed, for next Saturday, according to our

A dozen broken words from  of leaving a certain benefit for her
do l children

‘ strengthen a,which cannot be alienated from its
, 3 Grange than an eloquent lecture of

frequently 5

in the event of her death,

objects.
In the States of New Hampshire,
l New York, Ohio, VVisconsin, and Illi-

VVe have had our ripples of guble, ; nois, ourbrothers and sisters have in-
_ “~Vhat ,' augurated such benefit societies, and

I trust1thasstrength-
Shall the imp1‘0‘Ve- 1 the cost of the old life societies. VVhy
Ve I

must not relax our efforts to keep the l
; young members at work. Of this class .
You all re-
VVe may well feel good over the fact 1‘ member how anxious some were not,
oto have the by~laws changed
a young lad couldjoin a few days
Well, time
he acquired
the requisite age, and joined the Grange.
As a. Grange, we have done during
the past year all that we had a reason- 1 other than the statutgs of

find them to work well, at one—fifth

cannot the Patrons of Michigan do the
same? ‘\Vc can. _ But. someone says,
%S..r°§‘3.e.iSw”.%r“.e.§;?.;‘i fiidolfilidar t“ fl
5.. 8 6S .
For two reasons: First, we want an


' , ' .L 1 a rons or
Michigan ‘Patrons; second, we czlnnot
, use their’s under the laws of our State.
' For “no company organized or exist-
l

ing under any authority whatsoever
this State,
to transact the bus-
insurance within this

State, until such company, in addition

to the requirements now made by law,
,'shall have deposited with the State

shall be at liberty

lars security.   *
1 and shall be liable to a penalty of $100
,for every application obtained, policy
.issued, contract guaranteed, or pledge
‘ made,"——Laws of 1869, Act No. 77 ,-
amended by Laws of 1871, Act No. 80.

The law again reads: “That all cor-
porations, associations, etc., doing bus-
ines in this State under any charter,
involving insurance, etc., a pledge for
the payment of money to families, or
representations of policy, or certificate
holders, shall be deemed to be Life
Insurance Companies, etc.”—Seas1Ion
Laws of 1872, extra Session.

The above was amended in 1877 so as
to except Mutual Benefit Associations,
organized under the laws of this State,
for the provisions of the last act quoted,
that of 1872, extra session. From what
law we have cited, it will be seen that
the Patron Companies of other States
cannot come to us, nor we go to them
legally. Shall we not as Patrons of
Michigan co operate for the benefit of
our families in the event of our death?
Prudence and good judgment will say
Yes! We need an organization similar
to the ones in use by the Patrons of
New York, New Hampshire, and Wis-
consin, and similar to the ones used in
this State by the Masons and Odd
Fellows. The annual loss of life from
the members of these organizations has
averaged about 7 to the 1,000, which at
the assessment of $1.00 for each death,
would be about $7.00 per annum—about
one-third what it costs a man to smoke
a five-cent cigar per day, or drink a
glass of ale, neither of which are of
any present or future benefit, but the
cost of which, in an organization like
this, would leave the family at least
$2,000, with which to pay debts, relieve
an encumbered homestead, and educate
orphan children, in the case of the
death of a member.

In view of all these facts, your Com-
mittee have conceived the plan of a
temporary organization, which shall
gather the material and members for a
permament organization of a Patrons’
Mutual Benefit Society in this State at
an early day, and having called to-
gether a large number of members of
the Order forming the body, laid our
plan before them, was unanimously
adopted, and Bro. M. B. Hine, of Aus-
terliiz, of Kent County, was chosen
President, and Bro. C. L. Whitney, of
Muskegon, was chosen Secretary. of
such temporary society, and instructed
to call a meeting of those interested, as
soon as sufficient encouragement shall
have been given.

Your Committee then recommend
this plan to all Patrons in the State,
and solicit your earnest co-operation,
to the end that Patrons’ orphans may
have the benefit thereof, and that our
Order may be strengthened thereby;
for it is one of the fundamental princi-
ples of such organizations that the
Patrons must remain good members of
the Order to keep up the membership
in the Benefit Relief Society. We also
hope it will encourage other farmers to
join our Order, for the sake of becom-
ing members of this Association.

Your Committee would ' invite all
County, District, and Subordinate
Granges to investigate this matter,
and instruct their members in at once
becoming members, and thus set the
organization upon a permanent footing,
ready to give t e benefit desired.

It is believed that we ought to have a
membership of at least five hundred
members at once, and to attain that of
one thousand within a year.

In all these recommendations, your
Committee would ask the hearty ap-

share with her husband the privilege

proval of the Michigan State Grange.
' C. L. WHITNEY, Chairman.

 

    

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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

 

THE INDEPENDENT FARMER.

Let sailors sing of the windy deep,
Let soldiers praise their armor-

But in my heart this toast I'll keep,
“ The Independent Farmer.”

When first the rose. in robes of green,
Unfolds its crimson lining,

And round his cottage porch is seen
The honeysuckle twining.

When banks of bloom their sweetness yield
To bees that gather honey,

He drives his team across the field,
Where skies are soft and sunny.

The blackbird clucks behind the plow,
The quail pipes loud and clearly,

Yon orchard hides behind its bongh,
The home he loves so dearly;

The gray old barn. whose doors unfold,
His ample store in measure.

More rich than heaps of hoarded gold,
A precious, blessed treasure.

But yonder, in the porch, she stands,
His wife, the lovely charmer,

The sweetest rose of all his lands,
To the Independent Farmer.

To him, the Spring comes dancing gay;
To him, the Summer blushes,
The Autumn shines with mellow ray,
His sleep the winter hushes.
He cares not how the world may move,
No doubts or fears confound him,
His little flock are linked in love.
And household angels ’round- him.
He trusts in God, and loves his wife,
N or grief, nor ill, may harm her.
He's Na.ture’s N obleman in life,
The Independent Farmer 1

Feb. 8th, 1880. A Person.

Qinmmuniratiumi.

 

Prof. Cook, of the Agricultural College,
on the “Insect Enemies of the Fruit
Grower, and Bow to Destroy Them.
There are over 200,000 insects in this

country, many of them useful as para-

sites, and many are injurious. Many
of these insects can be subdued or held
in check by concerted action of fruit
growers. The codling moths have been
whipped by such concert of action. If
the Executive Committee of our society
would offers. premium of $50 or $100 to
that township or neighborhood that
will bandage and perfectly protect the
trees in the largest area, it will be a
great credit to the society, and also be

a means of doing great good, and as

Entomologist of the society, I recom-

mend it. When I was out this

winter, I was proud of the praise given
our society by eastern horticulturists.

There are places where, by a concert
of action, the curculio has been
whipped. Most insects have their par-
asitic enemies. The Professor illus-
trated on the board by colored crayons
many of the parasites. The ichneumon
fly was illustrated and the Professor
showed how its young preyed upon the
bark louse of the apple tree. These
parasites can be sent by mail. and are
so sent. Parasites are spreading all
over the country.

The next point is the birds. Which
will you have, the worms or the birds?
Atithe College we bandage our apple
trees. Between the bands and trees we
sometimes put cotton. Prof. Beal
thinks the bands with cotton are best
because we find more worms there;
but I think there is no difi‘erence, only
the birds have picked out the worms
where there is no cotton. Plant
enough cherries and berries for your-
self and the birds.

HOW TO TELL THE CANKER WORM.

The female is wingless, the head
small, and the body oval. The male——
the moth of the canker worm—is ash
colored, with a whitish costal spot near
the tip of the fore wings, which are
crossed by two jagged _whitish bands,
dotted with black on the outside; they
expand 11» inches. In early spring and
late in autumn, the male flies about,
and couples with the wingless female,
seen crawling. up the tree in February
‘mi March, which lays a patch of short
cyindrical eggs, from 60 to a 100,
"ranged in rows and glued to the bark.
The 1”-vs hatch about the time the
‘pph nee leaves out Almost before

plum, elm, and other trees. The
canker worm, when mature, is about
an inch long, ash colored on the back,
black on the sides, and beneath yellow-
ish. It ceases eating when four weeks
old, and late in June creeps down, or
lets itself down with a thread (is a
measuring worm) burrowing in the
ground, it makes for itself a rude
earthen cocoon, fastened together with
silk. Coming forth in autumn or in
the spring, its progress can be arrested
by application of the bands smeared
with coal oil or printers’ ink, but this
has to be applied every day or two,
while the eggs should be picked off
and burned.

A better way, is to syringe the tree
with a solution in which a pound of

London Purple has been dissolved in
one hundred gallons of water. London
Purfifi is a residum, left in the manu-
facture of colors, and is of no use only
to kill insects. It used to be carried
out to sea and thrown overboard. It
can be bought of any druggist for -5
cents per pound. It is cheaper and
more effective than Paris Green, which
is insolvent in water. Provide your-
self with Whitman’s fountain pump,
which can be bought by the dozen for
$6.50 each, or a single one for $10.
They are very useful for other things,
as washing carriages, windows, etc.
Prepare your water by putting % pound
in an oil barrel of water in your wagon,
drive under your trees in May, and
syringe your trees. It is sure death
not only to the canker worm, but t6
the leaf roller, and the rose slugs. It
will also-kill the potato beetle. I do
not think it will kill the curculio, as
they do not eat. But you must use it
with care, as it is a poison ; so do not
put it on your rose bushes where your
children can eat the roses and get
poisoned. A rain will wash it off. I
think with London Purple and a good
Whitman force pump, I am master of
the situation as far as the canker worm
is concerned, and the cost is but trifle
compared With the use of Paris Green.
CODLING MOTH.

The codling moth lays its egg in the
blossom end of the apple or pear, early
in summer. The larva feedsin the inte-
rior of the fruit. It matures in 3 weeks,
when itcomes out and transforms into a
thin cocoon, and hides in the crevices
of bark or under bands, and in _a few
days another brood of moths appear.
It is now in the cocoon under the tree.
About the middle of May, it comes out
a moth. Why don’t you get these
apple worms, put them in a box, and in
a short time they will transform. It is
very interesting, and you will learn.
just how the moths look. If you take
them out when it is time for them to
lay their eggs, they will always fly
toward the orchard. When the larva
comes out, as many go down the tree as
go up, asI have frequently tested by
putting on three bands. In the upper
I find as many as in the lower, but
none in the middle.

TO PUT ON THE BANDS.

You wanta good stifi‘ brown wrap-
ping paper, a paper of tacks in your
side pocket, and a tack hammer sus-
pended from astring around your neck,
bring your paper around the tree, and
drivea tack half in, and so on until you
have bandaged all your trees that
blossom. Do this the last of June.
About the 8th of July visit the Red
Astrican and Boughs, and you will
find no larva. In about 8 or ten days,
if warm, go again; if cool, in 12 days.
Take off the bands and crush every
larva with your thumb, and keep
account of the number you kill.

Now suppose the Executive Com-
mittee of the Pomological Society offer
a premium to the neighborhood or
Grange that will do the most effective
work in the largest territory, and
report, supported by amdavits. Sup-
pose a number of neighborhoods en-
gage in the work, stimulated by the
premium at flrst, they would find how
easily they could check the ravages of
the codling moth, which would not
cost to exceed 3 to 4 cents per tree.

gheyoman nearly strip an orchard of
‘up-“V3 They also attack the cherry,

would be the value of fruit, andiin a
few years the people would demand
that there be a law enacted, requiring
every one to bandage his trees and
attend to them.

In answerto a question, Prof. Cook
said a pail of water would be enough to
syringe two average trees.

Whitman's fountain pump is manu-
factured at Providence R. I.

J. S. Woodard, a friend of mine,
applied Paris Green to apple trees in
May, and killed the codling moth by
one application.

Prof. C’ook——I never thought of that
before; think it would kill the larva if
applied at the right time, as it is then
in the blossom end and the end is up,
and the smallest drop would do it, but
think there should be more than one
application. The London Purple is
cheaper. I think there would be no
great danger in applying so early,as the
rain would wash it off before maturing.

[NoTE.——Your reporter is one of the
Executive Committee of the Pomolog-
ical Society. The Executive Com-
mittee has already taken action on the
offering of premiums, and will ofl“era
first and second premium of $50 and
$25 to the Grange or neighborhood that
will do the most effective work, in the
largest territory, in banuaging trees and
killing the larva of the codling moth.
So Patrons be up and doing when the
time comes.]

A Wedding Anniversary Occasion.
Bro. Jerome T. Cobb:
PAINT CREEK, Wash. Co. Mich.
Brother J. T. Cobb .-

At a regular meeting of Fraternity
Grange, No. 52, held Feb. 3d, it was
arranged to hold another session Feb.
l0. Sister Ballard said to a member of
the Grange that said meeting come on
the thirty-fourth anniversary of our
wedding, and the Grange is responsible
for what followed. When we arrived
at Grange hall we found the fires
lighted and the kettles boiling, which
indicated business, but what was to
happen was a mystery to us, until the
W. M. called the Grange to order and
announced, in one of his characteristic
speeches, that this was an anniversary
surprise party for Bro. and Sister
Ballard, and said we were to have a
good time. Soon the tables were
loaded with good things, among which
were seventeen kinds of cake, and
other eatables to match, all tastefully
arranged. Most prominent, perhaps,
was the bride’s cake, contributed by
Sister Darling. It was a thing of
beauty and a joy for—the present. At
the repast, the W. M. called to order,
and announced, that a committee had
arranged a literary program, consisting
of selections and original essays, fur-
nished by the Worthy Secretary, Sister
Eveline Fisher, and Sisters Smith,
Lowe, and Breining. Sisters Breining
and Lowe traced in pen pictures the
results of our married life, giving us
the credit of having always kept the
peace as citizens, and as brother and
sister in the Grange, claiming for use
warm place in its affections.

This was to us a joy unspeakable,
coming as it did from those we love.
By their fruits we know them, and
garnering the happy remembrance of
that hour, we find that another link
has been added to the golden chain of
affection we so dearly prize.

By this we are made to feel that Fra-
ternity Grange is a tower of strength,
in the unity of feeling that has per-
vaded and is pervading our meetings.
Our ',motto, Fraternity, has knit our
hearts together by cords so enduring
that even the wrecker Time can never
unloose them, though while turning
beauty to ashes, he hangs the symbols
of mourning at our inner gate. Dust
thou art! was not written of the gem
the casket contains, and when dust
has return ed to dust, that imperishable
entity, enriched by the fruitage of
brotherly kindness, will find in the
higher Grange, an abiding place, there

You can see how greatly enhanced

Beet Culture.

The VISITOR for Feb. 1st, contains a
sound article on feeding beets to stock,
and having had in my mind an article
on the same subject, perhaps I can add
a little that may be of interest. ‘

The cultivation of roots, beets in
particular, is too much neglected, but
after being fairly tried, the value of
roots for feeding in winter and spring
is appreciated, Tand the beet patch
becomes an established institution on
the farm of the prudent husbandman.
A fair trial does not consist in prepar-
ing the ground, sowing the seed, and
then neglecting cultivation until the
labor of getting rid of the weeds is
considered more than the beets will be
worth, so that the experiment is given
up in disgust; or, as in onecase I know
of, continued by purchasing the roots
of a more lucky nighbor. Properly
managed, however, an acre or more of
beets, according to the size of the farm
and the amount of stock kept, can be
raised with comparative little trouble,
and very slight expense. The yellow
globe mangold wurtzel is my favorite
variety, although on some soils the
long red, or the white sugar beat may
be preferable. This may be easily
tested by each one for himself, by sow-
ing a portion of each kind. Other
things being equal, the richest soil will
produce the heaviest crop, but any
good corn land with a good coat of fine
manure, plowed in, will yield a paying
crop. The ground should be plowed
early, cultivated sufiiciently to mellow
and keep clean, until the middle or
the last of May, when the seed should
be drilled in at the rate of about four
pounds to the acre, in drills thirty
inches apart, just wide enough to allow
of horse cultivator. To sow, I use
Planet Jr., drill and wheel hoe, which
is of great assistance in after cultiva-
tion, besides being a very handy im-
plement for use in the garden. As
soon as the plants show themselves so
that the rows can be distinguished, a
use the wheel hoe, working both sides
of the row at once, throwing the earth
and small weeds away from the plants,
and leaving the row of Weeds and
plants two inches wide. In this man-
ner, I can go over an acre in three
hours, leaving the rows so distinct that
I can use a horse cultivator to good
advantage. This first cultivating ‘,can
be done perhaps as well, though more
laborious and expensive, with a hand
hoe, butin either case it is important
that the work should be done while
plants and weeds are small. It may
require sharp looking to distinguish
the rows, but if the weeds are allowed
too much start, there is no salvation
but in pulling by hand. A double
shovel plow, with the right leg set
cross to the beam, small beam (bull
tongues), and a sheet iron shield can
now be used to advantage, and the
spaces between the rows kept clean by
hand labor. With a hoe, the rows can
now be “chopped out,” leaving the
plants in squares from eight to fifteen
inches apart, and in the best shape for
convenient thinning, which is done at
the final hoeing, when the plants are
from three to four inches high, leaving
one plant in a place. I usually get
my beets thinned out at odd times,
when the weather is too wet for work-
ing corn or haying. After the beets
are thinned out, it is rarely necessary
to use the hoe again, horse cultivating
being suflicient. The main trouble
is on the start. The secret of success is
to begin the war against the weeds
soon enough. The yellow globes grow
mostly above ground, and are very
easily pulled; the others pull rather
harder, but still easier than turnips. A
good way‘ to harvest is to walk between
two rows, pulling onerwith each hand,
thus throwing four rows into one.
They can then be topped in the field,
or drawn tops and all to the pit or
cellar and stored as fast as topped.
They should be gathered before hard
frosts, as they are more tender than

to enjoy the fruitlons of an endless
life. S. '1‘. BALLABD.

turnips, and if frosted are liable to rot.

make sweet, yellow butter. Horses,
sheep, and swine relish them, and an
occasional feed does much to keep
them in health, while a. moderate daily
feed given to incoming cows, and to
sheep a couple of weeks before lambing
time, will often prevent serious trouble
and loss. Farmers, try a small patch
of beets. H.
Burr Oak, Feb. 16, 1880.

Selling Plaster to Outsiders.

Bro. Cobb .-

On forwarding our first order for
plaster this season, Burr Oak Grange
passed a resolution not to sell plaster to
those outside the gate. Heretofore we
have pursued the opposite course,
selling to all whom we could induce,
as a personal favor, to buy their plaster
of the Grange. The consequence has
always been that the local agent for
Grand Rapids plaster put his price
down as low as ours, so that we could
offer farmers no inducement to deal
with us, except the superior quality of
our plaster. Now we propose to make
an amicable arrangement with the
agent, whereby he will set his price
without any reference to what the
Grange charges. His customers will be
outsiders, and he will make all he can
out of them, _while the Grangers will
get their plaster at just what it costs
delivered, and we feel confident that
our plaster will be the cheapest. In
this way, neither party will interfere
with the other, friendly feeling will
prevail, the Grange will stand better
in the opinion of outsiders, and there
will be a more general desire to join the
Order.

It makes some difference whether we
can say to our new Granger neighbor,
“If you belonged to the Grange your
plaster would cost you 50 cents less on
a ton than you now pay”; or whether
we have to say, “Come join the
Grange, handle your own plaster,
shovel it up your self, and it will only
cost you 50 cents a ton more than the
agent charges.” In the one case, he
will reason, “ Well, if the Grange can
handle plaster in that way, it’s a good
thing to belong to it” ; in the other,
" As long as I can buy cheaper outside,
what’s the use of joining the Grange
just for the fun of doing the work
myself? I think I am bctter.ofl' by
not belonging to the Grange.” And
just as long as we compete with the
agent by selling to outsiders, just so
long he will beat us in price. The case
was the same in regard to salt. When
we had salt on hand, and sold to out-
siders, the dealers put their price down,
but as soon as our stock was gone, salt
“ riz.”

While I can and do work cheerfully
for the Grange, I do not see the fun in
working for nothing, for other than
our own folks, getting instead of
thanks, the ill-will of the merchants,
and bringing slurs upon the Order from
those sought to be benefited. Let us
keep the benefits of the Grange for its
members, and if others want a share,
let them become members, and bear
their share of the burdens of the
Grange.

The plea is made that we should sell
all all we can to aid Day & Taylor, but
it seems to me that if we can. by a
compromise, as above, keep Grange
plaster at a lower price at a point of
delivery, than ring plaster, we shall
have the game in our own hands,
There will be no inducement for
recreant members to purchase ring
plaster. The inducement of cheaper
plaster through the Grange than
outside will add rapidly to our member-
ship, thus increasing the number of
Day & Taylor’s legitimate customers,
and in the end, this policy will prove
more profitable to them and to us than
selling to outsiders.

G H. HAWLEY, Sec.
Burr Oak, Feb. 23d, 1880.

 

A was who lent a minister a horse
that had run away and thrown the
clergyman, claimed credit for spread-

For milch cows beets are excellent, and

ing the Gospel.

 

 


  

 

 
 

A Qfiummuuiratinua.

Do our Patent Laws Need Changing!

J. T. Cobb.-

There are many things I would like
to speak about through your paper
to our people, but my time is so taken
up that it leaves me none for that
purpose, for what I wish to speak of
needs some explanation.

One thing is this. With our reduced
number of Subordinate Granges, and
the drill in business they have had,
would it not be well to return to the
old way of having each Subordinate
Grange represented in the State
Grange? If the Treasury of the State
Grange cannot stand the expenses, let
each Subordinate Grange pay a certain
percentage of it. I think it would help
the Order very much as a whole.

Another thing is, the petitions sent
around for signatures. Will speak of
only one—-that referring to patent laws,
etc. We, the petitioners, ask for certain
modifications. Now I would ask for
the entire abolition of our present
patent laws, believing them to be, from
their inception, unjust, anti-R.epubli-
can, and contrary to the spirit of our
government. We believe that the
man or woman who, by their inventive
genius, have blessed or shall bless their
kind, are entitled to fair compensation,
but not to the right or privilege to prey
upon the whole nation, or world of
industry. The duty of the government
is to protect the many against the few,
instead of giving a few sharpers the
right and power to become millionaires,
at the expense of the people, for seldom
does the real inventor receive much of
this wholesale robbery. By our present
system, many trifling inventions are
gotten hold of by sharp men, and
hundreds of thousands of dollars are
wrung from the people.

I would have a Board appointed or
elected whose duty it should- be to
receive and examine all applications
and models, and if need be, to have the
thing completed and put on trial.
And the inventor should be to no
expense save the conveyance of the
models, etc, but no fee either to lawyer
or government, thereby debarring the
poor inventor from the benefits of his
invention, he being obliged to sell out
to some moneyed man, in order “to
carry it through,” as it is called. If
the application should be considered
worthy by the Board, and large con-
siderations involved, the matter should
be referred to Congress or the Cabinet,
to actas a check on the Board. And
the award should be paid to the in-
ventor by the Government, and then
given to the people free, and in no case
should the award be over ten thousand
dollars. This would rid the people of
all monopolizing manufacturers, as
well as hordes of roaming, thieving
agents that now flood the country, and
rob the people.

This is more than I meant to say, so
please excuse A. STEGEMAN.

A Letter from Arkansas.

Loao, Hot Springs Co., Arkansas,
February 12th, 1880.

Editor Grange Visitor .-

As I have removed from my old
Grange, No. 624, in Michigan, perhaps
some of my old friends would like to

‘ hear from Southern Arkansas through

the Vrsrron. I would first say that
although it is 14 months since I
removed 1,000 miles from my old
Grange, I am still a member, and have
the A. W. for 1880. I attended the
meeting of the State Grange of this
State Jan. 27 and 28, at Arkadelphia.
I found the ofiicers and delegates pres-
ent'to be live Grangers—men of ster-
ling worth. Worthy Master Williams’
address contained many strong points,
and was well delivered. My only
regret was that the hall was not well
filled. Had the Grangers of Arkansas
been there and listened to his remarks,
I think it would have done much
toward reviving the Grange here in

‘ this State, and surely therepis need

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

3

enough of it, for the Grange in these

parts is in a very dormant condition,
and it will require the combined efforts
of every live Patron in the State to
bring it up to what it may and should
be—the farmers’ friend and protector.
Oh ! that the farmers of this and every
other State could see what their own
interest requires, and build up the
Grange till it becomes a power in the
land.

But I promised to say something
about this country. First, I will say
that spring, with all its freshness is
here, even in mid winter. Plums,
peaches, cherries, etc., are in bloom.
The fields where wheat or grapes are
growing are clothed in their fresh
green carpet—a luxury to behold even
in this climate. We have had no snow
to speak of, and but very little frosty
weather. Nature seems to have adapt-
ed the vegetable growth of this climate
to a period of rest, to recuperate for the
long growing season, now just com-
mencing and to last till December. I
find this country all I can desire in
salubrity of atmosphere, health, tem-
perature, etc. The lowest point mercu-
ry reached this winter was 12 above
zero, and but, few moments at that,
the highest point it reached last sum-
mer was 99, and but two days at that.
This County, Tulip Ridge, is high and
somewhat rolling, yet the soil and sub-
soil is an alluvial deposit. Water is
invariably soft and pure, not so cold as
the springs in Michigan, yet pleasant
to the taste. Soil productive in wheat,
corn, rye, oats, barley, _cotton, and in
all the various vegetables in general
use. It is particularly adapted to
fruit, and I think is destined at no
distant day to he almost wholly occu-
pied with it. The grape of nearly every
variety flourishes beyond measure.

You rs fraternally,
T. H. CLYDE.

Essay on Writing and Speaking,

Having been asked to write on this
subject. I will say a few words which
may, perhaps, cause others to express
their opinion on a matter which here-
tofore has received so little attention in
our common schools.

Children should be taught to commit
and recite pieces at home before they
are sent to school. Their memory will
in this way, get a little training, and
theyjwill start to_school with this advan-
tage over children who do not receive
this training. At school, let speaking
be a common thing, and also essay-
writing as soon as the child can write.
Letter writing, of course, is included
in the latter, forlevery child should be
taught at school how to write a letter.
This practice is of incalculable value as
an aid in learning to read, write, and
spell well, and will teach a child more
about correct expression than several
years’ study of grammar. If speaking
and essay-writing are thus made a part
of the ordinary work, it will seem no
worse to a child to learn and speak a
piece, or read an essay, than to learn
and recite an ordinary lesson, and
when he becomes sixteen or eighteen
years of age, he will be able to learn a
speech readily, to express his ideas
neatly on paper, and to read or recite
before strangers without embarrass-
ment.

Every body, every child, should be
fitted to take his or her part in active
life, and it almost seems like neglecting
a duty for us not to exert ourselves to
give them the advantage of early prac-
tice. As a teacher cannot force a child
to speak or read a composition, and as
there will always be parents who will be
careless in regard to this matter, would
it not be a good idea if it could be made
compulsory? Could not the school
board in each district make an order
that would be binding, that there
should be a certain amount of speaking
during the year ? This seems to me as
important for fitting a child for after
duties as anything which is now
studied in our common schools.

M. A. '1'.

Berrien Bounty Grange.

J. T. Cobb .-

The regular meeting of Berrien Co.
Grange, No. 1, was held Jan. 13th and
14th, at the hall of Berrien Center
Grange.

The meeting was called to order at
10 A. M. of the 13th, by Vvorthy Master
Thos. Mars.

The usual preliminary business was
transacted, when, upon adjournment
for dinner, nearly 200 members, from
all parts of the County. met with the
warm greetings of familiar acquaint-
ances.

After twice filling the long tables
without visibly diminishing the im-
mense supply of good things furnished
by the hard-working sisters of Berrien
Center Grange, the regularorder of bus-
iness was taken up. Short verbal re-
ports from members of Subordinate
Granges, showing a general healthy
and hopeful condition were made. The
\V. M. reviewed the reports, and made
many valuable suggestions.

Under “ resolutions and discussions,”
a preamble and resolutions were intro-
duced and passed, whereby the organi-
zation, purposes and business of the
Northwestern Produce Association and
Chicago Agency were explained. A
resolution recommending the Agency,
as being worthy of the support and
patronage of the members of Patrons
of Husbandry throughout the North-
west was appended, also a resolution
tendering copies of preamble and reso-
lutions, signed by the Master and Sec-
retary of Berrien County Grange, to
Thos. Mason, business manager. with
liberty to use the same as reference.

The subject of the relations of the
Grange to the railroad corporations of
the County was introduced, which

'brought out a lengthy and animated

discussion. The power of Congress
to regulate this business was generally
declared, though it was not believed
that Congress, as now constituted,
would heed the numerous petitions
which were being presented. It was
conceded, however, that petitions
should continue to be presented, and
if our prayers remain unheeded, con-
certed political action, which shall
place in power men who will protect
the rights of all classes, will be the only
remedy.

A committee was appointed to draft a
preamble and resolutions, expressive of
the sense of Berrien Co. Grange re-
garding this question. The committee
reported the preamble, which set forth
the wrongs of the railroad freight sys-
tern. or want of system, and resolutions
which were moderate, but firm, in ex-
pression.

Under “good of the Order,” Bro.
Corey, of Cass County, reported the
Grange interest in a prosperous condi-
tion, and announced the holding of a
farmers’ institute at Cassopolis.

Bro. Sparks spoke of the tardiness
of members of the Grange. He urged
the necessity of prompt attendance,
and he thought that all forms and cer-
emonies should be observed.

Bro. Helmick read from the GRANGE
VISITOR “ ten commandments,” which
were interspersed with graphic inter-
ludes by members present.

A motion was made to discontinue
the “ Grange column ” in the Buchanan
Reporter. Bro. Sparks opposed the mo-
tion, when it was withdrawn, and a
motion to appoint Bro. Sparks editor
of the “ Grange column ” prevailed.

Bro. Brown spoke of the enlarged
size and great merit of the GRANGE
VISITOR, and urged members to sup-
port and write articles for the Vrsrron.

W. M. Mars quoted the action of the
State Executive Committee in enlarg-
ing the VISITOR, and urged the imper-
ative duty of every member of the Or-
der to support our own paper.

The W. M. spoke of the farmers’ in-
stitute at Buchanan, which would be
held under the auspices of this Grange.

' Prof. Carpenter, of the State Agricul-
tural College, being called upon, spoke

at length, regarding the objects and re-
sults of farmers’ institutes. They were
organized to advance the interests of
agriculture, and might be called farm-
ers’ trade unions. The Agricultural
College was endeavoring to solve agri-
cultural problems, but they needed the
practical lessons, which were so well
inculcated at the institutes. The pre-
liminaries had all been arranged ; sub-
jects of essays assigned and accepted,
and he believed that Berrien County
institute would prove one of the most
instructive of the series.

The evening session was held in the
fifth degree, which was conferred upon
eight members.

The election of oflicers ensued, and
was much expedited by depositing the
ballots at the Centre. A very disinter-
ested rivalry was manifested between
two burly brothers who “ were up ” for
the oflice of Gate-Keeper—eacl1 one
urged the claims of the other. Very
little sympathy was shown them, as
they had “ put up ajob ” on a worthy
brother for the same position last year.
The successful candidate accepted the
situation gracefully, but he looked a.
little gruff when escorted to an outside
position, with his overcoat pockets full
of chicken bones.

The second day showed a very small
diminution in numbers present. After
the election of committees, the installa-
tion of oflicers-elect was conducted by

‘Bro. G. Corey, of Cass County.

Bro. T. Mars, the retiring Master,
made a most excellent and impressive
address, which was responded to by
our new Master, Bro. Freeman Frank-
lin. in a few well chosen words.

The Committee to Visit Dormant
Granges reported much good work
done.

The Committee on Grievances re-
ported, “ Not a single case of grievance
during the year.”

The Finance Committee reported a
bill for sundries, for the use of this
meeting, to which was appended
the item of “ one five cent cigar for the
retiring Master.” The allowance of this
item was opposed by the W. M., on the
ground of the cigar having proved a
“ fraud and a snide.” Other members
were opposed to this allowance, as it
was immoral in its tendency, and might
provea bad precedent. Others urged
the well known infirmity of the W.
M., and the fact of his having attempt-
ed to smoke this identical cigar having
been proved, the bill was allowed.

During the afternoon session, a mo-
tion to hold a County Grange picnic
was carried, and a Committee on Ar-
rangements, consisting of Bros. ’l'hos.
Mars, Levi Sparks, A. N. Woodrufi‘,
W. A. Brown, and B. Helmick, was
duly appointed.

The chairman of the committee ap-
pointed the previous day to draft reso-
lutions expressing the sense of this
meeting regarding the railroad irregu-
larities and tyrannies, read a preamble
and resolutions, which were duly adopt-
ed.

Many suggestions were made for the
good of the Order, and a motion to hold
the next regular meeting at Bainbridge
hall, on the 25th of May, passed.

Aresolution, tendering thanks to the
brothers and sisters of Berrien Centre
Grange for their never-failing hospital-
ity, was adopted. And one of the many
useful and interesting meetings of Ber-
rien County Grange closed in due form.

W. W.
Stevensville, Mich.

 

A Word of Caution.

BOWEN CENTER, Kent Co., Mich. 1

Febuary 14th, 1880. J
I want to put in a word of caution
for the Vrsrroa. Hold on, Grangers,
there are plenty of old farmers that
will do for Governor, Representative in
Congress, or Vice President, or any
other oflice; but there are not so many
farmers that will fill the Master’s oflice
of the State or National Grange, and
do it well. ' We think the oflice in this
case has sought the man, and found the
right one for the place, and he cannot

be spared. Again, hold on. N 0. 219.

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Grange Interests in Calhoun County.

BATTLE CREEK, Feb. 13, 1880.
Brother Cobb .-

I have not forgotten my promise
made on our return from the State
Grange to write in regard to the pros-
perity of the Granges in Calhoun Co.,
and of our co-operative store; but I
have been very busy, which I offer as
an excuse.

Since our State Grange meeting, I
have visited seven of the nine Granges
in the County, and have installed the
oflicers of six of them, and I find them
in a very gratifying state of prosperity.
For instance, Home Grange, two years
ago, came so near dying that it had
only just members enough to fill the
oflices in the Grange and hold its
Charter—now has about 40 members,
and has purchased material for the
erection of a fine hall. The members
of Bedford Grange are also preparing
to build themseves a large and commo-
dious hall. These improvements will
have a tendency to make the Grange
organization permanent. You probg,
bly are aware that a few members met
about a year ago to bury the Calhoun
County Grange. Your correspondent
Suggested the impropriety of burying
it before life was entirely extinct, and
introduced a resolution to reorganize
and hold its meetings at the 113113 of
the different Subordinate Granges
throughout the County, and make
them in part responsible for its literary
work. The change has been very sat-
isfactory, and about 40 new members
have been added within the year, and
its meetings have been largely attended
and quite interesting.

In regard to our co-operative store, I
will give you some figures which will
show for themselves in regard to its
prosperity. The total amount of paid-
up stock at date of last quarterly meet-
ing, Jan. 22, 1880, was $5,483.00. The
number of stockholders at same date,
195. The total amount of sales for the
last quarter ending Jan. 22, 1880, was
$13,767.67. Sales for the correspending
quarter last year were $12,344.13. You
will see by the figures, that the busi-
ness is on the increase, and the entire
capital stock has been turned during
the last quarter a little more than two
and one-half times. The great need we
feel at the present time is a Grange
Agency in New York City, (which we
asked for at the State Grange and did
not get), to which we can ship our
wheat, pork, beef, etc., and thereby
save commissions, inspection, elevat-
ing, reshipment and profits to specula-
tors, and middlemen, which we now
have to pay by shipping to interme-
diate points. The prospect is that the
Patrons of Calhoun County will estab-
lish such an Agency on their own
responsibility during the year.

[find that I am making this letter
longer than I intended, but I wish to
say that we are all united and deter-
mined to secure correct legislation in
regard to the present unjust and un-
scrupulous railroad freight rates, as a
preamble and resolution, which I send
you will show.

We were pleased to see the name of
J. J. Woodman suggested for Member
of Congress from the 4th District.
Brothers of the 4th, go in and use the
balance of power which you hold, to
place our Worthy Master, Bro. Wood-
man where he will do the most’ good.

Fraternally yours,
W. S. SIMoNs.

Coming Reform.

A great reformation is passing over
this country—not religious as often
heretofore, but moral, social, and edu-
cational. The slavery agitation, the
temperance question, and other move-

.ments have stirred the people from

time to time; but farmers, until re-
cently, have never claimed anything
for themselves. The coming reform is
no accident; its causes lie deep, and
have long been working. The farmers.
in their isolation and timidity have
been slow to act and reluctant to follow
leaders of their own class, and at last
they are moving with irresistible force.
gdheié power must be felt and acknowl-
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THE GRANGE VISITOR.

SC EIOOLCRAFT. WAR. 1, :l880.
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.§m2taxy’5 glepartment.

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7 SCHOOLCEAFT.

Oflicers and members of Subordinate G-ranges
in corresponding with this ofiice, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

Posmer STAMPS of higher value
than three cents will be returned
to the sender.

THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

A correspondent, whose article
appears on our first page, has
stated some truths that should not
be overlooked, if we expect to
elect a farmer for Governor of
Michigan next November. For
Patrons to repeat that the next
Governor fought to be a farmer,
that it is due to the great agricul-
tural interests of the State, won’t
bring about that result. Some-
thing more than this must be
done, and in this there is, perhaps,
general agreement. That the
claim presented is right, reasona-
ble, and moderate, no one with
any real regard for fairness, will
for a moment deny. But party
politics and political machines
are not controlled wholly by any
rule of fairness, and the right of
the matter is not so much consid-
ered, as probable results.

“Pomona No. 22,” fully aware
of party usages and political man-
agement, suggests a course of
action for Patrons to secure a
farmer for Governor, or teach pol-
iticians a lesson. Now as we have
repeatedly said, the agricultural
interests of the country are year-
ly assuming greater relative im-
portance, and within the last few
years, the immediate representa-
tives of this vast interest, the
farmers and their wives have been
pressing their claims to recogni-
tion on the ground of more cul-
ture and qualification to fit them
to occupy a higher place in their
own chosen avocation, or in posi-
tions of honor, profit, and respon-
sibility among their fellows. And
it is universally conceded by all
well-informed persons, that this
Grange organization has been an
active instrumentality in this pro
gressive movement of the farmers
of this country. We believe that
the founders of the Order were
men of broad views, understand-
ing well the strong and weak
points of human nature, and their
wisdom is no more conspicuously
shown than in the prohibition of
the discussion of all political and
religious questions in the Grange,
which they embedded as founda-
tion stones in the Constitution of
the Order.

We believe that the great and
good work inaugurated by the
founders of the Order of Patrons
of Husbandry, while it has really
accomplished very much, is just
in its infancy. And that this
hold good, we believe a respect
for, and a compliance with 'the
fundamental law must be gener-
ally maintained. If there are
Patrons who believe the Constitu-
tion of the Order is too restrictive,
let them go to work to have it
amended in a regular way. But
we are not prepared to advise
overriding it, in the attempt to

reach an object, however desirable
that object may be. We believe
we have made real progress. The
Grange movement is to-day a rec-
ognized power in this country.
Its consistent adherence to correct
principles, commands the respect
of the thinking, well-informed men
everywhere. We are advancing-—
gaining ground, year by year, and
to-day the Order occupies a higher
and more honorable position than
ever before. Officers of our pres-
ent State government are mem-
bers of the Order. There are
twenty-five farmers in Congress,
and some of them are Patrons,
and within the last
President has nominated a promi-
nent Michigan Patron to the im-
portant oflice of Commissioner of
Indian Afiairs. That he will be
confirmed by the Senate, there is
no doubt. The selection is a good
one, creditable to the Government,
to the appointee, and to the Order,
and we accept these facts as addi-
tional evidence that the farmer is
being recognized more than here-
tofore. Bro. Trowbridge is a
farmer, a genuine, earnest Patron,
and a thoroughly honest man.

With all these facts before us,
is it not safer, and in every way
better to keep within the limits
of the constitutional prohibition,
and thus perpetuate the harmony
and fraternity which everywhere
prevails, throughout the Order,
and maintain, as we surely can,
our onward, progressive growth.

From these considerations, we
are not prepared to endorse the
proposition of Pomona, No. 22.
Were the course recommended by
our corresponded adopted, we ap-
prehend that at the end of our
first political campaign, the object
we started out to secure would
really be one of secondary impor-
tance to Patrons. The business
on hand demanding the earnest,
careful attention of every true
and faithful Patron, would be
working to harmonize discordant
elements, allay the bitterness of
controversy, and recover lost
ground.

We have no ewact program to
present and recommend, as the
sure way to secure the election of
a farmer for Governor. But we
shall venture to make suggestions
bearing upon the question. We
think it is generally conceded that
there is more independence in
voting each succeeding year, that
the people, as a whole, are not so
strongly partisan as formerly, that
they more generally recognize
the fact that the people, as a
whole have identical interests, and
that much of the noise of politi-
cians has little to do with those
interests. This is an encouraging
and valuable fact, which the
Grange has largely developed.

All well remember how nearly
the Republican party lost its as-
cendancy in this State six years
ago, and although the large gains
of later elections restored the con-
fidence of the party in its ability
to remain master of the situation,
yet, from our standpoint, we can
easily see that while the Republi-
can party is in possession of the
offices throughout the State, and
expects to hold its own this year,
that if its nominating convention
wholly disregards this reasonable
and just demand of the Patrons of

month the

the State, for the selection of a
farmer for the oflice of Governor,
and nominates s 0111 e lawyer-
politician, and the Democratic
party shall shrewdly nominate
some good conservative farmer-
candidate. like F. M. Holloway, of
Hillsdale, with a record free from
political craft and management,
we say that the chances for the
election of such a candidate. we
believe, would be more than even.

It is hardly probable that each of
the prominentpolitical parties will
present a farmer- candidate for
Governor, but we are confident.
that the party that fails to do so
will lose a large number of votes
if another party shall make a wise
selection.

It is hardly necessary to repeat
that we shall not endorse the nomi-
nation by any party of any farmer
for Governor, without we believe
the man to possess the necessary
qualifications to discharge the du-
ties of the office with credit to him-
self and the position.

C0-OPERATIVE TRADING.

In the last number we referred
briefly to the business done by
the Battle Creek Co-operative
Store. In answer to our request,
we have a statement from Bro.
Stegeman, of Allegan, which we
print on another page, of the bus-
iness done by him for the Patrons
of Allegan County.

There is probably no other store
in the country conducted on the
same plan, and without another
Stegeman, we are not certain that
another can be and succeed.

Located right in the heart of a
village of some 4,000 inhabitants,
and surrounded by enterprising
merchants, that from the first con-
spired to kill off the Grange con-
cern, Bro. Stegeman determined
to sell goods at cost—tl1at is, the
business should be self-supporting
and no more. No profits should
accumulate. After a short trial,
he became satisfied that 4 per cent
added to total cost would run
the business, and it has, for sever-
al years.

Sales of goods are only made to
members of the Order, except on
trading tickets running for a lim-
ited time, sold to anyone for a
uniform price. Bro. Stegeman,
with his plan has succeeded where,
nine men, and perhaps fifty-nine
other men would have :failed, and
to his success is largely due the
strength of the Order in Allegan
County iii the matter of numbers.
In other places, where little or no
financial benefit has been secured,
we find just as good Grangers—as
firmly attached to the Order, and
with unlimited confidence in its
principles, and the great benefits
which it has brought to the agri-
cultural class, through its social
and educational features. But
where these features, and these
only, are prominent, the Subordi-
nate Grange frequently loses
some of its membership——those
who never fully comprehended
the grand object and purposes of
the Order, and who can see only
the almighty dollar, that they
want in this world, or the devil
that they oZon’t want, in the next-
men who remain faithful to no or-
ganization, only as impelled by
their narrow selfishness, or appre-
hension of impending evil.

The Cooperative Store in Bu-
cannan, under the eflicient man-
agement of Bro. Freeman Frank-
lin, has been of decided advantage
to those wanting goods in that
vicinity. Bro. Franklin, soon after
the Grange was established in this
State, was selected by the Patrons
iii the vicinity of Buchanan to
test the value of co-operative
principles. Though without the
advantages of experience, he has
proved his adaptation to the work
undertaken, established a reputa-
tion for fair dealing, and vindi-
cated the principles of co-opera-
tion.

His sales for the year 1879. ag-
gregated $40,000 of dry goods and
groceries. The Patrons of Berrien

lounty have taken the lead in
providing throughGran ge channels
an outlet for their surplus produce
by establishing an agency in
Chicago. The gentleman who has
been in charge of the agency for
the last two years is a Patron of
unusual energy, and in the face of
the old commission men of
Chicago, and its sharpers and
snides, Thos. Mason gets afair pro-
portion of the commission business
done on South Water street. That
he has done the business com-
mitted to him honorably and well,
has been the uniform testimony of
all who have communicated with
us in relation to the agency. We
feel confident that if our people
in the western part of the State
would ship their fruit in its season
to Bro. Mason, and their butter,
eggs, poultry, hides, and other
farm products, that the returns
would induce them to repeat the
experiment.

The bonded State Agency of
Geo. W. Hill & Co., in Detroit, has
been found both convenient and
advantageous to those who wish
to make purchases in that city or
consign produce for sale.

We have had good evidence, and
plenty of it, that the Patrons of
Michigan have reliable agencies,
in Detroit and Chicago, that are
of much less value to them than
they might be, if better patronized.

SCHOOLS IN GRANGE HALLS.

In behalf of Prof. Bea], of the
State Agricultural College, we
wish to learn w/zere schools have
been taught in Grange Halls in
this State; how long; what num-
ber of pupils; what studies, and
any particulars in relation to such
schools that can be of interest or
value to the patrons of education.

In this connection it is perhaps
a good time to enquire ho\v many
Grange halls we have in Michigan
that are owned by Patrons. Will
Masters or Secretaries please re-
port? We mention both of these
‘oflicers because; as a worthy sis-
ter sent us the names of Master
and Secretary together with their
post-oflice address, for 1880, she
added, “Our Secretary does not
take the VISITOR and of course
don’t know that he should send
the names of those oflicers to the
State Secretary.”

We Want not only to know how
many Grange halls there are own-
ed by Patrons, but please state
when built, size and cost.

Give us a brief’ statement of the
halls and schools of Michigan Pa-
trons.

MASTERS AND SECRETARIES .OF
1880.

Sins of omission do not usually
create as much talk in a neigh-
borhood as those of commis-
sion, but in this oflice the neg-
lect on the part of those charg-
ed with the duty of reporting the
names and post.-office address of
Masters and Secretaries of Subor-
dinate Granges gives us more an-
noyance than we have time just
now to describe, and this com-
plaint has become of such a chron-
ic character with the Secretaries
of Subordinate Granges that just
now  we are about leaving the
country we are more than half in-
clined to talk a little savage.

This is a matter that requires at-
tention once a year. and if it took
aSecretary a day and a half to
make the statement it would prob-
ably be a little better done. As it
requires but a moment and a pos-
tal card it is neglected altogether.
Every year we do a great deal of
dunning to get these reports.

We are required by the By-laws
of the State Grange to print annu-
ally a list of these officers, and we
should like to be able to do it be-
fore the year is half gone.

We give below the numbers of
such'G1-anges as have been report-
ed. There are some other Granges
in the State that are alive, and if
the Secretaries are also alive we
should like some evidence in the
way of a report of the names of
the Master and Secretary, and
their post-oifice address.

2. 7. 89-10. 11, 14, 16, 19. 23. 30, 31, 33,
33, 39, 40, 42, 46, 49, 50, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59,
60, 62,6 .67, 68, 73, 74, 73, 30, 31 33 84
35, 87, 3 , 90, 97, 103, 104, 106, 1'07,’110Z
112,113.11-3,122, 123, 129, 133,134, 136,
saamemsmm
133133’ 190'  isig’  203' 2(li' 185’

1 7 1 l I I 1 1
212 213, 219, 220 221, 222 22' 227, ‘
229: 235, 236, 537: 233, 241: 243): 246,

251. 253, 257, 259, 262, 266 267
269, 270, 272, 273, 27 230' 231’
285. 286. 289. 291, 296: 301,’ 303,'
313, 316,321,322, ‘ '  327, 332,
335, 336, 337, 339, 343, 344, 347, '
350, 351, 353,353, 361, 362, 364,
363, 370, 372, 373, , 375, 377, 379,
381, 334, 386, 337, - , 391, 393, 395,
sass new

. « . . '8 461,
463, 464, 471: 472, 431: 437: 491
497, 503, 504, 505, 511, 517, 526:
539,540,544, 545, 549, 556 557
355$.-33.580.-5351;. * 606, 610: 613:
634. 627. gig. bio. 625, 529, 631,

Since writing the above, the
following numbers have been re-
ceived: 108, 275, 401.

From the following Granges we
have the names of Master and
Secretary but am! the post-oflice
address. Wlll the Master or See-
retary Please Supply the omission.

6. 92, 130, 130, 13-, 230
376, 456, 459, 479, 529, 565’ €33’ 332’ 232'

_________*__

_TH1S Spring weather should re-
mind the Granger that soon the
season for sowing plaster will be
here. and although on every side-
track stands long rows of idle cars,
yet the week is but a little way
of when he will want plaster that
has just been shipped to some
(“her man: Who Dut in his order a
day earlier. Remember, Day &
Taylor furnish plaster in bags to
all who wish, and that the bags
can be paid for at wholesale price
or returned to D. & T. With _the
present outlook, no one can expect
Slelghmg to get their plaster from
the cars to their farm. Those who
first order, will be most likely to
have their plaster when they want,
it. Brothers, do not be caught

napping, but have your plaster
ordered at once. - .

633,


 

 
 

T0 counnspounnnrs,

A Patron sending us a com-
munication from Portland, refers
to our “ excellent paper," which
we fear our correspondent has not
read as attentively at all times as
we could wish, as he has overlook.
ed What has been so often stated
that we cannot publish anony-
mous articles. We do notobject
to the article because the Patrons
of Portland Grange and their
friends had such a nice time at the
dance on the 4th inst, nor because
the Grange made a little money
out of the entertainment which
it proposes to use in the purchase
ofa carpet; but we repeat, arti-
cles for publication must be ac-
companied by the name of the
author, which will be given or
withheld, as the writer requests, or
we must refuse to publish them.

We have not room in this num-
ber for our Orangeville Mills
Patron’s article. The report of
the delegates to the State Grange
from Home Grange, No. 129, is
very good, but on account of its
length, and the time that has
elapsed, which makes it a little
unseasonable, we prefer not to
publish it.

If the article on “ Books ” was
carefully re-written, we should
undoubtedly find it acceptable.

The article on “Dress " we must
dec1ine—-too crude.

Though not a born poet—and
perhaps not a good judge--we
must say that “ An Acrostic”
does not come up to our standard.

We have several other papers in
our drawer, for which we have no
room in this number. One of
considerable length. by J. E. Day,
read ,before Romeo Grange, that
we lay away for future use, as it
abounds in good suggestions—tlie
out-crop of good practical com-
mon sense.

We have an Essay from a Sister
of Paris Grange, which goes over
for Want of room.

A letter from Edwin Phelps, of
Pontiac, came just too late for this
issue.

Do NOT fail to read the valuable
communication on the second page
upon “Insect Enemies of the Fruit
Grower.” There are hundreds of
farmers in Michigan who can save
this year more than the VISITOR
will cost them for the rest of their
lives, by carefully reading this ar-
ticle, and, at the right time, heed-
ing these suggestions. To read
and forget, won’t kill these mis-
chievous insects. Brother farmers,
not only read this article, but talk
with the boys and your neighbors
about the orchard, and the insects,
and say what you “are going to do
about it,” and, at the right time,
don’t fail to do it.

 

WE call attention to the adver-
tisement in this number of the
VISITOR, of A. Vandenberg of
Grand Rapids. The advertisement
is new, but his dealing with Michi-
gan Patrons is not new. He has
been selling his goods at a very

‘ 1; our people for_three
lzzrlsxhcgd (the uniform te_st1m0!1Y
yf dod goods, fair dealing and
0 odgerate prices enables us to rec-
mmrnend him to the P9-t1'°“":ge .°f
£11 those who want anything in

‘ line Bro. Luce and others
flfve re. atedlv told us that Mr.
v,,,a.l,.K$rg and his work were

gain]: e.

  

THE GRANG1-:—V1sITuR.

gecturerr gzpartmcnt.

 

MUSK EGON.

Pickings by the Wny—No. 4.

HURON counrr.

If the readers of the VISITOR will
take a State map and locate this Coun-
ty, we fear many will shudder, feeling
cold, from observing its location. But
imagine yourselves here, facing a
north wind, from Alaska (bought with
that domain), and you might realize,
after riding 40 or more miles, the
cause of the shudder.

After a good rest at the home of
Bro. Dewitt, we awoke on the morn-
ing of the 5th inst , ready for our pro-
posed polar trip. Bro. J. Schenck was
to take us to Bad Axe, 22 miles. A
single buggy came around, and we

were soon en route east and north-
ward.

VVe passed some good farms and
comfortable homes before we left Tus-
cola County, but for many miles the
pioneer had made little progress until
we crossed the Pinnebough River,
seven miles from Bad Axe. For the
last six miles of this distance we rode
alongafine ridge of farming lands,
smiling under the hands of the indus-
trious owners.

Bad Axe was reached and dinner
dispatched. This is a new town. the
County seat of Huron County, the
court—house of brick would be an orna-
ment to any large town, and certainly
is good enough for any County in this
State.

The jail has not yet been moved
from Port Austin.

We recite the origin of the name
of this new town: when cutting the
State road through here, a dull, rusty,
old axe was found lying upon an old
stump, which an Indian seeing, he
called it a “ bad axe,” hence the name
of the town, Bad Axe.

This town has a fine large hotel,
well kept by S. Irving, who also runs
the stage line to Caro and Sand Beach.

While resting at the hotel, we met
Bro. Luther Ripley, the Secretary of
Huron Grange, No. 601. He was as
zealous as ever in the good cause.

Night brought us twelve miles fur-
ther north, to the comfortable home of
Bro. T. Walder, which is 5 miles from
the end of Port Austin.

On the morrow our companion from
Cass City returned home, and Bro.
VValker brought out the grays for a
ride 12 miles west and south.

We dined with Bro. Thomas Bishop,
lately from Canada, and a dimitted
member of the Dominion Grange.

Night found us at the newly made
home of Bro. Geo. Erb, also a Canadi-
an farmer, who has had large experi-
ence in the Order in Canadian Granges
—— and speaks very highly of the ben-
efits received from his connection with
them.

We lectured to a small audience, at
a school house near by. VVant of‘
sufficient notice, and wrongly appoint-
ed place of meeting, were the causes
of small attendance. There is plenty
of good material and need of 22. Grange
in this location, and time will bring
It-On Saturday morning we returned
to Bro. Walker’s, in the teeth of a bit-
ter north wind, to rest during the
afternoon, and thus be ready for the
labors of‘ the evening, which were the
public installation of the oflicers of
Dwight Grange, N 0. 602, and a lec-
ture.

This Grange has built some sheds
for their horses, opposite the school-
house in which they meet.

A very good attendance filled the
house, to enjoy the occasion.

Bro. Joseph Coulter, late from the
Dominion, was installed Master, and
Sister Whitchurch Secretary of the

Grange.

Three barrels of kerosene oil were
bought by this Grange last fall, in
which a large saving was made.

Great savings may be, and are,
made by the Patrons in this County,
by buying through the agency in De-
troit, and a railroad, which they hope
to have soon, will be a great aid to
all.

This County has a good soil, which,
under cultivation, is very productive.
Bro. Walker grew 1,400 bushels of
wheat the past year, and his meadows
and pastures prove that stock farming
is profitable here. Roots and vege-
tables are every where abundantly
grown. The apple orchards promise
well for the fruit prospects of the
County. Better plum and dwarf pear
orchards, of the age, we have never
seen than the ones owned by Bro.
Walker.

What Huron County needs is inde-
pendence among the farmers. The
Grange is their only hope, by it they
can co-operate and throw off the bur-
den imposed upon them by the mer-
chants, large land holders and specu-
lators. May they organize and learn
how to mind their own business, which
they have so long been dearly paying
others to attend to for them

A pleasant night at the fireside of
Bro. Whitchurch, and he sends us in
good company to Bad Axe, and our
return toward the south, and the du-
ties and labors of the coming week
in Lapeer County and vicinity.

OAKLAND AND LAPEER COUNTIES.

On the 10th inst. we reached La-
peer, after a series of stages, trains,
etc., from Huron County, through
Tuscola County, and went to Thomas,
in Oakland County, to meet an ap-
pointment at Oakwood, near Thomas
station. Bro. John Thomas met us
at the station, and took us to his com-
fortable home to dinner, and thence
to the church at Oakwood, where we
soon had the pleasure of meeting a
large number of farmers and Patrons,
to whom we spoke for two hours,
upon the work of the Order, and
judging from the results, with good
effect, for in the evening we reorgan-
ized Thomas Grrange, No. 327, with
32 members, and a good prospect of
having 50, at least, by the 1st of
April. Bro. Geo. D. Cowden was
elected Master, and Sister Florence
Loomis, Secretary. This Grange
must now succeed. It has good ma-
terial and a plenty of it, and only
needs work to make it valuable. VVe
spent the night with Bro. Cowden and
wife, in a true Patron’s home, where
good taste and pleasant surround-
ings abound.

On the morning of the 11th, Bro.
Cowden took us to Farmers’ Creek,
where we were advertised to speak in
the afternoon. Owing to the want of
notice of the meeting, and the hurry
of many farmers to get their wheat
into market, our audience was small,
composed of a few from Hadley
Grange, and some from Newark
Grange. We talked for an hour, and
then consulted with the Patrons
present, and those of Newark Grange
promise to resume work, and again
push to the front. Success attend
them, and all their other efforts in the
right direction. Success will result
from all earnest work.

Bro. Justin Tower entertained us for
the night, and on the morrow gave us
an early ride to Lapeer, where we
took cars for Attica. Bro. J. F. Muir
met us, and took us home with him
to dinner, and to :the church near by
for public address, which was quite
well attended, in spite of the Pomona
meeting of the County, held that day.
In the evening, Pine Stub Grange,
N 0. 448, was reorganized and set at
work, with Bro. J. E. Muir, Master,
and Bro. William North, Secretary.

A hall can be had near by, and ar-
rangements at once will be made to
secure the same for Grange use.
After a night’s rest at Bro. Muir’s, we
went to Inland City, to take train
for North Branch, which was reached
ata late hour, and so had were the
roads, and so late was the hour, and
dark withall, that the results were
anything but enouraging. “Try
again,” is our motto.

On the 14th, we left the cars at
Thomas, in care of Bro. Noble, for
Oxford Grange. Dinner was taken
at Bro. Haines, and at the Grange
hall near by, we met a pleasant, in-
quiring audience, to whom we spoke
for two hours, and we trust with good
results. This Grange is small, but
hopeful, and will soon regain some of
its former energy and vigor. It only
needs united eflorts to become a
living success. Supper, by the way,
and Bro. Haines put us at the train
in good time to reach our old home
near Utica, where we spent Sunday.

On the 17th, we took an early
train for Detroit, called upon C. W.
Hill dz C0, and found them busy with
our Grange work, receiving and ans-
wering letters, and in every way
trying to do their best to serve the
Order, whose agents they are. We
say to all, “ Put your consignments
in good shape, and do not expect im-
possibilities of your agents.

At 8:45 we were on the D., G. H. &
M. train for Clarkson. At Birming-
ham the train was stopped and
boarded by a band of farmers called
Grangers, going to Clarkston to meet
Bro. and W. M. Woodman, who was
to speak to them that day. This
band was very quiet, as they seemed
to be controlled by the new Indian
Commissioner to be, Bro. R. E. Trow-
bridge, Hon. we shall say, but he is
“Rol.,” and “ nobody but a farmer,"
yet will make just as good an Indian
Commissioner as any man we know.
At Pontiac more Patron friends came
aboard, so that a goodly number of
Grangeis met at Clarkston. An hour
later, Bro. Woodman came, and after
dinner the Grange hall was well filled
by Patrons, resident and visiting.
Among visiting Patrons, we noticed
Bro. and Sister Noble, of Garland
Grange; Bro. and Sister Satterlee,
Bro. and Sister Benjamin, the Trow-
bridges, and many others, of Birming-
ham; Bro. and Sister Cowden and
Francis, of Thomas Grange; Bro.
and Sister Noble, of Oxford; Bro.
Andrews, of Orion, while of our old
Clarkson friends we met Bro. Flem-
ing, Bro. and Sister Harris, besides
very many others, among them old

school companions. too many to name
here.
The afternoon session was private

and devoted to Grange work. Good
singing was a noticeable feature of this
meeting.

The evening was for a public lec-
ture in the hall near by. The large
hall was well filled with farmers and
friends of the Order, who, for two
hours, listened attentively to Bro.
Woodman, and they were instructed
as well as interested by what he said.

After the public meeting, a public
oyster supper took place, in the
Grange hall, and a real feast it was, and
enjoyed by all.

At midnight, in company with Bro.
Woodman, we took train for Durand,
where, after an hour’s waiting, we
boarded a stock-train for Charlotte.
This train was death upon calves, but

we, survived, and took breakfast at
Charlotte, at 9 A. M. the next day.

 

The Declaration of Purposes.

Every Grange in the State should
have some copies of this sheet, just
published by the State Grange, to cir-
culate among the farmers in their vi-
cinity, that they may become familiar

with the objects and aims of our Or-
der, and join with us in extending its
benefits to all parts of our land.

The Pomona Granges should each
take hold of this good work, and dis-
tribute at least 1,000 each of these
missionaries.

Every Patron can put at least one
copy into the hands of‘ some intelli-
gent farmer, who, reading, will be in-
clined to read more and farther, and
learn of the Order which is aiming to
carry out these purposes.

Proceedings or the state Grange.

We commend with pride the Pro-
ceedings of the late session of the
State Grange, and ask a careful perus-
al of the volume by all Patrons in the
State. One hundred, and over, pages
of reading matter are thus given to
you, the result of less than four days’
labor. Read them. and say if you
can that the State Grange don’t do
anything.

There are in the Proceedings many
reports that we earnestly recommend
to be read before the Subordinate
Granges of the State. We mention
the report of the Committee on the
Good of the Order, Bro. W. Beal
Chairman, on page 57; report of Com-
mittees on Co-operation and Educa-
tion and Agricultural Department,
pages 60, 61, 62 and 63.

On page 71 you will find Bro. C. K.
Carpenterls excellent report on trans-
portation. Bro. Jas. Cooks reports, on
pages 82, 83 and 84. will bear reading
more than once.

These and all the reports and ad-
dresses will pay for careful reading.

The Amended By-Laws are to be
found in this volume, and have also
been published separately for circula-
tion and use among the Granges.

Every true Patron should inform
himself as to what his duty is, and

then endeavor to perform it to the
letter, and in the spirit which makes
the letter.

We feel proud of our volume of
Proceedings and By-Laws—they show
the Order to be advancing.

Patrons’ Aid Society.

We are receiving many letters of
inquiry regarding our Patrons’ Aid
Society. Many Patrons have already
sent in their names, to become mem-
bers as soon as an organization can be
effected.

To those inquiring, we say, read the
report of‘ the Committee on Aid So-
ciety in the Proceedings of the State
Grange, page 101, or in this number
of the VISITOR.

To all who would take a part in the
organization as members, we invite
correspondence, addressed to the Sec-
retary, C. L. Whitney, Muskegon.

The attention of County and Subor-
dinate Granges is called to this mat-
ter.

 

Rules for Success.

Brothers and sisters or the Order
will find some good directions, or
rules, to made their Granges a suc-
cess, printed on the back of the Vis-
ITOR calendar for 1880.

If all are carried out, and put into
practice, the Grange doing so may be
very sure of success, in more ways
than one. The Grange will be well
attended, interesting, harmonious,
progressive—in short, successful.

Read, mark, and inwardly digest,
these essentials, and put them in

practice, and aid others to do the
same, and note the results.

Program of Macon Grange.

March 19th, 7 o'clock, P. M.—Regular
$1381‘ of business; song by the choir;
‘ e Best Variety and Culture of
lbatrawberries. J. L. Remington ; essay,
Dragis agalnfit Muscle on the Farm, H.
._ aker. ecess. Opening song, I.
S. Osborn; . select readln . Mrs. C.
Mead; A Higher Standar of Culture
for House-keepers, Mrs. E. Howell;

 

Address Education f F —
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gnaw flepartment.

QLD KITCHEN REVERIES.

Far back in my musings my thoughts have
been cast

To the cot where the hours of my childhood
were passed ;

I loved all its rooms to the pantry and hall;

But that blessed old kitchen was dearer than

all,
Its chairs and its tables none better could be,
For all its surroundings were sacred to me-
To the nail in the ceiling, the latch on the door,
And I love every crack on the old kitchen floor.

I remember _the fire-place, with its mouth high

and wi e,
The old-fashioned oven that stood by its side,
Out of which, each Thanksgiving, came pud-
dings and pies
That fairly bewildered and dazzled my eyes.
And then, too, St. Nicholas, slily and still,
Came down every Christmas, our stockings to

But the dearest memories I’ve laid up in store
Is the mother that trod on the old kitchen floor_

Day in and day out, from morning till night,
Her footsteps were busy, her heart always

For it seein’e:i to me then that she knew not a
care

The smile was so gentle her face used to wear.

I remember with pleasure what joy fillled her

eyes,
When she told us the stories that children so

prize— ‘ ,
They were new every night, though we :1 heard
them before, _
From her lips, at the wheel, on the old kitchen
floor.

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I remember the window, where mornings I’d

run,

As soon as the day-break, to watch for the sun,

And I thought, when my head scarcely reached
to the sill, _

That it slept through the night in the trees on
th hill

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And the small tract of land that my eyes there
could view .

Was all the world that my infancy knew ;
Indeed, I cared not to know of it more,

For a world of itself was that old kitchen floor.

To-night those old visions come back at their

wi
But the wheel and its music forever are still ;
The band is moth-eaten, the ‘wheel laid away,
And the fingers that turned it he mouldering
in cla .
The hearth-stone, so scared, is just as ’twas

en
And the vdices of children ring out there again.
The sun through the window looks in as of

yore, .
But it sees strange feet on the old kitchen floor.

I ask not for honor, but this I would crave,
That when the lips speaking are closed in the

grave, _
My children will gather their’s round by their
sd

1 e
And tell them of the mother who long ago
died-
’Twould he more enduring, far dearer to me,
Than inscription on granite or marble could be,

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To have them tell often, as I did of yore,
Of the mother who trod on the old kitchen
floor.—Selected.

Sowing and Reaping.

The following essay was read before
the Van Buren County Grange, at De-
catur, Jan. 22d, by Mrs. Allen Rice:

The season of sowing is justly consid-
ered the most important of the year, for
upon it the future harvest depends.

Ever since the Divine decree went
forth, “In the sweat of thy brow thou
shalt eat bread,” it has been true that
there can be no harvest without first
sowing the seed.

The earth, left to itself, brings forth
only thorns, and briars, and noxious
weeds. or at the best. inferior fruit; but
by selection of seed, and careful cultiva-
tion, man has produced the most valu-
able grain, delicious fruit, and the
choicest and most fragrant flowers.

What is true of the physical world,
is equally true of the moral and polit-
ical world. All that is valuable is- the
result of seed sowing and cultivation.

The wise and thrifty farmer, toin-
sure a harvest, takes the utmost pains
to prepare the ground for sowing. He
will plow deep and barrow well, to mel-
low the soil, and lay it open to the
warming influence of the sun, and at
the proper time will cast in the seed.
He will be careful to sow none but the
pure seed, for he knows that chess and
cookie will not produce wheat, even
though he may imagine that wheat
will turn to chess. If he plants corn,
he will select only large, well-ripened
ears of the variety best adapted to the
soil and season. He will stir the soil
of his cornfied to eradicate weeds, and
draw moisture from the subsoil, and
his corn is fresh and green, while that
of his thriftles neighbor is choked
with weeds. and parched by drought.

Hgving done all in his power to in-
sures crop. the farmer looks forward
with confidence to the harvest.

Unfortunately, in the moral and po-

‘ lltical world, men do not always imitate

the example of the wise and thrifty
firmer. They sow at random, as their

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pleasure or caprice dictates, without
pausing to consider, “VVhat shall the
harvest be? " Whether it shall be the
bread of life, or the Bohon upas, which
shall infect the atmosphere of commu-
nities, or nations, with its poisonous
exhalations.

If we glance at history we shall find
numerous examples of this random
sowing. When King Henry VIII of
England, ordained jthat a Bible should
be kept chained to the desk of every
parish church throughout the realm of
England, for the use of the common
people, he only aimed a blow at the
power of the Pope,—he did not see that
he was paving the way for the over-
throw of despotism, and the establish-
ment of civil and religious liberty, or
the bold despot might have paused and
recalled his edict.

When the Puritans, fleeing from per-
secution, set foot on Plymouth Rock,
they only sought freedom to worship
God for themselves. They had no
thought that "soul liberty” was the
birthright of the human race. So we
see them whipping and banishing
Quakers, Baptists, and Episcopalians.
But the spirit of liberty, the fruitof the
doctrines they preached, led brave
Roger Williams to proclaim that free-
dom of conscience was the birthright
of every human being, though banish-
ment to the wilderness in the depth of
winter was the penalty for his bold-
ness.

On the other hand, see the fruit of
the doctrines taught by Voltaire, and
his associates, which sunny France
reaped in tears and blood, fruit which
should teach coming generations that
liberty is not license, (and that true
liberty is consistent with faith in God
and obedience to his laws.

We are all sowers in the field of life.
We either sow golden grains of Truth,
or scatter vile seeds of error. We shall
do well to pause and consider, and take
heed what we sow.

Yonder is a home, the place is holy,
for a little child is there with the dew
of innocence on its infant brow. No
evil passions have swelled its little bos-
om, no bad habits are formed. Be
carefulhfather, let no profane or vulgar
word fall on its ears. Let not the breath
of purity be contaminated with the
foul odors if whisky or tobacco. Set no
example which your infant son may
not safely follow. Be honest, truthful,
and kind. In short, be a gentleman,
and you will reap a rich harvest in see-
ing your son grow up to a noble man-
hood. Be careful, too, mother; the seed
you sow will fall into a fertile soil and
spring up to a harvest, which you shall
reap with joy or grief.

But we cannot speak of all the fields
that await our sowing, or the reaping
that would follow, for we wish to speak
of the Grange as a sower.

Thoughtful men have long seen that
farmers were not occupying the posi-
tion in the commonwealth which they
should. But few farmers were found
in our legislative halls. They saw also
that it was the fruit of their own sow-
ing. Farmers had come to think that
very little education was necessary
for a farmer. It did not require much
learning to plow and sow and perform
the labors of the farm. If a farmer's
boy was bright, with a thirst for
knowledge, it was thought a pity to
waste such talents on a farm, and he
was sent to school to be educated for a
lawyer or a doctor. If a. farmer's
daughter expressed a wish for an edu-
cation higher than that of the district
school, it was frowned upon as useless,
for she would be only a. farmer-'3 wzjfe.

Some farmers have taken pride in be-
ing awkward and uncouth, saying, “I
ama plain farmer, I believe in plain
farmers’ style.” As if there was any
merit in being boorish, or that graceful
manners were a weakness.

Living in isolation, holding but little
intercourse with cultivated society,
with little to awaken or call out the
dormant faculties of the mind; too
bashful to express the thoughts which
passing events stirred in his heart, de-
voting his days to toil and his evenings

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-ask the whys and wherefores.

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to listlessness or sleep, is it any wonder
that the farmer has been looked upon
as an inferior member of the body pol-
itic? a mudsill, necessary, it is true, as
a foundation to bear the burden of the
superstructure, but entirely disqualified
to say what the form of the building,
or the weight of the structure, shall
be; and he, instead of asserting his
rights, and endeavoring to qualify him-
self to perform the duties which those
rights impose, has tamely submitted,
tacitly confessing himself an inferior.
Such has been the sowing, the fruit of
which we see in the political status of
the farmer.

The Grange has undertaken to per-
form the part of the wise and thrifty
farmer. To stir the soil and uproot the
weeds of prejudice, ignorance, and er-
ror, which hinder the progress of the
farmer.

It brings the east and the west, the
north and the south together, and
teaches them that they have a common
interest. It brings the rich and the
poor together on an equal standing,
and tells them they are brothers.

They become acquainted with each
other. They learn to talk and discuss
questions of farm management and
domestic economy,questions of Nation-
al importance, of social science, of
finance and taxation.

The Patron begins to think and to
express his thoughts. He is no longer
a stolid, toiling drudge, he begins to
He is
diligent in business as before, but there
is more thought and method in his
work, He reads books and papers of
solid information, instead of story pa-
pers and novels.

The farmer is learning that a man
may be a good working farmer and at
the same time an educated gentleman,
and he is beginning to ask, if the ag-
ricultural interests of our country would
not be better cared for, if represented by
farmers in our legislative halls, instead
of by professional men.

The Grange endeavors to sow only
good seed. It wages no war on the
rights of any man, or class of men. It
only seeks equal rights and protection
for all.

It teaches that manhood is of more
value than money; that men should be
honest, industrious, truthful, temper-
ate and kind. It discourages quarrels
and lawsuits, saying in the language of
Holy Writ: “ All ye are brothers.” It
inculcates faith in God and trust in
His providence, but it does not usurp
the place of the church, nor aim to be
a religious teacher. Such is the seed
sown, and the harvest begins to appear,
the true Patron is a better farmer, a
better citizen and a better man.

But what does the Grange do for
Woman ? “ It opens wide the door and
bids her welcome,” to stand by her
brother as his equal, companion and
helper. She shares in his labors, re-
sponsibilities, and honors. She begins
to feel the dignity of her womanhood,
to think less of frivolous fashions, and
more of the cultivation of her mind.
She is learning that a farmer's wife or
daughter may be a lady of refinement,
and at the same time perform the mul-
tiplied duties of a farmer’s wife.

She fills her place with dignity and
honor in the Subordinate, State and
National Granges; she discusses and
votes on questions of vital importance
to the farmers of the Nation, and there
is no complaint that her domestic du-
ties are neglected, or her children un-
cared for. Why wonder then if she be-
gins to ask, “ If woman may worthily
fill her place in the National Grange, a
body not inferior in dignity or intelli-
gence to the Congress of the United
States, why may ‘she not be trusted
with the ballot, to vote with her broth-
ers for the oflicers of government."

Such is the sowing, brothers; are you
ready for the reaping ?

' In conclusion, let me say, let us be
careful what we sow, for as we sow, we
surely shall reap.

For soon or late, to all that sow,
The time of harvest shall be given,

‘The flowers shall bloom, the fruit shall grow,
The harvest reaped, here or in Heaven.

Wash Day.

“ They're always cross on wash day I ”
Oh! ye men,
Before you judge so harshly,
Think again.

There seemed to be an idea enter-
tained by a large portion of the “nobler
sex.” that women are always cross on
wash day. We earnestly hope there
are none among the subscribers of the
VISITOR, but should there be be one,
we ask your undivided attention while
we enumerate a few of the trials which
beset our pathway on Monday. The
first job in the morning is to fill the
boiler; but before this can be done,
about half a yard of factory has to be
torn in strips to stop up the holes in it,
because John did not take it to the
tinners to be repaired, as his mother
requested him to do, for, thought he,
“It won’t make any difi‘_'erence. Iguess
mother can use it a week or two just as
well. I am in a hurry to get to town
this morning to see the circus come in.
I don't suppose it will be much, but
I’d rather like to see it, after all. So I
guess I won’t bother with it this
morning.” The boiler mended, George
is told to fill it. Of course he does not
want to, because he wants to finish his
new ball club to take to school, so he
starts oflf‘ muttering, after the water
which he hastily returns with, and
empties it carelessly at the boiler. But
asmall portion of it, however, reaches
its intended destination. Several
quarts go onto the red hot stove,
snapping one of the covers into,
making it necessary to handle it with
the tongs, the remainder of the day;
and the rest of the rain water goes into
a kettle of beans, prepared the day
before, in order to lesson the labor of
getttng dinner on wash day: But they
are now unfit for table use, and are set
away, while George is told to start from
the scene of disaster, which order he
obeys with alacrity, much to his delight
and satisfaction.

Next the wash tub is got, put on the
rickety bench, and we are ready for
business. Our thumb is sore and
swollen where it was cut on the old
washboard last week, and the new soap
makes it smart so badly that it is
almost unendurable; but we are
obliged to use it, because the men folks
were in such ahurry with their work
that they did not have time to set the
leech for making soap, until the old
soap was entirely gone. The rubbing
is finally finished, but the clothes seem
determined not to boil over the green
wood which sizzles and spotters, but
sends out very little heat.

At last, the clothes are ready to be
hung up. Baby is screaming at the
top of its voice, but since we are so
near done, we think we will hang
them out before stopping. So we
snatch the basket, and go out to find
that the clothes line has been taken
down for the boys to drive through
with a load of wood, and was left with
one end switching in the dirt. Of
course, it has to be Washed, which
shrinkes it so that it is almost impossi-
ble to make it reach, and just as we
are flattering ourselves that we have at
last conquered, we find ourselves lying
in the grass clucthing two or three
feet of rope, and the remainder of it
tied to the post. Urged on by the
babies’ screams, we get up as fast as
our limbs will permit, and after look-
ing around to see if any one saw us,
find thata bruised elbow is the worst
injury we have received, proceed to
spread our clothes on the grass for the
chickens and dog to walk over, until
they are sufiiiciently dried to take in.

We do not claim that all these
accidents happen every wash day, but,
my brother, when you think your
mother, wife, or sister more fretful than
is necessary, look about you and see if
she has not some of the above named
obstacles, or something even worse, to
contend with; and above all, don’t tell
her she is “ cross as a bear,” until you
find out who is to blame.

Fraternally yours,
JUNO.

 

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Character.

AN ESSAY BY AUNT KATE, or can-TAN,

Our characters are not for ourselves
only, but for others. If they make us
happy they producea similar happiness
in the minds of all with whom we asso-
ciate, only in a different degree.

If our character is bad, oh! what a
weight of wickedness and misery we
shall cause ! But if good, how pleasing
the thought that we are thus instru-
mental in sending tide after tide of joy
and peace out on the wings of our vir-
tuous influence, to purify and gladden
human hearts that stand in need of a
better and a more pure influence. A
good character is far above rubies, it is
more precious than gold, and they who
sustain a good character unsullied, are
the ones that will do the greatest good
in the world.

VVhen I say character, I mean our
daily walk, the real life we lead.

VVe may have a good character, or a
bad one, just as we choose. But it costs
something to sustain a good character,
amid the temptations that are abroad
in the world. We have got to be con-
stantly on our guard, or we will say or
do something wrong, or which might
lead to something bad.

We all might be better than we are, in
some respect. One may have the habit
of over-reaching in a bargain—that is,
he is not honest, he misrepresents ;

_another is always telling something

about this person, or that person, doing
something awful. Now I think it would
take too much time to mention all of
our faults, or all of the good qualities
we may have, but this much I will say
——let us be honest, and so teach our chil-
dren. And may we all remember this.
To think kindly is good, to speak kind-
ly is better, but to act kindly, one to-
ward another, is the best of all.

I believe, if we are honest, kind and
just. we are on the royal road to happi-
ness.

My brothers and sisters, we are taught
these three principles in the Grange,
and we are also taught it from the Bible
—-and we know they make us better, if
we live up to them. And so may we
live that our good works may follow us,
after we go over the River, is my best
wish.

TO THE busy mother who has little
hands pulling at her dress, little voices
calling her hither and yonder, it may
at times appear impossible to enjoy the
luxury ofmeditation and quiet reading.
Her spirit is famished for the lack of
repose. Her nerves are tortured by
incessant friction. She loves her home
and her children supremely, and toils
for them with uncalculating self-abne-
gation. Yet how often her brow is
clouded and her tones are sharp, and
she makes those she would die for
uncomfortable and ill at ease by her
fretful complaining. This would be
seldomer so if she would take time
every day to be by herself with the
Master. Dear, tired mother, leave the
household perplexitiesv behind you, go
to your chamber, and close the door.
Never mind the cross girl in the kitch-
en, nor the noisy little fellows who are
shouting at their play in the back yard.
Forget for a little while the overflow-
ing basket, where lie so may garments
to be made and mended. Be not op-
pressed by the thought of the troubles
that are not yet, but may be in exist-
ence to vex you to-rnorrow or next
year. If you know that your husband
is carrying aheavy heart because of
embarrassments in business, do not let
that crush you, but all the more secure
for yourself the time to be alone, and
pray for him. The merchant in bus-
iness, the sailor on the sea, the minister
in his study, the clerk at his desk,
the man tried, tempted, discouraged,
wheresoever he may be, is the stronger
and the braver if he have :some one at
hometo pray for him.—1i{. E. Sangater.

_:_:_____j_:___

AN exchange tells of a young lady
who, in writing to a confidential
friend, stated that she was not engaged,
but that she saw a cloud above the
horizon about as large as a man’s hand.

j:j.______é_____?_

As girls advance toward womanhood
many of their notions undergo a
change. For instance: when small,
they believe in the man in the moon;
at maturer years they believe in the
man in the honey moon.

_? 

FULL many a rose is born to blush
unseen, and waste its fragrance on the
desert air; full many a nip is taken
behind the screen, and cloves, and
coffee, too, are eaten there.


 

 

Written for the Vrsrros. by a sister Patron.
OUR LOTTIE.

We marked thy faltering step and palid brow,

Thy sunken cheek and wasted frame,

But could not think that thou wouldst bid
adieu

To us who loved so well. And yet with eager
haste

We sought the aid of those whose mission ’twas
to heal ,

Yet still we saw thee, day by day, as passing
from I

Our loving, fond embrace, strive as we would

To shut our eyes and close our ears to fatal
truth.

Oh! how we tried to stay the fell destroyer’s
hand!

Oh 2 how we fought againstthe monster Death E

In agony we prayed, and cried to God, “ Is
there no balm

In Gilead, is no physician there? ” to save our
loved one

From the cruel grasp and cold embrace of him

Who never yet returned a captive to our mortal
shores ?

Then, when our cup of bitterness was more
than full,

And when our pain was past enduring,

“ A still, small voice ” said to our wounded
hearts,

“ Be still and know that I am God, and Lottie
is my child.”

More calmly then we watched her face grow

Radient with celestial smiles, and eyes grow
lustrous

With a heavenly light, until she seemed to

Talk with holy visitants, and God's bright
angels bore her

Company. Sweetly submissive to her Father’s”
Will.

Boldly triumphant in the face of death,

Serenely she planned her funeral obsequies,

And calmly conversed of her last prilgrimage

Then we remembered who hath said, “O
Death,

Where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy
victory ? ”

Nor wonder we that angel intellect was tried

In searching out the plan which makes us

Heirs and partakers of the Throne of God l

Soon angel hands came hovering o’er our
Lottie‘s couch,

And bore her willing spirit home, where ne’er
again,

In mourning accents, she will say, "I am sick,”

Nor tears again bedim those loving eyes.

Surely “ there is (I. balm in Gilead, and a phys-
ician there.”

For now we see her by the living stream,

Whose waters maketh glad the people

Of our God. Her faltering step elastic grows
and firm,

Her pallid cheek puts on the rosy tint of
health.

And God, with loving hand, hath wiped her
tears away,

And beatific smiles light up her radiant face.

And though we feel that she no more will

Come to us ; yet still we know that we

May go to her, and never part again from

These we love. For God hath given, and

God hath taken away, and bessed be His

Name forever more, While deep within

Our hearts we feel that all is well, all is well.

INGEBEOLL, Jan. 13th, 1880.

Kind Words

This subject is an important one, and
not fully understood. It is one on
which very much may be very profit-

ably said, and on which much ought to
be said and written.

The effects of kind words are beyond
human conception. God has consti-
tuted us social beings, and in our very
natures we must come together, and
mingle together‘ Man is bound to
man by a thousand social ties. And
the world is bound together by bands
of commercial interests. We, as indi-
viduals, are dependent very la1'g€1.V
upon one another. All have a common
origin, with a common nature, and
with mutual interests, are tending to a
common end. By virtue of this com-
mon nature and mutual interests, man
comes necessarily in contact with his
fellow men, and words are the ordinary
and almost, universal symbols of hu-
man thought and of human feelings.

We usually communicate with one
another by the use of words; our bus-
iness transactions are carried on in the
same manner; our social relations are

pleasantly and ‘happily continued, or .

ruthlessly sundered by what we call
words. The world’s progress in civili-
nation, in the arts and sciences, as well
go in religion, is all mainly due to the
use of words. Freindships are formed
‘mi perpetuated, heart is bound to
hurghmjpd to mind, sympathy with
G,‘ 1.3;” y by power of human lan-
w; grid at the same time, hearts

THE GRANGE}

are wounded, alienated, and estranged
for life, minds are soured and em-
bittered, and wounds are inflicted so
deep, so sore, so lasting, that even
death cannot heal, nor can the grave
hide——and all by the mere use of words.
The power of words for good or evil is
far beyond the conception of human
minds. VVords live when men die.
But it has been said that kind words
can never die.

* * cherished and blest,

God knows how deep they lie,
Stored in the breast:

Like childhood’s simple rhymes,

Said o’er a thousand times,

Go through all years and climes,
The heart to cheer.

And if it be true that kind words can
never die, then how important that in
all our social relations that we be care-
ful and guarded in the selection of the
words we employ, because as kind
Words, live in blessed and cherished
memories, so unkind words live too,
but these live in troubled and angered
minds, in injured feeling, and in
sorrowing hearts.

It is a principle plainly exemplified
in the daily occurrences of life, that
like begets like. The first blow is often
followed by a second given in return,
and the second would never have been
given but for the first._ One unkind
word spoken tends to provoke a re-
sponse of words still more unkind, if
possible, and hence there arises in fam-
ilies, in communities, and sometimes in
our pleasant Grange, so much of enmi-
ty that is bitter, and hatred that is
cruel, and evil speaking that should be
condemned. VVe cannot measure the
power of words, as they go forth
from thoughtless minds. They fly as
autumnal leaves from the forest, carried
by the angry tempest, but come down
on human hearts like venomous poison.
A gentleman once asked a hard work-
ing widow, whom he was visiting,
" Does your son bring the money home
to you that he earns every week?”
“ 0 yes,” answered the mother.
“Does he keep away from bad com-
pany?” “I trust he does,” was the
answer. “ He must then be a comfort
to you,” said the gentleman, The
poor widowed mother, bursting into
tears, said, “ Oh, sir, if he would only
speak kindly to me once in a while, I
would not ask him for the money, but
would work night and day to support
us both.” Who can tell the heart
sorrow of that poor mother over the
unkind words of her son, in some
respects dutiful and provident?

And oftentimes the same words have
surprisingly different effect; for these
same words, spoken by the same
person, in a different manner, with
different tones, and difi‘erent feelings,
have widely different results—results
good and evil. Let me illustrate. I
give a part of a conversation between a
mother and her little child, concerning
a cat. “ Mother,” said the child,
“sometimes pussy has paws, and some-
times she has claws. She pats with
her paws, and plays prettily, but she
scratches with her claws. “I wish,”
said the little girl, “ she had no claws,
but only soft little paws. Then she
could never scratch, but would be
always nice.” “ Well,” said the moth-
er. “ remember that you are much like
pussy. These little hands so soft and
delicate, when well engaged, are like
pussy’s paws, very pleasant to feel;
but when they pinch, or scratch, or
strike in anger, they are like pussy’s
claws. You may learn a useful lesson
from the cat,” said the mother.
“ When you think kind thoughts, and
speak gentle, loving, and kind words,
you are like pussy, with her soft, nice,
paws, and everybody will love you ;
but when you think ugly thoughts,
cross, and _unkind words, then you are
like pussy, with her sharp, scratching
claws, and no one can love you.
Human words are oftentimes like the
cat's paws, soft and without harm ; and
then again these same words are like
the ca.t’s claws, they scratch, and
wound, and bleed——even human hearts.

These unkind cat’s-claw words inflict
wounds that no time can heal, they
produce sorrows that nothing but the

grave can hide. It is not so much
what we say as how we speak it. The
manner, the tone, the gesture, the ex-
pression, tell the tale of sorrow, of pain
or pleasure. Earnest words of rebuke,
spoken in a kind and loving tone, and
in a feeling manner, will most gener-
ally have a good effect on an erring
brother or sister, while the same words
spoken in a harsh, unfeeling manner,
will only exasperate the feeling and
produce immense injury.

And be it always remembered that
while unkind words Wounds, forgive-
ness will heal the wound, and forget-
yulness will take away the scars.

—Read before Centreville Grange, No. 76.

Bringing out Latent Talent.

KEELER, Feb. 13, 1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

I am like the man who could not sit
still and keep silent without getting up
and saying something. Before I pro-
ceed to my subject, I must commend
your wise forethought in getting J. J.
VVoodman’s autograph to accompany
the portrait designed for his. Were it
not for the autograph, the multitude
would be slow to recognize the dig-
nified, serene, and youthful look of our
National and State Master, in the wild-
eyed visage of the present cut. He is
certainly much finer looking than
represented here. We are sorry justice
could not have been done him. How-
ever we must accept the inevitable
with the eviiable. Perhaps ten years
hence, with the cares and labors of life,
he may not look very different from
the present representation.

I do not feel called upon to write for
the VISITOR while there is so much
talent laid away in a napkin. Dear
readers, just think of the little handful
we have written for the Ladies’ Depart-
ment, compared with the many who
certainly owe some gratitude, at least,
to the editor for giving us a little
corner to have all to ourselves. Myra’s
article ought to arouse some latent
talent. Since the paper has been en-
larged, we have more space, so I hope
the contributions will flow in from
those who have been so long silent.
“A word to the wise is suflicent.” I
can endorse at least one sentiment
from Excelsior, that is, “Mediocrity
in nothing.” Does not our noble
Order teach par excellence in all
things.

Myrals “Rainy Days” are my sen-
timents exactly. To me, they are
truly rest days. Mrs. Remington's
article on “Educating our Girls,” is
just right, and she is sensible. I am
glad she gave a little of her time and
talents to the VISITOR. I hope we may
hear from her again. In fact I like
something in every article published.
Will not some one give a. series of
articles on diet, and some one else on
dress as pertaining to health ?

MRS. O. M. SIKES.

Experience the Best Teacher.

 

While sitting beside a box of carpet
rags which I was going to wind over, I
took up the VISITOR, and read Mrs. M.
J. Spencer’s letter, and with her, I
th ought—“ To have the editor resign his
post would be a. catastrophe that must
not happen if the sisters can help it,”
and so I thought to write something.
What I shall say I presume has been
said before, and perhaps will not be
worthy a place in the VISITOR, but I
can no more than fail, and then try.
again. I am a young girl, but an earn-
est Granger.

My mother is away on a visit, and I
am keeping house. When she left, she
expected to be gone two or three weeks,
but she has been gone nine. I thought
I could get along without her for a
short time and not mind it, but when
she staid so long it was not so pleasant.
Now I know it has done me much
good. The responsibility of managing
the house, and telling my sisters what
to do, seeing that everything was prop-
erly done, has strengthened my mem-
ory, and prepared me for more useful-
ness in the future. To mothers who

feel that theycannot leave home, I
would say, go rest, leave labor and care
with your daughters. Experience is
the best teacher. If they only learn to
bear responsibility, it will save much
anxiety and mortification, should you
be sick, and they find it necessary to
take your place; or if they should be
called upon to preside over a home of
their own. Old housekeepers may
think my few weeks’ experience will
not do me much good. If nothing else,
it has taught me to help my mother
better. I have always assisted more or
less, but it was not my mind’ that
,laid out the work, or my hand that
“guided the wheel. Girls, do we ap-
e preciate our mothers ? do we heed their

instructions as we should? When we
‘yield to temptations, and sometimes
J make mistakes which might seem to us

[of little importance, would it not be
I wise to listen to their reproof, and con-
}sider that when we are older we may 
' be convinced that they were right. j
May we realize that age and experi-y
ence are worthy of consideration, and
in the future kindly regard the wishes
of our mothers. M. A. J.
Cedar Run, Mich.

   

Angel Food.

The white of eleven eggs, one cup of
flour after sifting, one teaspoonful of
cream of tartar, one and one-half cups
of granulated sugar, and a teaspoonful
of vanilla.

Sift the flour and cream of tartar four
times. Beat the eggs to a stiff froth,
and then beat in the sugar and vanilla.
Add the flour and beat lightly but
thoroughly. Bake in an ungreased
pan, slowly, forty minutes. The pan
should have a tin strip projecting from
each corner, so that when it is turned
over to cool, the air may circulate free-
ly under it. Cut it out when cool.
The pan should be a new one, an ordi-
nary pan will answer if set up on the
edges of two other pans to cool. It is
necessary that the oven be a slow one.
The cake should rise gradually.

——

Around the World.

On the 9th of October, a Paterson
school boy mailed the following postal
card, which is self explanatory:

7 I’. M. PATEREON, Oct. 9th, 1879.

DEAR Sm: It is desired to find the shortest
possible time from this city around the world.
Will the postmaster of each place designated
here please forward this with the utmost dis-
patch, together with a request to the postmas-
ter at the following place to remail it to

L. B. Gsnsrnn,
Paterson, New Jersey, U. S. A.

(London, Paris, Marseilles, Suez, Aden,
Bombay, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Yokohama,
San Francisco.)

The card returned to the sender on
the 27th inst, covered all over with
post marks. These show that the time
occupied in going from place to place
was as follows:

   

Arrived,
New York to Liverpool . . . . . . 10 days. . .Oct. 19
Liverpool to London . . . . . . .. 3 days. . .Oct. 22
London to Paris . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 day . . .Oct. 23
Paris to Marseilles . . . . . . . . . . . 1 day .. .Oct. 24
Marseilles to Suez.. .. 7 days . .Oct. 31
Suez to Aden . . . . . . 5 days. . .Nov. 5
Aden to Bombay.... .. 7 days ..Nov.l2
Bombay to Calcutta ....... .. 3 days. . .Nov.l5
Remained in Calcutta oflice. . 3 days. . .Nov.l8
Calcutta to Hong Kong . . . . . .18 days. . .Dec. 6
Hong Kong to Yokohama. . .28 days. . .Jan. 3

.Jan. 19
.Jan. 27
Jan. 27

Yokahama to San Francisco.l6 days. .
San Francisco to New York.. 8 days. .
Arriving at Paterson on. . . . .

Total time occupied. ...l10 days.

Three days were lost in waiting in
the Calcutta ofiice, and about eighteen
days were wasted in delay from Hong
Kong to Yokohama. Without these
delays, the time would have been 89
days, still nine days in excess of Jules
Verne’s imaginary trip, or eight days,
counting as he did, the gain of a day
in beating the sun.

 

“ What will the harvest be?” asks
an exchange. Well, just wait till the
harvest bee crawls up your trowser leg,
and you’ll find out.

The meanest man lives in Crawfords-
ville, Indiana. He stole all the wood
his neighbor’s wife had sawed and
split during the day, and then invited
her husband over to spend the evening.

 

How TO GROW RIcH.—This was the
sage remark of an old Boston mer-
chant: “ I've stood here on State
street for 40 years, and I have seen men
accumulate fortunes by speculation,
and I have seen these fortunes dis-
appear. I have seen men go up in
worldly wealth and go down, and I've
always noticedthat those persons who
were content with slow gains and six
per cent interest came out ahead in

the long run.”

 

Lccturer?s installation Address.

The following is the address delivered
by Worthy Lecturer Kate M. Smith, at
the installation of the officers of Salem
Grange, Jan. 23d, 1880:

Another year has passed away, and
once more we are called together to
install the oflicers of Salem Grange.
Let us look back and see if we have
performed all its duties; look back and
see if we have failed for want of energy.
As Patrons have we accomplished the
Work assigned usi‘ Did we feel it our
duty to be in our place at the sound of
the gavel? VVere we always willing
to aid a brother or sister when in
trouble‘? Have our dealings been just,
honest, charitable to our fellow men ?
Have we practiced fair dealing, and
done unto others as we would have
them do to us ‘.‘ As Husbandmen,
have we advanced in our system of
farming; are our farms looking nicer
and are we keeping them in better
order than a year ago? Are we study-
ing to attain the highest degree in the
science of agriculture? As Matrons,
have our homes been made more at-
tractive and beautiful? Have we
economized our household duties, that
we might have more time to improve
our minds‘? Have we attained to that
standard, as taught in our ritual,
where “agood matron places faith in
God, nurtures hope, dispenses charity,
and is noted for fidelity?” Above all,
have we been true to our obligations as
otficers and members of the noble
Order of Patrons of Husbaiidryftaken
by some of us more than five years
ago 2‘ If we can respond in the affirm-
ative to this, it is well; but if not, then
as we enter upon the duties of another
year, let us be aroused to the fact that
the obligations taken are still binding,

and if we have failed in the past, let us '

double our diligence in the future.
Let us each feel the work of the
Grange to be our work, and take hold
of it unitedly, ever remembering that
" united we stand, divided we fall.”

As I think, we have, for the past
year, been more resolute, manifested a
deeper interest, and made far greater
advancements than {ever before, allow
me to congratulate you for the improve-
ment you have made, and also for the
success which has attended your public
efforts, As a Grange, we are proud of
you.

Brothers and sisters, we must not
stop with this. Let us climb higher
and higher, and add more and more to
our store-house of knowledge, till we
shall be classed among the best workers
in the Order.

As your Lecturer for the coming
year, I feel the responsibility resting
upon me, and once more I ask your
support and aid in performing the
duties of the oflEice; once diore Iask
your kind indulgence and forbearance
as my mistakes and failures in the
discharge of oflicial duty shall come to
your notice. Not alone of you do I ask
for guidance and help, but of our
Master abovef for I feel that our labor
is as naught without Divine approval.

Small Change in the West.

A Kansas correspondent of the Bos-
ton Transcript writes:

In truth, a person who waits for
change in the shape of two, three, or
four cents is looked upon with some-
thing like scorn in the West. Is
your bill seventy-eight cents? You
pay eighty, or the obliging shop-
keeper says, " Call it seventy-five.”

Irecalled an incident which one of
the merchants of Salina related; when
speaking of his recent trip to New
York for goods. After making his
preparations for returning he went to
settle his bill, which proved to’ be
$40.03. He paid $40, and was turning
away when he was recalled by a tap on
his shoulder, and the three cents point-
ed out.

In scornful amazement he threw
down ten cents, and again started
awafi _ _

“ ere is your change, sir,” sa1d_a.
voice, in no wise overwhelmed by his
contempt.

, The merchant waved his hand and
bowed. '

“ Keep it, sir. I am a Western man.
We don’t grasp three or. four cents
there so closely."

 

Tempers come b nature, _but they
can be controlled li e a flne piano.

 


  

 

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Business of the Allegaii Co-operative
Store.

 

 

. ALLEGAN, Feb. 11, 1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

As per your request, please find state-
_ment of our business for the year end-
mg December 31, 1879.

Our Gross Sales of Merchan-

dise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..383,031 34
Farm Produce, Butter, Eggs,

Lard, Dried Fruits, etc.,

about . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 15,000 00
Making a Total of . . . . . . . . . 98,031 34

Our Income for the year, Per-
centage on Merchandise,
Sales [of Trading Tickets,
of Empty Boxes, Bbls.,
Sucking, Tea Lead, etc. . . . .

Expenses, Rent, Taxes, Inter-
est on Capital, and on De-
posits, Clerk hire, Inciden-
tals, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

This leaves us a Surplus to
Sinking fund of . . . . . . . . . . .

Yours fraternally,
A. STEGEMAN.

Notice of Meetings.

4,057 08

3,574 44
$482 64

Ross, Kent Co., Feb. 26, 1880.
Worthy Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

The next regular quarterly meeting
ofKent- Co. Grange, No. 18, will be
held at the hall of Paris Grange, No.
19, on the 24th day of March, com-
mencing at 10 o’clock A. M. All fourth
degree members are invited to be pres-
ent. GEO. W. EVVING, Sec’y

BURR OAK., Feb. 13, 1880.
Worthy Secretary :

St. Joseph Co. Pomona Grange, No.
4, held a meettng at Centreville, Thurs-
day, February 5th.at which time Joseph
Sheap, of Sturgis Grange, was elected
Master; G. Snyder, of Riverside, Lec-
turer, and Chas. W. Sheldon of Burr
Oak, Secretary. The next County
Grange Will be held at the hall of Sturgis
Grange the first Thursday in March.
A cordial invitation to all fourth degree
members is extended.

Fraternally yours,
CHAS. W. SHELDON, Sec’y.

MONTEREY, Allegan Co.,
February 23d, 1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

The next meeting of Allegan 00.
Grange will be held at Allegan Grange
hall on the second day of March. I
hope there may be a good turn-out, as
there is a great deal of work to do.

Fraternally,
M. V. B. MCALPINE, Sec’y.

THE BEAPER. DEATH.

BISHOP. — WHEREAS, Worthy Brother
Ciuii.LEs G. BISHOP has been removed by
death from among us, and, in this dispensation,
our Grange has been a second time entered by
death, and another taken whose interest in the
Order was second to none. As one of the first
settlers of our town, and one of the charter
members of our Grange, he has been one of
the most eflicient and judicious workers in its
behalf, and a respected citizen whose virtues
were worthy of imitation; therefore be it,

Resolved, That while we deplore the loss of
our worthy brother, we shall cherish his mem-
ory, and shall miss his genial smile and quiet
presence.

Resolved, That this Grange extend to the
afilicted widow and bereaved children, that
sympathy that flows from hearts that feel for
others’ woes.

Resolved, That as a token of respect for our
departed brother, the chai'I:er_of our Grange be
draped in mourning for ninety days, and a
copy of these resolutions be presented the
family, and published in the GRANGE Visiron.

DAVID WALLER,
N. MCWILLIAMS, S Committee.
AUsTIN RooERs,

The H. L. 0. Leather Dressing.
MIDDLEBUSH, N. J., May 23d, ’79.

The can of L. D. came safely to hand.
and we have given it a thorough test
here on my farm. It is certainly all
that you claim for it.

I remain, yours fraternally,
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD.
PLAINVIEW, Wabash Co., Minn.,
July 16th, 1879.

A. D. STRONG, Esq.: _

Dear Sir.—The H. L. C. Dressing
obtained from you was thoroughly ap-
plied to my single and double harness,
over six months ago, and I have used
it on boots and shoes, and I wish to say
I am delighted with it. It makes stifl‘
leather soft and pliable. Nothing fries
out and gums the surface, as with oils
and grease, when used in the hot sun.
On the contrary, the leather is very
pliable and has a smooth, bright sur-
face. Ibelieve it the best article any
can use on harness, boots and shoes, for
hot or cold, wet or dry, weather. I
never used anything I liked so well,
and from personal acquaintance and
business with you. I believe all who
give you their confidence will be hon-
orably treated and always satisfied.

Yours truly,
T. A. THOMPSON.

Write to G. W. Hill & Co., or any
other Grange Agent for general Cir-
cular, and price to Granges.

fllilflll sun in sun POTATOES.

f0’ Sod‘ allgro bymy-
.,1¥y§:t¢i)c1¥vaI:er (l31I1e°8II1ed,eW1I'1Ich takzlsl out all
light seed. Will sell at the lowest prices.

[, list of» Send Potatoes embraces Early
0h'w, Wlii lo’: Seedling, Burbanks' Seedling,
 Price hst will be sent wall
who apply. Addreflu

HEMAN GLASS,

mu Avnxrrn, BOUEISTEB, N. Y.

 

SHORT HORNS

FOR SALE‘.
ANY ONE WISHING TO PURCHASE

A WELL BRED BULL,
AT A REASONABLE PRICE,

OB. ON EASY TERMS.
CAN FIND SOME CHOICE ONES
By Calling on or Addressing,
H. G. HOLT,

Cascade, Kent Co., Mich.

Wool - Growers’ Bulletin,

——-THE ONLYZ

WO0L- GROWERS’

PAPER

PUBLISHED IN AMERICA.
Gives all the Wool News and Latest Markets,

FOR 50¢. A YEAR.

Address,
WOOL-GROWERS’ EXCHANGE,
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

SAVE MONEY I

BY PATRONIZING YOUR OWN

STATE
BUSINESS
AGENCY.

I AM PREPARING TO SELL YOU A
Single SE WIN G MACHINE

.__AT ——

WHOLESALE RATES I

THE STANDARD SINGER.
THE EXOELSIOR, Or
THE IMPROVED WHITNEY

STYLE OF‘ FINISH.

N0. 1 $15, N0. 2 $15, NU. 3$l7, NII.4$l8.
MACHINES FULLY WA RRAIVTED,
SENT on :0 DAYS’ TRIAL,

IF REQUESTED.

$"ORDER DIRECT OF

THOMAS MASON,

Patrons’ 0omm1'ssion /I’/era/mm‘,
CHICAGO, ILL.

A. VAN DENBERG,

MANUFAOTURER,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN

Harness, Wnins, Blankets, Trunks, &c.,

102 Monroe Street.

 

GRAND RAPIDS, MICE.

I take pleasure in presenting to your favor-
able consideration my CASH Price List of
Harness Work——-HAND MADE. ALL of my
own manufacture—-and also to return thanks
for the liberal patronage I have received from
the diiferent Grauges throughout Michigan. I
shall do in the future as in the past, furnish the
best goods for the least money.

Farm Harness, White Trimmed, Breech-
ing; Round Lines, Snaps, Rum Straps,

   

and spread rings, complete, . . . . . . . . . . .8
The same without breeching,.. .

“ “ with Flat Lines, . . . . . . .. .

“ “ “ “ “ without bre h-

ing, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825 00
Double light Buggy Harness, white trim-
med, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..from $25 to 30 00
The same Nickel Trimmed, from $35 to 50 00
Single Buggy Harness, with Round lines,
white trimmed, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Same with Flat Lines, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 00
Nlcke1Tri.mmed,. .815, $16, $18, $20 and 25. 00
Flat Lines, with Snaps, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..
Bound Lines, with Snaps... . .
Hame Straps, per doz., . . . . . . ..

 
     

Headstalls, Blinds, Road Check . 4 25
Collars, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 2 25
Five-Ring Halters, . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 15
Breast Straps, with snap,  . 1 00
Martingale, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 00

ALL ORDERS RECEIVED UNDER SEAL
OF THE GRANGE

Will be shipped at once, and may be returned
at my expense if not entirely satisfactory.

GILEAD, Mich., Sept. 2d, 1878.
I have ordered several setts of Harness of A.
Vandeuberg, of Grand Rapids, in the last two
years, and have recently seen nearly all of the

purchasers, and find that the work has given
good satisfaction.
‘(Signed,) C. G. LUCE.

Address all orders to
Yours very Respectfully,

A. VAN DEN BERG,
102 MONROE ST., GRAND RAPIDS.

SEEDS, SEEDS, SEEDS.

The Patrons’ Seed Catalogue, for 1880.

The Largest Discounts ever offered to Patrons
and Granges, for fresh, reliable and guaran-
teed Garden, Field and Flower Seeds.

Every Package is biampetl with the
Year in which it was Grown.
Send for Catalogue, with Discount Sheet

attached. Address,
SAMUEL WILSON,
Mechanicsville, Bucks Co., Pa.

febl5w6

IMPURTANI PURIIC SIIII

__()F__

Short-Horn Cattle,

A DRAFT FROM THE

CLYDE VALLEY HERD,
THE PROPERTY OF FRED. A. BEARD,

TO BE HELD AT MY FARM ON
Wednesday, March 3d, 1880.

-—-COMPRISING—-

FIE‘TEEN BULLS.

For particulars see Catalogue. Sale begins at
one o'clock P. M. No postponement on account
of bad weather. Conveyance will be in attend-
ance to carry parties to and from Kingsley
Station and farm.

LOCATION OF FARM, ON BLACK RIVER,
11 MILES N. W. OF PORT HURON,
One mile from Kingsley Station, on the Port
Huron and Northwestern R. R., and four
miles N. E. of Thornton Station, on the North-

western Grand Trunk R. R.

i§”Send for Catalogue. Address,

FRED. A. BEARD,
RUBY, ST. CLAIR Co., Micu.

Hnnnnnnnnnns FDR ilnn PLISRRR

DAY db TAYLOR,

Grandville, Mich.

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

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

Send us your Orders direct.
DAY At TAYLOR.

TOO LATE

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

Binghamptoii, N _ Y.

   

 

janl-1y

Paw Paw, Mich., May 18th, 1878.
J mine, or BINGHAMTON:

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

Yours, Fraternally,
[Signed] J. J. WOODMAN.

Paints and Paris Cress.

PRICES REDUCED FOR 1879.

PNIRIINS’ PIINI IIIIMPIINI I

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

Best and Cheapest Paints in
the World.

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

Our Book “How Every one can Paint,”
with 20 Brilliant Colors, Brushes, etc., illustrat-

, ed, mailed free upon application to PATRON S’

PAINT 00., 162 South St., N. Y.
———-TRUs'l‘EES -—

T. A. Thompson, Pres., Past Leo. Nat. Grange
Samuel E. Adams, of Minn., Master “ “

D. Wyatt Aiken, of S. 0., Ch’m Ex. Com. “
Mortimer Whitehead, of N. J., Lee. Nat. “

O. H. Kelley, Past Secretary N atioual Grange.
J. W. A. Wright,Master Cal. State Grange.
M. D. Davis, Master State Grange, Kentucky.

ATTEND the KALAMAZ00

(//J/7Z%/

COLLEGE. Sand for Journal. W. F. Pin-
soNs, Pres't, Kalamazoo, Mich.

 
   

 

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A large eight page, weekly, Grange,
Agricultural, and Family paper, now
in its Fifth year of publication, devoted
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Homes, their Schools, their Gromges,
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The only paper ever published specially for
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GEO. W. HILL & CO.,

80 Woodbridge St, - - Detroit,

Are now prepared to handle

Wheat, Oats and Com,

IN CAR LOTS.

Having plenty of storage room we can also
handle

APPLES. POTATOES,

BEANS, B UTTER,
CHEESE, EGGS.

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

011 as Favorable Terms as any
House in the City.

We also PURCHASE ALL KINDS OF

GOODS I01‘ STORES, CLUBS and Families

At the Lowest Wholesale Price. I

5%‘ Oonslymnents and Orders Soliclted.
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'1', J‘. STRONG,
Monterey, Allegan Co., Mich..
Breeder and Shipper of Pure

Improved Chester Whites

Bred from the Noted Herd of S. H.
TODD, of Wakeman, Ohio.
i@’Correspoudence Solicited.

Letters & lowers

:FOR——-

   

Decorating Grange Halls

and Homes.

I can furnish BEAUTIFUL LETTERS in
any color, in Old English Text or Medieval

Text, for Mottoes, &c., in Halls, Churches and -

Rooms._ These letters are eight inches long-
the capitals are 12 inches. Price for 20 or
more, in one order,

Five Cents Each, by Mail.

EVERLASTING FLOWERS, Green,‘ &c.,
for Bouquets and Trimming, by Mail or Ex-
press. Address,

C. L. WHITNEY.

Dec. 15, 1879. Muskegon, Mich.

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PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES
Kept in the omce ofthe Secretary or the
MICHIGAN S '1‘ A '1‘ E GRANGE,
Ami sent out Past Paid, on Receipt of Cash Or-
der, over the seal of a Subordinate G-range,

and the signature of its Master or Secretary.

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,.. .
Blank Book. ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, ........ .. 1 00
Blank Record Books, (Express aid),. . . . .
Order Book, containing 100 0 er: on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, .... . . 50:
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
xi-om Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ........
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound,. . 50v

 
 
  

 

A plicatious for Membership, per 100 50'
embership Cards, per 100,. . . 50
Withdrawal Cards, per doz., .. . 25
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . _ 25
By-Laws of the State Grange, single
copies 3c, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
New kind of Singing Books, with music,
Single copy 15 cts. per 1105., ..... ....... 1 80
Rituals, sing e copy, . . . . . .. __ 15.
“ er doz.,........................ I60
Blank “Articles of Association" for the
Iiicoi-goration of Subordinate Grange:
with opy of Charter, all complete, . . . . 10
Patron’: Pocket Companion, by J . A. On.
mer,Cloth,........... ...... 40

Notice to Delinquent Meiiiiieifi in: ioo.'Z. 40»
Address. -1. '1‘. COBB,
Siio’r Mien. Si-Au Gnxen,’

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