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INDEX TO THIS NUMBER.

Proposed National Legislation on Agriculture
—.Shnll our Next Governor be a Farmer r’—
The N oxt Governor—The Governor Qllefltwn
—Bich for Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l

Gubernatoi-ial—Another view of the Question
—Stil|‘Another—Plent_v of Good Material—
The Patent Laws—Me.ster‘s Annual Repofl
to Western Pomona Grange--Trust. - - ~ - -- 2

The Patent Question-—An Interesting Meeting
_H9 - Prizes the Visrron——A Prosperous
Gi-ange—0tsego Grange. No. 364-—Hl5 (JP111-
ion of the Visn-oa—A Revival Grange Meet-
ing-—Livingston County Uouncil—Str_ong iii
Grange Principles—-Grange Matters in Tus-
cola County, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3

The Next Governor—Grange Agencies_—1?eti-
tions—Grange, No. 459 —l3y_-Laws Michigan
State Grange—Uode for Trials of Offenses-
Error in State Grange Proceedings—How to
Elect a Governor, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4
‘ k‘ b th W N . 5—Proceedings of

Pli(::h:3n§Isatibna1eGr::.rIge-—‘I‘Iuts to Crack_— Pat-
ronize our Agents—A Protest—Meeting of
Oakland Pomona Grange——Program of Ms.-
con Grange——Leha Grange, No. 599——Grange
lleetings, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

What Shall we do for Our Girls _—Unforgotten
Portland Grange—Table Appointments, No.
2.——Otisco Grange. No. l87,—Waiting by the
Gate-—E-lucate Z Elucate S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

February Meeting of Macon Grange, No. H37
_.Ferris Grange, No. 440,—_From_ Tennessee
_Lette1- from a. Granger in ()hio—Allegan
County--A Farmer who was Found Worthy,
Grange News — A Pleasant Occasion — A
G-range which Improves its Privileges—A
Prosperous Grange, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7

The Reaper, Death.—Advertisementa . . . . . . . . 8

Offlcers National Grange.

ins-mz—J. J‘. WOODMAN, Michigan. _
Ovnsssnn—PU1‘. DABDEN, Mississippi.
Lncrimnn—H.ENRY ESHBAIIGH, Mo.
srnwuz1>—A. J. VAUGHN. Muss-

Aesr. STEWA3D—-WILLIAM SIMS, Kansas.
CHAPLAIN—-S. H. ELLIS, Ohio.
Ts.ius1msn—F. M. McDOWl1‘.LL, N. Y.
SECRETARY-Wm. M. IRELAND, Wash'_ton,D.C.
G-are-K.nn1>nn—0. DINWIDDIE, Indiana.
Cr.'s.ns—Mns. J . J. WOODMAN, Mich. V _
Poxoiu——Mr.s. PUT. DARDLN, Mississippi.
FLO2l?.A—-MR8. J. W. NICHOLS. N. J.

Lu)! ASSTISTART Srawuu>—Mns. WILLIAM

SIMS, Kansas.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE :

D. Wrur Aux, So. Carolina; H. JAJLE8, Ind.;
W. G. Warns, New York.

Officers Michigan State Grange.

MZ.—J. J. WOODMAN. - Paw P_-w-
o.—'rHos. F. moons, - - - Admm.
L.—C. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskeg_on-
s.—s. A. TOOKEB. - - - Lansing-
A. S.—A. E. GREEN. - - Fmnnsbon.

G.—SALMON STEEL, Monroe Cen. Gr. Tr.Co

'r.—s. r. BROWN, - - schoolcraft.
Sno.—J. '1'. coins. - - - “ _

G. K.——A. N. woonanrr, . Watervliet.
Gnnns.—M.as. c. L. WHITNEY, Muskegon.

Poxoxa—Mns. G. W. EWING. 3038. Kent 00
Il'r.oin~—M.as. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—l£ns. A. -E. GREEN, Farmington.

Executive committee-

J’. WEBSTER CH.'fl'..DS, Chairman, Ypsilanti.
F. M. HOLLOWAY, _ H-1115‘!!!-1°
c_ (}_ LUCE, Gilead, Branch 00.
WESTBBOOK DIVINE, Balding, Ioiiia Cc.
Tfi()3[AS MARS, Berrien Center, Berrien Cc.
WI. SATTEBLEE, Birmingham, Oakland Co.
I Q. A. BUBRINGTON. Tuscola, Tuseola Co.
13:. woomun, J. 'r. cons, - Ex. Oflicio.

State Business Agents,

ports, by producing at home many of

At a meeting of the Ithaca Farmers’
Club. held Jan. 3d, 1880, the under-
signed were appointed a committee to
communicate with the Agricultural
Committee, recently appointed by the
United States Senate, the long estab-
lished conviction of its members as to
the necessary action of the Government
in relation to agriculture.

Individual efibrts cannot accomplish
many things that are necessary to the
protection of large interests, or render
the aid that is required to develop new
industries that promise certain success.

The cattle disease is a frightful cloud,
threatening to overcast the whole
country, and needs competent men,
clothed with authority, to stand on
guard, to prevent its spread. and to
destroy every living germ as soon as
known., The dairy interesls of the
Northern States. and the great cattle
fields of the West, are of too much
importance to the nation to be put in
jeopardy, when attention and vigilance
whould secure protection. England's
losses by millions from this disease
should admonish us to act in time.

There should be no relaxation in the
effort already begun, to secure the
services of the most skilled scientists
for tracing out the cause and findings
remedy for the ling cholera; for pre-
venting the destruction caused by the
cotton worm, the curculio; the yellows
in peach trees; and the pear blight.

Practical scientific dairyman should
be employed, and furnished with neces-
sary means for invesligaingsome of the
many unsolved problems in the man-
ufacture of butter, and cheese, and
sent abroad to study the modes of man-
ufacturing such dairy products as
command better prices than our own
The pos.=i!«-ililies of it-aiiufactliring
sugar with profit. from beets. sorghum,
or corn, which grow in all parts of our
country, are beyond a doubt; but the
expense of demonstrating the outfit
needed, and the process of manufacture,
should not be borne by individuals, but
by the general government. As soon
as it becomes known what is needed,
and how to do it, capital and willing
hands will be ready to supply a
demand that now requires over $100.-
000,000 to be sent abroad annually,
while labor and capital are lying idle
at home. An effort to establish the
cultivation of tea and coffee, is worthy
of a trial.
To develop a. country of so vast an
extent of territory, and a climate and
soil so varied as to admit of the pro-
duction of almost every plant of value,
is worthy of the best efforts of any
government.
The lands within the jurisdiction of
the United States can, and should,
supply the luxuries, as well as the
nece.-:sities. of all its citizens, both in
peace and in war.

To carry out successfully any system
or plan of protection against diseases of
animals, or plants, or against insects
destructive to fruits or vegetables, or to
introduce new industries, we must have
a. well organized National Board of
Agriculture. ’l‘he head of the Agricul-
tural Department, instead of being a
Commissioner, should be a member of
the Cabinet, with at least six assistants,
one from each of the following districts,
viz.:

The New England States, the Middle
States, the Southern States, the great
North-west, the South-west, and the
Pacific Region; these assistants to be
chosen by the presidents of the State
agricultural societies in each of the
respective districts. Each main section
of climate would thus be represented,
and its special interests studied. Each
of these six sections should be provided
with a Government experimental
station in charge of the assistant
member of the National Board, and
supplied with a competent corps of
men,whose duty it should be to test
such questions as the adaptability of
new industries to soil and climate, and
to supply more scientific and economic
methods of raising stock. grain, fruits,
etc.. than are at present practced.
These assistant members of the Na-
tia nal Board should not be chosen for
political services rendered. or to be
rendered, but for their fitness and
devotion to the interests ofagnculture.
The influence of such a board, prop-
erly organized, with earliest, compe-
i_ent.men, supplied with the necessary
means for operating, would soon be felt
in every art of our country. Its ef-
fectwould etorapidlydiminishourim-

the articles we now purchase abroad,

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and to increase our exports from new

State in the next election, with the
help of the good and true men that will
leave the two old parties and join with
us, to accomplish this great and good
reform.

VISITOR. Remember that there is, to-
day, if we are united, 73,000 voters in
the National Labor party here in Mich-
igan thut are not only willing, but are
anxious, that the farmers and Grangers

industries, and by improved production
to the amount of hundreds of millions
of dollars in both directions, and would
return hundreds to the country for
every dollar expended.
The losses to farmers, for want of cor-
rect knowledge in manufacturing but-
ter and cheese, the treatment of ani-
mals, the application of manures and
fertilizers, the management of crops,
etc., can not be counted less than hun-
dreds of millions of dollars annually.
The experimental station, with month-
ly reports of tests and results in the dif-
ferent departments, would be a school,
educating farmers in a science more
intricate and subtle than any other-
——animal and vegetable life and growth
—which, even if not fully comprehend-
ed, would prevent many sad mistakes.
As the products of the soil, with all
the disadvantages and misfortunes that
have attended the farmer, have saved
the Nation from bankruptcy, we believe
the “ aid to agriculture” suggested
above would enable our Nation to re-
tain and increase the balance of trade
still more in our favor, and thus bene-
fit the whole country, by placing its

finances upon a firm basis.

Josnrn SINTON,
P. B. CRANDALL,
E. L. B. CURTIS,
L. B. ARNOLD,

Committee.

llinmmutiiratinua.

Shall Our Next Governor be a
Farmer!

Editor Grange Visitor .-
To the above question, I answer,
“Yesl ” I think it is the determina-
tion of the farmers and ,Gra'.Igers that
this much-desired reform should be
accomplished this coming fall.
Pomona, N o. 22, in the last VISITOR,
made some good suggestions. My im-
pressions are, that if we farmers and
Grangers ever obtain ourjust rights in
the halls of legislation in this country,
we shall be compelled to act independ-
eutly of the two old political parties.
No great reform, such as we ask for,
was ever endorsed and carried forward
to a perfect success by an old political
organization. I would like to quote
history to prove the truthfuluessof that
proposition. But your space is so lim-
ited that I omit it in this. claiming the
right, if it should be doubted by any
of your readers, to do it in some future
issue of the VISITOR. Conceding this
as a fact then, I think it plain what our
duty is. As it says in that good book,
"He that provides not for his own,
especially for his own household, has
divided the faith, and is worse than an
infidel.” Then let us say, as_oue man,
to the machine politicians of the two
old parties, that, from this hour,through
all future time, our abject slavery to
party has ceased to exist; that, from
this time onward, we propose to pro-
vide for ourselves, and for our children
after us.
I think “ Pomona, No. 22,” is right.
This should be the talk in the Grange.
If we do not, the machine politicians
will crack the party whip, and tell us
that to leave our party is a more hein~
ous sin than it would be to desert our
family, or to forget our God.
So I say, let us talk it over in the
Grange. United, we can carry this

Brothers, give us your views in the

should put a ticket in the field, nom-

gone up higher.

ing Bro. Cobb for our next Governor,
and that is, because we have not more
“Hon. J. T. Rich’s ”in the Grange, to
fill Bro. Cobb's place, instead of stand-
ing outside and looking over the fence,
speaking words of “sympathy,” when
honest laborers are needed in mé‘fié1Ti’.

who are qualified, and will fill the posi-
tion with honor to the State, and to the

inate farmers and mechanics for all
State otlicers, and they will endorse
that ticket.

Remember, further, that we got the
Fifteenth Amendment, and colored
gentlemen have the right, and we shall
be pleased to have them vote our ticket.

So I hope I have not offended the ed-
itor, or any brother, when I say that
the National Labor party will endorse
and work for the political success of the
farmers and Grangers of the State of
Michigan.

Once more, brothers, let us enrich the
soil, thoroughly cultivate the ground,
and water it anew, around the tree of
Liberty, so that its branches will ex-
tend and clasp in their loving embrace
all the hearts of the American people.
Then will oppression of all kinds flee
to the wilderness, and hide its face in
shame from the eyes of the great
American Nation. Then will the peo-
ple see that it is for the best interest of
all that this Government be placed back
into the hands of the men who hold
the plow. ALBA.

Scio Grange, No. 339.

The Next Governor.

LOWELL, Mich., Feb. 12th, 1880.
Bro. Jerome T. Cobb .-

Bro. "Granger” thinks any farmer
would do for that position, even if he
is not a Granger, endorsing the name
of Hon. J. T. Rich,’ claiming that he
is in strong sympathy with us.

If there is an intelligent farmer in
this State who is not a Patron, but has
stood aloof since‘ its organization, and
refused, or neglected, to put his shoul-
der to the wheel, and whose “ sympa-
thies” for the movement have been
manifested in words only, that is one
good reason why we, as farmers, should
not place him in the first oflice in the
State. “ Sympathy,” manifested in
words, may sound well to some people;
but “ sympathy ” manifested in works,
meets our demands much better. "mm
Bro. “Granger” thinks that Bro.
Woodman cannot be spared from the
positions he now fills. That may
be true—and it may be true that he is
carrying all the honors now that one
man should receive. Have we not
others with us who are worthy and
competent? Have we not a Trow-
bridge, a Childs, a Luce, a Cobb, and
many others who might be named, who
would fill the position with honor to
us and the State? I fancy I hear a
chime of voices saying, we cannot
spare Bro. Cobb, who would fill his
place? We would say, if we are to
have a farmer Governor, let us have
one whose works and record recom-
mend him, and if our competent men
are so few that one cannot be spared,
without making a vacancy, we say,
then make a vacancy, and let those who
have given us “sympathy” in words
only, come and join us, and manifest
their sympathy in honest works, and
help fill the places of those who have

We see but one objection to nominat-

name of a Patron. But if we have, we
should prefer to trust one such to help
look after our interests, than two out-
side, who may be waiting to see who
will make the first, or highest bid.
J. C. E.

The Governor Question.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Some good points have been made in
your paper upon the question of afarm-
er for Governor. 1f we have a farmer,
let us have one that is tried and true,
identified with our Organization and
our interests, not one who would be a
mere tool in the hands of the machine
politicians. But one question seems to
have been over-looked: How can a
farmer of moderate income afford to be
Governor of Michigan? True, the sal-
ary is $1,000, but that him not been
enough to pay the room rent at the
hotel, of our last three Governors, to
say nothing about board and traveling
expenses. What for his time? Our
village clergymen barely live, by the
utmost economy, upon the amount
named. You may say that the Govern-
or has perquisites,— are they legal?‘
Would you have your Governor bound
to railroads by the passes he may get?’
Would you compel 9. Governor to accept
fees for services rendered to doubtful.
parties for questionable purposes? No,
of course you would not, if true Pa-
.'l“ons. The remedy is in your hands,
farmers of Michigan. Go to the polls
on the day of your town election, and
vote and work to secure to your Gov-
ernor, whoever he may be, a higher
salary—$3,000 is asked of the voters, and
the farmers can make it that. VVill
you ? Onsnnven.

   

Rich for Governor.

Bro. Cobb .-

As the Governor question is being
discussed quite freely in the Vrsrron, I
wish to mix in aliltlc, and I wish to
say that the farmers of this State can
have a. farmer for Governor if they
take the’ right course, which is to
attend the caucuses of their party, and
elect delegates to the County Conven-
tion that they can depend upon, and
they will succeed. But if they depend
on two or three of their party friends to
fix these things, they will fail. Farm-
ers don’t attend these primary meet-
ings,except theonejust before thespring
meeting, generally leaving the others
to be taken care of by the two or three
who are always ready and willing to
attend to the business of the party in
the interest of some particular candi-
date.

Now as the candidates mentioned in
the VISITOR are mostly Republican, I
wish to express my preference for Mr.
Rich, though I have nothing against
Bro. Woodman. Having known Mr.
Rich as a good, practical farmer for a
number of years, may account for my

preference. He is possessed of a large
stock of common sense, with as much
executive ability as any merchant or
lawyer, who has held the position for a
number of years, and he will have a
large support from all classes.

I hope he will secure the nomination,

and the election, for I am satisfied that
the people of this State would have no
reason to regret the selection of Mr.
Rich as a farmer candidate.

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If we have not members of the Order

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Ginmmnnicatiuna.

   

Gubernatorial.

STOCKBRIDGE, Feb. 23, 1880.
Bro. Oobb .-

The gubernatorial question of this
State seems to be the one of all others
that is now agitating the minds of the
people, and having passed through the
firey ordeal, as it were, and proved my
fidelity to the cause in which we are
engaged——that of elevating the agricul-
turist to an equalty with those who
follow the professions—I believe it no
less than a duty I owe to my fellow-
men to express myself upon this ques-
tion. It is well known to those who
read the history of this country aright.
that in the make-up of our deliberative
bodies and our executives, those men
have always been chosen who were
known to be in sympathy with that
class who have been interested enough
to watch the primary meetings and
caucuses, and see that no man got on a
delegation except he be known to favor
their individual interests. The result
has been what was most displeasing to
us, and is yet. But who is to blame?
and what is the remedy ‘I VVe, as agri-
culturists, have the power to affect a
change! Shall we do it?

I, for one, would like to See some
good, reliable, capable farmer head a
ticket in this State next fall. I care
not What his politics is, only so he be a
man of the people. I have in my
mind’s eye one who has been brought
up on a farm from childhood ; who has
made farming the leading feature in
his business affairs; one who has had
experience in legislative business, and
has become proficient in the uses of
parliamentary lore, besides having an
extensive knowledge in other public
affairs, which eminently fit him for
any position in the gift of the Ameri-
can people; he is a people's man, no
less those in other vocations than those
in agriculture, which cannot be said of
every man. This man is the Hon. J.
J. Woodman, of Paw Paw, VanBuI'e1
County, Michigan.

I say, Hurrah for VVoodman.

Fraternally yours,
E. H. SHEPARD.

Another View of the Question.

Worthy Secretary .-

As our Granger friends in the central
and western portions of the State have
started the Governor question, it may
be that a few words from the southern
part will be entitled to a place in the
columns of the VISITOR.

Of all the names presented, and yet
to be presented, there is no doubt that
the 'Worthy Master of the State Grange
will take the lead of all others.‘ But is
it policy for the farmers of Michigan
to send Worthy Master Woodman to
the front as their standard bearer for
the oflice of Governor? Would we not
receive more benefit, and would it not
be more in accord with what he is
justly entitled to, if the Patrons of the
Fourth District would see to it that
Bro. Woodman was sent to Congress ?
The farmer prince of parliamentarians
would be a host in the House of Repre-
sentatives to watch over the interests of
the agricultural class, and we need a
score of such men there at the present
time, If we lived in the Fourth Dis-
trict, which we do not, we should say,
Master Woodman for Representative
in Congress, first, last, and all the
time. If it is in order for farmers to
present names for the high oflice of
Governor of the State of Michigan, as
it seems to be, we would present the
name of Hon. C. G. Luce, of Branch
County, a mauof sterling qualities,
worthy, and well qualified, an earnest
Granger, a sound politician, and a.
friend to the laboring classes.

But here the same difficulty presents
itself. Bro. Luce is eminently quali-

fled to represent the Patrons of the
Second District in Congress, and ought
in all reason and justice, to take the
pigce of the legal gent now represent-
ing us there. If the Patrons of this
state have got to confine their political

aspirations to the honorable oifice of
Governor (for it must be honorable, as
it is not profitable), let us unite on some
one candidate, and hold fast, lest when
the race comes off‘, some dark horse
will come to the front, and distance the
field. Hence we say, Master Wood-
man, lst; C. G. Luce, 2d; Alonzo
Sessions, 3d,-last, but not least, John
T. Rich. HAYSEED, 97.

 

Still Another.

Brother J. T. Cobb : -

I have never yet contributed an
article for the VISITOR, and should not
now, but for the articles of “ Granger”
in the Feb. 1st number, and “H. H.
Taylor,” and “ L. L. B.," in your last
issue, neither of which meets my
views. In our next campaign for
State and County oflicers, there doubt-
less be in the field, Republican, Demo-
cratic, and National tickets. Now as we
are called in “Granger’s” article “to
speak our minds or ever after hold our
peace,” I say that I will do all I can in
my party to secure the nomination of a
good representative farmer for our next
Governor. If the claims of the farmer
are ignored by my party, and acknowl-
edged by “L. L. B’s” or “Granger’s”
(for I see we do not train in the same
party‘), I will vote for their candidate.
If neither of the great political parties
will nominate a farmer for Governor,
then I say, put a fourth ticket in the
field, with Rich, Woodman, Chamber-
lain, Sessions, or any other good man
at the head, and we can elect the whole
ticket I say let each do all he can in
the party to which he belongs, and if
his party refuse to recognize the justice
of the claims of the agricultural class,
we are absolved from all allegiance till
such claims are acknowledged. To
present the names of Bros. Rich or
Vlfoodman in the VISITOR, and urge
their claims as candidates, gives our
enemies, in my opinion, some excuse
for claiming that we are becoming
demagogs and partisans. Would that

‘all Patrons were as free from partisan

feelings as I have been for the past
seven years. If they were, and the
fact was known to the managers of
our caucuses and conventions, you
would see each of the tickets headed by
a farmer, with a large sprinkling of the
same element clear through. The
moment the farmer prefers the good
of his class to the good of his party, or
loves his class more than his party,
that moment he is free, and the lawyers
will know that their reign is ended,
and their occupation gone.
Fraternally yours,
J. WARREN PEAKE.

Plenty of Good Material.

Editor Grange Visitor .-

I noticedan article in the VISITOR of
Feb. 1st, on the Governor question,
backing up your demand that our next
Governor be a farmer. The writer
manifests some apprehension lest we
do not get the right man. There need
be no fear on that point. These late
years have shown that we have plenty
of farmers competent to fill any ofiicial
position.

It is true, we are prohibited from dis-
cussing political matters in the Grange.
That is all right ; but as I look at it, a
great principle in the Grange is to
demand and secure representation in
our legislative bodies.

I fully endorse the name of John T.
Rich as farmer candidate for Govern-
or. He is a man of sterling worth, a
good, practical farmer, and will do
honor to the farmer class, if placed at
the head of our State government.

The name of J. J. Woodman is all
sound. The honors that have been
conferred upon him, and the ability he
has shown in the discharge of the
duties of the several ofliices he has held
shows that he is competent to hold any
oflice in the State.

Let us go to work and insist that we
have a farmer for Governor; and for
me let the name of Rich boom for

Governor, and we are all right.
8. KINGSBUBY.

A.
Lapeer, Mich, Feb. 22d, 1880.

The Patent Laws.

CAMBRIA, Feb. 24, 1880.

I will hazard my old hat that the
man who wrote the article in the
VISITOR entitled, “ A Grangers’ Views
of U. S. Patent Laws” isa man de-
voted, soul and body, to the Scientific
Amerz'com,. Please ask him if he does
not take that paper.

There is an old saying somewhere
about a man biting off his nose; and I
believe a man may become so infatuat-
ed or carried away by reading dead-
head advertising, and the like, that he
will act contra to his own interests, and
not realize the fact. Not long since,
a person of good education and years or
experience, soid to me, “ A man is just
what he reads.” And none of us can
deny the weight of the assertion.
Munn & Co. are patent law men, and
no doubt, under similar circumstances,
would have said very near the same as
“ Granger” said.

But I must close by saying, “God
speed the Grange, and the VISITOR,
and that Bro. VVoodman is our choice
for next Governor.”

ANOTHER GRANGER.

 

Master’s Annual Report to Western
Pomona Grange

Brothers and Sisters .-—

The State Grange at its late session
made it the duty of Masters of Pomo-
na and County Granges to make an
annual report, with recommendations
for the consideration of the Grange.
In accordance herewith, I submit a
few thoughts for your consideration.
The past year has been an unusually
prosperous year for the husbandman,
and for the Grange. The earth has
yielded a liberal harvest to reward the
labors of the faithful and intelligent
farmer, and the great laws of supply
and demand has enabled us to obtain
fair prices for our products, thus en-
abling us to meet the wants of family
and farm, to pay ofi‘ past indebtedness,
or remove an incumbrance from the
farm, and has placed us, as we fondly
hope, on the high road to prosperity.

So also has the Grange been blessed
with a liberal harvest. There has been
a general awakening in the interest of
the Grange, as shown by the large
increase of its membership, in new
material, and the return of many
who had wandered from the fold, and
become careless or indifferent to the
great principles that underlie our Order;
but who, on obtaining a better under-
standing of the precepts, aims, and
objects of the Grange,and realizing that
if the American farmer ever obtains
a position to command that respect
which is his due, and of which he has
so long been robbed, it must come
through the co-operation of those oc-
cupying the same positions, and who
are now live and zealous workers in
the Grange. Nor is this all. Through
the awakening influence of the Lectur-
ers who have been sent out by the
National, State and Pomona Granges,
many dormant Granges have been
resusitated, and have become live,
working Granges. It is my opinion
that what our Order most needs is more
Lecturers. It is with the Grange as
with other societies. For instance, if
the ministers were to be withdrawn
from the pulpit, religion would be at a
low ebb; so if political speeches should
cease to be made, and politicians cease
to ply their vocations, party spirit
would soon become extinct. So if the
Lecturers be withdrawn from the
Grange, enthusiasm would cease, and
our noble Order would die. If this is
ture, then our duty as a Pomona
Grange is plain. It becomes our im-
perative duty to supply this great
necessity to the extent of the means in
our control. I would, therefore, recom-
mend that the Lecturer of this Pomona
Grange, or some other competent Lect-
urer, be employed to give public lect-
ures the coming year at such times and
places within our jurisdiction as the
Executive Committee shall appoint,
and our means will warrant. The
coming year promises to be an eventful

one, not only to the Grange, but to
those outside the gate who are engaged
in agriculture. The great question of
transportation, or bringing the railroad
companies under the operations of law
as regards the prices of transportation
of freight and passengers, must occupy
a conspicuous place before the people at
the next election. The National
Grange, true to its noble principles
encunciated in our Declaration of Pur-
poses, has concluded that the time has
come, when the noble stand taken by
the Patrons of Illinois, that the Repre-
sentatives of a free people could enact
no law, in their legislative capacity,
that another Legislature could not
amend or repeal. In accordance with
these views, through the influence of
the Grange, laws were passed, regulat-
ing the price for carrying freights in
State. The railroad companies denied
the right, claiming, under the principle
of law as expounded by the law de-
partment of old Dartmouth College,
that any right guaranteed in their
charter could not be abrogated. Suit
was brought against the railroad com-
panies for refusing to obey the law, and
carried to the highest tribunal of the
country, and decided in favor of the
people. And we now demand that
Congress shall pass some law that shall
be fair in its operations, and that shall
give to the producer a fair share of the
profits of his labors. The Grange is
not hostile to railroads, but, on the
contrary, we regard them as the great
arteries through which the life-blood of
commerce flows; but we do insist that
they shall not absorb all the profits of
our labor, We can but rejoice that the
National Grange has resolved to ac-
knowledge the paternity of its own
ofi’-spring, and to place it in possession
of its inheritance, of which it has
been so long denied; and hence the
National Grange has prepared and sent
out petitions, to be signed and sent
to Congress, modestly, but firmly,
demanding that our rights be recog-
nized; and have earnestly recom1nend-
ed that the farmers, and especially the
Patrons, should take a more active
part in the politics of our country;
that they should attend the primary
meetings of their several political
parties, and see that no man is nomina-
ted for legislative ofiice who has not
pledged to use his vote and influence
in favor of the passage of such laws as
will remedy the great evils of which
we complain. Our organization is not
a political one, nor are we permitted to
discuss political qestions in the Grange.
Hence the National Grange has gone
as far in its recommendations as
prudence or the rules of the Order will
permit. Therefore it becomes our duty
to accept this question as individuals,
and to labor for its accomplishment in
that manner that our consciences and
interests dictate. The importance of
the question all acknowledge, and that
its accomplishment will be no easy task,
confronted, as we are, by all the mon-
eyed monopolies of Europe and Amer-
ica. The railroad companies first, and
through them, the holders of railroad
bonds, whose interest it is to have the
railroad companies earn as much as
possible, thereby bettering their securi-
ties. Thus we see that there is a work
for each and every one of us to do. Let

‘us meet this great question like men,

taking no step backward, but compell-
ing our Representatives to honor our
petitions by their votes.

And now, Patrons, is there not a
lesson to be learned from the evils of
which we complain ‘-2 How were they
brought about? by what agency has
the railroad companies been enabled to
enforce their unjust demands upon us ?
Is it not by co-operation, by a union of
interest, of action, and of purposes?
And this has been accomplished
through organization. If this be true,
is it not equally true that if the griev-
ances of which we complain are ever

removed, it must be by co-operation.‘

And ours is the only organization that
confronts these great monopolies, and
demands that the unjust burdens that
we have borne so long and so patiently

shall be removed. And as there can be
no great wrong perpetrated upon a free
people without co-operation, so when
such wrong has been perpetrated, it
cannot be removed, and the rights of a
people restored to them, except through
the same agency. -

And now, brother and sisters, would
it not be well for us to study this great
principle of our Order, and see if we
could not be benefited by practicing it
more in our avocations. Our sisters
have the same interests in this and all
kindred subjects at their more favored
brothers. As you are denied the right
to express ;your opinions, and demand
your rights at the ballot box, yet the
right of petition is yours. Use that
high privilege, let your names stand
side by side with your husbands’ and
brothers. Your influence will be felt
and acknowledged. There is no law,
either human or divine, that can
deprive you (if you think the interests
of your family or the public require it)
of advising your husbands, or even
your neighbors, who have been bound
down by party prejudices, to break
partisan ties, when the interests of
himself or family can be better sub-
served thereby.

That the past year has brought so
large a number of the young people
within our gates, is very gratifying.
The Grange holds out brighter hopes in
the future than any other organization
in our land, for young people. For I
trust that in the not far distant future,
places of honor and trust will be filled
largely from the agricultural classes.
Therefore the youth of the land, and
especially of the Grange, should strive
to fit themselves for the responsible
positions they may be called to fill;
not only by studying the best methods
of producing crops, or the analysis of
different soils, or their adaptation to
the production of different crops; but
the science of government, the princi-
ples of political economy, of finance,
protection, etc. For in your bands
will soon be placed the great trusts and
responsibilities of thepgovernment of
a free people. The perpetuation of the
rights and privileges a free people
derive from good government depend
upon the intelligence of its subjects.
So I say to the youth of the Grange,
“Educate yourselves for these impor-
ant trusts; for you may, and will, be
called from what has heretofore been
considered

*‘ " * the ploughman’s fate,
To govern men and guide the State.

The Grange aflbrds you an opportu-
nity for education in many ways. You
can, not only benefit yourselves, but
the Grange, by writing essays, and
reading them before its meetings; by
discussing subjects of interest to all;
by selecting and reading short and
instructive articles; and in many other
ways. It will benefit you in after life.

Finally, I would recommend that
we, one and all. study well the Declar-
ation of Purposes of our Order, and aid
in carrying them into practice. Be
vigilant in the promotion of our princi-
ples, both in and out of the Grange,
remembering that vigilance, eternal
vigilance, is the price of liberty.

N. WHITNEY.

- 

TRUST.

J OKN G. WKITTIEE.
A picture memory brings to me ;
I look across the years, and see
Myself beside my mother’s knee.

I feel her gentle hand restrain
My selfish moods, and know again
A child's blind sense of wrong and pain.

But wiser now, a man gray grown,
My childhood’s needs are better known,
My mother’: chastening love I own.

Gray_ grown, but_in our Father's sight,
A child, still groping for the light,
To read His works and ways might.

I bow myself beneath His hand;
That pain itself for good was planned,
I trust, but cannot understand.

I fondly dream it needs must be

That, as my mother dealt with me,

So with His children dealeth Ha.

I wait, and trust the end will prove
That here and there, below. above,
The chastening heals, the pain is love l

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TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

Qiummuuimtinns.

 

The Patent Question.

GANGES, March 2d, 1880.

A correspondent in the last VISITOR
takes the ground that our patent laws
are in about as perfect a shape as possi-
ble. He is willing to acknowledge the
laws are often taken advantage of.

This is just the point. Our laws are
certainly imperfect, when they allow,
as they do, dishonest persons to fleece
the public in various ways.

We predict that if the laws are not
changed so as to guard more thorough-
ly against jthe abuses that now exist,
the time will come, and soon, when
the people will demand the abolition of
the whole institution.

One outrage on the people is the
system of patent extensions. The
theory on which extensions are
founded is that in the case of some
valuable inventions, the inventor
being poor, has not been able to in tro-
duce his invention immediately after
obtaining his patent, so that by the
time he is ready to make money, the
patent is on the eve of expiring.
Congress then, in the magnanimity of
its heart, steps in and gives the poor
man another chance by extending his
monopoly for another term of years,
and instances are not rare in which
this extension has been repeated sev-
eral times on the same invention. One
casein point which occurs to me is the
celebrated Woodworth planer patent,
which collected a royalty from every
planing mill in the country, and was
extended for the third or fourth time,
long after the inventor had deceased,
and his immediate family had become
extinct.‘

One of our most noted reaping
machine inventors, in applying for an
extension, argued that his invention
had been the means of saving hundreds
of millions of dollars to the country, of
which vast sum, he, poor man, had
received only the paltry sum of one or
two millions; therefore, he prayed
their honorable bodies, etc., etc.

Numerous cases of flagrant abuses of
this nature may be cited, but space
forbids.

During the first 75 years of our ex-
istence as a nation, some 20,000 or 25,-
000 patent were issued, in all. At the
present time, the office is issuing that
number yearly. In view of the pro-
digious multitude of patent claims, it
is hardly possible for a farmer, of a
mechanical turn of mind, to construct
the various little devices for use in his
house and barn, without often infring-
ing on somebodyls patent, and making
himself liable accordingly.

A few years ago, the intelligent man-
agers of the Patent Office granted
Letter’s patent, for a device for plow-
ing under weeds. And what do you
think the device was? Why, it con-
sisted in attaching one end of a chain
to the plow beam, and the other end to
the evener, allowing the slack of the
chain to draw down the weeds. We
advise our fellow-plowmen to buy a
right for this invention before infring-
ing, or better try and secure a town or
County, and we can then “go” for
brother Grangers.

We are building an immense amount
of wire fence all over the country. Do
any of us know after we have built it,
whether we own it, notwithstanding
we know we have paid our cash for it?
or shall we have to give promissory
notes to some fellow who is now lying
low, under the protecting shadow of
our beneficient patent laws, waiting
for the time when he shall think it
best to make his collecting tour among

the farmers.
The simple fact remains that our

patent laws, as now constituted, work
great ‘injustice. What we want and
what we must demand is, that our laws
be so amended that while the deserving
inventor shall be protected in gaining

.3 reasonable compensation for the

products of his brain, the public shall
be guaranteed the right to use what

they buy ‘mi pay for. E. HAWLEY.

 

Glurreapnnaenoz.

An Interesting Meeting.

BANGOR, Feb. 28th, ’80.
Worthy Bro. Cobb.-

I want to tell you and our Michigan
Patrons of the good time the Patrons
of Van Buren Co. enjoyed at their Co,
Grange. held at Paw Paw, the 26th
inst.

From 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. a business
session was held, also dinner served at
noon, and at two o’clock all repaired,
with their friends, to the Opera House,

Where was served a feast of music and
of reason. The music was furnished by J
the choir of Paw Paw, and was excel-
lent, needing to be heard to be appre-
ciated,——and the reason was furnished
in the opening remarks by our Master,
D. VVoodman, and an address by Bro.
J. J. Woodman.

He described the degraded condition
of the agricultural classes of the Old
\Vorld, comparing them with those of
the New, showing reasons why the
foreign farmers are degraded, simply
because they allow themselves to be
controlled by the monied classes. He
warned the American farmers against
the same tendency to allow others to
control public affairs. He related the
causes that led to the founding of the
Grange, with the object of its Organiza-
tion ; what it had done in the past, and
its work for the future. He agitated
the transportation question, the plaster
ring, and patent right law, showing
the vast power and influence of the
Grange. Comment on the address is
unnecessary, for you all know Bro.
\Voodman, and I trust you have all
heard him speak. Suflice it to say that
for two hours he secured the undivided
attention of the densely crowded Opera
House.

All were cOnvinced——many not within
the gates went away feeling that the
Grange was not so bad after all.

Later, nine candidates were initiated
into the mysteries of thefifth degree,
making a total membership of 152.

It was decided to hold the next meet-
ing, May 20th, at Waverly, holding an
open session, with the following pro-
gram: “ Table and Toilet,” Mrs.
Sykes and Mrs. D. VVoodman ; “ How
Shall we Improve and Ornament our
Highways?” J. C. Gould, A. VVilmot,
F. Goss, and Bro. Shepard, of Hart-
fordf “Profits of Farm, Factory, and
Profession,” A. C. Glidden and C. B.
Charles: “Plans for a Barn, Mechan-
ically and Financially Considered,” A.
W. Hayden and James Robertson:
“Where, and How, Shall we Educate
our Girls?” Essays, Issie Harrison,
Mrs. A. VV. Hayden.

The evening was devoted, principal-
ly, to the discussion of the question,
“Shall Higher Education be Supported
by Public Funds ? ” This spirited dis-
cussion was continued until late, and
could you have been present, you would
have concluded that the Grange is any-
thing but dormant.

Grange closed at 11 P. .11., those living
ata distance enjoying the hospitality
of Paw Paw Patrons.

All voeed it a good time, with re-
newed vigor for future Grange work.

Yours fraternally,
C. B. CHARLES, Sec.

He Prizes the Visitor.

GRAFTON, Feb. 23d, 1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Please find enclosed stamps for a
copy of your highly prized paper, the
GRANGE VISITOR, which you will send
to Geo. M. Howard, of Athens, Wind-
ham Co., Vermont, commencing with
March 1st.

VVe think your paper grows better,
and if all Patrons would take, and read
it, we should not hear of so many dor-
mant Granges. I am sorry we do not
have a similar paper for Vermont.

By request, please have your picture
in the VISITOR, and oblige Vermonters,
&c. Your friend,

S. A. WRIGHT.

A Prosperous Grange.

FOWLER, Mich., Feb. 27th, ’80.
J. T. Cobb .-

Please say to the Patrons and readers
of the VISITOR, that Dallas Grange, No.
505, is not only in good working order,
but I am told, by brothers who have
been with the Grange since it was first
organized (I having joined lately), that
our Grange is now in as prosperous a
condition, or perhaps more so, than at
any time since its organization.

A large part ofthe interest now man-
ifest is due to the untiring efforts of our
present Worthy Master, Horace D.
VVelling, who, by his energy and abil-
ity, as wellas his close application to
the duties of his oifice, has rendered
our meetings pleasant, as well as profit-
able.

Our meetings are held once a week,
we could not think of holding them
farther apart. VVe are now having a
series of discussions on farming, inter-
spersed with readings,.essays, etc.

On the 19th inst., our Grange gave a
St. Valentine’s ball, which was a grand
success.

Some new members have latelyjoined
and many delinquent members are
coming back into the Grange.

Brothers and sisters of the Order, re-
member the success or failure of the
Grange, in a great measure, depends
upon us. It will not do for any brother
or sister to fold his, or her, hands and
wait for Bro. A. or B. to do the work.
Every brother should be on deck, ready
to spring into the rigging at the word
of the Master. But what could the
Master do, in case of a storm, if the
crew were in the cabin asleep ‘.7

Brothers, let us not go grovelling
along with the earth worms, but keep
the principles of the Order, as a beacon
light before us.

If those principles are kept in view,
we are sure to sail our craft successfully
over the rocks and shoals; but if the
higher and nobler aims of the Order
are lost sight of, our boat is wrecked,
and we are lost.

Having the best interests of the Order
at heart, I remain,

Fraternally yours,
MYRON BROWN.

Otsego Grange, No. 364.

OTSEGO, Allegan Co., Mich.
February 25th, 1880.

Editor Grcmge Visitor:

I have the pleasure of reporting to
you that Otsego Grange, NO. 364, of
Michigan, wears now the aspect of com-
ing prosperity. At our regular meet-
ing, on the 24th of February, we car-
ried 2. motion to hold two regular meet-
ings each month. We initiated one
person, and received applications from
three more for membership. During
this month we have taken a suit out
of Court that was pending between two
brothers, and brought it before the Ex-
ecutive Committee._ The Committee
thought best to exclude attorneys
from participation in the trial before
them. I think this is right, and in
accordance with the spirit of the Order.
Differences among the brethren should
be settled among themselves, the Exec-
utive Committee, or Grange, acting as
a Court of Equity.

This can be made one of the great
benefits of the Order. Belligerent
brothers ought always to be urged by
their friends, in the Grange, to seek
this method for the settlement of their
difficulties. I hope that next month I
may have the gratification of telling
you that our Grange is going to build a
hall of its own. I

Fraternally yours,
MILTON CHASE,
Lecturer of Grange No. 364.

His Opinion of the Visitor.

Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

I am glad to be able to send you sub-
scribers to the VIsIToR at any time. It
is gaining friends both in and out of
theGrange. I feel it is a paper that
merits the best wishes and help of all
farmers. If I were able I would take

a number of copies for distribution.
As it is, I have to take my chances in
reading it. For instance, father came
in this morning, and found our VISI-
TOR had come, started home, and came
back and said, “If you can spare the
VISITOR this evening, I would like to
have it.” As he is 74 years old, and
says it is the best paper of the fourI

take, I let him have it. All speak
highly of it.
Fraternally yours,
R. E. PERRY,

Secretary Cambria Grange, No. 74.

A Revival Grange Meeting.

CLARKSTON, Feb. 21st, 1880.
Worthy Sec7'eta1'_1/ Oobb : -

I want to give you an account of the
meeting we had here on Feb. 17th. Our
Grange came to the conclusion that we
must do something to arouse an inter-
est in regard to the Grange—for people
had begun to think the Grange move-
ment was dying out, and they had good
reason to think so, for the two Granges
nearest to us have ceased to work, and
another has had so many ups and
downs that we hardly know whether
it is alive or not.

VVe asked Bro. Woodman to come
here and help us, which he did. on the
day above mentioned, although at great
inconvenience to himself.

We had a meeting in the afternoon
for members of the Order, which was
attended by a large number of Patrons
from all over the County. VVc were
much surprised to find Bro. Whitney
with us, and you may be sure that we
made good use of him.

We had a public meeting in the even-
ing, which was attended by a large
number of farmers, beside many from
the village.

Bro. Woodman gave us what he called
a talk, occupying about two hours, and
Bro. Whitney gave us a short address.
A more attentive audience I never
saw. By the favorable comments I
have heard, the address made a very
good impression, and a person that was
not convinced by Bro. Woodman’s ar-
guments, that the Grange is a necessi-
ty, is not worth laboring with. I think
Bro. VVoodman’s visit will be of great
good to us, for already I hear of some
that are going to join our Grange, and
we have reason to think we shall soon
have better days. '

Bros. Woodman and Whitney were
obliged to take the midnight train, to
reach Charlotte the next day.

Fratern ally yours,
E. FOSTER,
Sec’y Grange No. 275.

Livingston Co. Council.

HOWELL, Feb. 23d, 1880.
Brother Cobb .-

Thinking that it might be of interest
to some of the readers of the VISITOR
to know that the Livingston Co. Coun-
cil still exists and is doing a thriving
business, with Bro. W. K. Sexton as
our purchasing agent, I will give you
a brief sketch of our last annual meet-
ing held at Howell Grange hall Feb. 3.
Although the weather was cold, and
the roads bad we had a good house and
meeting. After partaking of asump-
tuous dinner and listening to the re-
port of the visiting committee, whose
duty it is to visit the different Granges
of the County, the Council proceeded to
elect the following oificers for the en-
suing year: Master, A. E. Cole, Con-
way Grange; Overseer, J. B. Brown,
Oak Grove Grange; Steward, W. K.
Sexton, Howell Grange; Assts., A. M.
Wells and wife, Oak Grove Grange;
Chaplain, S. Bidwell, Brighton Grange
Treasurer, J. S. Briggs, West Handy
Grange; Lecturer, N. J. Holt, Howell
Grange; Gate Keeper, W. K. Cole,
Howell Grange; Purchasing Agent,
W. K. Sexton, Howell Grange. After
disposing of business on hand, the
Council adjourned to meet Saturday,
March 6, at 10 o’clock A. M. to discuss
the wool question, and listen to an ad-
dress from the Hon. Thos. F. Moore, of
Adrian. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all Patrons.

N. J. HOLT, Sec’y.

Strong in Grange Principles.

MARLETTE, Mich., Feb. 28th, ’80.
Bro. J. T. Oobb .-
It is sometime since I have written

~ you anything concerning Grange No,

5-19. You will see by our quarterly re-
ports that we are not very strong in
numbers, but I am happy to tell you
that we are strong in Grange principles.
We aim to make the Grange a success,
socially as well as financially, and I
think we have succeeded.

On the evening of the 2d inst., Bro.
C. L. Whitney installed our oflicers,
and addressed us on the Work of the
Order, and what it has accomplished
in the past. He did the members
much good, and, by the appearance of
things, opened the eyes of some outside
the Order, VVe have received five ap-
plications for membership since his
visit, and more are coming. Let them
come, there is room.

Last evening we met at the school-
house, where we hold our meetings, for
I am sorry to say, we have no hall of
our own, and partook of a supper not
easily surpassed, either in quantity or
quality. After supper, we listened to
a short but interesting address from D.
VV. Hammond, editor of the Marlette
Index. Although not a. member of our
Order, his speech was to the point, and
was well received by all.

He was followed by Bro. R. A. Wil-
son, Past Master of this Grange, but
now Master of Chesaning Grange, No,
464. Last, but not least, was the pres-
entation of a valuable gold pen, in be-
half of the Grange, by Bro. S. G. Wil-
son, to the Secretary, as a token of their
appreciation Of his services.

The pen was obtained through our
State Agents at Detroit, Geo. W. Hill,
& Co. I would say, for the benefit of
all concerned, that we have done con-
siderable business, in purchasing goods,
through our State Agency, with per-
fect satisfaction to all concerned. Give
it a trial, and you will be satisfied.

The VISITOR is taken by every fami-
1y represented in our Grange. VVishing
it, and Bro. Cobb success, I am,

Fraternally yours,
G. W. RUDD,
Sec’y Montgomery Gr., No. 549.
Grange Matters in Tuscola County.
VVIIITNEY GRANGE, N o. 573,
TUSCOLA, Feb. 28th, ’80.
Bro. J. T. Oobb:

One would think, from looking over
the VISITOR, that there was no interest
taken in Grange matters in Tuscola
County.

VVe have five working Granges in
this District, but no District Grange.

I sent a communication to the VIS-
ITOR a year ago, and have been waiting
for some one else, who is better quali-
fied, to do likewise; but failing to hear
from them, I resolved to try again.

'Whitney Grange, No. 513, is on the
road to prosperity. The members have
all gone to work with a determination
to make the Grange a success, and are
reaping their reward. At almost every
meeting, we receive new applications
for membership. We have admitted
ten new members, and five old mem-
bers have been reinstated, since the
election of the new oflicers, and there
are more to follow. We have now 60
active, go-ahead members. The meet-
ings are well attended, by both old and
young. The brothers discuss questions
of interest, while the sisters read in-
structive items. We have a paper, ed-J
ited by Sisters Clara A. Rice and Mary
Davis, which is very interesting and
instructive. ‘

I can say, for one, that the Grange
has outgrown my expectations. I was
one of the first who put their names
down as pioneer Grangers, in Tuscola

County, July 24th, 1874, and there are ,

ten of us who have stuck to the princi-
ples of the Order, and I guess we al-
ways shall. Yours fraternally,

EDGAR A. FOSTER.
Tuscola, Mich.

THE proper form for a. will nowadays
will read: “To the respective attor-
neys of my children, I give my entire
estate.”

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SCEIOOLCRAFT. MAR. 15, 1880.
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Suzmanfs gepartmeut.

J’. -r. cons, - - -

- SOHOOLCRAFT.

Oflieers and members of Subordinate Granger
in can-espondi_, with this oflice, will please
always give the Number of their Grange.

Posrson smnrs of higher value
than three cents will be returned
to the sender.

THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

Upon the Governor question
there seems to be no abatement of
interest; and, as the season ad-
vances. and the great campaign of
the year opens, and men political-
ly begin to wax warm, it is easy
to see that the talk will be still
more earnest and determined.

Well, that is all in order, and we
hope that, for once, the farmers
will not be behind in urging their
pet opinions. ‘

If they only talk well and per-
sistently, and act unitedly, they
will certainly carry their point.
But that is just What they are sure
not to do,—and so we shall be sat-
isfied if each one insists, within
the sphere of his own party, that a
farmer candidate shall be placed

at the head of the ticket. And We ,

ask that every farmer shall make
this a matter of personal interest,
and work for this object with earn-
estness and determination.

We are not so very tenacious as
to the man,but we are determined
as to the general proposition. We
want it distinctly understood that
no Detroit lawyer, or for that mat-
ter, any other locality, can have
the support of the farmers of the
State for the office ol Governor in
Nov., 1880.

The tone of the letters which we
receive, clearly indicates that no
party can depend fully on the sup
port of all its members, if it shall
disregard this demand for a candi-
date for Governor from the agri-
cultural class. We are glad to see
this. We believe it promises well,
not only for the intelligent, inde-
pendent action of farmers, but it
augurs well for the future of the
country.

Independept political action
means broader views and greater
intelligence on the part of the vo-
ter, and as a result. more honesty
and a better government.

Bro. farmers, do not forget that
our Order has been making, for the
last ten years, anearnest, determin-
ed effort to elevate our class; and
when we are satisfied that rights
of any sort properly. and justly
belong to us, shall we not take our
rank, place, and position sooner, by
promptly and firmly demanding
them, than by waiting for an invi-
tation from those who have held
positions that, in some instances
at least, they seemed to think, he-
longed to them ?

Attend the primary meetings of
your respective parties when the
time comes, and do your whole
duty—-and in the mean time, do
not forget, at all suitable times
and places, to call the attention
of your fellow farmers to these
facts: First. that, though we elect
3 Governor every two years, and

have since Michigan became a

State, more than 40 years ago, yet
in that time but one farmer has
been elected to that office. Sec-
ondly, Agriculture is the leading
interest of the people of our State,
and far more important than any
other.

These facts conceded, does it
not follow that the Executive of
the State should, for a fair propor-
tion of the time, come from the
class representing this most im-
portant interest.

Some say, it don’t make any
difl‘erence——what we wantis a good
man. Well, as long as we farm-
ers think it does make a difference,
and are to show that the olfice be-
longs to us as a matter of right,
and are able to present the names
of farmers of eminent ability and
special fitness for the position, we
say that it will make a difference
in the footing, when the votes are
counted, if our claims are not re-
garded.

The world is full of selfishness,
individual and collective, and we
deem this a fit time to urge the
class to which we belong to stand
up for their rights, and vindicate
their claims by such independent
political action, as shall convince
the political managers that we
mean what we say.

GRANGE AGENCIES.

In the last number of the VISI-
TOR, we made some reference to
the good work done by some of
the co-operative stores, estab-
lished and run by the Order.

Now to the enterprising, go-a-
head Patron, who desires to reap
some pecuniary, as well as social
and educational advantages, from
their connection with the Order,
we have just this to say: We
have on the eighth page of the
VISITOR three advertisements in-
serted and kept standing, for the
express purpose -of informing
these very Patrons where they
can buy what they may chance to
Want at a reasonable price.

Many of our people have bought
goods of Montgomery, Ward &
Co., for years, and have been well
satisfied. While others have
shipped their produce to Thomas
Mason, of Chicago, and saved
money by so doing, Then ‘again,
those living East can avail them-
selves of the Detroit agency, Geo.
W. Hill & Co., whose Work for the
Order has, so far as we have heard,
given entire satisfaction.

No one {need ask any questions
as to the responsibility of these
firms. It is a settled fact that
each and all of them will deal
fairly by their customers, and hold
themselves ready to correct any
mistakes that, in the course of
business, may be made.

While we are very well satisfied
with the progress made by the
farmers of the country within the
last ten years, and are proud of
the fact that our class is freely
accorded a more advanced posi-
tion everywhere, we are free to
say that our patience is well nigh
exhausted with those growlers
who insist that the Grange don’t
do them any good. To these, and
to all others, we say, if you have
any sociability in your natures,
attend the meetings of the
Grange. and go determined to
have a good time.

If you desire,in addition to this,
to be benefitted by the educational
advantages which this organiza-
tion was intended, and does bring
to you, fail not to attend the
meetings of the Grange, and take
part in the discussions. Tell your
fellow members “ What you know
about farming,” and receive in
return some useful hints from those
whose observation has been more
exact than your own.

And to those whose sole object
and purpose in joining the Grange
was to get more money out of it
than he put in, we repeat what has
been said many times before:
Don’t foolishly suppose the
Grange has undertaken to take
care of you, except you co-
operate with it, and do something
yourself. The Grange organiza-
tion has provided means by which
you can derive pecuniary advan-
tages and benefits,and save money.
Now use them, and let us hear no
more complaining.

Send to Montgomery, Ward &
00.’; or Thomas Mason, of Chi-
cago; or to Geo. W. Hill &Co., of
Detroit, and you will be treated
fairly, honorably, and save money,
by belonging to the Order.

If you don’t do this, be consist-
ent, and not charge your own
neglect to the Order of P. of H.

 

PETITIONS.

Within the last six weeks, quite
a number of petitions to Congress
have been returned to this ofiice,
after having been signed. This is
not as was intended. Send all pe-
titions to the Member of Congress
from your District, and it' you
send a letter along with the peti-
tion, you can add much to its
value.

Tell law-makers what we want,
and Why-—and the chances that a
reasonable demand, persistently
pressed upon their attention, will
ultimately be granted, is vastly
better than to leave every thing to
take care of itself.

Don’t send any more petitions
to Uongress to this oflice.

 

WE have quite a lengthy and
well-written communication from
“Equality,” in reply to “ Excel-
sior,” which we decline to print, as
it seems to us not profitable to
allow these writers to continue
hitting each other through this
paper.

The points in cohtroversy are
not of such general interest as to
justify the use of our space in this
way.——ED.

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WE have had several books of
the VISITOR of 1878 and 1879, bound
for those who have supplied us
with missing Nos. We have full
volumes for these two years, ex-
cept June 15th and July 1st, 1878,
Can any one supply us with these
two Nos. .9

Grange No. 459.
DEWITT, Feb. 28th, 1880.
Brother Cobb :

Our Grange is in a prosperous condi-
tlon, with about 95 members, and on
the increase. The meetings are held
every two weeks, in the afternoon and
evening alternately.

At a special meeting, Jan. 31st, 22 full
corps of ofilcers were installed —-Mss-
ter, Robert G. Mason ; Secretary, Wm.
Collins. Fraternslly yours.

WM. A. Bsnrms.

§£}Ia5to:’5 flnlattmznt.

J. J. WOODMAN. - - - PAW PAW

By-Laws of Mich. State Grange.

The By-Laws of the State Grange
were revised by that body at its late
session, and will be found in the pub-
lished Proceedings. They have also
been published in pamphlet form, and
sent out to the Masters of Subordinate
Granges. These By-Laws are now in
force, and will be found to be a great
improvement upon those which were
previously in use.

The State Grange also revised the
By-Laws recommended for Subordinate
and Pomona Grauges, so as to make
them conform to the laws of the State
and National Granges.

Subordinate and Pomona Granges
should either adopt this revised code,
or so amend those now in force as to
make them harmonize with the By-
Laws of the State Grange.

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Code for Trials of ofieuscs.

The committee appointed by the
State Grange, consisting of the Master,
Secretary, and Lecturer, to prepare a
code of laws, for the trial of offenses,
by Subordinate Granges, have per-
formed that duty, and the code will ap-
pear in the next number of this paper.
It will also be printed in pamphlet form
and will be sent to the Masters of Sub-
ordinate Granges. These rules will be
in force from and after their publica-
tion, and should be preserved with the
By-Laws of each Subordinate Grange.

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Error in State Grange Proceedings.

I discover that my name appears in
the Proceedings of the State Grange, as
Chairman of the Committee on the
Condition of American Agriculture.
This is an error. The able Chairman of
that Committee was Bro. W. W. Lang,
of Texas. I was a member of that
Committee, but not its Chairman, and
am unwilling to wear borrowed hon-
ors. [See page 52, Proceedings N. G.]

_________________.___

“LeDnc, Commissioner ofthe A ri-
cultural Department, has written a let-
terin which he announces that “the
Department wants an opportunity.”
This is exactly what the country is
afraid of. Given "an opportunity,”
there is no telling what shines the
blamed thing might cut up.”—Post and
Tribune.

Yes, the Post and Tribune is correct
in its conclusions. “There is no tell-
ing” what the Agricultural Depart-
ment at Washington, and the Agricul-
tural College in this State, might ac-
complish for the advancement of Agri-
culture, if they were only “ given an
opportunity.” Since the Grange has
taken steps to popularize these institu-
tions with the farmers of the country,
and to make the Agricultural Depart-
ment at Washington serve the inter-
ests of Agriculture, instead of politic-
inns, they have both “ cut up shines,”
which begin to make “afraid ” some
whose interests are not identified with
the increasing prosperity and accumu-
lating knowledge of farmers, which is
being, in some degree, augmented by
these institutions.

With the very limited “opportunity”
given “ Commissioner Le Duo,” he has
made valuable experiments in the man-
ufacture of sugar from saccharine plan ts,
which bid fair to create a new depart-
ure in Agriculture, and revolutionize
sugar-making in this country, contrib-
uting not only to the prosperity of
farmers, but adding material wealth to
the Nation.

He is now prosecuting other experi-
ments with favorable results, and only
“ an opportunity ” is required to devel-
op other interests which cannot fail to
not only benefit Agriculture, but the
whole country. Abolish the picayune
policy, which has been practiced to-
wards the Agricultural Department by
Congress, and our Agricultural College
by our State Legislature, and give them
means in some degree commensurate
with the importance of the great inter-

est which they represent; and the
“shine they will cut up” in develop-
ing the great principles of theoretic,
scientific, and practical Agriculture,
and in graduating men and women for
the profession of Agriculture, will as-
tonish if not make “afraid ” those who
claim that farmers should “be under-
lings.” -

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How to Elect n Governor.

LANSING, March 4th, ’80.
Editor Grange Visitor .-

As your columns are still booming
for a farmer Governor, and as you say
that " we have no exact program to
present and recommend, as the sure
way to secure the election of a farmer
for Governor,” permit me to give a few
items as to the present prospect——and,
while I am not partizan, I am political.

Pomona, No. 22, thinks that we
should bring this matter upin our halls,
and “resolve, re-resolve,” and—then
we shall be beaten, all the same.

Did not the State Grange, in answer
to Bingham’s address, last December,
declare for a farmer for Governor?
Now, let us see how the Republican
politicians have met this, It is a wen
known maxim of politicians that the
“ ins ” want to stay in, and the “ outs”
want to get in.

When a party considers that a nom-
ination ls equivalent to lsn election,
then the strife commences for a nomin-
ation—and the Republicans do not lack
for aspirants. But luckily for the peo-
ple, the Republican party is divided
into two factions, known here as the
Mayflowers and the Stslwarts. The
former are urging Wm. Mccreery for
Governor, and hope to send Bagley to
the United States Senate;—while the
latter are for T. W. Palmer for Govern-
or, and are thus hoping that, if elected,
he would have a good chance as Sena-
tor. But during the last session of the
Legislature it was thought by some
that then would be a good time to fix
up a slate, and the friends of J. T,
Rich pledged themselves to urge him
as one who would sacrifice all personal
afl“airs, in serving the people, at $1,000

per year; and as he has inherited a
farm, of course we would have a farmer
Governor! ‘

Still, there is another patriot in the
west who would consent to be laid upon
the altar of our State, as said altar is
now well upholstered, and in a fine
temple. He is a “ Granger," and 1,
known here as “Alphabet Holden.”

How do these men suit? Here is 3
goodly number to choose from, but if
we should not choose any of these, who
then ? Within a few weeks, we must
make our choice in one of the two par-
ties that will put up candidates

My P1811 is, to turn out at the Town-
ship and County Conventions. See that
our party is represented by delegates who
will not be bought up by the rings. If
we have a man that we think will be as

our State ticket. A

In the VISITOR of Feb. 1st, we had 3
“me “tafl‘-V” served UP to us by a
“ Granger‘), It d°“’t taste good-—there
is too much of the dark horse in that.
There are thousands of “ laborers» that
are now ready to go to the ballot box
WM‘ the Grange candidate; and the
Party that has such a name on it win
"f’“" no matte’ which P811)’ name the
ticket bears.

Granger.

_ They are quick to feel the
wind from

the rural districts, and we
shall have all of these heroes of state
Pap putting on rubber boots and enter.
his swamp-land farms! .
Hurrah for the Grange Ticket;

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0. L. WHITNEY, - - _ MUSKEGON.
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Picking: by the Way~No. 5.

EATON COUNTY.

At 1 1-. Hi. we met a large public
audience, at the public hall. Bro.
Woodman addressed them for an
hour, and then the Patrons all re-
paired to the Grange hall, when our
labor began, and at 6:30 p. u, was
concluded—instituting Eaton County
Pomona Grange, with 74 members,
with the following omcers, duly elect-
ed and installed:

Master——B. E. Benedict.

Overseer—James Murray.

Lecturer—H. Shipman.

Steward-—G-. W. Harmon.

Ass‘t Steward—S. L. Bentley.

Chaplain—Esek., Pray.

Treas.—J. B. Nichols.

Sec.—J. Shaw.

Gate-Keeper—G. W. Lankton.

Ceres—Harriet Eddy.

Pomona—Sister E. Pray.

Flora—Sarah Town.

Lady Ass’t Steward—Sarah E. Ben-
edict. _

Ex. Com.—Bros. S. W. Ewin ,L.
M. Squires, G. T. Dwinnell, and . B.
Field.

Greater harmony and pleasantness
we have seldom seen than at this Po-
mona Grange organization.

We prophecy work and good results
as the outgrowth of this meeting and
organization. ’

After the meeting, we accompanied
Bro. Squires home, to Vermontville,
and were well entertained at his
house. Bro. Squires has some fine
horses, which he showed us. He has
bred them himself‘, from stock he got
in the South.

A Grange meeting was held in the
hall, which we attended. Bro. Wood-
man spoke, in answer to inquiries re-
garding the incorporation of Granges,
showing it to be for the interest and
protection of Granges and their mem-
bers to incorporate.

All took dinner at the hotel near
by, after which Bro. Woodman made a
public address, at the public hall, to
a large and attentive audience. While
we went home, having been absent
three weeks.

As a result of a part of our work
in Oakland County, Ortonville
Grange, No. 385, has resumed work,
with Bro. E. F. Canidy as Master
elect, and Alonzo Flogler as Secretary
elect. We welcome all such back
into the ‘ranks. More may come if
they will. —Many will come back in a.
short time. ‘“ Labor and wait.” should
be the motto of every true Patron.

o-r-rnwn counrr.

‘Onthe 5th, we paid the oflicers of
Spring Lake Grange, No. 201, -a visit,
and arranged for a public meeting on
the 13th inst. Then we went to
Peach Plains, across Grand River,
and arranged for a meeting there,
which, we hope, will result in a new
Grange.

On the 6th, we stepped off the
train at Berlin, and at 10 A. M. found
our way to the hall of Ottawa Grange,
No. 30. This Grange has an excellent
place of meeting, and one of the halls
open upon -the fair grounds of the
Ottawa County Agricultural Society.
Good stalls ‘for teams are close at
hand. A good turn-out of Patrons
were present when Worthy Master
Kellogg‘s gavel called to order and to
labor. The 1st and 2d degrees were
conferred upon six candidates, and we
learned thata class of 12 were to
takethe 3d and 04121: degrees at the
next meeting, the 3d Thursday of
the present month. The degrees were
yen conferred. Those oflicers who
hdlumed their charges did much
5*“, than those who had to read
,1“. , book, As a whole, the work
 all done, yet there were some

 

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things to criticise. The music showed
"3"" 0*‘ Practice. the instrument be-
haved badly, and the Grange needs
to provide itself with stands for its
oficers, which, for the lady oflficers,
should be decorated with grain, fruits,
and flowers. The Grange also needs
the Master’s working tools. The in-
struction and work of the Master
was excellent. Of those officers fill-
ing the places of those absent, we
have no word of censure, but think
they did quite well, as they had had
no chance to prepare their work.

The degree work over, lunch was
taken, and when all had satisfied
their appetites, work‘was resumed.
The first was a poem by Bro. Kelly
upon the life and character of the late
Stephen Hall, a charter member of
this Grange. The Worthy Lecturer,
C. W. Wild, then announced the topic
for discussion, “ How Can the
Women Lesson the Labors of the
Household?” An animated dis-
cussion followed for two hours, in
which many good points Were made.
and many ways shown how’ much of
the labor of the household could be

lessened. Topics were announced for
the next meeting, and the Grange
closen in form, and the members
went home pleased that they hada
good Grange to attend.

Proceedings of the National Grange.

The Proceedings of the National
Grange have been distributed among
the Granges of the State, and to that
volume we would call attention. It is
worth to the Order much more than
the whole expense of the meeting of
the National Grange——for in it is a libra-
ry of information, which should, from
time to time, be placed before the
Grange. Every Subordinate Grange
in our State would be bettered by hav-
ing the addresses and reports of that
body (the N. G.) read before them. Why
not have a small portion read at each
meeting, until the whole has been pre-
sented. We especially mention the ad-
dress of our Rev. Bro. Thos. K. Beech-
er,— also the annual address of the
Worthy Lecturer,Bro.Mortimer White-
head, also that of the Master, besides
the reports of the important commit-
tees reporting-

Many Patrons have an idea that the
Proceedings, and the like, sent to the
Master or Secretary of the Grange be-
long to them, this is not so. These Pro-
ceedings are the'property of the Grange,
and should be in the hall at every meet-
ing, at hand for reference by any who
should wish to refer to them. The
same is also true of the Proceedings of
the State Grange ; the Digest, By-Laws,
Rituals, are not the property of indi-
viduals, but of the Grange, and all
should carefully preserve and have at

sultation, and the ofiicer having ‘ them
in charge is responsible for their safe
keeping. Would it not be well for

for such books, with lock and key, to
be opened only when proper? Would
it not be well to for every Grange to in-
quire asto where their books, pamph-
lets, etc., of this nature, are, and get
them together, and then providea place
for their safe keeping?

The By-Laws are now out, and the
Code of Rules for Grange Trials will be
'ready very soon. Each Grange should
secure copies at once, and keep enough
to always be sure of some at hand, for
reference when needed.

With the revised forms of By-Laws
recommended for Subordinate and Po-
mona Granges in hand, would it not be
well to put the matter in the hands of
competent Committees to review and
fill the blanks and make their laws
conform to State and National Grange
Laws?

WORK! work.’ work ! is the order
from every quarter, and we should, by
our action, everywhere respond and

work in earnest, with our machinery

hand these books, ready for use or con-,

every Grange to have a suitable place,‘

perfected. and made to conform to the
models given us.

Become familiar with your laws and
your Ritual, and then work-remem-
beriug, Onward! still Onward! is the
watchword.

Nuts to Crack.

While in our Grange field a few
weeks since, we found a Patron (so-
called) too poor to pay 50 cents a year
for the VIsIToR—to keep informed-
yet rich enough to pay $8 royalty on the
patent slide gate——which reading the
VISITOR would have saved him. He
thought the Grange and its little paper
did not amount to much——he has
changed his mind.

This week we have purchased a No.

3 sewing machine, with all the attach-
ments and accompaniments, for $17,
through Grange sources, when the
agent, who lives by the middleman’s
profit, says that he “ can’t sell, nor can
it be bought, for less than $40.”
Yet some say that the Grange don’t
amount to much. Before the Grange
came, the price of this machine was
$85.

   

Patronize Our Agents‘.

A card is just at hand from a brother
in Clinton County, who had just been
to Detroit and bought a large bill of
groceries of Geo. W. Hill & Co. He
says: “ I find there isa great saving by
doing so. This is one of the things
that we learn in the Grauge—how and
where to buy."

By patronizing our agents, enough
may be saved each month to pay one’s
dues to a Grange for a year—but those
who don’t use these Agencies of the
Order “don’t see as they make anything
by being Patrons.” Oh, how shiftless!

A Protest.

PONTIAC, Feb’y 23d, 1880.
B-rotherJ. T. Cobb .-

Ashort time Ego it man came to me
representing Day & Taylor, saying that
Patrons generally desired that their
plaster should be placed in the hands of
the trade, and saying one of our dealers
had been recommended as the proper
man. I went to town with him, and
saw several Patrons, and stated my
objections, I thought, very fully, to
the plan proposed, and fearing all was
not correct, wrote to Messrs. Day &
Taylor for an explanation. They con-
firmed the agent’s statement, in that he
was their agent. I had just unloaded a
car of 12 tons, and paid $30.40 freight,
and said to Mr. Taylor that it was too
much. He answers, “Yes, you have
paid $4 more than the M. M. Co. will
allow them to charge, and Day dz
Taylor would ‘correct it.” I mentioned
this matter to D. & T., but they said it
was all right now, making the plaster
cost 33>]; cents per ton more than their
agent represented.

I learn that at the meeting at Clarke-
ton, 17 inst., I was reported as favoring
the plan above stated, for handling the
Patrons’ plaster:

I told Mr. Taylor repeatedly that I
believed it a very unwise move, in-
tended to drift us/back into the old
habit, and give us into the hands of
our enemies, thereby losing all the
advantages we have gained by breaking
up the combination.

Meeting Bro. Beadford, formerly Sec-
retary of our Grange, who, after hear-
ing the plan, and my objection, fully
co-incided with my view. Mr. Taylor
thereupon said he would not look any
further for Mr. Dewey, and would
carry out my plan, m‘z.: ship it direct
to Patrons in bags, and on its arrival,
the consignee could unload it into the
depot, where it could remain a reason-
able time without cost. and Patrons to be
notified to take it away. Our courteous
Freight Agent here unhesitatingly
granted that privilege.

Mr. Taylor afterwards met several
Patrons who had been greatly annoyed
by getting their plaster when it was
very difficult to get it home, who

favored D. & T.’s plan, and thereupon

he sold Mr. Dewey four cars, to be
delivered at different points, that
at Pontiac, and some other points, at
335- cents per ton less than it had cost
me, and I believe others also.

I have no wish to set up my opinions
against the combined wisdom of the
oflicers of the State Grange, but if
Messrs. Day & Taylor have made this
move without consulting with above
officers, I am bound to enter my

protest.
Truly yours,

EDWIN PHELPS.

Qlurrzr-pnmlente.

Meeting of Oakland Pomona Grange.

Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

Oakland County Pomona Grange met
with VVhite Lake Grange, No. 253, on
February 25th. Had a very pleasant
time, with about 100 present. Subject-I
discussed for the good of the Order.
Essays read by Mrs. A Sanbro and
Mrs. Wm. Satterly. Pomona Scrap-
bag, read by Mrs. Chas. Wager, was
highly entertaining and instructive.
Our Grange is prospering, new mem-
bers coming in, and others who have
been sitting outside in sackcloth and
ashes, have returned to their first love,
desiring to reap their share of the
benefits which flow from our Order,
and many are inquiring, if there are
not more laborers wanted in the field.
Outsiders see that we are deriving
some benefit from this organization.
Some say there is no financial profit to
be derived from it. Are we placed
here for no other purpose than to
improve our financial condition? If
so, then we are of all men most misera-
ble. Nay, but we can, by properly
improving the opportunities given us
in the Grange, prove to the world that
we are not drones in the great human
hive. Each of us have something to
do while here.

Let us so live, that when we are
called upon to lay down our imple-
ments on earth, we may have the assur-
ance, that we have not lived in vain.

_ , _ KATE
White Lake, March 5th, 1880.

Sound Grange Doctrine and Advice.

J. T. Cobb.-

The following preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted by
Orion Grange, and by the Detroit and
Bay City Council of P. of H., March
2d, 1880:

WHEREAS, The Ohio Plaster Co.,
having withdrawn their plaster from
the Michigan market, and the Alabas-
ter Plaster Company having raised the
price of their plaster from $2.50 to $4.00
per ton, on cars at Bay City, and the
Grand Rapids Company having re-
duced the price of their plaster to $1.00
per ton, free on board cars; and

WHEREAS, It appears that this state
of facts points unmistakably to a con-
tinued and determined effort on the
part of the Grand Rapids Plaster Co.
to break down the Grandvllle Plaster
Company of Day & Taylor; and

WHEREAS, Day &. Taylor commenced
the manufacture of Plaster 1"m],,,. the
auspices of the Executive Cmmmjttee of
the State Grange of P. of H,‘ at 3 time
when the attempt was made to force
the farmers to pay for this same Grand
Rapids Plaster four thnes as much as
they now offer it for, and have suc-
ceeded iu furnishing to farmers a good
quality of well seasoned, finely ground
plaster, at the low price of $1.50 per
ton; therefore,

Resolved, That we deem it not only
the duty of every farmer belonging to
the Grange, but both the duty and true
policy of every farmer outside the
Grange, to see to it, that the Grandvllle
Plaster Company is not broken down
by this combination, which is evidently
aiming to monopolize the entire plaster
trade of the State, that it may again
exact of farmers the old exorbitant
price. _

Resolved, That we earnestly recom-
_mend _to every farmer in the State, to
investigate thoroughly the efforts being
made to reinstate this laster ring, and
if the purchase of their plaster the
present spring from the Grand Rapids
Company does not lead directly to this
result, and consider whether it is not
the only sure way of preventing such a
result, to sustain the action of the State
Grange, by_ using the Graudville plas-
fer, which is made under the State con-

tract of $1.50 per ton.

 

HIRAM ANDREWS,

Program of Macon Grange.

April 2d, 1:30 o’clock, P. M.———Regu-
lar order of business; song by the
choir; Preparing Ground for Oats, A.
A. Lewis; the Model Farmer, W. H.
Mather. Recess. Opening song, B. S.
Scudder; select reading, Mrs. Geo.
Howell ; Essay, M. J. Martin; Economy
in Household Labors, Mrs. W. .
Osborn; Stock Running at Large, dis-
cussion, lead by A. Easlick.

’April 16th, 7 o’clock, P. M.—Regular
order of business; song by the choir;
Sorghum and its Culture, by Milan
Sage; Relation of Crops, John Boyd.
Recess. Opening song, J. Hunter and
H. D. Baker; select reading, Miss
Maggie Boyd; Essay on Butter Mak-
ing, Mrs. J. VV. Baker, criticised by
Sisters L. Mead, L. Osgood, and R.
Clarkson. The Best Variety of Corn
and its Cultivation, R. Clarkson, M.
Yates, A. Russell, N. Skinner, and J.
VV. Osborn.

Notice of Meetings.

PLEASANT, March 1st, 1880.
Dear Sir .-

Kent County Grange will hold a
meeting at the hall of Paris Grange,
No. 19, on March 24th, at 10 o’clock A.
M. A program has been made out con-
taining topics of interest, and they are
assigned to the following members:
Bro. Edmund Manly, of Walker;
Sister Kate Meech, of Paris; Sister
Sister Mary Holt, of Ada; Bro. M. P.
Whiting, of Byron; Bro. E. G. D.
Holden, Grand Rapids; Bro. Edmund
Styles, Paris; Sister Lydia Styles,
Paris. Yours fraternal] y,

J OHN PRESTON, Lee.

The next meeting of the Clinton Co.
Pomona Grange will be held at Essex
Grange Hall, Wednesday, March 24th,
at 1 o’clock, P. M. The following reso-
latiou will be discussed:

Resolved, That our Board of Super-
visors be requested to adopt laws pro-~
hibiting all stock from running at
large; and that said laws should be so.
enforced as to render it unnecessary to
maintain fences along our public high-
ways. FRANK CONN, Sec’y.

GALESBURG, Feb. 26th, 1880.,
Bro. J. T. Cobb:

The next regular meeting of Kalama-
zoo Pomona Grange will be held at
Galesburg Grange hall, on Thursday,
March 18, 1880, at 10 o’clock A. H.
prompt. Essays and discussions are
expected. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all fourth degree members,
and a full attendance is earnestly solici-
ted. Z. C. DURKEE, Sec’y

MARILLA, Feb. 24, 1880.
Dear Sir .'

Please extend notice through the col-
umns of the VISITOR to the members of
Manistee District Pomona Grange, that
its next meeting will be held in Bear
Lake, commencing the first Tuesday in
April, at 2 o’clock P. M.

Mrs. J. A. POPE, Sec’y.

HOWELL. March 9th, ’80.
Bro. J. T. Cobb .-
The next meeting of the Livir

Co. Council will be held at ‘ ‘$3523’
Tuesday, March 23d, at 1 P. M.’ sharp:

All Grangers are cordial‘

attend. Yours fraterr ‘fin

- N. J. Hour,
secyy Liv. Co. Couuciliu
Awantton-, Patfoilsl
It Wirl be to th-'eh—:(ivanta
- .4 , __ ge of v
S'fa".ger to send us their address? aerifi
. nelve by return mail our SEED PRICE
LIST, ‘free. GEO. W. HILL & Co.,
80 Woodbridge St., West,
Detroit, Mich.

 ’W.‘“
The H. 1.. 0. Leather Dressing.

MIDDLEBUSH, N. J ., May 23d, ’79.
The can of L. D. cauie safely to hand,
and we have given it a thorough test
here on my farm. It is certainly all
that on claim for it.
remain, you rs fratern ally,
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD.
PLAINVIEW, Wabash Co., Minn.,
July 16th, 1879. l
C. Dressing

A. D. STRONG. Esq.:
Dear Sir.-——The H. L.

obtained from you was thoroughly ap-
plied to my single and double harness
over six months ago, and I have us
it on boots and shoes, and I wish tosa
I am delighted with it. It makes stifl’
leather soft and pliable. Nothin fries

ut and gums the surface, as wit oils
and grease, when used in the hot sun.
On the contrary. the leather is very
pliable and has a smooth, bright sur-
ace. 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 an
business w th you. I believe all who
give you their confidence will be hon-
orably treated aud always satisfied.
Yours truly.

'1'. A. Trronn-son.

Write to G. W. Hill at Co., or any
other Grange Agent for general Cir-

mar15t2

Orion, Mich.

Sec’y of Council.

cular, and price to Granges.

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What Shall we do for Our Girls?

 

There are great questions that to-day

claim our attention. There have al-
ways been great questions for the pub-
lie to solve. These questions, and the
solving of them is what have worked
for us great revolutions. This era sees
the solving of many problems that have
remained amystery. Edison and his
electric light now claim the attention
of the whole world. The political as-
pect of our country; the question of
capital and labor ; of science versus
the religion of Jesus of Nazareth.
These are questions that we are called
upon to examine and give our voice in
the issue. But one of the most intri-
tricate problems that we as fathers and
mothers are called upon to solve, and
which should ‘claim our closest atten-
and most careful consideration, is the
unfolding ofthese little lives that the
giver of all good has entrusted to our
keeping. After the curse was pro-
nounced, as if to mitigate the great evil
of sin, children were given to humanity
to bless, cheer, and comfort. the home.
The little ones come into our homes,
and their lives and loves so twine
themselves about our hearts that they
are as dear to us as life itself. And
when we remember that we are to fit,
mould these little ones for the work of
life, it behooves us to see that we do
our part well. Dr. Channing has said,
“ That no ofiice can compare with that
oftraining the child.” I saw not long
sinceaquestion asked in one of our
leading journals, “ What shall we do
with our girls?” To-day I change the
question a little and ask, not what shall
we do with them, but what shall we do
for them ? Our girls that are to be-
come the wives and mothers of this Na-
tion, and that are destined at no distant
day to fill the positions that we now
occupy.

We argue and discuss rotation of
crops, the value of different fertilizers,
the relative value of different breeds of
horses, cattle, sheep, and swine, but
how little attention do we give to this
great subject, How shall we best fit our
daughters for the practical duties of

I life, which,if they live to womanhood’s
years,they must meet. Influences that
are almost imperceptible in childhood,
work out more and more broadly into
beauty or deformity in after life. Then

. how essential that these influences,

these fittings and mouldings should be
right. I do not ask how our daughters
can become belles of society, gay but-
terflies of fashion, polished jewels, but
how they may be best fitted for the
practical duties of life. We cannot be-
gin too early to teach them, that they,
as well as their brothers, must bear
some part in the burdens of life. I no-
tice a great diiference in the training of
the boys and girls in many of our rural
homes. The boy, as soon as he is old
enough, has some duty that he is ex-
pected to perform daily. and ifhe is at
all sharp he soon finds out that he
must pave his own way. If the adage
proves true that “ the boy makes
the man” just so surely does the
girl make the woman. What our girls
are to-day is a very good index of the
women they will make.

Ilook about me in families where
there are daughters from five to fifteen
years of age, and in many instances the
mother is a perfect slave. In a fam-
ily I know that has four grown
daughters, I remarked to the mother,
“ What a comfort your daughters must
be, and whata help they must be to
you,” “Yes,” said she with asigh,
“they area great comfort to me, but

I the more girls I have, the more I have

to do.” Yet there are some girls, noble
girls too, that I know, who naturally
do their part in life, naturally lighten-
ing the 'burdens on mother’s shoulders,
ma who shine as sunbeams in their
names, But the fault is not naturally
with thg girls, but with the mothers.
1‘ we would remember that our girls in
‘mfiofigy of cases will become wives,

TH

 

E GRANGE VISITOR.

 

bearing their part in the work of life,
and that while at home they must be
fitted for the future. Let them learn a
little each day while at home, and how
much will begained. Iknow there are
many mothers who say, they had much
rather do the work themselves than to
be bothered teaching their children. I
presume this is true, but how much bet-
ter to do this than to learn the hows and
whys by actual experience in after life,
and they have always to regret that
“mother did not teach me while I was
young.”

Every girl over seven years of age

should have some daily duty to per-
form, and whatever they are required to
do, accept nothing but work well done.
Let the child understand this, that no
sham, no half-way work will do.
These homeduties are as much a part
ofher education as her geography, al-
gebra, or grammar, andjust as essential.
I care not if you are able to support your
children without work. If you are and
do, your children are objects of pity.
They should be taught to work, that
they may have a just appreciation of
others’ work, if for nothing else.

The question has often been asked,
why our girls do not recive the same pay
for the same work as our boys ? I fear if
you will look at this matter candidly,
and examine it impartially you will
find that they do notdo the same work
in the same manner as our boys, for our
boys, as a general thing, are much more
practical than our girls, and what they
are taught to do they do more thorough-
ly. Our girls are as a general thing, too
superficial. Not how I can best do this,
but how it will look the best. Not how
I can most thoroughly and effectively
accomplish any given end, but how
canIget over it in the shortest time
possible and make it pass. They are
not by education skilled workers. I
know that these are harsh things to
say about our girls,—our girls that we
loveso well, but Ithink you will find it
the truth. We are obliged to take
things as we find them, not as we would
like to have them. Ithink when you
find skilled labor in a woman (remem-
berI say skilled labor), you will find
that ifsheworks the same hours at the
work as a man, she will receive the
same pay.

If, with our daughters is found a
desire for public or professional life,
every avenue is now open for its accom-
plishment. But these avenues must be
thoroughly explored; they must be-
come skilled in their work, that they
may compete with their brothers. My
friends, it has come to just this: It
must be competition; and this they
must learn. Till the present, the
standard for women to attain has been
low. To-day, if she will, she may
stand side by side with her brothers,
follow the same vocations, achieve the
same results. To-day, there are many
young and middle aged women, asking
for something to do, aside from the
needle and kitchen, by which they may
earn a living. But so far, their educa-
tion has been too superficial to admit
them to places of trust and responsi-
bility. Their judgment in the practi-
cal concerns of life has not been
developed. They have not learned
that great lesson of self-control. They
have no taste for routine work, and the
fault of all lies in their early home
training. I believe such balance of
judgment may be cultivated, such
powers of mind formed, such lessons of
self-control learned, while at home,
that they may be fitted for positions of
responsibility, or more humble posi-
tions, and fill them with fidelity, honor,
and virtue. A wife who has been obliged
to step along the wayside of life, and
lay herhusband to rest, who has been
asharer of her toils, cares, and plans,
who has known all about her husband's
business, who often becomes, by her
very associations with him, able to
bravely take up the broken threads of
all his plans and hopes, and carry out
successfully what he had anticipated,
and secure for herself and little ones
a home.

Enlargement of women’s sphere

must come from within. In just such
a ratio as she becomes a noble, self-
reliant girl, in just such a ratio will
she become better fitted for increased
usefulness, when a woman, in what-
ever sphere her lot may be cast.
Mrs. PERRY MAYO.

Marshall, Mich., Feb. 22.
___$_________

Unforgotteu Portland Grange.

PORTLAND, Feb. 23rd, 1880.
Dear Sisters of the Visitor .-

As I have never seen anything in
the VISI1‘0R concerning Portland
Grange, No. 174, I thought I would
venture to write a few lines concern-
ing it, and let the readers of the VISI-
TOR all know thatsuch a Grange exists,
and that the majority of its members

are alive and wide awake, although
they are backward in writing to let
other Granges know what they have
done, and are doing.

Our Grange was organized Decem-
ber 10th, 1873, with a charter member-
ship of 21 members. It suffered all the
ills incident to youth and inexperience,
and at times its life was almost despair-
ed of; but thanks to the careful nurs-
ing of about a dozen staunch members,
it was carried safely through, and is
stronger and healthier than before.
Like all other Granges we have lost
quitea number from suspensions and
dimits. Profiting by the past experi-
ence we believe, We can do more and
better work in the next seven years.
VVe held our meetings in the upright
of a dwelling house which was donated
to our Grange by Bro. A. Decker, one
of our Past Masters, who is a worthy
Patron, and has rendered ‘the Grange

great service. It is with regret that
we see him and his family making
preparations to leave for Kansas.

We have upwards of fifty members in
good standing, last year we received 12
new members, mostly young people,
have three applications at present, all
young folks,———you see the young people
are getting interested, which‘ speaks
well for the future of the Order. We
have essays and select readings, and
plenty of discussions, in which nearly
all take an active part, that makes it
very interesting. We have some good
talkers who say considerable, and some
who say but little, yet have excellent
ideas. I think if we could only get
them to jot down some of their thoughts
on paper that the columns of the VISI-
TOR would always be crowded with in-
teresting matter; perhaps by the time
this paper is enlarged again some of
them will muster up courage to write.
We also have had during the last six
months visiting committees appointed
to visit the homes of members. I tell
you that roused them up to a sense of
their position, and'the condition of
things generally. VVe intend keeping
up those visits too, and as soon as we
get around once, begin again and keep
things busy. It has been productive of
great good already. It makes such in-
teresting meetings when the reports
are made; besides, we gain much use-
ful information that could not be ob-
tained in any other way. No reports
have ever been in writing, or they
would have been sent for publication.
Iwish I understood short-hand writ-
ing, I’d fix them, and they couldn’t
help themselves either. We had a
nice little social dance with a— not
little supper, by which we netted
about twenty dollars, with which we
propose to buy a new carpet, and mak-
ing our room more convenient and at-
tractive. We also keep a small grocery,
and every spring order one or two car-
loads of plaster, and last year two car-
loads of salt and doubtless will do the
same this year.

I’ll write no more, for fear of making
my article too lengthy. If you think
this is worth giving to your readers,
perhaps some others will gather cour-
age, or you may hear again from

THE OLD MAID.

—A woman hearing a great deal about
“preserving autumn leaves,” put up some,
but afterwards told a. neighborthe were

_ not fit to eat, and she might aswe l have
thrown her sugar away. '

Table Appointments, No. 2.

Isuppose every one has one or more
hobbies, or pet theories, and as the ap-
pearance of the table is one of mine, I
venture to make a few more sugges-
tions in regard to table. etiquet, as well
as the best method of keeping it in
order.

We all know that handsome linen,
china, silver, and cut glass are very
beautiful when neatly arranged, but
they are not absolutely essential to a
well set and nice looking table. Plain
delf, neatly arranged looks even better
than a costly service that is negligently
cared for, and used with no order or
fitness.

I once knew a lady who was very
particular to have every dish or plate
returned to the exact spot from which
it was taken when it had been passed,
and her table was in excellent order,
even when she left it.

The knife and fork should be placed
side by side on a plate, when a meal is
finished, and not the fork resting on
one side of the plate and the knife on the
other, nor should they be crossed on
the plate.

If you have silver forks and spoons,
use them every day. and do not lay
them up for company, or for a second
wife to enjoy. They are a great saving
in labor. and will last many years, if
used with care. If you have a castor,
don’t lay it up for company, and put
on a tin pepper box for your own
family.

I consider the use of napkins an
economy, not only of table-cloths, but
they more than save their cost, and the
trouble of washing and ironing them,
by keeping the clothing from being
soiled.

Never give a guest a napkin that has
the faintest suspicion of previous use
about it, and a guest staying but for
one meal should not have a napkin
ring. They are only designed to enable
each member of the family to claim
their own napkin at each meal, and by
using them you avoid so much wash-
ing.

These suggestions may seem very
absurd to some, but if you had been
seated as guest at a table, served with
silver, china, and cutglass, with all the
luxuries of the season, and at the same
time had a soiled napkin (in a silver
ring) given you, it might not seem so
out of place to give these hints.

It strikes me that if mothers made it
a point to caution their children about
making a noise in eating and drinking,
pickin gtheir teeth with a fork, using
their napkin instead of a handkerchief,
and many other things that are equally
out of place, We should not find so
many people who were disagreeable in
their manners at table. If children are
allowed to say, “ Give me some bread,”
“I want some butter,” without being
told better, who is to blame if it be-
comes a habit with them? Surely not
the children.

Good manners and politeness in our
every-day life is certainly to be com-
mended; and the lack of them is even
more apparent at the table than else-
where, CHLOE.

 

Otisco Grange, No. 187.

I have looked for some time, hoping
to see an article from this Grange from
an abler pen than mine, but as my
hopes have not been realized, ad inter-
im, I will say _we have aprosperous,
flourishing Grange. In numbers, we
have over one hundred, and a class of
six young men about to be initiated. I
suppose our Grange is like all others-—
made up of all sorts of members; some
that would be very good Grangers if
they could only have ofiice; some that
stay away on account of some petty
prejudice against the presiding oflicer
(such ones I think spite themselves
the most) ; some that are bound to pick
flaws with everything that is done;
some very knowing ones that think
the Grange couldn’t prosper without
them; and besides these, we have a
goodly number of faithful earnest
Grangers. We have, in general, a large

 

attendance, and good literary exercises
nearly every meeting. We have a
Lecturer who is able, both physically
and intellectually, to do the work
assigned him. But in order to make
the meetings interesting, it is necessary
that each one should take part in the
discussions. and half of us sit with
folded hands, and say, “ Well, what I
could say would not be of much bene-
fit.” If all should do that way, I fear
the Grange would soon degenerate, and
yet probably the one half are just as
capable of saying something valuable
as the other half. It is this lack of
confidence that keeps us in our seats.
By repeated efforts this diflidence can
be removed. And where, indeed, can
we find a better place to overcome this
than in the Grange ? For who is there
we need be afraid of? VVe are all
brothers and sisters, and should be
there for the purpose of educating our-
selves. But as my communication is
already too long, I forbear.
Yours fraternally, C.

WAITING BY THE GATE.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.

Beside a massive gateway,

Built up in years gone by,

Upon whose tops the clouds

In eternal shadows lie;

While streams the evening sunshine
On quiet wood and lea,

I stand and calmly wait

Till the hinges turn for me.

The tree-tops faintly rustle
Beneath the breeze’s flight ;

A soft and soothing sound,

Yet it whispers of the night.

I hear the wood thrush piping
One mellow, descant more,
And scent the flowers that blow
When the heat of day is o’er.

-Behold the portals open,

And o'er the threshold now
There steps a. weary one,

‘With a pale and furrowed brow.
His count of years is full,

His allotted task is wrought ;

Ha passes to his rest,

From a place that needs him not.

In sadness then I ponder

How quickly fleets the hour

Of human strength and action,
Man's courage and his power l

I muse, while still the wood-thrush
Sings down the golden day.

And as 1 look and listen

The sadness wears away,

Again I look and lfsten,

And a youth departing, throws
A look of longing backward,
And sorrowfully goes.

A blooming maid, unbinding
The roses from her hair,

Moves moumfully away

From among the young and fair.

0, glories of our race

That so suddenly decays .7

O, crimson flush of morning
That darkens as we gaze l

O, breath of summer blossoms,
That on the listless air
Scatter a moment's sweetness,
And flies. we know not where!

I grieve for life’s bright promise,
Just shown and then withdrawn ;
But still the sun shines ’round me,
The evening bird sings on;

And I again am soothed,

And beside the ancient gate,

In this soft evening sunlight

I calmly stand and wait.

Once more the gates are opened ;
An infant group goes out,

The sweet smile quenched forever,
And stilled the sprightly shout.

O, frail, frail tree of Life,

That upon the greensward straws
Its fair young buds, unopened,
With every wind that blows.

So come from every region,

To enter, side by side,

The strong. and faint of spirit-
The meek, and men of ride,
Steps of earth's great and mighty,
Between the pillars gray,

And prints of little feet

Mark the dust along the way.

And some approach along the threshold
Whose looks are blank with fear;

And some whose temples brighten

With joy on drawing near,

As if they saw dear faces,

And caught the gracious eye

Of him, the Sinless Teacher,

Who came for us to die.

I mark the joy, the terror,
Yet these, within my heart
Can neither wake the dread,
Nor the longing to depart.
And in the sunshine streaming,
On quiet wood and lea,

I stand and calmly wait

Till the hinges turn for me,

 

Educate! Educate!

There is one thing farmers need as
much as combination, and that is edu-
cation. We do not mean, by this, to
say that they are ignorant, but there is
a great difference between being ignor-
ant, and not being educated enough.
There is also a vast difference between
an ornamental and fashionable educa-
tion, and one that fits aperson for the
practical duties of his calling. In the
Grange a young person gets both the
useful and ornamental in such pro r-
tions as give him strength and culture.


companionship with Nature, untram-

 

 

 
   

February Meeting of Macon Grange, No,
' 167.

February 23d, 1880.

9

Bro. Cobb .-
We come the second time,with glean-
ings of the published session of our
Grange, held Feb. 20th, 7 o’clock P. M.
The attendance was larger than usual,
and the exercises quite interesting.
After the regular order of business,
and song by the choir, the discussion
as to the most profitable kind of clover
for farmers to raise was taken up, with
a vim, and resulted in the general opin-
ion that the raising of clover was essen-
tial to the successful raising of wheat ;
that soils which fail to produce clover
for a few years, would also fail to pro-
duce a good stand of wheat. That for
heavy, reduced, soil, the large red
clover was most profitable, being a
great fertilizer, and remunerative in
seed. For medium soil, the medium
clover, being a good fertilizer, and val-
uable for hay and pasture ; also remu-
nerative in seed. In mixed farming,
on soils adapted, a few acres of Alsike
are profitable, for hay and pasture.
The essay on “The Cultivation of
Flowers ’_’ was passed, Mrs. Roberts
being absent, but other sisters engaged
in extemporaneous remarks, on the ne-
cessity of appropriating‘-a. portion of
time to the study and cultivation of
flowers, for their refining influence and
pleasing variety of scenery in yard and
household.
“ Recess socials are always good.”
The opening song was passed, Miss
Scudder being absent, rehearsing pieces
for a musical concert to come off the
next evening. Select readings were
also passed, Mrs. Rogers having been
absent at the last meeting, and not see-
ing the published program.
The essay by Mrs. Stewart was well
received, and should be heard to be ful-
ly appreciated. By solicitation, We
are permitted to publish the same in
full, as follows:

Worthy Master, Bros. and iSz'ste7-s:

I see, through the published program,
that an essay was expected from me
this evening. I had supposed that it
was the generally conceded opinion that
I am not a_ literary character. But
I am interested in the advancement of
the Grange, and believe it cannot be
attained unless every member is ready
to do their work. VVe claim to be a live
Grange, but cannot sustain such claim
unless every member is a worker. We
all know that we are something, there
is some nook or corner each can fill;
and the sooner we ascertain what our
talent is, the sooner the machinery will
get into successful working order. This
cannot be done unless every member
is willing to do their duty,—and that is
the reason that I appear before you this
evening, claiming your indulgence for
a few moments.

Now, as Patrons of Husbandry, we
should be proud of our Order, but it is
necessary, for growth and prosperity,
that we advance in every branch of our
calling, for unless we do, we are slip-
ping backward—we cannot rgmain sta-
tionary. Our motto should be, “On-
ward and upward.”

There is talent enough here, if prop-
erly brought out, to make a lasting
light that will'shine far out into the
future. There are those who think the
farmer’s life consists in tilling the soil,
making butter and cheese, to the exclu-
sion of everything else. What bus-
iness have we with books, music, or
anything pertaining to a refined or lit-
erary taste?

They forget that we live in constant

meled by the vice and corruption which
make up so large a part of our towns.
We come in daily contact with the pure
and ennobling, and if we do not make
advancement in that which is elevat-
ing, it is owing to our own perverted
taste. Good and evil are continually
around us; if we seek only the good,

- entertainments pleasant and instruc-

our members intend to join it.

connection with our Grange, and we
own our hall and are out of debt,——and
time only serves to teach us more and
more of the importance of the Order,
and we are doing all we can to educate
ourselves in the duties we owe to God,
our country, our neighbors and our-
selves.

Bro. Jerome T. Cobb .-

sent not long since. I have examined
and re-examined it, and I m11st say
that I like it decidedly—for the reason
that it is entirely devoted to the inter-
est of the Grange, and not half taken
up with advertisements that are of lit-
tle or no benefit to the non-speculating
Patrons.
“jack—knives ” left out.

year’s subscription, to commence with
Jan. 15th, if back numbers can be fur-
nished. When I get my paper regu-
larly, I will drop you an occasional
note as to what we are doing in the
mountains of Tennessee.

THE GRANGE VISITOR.

7

will soon have no taste for the coarse
and illiterate.

We meet in this hall semi-monthly,
for the benefit of the members ; we
should strive to make our meetings and

tive, for both old and young. VVe ought
to make these meetings such that our
young people would want to unite with
us. We must not weary in well doing,
——if the laborers are few, we must re-
double our zeal; we have come to the

we will. There is talent enough in this
Grange, if taken from the napkins, to
make these meetings pleasant and in-
structive. Shall it be said that we are
lessening in numbers, through lack of
energy ? If we have any brains, bring
them into action. Let each member
bear their part for a few times, it will
then cease to be a burden, but rather a
pleasure. We do not know what we
can do, until we try. Let the selec-
tions be entertaining, something in
which we are all interested, brief and
to the point, so as to not weary. I am
anxious for a live, working Grange,
whick I think we are capable of sus-
taining. Then Ishall be proud to be
a Granger. We can be what we will,
the future lies before us. H. L. s.
The discussion on “ How to make our
Grange meetings the most interesting,"
was participated in by nearly every
member present, and the prevailing
opinion was, that each member should
be punctual, on time, so that meetings
could be called to order at the appointed
hour; that the exercises should be
taken up with a spirit of enterprise,
and so diversified that some part there-
of would be interesting to each mem-
ber. That musical and literary exer-
cises should be intermingled, so as to
interest the young members. That
there should be occasional socials, feasts
and public meetings, with invited
speakers, — showing companionship,
magnanimity, and philanthropy.

My communication is already too
long, please excuse and accept.
Fraternally yours,

A. EASLICK, Rep.

 

Ferris Grange, No. 440.

FERRIS, Feb. 23d, 1880.
Editor Grange Visitor .-

I wish the VISITOT sent as per list,
for which find enclosed $1.50.

Our Grange, No. 440, is in a flourish-
ing condition, and, in fact, the Order is
prospering throughout the County.
VVe are buying our plaster from the
Patrons’ Plaster Company, as all true
Patrons should.

The next meeting of the Pomona
Grange of this County will be at .our
Grange hall, on March 4th; many of

We are keeping a Grange store in

C. D. MASON,
Master Ferris Grange, No. 440.
Moncalm County, Mich.

 

From Tennessee.
OAK HILL, Overton Co., Teun., r
February 23d, 1880. 1

Thanks for sampies of your paper,

Surely, I like it with the

Enclosed please find 50 cents, for one

Fraternally,

which we can find in everything, we

front, and must sustain it—we can if

_ed, or he means to misrepresent us.

‘other organization, I care not what our

hold and go to work it would not be a
success.

Letter from a Granger in Ohio.

WoaKiNG_Gr_RANG1-2, No. 509.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

names. Send all the numbers of this
year. These make ten copies in all
taken by members of our Grange.

9(- 4.1-

-56 5': -7:
You will also find fifteen cents, for
which send me a copy of the new sing-
ing book. I was happy to know that
the Vrsri-on paid its own way in 1879,
and happier to see it come out enlarged
and improved so much in 1880. That
fact alone, brothers and sisters, speaks
volumes to encourage us forward to
the accomplishment of the grand aims
and objects of our Order, and in no
way can we do more for the good of the
Grange than to solidly support our own
paper.
The VISITOR is the Patrons’ own
paper, and to demonstrate that fact, let
the members of the Order in this State
follow the example set by Union
Grange, No. 259, and the editor will
find no trouble in increasing the circu-
lation 1,500 copies this year.
Patrons, read each number through
carefully, and then lend it to a neigh-
bor, who is outside the gate, to read.
VVe must not only read the Vrsrroa,
but contribute liberally from our minds
and pens towards filling up its pages
with our best thoughts and brightest
ideas. The good work will then go on
more rapidly.
Ithink the Ladies’ Department of
the VISITOR  extremely well filled, as
a careful perusal of that department
will prove. “ Not all the strongest
caskets contain the brightest jewels.”
How tame is that saying! I am
pleased to state that VV. G., No. 509, is
reviving, and a few who have been
tardy in their attendance are coming
home again. They have learned that
the Grange is the farmers’ own and
only organization which constantly and
effectively labors for the good of the
agricultural classes.
We had a public installation of cm-
cers on the 24th of January The
Hon. Harvey Kellogg, of North Light
Grange, Ohio, assisted by Sister
Collard, installed our officers, “And
all went merry as a marriage bell.”
There were those present who never
saw the inside of a Grange hall before,
and all expressed themselves as highly
pleased, not only with the feast which
kind hands had provided, but with all
the exercises of the occasion.
Our co-operative store is in a flourish-
ing condition, and doing a good busi-
ness. T. G. CHANDLER, Sec.
Sylvania, O.

Allegan County.

IVIONTEREY, Allegan Co.
February, 23d, 1880.
B7-o. J. T. Cobb -

I see in the VISITOR of Jan. 15th. a
communication from a Patron of Traw-
bridge Grange, in which he says, “ VVe
have gone in on the independent plan
with our County organization.” He is
either ignorant of what we have form-

 

(There was talk of forming an inde-
pendent Grange in this County, but it
did not carry.) We have formed a
County Council of Patrons of Husban-
dry. We propose to work as true
Patrons, and not as outsiders. Our
Constitution sets forth that we are to
labor for the good of the Order of the
Patrons of Husbandry throughout the
country. We expect to work hard, and
if the County will take hold and work
there will be no reason why we cannot
do ourselves good as an Order, butif the
Patrons of the County hang back and
do not take an interest in the work we
cannot expect to accomplish much.
This would be the same if we had any

name may be, unless the Patrons take

J os. H. WENTWORTH, Pres.

ELIHU WELLS.

I herewith enclose P. 0. money order
for $4, for which send eight copies of
the GRANGE VISITOR to the following

Grange News.

VERMONTVILLI-3, Feb. 25, 1880.
Bro. Cobb .-
Sugar making is the order of the day

severe cold, I will try and report pro-
gress here.

The Barry and Eaton Mutual Fire
Insurance Company held their annual
meeting at Hastings, Feb. 17th. A See-
retary was to be elected, and three law-
yers aspired to the position, and one
farmer who had been a Director,thought
that he could do the work—and a ma-
jority of 453 ballots cast said he might.
So Mr. D.W. Rogers, of Carlton, is to
fill the position for tbreeyears. \Vheth—
er he be a member of our Order or not,
I do not know or care; our principle
has prevailed and is still working.

Feb. 18th, we met at Sampson Hall,
Charlotte, at 1 o’clock P. M., and heard
one of Bro. \Voodman’s good talks, on
the Grange and itsprinciples, in which
be reviewed the condition of farmers
in Europe, and asserted that causes
were at work in our own land to reduce
them to the same low condition ; these
could only be counteracted by organized
effort. The Grange is the only thor-
ough organization for farmers the world
has ever produced, and it has done
much good work, and finds its hands
full of new work.

Bro. VVhitney made a few remarks,
when the meeting adjourned, the Pa-
trons going to Ketcham’s Hall, where
Bro. Whitney proceeded to organize
Eaton County Pomona Grange, No 28.
Seventy-four members were enrolled,
and all the oificers were elected and
installed. An Executive Committee of
four, two for two years and two for one
year, were elected—after which, owing
to the lateness of the hour, the meeting
closed. I should state, however, that
Charlotte, April 15th, were chosen as
the time and place of the first regular
meeting.
The next day at 10 o’clock A. M., the
Vermontville Grange, No. 025, met at
their hall, together with visiting mem-
bers from several Granges, and Bro.
Adams, of Grand Rapids, W. M. Wood-
man, of the National Grange, and VV.
L. VVhitney, of Michigan.
The chief topic was “Incorporation,”
on which Bro. W'oodman made some
explanations, for our benefit and in-
struction.
At 1 o’clock P. M., quite an audience
gathered at Loomis’ Hall, to hear a
public address by W. M. VVoodman.
As there was more time, and less
hoarseness, than on the previous day,
he dwelt more at length on the same
general subject.
As has seemed usual with us in this
County, the travelling was against us,
but our meetings were pleasant, in-
structive, and profitable.
Fraternally,

B. E. BENEDICT.

 

A Pleasant Occasion .

Worthy Bro. J. T. Cobb .-

Sixty-seven members of Battle Creek
Grange paid a visit to Galesburg Feb.
20th, arriving on the noon train, at
12:30, and departing on the Evening
Express, leaving Galesburg at lO:30.
The exercises consisted of speeches,
music, a feast, provided by Galesburg
Grange, etc.

Among the speakers were Messrs.
Hoagland, Austin, Coy, and Mrs.
Shepherd, of Battle Creek; Messrs.
Risbridger, Woodford, and White, of
Bedford Grange; Messrs. Mayo and
Hough, of Marshall Grange.

A very fine essay by Mrs. Mayo, on
“What Shall we do for our Soils,”
elicited an extended discussion on this
important problem.

The program, as laid down, was as
follows: Reception at train by mem-
bers of Galesburg Grange; escort to
hall; address of welcome, by H. Dale
Adams, W. M. of Galesburg Grange;
response, by A. W. Dickinson, W. M.
of Battle Creek Grange; speaking, by
members of Battle Creek and Galesburg

O. G. LINDSLEY, Lecturer.

A Farmer who was Found Wot-thy——

here, but as I have been housed by a

two candidates of Galesburg Grange:
recess; address by H. B. Hoagland, on
“ Business Capacity of Farmers; ” re-
cess, for refreshments. Call to order;
essay by Mrs. Mayo; discussion, etc.;
close. Open meeting, for benefit of
those outside the gates ; remarks by A.
D. P. Van Buren and others; meeting
adjourned by resolution of thanks to
Galesburg Grange for the very hospit-
able manner in which they entertained
all present; escort to train, and thus
closed one of the most enjoyable occa-
sions within the experience of the
many persons present for many years
past. ADAM.

 

A Grange which Improves its Privileges.

BYERS, Feb. 25th, 1880.
Bro. J. T. Cobb.-

I thought I would write a few lines
to the Vrsrroa to let you know how we
are getting along in this part of the
Grange vineyard. I should have writ-
ten before, but I have been prevented
from doing so by the misfortune of
breaking my right arm, on the 8th of
Dec. last.

Fern Grange, No. 475, is alive and
doing what it can, in a small way) for
we are but few in numbers), but I think
we are strong in the faith that the
Grange is a benefit to the farmer finan-
cially, as well as mentally, socially and
morally.

Last November we sent an order for
groceries to G. W. Hill & Co., of De-
troit, the goods and prices werejust as
represented, and gave all satisfaction,
ata saving of about 20 per cent from
what we could have bought the same
goods of our home dealers ; and several
bills have been ordered since, with the
same result. The last order was for
clover seed, which was all right. As to
quality, prices, and weight—after being
shipped here in one lot, in bags, and
then sold out in small lots to the mem-
bers—it did not fall short one ounce.
Now I would say to those who say,
“ We can’t see any benefit to the farin-
cr, in dollars and cents, by belonging
to the Grange.” All I say is, “You
are mistaken. The fault is with you.”
Improve the privileges and advan-
tages the Grange gives you,and you
will find that I am correct in my asser-
tion, and that the money invested in
paying your quarterly dues is yielding
you a larger per cent than you are
aware of, beside all the enjoyments
which all good brothers and sisters
know we find at the Grange.

Now, my advice to the Grauges of
this, or any other State, is to patronize
your own established Agencies, and in
particular, G. W. Hill & Co., of De-
troit.

Right here let me say a few words
more, for the VISITOR. I think the 50
cents a year paid for it is another good
investment, and if the individual mem-
bers_will not take it, let the_Subordinate
Grange take a copy for each family, to
be paid for by the Grange. You will
find it pays.

Fraternally yours,

J OHN T. BEYERS.

A Prosperous Grange.

J. T. Cobb.-

Orion Grange, No. 259, is determined
to do her part in the great and noble
work that the Order of P. of H. has
undertaken to accomplish.

We initiated 25 new members in the
third and fourth degrees, on Feb. 21st,
followed by a feast, and a social good
time generally. All had a pleasant
time, if their bright and happy faces
were an index of their feelings.
Inclosed find an order for nine copies
of the Vrsm-oa, making fifty-three cop-
ies for Orion Grange. Where is the
Grange that is ahead of Orion ?

The Grange is doing a good and noble
work in the education of our farmers,
their wives, sons and daughters.
Patrons, let us persevere till we raise
our profession to the position which

justly belongs to it.

HIRAM Annanws,
Sec’y Orion Grange, No. 259.

Granges; conferring fourth degree on

  

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THE IIEAPEII. DEATH.

ROL§‘E.—Died, at his residence, very sud-
denly, in the township of Le Roy, Ualhoun
County. Nov. 18th, 1879, Oamsno H. Roma,
in the 60th year of his age.

WHEREAS, It has pleased our Heavenly
Father to remove gy death our beloved brother
fxpin our midst. a bow in submission to the
Divine will, feeling that he doeth all things
well ; therefore,

_ Resolved, That while we thus recognize the
Just hand of a loving Father, we must also
express our sorrow in losing a very worthy
member of our Order, one who, although re-
inoved some distance from our place of meet-
ing, was always punctual in attendance, earn-
est and devoted in the cause of Grange princi-
ples, and always extending a helping hand,
wtth that brotherly love and fidelity that is
wikthyl of commendation.

eso ved That we unite in givin s ath ,
as a Grange, to the bereaved I!'I(ZI1g(1S,y11:;18I.l‘tlCl’l’-
Iarly to our sister, who mourns the loss of a
long-tried companion, the partner of so many
years. We have reason to believe that she puts
her trust in the same Master, who, though He
may seemingly severely afilict, He will as sure-
ly bless.
_ Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded
in the minutes of our Grange, and a copy sent
to the family of the de.-eased, and to the
Gamma Visiroiz.

RYAN’ B. Cowmzs, Com.
Central LeRoy Grange, No. 130.

SPRAGUE.——Rev. THOMAS SPEAGUE died at
Kendalls, Kalamazoo 00., on Sunday evening,
Oct. 26th, 1879, after a protracted illness, in
the 68th year of his age.

WHEREAS, It has pleased our Divine Master
to call from earth to Heaven our beloved Bro.,
Tnos, SPEAGUE, we would acknowledge that
there must be a smiling Providence, although
it may seem to us a frowning face, and what is
our loss will be his gain. We would bow in
humble submission to the will of Almighty
God, realizing that sooner or later the grave
will be our house.

Resolved, That, in the death of our brother,
we have lost a valuable member of our Order,
andatrue friend to the cause of humanity.
We have left us a living example of anoble
character, fully ripened for the Master's use.
Would that we might catch up the spirit of the
departed one, and follow on in the pursuit of
the cause of humanity, and an eternity of
peace, which is the reward of well doing.

_ Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded
in the minutes of this Grange, and a copy be
sent to the family of the deceased, as an ex-
pression of our deep sympathy and tender re-

ards, also that a cop be sent to the GRANGE

Isxron. nu B. Cowmas, Com.

Central LeRoy Grange, N o. 130, Dec. 30, ’79.

 

SMITH.—Died, at his residence, Dec. 4th,
1879, at the advanced age of 70 years, Mogu-
:7e3n SMITH, a. member of Ravenna Grange, No.

WHEREAS, Death has again cut from our fra-
ternal chain ii. link, which, in all time, will_not
be restored ; therefore,

Resolved, That, in the death of our brother,
Ravenna. Grange has lost a generous supporter,
the Order a valued member, and the society in
which he moved, a refined and agreeable citi-
un.

Resolved, That our Grange. in manifestation
of its respect for our Worthy Bro., and our
condolence with the bereaved relatives, in this,
their hour of sorrow, draping our charter in
mourning for the period of ninety days.

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be inscribed on ovr records, and a copy sent to
the soi-rowing widow, and also to the GRANGE
Vlsiron, for publication.

M. E. BANK,

C. HARRISON,
M. B. AVEEILL,
Committee .

FIOWED SEEDS AND PIANIS.

It is now nearly time to use FLOWER and
VEGETABLE SEEDS, also to get BUDDING
PLANTS and HOUSE PLANTS.

Send in your Orders, and get the usual LOW
BATES given to Bro. and Sister Patrons.

Send for anything in my line, and I will
furnish it to you, or inform you where to get
it. Fraternally,

C. L. WHITNEY.
Muskegon, Mich.

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ONION SEE AND SEED POTATOES.

' My stock of Onion Seed is all grown by my-
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My list of Sand Potatoes embraces Early
Ohio, Whi le’s Seedling, Bui-banks’ Seedling,
Snowflake.
yhg npply. Address,

HEMAN GLASS,

86-86' Lsn Avinrun. Bocniis-i-nu, N. Y.

March 15, 1880.

 

 

  

 

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in Ornnnnnin in Every Lover of Flowers.

. Price list will be sent mail’

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

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Flower Seeds,

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EIIIJJDIY us with a collection of Flower Seeds on terms that en-
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The Seeds are flrst class, and

 

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co ection: .-

1 Paper or Asters Choice Mixed varieties . . . . . . . .Price 10 Cents

1 Paper Balsam, Double, mixed colors.. . “ 1-! Cents

1 Paper gypress Vine, mixed colors . . ..  .. . “ 10 ('ents

1 Paper elichrysum Monstrosum, D_bl., mixed “ 10 Cents

1 Paper Lobelia, Basket Varieties, mixed. . “ 10 Cents

1 Paper Pansy, Choicest Varieties, mixed. “ 15 Cents

1 Paper Petunia. Finest, Blotched, Striped . “ 10 Cents

1 Paper Portulacca, Dlil. Choicest Colors mixed “ 20 Cents

1 Paper Verbena. Hyhridi, Choice, mixel colors -‘ 15 Cents

1 Paper Zinnia, Double, Splendid Colors, mixed “ 10 Cents

Total Value of this Collection ofseeds . . . . .. 81.20

This Llst cannot be Deviated From.
Every article is cholce, and

This is a superb collection. .
ynst what every lady who loves flowers wishes.
friends of this offer of the PATRON one year a
Papers of Seeds all for only 81.25.

Address your orde

LIVE PA1'li’ou, Sprlnzfleld, Ohio. '.j:~\ . I ' ’

mat is the Live Patrn?

it is a sixteen-page, 64-column,

Well, in brief

Tell all your
nd these ten

  

Farm and Family WEEKLY. Pub-

lished in the Interest of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, and designed to

Supply to all Interested

the very best possible Farm and Family Lit
The Live Patron is in every respect a

first-class Farm an
admits no huinbiigs, swindles nor Patent Medicines in its advertising columns.

in Agriculture

eratnre at the ve lowest possible price.
x<IyFamily Newspaper. It

pasted together antlcut open like shook, making it convenient for reading: and preser-

vation. It is eminently practical. thoroughly pure.

member of the Family. -Sample copy free.

Send your subscriptions at once on the above .
club in your neighborhood and secure a. good premiun.

It contains something for every

unequalled offer, and then get up a
Address.
LIVE PATRON, Springfield, Ohio

SAVE MONEY I

BY PATRONIZING YOUR OWN

STATE
BUSINESS
AGENCY.

I AM PREPARING TO SELL YOU A

Single SEWING MA CHINE

_._A']_‘ .__

WHOLESALE RATES I

THE STANDARD SINGER.
THE IEXCELSIOR, Or
THE IMPROVED WHITNEY
STYLE orv FINISH.

N0. 1 $15, No. 2 $16, No. 3$l7, No.4 $18.
MACHINES FULLY WARRANTED,
_AND__

SENT ON I0 DAYS’ TRIAL,
IF REQUESTED.

g-ORDER DIRECT or

THOMAS MASON,

Pafrons' Oonimissrbn Merc/ram‘,
CHICAGO ILL.

SHORT H OR NS

FOR SALE.
ANY ONE WISHING TO PURCHASE

A WELL BRED BULL,
AT A REASONABLE PRICE,

OR ON EASY TERMS.
CAN FIND SOME CHOICE ONES

By Calling on or Addressing,

H. C. HOLT,

84_87 cascade, Kent Go., Mich.

SEEDS, SEEDS, SEEDS.

The Patrons’ Seed Catalogue, for 1880.

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

Every Package is Stamped with the
Year in which it was Grown.

Send for Catalogue, with Discount Sheet
attached. Address,
SAMUEL WILSON,
Mochanicsville, Bucks Co., Pa.

84-87

HEADQUARTERS FOR LAND PLASTER

DAY & TAYLOR,

Grandville, Mich.

Are prepared to furnish LAND PLASTER,
fresh ground, at coutrrct 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.

janl-ly DAY it TAYLOR.

 

Wool - Growers’ Bulletin,

——rini oizznz-——

WOOL-GROWERS’ PAPER

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

FOR 500. A YEAR.

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

A. VAN DEN BERG,
MANUFACTURER,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER in

Harness, Wlnns, Blankets, Trunks, &r.,

92 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 different Granges 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, . . . . . . . . . . .829 00
The same without breeching, . . . 26 00
“ “ with Flat Lines, . . . . .. . . 28 00

“ “ ‘* “ “ without bre'ch-
825 00

mg, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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. . . . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 00
Same with Flat Lines. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 00
Nlckel Trimmed...8l5, $16, $18, 820 and 25 00

   
  
 

Flat Lines, with Snaps, . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 50
Round Lines, with Snaps.. . 4 00
Hams Straps, per doz., . . . . .. . . 1 20
Hendstalls, Blinds, Road Checks, . 4 23
Collars,...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 225
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.
Vandenberg, 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. VANDENBERG,

92 MONROE S'r., GRAND RAPIDS.
85-97

papers for the price of one.

The Husbandman.’

SIXTH YEAR.

REDUCED PRICE l

$1. $1.

2 The HUSBANDXAI has been widely recognized
as standing in the front_ rank of agricultural
journalism. While tieatiiig fully all questions
embraced in

PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE,

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

fastened upon it, and the hurtful discrimina-
tions by which its products are cheapened be-
low the cost of the labor employed in their
production.

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

 

A YEAR.

 

rity.

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

ELMIRA FARMERS CLUB DISCUSSIONS,

and from time to time editorial letters of travel
and observations abroad.

ITS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS

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

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

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

Remittances may be made by draft on New
York, Postolfice money order, or in currency.
Checks on country banks involving expense in
collection must have ten cents added to meet
such cost,

Drafts, Postoifice money-order and checks
should be made payable and all letters ad-

dressed to
HUSBANDMAN.
ELMIRA, N. Y.
Sample copies free on application.

Two Good Papers!

THE CINCINNATI GRANGE BULLETIN.

A large eight page, weekly, Grange,
Agricultural, and Family paper. now
in its Fifth year of publication, devoted
to the Grange, the Farm, the Home
Circle, and the interests of the Farmer
and his Family, everywhere. It aims to
be first-class in every respect, believing
that the farmers deserve to have, and
will support a paper that in all its De-
partments would be THE BEST. Agri-
cullure, Horticulture, Crops and Mar-
ket Reports, Topics of the Times, Grange
1Vewe from every State, dtc. Price $1.60
per year, postage paid.

 

Our Little Grangers.

Published monthly for the little folks
of the farm, and designed for their
Homes, their Schools, their Gromges,
their Gardens, their Pets, and their
Flowers; to help them in loving the
Good, the Beautiful, the True, the
Ilome, the Farm, the Orange, and their
Native Land. Price only 25 cents per
year, sent free to all subscribers to the
Olncinnali Grange Bulletin, or two good
Address:

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

Send for Sample copies, free. novl-6m

HAPPY CHILDREN I

In answer to many urgent Requests from Town
and Country, the Publishers of

“ OUR LITTLE G-RANGERS ”

Have concluded to issue it by itself at

ONLY 25 CENTS A.YBZARl

This will give thousands of Boys and Girls a.
chance to have a good paper ALI. THEIR Own.

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

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

member it is only 25 CENTS A YEAR.
Make the little folks happier and better.
Address,
GRANGE BULLETIN’ C0..

 

nov.1-Gm

148 W. Fourth St.. Cincinnati, 0.

or ‘S1917 srozzrd 210.1 asms .53
srsnnfi Ailing  srnsrsnlrfl
‘lVNlE)ltlO
'SIONI'I'.II - ‘oovorno
‘IHDNIHAVSHSVHVM 658 Pu‘? L85
‘'03 $9 prom Aiemofiquom

GEO. W. HILL & 00.,

80 Wooclbridge St, - - Detroit,

Are now prepared to handle

Wheat, Oats and Com,

IN CAR LOTS.
Having plenty of storage room we can also
handle
APPLES.

BEANS.
CHEESE.

POTATOES,
B UTTER,
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 1°01‘ STORES, CLUBS and Families

At the Lowest Wholesale Price.

3%“ Consignments and Orders Solicited.
jyl2-iio70tf.

T. J‘. STRONG,
Monterrey, Allegan Co., Mich-.
Breeder and Shipper of Pure

Improved Chester Whites

Bred from the Noted Herd of S. H.
TODD, of Walieman, Ohio.
§Coi-respondence Solicited.

-1-03” ATE

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

Blnghampton, N , Y.

 

Paw Paw, Mich., May 18th, 1878.
Joints, or BINGHAKTON:

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

Yours, Fraternally,
[Signed]

J. .1. WOODMAN.
PRICE LIST of SUPPLIES

Kept in the oflice or the Secretary or the
MICHIGAN S TAT E GRANGE.
And sent out Post Paid, on Receipt of 01.113 Or-
der, over tbe seal of o Subordinate Grimyc,

and the siyrmture of its Mater or 

Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred... .
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to
keep accounts with members, ........ .. 1
Blank Record Books, (Express aid), . . . . . 1
Order Book, containing 100 0I‘l£3tS on the
Treasurer, with stub, well bound, .... ..
Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts .
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,
well bound, ................... ........
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bonnd,. .
Applications for Membership, per 100,... .
Membership Cards, per 100,. . . . . ..
Withdrawal Cards, per doz.,...
Dimits, in envelopes, per doz.,. . . . . . . .
By-Laws of the State Grange, single
copies 6c, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
New kind of Singing Books, with mini ,
Single copy 15 cts. per dos.
Rituals, single copy,...

in

 
  

 
 
   

on" for the
ration of Subordinate Grange:
with py of Charter, all complete,. .. . .
Pat:-on’s Pocket Companion, by J. A. On.-
mer, Cloth, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Notice to Delinquent Members, per 1 , . .
Declaration of Purposes, per doz., 5c.;
per hundred, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Address, J. 1'. COBB,
SEO’? Mien. STATE Gannon,
SCHOOLORAFT, HIGH.

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