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SCHOOLCRAFT, JANUARY, 1875

No. 10.

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IT Is not the purpose of the Executive C0111-
mittee in continuing the publication of the
VISITOR, by direction of the State Grange, to
deviate from the course first marked out in Feb-
ruary last, which was to furnish the most direct,
complete and chehpest medium of communica-
tion between the officers and members of the
Order throughout the State.

VVe hope Masters and Secretaries will not
fail to call the attention of members to every
matter of general interest, which appears in
the VISITOR.

Communications on any subject, calculated
to promote the good of the Order, are solicited.

§’ For Grzmge Supplies kept by the Secretary,
see “ Lxsr or Surrmns” an eighth page.

Offlcers Michigan State Grange.

M.—J. J. WOODMAN, - -
0.—P. W. ADAMS, - —
L.---C. L. WHITNEY, - -
S.—H. FLEMING. - - -

A. S.—W. H. MATTISON, - -
C.—A. M. FITCH, - — - Albion.
SEc.—J. T. COBB, - - - Schoolcraft.
’l‘.—S. F. BROWN. - - - “

G. K.—A. E. STRONG, - - Vicksburg.
CEBES.—MRS. N. CHILSON. Battle Creek.
POMONA—MRS. W. T. ADAMS, Grand Rapids.
FLORA—M.B.S. J. J. WOODMAN, Paw Paw.
L. A. S.—MRS. W. H. MATTISON, Ionia.

Paw Paw.

- Tecumseh.
Muskegon.
Pontiac.
Ionia.

Executive committee.

J. VVEBSTER CHILDS, Chairm’n, Ypsilanti.
F. M. HOLLOWAY, - - Hillsdale.
GEO. W. WOODWARD, Shelby, Oceana Co.
SAMUEL LANGDON, Bowen Stat‘n. Kent Co.
C. G. LUCE, - - Gilead, Branch Co,
S. E. J EFFRES. - Okemos, Ingham Co.
W. A. WALES. - - Disco, Macomb 00.
J. J. WOODMAN, J. T. COBB, - Ex. Olficio.

State Business Agent.
J. H. GARDNER, Centreville, St. Joseph Co.

Deputies.

C. L. WHITNEY, General Deputy, Muskegon.
P. W. ADAMS, Lenawee U0. “ Tecumseh.
W. 0. SMITH, Osceola Crapo.
CoUB.TL’D HILL, Clinton Bengal.

Jns. ANDERSON, Sanilac Fasmers.
W. SKATTUCK, Saginaw .

Proceedings of the National
Grange.’

SECR.E'l‘AIlY’S REPORT.

, “ li’0rt.7z-_2/ .Mastrr and Patrons .'

“With thiseession our oflicialterms

i expire. When elected at Georgetown,

D. C., in 1873, the Work of the Secre-
tary s olfice required the constant at-
tention of my worthy assistant and
myself, and occasionally one or two
others were employed. During the
past three years the press of business
has required us to increase the force
at one time to eighteen persons, most-
ly females. At the present time but
four clerks are employed. During
the past three years we have supplied
twenty-two thousand six hundred and
twenty subordinate Granges with
their outfits, and issued a large amount
of extra materials, such as song books,
manuals, tracts, etc. The largest
number of Granges supplied with
outfits in any one day has been one
hundred and sixty-five, and the small-
est is one. VVe have yet to see the
work fall off when not one application
will be received any day, but the
country being well supplied with
Granges, that day can not be lar dis-
tant _

“In the history of organization our
order is the greatest achievement of
modern times. Ancient history tells
us of the Eleusinian Mysteries, where
both male and female, old and young-,
were admitted to membership, and
Ceres the Goddess of Agriculture was
worshiped, to whom they built costly
temples, and all Greece flocked to
join in the sacred rites.

“It is the leader of modern associa-
tions in admitting old and young of
both sexes The Masonic Order, con-
sisting of blue lodges, chapters, com
manderies, and other branches of its
organization, number 12,930 bodies
on the entire globe; the Odd Fellows
number 7,051 lodges, encampments,
etc., giving a total number of 19,981
in the whole World; and those orders
have existed for centuries; while at
the outside we have but eight years’
growth, and have issued twenty-four
thousand two hundred and ninety
charters, confined to the United States
alone. We stand far in the lead of
any other association.

“From our efforts let us hope we
may yet see not only the farmers and
mechanics of this country, but those
of all other nationalities unite in an
equally glorious work.

“During the three years pastthere
have been upwards of three thous-

and deputies at work reporting di-
rectly to our ofiice, and I doubt if the
same amount of similar work has ever
been done with less trouble and com-
plaint; and to the credit of‘ those dep-
uties. let me say there has been but
three cases of dishonesty.

"It is quite reasonable to suppose
that many of the Grranges organized
under the excitement of last year
should be weak, but our records at
this date show only six hundred and
eighty-six that have been consolidat-
ed, suspended, or had their charters
revokedgsince the first introduction
of the order.

“State Secretaries this year report
a total paying-membership of seven
hundred and sixy-two thousand two
hundred and sixty-three, while the
increase of new Granges for the past
month has been ninety-two.

“The total amount of moneys re-
ceived in the secretary’s~ oifice and
deposited in the fiscal agency in the
past three years is in round numbers
about 8350.000, exceeding the united
paid-up capital of all the purely agri-
cultural societies in the United States
for the past fifty years, or in fact since
they first had an existence

“We have on our books 1,247 depu-
ties appointed by State Masters the
present year. There have been dur-
ing the past three years 3,172 depu-
ties supplied with manuals and other
documents. leaving in most of the
States enough to supply all the dep-
uties that may hereafter be appoint-
ed, as well as all new Granges that
may be organized.

“I suggest that each State Master
take active measures to recall the bulk
of these supplies and utilize them;
and that for new deputies only one
copy of the manual and private in-
structions be herafter furnished by
the National Grange.

“The present plan of furnishing
supplies, demands your attention. In
the early days of the order, when few
took any interest, and none were
willing to invest capital in materials
and risk a market, it was absolutely
necessary as well as to secure uni-
formity, Ihat materials be supplied by
the National Grange; but I believe it
no longer necessary, and suggest that
we adopt the same plan in this respect
that prevails in the Masonic Order,
after the present stock on hand is ex-
hausted.

“The general correspondence of the
ofiice indicates a strong desire that
the National Grange should at this
session adopt some work of a national

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character for the good of the order,
and as one who fully appreciates the
necessity at this time of wise and

ing new Granges, and require them
to be composed exclusively of fourth-
degree members. '

harmonious action, I sincerely bope , _“In the work of subordinate Granges
soon a great work may be 1Da.ugurat- i will it not be advisable to require

ed which may redound to our credit
and be of incalculable value not only
to our order but to the whole country.

“In the preamble of our constitu-
tion is this language:

"The ultimate object of this organ-
ization is for mutual instruction. and
protecsion, to l ghten labor by diffus-

ing a knowledge of its aims and pur- _,

poses, expand the mind by tracing the
beautiful laws the Great Creator s
established in the universe, and

enlarge our views of creative wisdom
and power. [[010 much of the resources
of the National Grange has been spent

during the past three years in dii'fus- 5

ing knowledge? Are we not losing
sight of our ultimate object? Co-
operation in buying and selling seems
to absorb the attention to the exclu-
sion of everything else. Ought we
not as representatives of this grand
body of American farmers to do more
toward the education of the people
by means of tracts and competent lee

tures? At the Georgetown session
it was decided that the Secretary con-
fine his work exclusively to organiza-
tion and extension of the order, while
the Executive Committee would at-
tend to the general work by which
the members at large should derive
all the benefits of the organization.
As far as my office is concerned we
may consider organization as finished,
and we now have the facilities at our
command to carry out any other
branch of work that they may decide
upon.

The accompaning tabulated state-
ment shows 2,012 Granges organized
from January 1st to September 30th
of the current year. Texas leading all
other States. ndiana is now the
banner State, and Missouri next, the
first having received 2,036 charters.

“Much complaint is made in regard
to state dues. States are now requir-
ed to pay dues on subordinate mem-
bership, whether they have collected
the same or not.

“A change in the ruling has been
called for. It has been suggested that
semi-annual reports, instead of quar-
terly, by made in both Subordinate
and State Granges. Would it not be
better to require semi-annual reports
from subordinate and annual reports
from State Granges?

“I am urged to present the claim
for the higher degrees that were in
good faith promised to several worthy
men who were commissioned as dep-
uties prior to the Georgetown, D. (1.,
meeting.

"There are those now excluded
that rendered valuable service in the
early days. and though at the St.
Louis meeting they were acknowledg-
ed as entitled to seats, their names
were dropped before th e session
closed.

“As an olfice of record the Secre-
tary's oiiiee should be utilized. It
can readily be made the channel of
imparting much valuoble information
of various kinds, for the direct bene-
fit of our members.

A further suggestion may be con-
sidered: Abolish the system of mak-

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l each candidate for a higher degree to
 pass an examination in the teachings
l of the lower degrees.

' “Experience and o b s e r V a. t i o n
; prompt me to suggest several matters
 for your consideration, and among
E others. do away with publishing the
 key with the manual, requiring it to
i be committed to memory.

“Authorize the publication of the
manual key in the German language.
, This can be done without any tax
i upon the National Grange, and at the
‘ same time we can increase our re-
l sources materially.

"In compliance with your resolu-
l tion to have duplicate records of sub-
 ordinate Granges prepared for each
‘ State, I have the pleasure of saying
that sixteen States have been furnish-
ed. leaving twenty-two to be supplied.

“The instructions of the Executive
Committee to move the National
Grange from Washington to Louis-
ville were received ‘on the afternoon
of Friday, and half an hour after
crates were being made in which to
pack the materials. We kept up the
regular work of the oliice for the week
while packing. The last desk left the
Washington ofiice Monday afternoon
at 6 o‘clock, and with the chief clerk
and three subordinates I reached this
city the following \Vednesday and re-
sumed our correspondence, being in
fact but three days in making the
change.

“Ir1 conclusion, brothers and sis-
_ ters, I thank you for the marked cour-
tesy that has at all times displayed
itself in our business relations, and
tru-t that the friendship formed and
nurtured in the great struggle for the
present success, may continue while
life lasts. 0. H. KELLEY,

Secreta7'_2/.”

Co-operative Stores.

Wherever cooperative stores have
failed in this country it has been from
one of the following causes. Defect-
ive or dishonest management; giving
credit instead of dealing on a cash
basis; want of suflicient capital; too
small profits allowed, which it was

the actual expenses; ignorant busi-
ness managers, especially in selection
of a stuck of goods; needless ex-
penses; unfortunate location of store,
sometimes too obscure in location
from its customers; but the greater
causes were starting with too small a
capital, and trying to extend the bus
iness and compete with combinations
formed by other stores, and the were
of a Skilllnl, competent, and honest
manager.

The main bond of interest is a. mon-
ied interest and a knowledge that the
customer is buying cheap. When
the customer knows that he is buying
cheap and is being honestly dealt
with in weight and measure, and
knows that he is receiving a dividend
of profits upon his stock invested,
that customer is going to support that
Store by word and trade.

Such stores can buy their goods at
low rates of our large supply stores

finally lound were too small to meet .

in St. Louis and Chicago, and the
cheapness will depend upon the quan-
tity purchased; hence it is best to
start with a few necessities than keep
a large supply on hand. “Quick
sales and low rates of profit.” will
lead to greater success.

The manager of the store should be
an experienced, intelligent person,
noted for honesty and trustworthi-
ness. He should not be too closely
connected with any of the officers of
the society to cause objection; he
should be a fair book-keeper, courte-
ous, kind and obliging. He should
be patient, active, a zealous worker,
without necessarily having any inter-
est in the dividends on the stock.
Let him be paid a reasonable salary
that will support him, and place him
above temptation. It would be well
if he could live in the same building,
where his wife might aid him as the
business increased, which it would be
sure to do by fair management. Let
the directors choose all other assist-
ants, and let them require a monthly
statement, with the proper books and
vouchers for every transaction, and
these directors must not work for
nothing and board themselves.

If the Patrons wish to have success
the members of the society must have
a dividend on their capital invested.
They will never gain strength on the
unjust plan of giving all customers
equal benefits, whether they have
stock invested or not. There should
be a difi'erence made between meni-
bers and outsiders, or there would be
but littleuse in supporting such a
store, will be the argument used when
asked to invest -capital, besides, capi-
tal demands a legitimate share of the
profits on itself. Granges are gener-
ally enthusia tie, and so much in earn-
est in this matter of co-operative
stores that the imperfect knowledge
of many committees appointed leads
them into numerous errors and diffi-
culties. A little more care and time
in studying into plans and causes
would save many from shipwreck in
plunging headlong into a busine.-s
which they know little or nothing,
about, and we make these suggestionc
hoping they will prove of some ser-
vice, and would advise all grange
store-keepers to correspond frequent
ly and get each other’s experience.-
f’atron’.s- Gleaner.

SENSIBLE ADv1cE.—Each Grange
should keep an accurate record of‘
the amount otall purchases made by its
members through agents or from firms
offering discounts to the Order. The
amount saved should be ascertained
as nearly as possible, and entered up-
on the minutes. Each co-operative
sale, together with the profit or loss,
should also be recorded.

—The store of the sovereigns of
Industry at Springfield Mass., did
o\'er $6,100 worth of business in June
last. In the four months since it has

been under.its present management,

sales have amounted to $21,255. Its
expenses were only $927.26, and the
entire capital $2,000. The net profits
Of the store, after paying expenses and
7 per cent interest on the capital stock,
were $302.37, indicating that goods
were sold at only a. small advance
from co_st.

  


TH E GRANGE VISI'I‘()l?..

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assists apartment.

In answer to many inquiries that

are being made, by members of the 

Order, about the Centennial Encamp-
ment project, I have deemed it advis-

able to give the following a place in 5
 forwarded to this oflice, to be record-

the VISITOR:

Patrons’ Centennial Encamp-

lllellt.

A meeting of the board of managers
of this Association was held at the
Penn Manor Hotel, corner of Eighth
and Spring Garden streets, Philadel-
phia, on Tuesday last. All the mem-

bers were present except Wm. Dean, §

Esq., of Delaware. Much important
business was transacted, among which
was the passing of resolutions deter-
mining to proceed at once to the
building of the Encampment, and
authorizing the Secretary to adver-
tise for plans and proposals for build-
ings.

The members of the board are of
one opinion as to the success of the
project, in the matter of patronage,
and as a financial investment, and in-
tend to push it with energy, economy
and strict business fidelity. It now
remains with the Patrons of the
country to sustain the managers, by
promptly subscribing to the capital
stock, and using all their efforts to
make the Encampment national in its
character. -

To build the Encampment with ca-
pacity for the entertainment of 6,000
people, will require at least $75,000
additional capital to that already sub-
scribed, and these subscriptions must
be received within the next thirty
days in order to enable the board to
complete their contract. There are
hundreds of l’atrons throughout the
land who intend taking stock, but
they are delaying the matter to a
more convenient time. VVe wish to
impress upon their minds the fact
that the time has now arrived when
they must act if they desire to have
a part in the consummation of’ this,
the grandest enterprise ever inaugur-
ated and carried out by farmers.

The Encampment will be built-
the managers have determined upon
this; but unless material aid to the
extent above named, is promptly ren-
dered, its dimensions will be much
smaller than was at first contemplat-
ed. VVe hiipe and believe, however,
that it will not be necessary to our-
tail the plans. The Patrons of the
United States are able to carry out
this project to its maximum capacity,
and they will enter into it with a will,
when they learn that the managers
mean business.

In subscribing to the stock it is
well to remember that the money will
be called in by installments of ten
dol=ars on each share, and that at
least thirty days will intervene be-
tween dates of payment. so that stock-
holders will have ample time to ar-
range their money matters.

When the Encampment is open to
visitors, stockholders will have prefer-
ence in entertainment, by writing in
advance and notifying the managers
of the time they desire rooms. Those

J. J. VVOODMAN, - — - PAVV I’A\V. ,

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 who desire, may use their certificates
jot‘ stock, at par value, as money in

~  the payment of lodging and boarding

on the grounds. Tnese inducements
:should be suflicicnt to cause every
' Patron, who intends visiting the Cen-
tennial, to take at least one share of
i stock. Those who take stock as a fi-
nancial inveetment, cannot fail in re-
alizing their hopes of large dividends.

All stock subscriptions must be

ed on the books of the Association.
Notice will be given by circular to
each stockholder when and how to
pay their instalments. An immediate
response is expected from every
Grange whose members are readers of
the Farmer’s Friend
R H. THOMAS, Secretary,
Mechanicsville, Penn.

Patrons of Michigan, consider this
matter, and if the enterprise meets
your approval, give it material aid, and
your influence. The following reso-
lution was passed unanimously, by
the Executive Committee of the State
Grange at their last meeting:

Resolved, That the Executive Com-
mittee of the Michigan State Grange,
from the information in their posses-
sion, have full confidence in the suc-
cess of the Patrons’ Centennial En-
campment at Philadelphia, and feel
justified in recommending to Members
of the Order in this State who con-
template visiting this great exhibition,
to take stock in the Centennial En-
campment Association of the Patrons
of Husbandry.

THE numerous inquiries that are
being made by newly elected ofliccrs
of Subordinate Granges, relating to
subjects that have been fully explain-
ed in the Visrron, leads me to infer,
that in some cases, Secretaries have
neglected to keep files of it for the
benefit of the Grange, and new officers.
As the VISITOR is the medium of of-
ficial communication between the
State and Subordinate Granges, much
valuable information relating to the
good of the Order, and its laws and
usages, will appear in its columns,
which should be preserved for future
reference. This could be done, by
using file-sticks, and preserving all
the numbers in book form. In this
way each number, as it appears, can
be put upon the file without disturb-
ing the arrangement oi the previous
numbers; and all may be preserved in
a convenient readable form.

Tm: following will answer some of
the questions which have recently

been raised:

lst. AGrange is not responsible
for the acts of the Deputy, in the or-
ganization of the Grange, or any act
done as a Grange, until organized and
invested with authority.

2nd. A rejected candidate may re-
new his application for membership,
in six months from the time of rejec-
tioii.

3rd. A Member who knowingly
signs the application ofa rejected can-
didate, before the expiration of six
months from the date of rejection,
violates his obligation as a Patron,
and invites the penalty.

4th. If a rejected candidate has il-
legally become a Member of another
Grange, he cannot take a Demit and
join the Grange rejecting him, without
submitting to the same form of ballot
as is required of new candidates; nor
can he make application to join the
Grange rejecting liim,even with a De-
mit, until after the expiration of six
months from the date of his rejection.

5th. A Secretary of a Grange, can-
not use the seal of the Grange, for his
own private use, either with, or with-
out the consent of the Grange.

Services of the General Deputy.

It seems to be understood, that the
General Deputy, is paid a salary for

his services by the State Grange.‘

Such is not the case. He receives the
fees fixed in the By-Laws for organ-
izing Granges; of this work there is
but little now required. He is also
paid $3.00 per day when engaged in
special work, under the direction of
the Master of the State Grange. Fur-
ther than this. no provision is made
by the State Grange, for paying him
forhis labor. He has a family to sup-
port, and his circumstances will not
permit him to devote his time and
means in the work of the Order, witl1-
out reasonable compensation. He is
devoting his whole time for the good
of the Order, and Granges employing
him, should remember that traveling
costs money, and “the laborer is wor-
thy of his hire.”

———Wooclstown Grange, No. 9, in
New Jersey, represents having pur-
chased during the last eight months,
supplies to the amount of over $ 4,000,
upon which we are well satisfied. We
have saved 25 per cent , which would
make a saving of‘ over $850, an aver-
age of nearly $100 per month. VVe
have committees appointed, whose
duties are to visit the farm of each
member, and report in Writing. which
reports will be placed on file for fu-
ture use as reference, the. To exam-
ine the buildings, fences, and im-
provements generally—with modes of
culture and of cropping—underdrain-
ing. it’ any, with what success; the
different kinds of fertilizers used, and
with what success, as well as the dif-
ferent soils of which the farms are
composed ; the kinds of stock kept,
with profits of same. The committee
have had the matter in charge ior
some time, and difi'erent reports been
made. We cannot but think much
good will result to our farmers gener-
ally by such an arrangement.

——The Farmer’s l"z'ndI7cator thus
speaks of the Order in Arkansas:——
“Our Order has accomplishod a. vast
deal in Arkansas. It has taught the
farmer to pruduce what he consumes
and live at home. It has cheapened
what he is compellei to buy. It has
taught him self-reliance. It is ma-
king of the producers intelligent he-
ings, and men and women of influ-
ence. It has given us a general
spring harvest of small grain and
grasst-s—a thing unknown before in
the annals of our State It has ele-
vated the farming class socially" and
morally It has been the great lever
in elevating our State to its present
happy political condition.”


 

 

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4 THE GRANGE VISITOR.

éctretarfs gcpartmeiit.

J. T. COBB, - - - - SCIIOOLCRAFT.

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

Plaster.

In answer to letters of enquiry about
plaster, the following explanation is
presented:

Brother H. O. VVeston, of Grandville,
who had undertaken to supply the
Patrons of the State with plaster, found
himself, early in December, in such a
state of financial embarrassment that he
was unable to push forward the build-
ing, mining, and other necessary work
preparatory to grinding plaster-rock,
with the rapidity that he had expected.
At the meeting of the State Grange at
Lansing, Mr. Weston came before that
body and stated very fully the situation
of his business. and asked that assist-
ance might be rendered him in some
way, so as to enable him to fill the or-
ders for plaster that he had received.

The whole subject was canvassed very
fully by the State Grange, and a resolu-
tion adopted, pledging the support of
the State Grange to its Executive Com-
mittee in carrying to a successful issue
any plan they thought best to adopt.

VVithout going into detail, sufiice it
to say that the Executive Committee
felt the necessity of immediate action,
and although considerable time has
elapsed, the complications were such
that the Committee feel that the matter
could not have safely been pushed much
faster. _

It has been necessary to advance
money to Bro. \Veston, which has been
done by the Committee, and we think
he will be able to begin to ship plaster
the first week in February.

By arrangement, all orders for plaster 
that have been sent forward are now in 5

my hands, and they will be filled, so

far as practicable, in the order in which 5

they were first received by me.
Parties preferring to have their orders

filled later in the season, will not lose ‘-.

their priority of claim by such postpone-
meiit.

All remittances of money for plaster
will be made to me.

By order of the Ex. Coin.,
J. T. COBB, Secretary.

VVe hope our friends will not over- 5
whelm us with letters of enquiry about ‘_

this plaster business beyond what is
really necessary.

While we hold ourselves ready to:

answer direct, all letters that will not
admit of a general reply through the

VISITOR, yet all must see that this me- 

dium of communication is cheaper and
far better than private correspondence,
upon all subjects of general interest.

 

IN looking over this number of the

‘VISITOR its readers will see that, while c‘
it has not been enlarged in size, by the 3

use _of smaller Q/pe, we furnish more
reading matter than before,

‘V1131: thg expectation that our friends
Wqu -en us alarge subscription, the
price has been reduced to 30 cents per
annum.

At this price, e v G, . -

State should send ‘1fgysomrems%i.l)slcI;il)tgl':
before the 1st of February. ‘We shall

try and make itusef I ' f t‘ ' -;
Sibley  eVe1‘.V Patroiil wlino ?i(esiliI‘1e:l§geble ‘
kept Informed of the condition of the ;

Order in this State.

Patrons will bear in mind that in?
urging you to take the VISITOR we have 1

no sort of pecuniary interest at stake.

‘We hope tne support given it will 
make it entirely independent of the‘

State Grange Treasury, and that in the
future, as in the past, it will be the best

channel through which to reach the‘

membership of the State.

Election Returns-

Our list of Masters and Secretaries of
Subordinate Granges for‘ 1846 is very
incomplete. VVe send this No. to Mas-
ters and Secy’s of last year, _where elec-
tion returns are not_yet received. With 9:
request that it be given to their succes-
sors and report oificers elect. _VVe hope
Secretaries who have been dilatory in
this matter will forward. the names of
Master and Secretary, with the P. 0.,
of each. VVe do not care to have sent
us afull list of the officers of Subordin-
ate Granges.

 

Notice to Secretaries 1

As soon as oiflcial notice has been re-
ceived of the action of the State Gran-
ges upon the Amendments to the Con-
stitution of the National Grange, we
shall issue a revised edition of the i\a-
tional Constitution, the Amended By-
Laws of the Michigan State Grange,
and the Codes of By-Laws recommended
by the State Grange at its last session,
for adoption by Pomona and Subordiii-
ate Granges. Price, 30 cents per dozen.

mittee on the 6th inst., J. H. Gardner,
of Centerville, was appointed State Bus-
iness Agent. Bro. Gardner is a man of
considerable business experience. If
success in his own business afi"ords any
ground for confidence in his success in
this new field of labor, we may reason-
ably expect that Mr. Gardner will fill
the bill, as he stands in the front rank
of the best farmers of St. Joseph Co.

His opportunities are very much im-
proved by the action of the Executive
Committee, authorizing the Agent to
furnish goods at cost, and look to the
committee for pay for his services.

As Bro. Gardner has received definite
instructions from the committee, there
will be no variation from this rule, that
goods will be furnished to Patrons at
cost-, on all orders accompanied with the
money, or on such assurances as are
satisfactory to the Agent.

I think the business arm of the Order
will gain strength by this ai'raiigemer_it,
;* and hope Subordinate Granges and
County Agents will at once open cor-
respondence with Brother Gardner.

THERE are still quite a number of
 orders on Treasurers of Subordinate
 Granges, issued to Masters for attend-
§ ance at the session of the State Grange

in January 1875, which have not been
- returned to me, and placed to the credit
. of the Subordinate Grange.

I was instructed by a vote of the
State Grange, to pay Masters holding
f these orders, whatever balances remain
; unpaid after the fees and dues of the
Grange for the full year ef18T5 had been
E endorsed thereon, and reports of Secre-
 taries for the year received at this office.
I hope Masters or Treasurers holding
f those orders will return them to me at

3 once, that the Grange may have credit v
for the amount paid, and the Master re- ‘

ceive from the State Grange Treasury
the balance still due him and not en-
dorsed on his order. All that matter
‘ should be closed up as soon as possible.

I iiavri just received a notice that a
, sufficient number of copies of the Pro-
ceedings of the Ninth Session of the
% National Grange, held at Louisville in
; November last, had been shipped to me
to supply each Grange in the State with
one copy. I shall mail a copy to each
Master so far as election returns have
: been received. Masters not receiving a
copy will know why.

_ As we receive letters daily without
‘ the number of the_Graiige, we some-
times find it very diflicult to determine
where to direct an answer.

VVe hope_calling attention to this mat-
ter often will show an improvement in
the future. VVe lose time every day,
and frequently cannot answer aletter
I immediately, for want of the number of
;the Grange to which the enquiry re-

! lates.

AT 3. meeting of the Executive Com- 5

VVE receive letters every week, and
sometimes from Secretaries, asking the
price of some article found in our List
of Supplies.

Please take notice that all articles
kept by us, and prices of the same, will
be found in List of Supplies in every
number of the VISITOR.

VVE send Blanks for Secretaries’ Re-
ports, on application.

Before the close of the current quarter
we shall send a full supply for this year
. of a new form, to all ecretaries whose
I election has been reported to us.

IN the Decenfiber number of the VIS-
ITOR, the printer made a resolution re-
ported by the Finance Committee, rel-
ative to the pay of the \Vorthy Treasur-
er, for his services, recommend that he
be paid $600. It should have been 3150;
and as the resolution was adopted by
the State Grange, he was paid that
amount.

Tm; following Granges are not en-
titled to the Annual \Vord, on account
of delinquency in Secretaries’ reports
for two or more quarters, to wit: Nos.
27, 28. 98, 105, 109, 117, 150, 163, 169, 196,
216, 231, 254, 258, 294, 345, 36-5, 369, 382,
405, -112, 418, 419, 420, 446, 449, 453, and
542.

1\'o.’s 451, 571, 577, 586, 588, 595, 595,
and 598 have never reported.

Scientific Butter.

If science continues in her present
rapid progress, the occupation of
farming will very soon be played out,
and instead of sending their sons to
agriculturel colleges, the farmers will
do better for them by having them
instructed on a mixed basis of “trade”
and chemistry. We are led to this
reflection by the exposure of the last
scientific dodge for dispensing with
genuine butter, and substituting for
it an extract prepared from the fat of
beeves. The oil contained in the fat
is separated by a series of processes,
from the stearine, and is then mixed
with a little milk and churned and
prepared like ordinary butter.

It is distressing to find that this iii-

§genious attempt to break down the
monopoly of butter producing, hither-
to enjoyed by the bovine race, has
not met with success, and that the
“Oleoniargine Manufacturing Co.,”
have been rewarded for their efforts
to benefit mankind, by a series of per-
secutions which have at last driven
them into bankruptcy.
‘ The Butter and Cheese Exchange
g took the matter up, and declared that
i the innocent looking stud‘ which might
easily have been mistaken for good
I yellow Orange Co., butter, was :1 dan-
jgerous adulteration, liable to turn
; speckled, streaked and nincid. The
factory of the coinpany was closed,
and the final act of the drama took
ploce in the Marine Court, a few days
ago, when judgment was granted
against the stockholders for the wages
of their employees, and for other
debts.-—-Patrons’ Gcrzettc.

 

——As one of the leading features of
the Grange movement is the educa-
 tion or development of the latent
E talent among the farmers; or, in other
' words, to prepare farmers to occupy
I places of trust and honor, by leading

them to think for themselves—these
, grange meetings should be varied by
j addresses or essays by our members.

 

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gecturzfs gepartment.
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- MITSKEGON.

Pernlanency.

No better evidence of a permanent fu- i

ture for the Order of Patrons than the
building of numerous commodious and
tasteful halls can be asked.

VVithin two weeks, we have had the E

honor and pleasure of dedicating three

of these halls, according to the rites and
usages of our Order, lately pomulgated
by the National Grange. .

This ceremony reflects great credit
upon the Order, and especially upon the
author, Bro. Thompson, (to whom we
are indebted for many of the finest por-
tions of our literature.)

The first of these dedications was at
VVorth, or Tuscola Village, in Tuscola
Co. \Vhitney Grange, No. 513. Bro.
Richardson, W’. M., and Bro. J. Q. A.
Burrington, Sec., may well be proud of
their efforts in securing so good a
Grange Home. The dedication on the
7th inst., was followed by the instal-
lation of ofiicers, all of which passed off
very satisfactory. A piano well played
supported the choir as they, by well ex-
ecuted singing, supplemented our ser-
vices.

At the close of the labors of the day, 

we were called to banquet at tables
groaning under luxuries, as well as ne-
cessities, which soon grew less and less,

until at length they gave place to inno- .

cent recreation, in which both old and
youngjoined with zest, in harmony to
the sweet notes of the lute and violin.
VVe looked on, and should have contin-
ued to look oi1, but, alas! it was Leap
Year.

Dedication No. 2, was on the 12th
iiist., for Fayette Grange, No. 251, of
Jonesville, followed by installation——all
public. ‘Ye earnestly commend the ex-
ample of this Grange to all Patrons.

The hall, large and commodious, was i

tastefully decorated with paintings, em-
blems, wreathes, and mottoes, on the
walls. The windows have elegant lom-
burquins pending suitable lace cur-
tains. The floor was well carpeted, all
of which the Grange can justly be proud
of. W’. M. Bro. Halloway called‘ the
large assembly to order at the proper
time, and in a short address opened the
service, delivering the keys to our
charge, as representative of the State
Grange, asking the dedication oftheir
handiwork to the use of the Order of P.
of H., according to the established rites.
The usual address followed, at the close
of which the L. A. S. entered from the
preparation room, followed by two

Brothers and two Sisters, hearing a,

plain but tasteful altar, followed by the 

A. S.

This emblem of Faith, Hope and !

Charity, was duly placed in position, 

the entire assembly standing. The \V.
M., Ded.’g OfI'., VV. 0., VV. L., W‘. Ch.,

tions near and surrounding the Altar,
when a prayer was oflered, followed by
:1 “Laud,” and ahymn by the‘ choir.
Flora then scattered flowers upon
the Altar, with appropriate words in
Faith; Pomona, with fruit offerings,
spoke of Hope, and Ceres brought out
her grain and taught us a lesson of
Charity. The ‘V. Ch., then placing the
bible upon the Altar, all read the 13th
chapter of 1st Corinthians, after which
seats were resumed, the Hall declared
duly dedicated, and its keys restored
with appropriate words to the Master.

Similar services were held at Key-
stone Grange, No. 226, Clinton 00., on
the 1-5th inst., at which time the Green-
bush band assisted, supplementing the
choir in the installation services that
followed.

The influence of these services, well
rendered, is good upon the public who
witness them, and oftimes aid greatly
in strengthening weak Grangcs. ‘Va
reccommend them. '

‘Von-k.

ll’o2-tliy Brothers and iS'i's(ers .-

Your humble servant, honored with
the title and oflice of State Lecturer, to
which has been added the labors and
responsibilities of General Deputy, has

much he would like to say to you in 
this number, which for reasons he will =

not. 1st. The columns of the VIS-
ITOR are filled with other import-
ant matter; and. 2d. VVith his con-
tinual change of place, and public ad-
dresses, installations, and dedications,
nearly every day since the Lansing
meeting, he has not had as much time
as he desires when he appears in these
columns.

He would, however, suggest some:

food for thought, and recommend the
same for your consideration, discussion
and investigation : .

1st. VVill your seed corn grow ? \Vhy
not? Frost! Try it-. Old seeds ditto.

2d. \Vith this open weather may not
the stirring ot' the soil be tried to des-
troy cut-worins, &c.?

3d. \Vhat agricultura.l papers shall
the Members take—not forgetting the
culture of the orchard, garden, home
and family interests ?

4th. Shall not the Grange subscribe
for, and have for the use of the Lecturer,
some paper, or papers, not taken by any
Member?

5th. W'hat- can this Grange, or corn-

munity contribute towards the best pos- ‘

sible representation of Michigan pro-
ducts at the Centennial ‘3 (No time to
be lost.)

6th. VVhen, and how, shall we best
prepare hot-beds and cold-frames for
forwarding early vegetables and plants‘?

7th. What varieties of fruit shall we
plant in orchard and garden '7

8th. What can be done to add to the
interest, increase the attendance and
promote the greatest good in our
Granges and among the Members ‘.‘

9th. Is not award to the wise sulfi-
cent‘?

grate gflgenfs @cpartm2nt.

J. ll. GARDNER, - CENTREVILLE.

Patrons of Michigan:

I have been appointed State Business
Agent by your Executive Committee,
in place of Brother N. Chilson, with
instructions, “that the business is to be
conducted so as to give you all discounts,
both general and special, and all rebates
allowed by manufacturers and dealers.”
I have not yet entered upon my duties,
as it is not known probably beyond the
neighborhood of the committee of my
appointment. I have been engaged
during the past year as agent for St.
Joseph county, and have transacted
some business with manufacturers of

_; farm implements and jobbers in mer-
; chanclise, so that I do not come before
Ceres, Pomana, and Flora, took posi-E

you entirely unacquainted with trade.
I am now corresponding with manufac-
turers and members of the Order in
other States, for prices and information.

3 I expert to be able to secure some de-

v duction in prices from last season, on

all tools and machinery used in farm-
ing.

E. Murry, of Niles, offers wagons ten
to fifteen per cent. below last season’s
prices; J. Hutchinson, of Three Rivers,
offers his power corn-shellers at twenty
per cent. oil‘. These shellers, with a.
two-horse tread, or four-horse sweep
power, will shell seventy. to eighty
bushels per hour of dry com. A two-
horse walking cultivator for $20; two-
shovel, single horse cultivator for $3.25,
with steel blades and clevis, provided a
contract can be made soon for a definite
number. On plows, several makers of-
fer25 per cent. off from retail rates of
the past season.

The Whitney’ and Home Sewing Ma-
chines, both flrst-class, can be had for
flue per cent. less than heretofore. In

5 groceries I have not yet made contracts
E with any particular firm to fill general
orders; I have been buying in New
York and Philadelphia with satisfac-
tion. Louisana sugars, molassas and
rice can be had from the State Agent at
New Orleans at low rates.

There having been but a few days
since I was notified ofmy appointment,
I have not received many replies to my
_ correspondence, and consequently can
i not give a lengthy list of prices now.
The main thing to insure success in our
business is unity of action, as far as
practicable, through all our Order ;
therefore let us be united, and work to-
gether for the benefit of all.

My arrangements are designed to be
such that all articles will be sent direct.
from the place of manufacture, and
goods from the point where purchased,
to the place where wanted.

Consult together now in your meet-
ings and ascertain how many plows,
ciiltivators and harrows you will need
in the Spring, and send me your order
as soon as possible, so that I can con-
tract for them ; and so that the maker
can have them ready when you want
them. Don’t put it off until the day
you want to use them, and then grum-
ble because you have to pay high prices.
Agree on one style of plow and one cul-
tivator for general work on the same
, soil, ifpossible, and do away with so
:3 many different patterns, which vary
but little. All orders accompanied
with the money or satisfactory refer-
ence will be filled as soon aspossible.
Patrons, try me with an order for any-
thing you need, and ascertain if I can
fill it satisfactorily.

Address all communications to J. H.
Gardner, State Business Agent, Centre-
ville, St. Joseph Co., Mich.

flaiztniiiriiceifiulis.

S3iITIi’s CREEK, Nov. 14, 1875.

At a feast held recently by our Grange.
Miles H. Carleton, delivered a very
able and instructive lecture on “ Pro-
gress in Agriculture." He gave a
voluminous and accurate statistical
report, (from memory) showing the
gradual increase of Agricultural pro-
ducts during the last hundred years.
In summing up, he spread out a very
encouraging prospect in the future,
for the fa.i-mer, by dwelling upon the
benefits that would accrue from the
Grange,—pecuniary, social, and intel-
lectual. His discourse was listened
to with great attention, and was high-
ly appreciated by all present.

Mr. Carleton is a first class speaker.
For energy, and clear enunciation he
is not excelled. The arrangement and
handling of his subject is masterly.
Possessing powers of concentration
seldom equalled, backed by a memory
almost infinite in its research, he is
able to abstract facts from the sur-
rounding rubbish of history, and to
present them in such a free, and un-
tramelled manner as to astonish while
it interests his hearers. I understand
_Bro. Carleton is lecturing somewhat
in the interest of the Grange. His
best passport is-——hcar him !

BENJAMIN R. MALLORY,
Master Smith’s Creek, Grange No. 57:2.

BIG RAPIDS, Jan. 9, 1876.
Bnornsn Conn :—'l‘he first quarterly
meeting of Mecosta Pomona Grange N o.
2, was held in Fern Grange Hall, and
oflicers for the ensuing year were elect-
ed: Master——A. B. Knapp, P. 0., Her-
sey ;_ Secretary—John F. Beyers, ’ Big
Rapids; Executive Committee—Chas.
M. Darrah, Wm. Ladner, John P.
Short; County‘ Agent——John F. Beyers.
raternally yours,
JOHN F. Bsvnns.

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6 ‘   " THE GRANGE» V

(70-OPERATION. CONC V
AND COMBI‘.\lA’l‘l0‘.\ .

Concentrate your forces, friends,
Good Patrons one and all,

’Till eveiy foe shall vanquished lie,
And every traitor fall.

Combine as one in harmony,
If victory you would gain,

Nor heed the words of bitter SL".>l'll
Grjcers of proud disdain.

(',‘oncentrate, if you would achieve
Tlie hopes we seek to win ;

What though our efiorts are but weak,
VVhen we Ill’/l’lI‘Sl’, begin ;

The future may disclose to view
An army brave and strong,

Tliat will siirnioiint each obstacle
For which we labored long.

In combination, there is power,
By which we may ascend.

To heights of honor, Wealth and trust,
\Vhich we will e’er defend;

For Justice thereon sits enthroned,
And weaves a garland bright,

‘With which to crown each toilers lirow,
\\’ho battles for the R4}/12!.

They. who have dared demand their own,
And biavely stemed the tide,

Of aristocracy and po\vci'~
Monopoly and pride ;

Now join together in one band,
Resisting forms of old,

Whose fetters long had bound tho-in dowii ;-—-
'.\'o more are bought and sold.

But Kings and Qucciis within :1 i-calm,
Are Patrons in their home,

\V'hich they have earned by lll(lllSll‘_\',
And love to call their own ;

Their honest hearts doth bless the hour
Before unknown to man,

\l'hen concciitrzitive thought [)l'(:(l1lC8(l
The Grangers.' noble plan.

Mus. U.-\IT.l~]'i'.
Battle Creek, Mich._. Jan. 1871'».

“ Pay as You Go.”

EN’l‘RA’l'|0N  the farmer, after long years of weary

, toil and anxiety, hoping, expecting to
i pay for and there end your days, We

lost, by not having learned when you

started out in life to "‘ pay as you go-” ‘:

Perhaps your farm is mortgaged, but
the mortgage lS not due for a long

A time, and even if it comes due, the

man who holds the mortgage says he
is in no hurry for ll1S inouey, he will
renew the mortgage.

Now you feel there will be time for ,

 you to build a new house, and as you

, built, then you must have it furnished 

always expect to live there, you build ;

anice one. After you have got it

or people will think you are “hard
up” sure‘; Then the surroundings

must be improved, :1 carriage and

faster horses must be added, and other

things to give the appearance of wealth. :
You live along so for a few years, but 

it takes all you can raise to keep up
appearances, but those debts you have
made, inust be mef.

VVhat is the consequence! Your beau-
tiful home is lost, the home you had
made so beautiful is gone. God pity
you; you are not as young and hopeful

‘ as you were when you began; age is

creeping. VVhat will you do? '[ can.-

‘ not tell. But had you taken for your
* motto " pay as you go,” this would nev-

er have happened.
“Pay as you go.” How many of you
have long accounts, or no written ac-

counts, or accounts imperfectly kept=

with the men you employ to work for
you. The settling up comes. If he is a

‘ man that works by the day, perhaps he

_ will say that he has worked more days _

How happy every one must be that ‘

pays for everything when he gets it,

although he-may not have as much as I
those that get trusted, but to think ‘

what you have is paid for, and no one *

dunning you for the pay, makes one i
feel manly and independent. If a .
man is industrious and a good mana- 
ger he can soon have all the comforts 5

of this world and some of t.he luxuries
besides.
quiet for such, that a man in debt
never knows

than you have given him credit for, or
he has not been paid as much as you
claim you have paid him. Now the
best way is to “pay as you go.” and the
next best way is to keep daily accounts.

“Pay as you go,” not in advance. It‘,

you pay ii man before he does the work
how hard it is to get him to work, what
short days he makes, and how little he
works, and he would rather work for

some one he does not owe. I believe 1

you do him an injury. He has not that
courage and ambition to work that he

would have, if he was expecting pay—

when his day’s work was done. Sup-
pose he be a young man, working by
the month, and you pay him two or

three months in advance, (I have known -

it done,) and he should take it into his
head to put out some dark night,
wouldn’t you wish you hadn’t paid
him. Or, suppose he should be taken

Jsicl' or should cut hi" foot or son e
There must be rest and1 " 3 l

otheraccideiit happen so as to be laid

. up fora longtime. how are you going

“Pay as you go,” but alas; how?

few do it. 'Jhe most of farmers are .
' d bt . " d " ' -' i
In e ’ Cmmpe 101 money’ balmy 1 why‘? For several reasons. You look
. . . . I at the liandbiliy on see some tlin ‘s
the saying is. to meet their indebted- v D 3 I g

know how to twist or turn, as

ness; they look careworn and anx-f
ions. I have read and heard about?

the “ Jolly Fa.riners.”
they now? I think they must be
among the things that are past. J ust
look at the farmers now; 1 think they
are anything but jolly. Why is it?
They do not have to work half as
hard to raise the same amount they
did twenty five years ago; you may
say you work just as hard as you did
then. Granted that you do, you cer-
tainly ought to raise more than three
times the amount you did then, with
the improved machinery at your com-
mand, and lands well improved. Why
are you not jolly! Simply because
you do not “pay as you go.” Debt,
the curse of our country. How many
homes, yes, beautiful homes. that you

W here are 5

to get your pay. If he needs things, pay
him as fast as he earns them, it will be
better for him and you too.

Auctions are a nuisance! Do you ask

advertised you imagine you want and
can get trusted for them, so away you
go to the auction, First, you know you
are buying lots of things you do not

= wan t, because you think they are cheap

and you can sell them and make a big
thing. \Vhen the sale is over you give
your note (larger than you expected) for

teu months ora year at ten per cent. ~

\V1ienit comes due, you find it hard
work to pay it. You have not made as
much on the articles you bought as you
expected, and those you thought you
needed, it would have been better if you
had waited until you could have paid
down for. And again, you often bid on
articles you do not want or intend to
take, but bid on them ’ust for fun, and
when no one else bids iglier, you have
to take them. Then it is not so much
fun. Auctions are good enough for
those that have things‘ to sell, but I
would advise farmers to keep away un-
less they have the money to pay down,
andjudgment to buy only what they

ISITOR.

i need. “Pay as you g03'_’ I k.“°“’ 5‘
‘ man who bought a fanning mill this
l last fall; the agent asked thirty dollars
l at ten per cent. payable in one year. 9'‘
5 if he would pay down he Lnig_lit have it
' for  The man paid the $20 and t00k
the mill, made a saving of five dollars:
wasn’t a Granger either. But ypu say
i you liav’nt got the money ant. must
have things that are necessmy, and
trust: to luck to pay for them-

If you had a will to pay for them you
would find a way, for “ where there is a
will there is a way.” Take the money
you pay for tobacco, it would go a good
ways toward keeping you out of debt. It
, is a dirty, filthy habit, doing no one
l any good. \Vliy, I have known those
’ that smoked as many as three ten~cent
cigars a days and perhaps more. besides
treating their friends, complain of hard
times. The cost in a year would amount
to over $100, enough to pay the interest
I on $1,000 at ten per cent. _ Let such a
man's wife ask him for a little money;
‘ does she get it? No! he says I havn’t
_ got the money to spare, I’ve got to pay
1 my debts. If his wife is a woman of
5 spirit, after being told that a hundred
thousand times, she may get mad. Can
you blame her‘? No, of course you can’t.
I tell you, this always being in debt IS
useless, and worse than useless. It
makes a slave of :1 man, his wife, and
their childreii.

Let us rise in our might and shake off
this curse, and be free and happy. _I
tell you it can be done. Let us begin
the coming year and pay for what we
get or go wit/tout it until we can payfor
it, and take all the surplus money and
pay the old debts, and then keep out of
debt. Finally, if you want to live :ind
be happy, p.rI,7/ as you go.

MRS. S. E. S'i'i'Roi«:.~'.

Okemos, llIich., Dec. ‘22, 1875.

Graiige Real Estate Agency or Beaiirenu.

lV07'z‘I2g Bro!/zcrs ct’/Ml Sisters of i’l[[cIu'-
gan, Grer=n'.ng :

Allow me to bring before you, through
your GRA1\'(i‘rl~l Visrroii, a subject on
which I have spent a great amount of
time; the work left undone, was the or-
ganization ofa National Grange Real Es-
tate Agency or Bureau. This will be
the poor mccn’.9 friend. Through this
agency the man with small means at his
command will receive help that will en-
able him to secure a home with ,r/reaz‘. soni-
ing of time and money. By the assist-
ance of his brethren, he can secure a full
and accurate description of the lay of
the land, soil, water, limbo’/' and tillc.
; Thus enabling the seller to bring his
property before all who make their pur-
chases through this agency, aiid also to
bring the hundreds of farms and other
lands before the purchaser at once, and
without a journez/. A Patron may re-
main in the chilly North and have his
brother in the sunny South converse
with him and describe their pleasant
homes. The same with the brother in
the East and the one in the VVest.
\Vithout our Order they would never
have had :1 knowledge of each other, or

merly_a distant home could not be pro-
cured without one or more long jour-
neys, and then you could procure but
little reliable information, and learn
nothing of your title except through
some legal gentleman, and by emptying
your pocket of from $10 to $50. It is
impossible for me to enumerate the
thousand ways in which this Agency
will do good. In the north - there are
more farmers than farms, and the ten-
dency is to enlarge farms and reduce
the number of country residences. I
can show hundreds of places where the
old log cabin used to stand, which is
now gone, anda home gone with it,
and nothing left to fill its place. These
are facts. How can we remedy this 1‘
There IS but one way, and that is to go
where there is plenty of cheap, unoccu-
pied lands, and large plantations.
I‘l_1ese are within the reach of all indus-
trious citizens. By so doing many will
be made independent by having a home

 

the property that was far away. For- ‘

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of their own. How sorry I frequently
feel when they sing Sweet Jlome, and
the homeless come into my mind. Our
worthy brothers and sisters have been
as busy as bees in doing our grange
work, and have mastered everything
which they as an order have undei‘-
taken ; our will is law, and I am happy
to say all our works have been those of
love to each other and to our brother
agriculturist. “'6 as an order have

sown, while all our farming commnni- ;

ties liavo reaped equally with those of
our order. I am glad that I am a Pat-
ron._ I know our mission is one of the
highest order; well may we cry “excel-
sior.” Brethren, if you think this un-
dertaking a worthy one, help us to per-
fect it. “'9 expect from one to two per
cent. for our work, owing to the trouble
we have in effecting asale.
no pay. All property to be offered at
its true value. All transactions through
this agency c >nfidential.
J. \V. CORWIN, Managei-.
()l’h'c-e of Grange Real Estate Agency,
Lebanon, Ohio.

Ioxix, Jan. mi, 1575.

In the main it isa very good _report;
but, it starts out with a declaration that

is not true, and through inadvertance, or ;
mistake, charges the Executive Coin- 
niittee with the publication of their cir- ;
eular in violation of a vote of the State ,

Grange. _ _
Injustice to the Lxecutive (,'oniimt-

tee, I deem it proper to say that there =

was no vote of the State Grange that
prohibited them from issuing any cir-
cular or paper of any kind that they
might deem necessary and proper, there

was no vote containing any instruc- 3

tions, or advice to them on that subject.
The State Grange did, by a very decided
vote, refuse to make the _New Era. and
Xortlzcrn G1-anger‘ an official organ,
while it left its committee free to choose
its own method of making communi-
cations to Patrons and to Granges.
That they acted prudently and wisely
the result has made abundantly plain
to every one, and they were amply vin-
dicated by the report of the C’ominit.tee
on Publication, and by the unanimous
vote of the State Grange at its recent
session at Lansing.
Very truly.
Aiiozvzo Sisssioxs.
 
The Reaper Death.

\VHi3iaEAs, The Great Master of life has seen
fit to remove by death. our Sister, Elizabeth
Lewis, which occurred at her residence in Birch
Run, Saginaw Co., Michigan, on the evening of
Nov. 9th, 1875, in ihe midst of her usefulness as
an active and energetic Sister and Officer of our
(Strange, therefore

Resolved, That we as 21. Grange deeply lament '

the death, and most earnestly tender our sym-
pathies to the family and friends who mourn
her loss. .

Resolved, That to our sorrow stricken Broth- .
er, whose pathway in thus darkened by the un- ,

welcome clouds of grief and afliictioii, we as :1
Grange would extend the fraternal hand of true
sympathy,

Resolved, That these resolutions be published
in the GRAXGE Vis1'ror., and that our hall be
draped in mourning for (ill days.

 

SPECIAL N()TICE.

THE‘ LANE ‘i\[A1~:UFAcTL'RIi\'u COM-
PANY having removed from W'ashing-
too, D. C., to LOUISVILLE, I{Y., thus
locating their business near the centre
of the population of the Union, are bet-

’ ter prepared than ever before to t'nrnish

(i‘ri'aiiges with all their supplies.

The addition of Artificial Flowers to
their business has become prominent,
and their Grange \Vreaths are well
known for their beauty.

Orders executed with promptness at
their new store, N o. 139 \VEs'r .TEl<‘I«‘ER-
soiv S'r., LOUISVILLE, KY.

No sale, '

TI-IE GRANGE VISITOR.

 Connecticut.
The Connecticut State Grange met
at I~Iartt'ord on the 28th of December.
Delegates were present from 14 out 01
16 Granges. The Master's annua1ad-
dress passed in review the past year
of labor, and concluded with an en-

One session was profitably spent in
relating the experience of the several

means otjsiistaining the social and in-
greatest good of the Order. The re-
sult revealed the difliculty of sustain-
ing the interest excited by the iiovel-

willingness of many scattered mem-

work of the Grange.

The Order has been at work but a few
months and numbers about 700, in as

roll may easily be doubled during the

diiction of fees.
‘ lutions were passed:

« Resolved, That we look upon the
‘,orgnnization of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry as the dawn ofa new era in

 agriculture, and from the character oi"
i the work which it contemplates, well 
calculated to elevate the producing)

classes to that commanding position
of social and intellectual importance
which they arcjustly eiitit-led to oc-
cupy among a great people.

Resolved, That in our financial op-
erations we wage no warfare against
the legitimate laws of trade, nor do
We expect or ask any favor or privi-

acting on the same principle.

the cardinal principles of our Order,

with all.

pecially obligatory upon us as a
brotherliood, to look first for the
blade, then the ear, and thus to labor
with patience for the liarvest-, not
greedy to reap where We have not

bestowed no labor.

——The Grangcs of California are
after the lawyers with a. sharp stick.

"fixing the rate of attorneys’ and law-

is made.” Better way not employ
them, generally speaking.

—It- is the Grange that is giving
new life to our industries and com-

and effectiveness of cooperation-
that the different parts of society are
as separate parts of an intricate piece
of mechanism of which none can be
spared—cach is necessary to the other
in the successful working of the
whole. Intelligent co-operation is its

watchword-—disenthralment from ig-
Ii rorance, vice, and despotism in all its
 f'orms— its aim.——I].r.;S'rnutor Ross, in
; I7zd2zsfr‘£aI Age.

couraging representation of the future. »

Granges, considering some of the;

tcllectual interests and of securing the ‘

ty of the organization, and the 1111-1

bers to persevere in the lcgitirnat-cl
Many are too .
hasty in trying to reap where they{
have not so Wii, overlooking the fact i
that the Grange is designed to make 1
better farmers, better housel~:eepers,§
Rm, COBB ,_I,, we December Hum.  and a more social co-operative people. j
her of the VISITOR, you publish the re- f
port of the Committee on Publication. ‘

yet widely scattered bodies through:
the State; it is thought the present;

present year under the expected re- 2
The following reso_- ='

lege above any other class of citizens ;
Resolved, That We adopt as one ot ;

the payment in cash for all articles 
when delivered, and honest dealiiigi

Resolved, That the injunction is cs- -*

sown, nor to lrirvcst where we have 3

: yers' fees, where no special contract 3

meree, by teaching men the value;

G LEAN ING S.

———The Patrons at Albany, Oregon,
; have a warehouse that holds 12:-,O0U
1 bushels of wheat, and they intend to
 fit up another one the same size, and
' a flouring mill that will grind 200,001)
bushels of wheat, so that they can
flour their own wheat-.

-Don’t forget, brother patrons,
that arbitration is death to litigation,
and resort to it in all your differences.
Pcttilogrgers don’t admire the remedy,
but plain honest people can do with-
out their opinions. Keep out of the
,3 courts.

—Green Mountain Grange No. 1.
1 of Vermont, has elected the “Pioneer
Patron,” of New England, Jonathan
Lawrence, Master. He was the Na-
tional Deputy until the organization
of the State Grange, and since that
time has held the office of‘ State
Deputy.
I —The Journal of ];'ducur‘ion says:
i It does not matter so much what you
3 call it, only that you organize some
gathering and bring the people to-
gether. It may be a singing school,
a debating club, a reading club, a leg-
islature, a court, anytliing so as to get
, together for mutual improvement and
E a friendly fraternal interchange of
1* opinion. Let original and selected
gpieces be read, some recitations be
, The
{Patrons of Husbandry are doing a
r’ good Work in this direction.

3 given, and good will be done.

—’l‘hc watclifulness of the Order
over all the interests of the people, is
seen in the fact that in Illinois the
‘ State Grange has made arrangements
i to furnish country schools wiih cheap
desks, chairs and tables, while in a
certain California county the Patrons
appointed a. committee to examine
.iuto the assessment rolls, and they
have already corrected some notable
cases of undervaluation.

-—All of‘ our leaders condemn in un-
measured terms the practice, so com-
mon in many town and city Granges,
of admitting to membership those
who are not farmers, and whose inter-
; ests antagonize the purposes of the
S Order. The Grange is no place for
merchants, politicians, &c., and we
hope there will soon grow up such an
opposition to their presence that they
will

“Fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away."

By A. B. Smedley, Master of Iowa State Grange,
3 Published by Geo. VVm. Jones otlice of 1‘atron’.\-
Helper, Des Moiiics, Iowa. 1200 pages, bound in
cloth. By mail, postage prepaid, 81,25 per copy;
{ by express or freight, in packages of five or
C more, 81.00 per copy. Deputies and Masters
are earnestly requested to call the attention of
2 their respective Granges to this book. Send for
prospectus. Sold by J. T. COBB, State Sec.

S GRANGE SEALS !

W'e are furnishing SEALS in BEST LEVER
PRESS, at $3.00, 84.00 or $5.00 Each.

Engraving done by War].-nien of Law/0
E;rperience.

Our $3.00 Seal has a fine design of Plow.
Sheaf of Wheat, &c. The higher priced Seals
are a. little larger, with more engraving.

VVe pre-pay Express Charges on $4.00 and
$5.00 Seals.

T. J. CROVVE & C0-s
7:3 Mormon Srmznr, TOLEDO, OHIO-

” anal or Jnrisprudencalip DPH S
They are circulating a petition pray-.§ V flflfl C0-(]I]fiI‘3ll0ll (if lllfl . 3
ing the next legislature to pass a. bill 3


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PRICE LIST

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SUPPIJIEN

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Kept in the ofiice of the Secretary oi

Michigan State Grange !

Am! scnt out Frrxrz of (,7'/zur_«/v, on 1.’r,c-cipf
of Cash 0)'(1(‘7‘,0l.‘!‘l' the Seal n It
Subor«Ii22alc Cv'ran_//c, and /he
Silt/na./urc of its 1l[u.sm' or

1 THE onrcnrar. WHOLESALE

 li|lANliE SUPPLY HOUSE,

Chicago,

Scc7'ctr17'_I/.
Ballot Boxes, (hard wood,) . . . . . . . . . . . . ..-$1 :3-3 It
Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred,. . . 60
Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to -
keep accounts with members, . . . . . . . . . . 1 00

Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the

Treasurer, with stub, well bound, . . . . . . 50 ‘

Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts
from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub,

well bound, ......................... .. .30 I

Cushing’s Manual, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00
Applications for Membership, per 100, .. . . -30

   

  
 

Membership Cards, per l00, . . . . . . . . . . . -)0
Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, . . . . . . . . 40
VVithdrawal Cards, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Illustrated Visiting or Traveli g Cards,
each, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .'. . . . . . . . . . 05
Dimits, in eiivelopes, per (loz., . . . . . . . . . . . 25
By-Laws of the State and Subordinate
Grranges,pei-doz,.................... 30
Singing Books, with music, flexible cover,
per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 80
Rituals, single copy, . . . .s. . 1.3
“ per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. l 50
Blanks for Consolidation of Granges, sent
free on application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Blank Applications fo: Membership in Po-
mona Granges, furnished free on appli-
cation.

Blank Orders for use of Granges or Pur-
chasing Agents, per doz., l0 cts, per 100, 60

Blank “Articles of Association” for the
Incorporation of Subordinate Granges

with Copy of Charter, all CO11'l'1I‘J‘I8t0,. . . . . 10 l
Blank Bonds for Secretary and reasuier,
each, per set, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 :

Manual of Jurisprudence and Co-operation,
by A. B. Smedly, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I'atron's Pocket Companion, by J. A. Cra-
mer, Cloth, 60 cts., Moraeco with tuck, . l 00

Address, J. T. COBB,
Si5c’Y Mien. STATE GRANGE,
SCHOOLCRAFT, MICH.

L2.)

A. J. THOMPSON 83 co,

Siimzc-:.'~:soi's to THO.-\[PSOi\' ii‘. BE.\‘Z:'O.\',

GENERAL

COMMISSION
MERCHANTS

192 So. Water Street,
CHICAGO.

l.{L'l*'EI’tEI\'(,‘]£S:

J. J. .\lurpliy, (‘-ashler.
Firsl.‘Iat' 113 i,\' .-'-.,»--
Hall, Patterson & Co.,    (L

H. '1‘. Ellott .2 Co., Chicago. U'"”“°°‘
.'\‘pcncer I)Zl-_V, Des Molnes, Iowa.
Herman Se1iafl"ncr._Cas1iier
German Nat. Bank, Uliicaivo.
L. (1. Kniifen, \Vis., State Purcliaslng‘Ag‘t, °
Milwaukee \Vis.

smrrn &.‘ENS|CN, New Wok, Bonded Ag'ts

 
  
 

hands, for any Orange or Council in U. S.,or
Cnnadas.
until buyer receives and approves goods.
ei\sa,_Speci:ilty. ‘Commission. 2 per cent

  

lf ordered under Seal.

 
  
  
 

tuantitles. Prices and Samples mailed free
ffice, 26 I 61. 263 Greenwich St. near Murray.

n original packages. 3 per cent‘ on less

  
 
  
     
    
   
   

N.J.StateCr:inge,P.ofH.&Counc||,S.of|. ‘
Vlll buy anything in N. Y. niarlket, from first :

No pay 1

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Patrons of Husbandry, Farmers and Mechanics at Wholesale Prices.

We are the ORIGINAL GRANGE SUPPLY IIOUSE.

We have the largest Store and the

largest Stock of the best Goods kept by any house in the world, devoted to supplying the Consu-
mer direct. Catalogues and Price Lists with instructions sent by mail free to any address upon

application.

REFERENCES.

‘ Dt'nLF.i' \\'. A.i).\.vis, Master National Grziugv.
0. ll. KEI.l.E\'. Secretary Nntioiial Graiigc.
E. R. SllA.N}~’.Li\ND, Ex. Com. Nut. Gl‘£XI3,i_7,t'.
R. ll Tito:-ms. Soc. Penna. Stat-: Grange.
W. W. lllii.i.nn. Sec. Ohio State Grunge.
M. M Moons‘, Sec. Ind. State Grange.
J. '1‘. Conn. Sec. \Iich. State Grange.
O. E. I"A)\'Nl.\'(), S ,. lll. State Grange.
5. J. Fuaw. Business Agent Ill. State Grliiigc.
A. B. S)ii~:i:iLi-:1’, Ilia.-iter Iowa. state Grunge.

 

SPENCER DAY. Business Arson: Iowa State Grange.
P. B. Miixsox. Sec. Kansas Stale Grunge.

Jno. G. Oris. Bus. Agent Kansas State Grange.
’l‘no.~:. '1‘. SMITH. soc. Minn. State Granize.

A. M. Unrrm‘, Sec. Mieson i State Grange.

Wm. B. Ponran, Master Nebra-kn State Grange.
II. E. IIUXLEY, Sec. Wisconsin State Grange.

J. H. SMlTH. Sec. Oregon State Grange.

1’. M. HINDIAN, Sec. Colorado State Grange.
COMMERCIAL LOAN Co., Bunkers, Chicago, Ill.

Please call and see us when in the city. Just over State street bridge.
MONTGOMERY WARD & 00., 246 to 254 Kinzie St., Chicago.

THE

Whitney Sewing Machine.

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TIIE PIONEER JIIACHINE,

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1; To recognize and adopt the Grange Plan of
I bringing the CONSUMER and PRODUCER in
1 close business relations—(lispensin with ex-
l pensive agencies—and giving the purchaser the
benefit of wholesale prices.
We have pleasure in saying that the most
l prominent members of the Order have heartily
1 approved and recommended our plan, while
State, County and Grange Committees have ex-
' amined, tested and approved, and warmly com-
, mendedthe high character and excellence of
‘ the Whitney Machine. VVe have already sup-
plied thousands of Patrons with the Machines,
which are giving unqualified satisfaction.

MACHINES SENT TO PATRONS
ON 20 DAYS TRIAL.

For Price List and Information address your

State or County Purchasing Agents, or I

THE VVHITNEY MF’G ($0.,

CHICAGO, ILL.

l Lane lfllaniifacttiring CF,
I‘ NO. I39 VVEST JEFFERSON ST.,
ZLOUISVILLE. KY,’

Dealers in

Regalia, Jewels,
STAFF MOUNTINGS,

: VVREATHS FOR LAD ' -
1 NERS, BIBLES, CUS]1%I[()N'F(?I:SClli]I:zI1{§”U13lII.1\I
1 ALL KIl_‘IDS or GRANGE BLANKS, '

‘ GRAN GE LETTER AND NOTE

1, PAPER.

l Materials for regalia by the yard or piece,

1 Golden Sickle brand of unbleached cotton.

% to $7 .00 Elaborate.

§I’lease send f P ' L‘ t , . . -
cle is furnished at til: lorgfst 11)s1'ic:.s new mu-

“THE FABMEWS Fllltllll.”

The great Grange paper.

The farmers‘ own journal. .
500 farmers write for it.

60 farmers’ wives write for it.

Circulates in thirty—six States.

Circulates in six Territoroies.

Circulates in Canada.

Sixty-four columns every week.

Sixteen pages of reading.

Kept on tile in 1,200 Granges.

Read weekly by over 100,000 people.

Only oificial organ of five State Graiiges.
Marketreports from the great cities.
Practical experience by practical farmers.
Crop reports printed weekly.

N 0 middlemen agents.

€51.50 :1 year; or $125 in clubs of 8 or over.
Postage always prepaid by publishers.

125- cents a month to the close of any year.
in elpbs of S gr over, 10:; cents a month.

"exit y printe ; “ bi t )8 ;” ood a er.
National Grange ofiillderssislwritegfor it). P
Grange news from every State.

Farmers are delighted with it, and say,

“ Just what we have wanted.”

Samples sent free _and sent directly from the

Grange Steam Printing House of five States.
Address, THOMAS & DEMMING,

MECHANICSBUBG, PA.

~ Seals Furnished from $2.80 Plain, ‘

 P.  O-

§'.l.‘he Pa.tron’s — Pocket
’ COMPANION.

 Is eiidorscd by the prominent men of the Order
throughout the U. S. as

“A LITTLE GEM,”

j “T/ze book for an Order,’’—‘‘ most excellent,"
--“ Work of much merit,”—“grea.t service to the
; Ofders -—“valuable little work,”-—“meets a long
‘ felt want,” &c., &c. ..
1 Grranges or Clubs supplied at reduced rates.
; P2166. 8 I .00 Monaco, Gilt; soc cioui.
 . end for descriptive circular. Apply to J. T.
= COBB, Secy State Grange, or to
R. WACARBOLL it 00.,
Publishers, Cincinnati, 0.