|1lliI"""""'""W VoL. fl:-—No. 1. 1 WHOLE No. 105. § SCHOOLCRAFT, JANUARY 1, 1881. _\ Your S1'Bscim_>'rIoN Iwill Expire Wllll No. Entered at the Post Office at Schoolcraft as Second Class, matter. Ellis @tilfiIi§B éfliiaiisrc Is Published on the First and Fifteenth of every month, AT FIFTY CENTS PER ANN UM, Hlleven Copies for $5.00. .,__ ,_'_'.,, J. COBB, Editor and Manager, To whom all communications should be addressed, at Schoolcraft, Mich. Communications for, and Correspondence relating to the Agricultural Department of the GRANGE VIS- rron, should be directed to A. C. GLIDDEN, Paw Paw. Remittances should be by Registered Letter, Money Order, or Draft. INDEX _'l'0 THIS NUMBER. The Hero Plow-Boy—Salutatory-—Farmers’ Institute How to Sell our Wool to the best Advantage- French Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Pickings by the Way, No. 21—New X_'eai-‘s Greeting. The Lecturer—State Lecturer Whithey‘s Appoint- ments—Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 Michigan Legislators — A Timely Move — Patrons’ Aid Society — Lecturers’ Documents, National Grange, P. of H.——Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the Michigan State Grange—Address of Welcome —Keeping Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Our 1881-The State Gi-angc—The Visiron for 1881. Land Plaster — Quarterly Report and Petition Blanks—A New Correspondent on an Old Subject. Binding — A Visrron. Committee-—Report of the Committee on Education to the State Grange. . . 4 Memory's Picti:ires——Force of Habit-Sculptors and Iufluence— From Aunt Kate, Grattan-—From New York — Request Answered — Program N ewaygo County Gi-ange——Ionia. County Grange-—I’.rogram of Farmers’ Institute, to be he (1 at Cassopolis, Feb. 9th and 10th — Washington Grange, No. 403,. . . 6 Report of Committee on Agricultural College—-Gi- gantic Corporations —The Road to Slumberlancl —: “ Uncle Nine's ” Bow—The Reaper, Death, . . . . . 1 Petitions to Congress—The Agricultural College, and the Admission of Girls -— Congratulations from Worthy Master D. H. Thing, of Maine —- Good Times at Elk Lake Gra.nge——The Grange in Kansas —Farmers' Institutes — National Grange Resolu- tions—-Notices of Meetings, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 Correspondence—Rail Road Time-tables--Advertise ments, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Officers Michigan State Grange. M.—C. G. LUCE, - - - Gilead. O.—-A. N. WOODRUFF, Watervliet. L.—C. L. WHITNEY, - - Muskegon. S.-—S. A. TOOKER, - - Lansing. A. S.—A. E. GREEN, - Farmington. C.—SALMON STEEL, Manton, Wexford Co. .T.—;-S. F. BROWN, - - - Schoolcraft. Sn0.—J. T. COBB, - - - Schoolcraft. G. K.—ELIJ AH BARTLETT, - Dryden. CnnBs.——MBs. A. S. STANNARD, - - Lowell. Pou0iu.—Mns. H. D. PLATT, - - Ypsilanti. FI.onA.—h'Ins. A N. WOODRUFF, Watervliet. L. A. S.—Mns. A. E. GREEN, - Farmington. Executive committee- THOMAS MARS, Chairman, - J. WEBSTER CHILDS, - - F. M. HOLLOWAY, - - J. Q. A. BURRINGTON, - WM. SATTERLEE, - THOS. F. MOORE, - - - JOHN PORTER. - C. G. LUCE, J. T. COBB, - - Berrien Center. Ypsilanti. Hillsdale. Tuscola. Birmingham. - Adrian. Grand Rapids. Ex-ofilcic. cenerai Deputy. C. L. WHITNEY, - - - Mnskegon. State Business Agent. THOMAS MASON, - - Chicago, 111. Special Lecturers. Thos. F. Moore, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Adrian, Lenawee Co. Geo. W, Woodward. .. . . . . . . . . . .. Shelby, Oceans. Co- M. L. Stevens, . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Perry, Shiawassee Ce. L. R. Brown, . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Rawsonvil1e, Wayne Co. Andrew Campbell, . . . . . ..Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co. Chas. E. Micklsy. . . . . . . . . . . ..Adrian, Lenawee Co. Farmers’ institutes. The State Board of Agriculture has ap- pointed the series of Farmers’ Institutes for 1881, to be held as follows : 1st. Ionia. January 11th and 12th. Dele- gates from the College,— Profs. Johnson, Beal, Carpenter, and Sec’y Baird. 2d. Bangor, VanBuren Co., Jan. 13th and 14th.—Profs. Kedzie, Cook, MacEwan. Sec’y Baird, and Mr. Frank S. Kedzie. 3d. Hudson, Lenawee Co., Jan.'18th and 19th.—Sec’y Baird, PresidentAbbott, Profs. Johnson, and Beal. 4th. Battle Creek, Calhoun Coo, Jan. 20th and 21st.—Profs. Beal, MacEwan, J ohnison, Pres. Abbott, and Mr. Cassidy. 5th, Oxford, Oakland Co., Feb. 1st and 2d.—Profs. Carpenter, Cook. Kedzie, and McCurdy. ‘ och. Vassar, Tuscola Co., Feb. 3d and 4th. — ‘Pi-ofs. ‘Cook, Carpenter, Pres. Abbott, Ksdzle, and Mr. Latta. firiwlluiii I ii'i.1iiIil€l|i- A. C.V(:‘rLlDIV)Vl~JVls'I,V - - - RAW PAW. THEE HERO PLOW-BOY.’ V In J. L. M‘cnEi<:BY. Half buried in the morning mists The meadows silent lie ; The sun is slowly climbing up The ruddy eastern sky, As, light of heart, the farmer boy Begins his daily toil, To guide the team and hold the plow, And turn the mellow soil. Keep every furrow trim and straight, With practiced eye and hand; And when the whole is overturned “ Strike out " another “ land.” Search where you may, the world contains No nobler field of labor- More proud than that of him who wields The flashing spear or sabre. What though the hand be rough that holds The handle of the plow? What though the summer sun hath poured Its tiercenesa on your brow P Vv'hat though your pantaloons may boast A patch on either knee '3 These are but badges that proclaim Nature's nobility. What though the brainless fop may sneer In superiilions pride i’ What though the child of luxury Pass by the other side P What though no gilt-edged note invites To strut where Fashion reigns O’er thronging crowds of thoughtless fools VVith softer hands and brains I‘ The schoolboy reads the ancient tale-— How foreign foes unfurled Their flag before the walls of Reine, Proud mistress of the world ; Then rallied they whose lives had passed Where clashing squadrons wheeled, And chose for leader one whose home Was the am-tented field. When patriot sires of freedom foight Against the tyrant foemen, Our country found her best defense Her brave and sturdy yoeman ; W'hen traitors from within assailed Our flag by land and sea, Theirs were the stalwart hands that kept Our country one and free. But on a bloodless battle-field Are made your conquests now ; Your foes are falling, rank by rank, Before the conquering plow-— The plow, more potent than the sword, The bayonet, or the ball, Whose victims. iriendless and unwept, Are buried where they fall. Not yours the widow's wail of woe, The starving orplia.n's tear, The (1 ing groan of agony VVit none to pity near ; But by the labor of your hands The hungry shall be fed, And life and plenty OIOWIJ the earth, Now drear, and dark, and dead. Then on 1 Work on 1 Forgetting not A world in waiting stand; ; The field of human progress calls For fearless hearts and hands. With patient faith, with earnest zeal, The laborer there must toil, And many a furrow, broad and deep, Must. overturn the soil. Then shall we see the giant weeds Of error overthrown, And, in their native soil, the seeds Of Truth and Beauty sown. Now, on our vision from afar, The golden harvest gleams, More bountiful than our wishes are, More glorious than our dreams. Salutaiory. In accepting the position of assistant on the editorial staff of the VISITOR, I do not assume to bring to it that practical knowl- edge of journalism which seems essential to success. VVhile I may not be able to acquire that versatility which spreads a thought over a whole volume, I hope to have ideas. I expect to express them in my own way. I am not oblivious of the fact that many of thevvery best farmers of the State will criti- cise my labors; and I may advocate methods of procedure entirely at variance with cus- tomary practice. I hope thus to stimulate controversy in these columns, not in any sense to bolster up individual hobbies, but to the end that facts may be established, and newer and better plans practiced. Every year brings us something new in theory from the thinkers of the age. While the working farmer may not be able to think out all the vexed questions. he can work out the thoughts of others, who have the leisure to think. \Ve hope to make these columns the medium through which the most advanced ideas in agriculture shall find expression ; where the young, inexper- ienced farmer may look for guidance, and the experienced express their convictions. The senior editor and myself are in en- tire accord as to the manner and matter of the VISITOR. No shoddy of any kind will be puffed because there is a dollar behind it. The merits of no new implement will be advocated because looked at with spectacles furnished with gold bows. \Ve believe that “ pigniys are pigmys still, though perched on Alps.” And puffed balls will be pricked with the same freedom as heretofore. The enlargement of the \'isI'i'ou gives room for the customary Grange news, and is able to furnish space for an agricultural depart- ment, the want of Wllicli lia.-i long been felt among its patrons. llorticultural topics will receive due attention in season, and any questions in relation to fruits and fruit trees will be fully answered. Communications on timely agricultural and horticultural matters are desired, so that we may present to our readers a practical farmers’ paper, ad- vocating in its entirety the farmers’ inter- ests. \Vith this foreshadowing of plans for future unfoldings, I present my saluation, and make my editorial bow. A. C. GLIIIDEN. Farmers’ institutes This innovation in agricultural education is now established as one of the institutions of our State. Their success depends entirely upon the interest which farmers in the neighborhood take in the program, and the part they assume in the discussions. The discussion of the topics presented is really the meat of the whole matter. 'l‘he papers might be printed in the local press, and farm- ers could read them at their leisure; but from the diverse opinions expressed, approximate truth is gathered. Now as this number of the VISITOR lies be- fore you, is the time to prepare for the Institutein your vicinity. The programs are out, or soon will be, and each should ask himself this question, “ VVhat do I know about farming,” on each of these topics; Note down under its appropriate heading what you have learned as to culture, causes, and effects, and be prepared to state clearly your convictions, as soon as the discussion is opened. At every Institute scores of farmers go away and then criticise the thoughts of others. repeating their experi- ences and experiments. This is wrong. The place and time for criticism is on the occasion. Don't fear to criticise, if your convictions are strong. The truth may lie between you, and that is what we are after. There is still another class of farmers that need preaching to. They are on their feet on all occasions. They seem to fear that wisdom will die with them. They go on the principle of “improving their gifts” at every convenient opportunity, regardless of the brevity of time, the gravity of the theme, or the forbearance of the presiding oflicer. These need to he sat down on in some way. Still another class go as sponges. They gather the good things of the institute by absorption, and reflect nothing. They really know some good things, which would be a benefit to the public. but they take evident delight in hoarding their knowl- edge, to be used individually as occasion may require. They are intellectual mis- ers, animated mollusks, who withdraw themselves into their shells with evident content at the least touch from the workers of the world. Not many of these nonde- scripts, I am proud to say, belong to the live Granges. The critics have themselves been criticised into charity for others‘ opinions. The opinionated have had the conceit taken out of them. The sponges have been squeezed. All are rounded out into fuller men and women. Such are prepared, and do take an active part in the proceedings of the Institutes. \Vlierever there is a live working Grange, there will the Institute be voted a success. The State provides for but six Institutes during the year. That is all we could ask, but we should have sixty in the State every winter. The annual meeting of each Agri- cultural Society should be in the form of an Institute, making the election of its ofiicers an incidental part of the progiam. The test of a man’s ability to adequately perform the duties of a member of the executive committee is advertised in such a meeting. The society need live stirring men on its board, and such will come to the surface on this occasion. Pomona Granges can arrange for one or more Institutes during the winter. Berrien County his so" a goodly example by ap- pointing an In titute in each Grange, itiner- ating in order from one to the other. A committee on program has performed its duty, and the canvass will soon begin. To those who have once attended an Insti- tute, we need not advise making an effort to go again. The incentive is the memory of the last one. But to those who have not yet been favored with such instruction, we say attend; if you even‘ reach it by travel- ' ing fifty miles, it will pay you. How to Sell our Wool to the Best Advantage. At the recent session of the State Grange, the following resolution, introduced by H. Shipman of Grand Ledge, was adopted: W'IIi:Ri~:As. One of the great and growing interests of our State is the production of wool, and in view of the fact that this pro- duct furnishes a large revenue to the com- mou carriers of the State and C0untry,and WIIi~:Ri:A.~:, We believe it to be for the best interests of the wool growers of our State to so combine our efforts as to secure the best possible rates of freight and a uniform sys- tem of sale; therefore Resolved, That this State Grange appoint a special committee whose duty it shall be to perfect such a system as shall carry out I the plans herein set forth. A committee was appointed to carry out the provisions of this resolution, consisting of H. Shipmiin of Grand Ledge_; A. C. Glid- den, of Paw Paw, and G. \V. Van Aken, of Coldwater. These gentlemen have each tested the prac- ticability of shipping wool, for themselves and for others. They will be prepared, be- fore the wool season arrives, to suggest some practical manner of shipping wool by Granges, by individuals, or by townships. They will be prepared to advise to whom consignments can safely be made, and over what lines of railway the freight -should pass. Experience has proved that the old style of bulking wool is not practicable, for var- ious reasons: First, the grading cannot be doue in a satisfactory manner, so that each shall receive just what his wool is worth, and no more; second, it involves the ex- penditure of time by some one, added to the responsibility, which makes it a very oner- ous position and one that is not much sought after for the second time by any one; third, the manufacturer will not become apurchas- er, for the reason that there are generally too many grades for the amount. They find it for their interest to make their selections from a large wool house, according _to the style of goods they are running on. They get orders for a definite amount of a certain style of goods. That requires a certain grade of wool. If they could purchase ten thousand pounds in one place in Mich- igan, fitting the requirements of the or- der, they would very likely do so, but the wool here may have 1,000 pounds of just the grade they need, and the balance they may not want at all during the year : some other factory is running on a material that calls for that clip of wool, and so it goes. The wool must. be delivered within easy reach of the factories, and must be graded to a nicety by an expert. It is worth what it will grade, and is sold on its merits. The wool from sheep that are well cared for, properly housed, and kept clean from chaff and dust that may fall on their backs, is worth, and will sell for more than that from sheep that are kept poorly, and allowed to run to straw stacks and lie in snow drifts. But with the usual way of marketing wool, the best clips go to even up the loss on the poor lots, and the incentive to proper care and feeding is lost on the mass of wool growers. ’l‘he committee above referred to will at- tempt to devise some practical method of shipping wool, so that each man’s lot will be sent by itself, graded by itself, and sold on its merits. Then the careful feeder will get pay for his care and labor, and his sales will be a lesson from which he can judge of his success as compared with his neighbor. Correspondence addressed to any one of the members of the committee will be cheer- fully answered. French Agriculture. According to the last statistics published by the French Ministerof Agriculture and Commerce. the population of the republic is 37,000,000, of whom 12,000,000 live in cities and the remainder in the country. There are in France 210,000 individuals who have no special profession, 71,300 beggars and tramps, 1,531,000 professional men,3,837,- 000 persons engaged in navigation and com- merce, 9,274,000 tradesmen and workmen, 2,151,000 bondholders, and 18,968,000 persons engaged in agricultural pursuits. Of the latter, 10,000,000 are landowners, about 6,000,- 000 tenants, while 2,000,000 are market gar- deners, vitculturists, and the like.—Ex. Note, that France has a Minister of Agri- culture and acabinet offlcer, remember that the United States, has no such ofllcial; also that even in thickly settled,France two- thirds of the people are engaged in agricul- tural pursuits, and yet caste and class makes the majority of thiapeople social slaves. LAST week we had the pleasure of attend- ing the meeting of the State Grange at Lan- sing. The body of men gathered there was lar_ er than and fully equal to any legislative bo y in Michigan. Probably no one would disagree with the principles of the Patrons of Husbandry as promulgated in their Dec- laration of Purposes. In the freshness of its existence. crude ideas are apt to creep in. which become eliminated by discussion and a better understanding of the relations of those belonging to the Order to those out- side. This was manifested in the Grange Order a few years ago. but under the leader- ership of intelligent and honest men, it has come to be more what it ought to be —— an educating force among the farmers of the United States. So long as it confines itself to its legitimate work as set forth in its Dec- laration, it will continue to add strength to its influence and membership. So long as its aim shall be to elevate the business of farming, to educate the farmers into a broad understanding of the great work in which they, as the producing class, are engaged, to develop among them a catholicity of sentiment toward all other trades and pro- fessions, it will strengthen with its strength. So long as the most intelligent, the wisest, and the best remain at its head, no outsider need fear that it will commit depredations upon any other class. In the meantime, the friction of discussion within the order is having its desired effect in stimulating a thirst for a more extended knowledge, and with knowledge comes breadth. Our own observations of the delegates, of their ac- tions, and of their proceedings while in council, lead us to say these words com- niendatory of the present work of the Order. The questions that at present are being discussed are the patent-rights laws, trans- portation, taxation, aiid other questions of like import. No one denies that there is need of discussion. On all these questions there should be harmony among all classes. There is no injustice committed under present regulations but that affects all classes of society. The aim of the farmers to secure justice no one opposes, and it is'only when methods of improvement are suggested that any discussion can arise. Here the farmers themselves differ, and ,'all classes are welcome to a part. in the arena of friendly debate. The results of the deliberations of the Grange are all made public, so that there can be no fear of any insidious meth- ods of attack being adopted. Indeed the membership of the Order is made up of men with such diverse opinions on all such questions that no action could be taken look- iiig toward party organization within‘ the Grange. Besides, it is forbidden by its own laws. They are expected to work upon their own parties, and this is the privilege of every citizen. There is one thing upon which they are all a unit, 1'. e.. that the De- partment of Agriculture at VVashington should be raised to a Cabinet position, and at no distant day we believe this will be done. If there is anything that could be added to the work of the Grange it would be that it should take Lip some systematic course of instruction. At Lansing it was suggested that the Subordinate Granges take measures to instruct their members in music. This was a good suggestion in the right direction. But so long as the Grange takes up such intricate questions as taxation, transporta- tion, etc., it should engage in some pre- scribed course of study which shall bring the members in contact with the thoughts of the best and ablest minds of our Nation on these subjects. Should this be done, we feel that the work of the Order would move perfectly in the line of permanent results, —coldwater Republican. The above shows a fair appreciation of the work ofour Order, but the writer evidently has not circulated largely among the sub. ordinate Granges of the State, or he wou1d have become aware that what he suggests in his closing piiragmpli has long been pi-ac- ticed. He would know that the Subordi. nate Grange is a perpetual school for the in- vestigation of these and other questions of importance to the farmer. He is late in his advice to “engage in some prescribed course of study whicii shall bring the members in Contact with the thoughts of the best and ablest minds of our Nation on this sub- ject.” No class of people in [the State is better posted, or has looked up more author- ities on the subjects alluded to. If by “systematic course of instruction,” he has reference to establishing schools, that has already been practiced in large Grange hang in the State, and they are eminently suc. cessful. If, in his opinion, “to instruct their members in music” is “agood sug- gestion,” we shall be very willing to deje- gate that mission to the itinerant singing school teacher, while we continue to agitate “such intricate question as taxation, trans- portation, etc.” “ VIcK’s FLORAL GUIDE” for 1881 is at hand and, like the preceding, is a little bet- ter than any that have been sent out before. _Besides a colored flower plate, it has a pic- ture of this veteran seedsman himse1f,which is alone worth the cost of the Guide. Send ten cents to J as.Vick. Rochester, N. Y., and seeit for yourself. 2 SCH “Trill: rlmrrl. L. \\'ni"rIvi~:Y, - - - l\Iusi;iacoN. PlCl(lNGS BY THE WAY. No.W21. VVhere were we picking last‘? Yes; we have it Iiow. llro. Hancock delivered us at Camden safely into the hands of llro. Nich- 0lSOIl,:Vt'lJf) put us aboard the train bound south, to \\'inon:i and Mullica Hill. Had to stop and change at \Voodbury, and wait ,3 an hour, ample time to look around. Near the depot at Woodbury is the home and factory of (ireen who advertises so exten- sively his “August Flower.” It is a beau- tiful place, but we must say that the artist who jlh_]s[x‘zi!cd Green’s Almanac has, like many other artists, done the subject more than justice. The contrast between the ob- jects and the pictures of these remind one that, like pictures in County Atlasses and histories, there is need of a descriptive line, This is rt (10!!- \Voodbury, however, is a very pretty town, but lacks a well kept hotel; we speak from personal knowledge. \\'enona is the station, one mile from Mantua, in which we took ourdinner, and walking back to the station, rode back to \Voodbury, and spent the night in a chilly sleep, illy preparing us for the duties of the coming day, Dec. 8th. Bro. Nicholson, prudently assumed charge of us at an early hour and directed our steps by train and stage to wooI)sTowN, SALEM co. Here we found the home of Bro. John VV. Dickinson, the \Vorthy Secretary of the New Jersey State Grange. A worthy home, with a worthy sister at its head, as further acquaintance proved. It was arranged to go to Pole Tavern, five or six miles distant, for a meeting in the afternoon. \Vith a good horse that needed no urging, and Bro. Dickinson for driver, and Bro. Nicholson too, for company, the road seemed very short. one th'm..- avg "seal in this section. There are few 'l'}lt\l l{‘l :cs‘, and in many places where the old feices remain, they are used to set the corn to {en from the field against, often lining the road fence outside and in- side for sixty or eighty rods. In the wood- lots and .in the hedge rows of trees and under brush we noticed the beautiful green of the kalmia laurel, the dark glossy foliage of thejltliododendron and the lighter green leaves and bright berries of the Holly of the olden time Christmas. These three beauti- ful evergreen slirubs grow wild here, being natives, and this iznuch we covet of the Jersey products. Too much “killing of hogs” made the Pole Tavern gathering, held in the school house, small, but not without good results, we trust. Back to Bro. Dfs to supper, to meet all his pleasant family, the two daughters being at school during the midday visit, The evening was a pleasant 0118- The Grange met at an early hour, did its business and closed before the hour of the public lecture arrived. This is a large Grange. All sisters, as well as brothers, seem to vie with each other in making its meetings interesting and pleasant. VVe en- joyed the private meeting very much, es- pecially the singing, in which all joined with a zest and good taste. The public meeting filled the hall to overflowing, mak- ing the largest audience we met in the State, and we were never better pleased with the interest and attention of any audience than of this one. At a late hour we took the parting hand of many an earnest brother and sister, and felt as we walked a few steps to our stopping place, that it was good to have been in Woodstone. Since returning home we received an admirable report of our lecture, for which we thank the brother who took it. THE MARCHING ORDERS of Dec. 9 were to bid adieu to the home and family of Bro. Dickinson, and with the Master and Secretary ride to the station, thence to Darctown, there to be met by Bro. Cole, with whom we faced the keen morn- ing air through Shiloh to Bridgeton. “'9 passed over a strip of the poorest land we have seen in the State, worse than some of the sand plains of Michigan. Itwas only a mile or so wide, and flanked on either side by good soil, as shown by the thrift plainly seen. Bridgeton is a thrifty manufacturing town, having several glass factories. A regal welcome we found at the home of Bro, and Sister Chas. Hunt, and dinner waiting our arrival. In the afternoon we met a goodly number of Patrons at the hall of Bridgeton Grange, to whom we were form- allv introduced by the ‘Worthy Master, Bro. Clfas. Hunt. \Ve spoke briefly of the interests of the farmer, and the needs of organization. \Ve could not do ourselves or the cause justice here, for a single lady only gave us a. sympathetic presence. Yet we heartily thank her, for without her cheering presence. it would have been dull indeed. It was a. cold day which may account for the smallnumber of sisters out, yet we fear that the sisters in some parts of this State do not feel their privileges, and meet their responsibilities. A very pleasant Social time was had with Bro.and Sister Hunt TEE ‘at their home, where we spent the night, din diriittgr and were ready for an early start to Camden, —where Bro. Nicholson's son met us, and l with good team and roads, were soon at the I OALORAFT, .m;\4tj;u;y lsr, issi. ; good brother's home. The VISITOR met us ’ here, and it seemed like meeting one of our _ own family. Dinner passed, and in company with Bro. and Sister Nicholson and two sons, we rode ' 1 to Haddenfield, a little town in which meets ‘ Bro. Nichol:-:on"s Grange. This Grange has u its hall in what was the Sexv Jersey l,.uild- , ing at the Centennial. : moved to }‘I2t(l(lv:IEllL‘lLl, and fitted up. This building was are several halls, and one large public hall, in which we attempted to speak, but could not, it was so cold, and the room could not be warmed by the means at hand. \\'e regretted that the Grange did not meet in its own room, and be conifortable. Such cold weather is so unusual in New Jer.-:ey, that the people are illy prepared for it. The purpose was to have had a very large meet- ing here, and such would have been the case, but for the severe weather. “"0 met very many earnest, intelligent Patrons here and each regretted that it was so cold, for it was our last nieeting in the State. After the meeting we bade our worthy hearers good by, while our host took us to the train to carry us to l‘hiladelphia. \\'e heartily thank both these worthy members of the National Grange for many of the pleas- ant Ineniories connected with New Jersey and our visit there. ltear-hing (Jzunden, we bade adieu to the Jersey shore, and ferrying over the icy surface of the liistoric Delaware, were again in Philadelphia, where we had . to wait until nearly midnight ere we could get a train to \Vasliington. The night soon passed, and with the morning came another view of the Capitol (,‘ity. A morning visit with Congressmen Brewer and Conger and Senator Ferry, of Michigan, and Bro. For- sythe, representative from Illinois, was soon passed, and a few hours’ time more was taken for another visit to the Agricultural Department, where we found Bro. \Vm. Saunders, and took time to visit the propa- gating houses, and learn many valuable items from his long years of rich experience Many thanks to this veteran brother, and may lifels declining years to him be a golden harvest. A parting shake of the hand of the Commissioner and thanks to him for many courtesies. we took a sample of sorghum, cornstalk, and beet sugar and many pleasant memories, and after an hour in the museum of the Smithsonian Institute, returned to our hotel. - The afternoon was given to the Corcoran art gallery, and we felt well repaid for all our time spent among these rare paintings and choice collection of sculptured forms. \Ve would often like to visit here, and study this art collection in detail. \Ve had barely time to call upon the \Vorthy Secretary of the National Grange, Bro. \V. M. Ireland, at his pleasant office, and found him busy with his many duties. At a late hour on the eve of the llth, we took train for Toledo and home. At day- light we were in the mountain gorges, re- peating the scenes we met in our trip to \Vashington. The same beautiful scenery was passed along the valley of the Monon- gahela, and from this we soon came to the varying farm scenery of Ohio. Dinner was taken at Newark, and after a rest of several hours at Monroeville, we at last reached Toledo, and took rest, the first real rest, in forty-eight hours. The light of December 13th, called us to the duties of another day, chief of which was to reach Lansing, and be ready for the STATE GRANGE. After breakfast, and a run about town, we took the train ticketed for Lansing. \Ve soon recognized Michigan scenes and famil- far places. At Adrian the usual stop was made, and the first familiar face beamed upon us. Bro. Mickley gave us a hearty Patron’s grip, as did Bro. Horton and nia_ny others, who with wives, were en route to attend the Lansing meeting. At Jonesville, Bros. Holloway, Luce, and others, were added to the already large number that filled the new car, run over the road that day for the first. time. Lansing was reached and the Hudson house was full as usual at State Grange meetings. Yet all the officers and the Executive Committee found comfor- table quarters. Later trains filled not only this, but other hotels and boarding houses of the city. From what we saw the first evening, we knew the meeting was to be a large and a successful one to our Order. Of the several days’ sessions, of who were there, and what they said and did, we refer you all to the proceedings soon to be published. It was the largest State Grange meeting held since that body has been a representa- tive one. Only one oflicer was absent, and that was Bro. J. \Vebster Childs, chairman of the Executive Committee. He has never, to our knowledge, been absent before, since the organization of the Order in the State. His absence now is forced, being confined at home by illness. To say he was missed would be to say what everyone thought, and many said. W'e also missed another form long familiar to us, that of Hon. R. E. Trowbridge, who also lies at home suffering from a long illness. The eighth session of the Michigan State Grange, like all its predecessors, has become a thing of the past, and we have fbund our home again after a five weeks absence. To in it, , 2' .0 fiat (__, 4’ GRANEE i say we were glad to see home, and the d- av: ones there glad to see us, would only be natural. A few days at home, answering many letters long neglected, a. little rest from toil, and go to Sec. Cobb’s office to see to oflicial duties. and upon our return to spend an hour with the Kalamazoo Pomona G range, and the night of the 23:1 Grange, No. 2-l7,in Allegan County. Bro. M. V. B. McAlpineinet us at the train, and niet-ting, Ivlonterey Center. eve, including the ever welcome Cl1ri.~«l:1i-as tre:-. aceoiiipaiiiiiieiit. the cliiirch, led in prayer, and we spoke to avery attentive audience for an hour, at scriptlons for the GRANGIJ \'1si'I'oi:. Grange will do better at a single nieetiiigi‘ and we are going lionieward. (hi the train we were plea:-‘ed to meet ."~‘.enator Ferry on his way home for the iiuliday v:‘.cation. seemed in full accord with our of Agriculture represented in the l’resident‘s Cabinet. merits to Grange {1tltll‘€SS=.*.S, which should I . made the beginning of:-ucli Grange library. New Year's Greeting. Tn:-1 Ni-1w YEAR comes to greet us with its hopes, its burdens and itsjoys. The old year, the last ofadecade, has gone. Its fears, trials and sorrows are all gone, leaving only shadows~the lessons of the past .for the use of the student in the present, preparatory to the successes of the future. Patrons, of the most ancient of arts, let us not waste time in lamenting the lost oppor- tunities gone, but act in the living present, to gather of golden hopes in the brilliant to be. Another year has hollowed out graves and turned heads gray, but it has also given strength to youthful years and glory to man- hood’s days. The progress made in the past year has not been in proportion to resolves and prom- ises, but in direct ratio to earnest, faithful endeavor, so in the new year just. dawning. words will avail little save they are the her- alds of acts. In the history of all our lives, ourcountry, and our Order, we have had chapters, nay, volumes, of prophecies, but give us, 0! New Year, grand dranias of progress, cliapters of thought, books of acts. May this year crown all the years past to the farmer, to his home, and to this, the farmers’ only oI'gaIilz:-ition, with tangible results, permanent advances, and sure rewards. Brothers and sisters! the ho'ur for action has come. There have been many active hours in the days, weeks and montlis of the years past, but never were hopes so flatter- ing, prospects so bright and possibilities so great for our Order in any year of the past, as in the years before us, as in 1881. The National Grange, in larger numbers and greater unity than ever, has given its wisest counsels to a broad NATION OF i«‘Ai:.\Ir:I—:s. Our State Grange, in common with those of other States, has gathered of the spirit of the Patron’s National Council, and held its largest, and best session recently. Now it remains for every Subordinate Grange in all our borders, to do, and to have done the work before it. The question is not how little can be done, but how much, and how well can all that needs doing he done. Every officer of whatever name or degree, now, or to be, should, in honor, perform all duties appertaining to the office, as far as power and strength is given, until the successor is duly installed. Brother and sister officers! Let us char- acterize this year of our Order by greater official integrity. activity and zeal than has been known in any year past. Learn your duties. Study how best to discliarge them. Labor diligently to please all working with you, and rest only when the work is done. EVERY i\Ii«i.iIBi«:I>. M Us'r LA non. A grand co-operative effort must be made by each and every brother and Sister, young or old, rich or poor, learned and unlearned. Let each do what he can do, be it little or much, here and there, and whatever you at- tempt, strive to do well. .Don’t be tliscouraged.’ Learn to labor and to wait! Success in a grand cause can only be gained through pereverance. Let ADVANCE ALL ALONG THE LINE.’ be the wo.rd that passes from lip to lip, that resounds from act to act-, ahd is heard from meeting to meeting all the year through, Advance in numbers until all who till the land shall join in the ge eral advance in moral, social, and intellect 1 culture. Such effort, and such energy, will enable us, with hope, to sing— .- ‘-May kind heaven the glad day hasten, When in one fraternal band, VVe shall number in our Order, All who till this smiling land. Like a mighty host with banners, Peaceful victories we will gain, Moved by Rights resistlesa purpose, Held by Love's electric chain. ‘\ with Monterey " gave us our first sleigh ride to the place of; _ _ _ , . The mCe,Ling_‘ may hope to taken front rankin civilization. ‘ was held in the )1. E. (Jhurch, just trimmed ‘ * and decorated for the services of (,‘liris9.:n:i.-' : Bro. I\l(-Alpine called the well filled 1* church to order, and 21‘-.in()llll('L'l.l a solo by _ 573. £3 Grange Literature. A silent but very potent ui-cans of securing the attention of the reading masses is the circulation of prinled matter. man or woman can be found who can read, g of - there may go the silent messengers thought as gently as falls ‘the snowflakes, to -, Let the wings of the 5 I printing press be used by the Grange to reach and teach the farmers of this broad land that ' perform their mission. through organized _co-operation only they Grange literature should be more abund- ant. . former in.eI‘, to have the influence of a wor- thy example. The Lecturer. The Lecturer of the State Grange of Mich- igan greets all with A HAPPY Nl£\\' Yl-JAR. Yes, a new year, and with it new duties to you and to us all. \Ve each have new duties, new fields for labor and thought, new aims and objects in life with each new year. Shall we master these new duties, cultivate these new fields and attain these new objects? If we can, then we may truly become new men and women. Though the old Lecturer, by name, has been retained in the Grange field by re-election, yet it is hoped that he can by your aid, and labors, Fellow Patrons, bring new energies in service, fresh zeal into ac- tivity, and higher purposes and loftier aims into use in theyear, to such a degree that all Patrons will think they have indeed a NEW STATE GRANGE LEC'l‘UREI'<.. The old Lecturer thanks all Patrons, who in the years past, have labored so assiduous- ly to aid him in the work he has tried to accomplish. He will ever remember the pleasant hours spent at their homes and Granges. the good ch .er at the one, and the earnest attention at the other. \Vith pleas- ure he recalls the many words of encourage- ment and deeds of kindness that have helped and cheered him on in his often arduous duties. All the weary miles ridden, all the hours of labor, and all the di:-tappointments and sorrows of the years past, are as nothing when he recalls the efforts, labors and self- sacrificing endeavors of so many true broth- ers and sisters, co-laborers in the grand cause of building a better and higher manhood and womanhood. For all these things you may have been illy compensated for by the past, but in the near future, and even now you may even see the budding for the fruits that shall amply repay you. ' The new Lecturer brings larger experience into the field than the old, and he asks all the numerous friends of the old to add large- ly of their accumulated store of wisdom, to make the new years’ labors abundantly fruit- ful. He hopes to meet with many new friends whose zeal and ambition, with the old ones, shall be to V GO UP HIGHER in the possibilities of the Grange. all labor together- 1. To make our Order as universal as the calling it represents; that wherever a man or woman lives by and upon the farm, that one may have the teaching, the protection. and the encouragement of the Grange. 2. That thorough system shall character- ize all our efforts, so that with the least labor and loss of time and means, the greatest VVe must \Vherever ‘ It should not only go freely into the . liands (f -vei‘ ' iiii l " '1). tr -l' 'r and (,h0U_,n,:m:n hf m::,‘1_l”):‘i,,.l) (:1. :'r’()[l:]r‘:)«h_t: 3 out the otliers, and the last lzii-gcly fotrped ' A 5 » <1 AIL D . . ] effort, butalso into the hands ofevery f:irm- : - -i f‘- ' —' A ‘A . -- v‘ ' 1 Sister Lizzie Knoblock, who plllvfexl her own , 01 '3 “mu” m “H” l"m‘?d ‘‘““i‘ (‘‘_”5' "lg llgm ‘ Rm V U)“. P mr 01.: and truth, as nature gives sunshine and rain 3 , r us . , r , ‘ ' ’ I —the latter producing material growth, the . livery I = l’.-itron can and sliould aid in the circula- - tion c-f Grange literature, and in every -_ He available form. irleas of; railroad control, and having the Department : l{. Beer.-lier's ; Grange, tlic5 It is fresh , J AN VARY lsr, 1881. 1- good may be done for the greatest number. 5 3. '[‘liat the first and greatest of callings, ,honored by the Creator in the beginning, i shall be made honorable by man to the end 2 of time; to the end that the farmer shall be accredited the peer of any man, socially, 3 mentally, morally and politically. \Ve have spoken of the objects attained. - used. to be A wo1'd about the means to be To make our Order universal, we must make it known by lectures, by the circulation of literature, and by the living , exaiiiples found in the livc.~'ofthe consistent zl1l(.‘llllJl?l'S. Not one, but all tliese means must be used, and each is of littleavail with- by the other two. In the earlier tinics, all lll.~?tl‘ll(‘Il()ll of all . kinds was given by the living teacher, the lecturer, and in no age of the world has progress been achieved in any cuu.~,-‘e without the aid ofpublic lecturers. \Vhat preaching is in religious- instruction, lecturing is in every intellectual, political and social reform. To further the objects of the Grange, the most worthy of any modern organization, the I4€i‘illI'x‘l‘ mu:-"L be used. The State Lec- : turer, the l’oniona Lecturer, the Special ' Iii-cturcr, .-=.:nl the local or ,~‘.u1,m-,1j,mte Grange Lecturer have each a work to do. , and L’:?.!,‘ll do whatever his hand finds to do, with all his might. livery l'atron may be - a lecturer, who, by life and words, livts mu- E sistent with the teucliiiigs of the Order, will deliver eloquent lectures €8.(’ll day. Tliese, all tliese, made useful by s_y.~;i(_-[)1u[i(; (,1-g,u,'1. zation, are the first nieans to be used in sc- . curing the end \\'cdc!~i1'c. Stale Lecturer Whitney's Appointments. \Vbile we can give most of these positive- ly, yet one or two are conditional. Jan. -1. Union Grange, Reading, llillsrlale County. Jan. 5 Pomona Grange, Jonesville, Hills- dale County. .lan. ti. \Veston Grange, Dedication ofHall, Lenawee County. ’ Jan. 7. (in afternoon) Branch County. , Jan. 7. (evening) Gilead Grange, Branch County. Jan . S. Litchfield Grange, Hillsdale Co. Jan. 10. Shelbyville Allegan (jountv. Jan. ll. Otsego Grange, Allegan County. Jan. 12. Trowbridge Grange, Hall Dedica- tion, Allegan County. Jan. 13. (evening) Allegan Grange, A119- gau County. Jan. 15. Hartford Grange,\'anlluren Coun- t . yJan. 1.5-lo. Bronson Grange, _ _Grand Rapids .-\gr’l Meeting. Jan. 13-». Otis-ico Grange, lonia (.‘ountV. Jan. J ‘. Pomona Grange, Grccnville,‘Mont- calI1i(‘iunty .l:1ii.."_’7-L.’-5'. l‘oniona GI':in;_;e, ll:-rlin, Ottawa County. Jan. ‘_’U to l~‘eb. lH. Lapeer and Con n ti cs. ln Inaking appoint:ne:it<, write a long time be-foreliaiid, giving us time to arrange our routes, to save expense to you, and time and strength to ourselves. Always be ex- plicit. State the object of the meeting, place, and if niost convenient, in afteriiooii or eve- ning. \V'hcn possible, let neighboring Granges arrange for a series of meetings near each other; often two may be held in one day, as on the 7th of January. \Veak and dormant Granges should state the condition of the Grange, when the Jasg meeting was held, etc. \Ve should liketo open correspondence at once with Patrons in the Counties of Monroe,.Iackson, Gratiot, Isabella, Sanilac, Macnmb, Gcnessee_ and others, with a view to meetings in the near future. Fields yet unoccupied need atten- T u scola apprised of the proper parties to correspond With. VVe invite correspondence from every part of the field, giving information of the work needed, and of the condition of the Order, Don’t hesitate to let your wants be known, nor expect to have every want met at once. Learn to laborand to wait, and you will reap, in the good time. Items. you add largely to the circulation of the VISITOR. in 1881, by getting a large list of subscribers among the members, as well as among those outside the gates. Very few indeed of either class will refuse if you ask them to take so good and cheap apaper. \VoP.'ri1Y l\IAsTER: I rise toa point of order, and will state the point. Is it not the duty of every officer ofa Subordinate Grange to subscribe for the VlS['l‘()R, and then get all others to take and read it 2’ taken, and allofflcers, including the Master, will heed the ruling of the chair. at all, and their reports, and the condition of their Grange, show a neglect of duty some- where. Lay it to the Gatekeeper. who does not take the GRANGE VISITOR himself, and urge others to do the same, has proven himself an unworthy member of that body. A MAN was lately trying: to take orders for the Rodger’s hybrid grape vines in our pres- ence. He had some fine imported samples offruit, but not better than we have often seen grown in Michigan. These took well with villagers, who gave orders for vines at 7-’) cents each, while every Patrdn knows how to get good two-year old vines at 25 cents each; $2 adozen, and $15 per hundred. tion, and will at once receive it if we can be- SI~;ciI‘i Totzil expense, exclusive of Visiron, _ . . . .- '§i,Hs5.‘:ii ijxpteiise of Visiroit, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,612 no Totiil cxpcii.l,lo';').7ib' TL-till, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..3ll,9"‘_’..‘w'2 ’['li<- l‘ttf‘Ql1ll=' from ordiiniry (iraiigw F(i‘ilI'Cl‘~‘ lizivc cxvci-ilizil the (~xpi.iisr=S . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $7'.3-l.lIE Fl‘-Jill the VI.~'. year. This is the first iiistuiice that it has occurred since 1875. - The receipts from this source in ISIS were $' [4 Av if It Al Al 1*‘, 5- .i at As it 11 u 13‘ ‘ s. .; II Al i. .i ll “go i. 4. (A u ii 4. u 1550 ll As the increase, or decrease, in the Order is measured by the receipts for fees and dues, the evidence that the tide has turned, and th.-it wcai‘+- again on the IllUK‘£‘tl"9, is iisoiirce of satisfactioii to all true Patrons. An exaniiiiatioii of the ’I‘reasurer’s books, anti of the books of the bank where the fund-, are deposited, show that the \Vortliy 'l‘i'e;i-'iircr takes good care of all the funds that come into his hands. Tlir.-re is in his hands, now deposited in liziiik, the sum Oi‘. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $3.435‘-rm Tliere is in the hands of the Sc-cretary,_.. Total, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,-I87) :36 The lixecutive Committee, desiring to husband the funds of the Grange in the best» iiiaiiner possible, induced Bro. Cobb to use a part of the surplus in the treasury, with the view of getting a small amount of interest. As will be seen from the above statement, the Grange has credit for $i30—interest, on $1,001) for one )car. The balance in his hands has been the accumulations of receipts from the Visi'roR. This is in safe liriiids, and has been retained at the request of the Executive Committee. Bro. Taylor, of the firm of Day & Taylor, met with the Committee on the lfitli of Oct. He made an exhibit of their plaster trade for the past year. \Vhile there was a large ainouiit of plaster ordered, yet the extreme low price at which it was sold entailed a loss upon the manufacturers of $4,400, charg- ing nothing for the use ot' the property, nor for their own time devoted to the work. The Executive Committee werelong since fum- ished with evidence that coiiviiiceil them that $54 was entirely too high. \’\'c are ecpi.-illy sure that $1.5») Is too low. \Ve were aware of this last year when we were getting plaster; we were aware that we were getting this vi:-ry cheap plaster at the cost of Bros. Day it Taylor. llut as the other conipanies hail reduced the price below the cost of production, with a view of driving Day iv Taylor, and perhaps others, out of the market, it seemed necessary, in order to secure suflicient orders to absorb the pre- pared plastcr, for them to follow on down in price, that Patrons should be supplied at as low rates as those upon the outside. This whole plaster contest has caused your Coiiiniiitee iuucli anxiety. So far in the con test, the Patrons have proved successful ; but we feel it to be our imperative duty to say that the contest is not yet entirely con- cluded. lt isjust as necessary now to stand by the Grange mill as it was the day the contest commenced. Efforts have recently been made to coin- hine upon from three to four dollars per ton. With the Grange mill out of the way, there would now be nothing to prevent this. The other cornpanies have now agreed to place the price at $2.50 per ton, at Grand Rapids. This is our contract price with Day & Taylor for the next four years, or the price is not to exceed that sum. They paying the freiglit to Grand Rapids. Day & Taylor have manfully”stood by their contracts in the past. \Ve have every assurance that they \villdo the sanieiii the fiiture. They are entitled to our confidence and support. The interests of the Order in the State demand a continued and increased patronage. Shall they have it‘? The answer must be given by the Patrons of the State. No change has been made in the business agencies for the last year. The agency of Thomas Mason, locatedin Chicago, will sell anything, from a basket of berries to a car- load of cattle. In the commercial metropolis of our own State, Geo. \V. Hill & Co. are lo- cated, with an agreement to buy or sell for all Patrons, in large or small quantities. We can conceive of no better method of meeting the wants of the Patrons of the State. Besides these general agencies, there are several co-operative stores in successful oper- aiioii at difi'e-rent localities in the State. While the Executive Committee have no direct communications with these, yet such as have come to our knowledge lead us to be- lieve that the last year has beena prosperous one with all of them. VVith their various means of supplying the wants within the reach of all, your Committee have no recom- mendation of change to make. In making a review of ilie labors of the last year, your Coinniitt-ee cannot refrain from expressing the beliefthat good progress has been made. \Ve think that the history of the last year justifies us in saying that great; efforts should be made at this session of the State Grange to build up and strengthen the small and weak Granges. \Ve noticed, in the examination of the Sec- retary’s books, that nearly all of the strong Granges of one year ago are still stronger l i i ! i l l l f) 0 now. Thesestrong om-s stand on an endur- ing basis. Some weak and iiorni-ant Granges have been strengthened and reviv_ed. _But there reniainsa large and interesting field for the labors of the wise and generous. The wisdom of the State Grange 15_‘=‘11m95t‘ ly invoked to meet this branch of Grange labor wisely and successfully. F. M. Il0Ll.(l\\‘A\', C. G. LLTE. W. Divi:\'i«:. \V.ii. SA'i"i‘i-:iii.i.‘i-1. J. Q. A. Bt'i:i(~i'oi'e us. There was, as there has always been. some instance the work was accomplished, ex- cept over the G. R. & I. The rule, or usage of this. road made it necessary that each person wishing to make this special rate available, should be armed with an order on the local agent, issued from the Gener- al office of the Company, to sell the hold- er an excursion ticket at the special rate. This practically cut off all but a few rep- resentatives to whom we sent the required order. But in this matter of special rates. we each year make some little progress, and are subjected to fewer obstacles, and those, more easily removed. There were more new members than usual, but all took hold of the work assigned them with an apparent determination to discharge their whole duty. Some of the reports from chairmen of committees were able and valuable pirers, and we shall from time to time lay them before the readers of the Visiroa. The election of oflicers and members of the Executive Committee absorbed consid- erable time, as it always must in so large a. body, and resulted in displacing fewer of the old oflicers than might have been expected. Like elections elsewhere, some- times much that is done, is often, not well considered, and the Caprice of a few, gives direction to the work; but with the result, there seemed to be general satisfaction, and we hope the work of the ensuing two years will prove that no serious mistake was made. The open session, held on Thursday eve- ning, Dec. l6th, for the installation of of- ficers, and such other exercises as seemed appropriate, was a marked success. The floor of the hall was filled with members, and the galleries with citizens of Lansing, at an early hour. After the ceremony of installation, Bro, Luce, the newly elected Master, made a brief address, and then called out Treasurer Brown, who, with his usual spirit and ear- nestness, entertained the assembly with a ten minute speech, that for an impromptu response, we set down as No. 1. The keen eye of Bro. Luce discovered President Abbott, of the Agricultural Col- lege, in the audience, and, in response to his invitation, we were treated to a speech from the President, which proved to those who did not know that fact before, that the Ag- ricultural College President is a man of good practical sense, thoroughly imbued with a love for the work he has in charge, and with broad and comprehensive views of agricul- ture aiid its needs. We were also favored with a brief speech from Prof. Samuel John- son, who for a year and a half has been in charge of the Practical Agriculture Depart- ment of the College. Bros. VVoodman, Whitney and Mickley, were each in turn called out, and made brief, but highly satis- factory speeches, although Bro. Mickley wished it understood that he was no “quar- ter horse,” and would only stop when he must. . Fora meeting without program or prep- aration, we set it down as a great success. The music was well selected and of excel- lent quality. The speeches were appropri- ate and to the point. The new Master was equal to the occasion, and acquitted himself creditably as a presiding oflicer. This gath- ering of Michigan farmers did credit to themselves and their profession. ‘VB have from some brother, over the initials “G. K.” a communication narrating at some length, how some Patrons of Mt. Hope Grange, No. 87, surprised one of their fellow members on the evening of the 1st of Decémber. From the article we glean enough to see that the company had a good time, and we should probably give the arti- cle place if the writer's name had not been withheld. THE close of the old year has added an- other Grange to our Order in Michigan, the same being Wisner Grange No. 642, of Tus- cola County, with James McGill, Master. them, and time, we commit the verdict. and C. M. Hazen, Secretary. employes. to make the brief ttay of the» , how seldom does one of these tell its readers _ 9...; ‘rip! -._-I; _ it THE VISITOR FOR 1881. The \Vortliy Lectui'er has pressed the \'IsiT0i-i upon the attciitiaii of our readers so ‘ faithfully and well in this number, that lit- tle need he:-aid ii: our l)<=p:irtiiieiit. It is assistants whose sei'vict-is have been secureal. and with a ileteriiiimitioil to make this the family of the fariner that has ever been pub- lished in the State, we enter upon the la- . I:ors ofauotlier year, not only with hope but , with coiitidence iii the result. The periodiciils 1-ubiislied for the farmer are mainly wanting in a (Ii:-‘p0slI_l()u to criti- cise officials or system:-5 that live upon the‘- money collected by the tax gatlierer, often -' earned by slow and toilsonie labor. ! Every County lias its paper, one or more, 5 generally of a partimn political character, I whose subscriptioii list shows the names of. more farmers than ofall other classes. And I . ofthe delays and cost of court-; of the fees I ‘' (.'ll§ll‘g€(l for the foi"i-'clo~sure of niortgeges ; of 3 I the unequal burden of taxation; of the an- ; noyzince and robbery practiced under, and i sustained by our patent laws; of the easy- I going disregard and neglect by oiiicials ofi _,_ to be filled, if not prepaid, will be charged up _ 3 the public interests coniiiiitted to their care. little friction in getting all railroad fares’ adjusted to the standard rate of two cents 3 per mile each way, but in nearly every’ In short, is it not a fact patent to all intelli- geiitobservers, that there is wanting in the County paper that comes to the house of the farmer (often his only paper), that indepen- dence which points out kuowii evils, labors for and demands their correction. The par- tizan press seldom secs any thing to criticise in the work or neglect of its own party of- ficials, and the opposition seldom sees any- thing to commend. The ruling idea which controls the party press, is to take care of the party, and that is perhaps what most people pay their mon- ey for. The Grange by its teachings and its prac- tices has ali‘e:i(ly diminished the business of courts and lawyers all over the country. Has, or will the political press of the coun- try made any effort in this direction‘? Of course not-. It can’t do it, or, it thinks it can’t. A dash in that direction would hurt some of its friends. Does it ever say that fees charged for mortgage foreclosures fire often extoitionate, and ask for legal restric- tions. Does it say that legal advertising, as a i'ule is unreasonably burdensome. Has it or will it demand a reduction of the rate of interest now permitted by law ‘.’ Not much! Some lawyer may get hit, or some subscriber huit if any thing of this sort in the interest of the mass of the people is insisted, and, therefore sound policy forbids. \Vithout assuming that we should do dif- ferently were we running that sort ofa ma- chine, we can safely appeal to the files of the Visrroii. to prove that we have not been backward in calling the attention of our readers to existing usages and laws that to us seemed to work injury or hardship to the people. Our past course has been directed by an earnest desire to awaken inquiry and stimulate action on the part of that large class whose labor is the basis of all wealth- the farmers of the State. On the Grange press devolves a fair share of the work ofeducation undertaken by the Order, and for which it was called into be» ing. We have arranged to get full reports from Lansing ofall Legislative action that affects our class, and shall, without favor, criticise the work of our Legislative servants. W'e hope with this enlarged sheet, and more contributors, to so enlarge the field of its usefulness, as to double the number of the readers of the Visiroa in 1881. LAND PLASTER. Day 6:. Taylor and land plaster have come to be so associated that though not quite in’- terchangeable, we do not see the firm name without thinking of land plaster, and vice- versa. The season of supply is again at hand, and in the interest of all parties,’certain condi- tionsshould be well understood at once:— first. The price is $2,00 per ton at the mill at Grandville, on board cars orin bulk; Second. The price is $2.50 per ton, free of switching charge on track at Grand Rapids or Grandville station on the L. S. & M. S. R. R. ; Third. Day & Taylor will ship in bags, when furnished by any party ordering, with- out extra charge for bagging. Fourth. Day & Taylor will furnish new bags at cost to those who will keep them, and remit the pay for bags,with pay for plas- ter, making no charge for filling bags ; Fifth. Freight or express charges on bags with bill for plaster; Sixth. The demand for cars will be great- er than the supply, and those who order early will be likely to have their plaster when they want it, and the rule of"first come, first served,” will be observed. Those who can will find it for their inter- est to club together and forward their bags soon. Don’t send a lot of bags with a red chalk cross on them as your bag mark, and expect that Day & Taylor can get your bags back to youall right. The supply of plaster on hand is ample, is of first-class quality, and with the out-look for the spring trade, those who act wisely ’ Secretaries. 1 gaiiizatioii, 'sieze the laboring car. will order early. QUARTERLY REPORT AND PETITION BLANKS. On the 30th of December we mailed one set of blank quarterly reports to every Grange Secretary in this State, whose name and address we had in any manner obtained. ‘ \Ve wish to remind the Secretaries of 1880 that it is their duty to report for the quarter ending December .‘§lst, unless the installa- tion of the officers of their Grange for l.‘~‘.\l sliall have terminated their oflicizil duties as \\'e hope reports for the current quarter will be niade promptly, and we will » venture to reiiiiiid Secretaries of their obli- gation to turn over to their successors all the books, papers, and other property in their possession, in good order. Do not leave any unfinished work for others to do that was 5 entrusted to you. With these quarterly report blanks we sent headings for sundry petitions, prepared by the direction of the National Grange, and sent out in large numbers into all the States by the Secretary of the National Grange. Tliese should be presented to every farmer in your jurisdiction for signature, whether a Patron or not. In all these matters those ouiside the gate have interests identical with our.-:—no more, no less. In reforms of Na- tional importance, the Grange, from its or- leads the way—its ineiiibers Nor are farmers alone iiiterested in the legislation which these petitions seek to procure. Men of oth- er avocations may very properly be invited tojoin with us in asking for such legislation as will promote the general good, and that is the manifest object which we have in view. I Get every voter, who will, to sign these petitions, and when you have done your whole dutv,forward them to your member of Congress at \Vashiiigtmi. Don’t send them to me to be remailed, but stir up your member with a polite note calling his atten- tion to this matter, and make him under- stand that we are in earnest. A NEW CORRESPONDENT ON AN OLD SUBJECT. \Ve call attention to an article on our fifth page from a new correspondent. His sub- ject though not new to the farmers of Michi- gan, is one, that we believe, interests them more than many of them are willing to be- lieve. Read the article “The Agricultural College, and Admission of Girls,” and ifthe points are not well taken, let us know why. VVe have the Agricultural College, with its fixtures and arrangements for giving an education to the boys of the State, and the question of adding to its facilities and en- larging its sphere of usefulness must depend upon the Jiberality of the Legislature, and the demands of the people. The Patrons of Michigan, as a body, have taken a decided stand in favor of the Agri- cultural College, and the influence of the Order has, we believe, been of advantage to the College. VVe hope the demand that girls be accord- ed the same educational privileges that are afforded boys will be discussed in Subordi- nate Granges and find expression in numer- ous petitions to the Legislature. This demand is one of the progressive movements of the age that will be met. It is only a question of time, and our corres- pondent a gentleman of close observation, and familiar with the educational affairs of the State, has promised us another article for the next number of the Visi'roR. BINDING. With each change of the size of the Vis- ITOB. there comes a demand for the binding of a few copies from persons who have kept full files and wish to keep it in good shape for reference. \Ve have kept several full files for the year 1880, and can furnish on receipt of cost of binding——7O cents——-and 20 cents for post- age or express. VVe can get full volumes of either, or both of the former sizes bound for 60 cents each, for any one sending us the papers We can supply but apart ofthe volumes issued prior to 1880. We have had the proceedings of the sever- al sesssions of the Michigan State Grange all bound in one volume, at a cost of 65 cents. It makes quite a large book, and a valuable one for any Patron who desires to keep the work of the;Orderin this State within reach. Can supply full files for a limited number to any who may order. A VISITOR COMMITTEE. While the VISITOR has friends in every Grange who wish it well, yet good wishes are of little value without work. Volunteer work is good, and we are thankful for it, but for effective work every“ ‘Grange in this State should appoint a committee to secure subscribers to the VISITOR, and this work should not be confined to members of the Order. Invite farmers and others to take this paper. ’ We shall be glad to send specimen copies to these committees on application. WE were not able to get out this issue of the VISITOR on time, on account of the change in size, requiring some new m;te- terial in the printing office. We hope this delay will not occur again, but this time it was unavoidable. .lAl\'l'.\llY lsr. 1881. SI-I('Ri-1TAl{lI-IS will please take notice that itis their duty to notify this office of the name and post-otlice address of the Master and Secretary elect for the year 18.51. \\'e find a very general neglect ofthis matter on the part of Secretaries. It is the work of but a moment, at a cost only iit-<-essai‘y ofbut one cent. “'9 hope to licar from every de- linquent by card, or otlierwise, before the next issiieofthe Vi’.-',i'i‘oit, \Ve shall make a list by iruiuber, of the Granges not report- ed by the l'_’th inst, for the \'isi‘i‘oi-‘. of Jan- nary l.'>th. \\'i: call attention of all interested in honey bees, to the advertisement of Mrs. Cotton, on the eighth page of this issue. \Ve have on our table, her book, “Bee Keep- ing for Profit,” a work of 12-’; pages, which should be read by every person interested in the business, and more of our people might give attention to this industry to their ad- vantage. Report of the Committee on Education to the State Grange. lI"o2 thy .l1c1.s-(er, Bro. and S/'.-(cr 1’a(ron.s- .- Your (Joniiiiittee feel unequal to the task assigned them, but when duty culls we must obey as best we can. Education is the very foundation of so- ciety; begiiiniiig with the dawn of exist- ence; and wlieiher good or evil, individuals and society flare what they have been made by the education they have received. if we would have men strong and good, we must educate them to strength and good- ness; aiid,to do this, we must begin at the foundation to teach the great principles that iiuderlie a healthful and vigorous growth. To have a grand manhood, we must have a grand womanhood. To begin ariglit, at tliis foundation, we must have intelligent and wise mothers, living in pure and cul- tured homes; to have such mothers, we must have daughters intellectually and wisely educated. ’I‘o have such homes, we must have equality of education for our sons and daughters; as homes in which brothers and sisters fregly mingle produce the strong- est and purest men and women, so schools where mind meets mind, in the co-education of the sexes, develop the clearest thoughts and purest amenities between them, mould- ing each into perfection of character, which neither could have attained individually. Next to these homes come the common schools, for which we would ask a better grade of teachers, and a wider range of stud- ies, embracing those natural and exact sci- ences which not only underlie, but form, the true elemental structure of agriculture; and the laws which govern life and matter, also the care and love of birds, and the observa- tion of their habits, should be taught in every school as well as every household, and cruelty to the least or most repulsive crea- ture never rmitted. \Ve wou d offer for your earnest consider- ation, the need of more care in the selection of superintendents, and recommend that the introduction of women as superintendents be especially under your consideration, and where so elected, if found efficient, receive proper encouragement; and, further, that strict uniformity of books be. required, and not too frequent change; and, in connection with this, would recommend that every Subordinate Grange appoint a committee to assist this work. With the common school, come our Granges as educators, and these are, and will be what we, as Patrons, make them. Let us prove ourselves strong in faith and hope, imbued with charity, and let not our fidelity be questioned. In our halls, and wherever Patrons give each other the fraternal greeting, we are all students of the amenities which characterise cultured and refined eople. The Agricultural Jollege is essentially a farmers’ institution, and is meetinga grow- ing want, felt by every intelligent parent, for a system of higher education, which. in developing the intellectual, shall not dwarf the physical energies. But while it meets these ph 'sical and in- telloctual requirements, it sllh dwarfs the social nature of its students, by isolating them from female society, and wrongs wom- an by debarring her its privileges. We there- fore recommend that this Grange, by all the influence it can exert in the comingLegisla- ture, endeavor to obtain for this College such appropriation as is needed to furnish accom- modations that will admit our daughters to all its privileges, and to otherwise aid it in becoming an institution worthy of its name. \Ve also wish to assure its president and professors that we appreciate their faithful and patient labors. We would also recom- mend that steps be taken, in the near future, to establish, in connection with this College, a mechanical department, deeming it as much the duty of the State to foster such scqools as to provide for the professions on y. ‘ The State;Normal, instituted to educate teachers for our common schools, must not be crippled for want of means. We ask nothing for the University, for it has no need ofour aid, but we do ask that the schools in which the children of the farmer and the laborer are educated be as liberally sustained. Your Committee could ask nothing better for your consideration than the instructions ‘ of our VVorthy Master on education--not one word of which, in their estimation, could be altered for the better. Mas. L. P. BRADNER, Chairman. snow the VISITOR to your neighbor farm- er, Patron, or not, and ask him to subscribe for it. It contains more valuable instruction every month than its cost for a year would buy in any other form. We haveseen many aweekly (weakly) with less real bread but much more sack. RENEW! R1-:NEw!! Not your promises, but your subscriptions to this paper, and as 50 cents is not easily sent by mail, get some neighbor to subscribe who has not, and thus save, and make a Patron, by sending a $1 bill. A New OFFER.--I will send the VISITOR, Oincinnati Grange Bulletin and Our Little Grangers, all three one year for $2.00. Ad- dress 0. L. WHITNEY, Muckegon, Mich. ' -‘: JANUARY 1s'r 1881. ’ Qfllttlltllttiitittifllti-. Petitions to Congress. NATIONAL GRANGE. Parnoxs or HLYSBANDRY, )_ MASTER'S OFFICE, Dec. 27th, 1880. 5 I desire to call the attention of Patrons everywhere to the reports ofthe Committees of the National Grange, on “Transporta- tion,” “Agriculture,” “Good of the Order,” “Co-operation,” and “Dormant Granges,” which have been published in pamphlet form and sent to the Subordinate Granges together with petition heads——covering some of the most important questions there dis- cussed, and upon which legislation is re- -:1uired——to be circulated for signers, and then forwarded to the member of Congress representing the district in which the peti- tioners reside. The questions discussed in these reports are among those of the "most vital iinport- ance to the farmers of this country," and to the welfare of our Order. These documents are sent out by the National Grange, to be read and discussed in every Subordinate Grangein the land, with a special and earn- est request that the petitions be placed in the hands of active and untiring canvassers, who will act promptly and give every citi- zen an opportunity to sign them. There are but few persons in any community who will not, most gladly, put their names to the petitions on “Transportation,” the “Ag- ricultural Department,” and “ Patent Rights.” Bills are now pending before Con- gress to regulate inter-State commerce and make the Agricultural Departmentat Wash- ingtona Department of Agriculture, with the Commissioner a member of the Presi- dent’s Cabinet; and it is of the utmost im- portance that all petitions upon these ques- tions be sent in without delay. The question of establishing, by Stateoand National laws, the maximum rates which railroad companies shall be allowed to charge for carrying the products of the country to market, is the most important now agitat- ing the public mind. Our Organization took the initiatory in this movement, and has made decided progress in educating the pub- lic sentiment, overcoming prejudices, and settling important questions of law. The so called “ Granger ‘cases ” are now quoted by statesmen and jurists everywhere, as among the most important and just decisions ever made by the Supreme Court of the United States. Icommend the following extracts from the recently published letters of that able statesman and jurist, Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, of Pennsylvania, to the farmers of this country : " If railroad corporations have the unlim- iced power which they claim,_then all busi- ness is at their mercy; agriculture, com- merce, manufactures must suffer what they chose to inflict. They may rob labor of the bread it wins, and deprive all enterprise of its just reward. Though this power does not belong to them legally, they have been permitted to usurp it, and Ineed not tell you that they have greatly . abused_ it. “Is know that they make their exactions with an eye single to their own advantage, without considering ANY RIGHT on INTEl!.EST;0F ‘THE PUBLIC. They boldly express their determination to charge as much as the traffic will bear; that is to say, they _will take from the profits of every man's business as ‘much as can be taken without compelling him to quit it. In the aggregate, this amounts _to the most enormous, oppressive, and unjust tax that ever was laid upon the industry of any peo- ple under the sun. * _* * It is the habit of the railroad companies to change their rates of transportation often and suddenly, and in particular to make the charges ruinously high without any notice at all. The farmers of the great. West have made a large crop of grain, which they may sell at fair prices if they can have it carried to the Eastern ports, even at the unreason- ably high freights of last summer. But just. now it is said that the railway companies have agreed among themselves to raise the freight five cents per hundred weight, which is equal to an export tax upon the_whole crop of probably seventy-five millions of dollars. . _ _ The farmers must submit to this highway robbery, or else keep the products 0 their land to rot on their hands._ * Congress has power “to reg- ulate commerce between the States.” Is it not strictly within the scope of that authoritywhen it makes a law forbidding carriers through the State to injure, impede or destroy the general trade of _the country by extravagant and discriminating charges ? If that be not a regulation of inter-State commerce, what would be ‘.’ The power _be- ing conceded, an effectual mode of righting the wrong now complained of can easily be devised.” The letter of Judge Black, from which the above has been taken, is one of the most valuable documents ever submitted to the American people, and should beread and studied by every good citizen. “An irrepres- sible conflict ” is now going on between the railroadcompanies on the one hand, and the sovereign people on the other, for the con- trol of this Government; and upon the re- sult hangs the future weal or woe of our Na- tion, and the liberties of our people. The result depends largely upon the action of our Subordinate Granges, and cannot be ' doubtful, if every member will do his duty. I discover that the petition on Patent Right Law Reforms asks for protection to “innocent purchasers againstfraudulenl ven- dors.” What the National Grange intend- ed, and the people want, is such modifica- tion of the present laws as may be necessary to give some degree of protection to the in- nooent purchaser, or holder, of a patented TEE W-i‘M?‘-7&3 article, or implement, from the imperious demands, unjust extortions, and ruinous prosecutions of the patentee, his agent, or ,assignee. The following case, which has come under my notice, will illustrate the operations of the present laws, as interpreted by the courts, and the wrongs that are being committed under them: More than ten years ago, a farmer in this State bought a half interest in an old Glenn & Hall clover- huller. He used it a few days, and found it worthless. He gave the man of_whom he purchased it a cow to take it back. He had no knowledge of its being an infringement upon any other patent, or means ofobtaining such knowledge. Some four years after this purchase, the patentee of the Birdsell clover- huller obtained a decision in the United States Court for the Northern District of Ohio, that this Glenn 6; Hall machine was an'infringement upon the Birdsell; and this man in the United States Court, taking him a long distance from home, to be tried for violating the laws of the United States, claiming damages of one hundred dollars, than that, with all the costs added. This case will suflice to indicate the protection which is required, and the correction which should be made in the petition beforeit is presented to the public for signers. I also call atten- tion to the resolution reported to the Nation- al Grange by the Committee on Good of the Order upon this subject, and which was adopted by that body by a unanimous vote. J. J. VVOODMAN. The Agricultnrafcollege, and Admission of Girls. Jerome T. Cobb, Editor Grange Visitor.--— The writer who addresses you is not a mem- ber of the Michigan State Grange, and yet, I may be permitted to assert, that I have read with much pleasure, and I trust, with profit, the able and well digested address of Master J. J. Woodman, presented to the State Grange and Patrons of Michigan, and published in the VISITOR, Dec. 15th. This address ought to have a wide circulation among the citizens of our State outside the Grange, because it contains ideas, which, if intelligently worked out among our people, would greatly advance the interests of the farm population. and arm them with as much intelligent power as is now wielded by those in professional life. Master Wood- man honors himself, and his :associates, in presenting in his address, the following practical thoughts upon this subject of edu- cation : “In matters relating to education, it has been my aim to impress upon our members the importance of a higher education for farmers’ sonsfand daughters; and of so elevat- ing the standard of our_common schools as to make them what they should be, schools where every child in the State can obtain a thorough and practical knowledge of all the primary, and many of the higher branches of learning. I have also maintained, that as a question, not only of sound public policy, but of justice and equity, the State should provide for the education of men and women for the industrial pursuits as well as for pro- fessional life.” . And again, in connection with the educa- tional policy of Michigan, he speaks with careful thought and wise appreciation of the Agricultural College, as follows: “This is our institution, established to meet the requirements of a progressive agri- culture. The State Grange, as well as many of the Subordinate Grangcs, have taken deep interest in it from the first. We found it giving to its students, in a fuller and more systematic way. that education which it is a part of the work of the Grange to make general among all its mem- bers. Some worthy members of our Order have even ventured the opinion that the influence of the College upon educa- tion is limited, compared with the Grange, without reflecting that the College is for the young, and gives them a thorough literary course of training, in which science is ap- plied direct to" practical agriculture. In ad- dition to all this, experiments are made, new problems solved, hidden truths brought to light, and much other valuable and necessa- ry work is being done, which no farmer, however intelligent, or organization of farm- ers, can do. Such is the diffusive nature of education, and such is its increased power, when it is systematic, thorough, and com- prehensive, that it is difficult to make such comparisons. Both means of education are needed, and they serve to aid and su ple- ment each other. Many graduates an stu- dents of the College are active members of our organization in this State, thus being doubly educated to love the farm, and the independent and honorable calling of the farmer.” "The College is indeed havinga healthy and steady growth, and is well worthy the support we give it. But I cannot close this reference to the College, without calling your attention to the fact, that while ample provisions are made by the State for the accommoda- tion of ladies at our State University, yet they are practically excluded from the College for want of suitable accommodations. Our sons and daughters are reared and edu- cated together in the family, the common school, high school, University, and denom- inational institutions everywhere, and can anyone give a valid reason why provis- ions should not be made for farmers’ daughters at the Agricultural College, as well as for their sons? This question demands your serious attention, and as the whole mat- ter rests with our State Legislature, that body must. be appealed to, if a change is de- sired.” This appeal for legislation, which will give for daughters, as well as sons, the proper ac- commodation for acquiring this practical ed- ucation, which we intelligently appreciate, ought to be carefully considered by the Legislature at its present session. The State Board of Agriculture, at its meeting in October last, determined to submit, in its es- timate for legislative action, the following items, to prepare for the admission of female pupils : For a building suited for the ac- commodation of female pupils, and heating the same, ———————— A- $12,000 00 Furnishing ____________________ __,. 2,000 00 Teachers for 185:2. 1,000 00 Matron for 1882, ________________ . . U00 ()0 The building contemplated would furnish accommodation for forty pupils, the matron, and one teacher. ()f course it is intended that instruction shall be given, mainly by the present professors, to classes composed of both boys and girls. The proposed appro- priation is but a moderate sum, in view of the fact, that applications have been made, annually for several years past, in num- bers, more than enough to overrun the pro- posed accommodation. now Mr. Birdsell has commenced suitagainst Q Much has been said and written upon the subject of the co-education of the, vol- by learnedj gmen, in Great Britain and Aiiierir-a, that .' ‘seemingly demonstrated that 0:)-education . V ' _ ‘ ‘ such read the \ l.\‘I'l‘OR. tney l1]Ll:t think, and sexes ; umes, arguments that would have been presented fill V E §w@%R:% ; was an 2ibsurdity,and that attempts to work it out in practice would be marked with‘, and refuses to compromise for CI. less sum ' tinguished injury to society. British Dr. Lardner, a dis- savan, once E strated to his own satisfaction, and to a mul- ititude of his admirers, that steam power? alone, would never bring a ship from Liver- pool to New York. \Vithin one year after he made this statement, a Liverpool steamer was signaling for a pilot oil‘ the harbor of New York, and within two years after his remarkable announcement, Dr. Lardner himself, aftera steamship passage, was din- ing at the Astor house, in the latter city. So with the principle ofco-educationfiof the sex- es. Within a very brief time after the dem- onstration of its impracticability, and the prediction of evils that were to follow, as a legitimate consequence of its introduction, it was worked out in practice, at home and abroad. AtOxford in England, andin our own University and local Colleges, equal advantages are accorded to boys and girls, and the average girl evinces as much of in- tellectual superiority as her boy classmate, and her presence is found to constitute, in practice, an incentive to better conduct on his part. I need not consume the time of your intelligent readers in attempting to demonstrate the propriety of co-education. The people have already reached a conclu- sion on this subject; their well considered verdict is a verdict of approval. But why educatea woman at the Agricul- tural College? Why attempt to give her a knowledge of practical agriculture 2’ You do not expect to constitute her a laborer for all kinds of farm work ! No, butit is impor- tant that a practical knowledge of farm man- agement should be possessed by a large pro- portion of the women of the country, be- cause a majority of our people are farmers, and the death of husband, father or mother, is constantly imposing on females all the re- -sponsibility ofcaring for large or small farm interests. The law of Michigan gives to a widow the prior right to administer on her deceased husband's estate, but this provision for her benefit is in the greater number of cases a nullity, for the reason that the widow is without a knowledge of her husband’s business ; has had no training in his special vocation, and is therefore compelled to de- cline the opportunity which the law has cre- ated for her benefit and protection. I ven- ture to repeat what I have already stated, that instruction in agriculture should be given at the Agricultural Colleges to girls, because agriculture is practiced and is the re- source for living, on which a majority of the whole people of the 1'nited States are direct- ly dependent. “ The greatest good to the greatest number,” therefore give women the opportunity for instruction, in what will enable them to hold proper position in soci- ety all through life. A course of instruction at the Agricultural College embraces what is taught in the Literary Department of our university and the local colleges ofMichigau, excepting Latin and Greek, and adding in lieu of the dead languages, full courses of practical agriculture, with a labor system of three hours each day for all students. The instruction in botany, especially in connec- tion with agriculture and horticulture, is very full, the recently erected botanical lab- oratory furnishing all the appliances for a perfect mastery of this branch of natural science. The College, through its managing board, the learning and practical ability of its President and professors, now takes rank as the first among all its kindred institutions in the United States, and why shall we stint or impair its usefulness by denying to the fair daughters of‘ Michigan, advantages which they can have in no other education- al institution of the State. w. Freignts advanced 5 per cent. recently by orderof the railroad rings. An advance of 5 per cent. upon the products of the Great West, the agricultural district. of ihe United Stiites puts $75,000,000 into the coffers of the railroad magnates, from the hard earned re- turns of the farms. Railroad papers still preach economy to the farmer that they may endure another 5 per cent. DURING the winter at hand every Grange should discuss the questions of where to buy fruit trees of every kind and learn what the prices are, then form clubs to buy at advan- tage. The same may be said of seed fertiliz- ers; in short, of everything a farmer and his family need. 5' ,'v:-sqrcm-:,—..-,~..-.—,-.—— ~ ~ :- demoii- . Congratulations from Worthy Master D. H. Thing, ‘ of Maine. Bro. J. T. Cobb:——Your excellent paper‘ . . . I comes to our sitting room like 21 ray: of sunshine, its bright cheery facef beaming with smiles, its eye single to the good of the Order, and its whole body full of light. I wish to congratulate the . Patrons of the Peninsular State upon the : practical value as well as the high tone and ‘ character of their paper. I also wish to con— ‘ gratulate the \'isii‘oii upon the liberal sup- port and fatherly care extended by the State Grange. It is an illustration of the value of true co-operation: each working for the other and both for the common good of all. Sui.-li aconrse mustalways result ili siiccees—agaiii I wish to congratulate not only the Patrons, but the farmers of Michigan, upon the out- spoken, independent tone of the Visiroit. It gives no uni-ertain sound, but calls things by their right names. I see you have now and then one whose toes are sore, or V\ hose hide is a little thin, but no matter: if when you make a man think, he is more than half converted; for sober, honest, unsel fish thought, usually brings the individual to correctconclusions in the end. lfasellish, narrow-minded man finds himselfinsiile our Order, it is almost a dead certainty that he will either develop in his ideas of true man- hood, or else find himself away from home, and get on the other side the gate. The thoughtful communications upon “A Farmer for Governor,” though ndt resulting in placinga farmer in the Executive chair of the State, have yet borne fruit, inas- much as they have provoked thought. It was a new suggestion, novel, startling. It savored of revolution. It startled the office- holders and machine politicians. I have no doubt the sensation was something like a horrid nightmare in which, as in an editori- al in the first political paper in the country, (wonder how many papers will deny it ?) the terms aggrarianism, communism,rioters, strikers, Kearneyites, tramps and Grangers, were all used as meaning about the same thing, and I have no doubt that not only the ofliceholders, politicians and lawyers, but _the farmers also, of your State, consulted the census statistics and the year books, to see what proportion of ballots the farmers de- posited in the ballot box, and what propor- tion of the taxes were, and are voted from the pockets of farmers by a mere handful of bankers and lawyers, backed up by corpora- tions and monopolies; and so revolutions go on and on, and without war, bloodshed or harmful-convulsions, the moral atmosphere is purified, injustice, extortion, oppression, and all wrong; on being brought to the light of truth and right, are driven back, and in the end, the fittest shows its ability to sur- vive. Then, dear Visrroa, go on! Your mission is a high and noble one. Should you never see the realization of all your hopes, do not despair. The good men do. lives after the clods of the valley shall have covered them. If you labor, and other men enter into your labors, then you have not labored in vain. This letter is long enough, and now I have not said what I sat down to write. Fraternally and truly, D. H. THING. \Vest Mt. Vernon, Me. Good Times at Elk Lake firange. Saturday, Dec. 18, 1880. ()ur Grange is having enjoyable times since its reorganization. Additional mem- bers every meeting. Well remembered is a remark which our Worthy State Lecturer made to us, “I have come to set you think- ing, ifI do nothing more, and by the follow- ing circumstance it is explicit that his words fell on good ground. It is an old proverb, and undoubtedly a true one, that actions speak louder than words, therefore if it is true, then are we, as a Grange, at liberty to pronounce upon the actions of our Worthy Overseer, (better known as Lowell D. Sours,) and our lady oflicer, (Emma J. Sherman,) of the Elk Lake Grange, P. of H., No. 469. Our Worthy Overseer has a world-wide rep- utation of following the precepts of his pa- rents. What better eulogy can there be for our neighbor’s children than this. Judging from the former, our Worthy Overseer was taking a survey of his possessions, which, by “Alacrity, Economy and Integrity,” he had accumulated, and in looking over the long list, he exclaims, All things have I but a wife I And at the age of 25, tired I am of a single life! Evidently there had been thoughts, words, and actions, on the subject of matrimony, as on the 23d of November, by the Rev. S. G. Blanchard, at the residence of the bride's parents, (only a few rods distance,) the aforementioned couple were lawfully joined in holy matrimony. So now- Childhood’s years, they have passed o'er them, Youthful days will soon be gone, Cares and sorrows lie before them, Hidden dangers, snares unknown. Therefore our Worthy Overseer and his wife, (our lady oflicer) have the congratula- tion of the Grange in all their undertakings, hoping to see them in the future enjoying More of comfort, less of care; More to eat, and more to wear, Happier homes and faces brighter, All their burdens rendered lighter; Hopes that drive away all sorrows, And something laid up for the marrow. Neil Monroe is our Master, and Henry Gee, our Secretary", of the Elk Lake Grange, No. 489. I) The Grange in Kansas. Hi'.\ii;oi.irr, Ka.-1., Dec. '.’7, 18%. Crescent Valley Grange elected their oili- cers on time this year, and will have the in- stallatioii at the next regular meeting, Jan. 13$. “'63 have received six additions to mem- bersliip by diniit during the year. \\'e cele- brated the aiiiiiversar_v of the Order by a public meeting and ft’:i.>,'l, not diti‘ei'ing ina- terially from those so common among our brother Patrons iii Jiicliigiui. Economy . Grange has a sound financial basis and con- stantly receiving aicccssioiis by initiations. ’ Kansas State Graiigelieldits annual ses- sion at Olatha, .lolinsoiiL‘o., last week, re- maining three days and aconsiderable part of the night in session. The meeting Washarmo- iiious and both delegates and officers showed acoiniiienilable zeal iii the revival of the Or- der in the State. Johnson Co. has the most succes.-'fiil co-operative store known to exist anywhere among l’.-itrous, so far as the writer is informed. Bro. Neeilliain, Lei-turer of.\lissoui'i State Grange, was with us during the meeting, and gave both to the Grange and public sev- eraloftlic best lectiires it has been our fortune to listen to. He has a happy way of pleasing and iii.-itructiiig his hearers, and isapower in our country for strengthening our cause. Edgerton Grange was reorganized, and its officers installed by your humble servant,on his way home from the State Grange, with 16 iiiembersiinil many others waiting to file their applications. They have a branch of the()latha store in a flourishing condition, having been in operation about one month. Johnson County is the banner County in this State, and possesses every element to make our Order agrand success- Permit us 11 closing this brief article to send our con- gratulations for the satisfactory condition of our glorious Order in your State. Fraternally, SAML. J. BARNARI). The Farmers’ Institute. Edl[()7' Grange Visitor: As but little has been said as yet as to the Institute to be held at Schoolcraft, the 2:1 and 3d of l“ebri’iary next, some may think that the matter is dying out-. Nothingcould be further from truth. Those in whose hands the matter has been placed have not been idle, and their efforts thus far have been very success- ful. Indeed, they already have a program arranged which for variety and value has not been excelled in the past. Speakers, at home and abroad, have been secured to open the discussion of topics, and as they will be confined to fifteen minutes each, ample time will be given for discussion by those attending the Institute. That all who attend may have opportunity to take part, those who speak after the leader will be confined to five minutes each, except where permis- sion is given to occupy more time. Short, sharp, and to the point, will be the rule, and those who have the matter in hand have high hopes that this will be one of the best farmers’ meetings ever held in Michigan. Prof. Johnson, who is a practical farm- er, and now at the head of the “farm de- partment” of the Agricultural College, at Lansing will give an address, taking forty or fifty minutes, upon “ Farm Economies,” which is a matter of_much interest to every farmer in the land, and, at its close, the question drawer is expected to bring out a general talk from the farmers present. The program will soon be published in all of the County papers. WM. STRONG, Sec'y. National Grange Resolutions. DOWAGIAC, Dec, 23,133o_ I heartily endorse the resolutions of the joint committee on the Good of the Order, at the recent session of the National Goange. They should be printed in large numbers and copies sent to every member ofCongress, and to the members of each State Legigla. ture, and petitions to Congress embodying the resolutions should be circulated in every County in the Union, and forwarded to Congress in such overwhelming numbers 9,5 to compel them to grant the reforms de- manded, and a pressure should be brought to bear upon our legislature which will in- duce them to adopt said resolutions, and re- quest our delegation in Congress to support the measures recommended. H. H. TAYLOR. __________________________ NOTICES OF MEETING. BERLIN, Mich., Jan. 3, 1881. Editor Grange Visitor :—Dear Sir.—West- ern Pomona Grange, No. 19, will hold its an- nual meeting at the hall of Ottawa Grange No. 30, Berlin, Mich., on Thursday and Friday, Jan. 27th and 28th. Yours Fraternally, CHAS. W. WILD, Secretary. THE regular meeting of Oceana Pomona Grange No. 23, will be held at Shelby vii- lage, on Wednesday, Jan. 26, commencing at 10 A. M. Gi-:0. C. MYERS, Sec’y. THE Barry County Pomona Grange, No. 26, will hold its next meeting at the hall of ’ Baltimore Grange, in Baltimore, on Thurs- day, the 13th of Jau’y, commencing at 2 o'clock P. M. The meeting will be open for the discussion of questions affecting the rights_of farmers. and how they shall regain such rights as they have surrendered to oth- ers. Fourth Degree members of the Order are earnestly invited to attend and partici- pate in the discussion. J. A. ROBERTSON, Sec’y. liitlins’ ljltiutlmnil. i imsmoars mcruazs ORIGINALAAIEY MRS. LOU. K. HUNT. As I raise the silken curtain from the halls of memory ‘. bright, ‘ And gaze, with longing vision, on its walls now=_ bathed in light, ‘ I see the dear old pictures that have hung there 1 many a day, And I gaze in dreamy silence, till my soul is far - away. 1 see a group of faces, young, roguish, full of joy, The happy smile of childhood lights each face of girl and boy, And I see two other pictures, this happy group above» And their faces beam upon me, with an earthly parents’ love. I see .1 little trundle bed, all white, and soft, and warm, Where a mother hides her treasures from many an earthly harm. Now I see her bending o'er her darling sleepers thcre, VVhilr she murmurs up to heaven a mother’s earnest prayer. I can see a kneeling figure, 'bent at mother's knee, devout, VVith its long white robe, from which ton pink toes peep out. I can see the eyes uplifted, little hands clasped trustingly, And I almdst hear the whisper, “Teach me Thy child to be." I can see a tiny cradle standing still and empty there, And beside it, draped chair, And I see the little dresses, folded carefully (white and blue), And a baby's ring, a necklace, and a dainty little shoe. in mourning, is a little rocking 1 see :1 household mourning, for the derxrest one has flown, And I see the dear word “ mother ” carved on a pure white stone, I can see the dear word “father” on a stone beside it now ; And with tear-dimmed eyes, and aching heart, my head I gently bow. As I drop the silken curtain to the halls of memory bright, _ , My soul, I feel has been baptized, in its pure and holy light ; And I turn me to the world again, with a braver, truer heart, Determined, in this life of ours, to play a noble part. Force of Habit. The following essay was read before the Ypsilanti Grange, October, 1881. Habit is our best friend or worst enemy. It can exalt us to the height of honor and happiness, or sink into the lowest depths of vice, shame and misery. There is not a vir- tue, nor a vice, not an act of body, nor of mind, to which we may not be chained down by this despotic power. ltis the great point ofour lives to begin well, for it is at the begin- ning that the system of conduct is adopted which soon assumes the force of habit. How many promising yomug men have injured themselves by afalse step. There are many crawling through life, miserable to them- selves, and'the cause of sorrow to others, by the formation of a bad habit at the com- mencement of life. Few people have formed habits of wrong- doing willfully. They glide into them by degrees and almost unconsciously, and be- fore they are aware of danger, the habits are confirmed and requires resolute and persist- ent effort to effect a change. “Resist begin- ning,” wasa maxim of the ancients, and should be preserved asa landmark in our day. Coleridge was one of‘ the finest poets of his time, and b:-.ttled twenty years before he could emancipate himselffrom his tyrant —opium. He went into voluntary imprison- ment, hired a man to watch him day and night, and keep him by force from tasting the pernicious drug. Resolution after reso- lution he formed, yet during all the best years of his life, he wasted his health, neg- lected his family, and lived degraded because he could not abstain. He would lay plans to cheat the very man he hired to keep the drug from him, and bribe thejailor to whom he had voluntarily surrendered himself. This case is an extreme one, of course, but there are many who are as truly the slave of a perverted appetite as be. Not a day but we can see some one under that debzised ser- vitude, THE SLAVERY Ol-‘ 'ronAcco. Not bound by the Southerner, but by worse bondage, and in trying to free them- selves it is always with difficulty. There seems to be an inability in changing their course from wrong to right. It requires all their own strength, and all they can borrow from others, to deliver them. It has been stated by our best physiologists that it seri- ously alfects all the organs of the senses. Dr. Mussey presents the case of a surveyor ‘ most without an exception, every drunkard _ bacco chewers. ‘ other fatal poisons, but its habitual use is‘ unnecessary. Property has been destroyed by its use. The ashes of a pipe emptied out p in a shop or barn, and a fire is the result. ‘ Large manufactories have been burnt up by I a piece of a lighted cigar. It has been said that the use of lobaccol leads to intemperance and idleness. I will not say that every tobacco user is a drunk- j ard, but will say, from observation, that al- is a tobacco user, for although there are points of honor in those who use tobacco, I have yet to learn where lies the honor of to- v I think this honor should be classed with the honor of rumselling and rum drinking—the less we have of it the better. Not only does‘the bride plead with her newly pledged husband to abandon a habit of all things most offensive to her, while he remains unmoved, and crowds of ladies are seen with handkerbhief to their faces, while the would-be-thought-gentlcman is pufling tobacco smoke. Let such witnesses testify tothe filthiness of tobacco who mop, scrub ‘, and clean the shining stove hearth and glis- tening spittoon, the rich and costly carpets E and hearth rugs, where one or more has ‘ formed this habit. People have lived with- , out it. \Vhat a contrast between the to- bacco user and those who are free. See the tobacco chcwer in that richly carpeted man- sion, with closed fire boards and minus a spiltoon. See him approaching the house of worship, struggling to decide whether to sacrifice his appetite and sit an hour without his quid, or pollute the holy temple. Reflect upon its expensiveness and the good that might be done with the money thus spent. As the Great Physician has provided a cure for the worst diseases, is there not a remedy to overcome this most disgust- ing and expensive habit. I think there is, if they use a determined will and their watch- word he “Libertyor death.”Many may think they will die in the struggle, but they will come out victorious by perseverance; so will it prove with a resolute and determined re- former in the habit. Let us not doubt their strength to do this. They may well despond if they lean on themselves alone, but depend upon One who is able and willing to help them, then there will be no longera slave to that disagreeable habit. 1.. 1-1. (' i l : I l l , i I l l l i Sculptors and Influence. The following essay was read by Miss Fan- nie Hall, of Union Grange, at a meeting of Hillsdale County Pomona Grange, Nov. 3d, 1880: “Sculptors in life are we, as we stand with our souls uncarved before us, waiting the hour when, at Godls command, our life- dream passes o'er us. If we carve the dream on the yielding stone, with many a sharp incision, its heavenly beauty shall be our own, our lives the heavenly vision.” Beautiful and grand were the thoughts in the hearts of those nobleminded men, who laid the foundation, reared the symmetrical super;-:.trucfure of the Grange, that the foun- dation should be so deep, so strong and abiding, that its influence should extend far as the rolling prairies of our own fair land, deep as the countless waves that ruflle old ocean’s bosom; high as the heavens that hold the rolling spheres, and lasting as the cycles of the endless years. \Vith advanced ideas of universal brotherhood and true manhood; they left superstition far in the vales below, climbed the heights, and placed woman there, an equal. Those men carved for themselves an en- during monument; transcribed their names in letters of gold‘, wrote them along the walls of your halls, with sharp and deep incisions. ‘ They tore away the barriers that had so long debarred her from occupying a position of honor or trust, and welcomed her coming as, hopefully, she sought admis- sion at the gates. There she beholds no avenging angel, with flaming sword, guard- ing the entrance; but, softly, at her gentle touch, as by the hand of magic, the gates unclosed. The open portal passed, with wondering eyes she reads the beautiful le- gend of " \Velcome.” And, as her mind glances down the centuries ofthe past, along the dim, silent aisles and corridors of Time. she reflects, that in no other organization has she been allowed the power to wield an influence. Trembling upon her lips came the question, \Vhat good can I accomplish ‘.’ how make my presence a necessity, and ac- ceptable? Many similar thoughts are crowd- ing her heart, for she possesses a soul, and is endowed with capacities of mind and feeling that, could they be guided and train- ed in the right direction, would be second to none. - As the law of progress is a universal law, urging man to superior manhood, its effect upon the mind of woman is the same, urg- ing her to purer, higher womanhood; and herinflnence in the Grange should be refin- by the name of Cummings, of Plymouth, yew Hampshire, who, by the use of tobacco thirty-five years, became nearly blind and deaf. Upon giving it up both his sight and hearing returned. VVe have heard it said that a sure cure for toothache, is in a pipe or quid of tobacco. To think of chewing poison till the nervous “Stem is so prostrate that it ceases its action, hi to present a remedy worse than the dis- It may be used beneficially as a med- which may be said of arsenic, and ease. icine, ing, tender, pure and true. It should be her highest aim to exert upon the minds of brothers and sisters an influence that should blend in perfect harmony with those im- mortal dead who live again in minds made better by their lives. Live in pulses stirred to generosity, in deeds of during rcctitude, in scorn for miserable aims that end in self. This is the life to live, that martyred men have made. glorious f'or us who strive to fol- low in their wake. l l l l 5 influence. l nied with scorn and derision, or its effects are likened to the nnrniug mist, or the wind- wafteu thistle-down. But this theory is somewhat at fault. Permit me to cite an j instance of the enduring nature of woman's f (‘enturies ago, upon the plains of Bethany, came a woman, bearing in her hands a box of precious ointment. Kneeling at the feet of the Redeemer of man, she- performcd her office of love, and He who ‘ spoke never mun spoke before, declared that her fame should extend through all the earth. to every clinic and people, it should ' be a monumcnt to her memory. Century after century has passed away, kings with their sccpters, have mouldered to dust,- empires and republics have flourished, with all their pride and power, and are naught, but the act ofthe woman of Bethany reverts ‘ to an influence which shall be felt down to the endof time. The beautiful legend is as , impressive as of old, and the perfume as rich and fresh as that of aspring rose in the - morning hour. Allow me to recall another instance of woman's influence-—that of the noble mind- ed and heroic Florence Nightingale. So pure and good was her influence upon tlmse . stern men of battle, that it is said they were- wont to kiss her shadow as it passed upon ‘ the wall beside their cats, and when they felt the icy hand of death stiff’.-ning their limbs, and their pulses becoming fainterzuid - fainter. her name was last on their lips. ‘ \Vho would wish for monument more grand? Though none ofus may ever obtain soshiningarecord, still each may exert an influence in the Grange, if we “dotheduty nearest us,” though it may appear ever so humble or trifling. The lighting of the fire, the polishing and trimming ofthe lamps will not be forgotten, and its light and beauty may lend an attraction to the place guiding some wanderer in. Sculptors and molders are we all, each working with mallet and chisel. If in some hasty or unguarded moment the incision is made too sharp and deep, we have marred the beauty of the monument, and our work will be rejected, or it will require many hours of laborof loving hands to efface the effects of those thoughtless strokes. How necessary, then, that we work with careful movements. Brothers and sisters remem- ber that you are sculpturing the monument of the Grange, thatyour work is not for a day, but foralltime. Centuries may come, look upon, and perhaps criticise your work. If you have worked in the perishing sand stone, wherein are many flaws and imperfections, then when the chisel falls from your nerve- less hand, and you pass away, your work will cr_umbleto dust, and like vourselfbe for- gotten. But ifyou have wrought in the im- perisnable granite rock, the monument shall glow with all the inspiration of mind and genius. Sublime indeed shall be the work ofyout hands. Time shall have no effect upon its eternal completeness, and round that brow of living light where hope and inspiration are strangely blended, shall angelscomc to twine their choicest immor- tclles. From Aunt Kale, Grattan. Christmas eve! All alone, but not lonely; if so, I can while away the hours by writing. The reason I am alone is, I had not recover- ed sufliciently from a severe attack of the sick headache to go to the Christmas tree myself, but was quite willing the rest should go. I saw by the last VISITOR that my sub- scription had run out, so to kill two birds with one stone, thought 1 would write a little article and send with my subscription. I liketo be on time, and I don’t want to miss asingle copy. Our Grange has had some talk of using some of the Grange money to subscribe for the Visrrou. I do not know how they will decide, but I should bc in favor of each one paying for his own paper that would and could, and those that would not or could not take it, for such ones, use money from the Grangetreasury, for I think the more we read, the better we will under- stand the Grange, and the objects and aims for which it was organized. I believe our Sister Mary says she knows some that take the VISITOR. (or rather a Grange paper), that do not perform the duties of a Patron, or attend Grange meetings. \Vell, it may be such ones do not read their papers. I have heard one say they would not givea snap for the GRANGI-1 VISITOR. Now I felt sorry and grieved to think we had such an one in our Grange, but I knew they never spent much time reading, and therefore had no taste f'or any reading, so I should make some allowance. VVe find such in all Granges and organizations, but not so common as formerly. There is a growing desire for reading matter, and there is no way it can be had so well andcheaply as through news- papers and periodicals, and of these every family should have a good supply. I had designed not to write much this time, butI can‘t stop just yet. I want to just touch the sisters 3. little. Sister S. has given the roll call, and only one response did I see in our last \'1s1Tou. Now my dear sisters, I presume some of you have a reasonable excuse for not contributing to our VISITOR, but I guess not all. Don’t you think it is how much. we want to do a thing, whether we do it or not? I think it is so many times. I know there is a host of you that can write more learnedly than your humble servant, That Woman asserts an influence is often de- ‘ -30/716. : l't’:lllI. , tjl‘;tti;_f'c, . rt-port We are lookzng fnrxva rd to the meet- 57.‘, st. you on any or all of the subjects mentioned by Sykes. Our department looks (00 [one- I want to see those familiar names - once more—ye.-;, many times. You must forgive me for writing so much and often; it is easy to work for those we love, you know. A “Merry Cliristtnas" and “Happy New ‘ Year” to all. From New York. -"i. RI 1:.-x, ()swvgo County, New York, lg I)9»_(:‘lllbr1' 24, lHbO. ) Bro. (boll.-—\Vc attended the installation ‘ o:'otlicers of Mt. l’lea;"ro.\‘i-:. Request Answered. )lAso.\’, Mich., Dec ‘.24, lsso. ll'orthg/ Bra. .1. 71’. U0!»/; :—.\'otiz,-ing in the last VISITOR that ci)r1‘cspot1tleut fmni Muskegon wished to know the author of the poem entitled, “lfl should Die ’l‘o—Z\’iglit." I would say that I have the poem with the name of the uuthoress. lt was written by Mrs. Jencverah M. \Vinton. Fralernally Yours, 1*} E’l"l‘ll‘« received, the belief was gen- erally txprcssetl that several dormant (tr-aiigsi-oulil be revived, if some one within the (jonnly \vu.< appointed with power to l‘(.‘~()l'f.',".llllZ(.‘ said ( lnuigcs. 'l‘l1cquc.stien was asked, why did not the State Grunge so amend their rulcstlnit the l.ecturcr of each (Tounty (l1'ai1;;i- 1-hnulil bu l'il'~l1l9 a Special lieputy. 'l‘hc ununinn,=u< cxprcssiou was .th:n' in our Uouut_v the (Ir-augc was in a l healthy condition, and incrc:t.sing in influ- ence and members, and doing much to help educate the farmers to act for themselves. lsend you the programnie for the next meeting, which Will be held on the third ’l‘uesduy and \Vcdne.-zday of.l:tnuary, l.s’\'l. I-‘ius'r In x‘. l. .\nnual ltcport of.~\. \V. Sherwood, as liecttiri-1'. 1.’. Home lteading——Miss Lizzie Tibbetts. 'l‘ilc l)ruinagc—J-ames Troop. Sl-2t‘()Nl) i».-\ Y. 1. Report of A. J. Gilnlis, us Delegate to the .\‘t:tte Urrangc. Select lteadings—Mrs. Delia Hall. Duties of Members of the Gra.nge~J. W. Brooks. Ul{AR’l‘l~2lt I\Ir:.\1ni~;it. n, -i .1 r). Programme of Farmer's Institute to be held at Cass- opolis. Feb. 8th and 10th, 1881. .l“l£llltl,‘AR\' sun. 1. Music. :3. l’rayei'. 2:. Address by the President. -1. Music. 5. Fire Insurance. .l*Jssa_y by L‘_vrus Tut- hill, of Dowagiac. ti. Essay, Home Conveniences; Mrs. S. E. Garvey, of J efl'crson. 7. Query Box. 8. Music and adjournment. l-1\'l-2.\'l.\'I.i .'-:i«:ssio.\', U23!) u‘t'I.m'K. Music. Es.-.iu_y, Road and it HUI Making ; A. Smith, Penn. 3. lissuy, Mrs. 15. lleddcn, Ilowagiac. 4. Essay, Miss M. J. ltedfield. :3. Query Box. (L Music and adjournment. iri-:i;P.i7An\' lH—_\ionNi.\‘r; .-~.i«:s.~41o.\',$io‘L‘l.o('K. ]. Music. 2. The most Practical Method of Keeping up the Fertility ofthe l~.‘oil,(,‘liurles lf‘. Howe, Berrien County. 3}, Methods of l:J lucation, (iharles Kim- merle, Lagrange. l. U -1. Query Box. :3. Music and adjournment. A1-"ri:nNoo.\' .sI«:ssio.\', 1:30 ()'(‘l.0(‘l{. 1. Music. L’. I<‘arn1 Implements. M. H. Lee, Ontwa. ::. Farmers’ ()rg-anizatious, }Ion. Aaron Jones, St. Joseph (lounty, Ind. 4. Home Adornment, M rs. Howe, Bu- chanan. Query Box. (3. Music and adjournment. l<}\'ENl1\'f; SE’.~.‘Sl().\', (3:30 o’«_'i.o(‘K. 1. Music. :2. Farm I<‘enccs,ll. I). .\I.-iy. l-lelwardsburg. 3. Fattcning Stock, (lid. llebrun, Porter. 4. l‘lssay,Manufat:ture of ;\lclas:ses and Su- gar from Sorghum, l-ion. \Vm. Hull, St. Jo- seph County, Micliigau. 3. Query Box. 4;. Election 0l'ofiicers. 7. Music and adjournment. Washington Grange, No. 403. At our recent election llro. John .l. Snook was elected l\laster,and Sister Alice N. Stone, Secretary. I will send you all the subscribers I can, and am hopeful that I’ can send you a larger list this year than ever before. Our Grange is alive, and getting many recruits. Oh! that every fa.rmer would inform himself in regard to the principles and objects of this organization. \Vl1at it has done, and will do if its principles are regarded and enforced. Equality, and the greatest good to the great- est number, underlie the fabric of our noble Order, and with such bed rock, if faithful, we shall succeed. J, H, R033, Secrzrlary Cobb: ‘Nould it not bea good plan to print in the \'is1'1‘oIt a list of the Gra11gesl':y number, whose Masters or See- retaries, or both, do not take the VISITOR.” Let us have such :1 list on l~‘el‘u‘uary lst, and oblige, Yours l“r.xtcrnally, l’it0(;ni-zss. A LADY was busily engaged in domestic affairs, when some one rang the street door bell, and the Catholic servant-girl was bid- den to say her mistress was not at home. “ Yes; ma'am,” she replied; “and when I confess to the priest, shall I confess the he as your sin, or mine? 7’ “PE0l’J-F1533’ they shell l)6.‘.t§ when they unshell them; husk corn when they unhusk it; dust furniture when they undust it : skin a calf whom they unskinlit; scale fishes when they unscale them; weed their gar- dens when they unwced them.-" _ To _.iUnG1«: of the real importance of an individual, one should think of the effect his death will produce. THE future of society isjin the hands of and we would be heartily glad to‘ hear from Lecturer County Grange. the mothers. JANUARY lsr, 1581. ' Report of Committee on Agricultural College. To the Illasler and ilfembers of /he Michigan State Grange. Your committee, appointed at thelast ses- sion of the State Grange, to visit and inves- tigate the workings of the Agricultural Col- lege, have, so far as they have been able, discharged the duty iinpo.-ed upon them- and respectfully submit the following report: First, permit us to say, that in preparing our report, we have labored under some em- barrassment, from the fact that one year ago a like committee submitted to this body a very able and exliaiistive report, covering so completely every portion of the ground, that it seemed to us that but little could be added. The inception and early history of the College, the struggles and trials tlirougli which it had to pass to l"01.l(.‘ll its present po- sition, wcre so fully set forth in the report alluded to, that nothing upon that subject need be said. During the month ol'June la:-:t, your coni- mittee spent two days at the College, looking , over the farm and stock, and visiting some of the (-la-is rooms and listening to the exer- cises, and noting carefull_y the methods em- ployed, stances permitted. ’ . ever, we could form some idea of the condi- tion of the farm and the value of the instruc- tion given. It is not our plll'_|')0S.elll this re- port to indulge in carping criticism, nor on the other hand, do we intend to bestow ful- soine or unmerited praise. does not come up to ouridea of what a model farm should be, and while we noticed some things we would have changed, we believe that every year advancement is being made, and if our people are true to their own inter- ests and sustain the College as it should be sustained, the time is not far distant when we shall no longer have l‘(:‘;1:ULl to complain in this respect. ‘Vll(“ll we consider that the institution has had to hew its way from the wilderness, with no College of the kind from which to pattern, no professors of experience in the kind of work required, with oppo.-ition to encounter, not only from those of other pro- fessions, but from farmers tlieniselves, who should have been its earliest and steadfast friends, without text—books of the kind needed, everything to be created and the pathway cleared, often with insutiicicnt ap- propriations to carry on the work niarked out, we can but wonder that this institution, the pioneer of its kind in this country, has accomplished so much and done it so well. It has gained a reputation of which it may well be proud. Nearly every Agricultural College in the country has copied its plans. THE FARM. But little change has taken place in the management of the farm department since last year. The chair of the Professor of Prac- tical Agriculture, made vacant by the resig- nation of Profe:-sor Ingersoll, has been filled by the appointment of Professor Samuel Johnson to that position. Some delay has undoubtedly arisen in consequence of this change, in carrying out some of the plans for improvements upon the farm. This was unavoidable. But give the Professor 2). little time to become acquainted with the duties of a new position, and the work will un- doubtedly move on with its accustomed smoothness ‘ Your committee were sorry to see that some of the experiments which have been carried on for some years in this department have for the time being, been abandoned. \Ve believe such experiments to be apart of the legitimate work of the College, and of great value to the whole fai'ming commuii- ity, and can but hope that they will be resumed at an early day. l\Iucli dissatisfac- tion has been €X1)l‘€S:ed by some, that the farm has not been so managed as to afford a greater source of revenue to the College. \Vith such your committee have little sym- pathy. The College is an educational insti- tution, and all the operations of the farm should be so conducted as to aid in this work. To accomplish this, the work should be 1arg+ly experimental. There is nothing the agricultural interests of the State more need than an army of trained, independent scien- tific experimenters. If the College can fur- nish such, she will surely have done a good Woi'k. Perhaps if the farm could be so man- aged that a portion might be set apart for ex- periments, by which might be decided by actual test, those doubtful questions as to modes of culture, the relative value of differ- ent kinds of fertilizers, varieties of seeds, succession of crops, qualities of live stock, etc.. which so often perplex the farmer, and the remainder be conducted as a model for imitation by farmers engaged in practical agriculture, the value of the institution to the State might be greatly enhanced. THE STOCK. Some changes are being made in the stock upon the farm, which your committee be- lieve to be in the right direction. Instead of attempting to keep herds of all breeds of cattle, it is contemplated to keep a herd of short horns, as best representing the leading breed for the production of beef, and Ayr- shires as the leading breed for the dairy. Single specimens only of the other most prominent breeds are to be kept for the pur- pose of comparison and instruction. Asirn ilar change is contemplated with the sheep. The American Merino, we believe, is to be the leading breed. COLLEGE BUILDINGS. The new hall for the Department ofBolany and Horticulture is now completed. It is an elegant structure and we should think well adapted to the wants of this department. Other buildings will soon be needed. The Professor of Zoology and Entomology needs more room than is now at his disposal. Oth- er departments have their wants, notably the Chemical Department. An appropria- tion of six thousand dollars was asked of the last Legislature to enlarge the chemical lab- oratory, but it was not granted. No improve- \\'e might profitably have spent: much more time in this work, had circum- ‘ ,l)uring this time, how- , VVhile the farm 1 ‘Scientific and general culture, and technical ‘LEE It is now twenty-three years since the College went into practical operation. After atrial ofso many years, candid and thought- ful persons might be disposed to inquire has really resulted from the efforts which, during this term, have been put forth ‘.‘ Has the success that has attended the efforts to make proficients in the sciences which un- derlie this great industry—agriculture—-; the good which has been done, and the benefit which has been realized, been such as to compensate for the l:llJ'.')l‘ bestowed and the money L-xpeiided.’ Do the results, on a care- ful review aiid close iiispection, appear to be such as, in the estimation of discreet and prudent. persons, would justify a continu- anceoftliat labor and €_‘;j.N:ll(lll'1ll‘e for the saiiieobject, for time to coiiie‘.’ Or, on the other band, would a wise and true policy dictate that the enterprise should be aban- doned, because, however good and worthy may be its object, the mlvaiitagc gained, is not in the eye of sound ei-.on 'l‘lies-‘e are appropriate, as well as fair and V and ciindid, an iiiipartialandtruc reply. \\'e 1 may suppose these questions to be put under , _ _ -I grave of buried year.-i, cryingout that expen- 3 , ditures for tliispurpose. arcuseless and exii'av- ‘ The voiceof some one Wll(i2-ze scien- ‘ ? title knewledge is bounded by his almanac i That a knowledge of Lllei ; sciences is iiet-es-ai'y to become a siii-cc.<_-zl'iil , VES seas-E ' oxen. Therefore has he a paramount claim to the aid of the State in the performance of his work. There is nothing our noble com- monwealth so much needs for the develop- ment of her vast resources and the glory of her name, as an addition to her population of a million true men and women. . most respectfully would we ask, can the representatives of the interests of the State, better serve those who have honored them with their confidence, than by aiding them in educating their sons and daughters‘? \Ve would tliercfore recoinmend, that this Grange should demand of our Legislature, soon to assemble here, that they shall graiit all need- : ed aid to the Agricultural College. And we would especially reconiniend to each meni- ber of this body, and to every member of: the Order in the State, to use his or her ii1- ; lluence with the individual meiiibers or the Legislature in favor of the College. Let —them understand that a majority of their constitueiits are fariners, and that their in- , terests must not be disregarded. In a few years at the most, no aid from the State will ; be needed, except for the ei'ci-tion and repair ’ of l)llll\llllg‘.<. \Vc believe the College is gainiiig in popu- :’ larity with the farniers of the State every yeah ry voice, coming up as it were, from the agant. ,and the moon. ,* farmer is too much for his t‘i‘etlr:llL'e. He : looks back to the “dark ages” with it sigh, ‘ for he regards that period as the culniiiiatiiig i point in human iniprovement—-tlie most lu- minous era in the history of mankind. In the grand march of improvenient which is going on in every depnrtincnt of industry, shall that ofagriculturc alone be left beliiiid? lfit could be separated from otliers, is this the first, last and only one to be disregarded‘) Let him who would advocate such a policy, at least stand out ofthe way of living and moving men, if he will not hide himself from their sight and conipanionsliip. The position the farmer will occupy in com- ing years will largely depend upon his iii- telligence, and that spirit of enterprise which education inspires. \Ve should endeiyor then, in every possible way, to foster our Agricultural College as one of the best iii- struinentalities to this end, and in so doing, our views should be broad and our purposes liberal and comprehensive. \Ve sliould_ re- member that the great aim of such an insti- tution, should not be solely to make its stu- dents “skillful weigliers of hay and guagers of beer barrels,” but stronger and more use- ful citizens ; its predominant purpose should be not merely to produce wealth, but to mature men. All of which is respectfully submitted. J. Q- A. b’URRlNG’I‘0.\', \V. DivrNi~:, Tiios. MARS, Committee. Gigantic Corporations. Many persons have become alarmed lest the vast power centered in the hands of those persons who control railroad and other corporations may be used to undermine the very foundation of our civil and political lib- erty. This apprehension is by no means groundless. There was in this city, within very recent years, an organization, the lead- ing man of which held very intimate rela- tions with a corrupt judiciary ring, and a plundering municipal ring. it was itself one of the most audacious systenis ofrobbery that ever brought disgrace upon any country. Strange to say, the lessons of the history of Eries have brought forth little or no perma- nent good fruit. “Fisk was a bad man,” people say, and thin k they have disposed of the whole mat:er. But why should it be in the power of any man, had or good, to do as he did? The war of the Revolution was un- dertaken, and carried through by much sac- rifice to a successful issue, to deliver the country from the oppressive rule of kings, who thought that the person and property of every one in the land were at tlieirdispos- al. The war of the Rebellion was also car- ried to a triumphant termination, because the Free North would no longer submit to the dictation of slave-owners. But is not the country now very much at the mercy of those men who are the chiefs of railroad and other great companies‘? Confining our attention to railroad corpor- ations——wliat a power is invested in their chiefs! They can control the votes of all or nearly all the men employed by them. If a man does not vote as they hint that he should, some pretext will probably be found for discharging him, and leaving himself and family to starve. The ballot is no pro- tection under the present system of canvass- ing by political agents before an election. It is known as certainly to experts how a man votes as though he openly wrote down the names of the candidates in a registry book. These corporations control, to a con- siderable extent, legislation by free passes to law-makers, and thejudiciary by free passes tojudges, if not by bribes in a more flagrant form. They can at pleasure raise their rates for passenger or freight traffic to indemnify themselves for the losses incurred in waging war against the public. Some own lands re- ceived in aid oftlieir entei‘prises—lands that will be well peopled; and the chiefs of these corporations will, within the next ten or fif- teen years, wield a political influence that will belittle that of the President of the United States himself. They will be like the Southern Brigadier Doorkeeper of Con- gress, who wrote home that he was a “biger man than old Graiit." They will hold at their disposal the votes of the vast army of their employee, and of the occupants of their lands who owe for installments, and resist- ance to dictation will be denounced as 23. “vi- olation of the rights of property.” If redress is sought through the usual legal means, the passage will be found barred to the poor comp ainants by the heavy purses of the de- fendants. A few men will stand in relation to their millions of employes and landhold- ers just as the patrons of Rome did towards their clients, and with the same result of en- tailing great wrong upon the country. But it may be objected that " all our rail-, road chiefs are not Fisks.” No; nor are all our municipal rulers Tweeds, nor all judges Barnards. But it is the plain duty of all cit- izens to see that there is no restraint upon the political liberty of the people. It is per- fectly plain to any one, that under the most arbitrary and autocratic form of govern men t, a good ruler may give peace and prosperity to his people; but constitutional government requires not only that the people be govern- this time. thousand acres of corn, or sells a thousand And . it is true, we sonietinias liearasoiita- l er to govern ill. must not be dependent upon the disposition of the man at the head of the National Ex- ecutive; and the same words with very little by them and to the public. Let the public 1,1} ll’i’(ne.-s. liulls’ £lll'ilillH.?l.ll- THE ROAD TO SLUMBERLAND. What is the road to .\‘lumb(-rland, And where does the baby go‘: The road lies straight through m3t'ncr's arms: \\'hen the sun is sinking low, He goes by the drowsy “ Ltiiid of Nod," To mu-iv of “ Lullaby," V/here all wee liiinbs are safe in the fold, l'nder the evening sky. 3 A soft little nig_rht-gowii clean and white, A face washed sweet rind fair: A mother brushiiig the tangles out From the .'~‘lll\'*.-Bil, golden hair: Two little tired satiny feet, From the shoe .’1llilSl0ClKlll,£,' free; Two little palms together clasped At the niotlier's patient knee. Some baby words that are drowsily li.-ipcd In the teiider Slieplicril's eiir, And {I kiss that only it inother can place On the brow of her baby dear; , A little round head, wliicli nestles at last Close to the mother's breast. And then the lullaby, soft and low, Siiigiiig the song of rest. And closer and closer the blue—veiiied lids Are hiding the baby eyes, As over the mini to Sliirnberl-and The dear little traveler lites; For this is the way, through mother's arms. All dear little babies go To the beautiful city of Slumbcrliind, \l'lieii the sun is sinking low. ‘- Uncle Nine’s " Bow. LITTLI-I FRIl~.‘i\'DS—-I)€’t11‘ ones at home while the Granges meet. Many write about you, but I am going to write a few lines to rot‘. Who am I? do you ask? ‘Veil, I am a brothel‘ of your “Aunt Locksie,” who has so many pleasant words for children in that welcome paper, “Our Little Grangers,” and in the "Bulletin.” Her full name is “Locksie Powell.” She is a married woman, and her husband’s name is Frederick—“Uncle Fred.” for short. He is a good natured, good looking man, and just such a husband as your dear “Aunt Locksie” ought to have. Is he old? Oh, no! About my age, and that of his wife. I saw them in November. I was at their house in Covington, Ky., just across the Ohio river from Cincinnati. They have an otiice in Cincinnati, where the business of the paper is done, but have a very pleasant, snug home on the otlierside of the i'iver, which they cross upon a long suspension bridge, like the one across the Niagara river at the Falls. VVhen I saw that bridge I thought l’dratlier be able to build one like it than to be President of the I'nited States. Then it costs a great deal more to be elected Presideiit than to build a dozen such bridges, and anybody can be elected President, but only now and then a man knows enough to build such a work of art. I’ll tell you more about this bridge some other time: You can read much about bridges in books and papers. VVhat little boy or girl will write me a good long letter about them, and tell me where to find a half dozen of them? Do any of you know of any other way of crossing a river so as not to trouble the passing vessels? VVell boys and girls of Michigan, do you want a place for your letters in the GRANGE VisI'roR‘;’ a corner of your own? If you do, just write to me and I’ll ask Bro. Cobb for a column to print your letters in, where youycan read them, and we will see how many young people there are who can write a letter. Don’t be afraid to try. Don’t think you are too old. Be young as long as you can, but a member of the Grange as soon as you can. You will need to know my name, and as I am a brother to Aunt Locksie, Imust be your uncle, so with a “Happy New Year” to all, I’ll sign myself, Your Friend, “UNcLi~: Niivi-1.” P. S.—You can write it “Uncle 9” if you want to. Next time I’ll tell you how I came by this name. Address all your let- ters to “Uncle Nine,” care of VISITOR, Schoolcraft, Mich. THE REAPER, DEATH. LUUNSBUI-tY.— At -a regular meeting of Wil- liamston Grange, No. 115, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: VViri~:IiEAs, The all-wise Ruler of the universe has seen fit, in His Providence, to remove from our midst by death the honored and beloved Worthy Secretary of our Grange, Bro. Jas. G. Lounsbury; therefore, Resolved, That we tender our earnest and heart- felt sympathy to the family of our deceased brother, in this their time of sorrow. Resolved, That in the death of our worthy brother his family has lost an affectionate husband and a kind and indulgent father, the Grange a. worthy and respected brother, and the community one of its best- known and respected citizens. - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be en- tered on the records of our Grange, a copy be pre- sented to the family of the deceased and for publi- cation to the GRANGE Visrroa. J GRIMES, M. VANNETTEB, N. WINSLOW, ed well, but tliot no one will have the pow- Committee. The welfare of a nation? change will apply to the heads of corpora- ' tions, and their relations to those employed J, ponder these questions and find a remedy: for an obviously great danger.—-.‘\'. Y. Wee/.= . CLARK.—Died, Sept. 20, 1330. at his residence in the town of Vassar, Bro. \VM. ll. CLARK, “tied 44 years. The \V'liitney Giaiige, of which he was a ; member, adopted the following resolutions: VVni:rzi:As, The Reaper, Death, has again invaded our ranks, and cut down in the full vigor of his manhood, our brother, \Villiain H. Clark. th1}5 (‘"00 more reminding us of the uiiccrtauity of lift’. and iidinonisliiiig us to be ready for the filial hi1I'V€St; , therefore, _ l Resolved, That in the loss of Bro. Clark this ‘ Grange has lost an earnest and coiisisteiit worker, i his family ii kind and indulgent liusbaiid and father, , and the coinniuiiity 21 worthy and useiul citizen; Il’esalve.r1, That our licrirtfelt sympathy be extmldetl to the family of the deceased, in this their grant of- i fiiction, realiziiig liow powerless any poor V\'0Hl=i OI ‘ E ours to comfort or lll‘:tl their soi'row', and We CM1 ; only coinineiid them to the care of llini who doetli : all tliiiigs well. ' (fr.-iolrcrl, 'l'h;it these I‘t'3~‘UlliTlHllS be spread 119011 , the minutes of the (Eiiiiige, and ii copy Selltglo the 2} fniiiily of the LlL‘L'('2l.\t‘\l and to the (}uA.\'oi: \ ISITOB l for publiezitioiiz and that the clinrtcr of tho (lrunge ‘, be drapcil in inouriiin_Lr for lit) d:i_vs. : J. (2. A. Bunaixizrox, l‘l1>\\ ,‘.l:I> l‘_n..\ri;Iz, .5. ll. lticii.xr.nso.\', Committee. (i‘rl~‘.()\'F.lt.— llicd :it his rcsideiicc in l’avilion, 1 .\lich., Nov. 1.3, l.'~'*lll, in the Tinth year of his age, ELI- .lA]l Giiovizii, ii member of Moiitour Grziiige, No. 49. \Viiir.izi-:.is, It has pleas-<-il ‘lll all-wise l’roviV.lence to ' rcniove by death our iiiiieli-bi-loicd brotlier, there- fore, li’c.wi/nvi, Tlizit. while we bow with reverence to ;the decree of the t‘rre:it Mu.-ti-r above, we deeply 1 riionrii. with sorrowing hi-:irts, our sad loss. l Ifesoii‘-irl, Tlizit, {LS laborers in the great cziiisii of liuniziiiity, we lizivc lost it noble worker and faithful 1‘ lJl'Ol.llt‘l‘. ; If!’-S/!JI‘(’4’/, That we S_\'I‘.llI8llll/,0 with the widow and cliildreii and frieiids of the (ll‘l'.‘Ci'.|S(‘ll lirotlier, in I their sad licrt-:i\'i-iiit-iit, and --oinrnciid them to that God who is too \Vl-‘c to er)‘ and too good to do wrong. _ Ii’:-so/2-ed, That our charter be drziped in moiirniiig .> for sixty days, and that ii copy of the above resolu- ltioiis be preseiited to tho Iiiiiiily of the deceased j, brother and to the UR.\.\‘1llvj VI.~‘l'1'()l?. for piibliciition. ll. Aiiaiiis, , J. S('iiii.i.\ii.i.\'ii, M. J. Swi-:i-:zv. Committee. l l l l l llO.\'ALl).\'()l\'.—tlzikland Pomona tirnnge, No. :3, at its last meeting, adopted the following preamble and resolutions as a tribute of respect to the memory of 8. late sister in that Grange: W'}I1~:B.i-‘.As, It liiis plea.-‘ell our Divine Master above to remove from our midst by death our dear sister, wife of Rev. Ira VV Doiialdson, who died March 27 after a lingering illness, therefore, be it Resolver]. That,Wliile we bow in liurnblc submission to the Divine rnaiidzite, we realize the void that has been made in our circle by the death of our worthy sister, who was one of the earliest members of Oak- land Pomona Grange. Ifesoliierl, That in the life of our sister we have an example of {L sister, honest in purpose and full of good works; as zi. Christian, devoted in life and ever ready to extend the open hand of chiirity. ltesulvzed, That we tender our heart-felt sympathy to our brother, the husband of our deceased sister, iii his sad bereavement, and coiiiniend him to that God in whom she trusted. Resnlircd, That our hall be draped in mourning for thirty days in memory of our departed sister, and that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the records of the (lraiige, and ii copy be sent to our af- lictcd brother; also ii copy be sent to tho GRAi\'lll~; Visiroa ior publiczition. Mas. M. J. Sl’E.\‘f‘liR, Mus. P. J. \VAi.ro.\', Mn. l'‘. A. \VAL'iiii, Coiniiiittee. GIL'l‘NElt.——Die, Locxwoon VVARD, Vermontville, Dec. ll, 1880. COmlmttee' .lACOBS.—At a meeting of Cass City Grange, No, 526, held at the hall December ‘.25, 1880, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted ; WHEREAS, In the death of our worthy brother Robert Jacobs, we recognize the adrnonition of on; heavenly father to be at all times ready for the final change that awaits us all, therefore, Resolved, That we tender our earnest and heart-felt sympathy to the family of the deceased brother, in this their time of sorrow. Resolved, That in the deatn of our worthy brother his widowed mother, sisters and brother have lost one to them most dear, and on whom they depended largely for counsel and support; the community a valued citizen, the Grange a worthy and respected brother. Resolved, That, out of respect for the memory of our deceased brother, our hall be draped in mourn- ing for sixty days. Resolved, Thata copy of these resolutions be pre- sented to the members of the family, entered on the records of the Giange, and published in the Cass papers and also in the GRANGE VISITOR. H PALMER, J. SCHENCK, MARY A. DEWITT, Williamston, Dec. 17, 1880. Committee. 8 o can ensues V ISITORQ $ur.m11.nntIe1ttt- Michigan Lake shore Grange. Sourii HAV'EN, Mich., Dec.. 29, 1880. Mr. Editor: Michigan Lake Shore Grange is still alive and trying to work out the prin- ciples of our noble Order. During the past year we have been building a hall, and have it so far advanced towards completion as to be able to hold our meetings there. We are also building a row of sheds 132 long (14 in number), and 22 feet deep. The hall and sheds are not finished yet, but their comple- tion is only a question of time We have met obstacles and discourage- ments, yet we have moved steadily onward and our Grange seems to have full confi’_ dencein the noble principles of our Order_ and work with a will. VVe shall have our hall ready for dedication some time during - the coming year. At our annual meeting the writer was elected Master, and C. A. Seymour, of Glenn, Mich., Secretary. I send you a list of names for the VISITOR, and expectto send more soon. Fraternally yours, W. A. VVEBSTER. From Elmwood, Tuscola County. December 30, 1880. Bro. Cobb .- Dear Sir :—Enclosed find $3 for subscriptions to VISITOR. The first three names are renewals, and the last three are new subscribers. The oflicers for 1881 ofTuscola Co. Pomona Grange No. 30, are as follows 2 Master, A. N. Hatch, Ellington; Lecturer, J. Q. A. Burrington, Tuscola; Secretary, John Ma- son, Elmwood. Our Pomona we intend to make a great success. Oftlcers of Ellington Grange, No. 558: Mas- ter, John Mason, Elmwood ; Secretary, Mrs. A. N. Hatch, Ellington. Our Subordinate Grange islooking up; we have initiated eleven members during the past year, and have more applications on hand. Yours Fraternally, ' J OHN MASON, Sec. Tuscola Co. Pomona Grange. Endorsement of the “Visitor ” by Prof. Beal. AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Lansing, } December 27, 1880. Brother J.T. Cobb :—Enclosed find fifty cents for the VISITOR. I read more or less some fifty periodicals. I read none more than the GRANGE VISITOR, and most of them cost much more. Fraternally Yours, W. J. BEAL. Mason Grange No. 265. MASON, Mich., Dec. 31st, 1880. Worthy Sec. Cobb :——\Ve have reorgan- ized our Grange, and this day elected W. A. Rowe, Master, and E. P. Rowe, Secretary, and send you for each old member, back dues for two quarters. The number Of members paid up is 18, at 120 each, $2.16, which I remit. VVe should like know how much we are required to pay to you for each new member. I send you $2.50 for VISITOR. Yours Fraternally, E. P. Rows, Secretary. TAKE MORE than one Grange paper; take the Cincinnati Grange Bulletin with the V18- ITOR. And you can get the chlld’s paper Our Little Grangera, too. Lake Shore 6; Michigan Southern Railroad. _ (Kalamazoo Division Time Table.) Time 15 minutes faster than Kalamazoo. GOING soirrn. N Y C! C NY to B Expr‘s. Ex & M Way Fr Le. Grand Rapids .... .. 8 001m 4 30?!!! 5 00AM Ar. All 917“ 550“ 810“ “ Kalamazoo ....... .. " Three Bivers ..... .. “ White P ‘ Toledo ...... .. " Cleveland . . “ Buflalo ........... .. some NORTH. N Y & B N Y Jr C Ex 5; M Expi-‘s. Way Fr Le. Butfalo ........... .. 12 30?}! 12 45AM Ar. Clevela.nd.... 7 35 “ 7 “ “ Toledo ............ .. 12 01AM 11 IO “ " White Pigeon .... .. 3 IX) “ 8 502111 8 45AM “ Three Bivers....... 6 28 “ 4 17 “ 10 00' “ Kalamazoo..... .. “ 5 15 ‘Z 1 391:?‘ “ Alle n . . . . . . . . . . .. 40“ 62)“ 419“ Grand pids . . . . . . . ..l.0(X)“ 740‘ 825 All trains connect at White Pigeon with trains on Main Line. A. G. Amsnim. Superintendent Kal. Div.. Kalamazoo To the Patron: oi Michigan. A large and growing trade is now being car- ried on at our co-operative store in Allegan, and under the managementof Bro. A. Stege- man, is rapidly gaining a reputation not ex- celled, if equalled, by any other store in the State ; and for this success we are greatly in- debted to him for his zeal and untiring energy in managing its business transac- tions. 'l‘herefere to offer these facilities to all Patrons wishing to purchase through our agency, the executiue committee of the co- operative association have made such ar- rangements that our agent will fill orders for goods from all parts of the State. For further information, address A.STEGF.- MAN, Allegan, Mich. J. S. BID\VELL. Sec. of C. A. of P. of H. was snares visions, E1\'TILn.AE(3-E13, One Year for 50 Cts., MEle_venV Copies for $5.00. German Horse and Cow Powders. This powder has been in use for many years. It is largely used by the farmers of Pennsylvania, and the Patrons of that State have bought over 100,000 pounds through their purchasing agents. Its compo- sition is no secret. The receipt is on every box and 5—pound package. It is made by Dr. L. Oberholtzer’s Sons «it Co.,_Phoenixville, Pa. It keeps stock healthy and in good condition. It helps to digest and assimi- late the food. Horses will do more work, with less food while using it. Cows will give more milk and be in better condition. It keeps poultry healthy, and increases the production of eggs. It is also of great value to them when melting. It is sold at the lowest wholesale price by R. E. JAMES, KALAMAZ00, GEO. VV. HILL & CO.. 80 WOODBRIDGE ST.. DE- T3011‘, and J. M. CHAMBERS, 163 So. WATER ST., CiircAoo. Put up in 60-lb. boxes (loose). price EIGHT CENTS per 1b., 30—lb. boxes (of 6 5-lb. packages, TEN CENTS per lb. Hunev-Bees--The New System of Bee Keeulng. Two hundred pounds of Honey, in small glass boxes, from a hive of bees every year. Great profit in feeding bees. Swarming controlled. No loss of bees in winter. Everyone who has a farm or garden can now keep bees for pleasure and profit. Semi for (fircular of full particulars. Address, "MRS. LIZZIE E. COTTON, Wnsr GOBIIAM, CUMBERLAND Co., MAINE. THE BUSINESS confines AT KALAMAZOOQ MICE.» is run BESII.‘ PLACE son YO UNG MEN AND WOMEN TO GET A THOROUGH BUSINESS EDUCATION. §’Send for College Record, giving full partic- ulars. President. @We Have Again Reduced the Prices of Our Paints, from June. 1880. Pa. runs’ hint Wurks. Fox a MANUFACTURE or INGERsoLL"s READY MIXED PAINTS. -—Also, Dealers in-—— Paris Green and London Purple. In these days of Benzine Paints, that peel and wash ofl' so soon - lead and zinc that are ndulteratcd so largely — we are not surprised that the Iugersoll Readyltiixed Pain: is hav- ing such an extensive sale. The annoyance of procuring the various articles necessary to mix Paint are avoided, and the colors are permanent. Proof is given of in enduring twenty years, and still looking well. Its price is lower than even the materials can be procured in the ordinary way. Its base is old English lead and French rod seal zinc, chemically mixed in sucha manner asto bind the component parts in one insoluble fluid, that defies the weather for so many years. All you have to do is to write to the Ingersoll Ready Mixed Paint Works, 102 South Street, New York, and they will mail their book, free, telling every one how to be his own painter; containing. also, specimens of Tvventy beautiful colors, with a rule by which» the quality and price of paint required for any will endure over three times as long as any other paint. FREIGHT PAID ON TEN GALLONS OF PAINT AND OVER. .A.. Zh£- I1Sl'G-ERSOLL. —Michigan Central Raiiroau. DEPARTURE or TRAINS FROM KALAMAZ00. Time Table—Ma.y 9. 1330- Main Line. WESTWABD. Accommodation, leaves ........... .. 4 50 " arrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 30 Local Passenger .................. .. 9 30 .... .. Eveuiii Express. . . . . Pacific xpress.. Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Day Express ...... . ._ ........... . . Frei ht train carrying ppssgnge EABTWABI). M. Night Express ..................... .. 2 25 Accommodation leaves. . 50 " arrives Mail . . ._. .......... . . Day Express .... . . New York Express - . - - Atlantic Express. _ . . . . . . . . . . . . Freight train carrying pessepgers. . 9 30 New York, Atlantic and Pacific Express daily. All other trains daily except Sundays. South Haven Division. ..... A-7'12. '2.“-.~b Kal ................ . . ALxe.'rivvee:s at Igulamoaozoo ............. .. 11 10 5 40 H. B. Lnnrian, E. 0. BROWN, Gen‘l Manager, Detroit. '3 Ge '18 t., Jackson. _ HERA]: c. wnnzrvlgnm. G. P. & T. A.. Chicago. .5. B'T33.T ’ 7; 1: " .3 1-. CINCINNATI BULLETIN I A LARGE 8 PAGE 48 COLUMN WE E KLY FOR . FARM I R M H0 M E FEARLESS . ,§,I,9,,°,'$,, INDEPENDENT 3ARp5n FORALLHIS RIGHTS GRANGE AND mrsnssrs A icou “TRY APRODUGERAMAN AND A ITIZE O‘ A NATIO L PAPER ‘ __ Dun LIT'iiE°GnAucEns A FARM PAPER FOR FARMERS E 0 BOTH PAPERS FOR L60 AYEAR SEND FOR SANéPLE COPIES l4B.W. FOURTH STJSIENCINNATI. o. ;G00llS I01‘ STORES, CLUBS and FAMILIES’ sized building can be ascertained. The paint comes ready mixed in cans tor instant use, and at a price lower than the materials M PRIGE LIST OF SUPPLIES Paint Works, No. ie2 South Street, New York. And MM out PM Paid» 0” Receipt of Cash Order. ' ’ “mm” over the seal of a Subordinate Grange, and the GEO. W. HILL & 00., so Woodbridge St., - - Detroit, : Are now prepared to handle Wheat, Corn and Oats, IN CAR LOTS. Having plenty of storage room we can also handle APPLES. POTATOES, BEANS, B UTTER, CHEESE, EGGS, and in fact anything and everything that a farmer has to sell, 0:: as Favorable Term as any Blouse in the City. We also PURCHASE ALL KINDS OF At the Lowest Wholesale Price. 3%‘ Consignments and Orders Solicited. ', jyl2-no70tf. HUSPAEPM AN. SEVENTH YEAR. R'educeE Price I $1. A YEAR The HUSBANDMAN has been widely recognized as standing in the front rank of agricultural journalism. \Vhile treating fully all questions embraced in PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE, it discusses with fearless ability the economic prob- lems that effect 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 discriminations by which its products are cheapened below the cost of the labor employed in their production. It would stimulate aelf- respect among farmers through well-applied thought, fitting them to repre- sent their industry through the~halls of legislation as a vital necessity to national prosperity. 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Sample copies free on application. 97tf cummm CIRUULATIIIIIL ONE DOLLAR I ONE DOLLAR I Asmcultnral World & Michigan Homestead. A SIXTEEN PAGE PAPER, DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AGRICULTURE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. CHEAPEST PAPER PUBLISHED l Many of the ablest farmers and writers of Western Michigan are regular contributors to the World and Homestead. The series of articles now running, en- titled “ Farmers’ Relation to Law," being an exhaus- tive treatise of the law of highways, titles, fences. drainage, estrays. patent-rights, etc., etc., are well worth five times the subscription price of the paper. The Grange interests and Grange news form a special feature, and are at all times fully represented. The Home Department is in the hands of a prac- tical housekeeper, and is carefully and ably con- ducted. Its market reports are fuller and more reliable than can be found in any other paper published in Western Michigan. AFREE COPY will be sent to any person who forwards in one order the names and addresses of ten subscribers, new or old, with ten dollars in pay- ment therefor. Subscriptions can commence at any time. Send stamp for sample copies. Address, F. M. CARROLL dz CO., 25 CANAL Srussr, — — GRAND RAi>Ins, Micn. N. B.—The subscription price will be $1.50 on all subscriptions and renewals after December 1st, 1880. Kept in the omce or the Secretary or the MICHIGAN STATE GRANGE, signature of its Master or Secretary; Porcelain Ballot Marbles, per hundred, . . . . . . . . 75 Blank Book, ledger ruled, for Secretary to keep accounts with members, . . . . _ _ . . , . _ , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , 1 00 Blank Record Books, (Express paid), . . . . . . . . .. l 00 Order Book, containing 100 Orders on the Treas- urer, with stub, well bound,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Receipt Book, containing 100 Receipts from Treasurer to Secretary, with stub, well bound, 50 Blank Receipts for dues, per 100, bound, . . . . . . . 50 Applications for Membership, per 100, . . . . . . .... 50 Membershi Cards,per 100,................... 50 Withdrawa Cards, per doz,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dimits, in envelopes, per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 By-Laws of the State Grange, single copies 10c, per do1., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :75 By—Laws, bound, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Patrons’ Singing Book, with music, Single copy 15 cts. per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I 80 Rituals,single copy,.......................... 20 ‘I per doz., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2 40 Blank “Articles of Association" for the Incorpo- ta ration of Subordinate Granges, with Copy of ' crime;-,a11 complete,.. .............. .. . 10 Notice to Delinquent Members, per 100. . . . . . . . . 40 Declaration of Purposes, per doz., 5c.; per hundred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40 Cushing’s Manuals, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Address, J. T. COBB. Sac’! Mien. S'I‘A'I‘I GRANGE. E. P. 54 Madtsori JANUARY 1s'r, 1881. THIS SPACE BELONGS TO THE OSGOOD SCALE. BUELL, Agent, Avenue, DETROIT, MICE. afflicts MEN EVEN MORE THAN WOMEN. A FRIEND INDEED TO _ ‘ Send for References and Testimonials to HUSBANDS I-£14»-— --cm-— WIVES 1 MOTHERS OF DROOPING DAUGHTERS! SHOULD KNOW OF DR. R. PENGELLY'S “ WOMAN'S FRIEND,” IMPROVED I It is a SOVEREIGN REMEDY roi- Those Complaints (they need no naming) peculiar to “'_OMEN'. YOUNG or OLD, NOT A CURE- ALL, Claiming to annihilate Jaundice, Diabetes, Br1ght’s Disease, Gravel, and everything else which It works in ONE LINE and in that line it excels. The tender, Nervous Girl, the anxious, expectant Mother, the overburdened Hmuewife, the. MMTVW. pllsalng the critical change, are all guarded, soothed and sustained by its Gentle Influence. It is the prescription of_ an experienced Physician, perfected during a. life-long practice, and its nine ears of public record, in 30 different States, have proved it rightly named — OMAN. The good words of those who use it are its best advertisement. PENGELLY 5:, C0,, R. KALAMAZO0. MICH. (FOBMEBLY or PI.AINwi;LL.‘: Sold by Drugglsts generally nnrl Lady Agents. Swlft & Dodds, and Farrund wu1|.m,', 5:. Co., Detroit. Vieuschanck, Stevenson & Co., Chicago. ‘ Chicago. Illinois, by SOMETHING ENTIRELY I THE CHAMPION BARBED WIRE 15 E35“! S50“: M095 3300578» and L035‘ Dangerous to Stock of any Barbed VVire known. §§'Descriptive Circulars furnished on Application. In this NEW DEPARTURE we have a Wire with Barbs three-eighths of an inch in length, beveled from both sides, that will repel and not make A dangerous wound. It priclu, but does not laceratc. The Barbs are placed at intervals of only one-fourth of an inch, making, in reality, Wire, 48 Barbs to the foot, projecting in every direction, making it an absolute impossibilit _ for stock or animals of any kind, large or small, to press against the Wire without being pricked. 1‘ e Champion Barbed Wire is made of the best quality of Bessemer the strand twisted —thus making a. Barbed Wire completely covered with the best galvanizing material in use, and the cable and barbs soldered firmly together, making it actually RUST PROOF, and safe to buy, as it steers clear of all other patents. Weighs from 16 to 17 ms. to the rod, For sale at 10 centaper pound at the Patrons’ Commission House, Steel, is galvanized after the Barbs are put in and THOMAS MASON. augltojanl-81 THE BEST PAPER! TRY IT! BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED. 30th YEAR. THE SHENT FIEAMERIEAN. THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN is a First-Class Weekly Newspaper of Sixteen Pages printed in the most beautiful style, profusely illustrated with splendid en- graizings, representing the newest Inventions and the most recent advancles in the Alrrts and Sgenciep, in- cluding New and iiteresting acts in cvricn ture Horticulture, the Home. _Health, Medicalakrogressz Social Science, Natural History, Geology, Astronomy. The most valuable practical papers ‘by eminent writ- ers in all departments of Science Wlll be found in the Scientific American. 31 60 h If h h Terms 33 20 per year, . a year w ic in- cludes pbstage. Discount to Agents. Sirigle copies, ten cents. Sold by all N ewsdealers. Remit by postal I order to MUNN & CO., Publishers, 37 Park Row, , New York. ‘. P In connection with the! A o Scientific American, 1 Messrs. Munn &. Co. are Solicitors of American and Foreign Patints, have had years experihence, afiid now have t s largest esta is ment in t e wor . Patents are obtained on the best terms. A special notice is made in the Scientific American of all Inventions patented through this Agency, with the nam:l and rpsidence of the bI1’atep'tee. By ‘ch; immpinze ‘re atioii hue given pu ica ention is 'recte o llhe merits of the new ‘Patent, and sales or introduc- tion often easily efiected. _ _ Any person who has made a new discovery or in- vention, can ascertain, free of charqe,whether a patent an "1’°""§"¥1"f° ':r..".:3::*:g..:°3‘;:.‘;"s.E::. eaaosn reeour an- 11 Laws, Patents, Caveats. Trade Marks, their costs, and how procured with hints for procuring advances on inventions. ‘Address for the paper, or concerning Patents, ' MUNN Jr. 00.. 37 Park Row. New2Y or-k. SCHOOLCRAFT, MICR- HEADUUARTERS FUR LANID PLASTEH. DAY & TAYLOR, Grandville, Mich., Are prepared to furnish LAND PLASTER, fresh ground, at contract 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. jan1—1y DAY & TAYLOR Branch Ofice, Cor. F and 7th Sts.,Washington, D.C. BEST III THE WORLD! ABS OL UTEL Y AND ‘EH11 J ITTVOIWHHO AND BI-CAR. SODA Which is the same thing. lmpurc Snlcrntus or Bi-Curb Soda. swhicla is the same lhingfisofa. slight. y dirty white color. t may appear whltc, examined 'b{I itself, but 8- COMPABJSON WIT CHURCH 65 C0’S “ ARM ANDHAMMEB.” BRAND will show the dlflcrenceo See that your Sulcrutua and Bak- ing Soda is white and PURE, as should be ALL SIIVIILAII SUl3S'1‘AN- C'._".S used for food. a wntinuou: Barbed and sold in Spools of 70 to 160 lbs. 159 South Water Street,