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garden, an orchard, groves, and evergreens and deci- 

 duous trees for ornament, shelter, and use, will make 

 his home so lovely and homelike that his daughters 

 will not be so disgusted with farm life as to marry a 

 village dolt, or the son so worn, weary and dispirited as 

 to leave the farm at the first opportunity and open a 

 barher shop in some country village. Can this be done, 

 and can the farms really be made the happy homes of 

 refined, intelligent, honored men and women, instead of 

 the abodes of overworked slaves ? Yes ! emphatically 

 yes ! But not by neglecting to rust the God-given 

 mind, but by rousing it up and making it the compass, 

 the sail, and the rudder in the voyage of life. The 

 body is but the hulk. Then set your sails, stand by the 

 rudder, steer by the compass, and start out boldly on 

 the great journey, whose passage is pleasure and whose 

 end is success." 



Mr. Adams is married to an excellent lady, endeared 

 to a wide circle of friends by her many virtues. She 

 holds the post of Ceres in the National Grange. 



T. A. THOMPSON, 



Lecturer of the National Grange. 



T. A. Thompson was born in Vernon, Trumbull 

 county, Ohio, on the 19th of May, 1822. He was the 

 youngest son of eight children, six of whom were 

 boys. His father was a farmer, one of those clear- 

 headed, independent and industrious workers who laid 

 the foundations of the greatness which the West has 

 since achieved ; and, being devoted to his own calling, 

 brought up his sons as fanners. He added to his 

 agricultural pursuits, the business of a dairy farmer and 

 stock raiser ; and his sons had ample opportunities for 



