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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1878. 
“COUNSELORS” FOR THE GRANGES. 
In our issue of .Tune 21 we Quoted a paragraph 
from the Iowa Homestead, illustrating how 
some of the Iowa farmers had been “ taken in " 
in their attempts to buy goods cheap, and said, 
good-humoredly: 
There! If here L not proof that the farmers 
of the West are a keen set of men, know what 
l hev are about,, know how to conduct tlieirown 
business and are capable of instructing others 
how they shall conduct theirs, we should like 
some one to furnish such evidence ! Such men 
would be useful counselors for some Grange or 
other! 
Whereupon the Western Rural, with its usual 
vigilance, pounces upon us in this wise: 
We are sorry to sec (lie above paragraph In 
one of the ablest of the Eastern agricultural 
papers, and cannot suffer il to go by without 
comment. Neither the Patrons of Husbandry 
nor the members of the farmers’dubs are of 
the class of men who are taken in bv these 
sharpers. Neither are the farmers who post 
themselves through journals devoted to i|,. 
current topics of the day, taken in bv rogues 
and swindlers; these operations being almost 
exclusively confined to those who do not read 
the papers. The harvest-Holds of these confl¬ 
uence men are on soil that I- uncultivated bv 
contact with the plowshare or knowledge, ii, 
indeed, as our entemporary would seem to inti¬ 
mate, the Grangers of Town, who number t iio 
majority of (he actual farmers of the State, are 
hable to be so gulled, the farmers of the West 
bad better cry quit and proclaim themselves at 
enee as. serfs and not worthy of consideration; 
but such is not the case. 
Now, while we had no intention to reflect 
upon the Tanners of Iowa, as compared with 
those of any other State. East, or West, and have 
no desire to bring the Patrons of Husbandry 
into disrepute, we propose tn lake issue with 
our contemporary, and assert that Patrons of 
Husbandry, Members of Farmers’ Clubs and 
readers of (or subscribers to) agricultural papers 
ore taken in byrwt*«*<md mhutier*. Scarce a 
week passes that we do not see testimony to 
this effect. True it is not a peculiarity of West¬ 
ern more than of Eastern fanners that they are 
so “ taken in." But to prove that such ‘•Coun¬ 
selors ’ as we suggested (that is. men of crperl- 
cnee. with swindlers) are needed in the Granges, 
e ven of Iowa, and that our eon temporary either 
did not know what he was talking about in the 
above paragraph or wanted to tickle some¬ 
body, we take up the Iowa Homestead (from 
which paper we quoted before, and the organ 
of the Patrons in Iowa,) and find on the first 
page of the issue ol June 20 a letter, signed by 
‘’Patron,” dated in Jones Co., June 4 , and ad¬ 
dressed to the Secretary of the State Grange of 
the Patrons of Husbandry of Iowa, which wo 
quote entire: 
Bro. Wilson: A few weeks ago there was a 
Pbpimunication in the I nva Homestead w u n- 
ing the people against spine Beam ps that were 
swindling the farmers, from Ceil tr Go.. I think 
{•hem cloths, bilks, &,>. T| le name 
gang hjye just been through this section, and 
<!'. l .'! c li 7 ,1 r l saa,L ' victims, and T am sorry to sav 
wo tint i know of are momtiers of the Grange 
buslosti c Master. Tins is a bad 
•mowing, as It is one of the objects of the P. of 
H. to guard each other from such impostors. 
They came to this place ten In number. They 
employed some men of the town with a lirerv 
team to pilot them to the responsible farmers. 
Thcv started out in all directions, and done 
their work soon and were oil'. They sold in 
packages of 8 |;V), and took notes. They pell the 
Botes for wbut they ran get. The banks Imre 
would not buy the notes, knowing the cRyii in¬ 
stance*, so I hey sold them to private parties for 
about oi.e-thlrd off. Our enemies In town are 
jubilant over their success with the Grangers. 
We herewith repeat, emphatically, our good- 
natured advice, given at the outset, that these 
swindled men (whether Patrons, Members of 
Farmers' Clubs, readers of agricultural papers, 
or not.) will make t he best lcind of counselor'll for 
Granges among whose membership are found 
such Masters and Patrons as those described by 
“Patron" In the above last-quoted paragraph. 
H e trust our contemporary will sc c the wisdom 
of our advice and adopt It for its own readers. 
Reformed drunkard.-, make the best temperance 
lecturers, for they know how it is thontBelvea; 
so farmers who have had their eyes rubbed 
open to the tune of $00 to $i*Yi each ran give 
practical advice, and should be employed by I he 
Patrons as missionaries to counteract the vi¬ 
cious work of these unmitigated Iowa swindlers! 
Since writing the above, I lie Iowa Home¬ 
stead of July II, has come lo hand and its 
editor, after quol ing the paragraph given above 
from our Ikbuo of .1 une 21 , adds wltaf follows : 
We can -ay nothing after receiving such an 
ext inguisher from a journal we were wont, to 
regard as one of | he farmer's staunchest friends. 
Of course they of the East have abundant rea¬ 
son to thank Providence that they are not as 
ol her men —their humble brethren nNhe West, 
for instance. Don't they give of Ihelr substance 
to fe ed the tutor, buy our beef, corn ami wheat, 
and generously send us a bountiful supply of 
wooden nutmegs to season our sauces when we 
are fortunate enough to have any? They send 
ns. too, some of the prime elements of progress*, 
some of their pious chaps who cotno West ami 
/in;/without ceasing. Isn't our country fijll of 
t heir quack doctors, their quack lawyers, and 
their genuine sharpers, like those that draw 
out- the aforesaid remarks from the aforesaid 
paper? And we believe that they have lots more 
of them left, whom our farmers may expert, to 
see should their native haunts become too 
uninhabitable for them, either from the scanti¬ 
ness of bread to steal or t he vigilance of justice. 
Look Out fur them, farmers! A few of (hem 
Ii gee in our Jails and penitentiaries, but the 
supply Is not exhausted, and some are at large 
still; mean while, with a proper appreciation of 
onr own littleness inventing ourselves with all 
t ho lomillity we can command, let us devoutly 
pray Mini we may boootne possessed of some of 
the “wonderful discretion, good judgment, 
sound sense and knuw-thejr-own business char¬ 
set erist ies ” of onr Eastern neighbors who never 
get cheated, arid ga/.e Westward so pityingly 
upon their benighted brethren. 
Now, if we did not know onr friend's (of the 
Iowa Homestead) nature better, we should fear 
we had irritated him by our comments upon 
the credulity of some of the Iowa farmers. But 
we do know him better! Hu's a jolly good fel¬ 
low ! We hope Iowa will catch ami keen nil of 
we do know him better! IfuV a jolly good fel¬ 
low ! Wo hope Iowa will catch and keep all of 
those awful fellows from the East who swindle 
innocent Farmers and Patrons sol 
RURAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
New York Agricultural Excursion.—A com¬ 
pany of Fdit irsaiul their wives left this (N. Y»l 
City. Tuesday. July la., for Virginia, Indian 
Territory, Colorado and the parks of the Rocky 
Mountains, They arc to be absent live or six 
weeks. We give, herewith 1 he names of those 
who make up the party : 
IIicnky T. Williams. Agricultural Editor N. 
V. independent, and Editor ol Horticulturist. 
S. I!. Wi.ils and wife. Editor Phrenological 
Journal, Editor Science of Health. Andrew 8. 
Fuller and wife. Associate l'Mitor Ki iiai.Nicw- 
Yorki:h. and Agricultural Editor N. V. Week¬ 
ly Hun. Kinv win K ing, Cor. Scribner’* Month¬ 
ly. Thomas Meehan, Agricultural Editor 
Philadelphia Press, and Editor of Gardena’s 
Monthly. Josiaij Hoonss, Cor. The .Journal of 
the Farm, and Pres't Pennsylvania Fruit Grow¬ 
ers' Aas’n. 1UVTD H. Strother (Porte Crayon), 
Artist and Cor, Harper's Magazine, and Cor. 
Harper's Weekly. It. P. Eaton, Editor New 
England Farmer. IV. CmiT,Cor. Country Gen- 
i lemnp. L, A, ('mask, Publisher American Agri¬ 
culturist, and Publisher Heart h and Home. A. 
A. VVTi.i. vup. H.iii-y Editor Rural New-York- 
kr. and Pres. N. V. State Dairymen’s Ass’n. 
P. K. Buss, Representative The Rural Club, 
New York. X. .1. Colvian and wife, Editor 
Rural World, St. Louis. M. L. Dunlap and 
wife, Agricult ural Editor Chicago Tribune, and 
Proa. Illinois State Horticultural Society. 
Clark V . Bryan, Editor Springfield (Mass.) 
Daily and Weekly Union. Barton D. Evans, 
Editor Village Record, Word Chester, Pa. Wm. 
P. Thompson ami wife. Rep. U. H. Dop't of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C. IV. C. I lagg, 
Horticultural Editor Prairie Farmer. S. A. 
Ellis. < hr, American Rural Home. T. S, Gqi.p 
and wife, bee. Connecticut st ate Board of Agri¬ 
culture. ami Cor. New England. Homestead. 
Rev, J. W. Tuck, Cor. Daily Bulletin, Norwich, 
Ct., and Cor. Weekly Courier, Norwich, Ct. 
Samuel Bowies, Jr . Editor Daily and Weekly 
Republican, Springfield. Mass. C. V. Killy. 
State Entomologist of Mo,, and Cor. III. Journal 
of -Agriculture. Prop. A. it. MIXER, Cor. Daily 
and Weekly Democrat, Rochester, N. Y. IIlk- 
man Fcechsll, Artist The Aldine, New York. 
Miss Mary L. Clancy, Cor. Daily Times, Troy, 
N. Y. 
This list is not complete; for the other day 
that gray-beaded old veteran. “Daily Rural 
Life." came into the office and said he was " go¬ 
ing along too." He has not bad a vacation for 
years and he “would like to know how Editors 
do when they excurse." We gave him a special 
commission to Match onr valued associates. 
Fuller and Willard, Said he would go 
“incog"as princes travel; but “he’d warrant 
he'd see something worth talking about," and 
promised to keep up his diary while he is^gone. 
11 ! any of our friends find him out, vve hope they 
will treat him tenderly, for he is aged and un¬ 
sophisticated. We wish the whole party a good 
time 
A Million Hollar Telescope is projected. It 
’ is regarded feasible. Thousands of dollars 
have been already offered as subscriptions to 
! such a project. Dr. P. H. Van Der Wtdr has 
i consulted Mr. Alvan Clark, the great, tet- 
; escope maker of this country as to its practica¬ 
bility. Tic thinks if the rough glass can be pro- 
• duced a good object, glass of four or five feet in 
‘ diameter could be worked. He can not under¬ 
take such a work within two or three years. Dr. 
Van Dkr Wypk suggests that the work of ob¬ 
taining subscriptions go on ; that the telescope 
be built and mounted in Hie rainless and dry 
climate of Colorado upon some natural project¬ 
ing rock that will furnish a secure i mndation 
and which f irms the top of a mountain. The 
telescope will be one hundred feet long, weigh 
many tons, be balanced with counterpoise and 
moved by clockwork. He proposes that the 
site bo selected, cut down and properly shaped 
so an to form proper support for the telescope 
and the colossal observatory dome to he built 
over it, the workshop built in time to have the 
•corner-stone of Die observatory laid and the 
first obj.vrt glass cast on the centenary of our 
Independence, J uly 4.1870. This would be quite 
ns worthy a way to spend our money as in the 
Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia. 
i »». 
The Yellowstone Yaiignble. This river, hav¬ 
ing its source in the mountain lake of that 
name, varies in width from 800toiXWyardo, with 
a current of II to I miles per hour. It has no 
difficult rapids, has numerous densely-wooded 
and heavily-timbered islands, and the sand bars 
could lie removed at little expense. It Is not 
subject to sudden or excessive floods, and com¬ 
petent authorities declare tlral in their opinion 
it can be navigated all the way to the point 
where It issues from the mountains, from the 
middle of May to the first of August, by boat - 
drawing i hrec feel of water. The total length 
of the Yellowstone is about 560 rnilns, and it is 
expected that about 350 mi lea of tin* river will 
be opened to the Western steamboats. The 
Northern Pan flu Railroad traverses the natural 
channel of t he Yellowstone, and with fta south¬ 
ern connections to Cheyenne and Yankton, will 
greatly assist in populating and bringing the 
untold mineral wen II hand the wonders of their 
volcanic phenomena williin the reach of the 
settler and the tourist. The completion of 
these highways to this most attractive region, 
will draw visitors from every part of the globe. 
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Factory Ibilter in Canada. We learn from a 
Toronto paper that factory butter is in far bet¬ 
ter demand and al better pricea than that made 
by farmers. Why? Because in butter factor¬ 
ies, as In cheese factories, skilled labor is em¬ 
ployed to direct or control the manufacture. 
The milk from (lie cows of the farmer whose 
wife knows nothing about butter making, Isas 
valuable as that from the cows of the farmer 
whose nife understands it perfectly. Once at 
the factory, it enables the one to get as large a 
price for the product of his cows as the other. 
Thus the system of co-operation is gradually 
yet surely winning its way. It M ill not lie long 
before other products Mill be cared for in a 
similar manner. The necessities of civiliza¬ 
tion, the difficulty of obtaining skilled labor 
and I he necessity of paying good prices for that 
which is available. Mill force co-operation 
among farmers, which will result in cheaper 
and better products and greater profits to the 
producer. 
-- 
The American Institute Farmers’ Club has 
been declared adjourned. It has been no great 
Source of pride, profit, glory or gratification to 
its members for some time past. Due of them 
was asked, a week or two since, why it didn’t 
adjourn for the summer, and replied:—“We 
used to have an old horse that we never allowed 
to lie down, because we knew he would never 
get up again. That’s why wc don't adjourn.” 
But last Tuesday there were three of the old 
veteran-talking members present, beside the 
gentle and gall.i nt Commander of the Club. The 
Commander had decided that Ihe Club should 1 
have a vacation, whether it willed or not; in¬ 
deed, it is said he declared ho would “prorogue” 
the club if it insisted upon not adjourning. 1 
There was a breezy breaking up among the vet¬ 
erans, with not any too much good humor for 
July weather. Whether or not this Is theobitu- 1 
ary notice of the Club, remains to be seen. . 
There are some people who think so. 
Tree Planting on Government Lunds.—The 
Commissioner of the General Land Office lias 
issued a circular to Registers and Receivers, 
saying he had received numerous letters re¬ 
questing a modification of the instructions 
under the act of Congress to encourage the 
growth of timber on the Western prairies. 
It was claimed by his correspondents tnat 
parties making entries are entitled to three 
v ears to complete the planting of the proscribed 
area with trees, and that they should not be 
limited to one year in the regulations. The 
Commissioner says tie cannot think Congress 
intended any such results to flow from theJaw, 
and therefore lie shall adhere to the regulations 
he has issued, and limit parties to one year in 
which to complete their planting, and to one 
entry under the act, until Congress by further 
legislation authorizes or requires a modification 
of the rule. 
Irrigation in Colorado.—There has recently 
been held in Denver, Colorado, an Irrigation 
Convention, embracing among its members the 
ft most prominent citizens. By the resolutions 
■s adopted, we learn that it is the opinion of those 
o best acquainted in Colorado, that the Agricul- 
is ] tural and Pastoral resources thereof never will 
[- J and never can be developed to such a degree as 
l- to supply, if nnly approximately, the daily in- 
i- •Teasing wants of food for men and animals, 
n without the introduction of ageneral, thorough 
and economical system of irrigation ; and that 
r. i his system must be made a Territorial or a 
•- j National affair. It is therefore proposed to se- 
.* < ore the public unsold lands to be appropriated 
y j for creating a fund to inaugurate and develop 
. I this necessary system of irrigation. It is con- 
ii I ceded that it is far beyond the. means or power 
o I of a private person or corporation to secure 
n I necessary irrigation. 
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c , I Mixed Farming.—I intend to buy me a farm 
I within a year, and hope to learn something 
I from your paper In advance- Give us an article 
c on mixed farming—say a vineyard of 20 acres, 
t orchard of 10 acres, 20 cows—to cost in all about 
,, $5,000.* p. h. il 
p Our correspondent evidently has little idea 
r of farming, if he expects us to teach biiu In any 
p one article how to manage a vineyard, an or- 
p chard and 20 cows profitably. If he reads the 
different dcparluientsfif the Ruiia l.New-York- 
| Kit carefully, he w ill, wc hope, find some infor- 
| (nation that will be or use to him. But ir he 
- I had asked us how to manage a balloon, a steam- 
f I ship and an iron puddling furnace, expecting 
1 j an answer in a single article, it would have 
’ been about as easy to comply with his request. 
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J. .1. Mcelii on Emigration to \mrrica.—One 
I of the most sensible and Intelligent defenders 
I of Englishmen who emigrate to America is 
1 I the eminent runner, J. J. Mecrtt. His recent 
I articles in English papers have been both intel- 
I ligent and just. But we had a great deal rather 
lie would send us over some skilled manufac- 
' tiirers with a surplus of capital than fanners. 
Why? Because we now produce more food 
than we know wlial to do with, and would like 
someone to develop our other equally abun¬ 
dant resources affd create a home demand for 
our food products. It is a gratification to know, 
however, that a large proportion of the English 
farmers immigrating hither are capitalists, and 
I intelligent men. 
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What Ih a Capitalist 1—'This question was 
answered at a recent English Co-operative Con- 
I gross by a man who said ho had “thrown his 
I whole soul " into the consideration of the labor 
I question the last six years and had come to the 
conclusion that the “ capitalist was only a man 
who did not spend all he had got.” That man 
had learned more in six years than most people 
do I What a terrible man a capitalist is, to be 
sure I—if that is all he is ; and is it not t he I rue 
definition ? But nil capitalists do not recognize 
tho right of those who arc not capitalists to 
control their (capitalists’) savings; hence the 
fuss in the family—of men. 
Obituary- Joseph Breek.—It was our purpose 
to have noticed, ere this, the death of this ven¬ 
erable and accomplished florist—a man who 
was the publisher of the old New England 
Farmer and the author of the “Book of Flow¬ 
ers, ’ which is one of the best florist books ex¬ 
tant now. At the time of his death he was the 
senior proprietor of the seed firm of Joseph 
Bkeck A Son, Boston, and a proprietor in the 
nurseries at Brighton, Mass. Ho was one of the 
men whom all horticulturists delight to honor, 
and who, in his time, has contributed largely 
and wisely to our horticultural progress. 
Heneca Lake and its Environs. - The illus¬ 
trated urtielo thus entitled—the third of a se¬ 
ries on the Lake Country of Now York—will 
interest thousands of our readers. Seneca Lake 
and its surroundings present eoniu of the most 
charming and picturesque views in the land, 
and happy are (or should be) those who possess 
homesteads thereabouts, or can visit such re¬ 
sorts as Geneva and Watkins Glen during the 
summer solstice. The views we give are from 
photographs by G. F. Gates of Watkins, J. G. 
Vail of Geneva, and Mr. Tomlinson of Penn 
Yan, to each of whom wo tender acknowledg¬ 
ments for favors received, 
Personal.—Mr. Geo. P. Rowell, the popular 
Advertising Agent of No. ,1 Park Row, New 
York, has just returned from a brief trip to 
Europe, apparently in good health and spirits. 
Wo believe Mr. R.’s principal business xvas to 
arrange for the regular importation of English 
type, and presume, from his well known tact 
and enterprise, that the object of his visit M as 
satisfactorily inaugurated. 
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RURAL BREVITIES. 
Up to June 23, 1873,148 Granges of Patrons of 
Husbandry had been organized in Mississippi. 
John V . Berry, Ephrath, N. Y., asks where 
he can get a couple of minks. We cannot tell 
him. 
C. L. is informed that M-e do not knoM- what 
is the best shaving soap, nor" what will cause 
the whiskers to grow thick and soft" without in¬ 
jury, nor how to extract perfume from flowers. 
BUSINESS NOTICES, 
LYONS MUSICAL ACADEMY. 
One of the most thorough and successful institu¬ 
tions of its kind. Students fitted for teachers. Next 
School Year begins Sept. 10. Send for ne ;v Circular 
and Catalogue. O. S. ADAMS, Principal, 
Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y. 
