The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1874-05-14

Il ne syttltF IAitllA- ltBtfS tifEt a
couple oi Chicago gentlemen" evi +
IDENTIFY swiudler-, have been saing
around smgug he farmers. E.ie Times I
says:
They represent themselves 10 be /
agents OF wholesale Grange grocery /
establishment, in Chicago Their plan I
Of operations is 10 sell - farmers bar \
rel OF sugar Or sack If coffee, or both.
at very low figure, provifei they bly, /
i've or Fix pounds Of spices ~ III tf-rpnt
kinds. For ths sake Of getting thu "a
gar and coffee at such low figures.
many farmers will swallow the bait, |
and the result is that they pay more !
profit on the. spices than tney would |
have To- pay on twice that aIm ,uni d |
sugar ami coffee, bought al retail from
home dealers
4 Patron writing from ALBANIA, says
that the Grange Of which he i-a mem
beF has adopted resolution pleagiHg
the members IL plant but one third Of
the ground heretofore devoted To corn
and cotton, in cotton and plenty Of SUI
gar cane. potatoes. oats, vegetables Of
all kinds; and this fall Bow wheat
Last year at this time the memb, rs OF
this Grange, thirty in number. owed
at least - 900. Now only four mem
Der. are in debt, and sixty or seventy
dollars will discharge them. No com
mercial fertilizers have been bought
thi. year. but home-mad manure IL
being substituted ut less cost. Less
land l. to be planted and better carei
for.
The Patron. Of Tennessee are discus
sing the practicabillty OF building
Grange factories. 4 cotton tie manu-
factory Is proposed at Chatano oga.-
Several other states have endorsed the
project.
The Patrons 0: Tay Tor county. Iowa,
are shipping stock direct to Chicago
dealers, a mode Of doing business that
7 ha. proved very satisfactory aud very
remunerative. The .S0ltth- West, Of
BE ford, says, in noticing the fact
DAILY are the good workings Of the
4 Order Of Patrons Of Hu-bandry being
/ made more manifest, ami from practi-
/ cal demonstrations the farmer. Of our
county are learning that their hig hest
! suticipationS are being more than re
eilz.d. ;"
4 Eden, Fayette county, this State, has
Grange store in "flIi blast. with
a large stock Of Gopd-. "
The Patrons co operative store "a
I Wilton, Iowa, was commenced iu
March, 1872, with capital Of 5000 =
I During the balance Of that year they
sold S2i 900 worth Of goods. In eleven
months Of 1873, they sold 81, coo worth
4 IL is claimed that all goods were sold
at ten per cent. above cost, snd ever
thing is satisfactory with those whl
j invested.
/ The Patrons of Michigan have invi-
/ ted the Order generally throughout the
! State to meet at Spring Lake on the
eth of May, To consult in regard 70
/ marketing the fruit crop. The com
t mission men of Chicago, Milwaukee
/ and Detroit are invited to be present,
to consult about packages aud manner
4 Of packing.
The members Of Rockf ford, a labama.
Grange have determined to retreneh
ia their personal expenses, and have
/ adopted this resolution: That We will
retreDch our expenditures for dress
and living, and coniine them TO arti-
Giles actually necessary for deceucy,
comfort and good health, aud will de-
ny ourselves, as far ar possible, the
purchase Of such things, both a. to
dress and livlng,as are superfiuou-.
The Wisconsin State Grange Is about
to issue the manual in German. This
has kept a great many nom Eng ish
speaking Germans out Of the Order
heretofore, and the result will be a large
accession from the Germans
A Grange colony will he established
at Faribault, MINI, which il To pay
special attention to timber culture.
The Patrons throughout Rawls coun-
ty, Mo, have resolved To encourage
home mechanics and home industry,
and In consequence the black smiths,
wagon makers, etc. are a. busy as bees
preparing the necessary farming i'm
PIGMENTS for the spring work, IfDth
er counties would emulate the exam
pie Of kaw!s, the mechanics would
have but little cause for complaint
about the organization.
The Patrons Of Indiana have deter
mined to assist the State Agricultural
Society In getting up their fair, and
consequently next falls exhibition
VI Dt tbf lBfrI bIjIIldUt anu
successful ever held in the Stale
1t is said that some Of the manufac- /
tufers in the Northwest have aimed a I
subtle blow at the Stale purchasing
system and are offering To sell to farm.
ers who will buy Of them direct at less
than Grange prices.
The Patrons Of Monroe township,
Indiana, have lately shown that they
practically believe all mankind Ia be
brothers, by setting 10 work aud re,
building the house. Of Mr.. Thomas
Hale, which burned the latter part Of
Feb with his entire stock Of provi
sions and farming implements The
FIR. had scarcely died out before they
were at work, and they have buided
better than they knew in beautiful
architecture of practical charity, worthy |
to be model To Changers every where.
A Minnesota Grange has adopted a
noyei aud praiseworthy method Of ed
ucating it's members aud keeping them
posted on current events, and adds fiji
ty cents from the Grange treasury to
every dollar subscribed for newspapers
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