The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-29
Kenyon Letter.
KENYON, Mimi, Sept. %, 1878.
Editor Gron0e Adnnnce

KENYON, MIMI, Sept. %, 1875.
Editor Grange Advance.
Knowing the kindness of the Grange
Advance in publishing letters from its
friends, I with no other redeeming
quality venture to send you short
one which hope will find the Grange
Advance increasing her list of subscrib.
ers, as she really deserves to do.
Weather is glorious now, here; cold
nights and warm days. It was little
too cold a few days back, and necessi-
tated the bringing into requisition both
stoves and winter clothing, which were
peculiarly acceptable about Monday
morning,
Stacking is not yet over with here,
for DR.. Hewitt seems to have both
wheat and oats out in shock. I think
perhaps all others have finished.
Threshiug has commenced here. Mr..
Laas Haven, being one Of the first, has
employed Messrs. Hewitt and Sevey's
steam threshing machine, which he
thinks is preferable to horse power. I
think Mr.. Haven is right, for if we'll
run they do good work.
Improvements 60 on in the village.
Messrs. R. P. Kelsey g. Co. have en-
larged their blacksmith shop, which
they certainly needed. am glad to
see this improvement, as it betokens
prosperity. E. R. Marshall & Co. are
also adding on sixteen feet length to
their store, the better to enable them
to supply their increasing trade. hope
they will find it much too small yet.
These gentlemen are launching out
gradually, which shows their wisdom.
Last week being the annual confer
ence of the NJ. E. church, held at Red
Wing, DR.. and Mrs. Greaves, with the
Dr's. two brothers, James Greaves,
druggist of Atwater, and Geo. Greaves,
NJ. D., of Glencoe, were in attendance,
all of these gentlemen being delegates
from their respective towns. The last
two were at the time on visit to their
brother. DR.. G. Greaves says things
are better at Glencoe than many would
think, the hoppers not having done as
much mischief as people thought. The
DR.. looks we'll and happy. Mr.. J.
Greaves, as he always does, looks as if
Atwater used him as a gentleman should
be used. Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Close
visited the Conference at the same
time, and all agree that their time was
spent proitably and pleasantly. DR..
VIM. Greaves speaks very highly Of
Bishop Wyley's sermon on experiment.
al religion, and l have no doubt it was
an excellent discourse, and should have
liked to have heard it. Among other
visitors to Kenyon this week, who had
also been to the Conference, was Rev.
/. II. Riddick, of Litcbfeld, brother-in-
law Of Mr.. Close. He is known to most
of US here.
Some time ago Mr.. Geo. L. Marshall
of Milwaukee, brother OF E. r. Mar
shall Of this place, and head of the firm
of Marshall Bros. Church Organ Mfg.
Co., Of Milwaukee, paid short visit to
his brother. 1t is the first, but I hope
it will not be the last. Mr.. Marshalps
business Of organ building is very extern.
sive, requiring large capital and a num-
Der Of tho most skillful mechanics in
the different branches Of the business
that the firm could find in England, Ger
many and the U. S. OF course their
business is confined to pipe organs for
churches, halls, etc. They run in price
from $500 upward, without limit, some
they have already built going, | think,
up to $1,000. The business was first
established at Ripon, Wis, about ni2e
years ago, but the city Of Milwaukee
offering greater facilities, besides being
driven a little by being burned out twice
in Ripon, they moved to Milwaukee where
they were again, burned out bu: rose
like Il Phoenix from its ashes once more,
and have since built up and increased
the business till it stands prominent
among the lending features of Milwau-
kee enterprise, and is we'll known
throughout all the Middle and North
western states. The writer has spent
r.