The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-02-10

AHS ioiio"hhS amusing "itSio
we clip from the Farwell Register.
1t was written by one who styles
himself u Granger:
Now that the Granger movement
in this part of the country is active,
we arc not surprised to see that if
not all, at least many of the chronic
office seekers, standing on the street
corners chewing the end of a long
straw, while their hair is tastcfully
adorned with strong smelling hair
.'ilc" and hay-secd well rubbed in.
How candidly they discourse OH
agricultural matters. They know
just at what time of the season is
the proper one to SOW beans, and
the exact number ofpumpkin seeds
that should be put OH an acre Of
summer fallow in order to secure
the largest number of tons of pro-
duce from it, and while looking as
wise as Balam's mule, they will talk
to YOU about those Horrible middle
men that swallow at one gulph all
the hard earnings Of the noble sons
of toll; and without taking breath
will continue on telling you that to
raise oats pro6tably you must hoe
them at least three times every sea-
son while they are growing, and be
very particular to have all the mem
bers out to the caucus and that cv-
cry one must go for one of their
own number for all the Offices or
all their oats will rot in the hill.
And as he stands nobly laboring to
DISSEMINATE useful knowledge in the
high and noble calling of agricul-
ture. and putting vigorously at his
Havana cigar, and occasionally
raising his hat first on one side and
then on the other so as to leave no
doubt about his having lots of hay
seed in his hair, he expatiates flu
emily on the necessity of the frater-
nifty rising in it's majesty and put
ting down all monopolies, those
awful monopolics why, they arc
the ruination of our country-until
those monopolics are stricken down
no man can raise a decent crop of
good genuine drum head cabbage.
NV dear fellow laborcr in honest
husbandry, we must be wise, active
and thoroughly earnest in our eff
forts against these monopolies. Ev-
cry member of our order must vote
only for his brother for an Office.
You must show your wisdom in Sc
lecting from among ourselves only
such men for officers as are fully
posted in all the tricks of politics
and can beat that miserable schem-
ing nonopolics. 1t takes rogue
to catch rogue, you know.
I have an uncle that raised this
year over 200 acres ofpotatoes, and
he built a thrashing machine. None
of my relations patronize middle
men. He had an enormous yield
of potatoes. Many of them grew
to an enormous size, and he run
that machine steady for 10 days
thrashing out those potatoes. 80
Those monopolics are the ruin.
alton of our otherwise happy coun.
try. Now we must do all in on,
power to root them all out. We
must consolidate all the agricultur.
al interests of the country in ON
order, and then we will control thu
sale and fix the price on all of the
fruits Of our toll. You see, peopl,
must cat. They have got to hav,
the products Of our farms or starve
Then we will make them pay the
prices we ask.
You will see that we won't 20
baking around our potatoes, ant
dickering of at 30 cents per bushel
as we have had to do last fall.
tell You we can just as we'll have
800 or $3.50 a bushel, for tina,
matter, for potatoes. All that il
necessary is to get our interest;
consolidated, and FIX the prices, for
you see those dispisabls rail road
men, mechanics, merchants, teach.
crs, ministers, and middle-mcn gen.
orally will pay the prices We may
fix on the products Of our farms
rather than stsrye. / tell you they
will. We are down on monopolies
and will fix the middle-mcn.
l am posted on this ere matter,
and am willing to devote the rest
| of my life to the advancement OF
such noble cause. IL have been
thinking lately that if ] was elected
I could do the most to advance the
great cause Of agriculture in this
monopoly-ridden country.