The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-06-06
GRANGE DEPARTMENT.
Conducted by w. r. Alexander. r. r.
D. No. q, Owosso.

should be addressed
COUNTY GRANGE CALENDAR.
Owosso Township: First and third Tuesday
in each month at 80 p. m. Richardson's hall
Owosso.
New Lothrop: Second and fourth Tuesday
afternoon in each month.
Bennington: First and third Saturday after
noon In each month:
Hazel Green: First and third Friday Of each
month; Henderson.
Burns: Every Tuesday evening, Knaggs'
Bridge.
Union: Each Alternate Friday evening;
Chapin.
Suggested topics for June discussions
National: Does the farmer need
special education? State: How best i'm
prove the educational benefit offered us
in the lecture hour2
While we sent it in for publication we
very much regret that contrary to our
wishes or intentions the John Robson
resolution appeared in the Grange de
partment.
The Grange by the nature of its or
ganization cannot enter into partisan
politics. But it teaches that not only
should good patron have faith in God,
nurture hope, dispense charity and be
noted for his fidelity; but that he should
take lively interest in public affairs,
in other words be a politician, and an
honest one.
THE NATIONAL MEETING.
Everybody knows that the next SEES
sion of the National Grange will be
held in Michigan, the State that is max
ing more progress as Grange state
than any other in the Union if we Judge
from the number of oranges organized
during the last six months or twelve
months or two years. We are now able
to announce that the city of Lansing,
the capital of the State and the seat of
the Agricultural College, has been
chosen as the meeting place. We have
reason to believe that the Michigan
Patrons have chosen wisely.
Lansing is not large city, having a
population, according to the last census
on a little less than 1900, but it is
growing and prosperous city, well
able to accommodate the National
Grange and all who attend its sessions.
1t is to be remembered that the National
Grange has held its most successful
meetings in small cities. Lewiston out
did Atlanta, Boston, Syracuse, and
Washington, although not fourth as
large as the smallest of them. Concord
has an excellent record as an entertainer
of the National Grange. and Concord
had less than 10000 people when it last
welcomed the greatest of farmers or
CARNATIONS. So we have every reason
to believe that Lansing is large enough
without being too large.
We have mentioned the fact that
Lansing is the seat of the Michigan
Agricultural College. Many of our
readers know that this is the oldest of
the American institutions of its class
and one of the best. 1t has been we'll
named the Mother of Agricultural
colleges; for its graduates are among the
strong men in large share of the agri-
cultural colleges of the country. We
can well believe that the teachers and
students of this grand old institution
will give the National Grange genuine
and hearty welcome, for they are in
real sympathy with agriculture and
with farmers.
For the reasons already mentioned and
because Lansing is so situated as to be
conveniently reached from Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New
York, we shall look for large gather
ing of members of the Grange in the
city Of Lansing; and we shall expect to
see two Michigan Patrons ready to vel
come every one who comes from other
States. We should like to advise our
readers to plan to go to Lansing next
November Exchange.
THE AGE OF ADULTERATIoN.
'ris frightful to think of the horrible things we
are eating and drinking today.
OF the poisons that bear unpronouncable
names. that we store in our systems away,
For honesty long since surrendered the crown
and a1uteration is king,
And instead Of the food of our grandfather's
days We are fed upon any old thing,
No matter what It's we may place TO our lips in
the nature of drink ard food,
1t is ripe with the vilest inventions of men with
the spirit OF Satan imbued,
And only because Of the mercy OF food are we
out OF the clutches Of death
Permitted to poison the once beautiful air wi h
the fumes Of our chemical breath.
Our coffee is now manufactured by hand, on. of
well, only heaven knows what,
Our sugar is stuffed with abominable stun that
the NAV OF an ostrich would rot,
Our butter is made from the inwardss Of beef Of
the sex that is barren Of milk.
Our bread is all leavened with poisonous things,
our honey's clarified blk.
The cider we drink is chemical slush that
bears not vestige OF fruit
Our milk a detection OF water and chalk, our
cream Is OF cornstarchv root,
Our wines and our liquors are fluids OF death,
cur beer is Just reeking with drugs,
Our sausage is rank with suspicion that II is
made of ours, poodles and pugs.
But o it's not only in food ard in drink that
we're bunkocd In damnable way.
We see other thirgs that are not what they
seem as time on its course Whirls away;