Year: 1875

brate for?


Granger-We are going to celebrat
Tor the same reason that the the ol.


colonizers celebrated the Fourth O


July, because that was the day the,


declared they would not stand 1t an,


longer when the middle men, tn,


Britisbers. taxed them so high on tea


And you have heard tell, haven't you


how they met together and threw


whole ship load of tea into BostoI


harbor?


Wife-They did! oh. my. how


wish | had some of that tea-it makel


me feel so much better when / fee


tired and my head feels 80 bad.


Granger-My dear. you shall have
some when this Grange business geti


to running right. I was going to say


we are agoing to celebrate next Sat


urday night because that was the timt


we declared. in our grange, we would
not stand 1t any longer. when the
middle men taxed Us so high for tea
and some other things you know,
But think we won't throw the tea
overheard. as the colonizers did, but
we shall throw the middle men all
over board, that have taxed Us 80
high. Yes dear wife you are agoing
to have tea-the Grange Master says
the Grange is agoing to send to China
to bny tea at wholesale.


Wife-Where is China, my dear?


Granger-Chins, they say, is away
round on the other side of the world
and our Grange Is agoing to send a
ship over there and bring over w ole
load of tea, then I guess we shall not
have 1t dealt out to US % and so cents
worth at a time, by them hateful
middle men; and then you know
when we paid that seven dollars in to
the Grange, they told Us, we would
have the privilege of buying sugar.
coffee. and so on, at wholesale thro'
the Grange, and 1 think we shall see
better times when the Grange busi-
ness gets fairly to running.


Wife-Yes, my dear, but how much
/ did want that seven dollars to buy
little Lucy warm dress. Poor thing
had to go with that thin calico dress
all winter. and little Benny went a.
most barefoot, and the baby wanted
some things, and I could have bought
enough with that seven dollars to
made them all comfortable.


Granger-Wife. it pinched US lit
tie. but when we come to buy all our
things through the Grange. by whole
sale. you will forget all about that
seven dollars.


Wife-Where does all the money
go to that is paid to the Grange?


Granger-The money goes to the
National Grange, and is to be kept
there to help put down the railroad
monopolists, and keep the Grange in
good order.


Wife-Mr. Wells said the other day
that the Grange was feeding lot of
lazy loafers, called officers of the
National Grange. He said they was
paying tn eir secrtary-I think he
called it-three thousand dollars a
year, and that don't look like farmers
profits. He said he had got that 81
of ours to buy his cigars with, and
glass of brandy two or three times
day.


Granger-I don't exactly know
about that. but could you cook some
thing nice to carry to the supper next
Saturday night?


Wife-My dear. how could L do 1t ?
it would take enough to last our lit
tie family month. and then Mrs.
Jennings will be there with her nice
things. and I should feel like crawl
ing up the stove pipe, or out the win
dow with anything I could get to car
ry there.


Granger-Wife, I know you can
get up as nice supper as the best of
them. Yos got up our wedding sup
per. didn't you +? I know that could
not be beat. 1 will tell you. wife,
what 1 have made up my mind to do.
l will take that money that 1 owe
Mr.. Stone. and agreed to pay him,
and / will go to town and buy things.
so that you shall not be ashamed to
appear at the supper.


AFTER THE SUPPER


Granger-Wife, wasn't I a little
proud to think you had little the
best there was there for supper?


Wife-Yes, my dear, but 1 could
not help thinking all the time about
that money we owe Mr.. Stone. and
others and then, the Master of the
Grange hinted that we had not paid
our monthly dues to the Grange. and
I see by that little siip of colored pa
per on the ADVERTISER, that we are
behind on that.


Granger-Yes, wife. we have got
behind some, but we shall catch up
when We get our Grange business to
going once. I think 1t pays. We
learn so much at our meetings, about
State affiirs. and what the
Grange is going to with the railroads,
&c. tell you the good time is com
ing when the Grange begins to set the
prices for the railroads. And they
are going to do 1t.


Wife-I DO wish you would pay I'D
for the ADVERTISER. Mr.. Steel said
the other day the ADVERTISER was
better than ever 1t was before, and 1
b6liaya il is and than Won E-,or, o,,r