IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) / O {/ I n ■- iiM 11121 I.I 1.25 a m 12.2 i Li 112.0 1.8 U ill 1.6 'V %^ ojm Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 i<9 .K«,**• *. ♦, W i«!ii EnUwd, »f,cofdirgl«> Astcf Corigrdtifclntht ye»f 1886, by O. R. Hgtmlf, in ft* Office ot th» Libmr'thof CongtMs, at WMhiigi-n. 4^ 'i p. GOPiE^ Supplied Gratis on Aph.ication. ,♦; .♦; ;•? -♦ .♦: ;♦. •« w. a w «*; w. ,♦; '« ?> .« i«j>w'»; »; >; •■ :*;-X.jj Its Works and Its Workers. ?- ^ .see, in Paint WorltsvH t«Te. Soap Works NEW YORK 8 SPRUCE STREEt. ¥j«^?>r.5f,* >:-»; »-W Sis'^i'SK'as-.;^ 0>ii Declaration of Purposes OF THE ►^PPW3*^0F-^P^3BPD^Y.i^^ AN AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF ITS INCEPTION, ADDITIONS, ALTERATIONS, COMPLETION, AND PROMULGATION. WITH A BRIEF SKETCH AND PICTURE OF ITS AUTHOR, MAJOR JAMES WILLIAM ABERT WRIGHT, Past Master State Grange, California. WHAT PARTS OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEN SUGGESTED. THE CHANGE MADE BY THE NATIONAL GRANGE, BOSTON, 18B5. BY OLIVER R. INGERSOLL, PAST MASTER KNICKERBOCKER GRANGE, 154, NEW YORK. Strange to relate, that although the Declaration of Purposes is a document which has excited the admiration of the world, and has never been even compared with any less document than the Declaration of Independence by the Fathers of this Republic, written by Thomas Jefferson, its history has never yet been recorded. This document is held by many competent judges to excel the older Declara- tion in the grandeur of its declarations, in the poetic beauty of its diction, the rhythm and cadence of sentences, the balancing of its parts, and its noble enunciation of purposes, firm and res(jlute, yet not dogmatic, and marked by a complete absence of everything bordering on braggadocio. It is a declaration of the enormous agricultural class of this great nation, who for the first time after so many long years of silence, and even separation irom each other, came together "in Congress Assembled" from the Nortii, South, East and West, and as one man solemnly, silently, and unanimously - adopted thus their Dedaration of Purposes. It instantly challenged the re- spect of the world, and its influence is increasing while its grand beauties become more and more appreciated as time rolls by. The National Grange, assembled at Boston, Mass., in Nov., 1885, again by resolution called the atten- tion of the Order to it as follows: m^tf-ms^msm^m^mm^m^m^mmii^m^ WONDERFUL DISCOVERY 1 1-^ Ingersoll's Quick-Acting NEW PEOCESS SOAP. A Complete ReYoluiions^JS^useliold Washing A UNIVERSAL SOAP Taking Place of ALL OTHER SOAPS, Bcl,.^ E„„ally G„„,l .„ either Limestone, Hard or Soft Water. For ladies, Farmers, Me^hanics^PrinM Miners ^ Druggists. THE GOOD TIME HAS COME TO THE TIRED WASH WOMAN WASII-DAY BOBBED OF ITS TEBROBS. EVEET OAEE A SELr-AOTIMS WASHKB MAOHISEM HEALTH instead of COLDS and RHEUMATISM REST and COMFORT instead of FATIGUE The terrible Destruction of Olotliiiig, incl.Ientil to ti,« r. . '^ of hard, wearing Labor can Now be done In T,vo Hours of EASY EPFOKT «o scalding Water and FUtby Disease-Glvtog Steam. Ko More *cliiDg Backs and Tired Arms. Jo large Quantities cf Hot Water to Heat and Carry A TEA KETTLr HEATS ALL THE HOT WATER NECESSARY THE HEAVY WASH-BOILEB A THING OF THE PAST •o ""Mt?,"SliSjyXjSVl';ra»ntflr.LV"'' •^?"^-- A Child for Any Woman. Aii.r»Kn w'.^T wn.''lt"'.'''5^"» "'^avy this soap for ^^^B-Bi^" " MfSr""' ^ ^^r S'h Jf «' r i.?r;„X.%j;;'^;!,",S.ll«'"''-n and Invalids, and Fabrics. For Horses Do^^^r. # ^?l"'«te Laces Yll^ IP. isbing In either ruggists. QMS, JE. lit Bar- urs icks and JY. PAST. S. Child avy valids. 5S HISTORY OF THE DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. ^^ The jrnrjxiseft of the Patrons of Htishdiulry are (listinctltf (iiid tKhiiinihlji set forth inuii offidal (leidarathnt,, and being practioully the wonts of the Foii)ul- ers of our OrdfT^ ore the fundamental jninciples iipon^nhivh our organization rests, and 7ve ran well ehiUlenge the world for anything better."" " Therefore, Re.vohed: — That in view of a more practical advanceiueiit of the l>urposeH of the Patrons of HuHbandry, aJe recommend that the officers and mem- bers of the Sut)ordinate Oranges make its iiustructions and principles, as set forth in * The Declaration of Purposes,'' a matter of special and careful study, to the end that we may understand and 2^erf or m ounohole duty, and therel>y ful- Jill our obligations .so as to build higher (ind better. An advance will then be made lohich is sure to hnnten ' the good time coming.'' " The idea of sucli a document, and even the name " Declaration of PnrpoHes," instead of Principles, was that of Bro. Wright, then Past Master of the State (itranfje of California, being its first Master. Bro. Wright had no idea of doing such a work until the yth day of February, 1874. The National Grange was in ses- sion at Ht. Louis, Mo., when Hro. Hamilton, his successor as Master of the State Grange of California, requested him as Master of the State Grange to act in the Committeeon Resolutionsin hisstead. Bro. Dudley W. Adams, the Master of the National Grange, spolte of placing him there, and he had requested Bro. Adams to appoint Bro. Wright for the work. Bro. Wright innnediately took the nuit- ter in charge and spent upon it the greater part of two days and nights, it being between two and three o'clock in the morning before he sought rest. In preparing the document, he availed himself of the friendly suggestions of four, and only four, other members of the Order. These were the Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken, M.C., of South Carolina, Past Master State Grange of South Carolina and for so many years chairman of the executive committee of the National (Grange: Bro. N. W. Garretson, of Iowa, who organized the State Granges of California and Oregon; Bro. Ezra S. Carr, Agricultural Professor of the Uni- versity of California, and Bro. Jno. T. Jones, of Arkansas, who with Bro. Aiken Avas on the Committee on Resolutions at St. Louis. With Bro. Garretson's consent (who was present) Bro. Wright inserted words which he had given him in rough pencil notes in California, for that part under Specific Objects which reads as follows: "To develop a better and higher manhood and womanhood among ourselves. To enhance the comforts and attractions of our homes, and strengthen our attach- ment to our pursuits. To foster nmtual understanding and co-operation. To maintai:i inviolate our laws, and to emulate each other in labor, to hasten the good time coming. To reduce our expenses, both individual and corporate. To buy less and produce more, in order to make our farms self-sustaining. To diversify our crops, and crop no more than we can cultivate. To condense the weight of our exports, selling less in the bushel, and more on hoof and in fleece; less in lint, and more in warp and woof. To systemize our work, and calculate intelligently on probabilities. To discountenance the credit system, the mort- gage systen\, the fashion system, and every other system tending to prodigality and bankruptcy." "We propose meeting together, talking together, working together, "buying together, selling together." He slightly changed the forms of expression while engrafting the principles to make it all lit in symmetrically. Bro. Jones, of Arkansas, (afterwards W. M. of the N.G.) asked Bro. Wright to insert the following words, which he Jiad written on a slip of paper: " Hence we hold that transportation companies of every kind are necessary to our success, that their interests are intimately connected with our interests, and harmonious action is mutually advantageous, keeping in view the first sen- •smmm THE TRIAL-CIVILIZATION VS. B. \RBAHISM, At the National Grange held in Boston. Mass. Nov ,SS. the c,ues.,on of having such a soap mannfactured for thj OH S'oapWorks and brmg the.soap to tl,e attention of the Order Sol. Which ::r rur '^:f'-r;:\r-'.t '- ^^- n;e.,,ers.on,dhave7;^c-f:;,/-;:^^^^^^^^^^^^^ o^> the wrapper around each cal■ ^^y- f'- From VV "'^'^"^ °'g'-«« mountains and sweet-smelling cedars Seasa,dT:r'"' "'"""T'%''"'' ^''<='"S-' "- '^nds of Inland beas and Lakes From the Lone Star National State of Texas From the Lmp.res of New York. Iowa and Missouri, the laTd Nov., 1885, ■ the Order, the Patrorw' rdcr. Some te Granges, ts that the e directions t the result. :e. Thus iiat either irst time, stant post f territory, conviction roach. )ves, sweet Ice, where cky cliffs, he author lands of Carolina, Virginias, urn times. Milk and ive to us :tion, the achusetts or " Our hire, the ; Prairies 3 of Mis- es of the e State, y. From I cedars. Inland Texas. lie land _ THE CHANGE IN THE DECLARATION OF I'UhPOSES. tciioo in our Doflaratioii of PrlnclplcH of Action, thai "Individual happiness doptMulM upon f?on»'ral proHperity." Bro. Wright tltt«d thlH in under " KUSINE8H RELATIONS," cluuiKinKthe introduction sli^'htly. Under " EDUCATION," the followin>?wordH woreHUf,'«i'wt- ed in a letter which Hro. Wright received from Hro. ('arr, of ( California, a day or two before he drafted th*? " Declaration of PuriMweH;" " advocate for our agri- cultural and industrial colleges that p'-actical agriculture, domestic science, and all the arts which adorn the home, bo taught in their courses of study." Under BUSINESS RELATIONS Bro. Wright had written "We are op- posed to high salarleH, hiyfi rates of intereht, and /ii(/h [wr cent. profltH in trade." Bro. Aiken wuRgeHted that it bechanced to read " We are opiKwed to exuesn- ive salariew, fii(/Ji rates of interest, and exorbitant per cent, profits in trade." The chanjice was at once accepted and appreciated as an improvement. This is the plain unvarnished record of the inception and completion of a document that reads as if inspired by a higher power. Tlie next day, February 11, 1H74, Bro. Wright was requested to read the Declaration before the National Grange. While it was being read the silence was oppressive, every ear was strained to catch each word as it fell from his eloquent lii)s. He read them in such an impassioned nuinner, that all realized that he spoke f.om his heart and soul. That the Declaration voiced the longings and desires f )r " the good time com- ing "of all present, was apparent. For several minutes after Hro. Wright re- sumed his seat, the dead silence was continued. It was almost painful, too deep for expression, too solenni for applause. As soon as the spell which bound the assembly could be lifted, the document was adopted unanimously by a full vote. These Declarations have been read to thousands of (Tranges since that memorable day with similar effect. Time seems to add to their beauty and at- tractions. TJiey are the Patrom' Bible, and not a word can be added to or taken from them, without detracting from their beauty and harmony. At the session of the National Grange in Boston, Nov., 1885, for the first time, a change was adopted, the word "all "was substituted. It now readi'. that "we seek the greatest good to all." Originally it read: "We seek the greatest good to the greatest number.''' With all respect, it \irould seem that this change is not an improvement, but quite the contrary, the rhythm and cadence of the original sentence is destroyed. It is a bob-tail sentence now. In truth do ire seek the "greatest good of ' all ' " ? Is not such a thing?'m/>as- ,sible f Does it agree with some of the other Declarations ? One says "we are ojtposed to the management of any corporation or enterprise, that tends to op{)ress the people, and rob them of their just profits." We oppose the tyranny of monopolies— " excessive salaries, exorbitant profits in trade, high rates of inter- est." (Jertainly we do not seek the greatest good of those who represent and profit l)y these things which we opjmse. How then can we seek the greatest good of these interests, or ''all " i The expression "greatest good to the greatest number." is a well-established anti-monopoly, anti-monarchical, anti-tyrannical expression. It means that instead of seeking the greatest gcjod— that is the greatest wealth, and greatest honors, and greatest happiness, only /or a favored few, only for a privileged class— we are to seek on the safest and broadest principles, the great- est good t( the largest number possible. If it could include a//, well, but that is an impossibility, and in the very nature of things, cannot be done. Some do not deserve the greatest good, nor as great good as others merit. Again, the change, it seems to us, undermines the whole lesson to be taught by such words as " we wish to discountenance all Monopolies and Privileged Classes." If we say the greatest good to all, why cannot the selfish Bond-holdei, Banker, Extortioner, -.;^mmmmgft ,JJ.,i,4,JllJvl,.JU mmm. .id-kM^.,MAMUJA.A>,Mm ^ n-HEHK THE WiryKSHES COME FROM. where the Declaration had hirth. From Delaware, whose ocean- washed hinds produce fruit for the millions. From GeorLn'a the hmp.re State of the South land, and so wherever you fiml a State that t,eheves in the Declaration of Purposes (which means Honesty and " the ^^reatest ^rood to the ^m-atest number") you will hear the voice of some well-known Patron testifyin^r that the I atrons Soap is all that it is claimed to be. It goes without say- ing that ,t would not be possible to get these People to enter into a conspiracy to deceive their own friends and themse'ves In order that every reader can act as an intelligent juror in this case of civLization and improvement vs. the present or barbaric style of washing, ive will first give what was and is claimed virmhrrs of the Order and others after testing the soap As further n,.ports come in they will be added to this Pamphlet and new editions published. Any member of the Order will know many of the witnesses and can vouch for their veracity I hus all can be vouched for. It is not therefore neeessan, for uso ask uoa to Mieve an, tlnng we say uMess <»«1" Ih tliiit I hIiuU «'Xtort all tho iiioiu'y 1 CHii out of tli«! tolltTH, tho fariiuTH, tlioiuncliaiiuM, tho '.iilKirt*r», and the hofU'Ht trader. Then, if you oppose what you call mi monopoly Mehenien, you are not Heekinj^niy Kood and not wekinn tho jfood of 'all." ItdooHMeeuj, and wo way It with all roHpet^t, that thiH ehanj?e eniaHculatoH tlio " iK't'laratioii of I'uriKiHOH" of ItM foree, ItH intention, and itH poHHibilitieM to aeeouipliHh ^^(mkI loMHonM and re- HultH. If we are wron^ we wouhl like to have it |)ointed out. There in one thing eertain: n i-hdiif/e in the J)ft;l(( ration, in a fair .fii/tjcul for re-spralful (fisunsnion. Wehelieve in freoHpe* eh, and that in a proper Hpirit any member of the Order, howeverhuml)le.8hou!;'i'XpreHHhlmHelf freely on HO important a thinj;a« a ehanj^e in the Uecluration of Purpowes. We believe, further, that /tot7u:/t^eA(ir/ioa/(/ ts ^:AJoll J. w. A. wniGHT. made in 'the j>',>'^laration of Purposes in //a future, unless endorsed bj> a two thirds vote of the /State Uramjes, the same as changes in the Constitution rtcjaire. We have the very great pleasure of introducing to our readerf!, Major James William Abert Wright, the author of the Declaration of Purposes. We coTisider it a great honor to be able, not onl> to present this life-like picture of turn, but also to give a short account of his life, so that the Jefferson of our Order may be known of and seen by not only the present, but future genera- tions. Bro. Wright was born in Columbus, Miss., July 28th, 1834. His father was the Rev. David Wright, of the Presbyterian Church, a native of the old Bay State, Massachusetts, and descended from the Pilgrim Fathers, but he removed at an early age to the State of Mississippi as a missionary to the Choctaw Indians, connected with Mayhew Mission St."+ion, near Columbus. His mother mm ; THE STARTLING CLAIMS. ashes for fertilizers, and sell your fuel or give it to the poor, and was/t like ladies, not like sla^>es. Claim ^,~The saving in the wear ajod fear of the elothes alone will be more than five times the cost of the Quick- Acting Soap. Claim ^.-TJiat the eost of the Quieh-Aeting Soap is more than saved by having to use only one or two >ea- kettles of hot water and washing with luke-warm water instead of spending a day over hot, steaming suds that make the whole house wretched, and are a fruitful cause of colds, rheumatism, consumption and other diseases and which It i. claimed by Physicians make many Women grow old so much faster than men. Claim 6.~matthe eost, of the Quick-Ming Soap is more than saved in the hou: . of labor saved, which can be devoted to informing your mind. Claim 7-~That the eost of the Quiek-Aeting Soap is more than saved in the item of fuel alone. HOSPITALS AND THE SICK ROOM. Clalm 8.--TIiat this soap will kill all germs of diseases, ^vh^th^T in the clothing or on the hands, leaving the clothes with a slight perfume, totally obliterating what is known as the hospital smell, so apparent in the hospitals and the sick room. Claim 9.--The I.gersoll's Quick-Acting Soap contains no chemicals that injure clothes and make the hands sore, hut that it only acts on the dirt. That it will make the hands soft and velvet3^ cure all sores and roughness caused by using the Alkali Soaps and Wash- ing Fowders of the day. Claim lo.-For Army and Nazy use it is invaluable, as it acts as well in hard as it does in soft water. Claim ii.-That the clothes will be whiter, cleaner and softer than under the present barbaric system. Claim 12 -That for Shaving it is equal to the best known :>having soaps. In shaving keep the razor hot by dip- ping in scalding water. SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF PURPOSES. : it to the e clothes he Quick- Cs more two tea- ■m water, suds that ful cause diseases, If Women is more h can be is m^ore whether lies with nown as and the ins no hands ' it M'ill 'es and 1 Wash- it acts I softer known by dip. was a native of Virginia, n6e Eliza Abert, sister of Col. John J. Abert, of Wash- ington City (who was one of the early graduates of the U. S. Army school at West Point, and for many years at head of Topographical Engineers, U. S. Army,) and daughter of John Abert, who was among the young Frenchmen that came to America in 1781 with Count Rochambeau to aid in achieving ouf Independence. Bro. Wright obtained his early education at the private schools of Columbus, Miss., spending several months at work in a cabinet shop, and three months as copyist in Chancery Clerk's office, till at the age of eighteen he went to Green Springs, Ala., a noted high school for boys, under Professor Henry Tutwiler, a graduate of the University of Virginia. Here he prepared for college, teaching one year in Professor Tutwiler's school, 1854 to 1855, to earn part of the means for his college expenses. He entered the junior class at Princeton College, N. J., in Sept., 1855, and graduated, Jtme, 1857, with the highest honors, being the valedictorian of his class. Tie returned to Alabama and assisted Prof. Tutwiler in Greene Springs School, until May, 1862, and married the Professor's oldest daughter, Margaret, in August, 1859. In May, 1802, he enlisted in the 36th Alabama Infantry, and served for three years as Captain and Major of the same, under Generals Beauregard, Bragg, Joseph E. Johnston, Hood and Dick Taylor, until the surrender of the latter. May 4th, 1865. He fought in the battles of Chick- amauga, Ijookout Mountain. Missionary Ridge, and the campaigns of Atlanta, Jonesboro", Franklin, and Nashville, and in the final fighting at Spanish Fort, Mobile, against Gen. Canby. At Missionary Ridge he was wounded in the right hip by a minie ball, and captured. He ^vas a prisoner of war at Chattanooga, Nashville States Prison, and Camp Chase, Oliio, till March 27, 1864, when he escap- ed from the cars, while in transit with several hundred prisoners to Fort Delaware. He made his way incog., via Harrisburg, Philadelphia, and New York to Canada; went to sea down the St. Lawrence River, in a small schooner, to the Berumda Islands; thence ran the blockade at Wilmington, N. C, June, 1864, in a Clyde- built steamer, the Lilian, under Captain John Newlen Mafflt. After the war, he resumed his teaching at Greene Springs. In the spring of 1868 he removed to California, and there made his home until 1883, when he returned to Alabama to live. During his residence in California h> was employed extensively in writing for the newspaper press, as he is doing more or less at the present time. In his studies he has made specialties of the languages. Botany, Natural History and Geology. In California, from the years 1868 to 1876 he farmed on a large scale, having at one time four thousf (d acres planted to wheat, using the most approved machinery and methods in cultivating it, but his farming, owing to two un- favorable years, resulted disastrously. In June, 1873, he was made Master of Turlock Grange, Stanislaus Co., Cal. July 15th, 1873, he was elected as the first Blaster of the California State Grange, afterwards serving three years as I^ecturer of the same. His eloquent voice was heard all over the State with no uncertain sound. In 1876 he was appointed Commissioner of the National Grange to Europe, and spent four months in England, Scotland and Germany. He attended the St. Louis, Charleston, Louisville and Chicago sessions of the National Grange, as Past Master of the State (rrange of California. It was at the St. Louis Session that it fell to his lot, as a member of the Committee on Resolutions, to write the Declaration of Purposes of the Patrons of Husbandry, which has made the Order and himself famous the world over. It has been printed in many languages, and to-day is a valued document on file in most of the great libraries of the world. The subject of this sketch is now living witii his wife and three sons, near Greensboro, Hale Co., Ala., where he is Princij)al of a preparatory school foi' boys. Since the age of sixteen, he has been a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is an elder. THE WONDERFUL CLAIMS. Claim 13.— That it is excellent for washing infants or in- valids, and all hospital uses, disinfecting and re- moving all germs of disease. Claim i^.~For Harness, and Horses, and Running gear of Carriages it is superior to Castile Soap. It is a pre- ventive as well as a cure for scratches. Claim i^.— For Silverware, Diamo7ids and Jewelry, Chinaware and Crockery of all kinds it cleans thoroughly and easily and removes all odor. Claim i6.~For Washing Dogs it is beautiful, leaving them clean and with a glossy coat. Claim ij.—For Printers and Electrotypers' use it is superb Printers' Rollers, Type and Plates cleansed effectively and easily, and so that they will take the ink readily thereby avoiding the use of dangerous Benzine and lowering the insurance rate, while the danger from burns and the annoyance of vile smells are entirelv removed. WASHING MACHINES. Claim 18 -The Ingersoll Quick-Acting Soap is an Anti-Alkali Lniversal Soap, good alike for all purposes. Doincr the work in a washing machine better than soft soal I erforming the wash in about one-third the time that Alkali Soaps or powders do and consequently one- third of the labor and wear on the clothes Claim ic^.-For Washing Dishes it will remove' all odors of onion garlic or fish from forks, knives and dish. The dish-cloth will always smell sweet Claim 20,~For Washing Paint, Oil Cloths, Mirrors, Windows, Glass Dishes, Marble, and Scrubbing it has no equal Claim 2i.-For ,\.^Teeth it is elegant, destroying the animacul^e that so often destroy children's teeth as well as adults 2 2.-For the Toilet and Bath it is perfection, healing softening, giving the skin a velvet touch that is exquisite removing hard callous skin and healing quickly chaps' old sores, etc. Keeps the wash-rag clean and sweet! 2' or Shampooing \\.\^ delightful, removes dandruff and Claim 'Jits or lu- ng and re- 'ng gear oj It is a pre- Ckinaware y and easily them clean is superb. effectively nk readily, mzine and nger from re entirely \nti.Alkali s. Doino- so/l soap. time that ently one- odors of ish. The Windows, 3 equal, mimaculae is adults. , healing, exquisite, 6.— // ivill remove grease from Clothes, Carpets, etc., and not injure the Fabric. Claim 2( IMPORTANT TO ALL WORKING PEOPLE WHO VALUE THEIR HEALTH. Claim 27.— That for Mechanics, Printers, Dyers, Painters and Paint Manufacturers, Miners, Theatrical and Minstrel Performers, Machinist , Black Smiths, Butchers, Cart- men, Rail Road men, Pin Smiths and Solderers who get acids on their hands, and to work men and women of all kinds who find it important to have their hands thor- oughly cleansed and deodorized so that no germs 0/ disease will enter into the blood, and who also want all dirt and grime entirely removed and their skin left soft and white ; this soap will positively perform the work, and No Other soap will, as is well known. Claim 28. — That it is siinple nojisense to undertake to compare this Soap in price with the old fashioned Alkali Grease and Water Soaps, as one ounce of this cleans as much as half a pound of the Barbaric Soaps, not to mention saving the ig the skin e worn all 3airy will cessary to ndry and r, pr'odiice opposite :he lather ire chaps, )r Tetter, Wounds, ish, being and Sur- ils. , etc., a7id VALUE Iters and Minstrel irs, Cart- s who get ten oi all ids thor- gernis of < want all left soft ke work, compare i Grease as much mention L. DECLARATION OF PURPOSED P. OF H, We shall avoicl litigation as much as possible, by arbitration in the Grange. We shall constantly strive to secure entire harmony, good-will, vital brother- hood among ourselves, and to make our Order perpetual. We shall earnestly endeavor to suppress personal, local, sectional, and national prejudices, all unhealthy rivah-y, all selfish ambition. Faithful adherence to these principles will insure our mental, moral, social, and material advancement. BUSINESS RELATIONS. 4. For our business interests, we desire to bring producers and consumers, farmers and manufacturers, into the most direct and friendly relations possible. Hence we must dispense with a surplus of middlemen, not that we are unfriendly to them, but we do not need them. Their surplus and their exactions diminish our profits. We wage no aggressive warfare against any other interests whatever. On the contrary, all our acts, and all our efforts, so far as business is concerned, are not only for the benefit of the producer and consumer, but also for all other interests that tend to bring these two parties into speedy and economical contact. Hence we hold that transportation companies of every kind are necessary to our success, that their interests are intimately connected with our interests, and harmonious action is mutually advantageous, keeping in view the first sentence in our Declaration of Principles of Action, that " individual happiness depends upon general prosperity." We shall therefore advocate for every State the increase in every practicable way of all facilities for transporting cheaply to the sea-board, or between home producers and consumers, all the productions of our country. We adopt it as our fixed purpose " to open out the channels in nature's great arteries, that the life blood of commerce may floAV freely." We are not enemies of railroads, navigable and irrigating canals, or of any corporation that will advance our industrial interests, nor of any laboring classes. In our noble Order there is no communism, no agrarianism. We are opposed to such spirit and management of any corporation or enter- prise as tends to oppress the people, and rob them of their just profits. We are not enemies to capital, but we oppose the tyranny of monopolies. We long to see the antagonism between capital and labor removed by common consent, and by an enlightened statesmanship worthy of the nineteenth century. We are opposed to excessive salaries, high rates of interest, and exorbitant per cent, profits in trade. They greatly increase our burd'.Mri, and do not bear a proper proportion to the profits of producers. We desire only self-protection, and the protection of every true interest of our land by legitimate transactions, leeiti- mate trade, and legitimate profits. D UTY OF E VER Y HO USEHOLDER. *> the saving in labor, fuel, time, and wear and tear of clothes, and preserving of health. . Claim 2g.— 77m/ by otir system you have to handle only about one quarter the quantity of ioater~an iviportant Item in labor. Claim zo.— That your money will be returned to you if it is not equal to all that is claimed for it. Claim 31.— That the following is our system of washing; simi- lar to the printed directions on the waxed wrapper that IS around each cake of soap. That it is the most enlightened system ever submitted to the world This being so, is it not the duty of every householder to pro- vide the house immediately with this Soap to lighten the women s burdens and economize in clothes aiid labor? DIRECTIONS FOR LAUNDRY USE. We ask you as a favor to try the first bar exactly accordino- to directions, no matter what j-ou may think about our way o'f washmg. ^ FIRST.— Do not use at any time Hot or Boiling:- Water Do not use any Soda, Borax or other Chemicals, nor any Soap i^owder, as it is not necessary to cat the Clothes up with such tlungs to get the dirt out zvith this Soap. Fill a wash-tub about 07ie-third with cold water. Then add a tea kettle of hot water which will make it luke-warm. Take the first piece and dip it into the water, draw it out either over the wash-board or acrainst the side of the tub, take the cake of Soap and rub it l7)y every Patron, as the right of a freeman, to affiliate with any party that will best carry out his iirinciplcs. HOW TO WASH, BLUE, AND STARCH. k the wash-board, and luhat dirt has not already fallen out will do so. Rinse the dirty suds out of the clothes in a tub of Uike-vvarm water, and the wash is complete, rery simple and very easy, yet the results will astonish you. Wash rvhite pieces separately from colored goods and colored flannels. Do not expect at the first wash to remove from your clothes all the stains and spots which have been ground into them by the old process of hard rubbim^- boiliniE!S R UF H. OUTSIDE (JU-Ul'E RATION. ti. Uiu\s being peculiarly a farmers' institution, we cannot admit all to our ranks. Many are oxcliuled by tlio nature of our organization, not because they are in-ofessional men, or artisans, or laborers, but because tliey have not a sufficient (lii'('(!t interest in tilling the soil, or may havo som(« interest in conflict with our purposes. But we appeal to all good citizens for their cordial co-operation to assist in our efforts toward reform, tliat we may eventually remove from our midst the last vestige of tyranny and corruption. We hail the general (Usire for fi'aternal harmony, erpiitable compromises, and earnest co-operation, as an omen of our future success. CONCLUSION. T. It shall be an abidijig principle with us to relieve any of our oppressed and suffering brotherhood by any means at our command. Last, but not least, we proclaim it among our purposes to inculcate a proper ai)preciation of the abilities and sphere of woman, as is indicated by admitting her to membership and position in our Order. Imploring the continued assistance of our Divine Master to guide us in our work, we here pledge ourselves to faithful and harmonious labor for all future time, to return by our united efforts to the wisdom, justice, fraternity, and political purity of our forefathers. *By resolution of the National Grange, Boston, Mass., Nov. 1885, "the greatest number" erased and the word "ALL" substituted. -•••- There should be a Grange in every Town in the United States and Canada. Circulate this Document broadcast and there will be. We have large copies of this Declaration of Purposes on fine paper, almost 18x24 inches, to post in Grange, Town Hallsand pub- lic places, which we will gladly mail Free upon application. Every Grange, Hall, and Home, should have them neatly Framed. As it is against the rules of the Post Office we cannot mail Frames. Every man or woman engaged in Agricultural Pursuits, reading this, if they are not a Member of the Grange, should immediately join. If there is no Grange within a convenient distance, write to O. R. INGERSOLL, P. M. Knickerbocker Grange 154, 64 Fulton Street, New York, and you will learn how to form a Grange of your own= tlSummamm THIS SOAP CLEANS THE CLOTHES THOIiOUOHLV. We will deliver Four or more hov^^s, freight paid by us, to any part of the United States, upon receipt of $3.00 per box. In order, however, to introduce the Soap we will, on the first order only, deliver One to Three Boxes, freight paid by us, to any part of the United States upon receipt of $3.00 per box. THE ABOVE APPLIES O^iY WHERE WE HAVE NO STATE OR LOCAL AGENTS. One box will do thirty-six washes, representing a saving of at least one dollar per wash, or thirty-six dollars per box, in labor, time, fuel and wear and tear of the clothes. It positively will not injure the finest fabric. BECAUSE THIS SOAP CLEANS THE CLOTHES THOROUGHLY do not, therefore, imagine it injures the Fabric. It acts on the dirt and foreign matter only; not on the Fabric. A sand-blast will, in a few seconds, wear the nail from the hand, but it does not injure the flesh. We will mail a sample cakey;v^, upon receipt of the cost of packing and mailing, which is 15 cents. Remit in Postage Stamps. Money, if not sent with the order, must be deposited with the Master, Secretary or Purchasing Agent of a Grange, who must certify that the money is so deposited and will be sent to us either by check, registered letter, or money or express order, as soon as the Soap arrives. Money sent in an ordinary letter gets lost. Noiv you have read the claims and had the system explained — we trust clearly — learnt the price, size of boxes, read what the different entirely disinterested ^witnesses have to say. If they will not convince you tJiat the Soap is all that is claimed for it, no human testimony can. '•i i i PATRONS' SOAP WORKS, Office, Patrons' Paint ^Vorks Building, 64 Fulton Street, NEW YORK. 6y us, to - box. on the t paid by ^3.00 per PROMINENT FACTS In the History of the Order of Patronsof I lusbandry ^VE NO saving of in labor, ^ will not lUGHLY ts on the and-blast t it does e cost of Stamps, ited with ige, who ent to us jrder, as tter gets xplained vhat the If they YORK. January 1st, 1800.— PrcsidtMit .TohnHon, throtiph Coiniulsfiionpr of AKi'lcultnrt}, Imuic Newton, apixiiiitt'd (). H. Kellny to viHit the 8011th in tlu- intcri'sts of agricultiii'i'. An- ii 2lHt. IHOfl.— (). H. K('lU>y returnod to WanhinKton from this trip full of the idea of a great national fraternity of farmers. April 25th, 1800.— (). H. Kelly's nieoe. Miss Carrie A. Hall, of Boston, Mass., first proposed that "ladies have full membership." November lOth, 1807. — It was decided that the name of the Order be Path/ "' } OF HrsBANDRY, and the branches to be known as (^uanoks. November 2(lth, 1807.— Motto of the Order adopted—" Esto perpetua '"— let it oe perpetual, — let it endure forever. December 4th, 1807.— Birthdav of the Order; organization of the National Grange; First Master of National (irange, \Vm. Haunders; Founders of the Order.— O. H. Kelley, Miss Carrie Hall, Anson Bartlett, Wni. Saun- ders, J. R. Thompson, Rev. A. B. (irosh. F. M. McDowell. Rev. .John Trimble, .Jr., Wm. M. Ireland, A. Sherwood Moss, and Edward P. Ferris; Life-like pictures of each in this Pamphlet. January 8th, 1808.— First subordinate Grange meeting. Potomac No. 1, Wash- ington, D. C, 30 members. February 19th, 1808.— First initiation "in due form."— Bro. Boardman of New York. April 4th, 1808, — First Dispensation for Pennsylvania — Harrisburg. April loth, 1808. — First Grange organized in New York Htate — Fredonia. April 18th, 1808. — First Grange in Iowa — Newton. July 37th, 1808. — First Grange in Minnesota — Sauk Rapids. February 24th. 180!>. — First State Grange organized — Minnesota; First master of a State Grange — Truman Smith. March, 1809. — Funeral ceremony composed by O. H. Kelley. April liUh, 180S). — First annual meeting of National Grange. J^ovember 27th. 180U.— First Grange in Illinois— Nunda. December 24tli, 1809. — First Grange in Indiana— Honey Creek. March 2d, 1870. — First (irange in Ohio — East Cleveland. June 10th, 1870. — First (Grange in Tennessee — Stockton. August 17th, 1870.— First Grange in California— Pilot Hill. August 2r)th. 1870. — First Grange in Missouri— (iiencoe. January 5th. 18V1. — First Grange in Wisconsin— Plainville. January 12th, 1871.— State Grange of Iowa organized. Fel)ruary 22(1, 187i. — First working (irange in Pennsylvania — Eagle. May 25th, 1871. — First Grange in South Carolina — Ashley. June ;kl, 1871.— First Grange in Mississippi— Rienzi. •June 12th, 1871. — State Grange of Wisconsin organized. July 4th, 1871.— First (irange in Vermont — Green Mountain. August l(>(h, 1871. — First Grange in Kentticky — I'ioneer. December 20th, 1871. — First (irange in New Jersey— Pioneer. January. 1st, 1872 — First Grange in Nebraska — Harlan County. January Gth. 1872.— First Grange in Oregon— Marshiield. January 10th, 1872. — First Grange in Michigan — Burnside. GENERAL TESTIMONIALS. A. J. ROS.E, W. M,. HALADO. J. R. Henry, Treas. MKXIA. •»fR>T>KENNEDY,i. -NcSECRETARY'>OF»i-STATE'»i'GRANGIVN- Gents,— 'i.ly wife \w'i\\2; an invalid, tln> Hoap went ine ('(niUi not he tried under my personal insjteetion, hut 1 jfave it to a neighhor who teHted it thoroughly, and says that it in all that you vlaiin it t» />«, Fraternally. R. Kknnkdy, Sec'y Texas State (irange. Done Work Well as Recom- mended—Box Ordered. Sunhury, Pa. O. R. IXGEBSOLL,— Dear .SVr,— My wife has used a sam- ple cake of your soap, that I rec'd at the State (Irange, it done itn work loell, us recotnmended, and pronounces it first class, HO far, and also reconnnend- ed in our Grange, whereupon they ordered me to send for a l)ox of soap. Sf) please send us a box of soaj), to Sun- hury, Northern Central and Pennsyl- vania Depot, and oblige: a check will l)e sent as soon as box delivered in gootl shape, Yours fraternally, JosKJ'H Gass, Jr., See. of Augusta ( rrau^'e. ^iiio, P. of H. Cheerfully Recommends it. Prom the Worthy Ceres State Grange, Iowa. Algona, Iowa, Mar. 17. <». H. IXGERSOLL,— '*>'''■,— I have thoroughly tested ycui l^uick Acting Soap, and find thru ?; does all that is claimed for it, an-- i i cheerfully reeonuuend it to otheri-. Yours fraternally, M. M. Blackford. Badgley (irange, No. Uii'-i. Belleville, HI., March 10, '86. Gkxtlkmkx,— The Soap I received at th(i State Grange as a sample, f/aoe very f/ood satisfaction. Can't you put some in Me Belleville market, so we can be 8upi)lied. Yours fraternally, Frkd. B. Mkrrills, Sec. From the Secretary of the State Grange of Georgia, as published in the Southern Cultivator and Dixie Farmer— Atlanta,Ga. The Great Grange Advocate of the South. We return thanks to brother Inger- soll for the sample of "New Process," " CJuick- Acting " soap. He claims won- ders for it, and .so he did for his " I'atrons' ready-made paint." He never over-i)ainted his paint-stuflFs, as we have tested. Shall give his New Process soap thorough trial, and tee how it works. We shall furnish him a list of our Granges and recpiest him •^o send a sample to each of the same. Wer ,ii but wish him as eminent suc- Ct '!•!•, for his soai)s as he obtained, for his l»;unts. Fair dealing has always char- acterized his business relations with our Order in (ieorgia. i RY, TREAS. SIKXIA. ^,> ;lc- tried uikUt thoroughly, e Grange. 14((3. arch 10, '86. I 1 received iimple, gaoe ti't you put rket, so we taiLLS, Sec. the State published vator and ta,Ga. The late of the ther Inger- w Process," :'laiius won- irgani/.e<1. Miircli ir>th, IH72. — First Grange in LoulHlana. April ad, 1872. — First (irange in Kansas— Hiawatha. .July 4tli. 1872. — Htate Grange of Vermont organized. .Jidy l.'ith, 1872. — First tirangc in Aluiianiii— Vorkvllle. August 2d, 1872. — State ( f range of Nebraska orgaidze«l. August :t»l, 1H72.— First (i range in Arkansas—Phillips' Academy. August Hlth, 1NT2. — First (trange in ( !iinada— October 2d, 1872.— First Grange in Georgia— Valdosta. 187!1. — Htate (^ranges organized — Alal)ama, Arkansas, (/'alifornia. Dakota. Flor- ida, (it>orgia, Kentucky, I^ouisiann Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New .Iers;'y, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvanin, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia. 1874. — State Granges organized — Colorado, Maine, Maryland. 1875. — State Gninges organised — Delaware, ('onnectieut. 1874. — (ireatest nuinlx'r of (iraiiges orgardzed in one year — 11,941. 1874. — (ireatest nuudier of (iranges organized in one month, February, 1874 — 2,2!ll). Whole (i.nuber of charters to subordinate Granges — nearly 27,(M)(). Total ninuberof initiations to .laiuisiry 1st, 188«>— nearly 2. o* Ml, (MM). Org)'! I, ation of Patrons" Paint Works, at National Grange Meeting held at Louisville, Kentuckv, since >>sed by ;t(),)M)0 Patrons in every State and Territory where there Is a (irange, as well as by Patrons in Canada — 2i»r),tt()i5 gallons sold. Grange Halls, Churclies, School Houses an»l farm Imildings painted— about 2;5,(MH). Novendter, IHH.").— Patrons' Soap Works organized at the National Grange meet- ing, held at Hoston, Massachusetts. Greatest nund)er of (iranges organ- ized by one Deputy — 200. By .1. A. Hark.sdale, of South Carolina. Greatest nuud)er of nu^etings addressed by one speaker, h\ Hon. Morti- mer Wliiteiiead, W. Lecturer of the National Grange, 3834 OFFICERS OF NATIONAL GRANGE. Master — Put Darden, of Mississippi. Ofti'seer — .lames Draper, of Massachusetts. Levturer — Mortimer Whitehead, of New Jersey. Steward— J. E. Hall, of West Virginia. Assistant Steimird—\\ . H. Stinson, of Nt'W Hampshire. Chaplain— A. J. Rose, of Texas. Treasurer — F. M. McDowell, of New York. (S^r/'e^ar?/— John Trijuble, 514 F St., YVashington, D. C. (Jate-Keeper — H. Thompson, of Delaware. Ceres — Mrs. Kate Darden, of Mississippi. Pomona— 'Sim. S. H. Neal, of Kentucky. 2*70/7/— Mrs. James C. Draper, of Massachusetts. Lady Assistant Steward— Slra. E. M. Lipscond), of South Carolina. EXECUTIVE .COMMITTEE. J. M. Blanton, of Virginia, Chairman. J. J. Woodman, of Michigan, Secretary. J. H. Drigham, of Ohio. Put Darden, ex-offlcio. OFFICERS OF DOMINION GRANGE, CANADA. J/oAi^e^'f— Jabel Robinson, Middlemarch. Secretary— Luther Cheyne, Brampton, Ont. GENERAL TESTIMONIALS. i WHAT THEIR CUSTOMERS SAY! HUNTING-TON DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, HARDWABE AND BUILDING MATEBIAL. M. P. EMLEV, Manager. lluntimjUm, ImL, Feb. 10, 188(j. Patroxs' Soap Works,— O. \V, iNGERsoLii, Pres. Dear 8ir,— In relation to your yuick Acting Soap, I can freely say that it will do all you claim for it, from Testimonials received from our customers that have given it a trial. You may forward us ten boxes of the soap and an Agency for the same. Yours, M. P. Emley, Manager. Wants to Advertise it to All. Bloomington, Ind. Bear Sir & Bro.— I herewith send you three dollars for one box of your Patrons' Soap, I want to give it a fair trial, and I want to ad- vertise it in the Grange. This one box is to use as a trial box, I expect to send a larger order before long. / h ave tried your soap and found it all right. Wm. M. Farmer. Wonderful Healing Qualities Tested. Handboro, Miss., Feb. 17, 1886. Mr. O. W. iNeERsoLir- Bear Sir, — Your soap is all and more tlian you claim fur it. I used it with the best of results in washing the wound in my foot— it is an open wound, cut by an axe. about five inches long. Your soap kept it fresh and sweet. Yours resp't., Morris S. Liden. Pronounce It Good. Potecosi, N. C, March 9, 1886. U. R. IXOEILSOLL, Esq.,— Dear Sir, — Your sample of soap to hand, and after a thorough trial of it by my family, they pronounce it good and all you claim for it. Yours, very truly, R. I. Bevle. Without Any Boiling. Prairie du Sac, Wis., March 4, 1886. Dear Sir,— Your package of soap is received, also a package of circulars. Trial of the soap was made this week. The washing appears to be well done, with- out any boiling of the clothes, and with less work than is usual in the old way of washing. Yours, fraternally, J. W. Bass, (Trange No. 175. Very Interesting. From the Past Master of the State Grange of Connecticut. Farrington, Conn., Feb. 1, 1886, We are not " quick acting " to adopt new things, and I was taught morally not to use soft soap made from strong " lie." Experience with Patrons' Paint hao prepared us for trying anything recommended by O. E. IngersoU, and we have found the Patrons' Soap so satisfactory that we want more of the very same kind. Ship me four boxes. Fraternally yours, Sherman Kimberly, Master of Hope Grange. 0, 188(J. lely say that d from our ten boxes of , Manager. >iling. rch 4, 1886. is received, rs. Trial of week. The 1 done, with- les, and with the old way W. Bass, nge No. 175. f the State 't-ut. ■b. 1, 1880. g " to adopt ;,'ht morally Torn strong trons' Paint g anythiLg gersoU, and is' Soajs so uore of the four boxes, irs, UMBERLY, pe Grange. Perfect Portrait of Hon. Oliver H. Kelley, THE ORIGINATOK OP THE Order of P. of H. now Mayor of Carra- belle, Fla. The Illustrated " His- tory of the Origin and Progress of the Order of the Patrons of Hus- bandry," by Bro. Kel- ley, an original $2.50 book, 12mo, cloth, 441 pages. Mailed upon the re- ceipt of only f 1.00. A book of thrilli-g in- terest to every mem- ber of the order. Ad- dress P. S. W., 64 Fulton St., New York. FACSIMILE OF LETTER RECEIVED FROM BRO. 0. H. KELLEY. a.a.1 (Vrwwo \ oaiaa^oJLX :S) « lCI>OC-c.<^y„^ GENERAL TESTlJlomALS. From the W. Steward of the National Grange and W. Master Htate Grange. F. C. Atkesox, Sec'y. -ht . ^ Buffalo, Putnam Co ^^^ ^r .•'''!'^^' ^^'^"' ^'''- ^^"'•' iuartinsburg, Berkeley Co. Wi^st VivQinm MtdU (Bcmxgc, % xjf |jt, Philippi, W. Va., Feb. IS, 1886. Master State Grange, W. Va. O. R. IxGERsoLL, Esq. at ». perfection. It «Ha.:l^.™<;Cr;,„*; %'i^ """ ™'' ™ ''»"""^"-" Fraternally, James E. Hall. Office of SECIiETARY, Georgia State Grange. "-(^/le 'd C^H^l^, Patroxs' Soap Works,— I have tried your soap very thoroughly-,-^ ,-. all yor, olai,n for it. Pleas Respectfully, Mrs. Edejv Taylor. send uie a box immediately. se wac0i)si^ fjjipe %Mm^ ■^ P. of H. t^ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. JoH.\ Whittet, Bussevville. R. D. Frost, Madison.' S. C. Carr, Milton Junction. OFFICERS. Master, S. C. Carr, Milton Junction. Lecturer, Aarox Broughto.x, Alhanv Treas., Hattie M. Huxley. Neenah.' " Sec y, H. E. Huxley. Neenah. L. G. KxiFFEx, State Purchasing Agent, Milwaukee. BRO. LGERSOL. ^''''^'' ^^^< ^'^' -'' 18««- ' You"rt;:r,'^ii^;^ ^^'^^'" ^---^ ^- •- ^->'^^-^ H. E. Huxley. '/i. • folate Gi tinye, Ch'iii Ex. Com., ■, Berkeley Co. 3. OX +il. 13, 1886. 3ording to direc- was astonished IKS E. Hall. roE. ^^ ydw&. for it. Please siv Taylor. )6®9 tMITTKE. sseyville. on. Junction. .^ 1886. ediately and has gobbled HrXLET. Miss Carrie Hall, Fii-st Assistant Secretary of the National Grange, and one of the Founders. Brother Kelley in a recent letter writes: Brother O. R. Ingersoll: It was Miss Hall who first suggested that ladies be admitted into full mem- l)ership in the Grange. In regard to my Grange work, I want it distinctly un- derstood that she is entitled to as much credit as myself, for I assure you that had it not been for her I should have given up the work half a dozen times dur- ing the first four years; 1 used to get woefully discouraged often. 1 had several pages in the maimseript of my history complimentary to her, but she would not let me publish it. I was much pleased to read of the proceedings of the National Grange at Boston. Both Miss Hall and myself are natives of that city. The first night I spent in Boston in the interest of the Grange, I walked the streets all night because I had not enough money to pay for lodgings at a hotel, and had left my baggage at the depot until 1 could hunt up my brother, whom 1 did not find until the next morning — quite a contrast with the National Grange being able to hire half a hotel for its accommodation and the Tremont Temple to confer the 6th degree on over 1,500 candidates. Do you know I have yet to see as many as 300 members of the Order in one body. It has never been my good fortune to be present at any of the great meetings that I read of. Yours, fraternally, O. H. Kklley. i GENERAL TESTIMONIALS. Facsimile of the Letter of the Lady Secretary of the State Orange of Mississippi. ^^^ <^ SEgRETARV'S * 0??m. ^J!-/*^ />^.. il^^(f(f.C. l~o •^^i-^-tf-ZL— Shaving, Bathing, and Laundry Test. W. R. Williams, Falkhuul. H. S. l^iDwiu, Sec'y, Mount Pleasant. Bortlx Carol iita State (Grange^ g. jof %. IvI ASTERS' OKKICE. Rkv. Wm. CtI!\xt. of Northampton, j X. S. Ridley. Hoydkins Depot, Va. \ Exetnitite Committee. Capt. W. H. Powkll, Nash. ) Falldaud, N. C, Feb. 20, 188(5. Bro. Ixoersoll, — I liave tried your Soap by Waslnnt? and Bathint;:. My wife washed a very mucli soiled piece of linen, and one of my sons uses it for shaving, and all pro- nounce it first rate, and all you claim for it. As soon as we exhaust the soap Ave have on hand we will make an order. Yours Fraternally. W. K. Williams. ■ Mississijipi. '^fi^ 7 ', BXraRnaCMTTAI. VAMU. Mliil«'r>.i>1 C'li.. N. .1. f^^i^iul tflr*^ fi.e«r Sir and Brother,-\\(s have tested your Soap for Laundry puri,oses only. It 18 Avonderful what an improvement it is over the old systeiu of wash- nig. The Soap works exactly as you say it will. Yours respectfully and fraternally, D. GiLLi.% P. Master State Orange. From the Worthy Pomona of the State Grange. Master-W. H. Toothaker, Cedar Junction. ^ecV-GEORGE Black. Olathe Lecturer— i. P. Wtllits, McLouth. v^mrne. ^. OFriQK OF U -Ifecretary, ||andad gtate grangc,|. Dear Sir and Brother,— I have tested your Soap and find it does all you claim for it. Fraternally, Maud Black. Likes it well. Mr. Ingersoll— AVe got a cake of your soap at Cin- cinnati while at the State Grange. We have tried it and like it well. It does all that is claimed for it. Yours fraternally. Joseph Love, Sec. Grange 132G. Plainfield, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1880. It Beats the Deck. Have tried your soap and think it ahead of anythimj in the market. It saves much labor. A. H. Elli.s ,- ^ Fairfield. Me. Master of Victor Grange No. 49. Will go Like Wild Fire -Wants the Agency. Mound, W. Va. Patrons' Soap Works,— I like your Quick-Acting Soap very much, rt is all that is claimed. I want your terms to Agents. It will go like wild fire. Yours truly, E. S. Preston. TENNESSEE. Coy tie, Lowden Co., Tenn Patrons' Soap Works,— Box Soap received and tested, and it proves to be what it is recommended. May get up a club order after a while. Yourfj respectfully. Hbnrv Hoover, P.m. fJ6E.> ". 2S. undry purposes *ystem of wash- State Orange. ange. Black, Olathe. ►•^? = 3 o .^ 7J ■=B" gg _ <: 5 ■• 5501 B -J .,. /---£•!?? 3 3 d o so F ; c'^c c P P 3 IS?^ '/. h— "^ "T^ w t- < >'J .ri -:? a g 3 «» O # rt « T. Sj-: 3 ~s "* '* • rangci >r it. Maud Black. 'ire— Wants :y. lund, W. Va. 5. — ing Soap verj- laimed. Vgents. It will truly, ^. PUESTOIf. EE. len Co., Tenn. id tested, and recommended. after a while, tfully, iOOVER, P.M. I MuMter. QENEHAL TESTIMONIALS. Will order both. I'^HKJ). A. ALLKN, Hfcrt'tary. MAINE STATE GRANGE SECHBTAKYS OKKICE. —^^■p. Of H.*^ i» the Hpring on i,y bviil dirl. ^'"'" '^^ ^"J*"'^'"'- ' «'»"J' try y.ur paint Fraternally, F. A. '.LLEX. OKKICE OK X X. CHARTTERS, Master of Virginia State Grange and liusiness Agent THE STATE GRAXGE OF VIRGINIA Dkar Sir axd Bho.— ■^' "' •^"^'^- -, iof^O. Have tried tile Soai) sMit r/ /^7 77 rt is a gnat .acluy uf U,,,' "'yZ!!^/? '' T,'"'' '''^ ^ ''^' ^' ^^''^^ "^'^'■^- lours, iraternally, X- X. Chahttkhs, ---__ Master Va. Star.' (iraiij,'e. .ouisiANA State Grange, ^?atvon5 of Ilu5lnuulvy. H. W. L. LEWI«, Secretary POST OFFICE, Osyka, Miss. O. R. Inokrsoll,— i'ebruary 27, 1886. -"^^^-^"yt.^^:::;;^ m quaiiry, proteediiigs. '' ' «'"«.'A^'* ^^f««. I mad you our State Grange Yours, Fraternally, H. W. L. Lewis. VLLKX, N«'crt>tary. GE, i/.srff, nticl I your paint 5, i Affent lA. 'Uizers. ^ry much. jtE, ; 1886. (luality, Ct range KWIS. /ci^ijjy^,^^-''%^0-' a KlfEUA L TKSTIMOMA LS. Betsey Hopkins' Mind at Rest, Knickerbockers found. IH'iiH American (Ihamik Hri,i,eTi.v.) Aiiothf-r LiffirfrDin Josinr lloiikh)- soil's \\'if>. I>KUK Mis I'owkm,,— Vh ri'iiifiiilMT I rotf in mi Inrst let- ter thut .Mister Niciieihoelver K<>t loxt in MoMton, -\Ti'l, \wm oH rjte.— Ivf herd fn.iri in'm. Yu se, he red mi let- ter in the Ih i.LYTiMm rote rite orf Hose to 8top ml worryin bout hhn; un He tel yu orl about it. Willi (In I wiiz orl (hnui tu the hed (HO tu .speek) )uul wuz wunderin whut J?ude it (lid (ur me tu j,'(> tu Hostou. ble uiudf yrate plans on win orl mi bruthers an histerw thare, but none ov the famurly wemed tu l)e e.xpectin ov uie an 1 dident lieer Mi.ster Whitelied let^tur, nether. Wei, jesc then nu Ix.v cum frum the poitoffls with a letter frum MlHter Nickerbocker. Hede ji liiii'iin . Pronounces it First-Class. ini Uodnev .Street. / Wilmington, Del,! Jan. 1. "sii. ( My DivMt siit.s. — Mrs. T. has used tlie sample oike of your soap sent her and iironoiiiices it jh.st r/,iss. WislniiK you aliund.'inr success in your new enterprist'. I jiiii. Very truly, Vours fraterniilly, llKXUV Tllo.Ml'soX Excels any Soap ever Tried. Camden, P.O., Ker County. S. C, Long Branch (trange. Dkar Srii— I tested your soap and 'bid it to excel any bar soap 1 ever ti'ieil. Y'ours truly, C. Stokes. A Voice From the Golden Shores. Fulton. Cal., Feb. 7, 188C. Wp have carefully test»>d your soap ni the Laundry and for Toilet u.ses. Also in the stable for cleaning harness and carriages; in the kitchen for washing dishes and floors and tables, and we nmst say, that we were sur- prised to find it an ,/ou rluim for if. Any housekeeper once trying it could never be induced to return to the old labor style of soaps. K. W. WOOLSKY. From the land of Oranges and Alligators. Y'our soaj) has been tested and not found wanting, it is good aiul all that you claim for it. I have sent money for two boxes. Damkl Ly\x, W. M. of Pine Hill (irang^ it, Lacross, Bradford Cnuntv. Flji. RE. .Stutt (/range, ■st-Class. Str.'ft. t Jim. 1. "WJ. \ . 'V. luis tilled Hoap sent her fit.s,s. WiNliiiiK ill Vdur new crimlly, TllUMl'.SOX er Tried. uiity. S. C, )iir soap and Houj) I over D. Stokks. Golden eb. 7, 1886. (1 your soap Toilet uses, liu^? harness kitchen for and tables, e were sur- fdiin for ft. in;,' it could 1 to the old LSEY. nges and ?(1 and not 1 and all havt sent vx. if^-^ *I. mutv. F!:s. lYEW JERSEY TESTnwXIALS. NEW JERSEY. From ih, Worth,, Pn,nu„u New Jersey Xt Ava.s received and tested, altliouffh / hare almujs t>een prejmW-ed in favor of the old wan of veshnuj and boiliny Holhes. I nin'st ackriowledge I was mueh phased irith tJ^Jr>al and think it a yreat saving of J net and labor. Yours etc., E. -A. Jessiip. Knows it will do all we say FUIEXJ) IXfiKKsOLI.— I used your bar of soap driven n.e at the 8tate (iran-e. an.l think it the best I ever used To wash with. Tried d myself and kuunr it to do what „on ■^uydwill. Iwilltakeyour,,apers;„u f^avenietoour(Jrano.eann South Jersey. It is all thnV IS claimed for it. ' Please sli me a box ; enclosed is three dollars. Fi-aternally, Lecturer Xineland ({range, X. .J. ;^^-^^'':^^:::^^ ^-uHng now m Pennsv.. hat everywhere he hears the Inj^er^o N O .^TT "' """"^••^•' "•'•'^<- "« •u. h.yiu.st tcnasthatitisi.rSrsdu e \.t *^ ''"*'»' »""''^^'<» "» ^ £ -t- K 3' •y — ' 2 :d a 2 i-t- ::^ 5 5 3 a 3 Ch t; ' ^- ,11 S-i ^ rd ^^ 75 o (t r-t- w t^ > <-♦- t< 5?' :d " 5 O 1 I-! ■• P t^ (TT* Ji ffi S" KENTUVK Y TEtiTIMUNIA LS. Facsimile of a Letter from the Worthy Pomona of the National Grange. Finds it satisfactory and is much pleased with it for the Toilet. - y^it-«i.^>^^ ^ J^^'lfc-e^-.S ^.t-rf-^^=«r t^-/Cn- i>^-^ X^ ^ /^ -/^ii ^.^^-^ Saves Fuel, Labor, and Clothes, MASTER. J. D. CLARDY. Neusit^ad, Kentucky. (IVERSEER. J. A. LOGAN, Slielbyville, Kentucky. TRE.\.srnER. J. 31. CLARK, Hopkinsville. Kentucky. SECRETARY. J. A. BROWNING . Church Hill, Ky. EXECl'TIVE fCLMMITTEE PETER McVEAN. Graiifs Bend, Kv. THUS. L. (iRAHAM, Casky, Kentucky. C. M. HANNA. Croppers, Kentucky. KENTUCKY STATE GRANGE. OKRICE OK ^iECRKTARY. Church Hill, Ki/., Feb. 10, 1886. O. R. IXGERSOLL,— Dear ^ir and Bro.—We have tested the soap received of you, in several Avays, and hnd /« w/U do all yon claim for it. It saves fuel, labor, and loear of clothes. Mrs. B. is delighted with it. Will order a box. Yours, fraternally, John A. BROWNii^e. Used it in Bluing and Starching. IJycusburg, Crittenden Co., Ky., ) Jan. 'Jth, 1880. f Gents.— We rcx'eived bv mail one cake of your soai); had it tlionaighly tested as per printed instructions on the wrapper. Fotuid it jn.st irhat i/on rerommended it to be with that cake. He had a large washing done. Also used some of it in bluing and starch- ing the clothes. It did its work well and perfectly satisfactory in everv re- epeet. We are sure it is econonlv to use tlie soap and will contiinie to" do so in our fauuly. and we recommend it to our friends and the trade. Yours truly, S. H. CASSiin- & Co. Does not Rot the clothes. Mari.m, Ky. The Soap is all and more than, is rerommended. Saves time and labor, saves money because it does not rot out the clothes. I tried this Sojip with woolen garments with equal success as on cotton and linen. Mrs. M. a. Cardin, Pomona of White Hall Grrange 446. Good as the Market can Afford. Bremen, Kv. (tKxts— I received a saniple cake of your Soap: ire find it is all yon ilaim for it; good as the market can ailord. Yours, E. P. Rust. jfrange. he Toilet. ;y NGE. . 10, 1886. , in (several ncl wear of lOWXING. lothes. inoii, Ky. ore than is find labor, oes not rot s Soiip with il siieeess as lARDIX, range 446. m Afford. men, Ky. i)le cake of 1 j/oii i-ldiia can aiToi'il. P. Rust. c o 3 33 O (IS -• rt- 1 >x PENNSYLVANIA TESmrONIAL.s. % THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MAKING THEHi OWN SOAP SHOULD READ T HIS A N D LEARN WISDOM. \ ouc can now afford to the old fashioned Soaps even if they cost N'othing. itst HEAL TH, TIME, LABOR and WEAR OF CLOTHES are items Eifty times larger than the cost of one Cake of the Quick Acting- Soap. Dear Sir and Bro. IT IS FAIR TO STATE THAT WE GAVE THE SOAP A TRIAL WITHOUT FAITH. THE SOAP DOES EVERYTHING CLAIMED FOR IT FOR LAUNDRY USE; further tests have not been made. We believe that farmers would economize by using ashes used in the manufacture of soap on the crops (as they are a valuable fer- tilizer, and buy this soap for their use. E. M. CUTSHALL, Secretary Grange No. 190. Guy's Mills, Crawford Co., Pa. December to. ibho. Bi'iir ,s//-._'\Ve liiive tested your soap as To its superior <|nu!ities for washing and find it aliead of anyrliiiij;- we have ever used. It .snn-.s fuel h, not hitring to Ijoil the i^lotht^s. It s them so miuth; also sares the Hnthes from too milch ruM^ing. My wife tiiiiilis it is splendid. A. .J. Hay. Sec. No. 101. Auburn Corners, Susquehanna Co.. Pa. Compared with Sidell's. Motter House, Harrisburg. Pa., } Deeeiuber 12, 1nm,"i. ) trmi.y,— While stopping at the Motter 1 gave your soap a fair and impartial trial side by side with Drydeople and others and jiroii.ounv.e yours superior to all others, even SidetVs. Mrs. H. S. Tompkixs. From a Marthj/ La>fi/ Memt>er of the Finance Committee .State Uranae Pa. "Woodside." Blue l^ell. Pa., ) Dec. ;!(»rh. ls,S4. ' \ O. R. IXUKUSOM;.— Dear Sir and Jim. —J handed a piece of the soap to our fanner's wife. She did a large wash with it as directed. She thinks it a very good soap indeed. For my i)art if you would publish directions how it juight be used Avith a washing ma- chine and save the time lost l)y rub- bing on every piece I should be'much obliged. I prefer it for Toilet Use to Pears' Soap. Mils. S. S. Rkx. .4«.s7/>f=/-.— Dissolve the soap in the water instead of rul)bing on each piece. Your clothes will be washed in one-(iuarter the time, and of cour.se one-quarter of the wear of the ma- chine and one-(inarter the labor, look whiter and iron easier. One cake will do for a wash of from eight to twelve persons. From one of the Fathers of the Ort/er. West Chester, Dec. 21st. ISSo. ( ). R. f.\(iKIlSOLI,, — Worthi/ 7;/o.,— Will you forward to Westchester. Pa., three boxes of soap. We want to give it a full trial, which can only be done by a greater quantity than we have yet had. As far as we have tested the soap it has given entire satisfaction, and I feel well a,ssured that we shall only use your soap Fraternally yours, TowNsKM) WAl/rER A PENNSVL VANIA TESTIMONIALS. aidell's. Jiirfj. Pa., / at the Motter iiia., 1SM4. r liaiuled a iriiier'.s wife, witli it as a very ^ood [)art if you IS how it ashing ma- lost h\ rub- y\d be inucli >ilet Use •!. S. RkX. axd ghaxctE advocate, mechakicsbitrg, pa. From tlie '■ Fiirini-rs Frhnid itiid Grniiije Advocate.'' Jan. 10. 1880. IngersoU's " Quiek Aeting Soap" is rapidly growing in popular favor, l)e- cause it is a good article and comes up to all that it iif claimed for it. Like the "Li:J7P. ofH., Ridgeberry, Pa. Tests and orders a Box. Kishacoquillos, Jan. 4, 188G. Patkoxs' Soap Works,— Oeuts.—I received a cake of your soai) distributed at Pennsylvania State -ange by Bro. O. R. Ingersoll, and iv has done all you claimed for it. Enclosed you will find three dollars (!{!:'). 00), for Avhich you will plea.>^e send one box to Reedsville Station, MifHin Co., Pa., (P. R. R.), addressed to John R. Garver, Master Grange No. 215. Yours respectfully. JoHX R. Garvkr, blaster Kishacoquillos Grange No. 215, Kishacoquillos, Mifflin Co., Pa. Will be Agent— Orders three Boxes. January -30, 188G. Bro. 0. R. Ixgkrsoll,— We used that cake of soap you gave me at the State Grange. It nuts as ijood an recommended. Please send me three boxes. Y'ou can send them C. ( ). 1)., or I will send you a (fheck as soon as I get the bill of them. I will be Agent for the Soap. L. E. Griffis, Overseer Highland Grange, ;j:39, Sus- y tlie Orange Neais I have retired from the State Secretaryship, Fraternally, Clara Chambkrs. From the Lady A,s:si.st. Steward State Grange. Brush.ston. Coles Co., 111. Dkar Sir axd Hro..— I have tried tin souft and think it splendid. It cirtdiiihi is till i/nii. claim for it. Respectfully, E. Bower, Hazel Dell Grange. L. A. S,, Ills, S, G., No. l:!','2. Its better than is claimed. Eureka Grange, No. 784, P. of If. .Tan. 28, 1880. *S//'.v,— Your soap lia.s t)een tried }>y nie in my house work, and I find it all that it is recommended to he {and, more too). Very resi^ectfully, Clara Skilkr, Lady Assist, Steward Mt, Carmel, Hopes to have mOie before Wash Day. AVhen at Si)ringfi<'ldat State (irange, iiiv iiiisl>Mnd got a cake of your soap, wliich 1 tried to-day, I Jln, 1H8(;. ItllO. IXfUCItSOM,,— Wf linvc liiul your Soap tested. Ono cake done the same amount of washing as a cako of Babbitt's best Soap and a box of his Soap Powder. Your Soup (lone the wiiwh up in two Iioui'h' time wit"' hiitfht liil)or iiuil not iiuieh water to liaudle. only two tea kettles of hot water was UHed, ami there wa."* not Hteaiu throu^'h the houhe, and our girl finished Without fatigue, and came out smiling No buttons wore torn off the clothes, and no holes woro in thorn. The washiuK done with Hahbitt'n cake of Soap and box of I'owder, consumed eight hours of hard labor, Hou,se full of uteani and the girl, as kIu' .said, " almost tired to death." The clothes required several hours of mending, and were worn eontsiderable. The fact in our girl says whe hu.s de- clared a Boycott on all other Soaps Imt the New Troee.Hs In>,'ersoll Soai). As a matter of fact your Soap would be cheaper at twenty-five cents a cake than the other would be if given us, taking into consideration the saving in fuel, labor, time, and wear and tear on the clothes, in atldition the muslins and linens looked very much whiter. For toilet use the latlieH are delighted. It makes oil doth look as if it had a new coat of paint. 1 will not si»eak in detail of the other (pudities you claim, all of which were also tested, bur 1 will say, I will guarantee it to be all you claim for it. Ship me at once, one hundred boxes for my trade. I shall duplicate the order very soon. Please be prompt in shipping. Truly yours, L. (i. KNIFFEN. Large Sale in the Northwest. From the " Western Farmer and Win- cousin GniiKjc Jinllitiii " published at Madison, Wis. Ok In'tkrkst to thk Ladiks. Brother 0. R. Inger.soll, of the Patrons" Paint Works, 04 Fulton street. New York City, has become in- teresteil i i tile manufacture of a sui)e- rior article of soap for launilry and other purijoses, which he offers to I'atrons at a reduced rate. Brother ' ngersoU is so well known to the officers and members of the Grange of this country that no further endorsement will be necessary as a guarantee of the superior quality of the goods of his manufacture. We predict a large sale of liis soap in the Northwest. One Half Cake does the Wash for a family of Six. From Wnrtlti/ Veres of the State Uraiuje of Wisconsin. Neenah, .Ian. 12, t88(i. Bkar Sir axd Hkothkr : I have used the soap and think it ex- cellent. 3Iy washing was for a family of six, and by taking one-half the cake, according to directions, found it clean.sed my clothes much better and with much less labor than the old way. Mrs. li. E. Huxley, ifrscKLLANEOUfi TEtiTIMONrA LS, ?ent, ter .S7., 1SH(;. QOimt of Powder. not llllU'll ■<> WHS not knd came les wore I'owdtT, (' girl, as hours of B bus do- *(ill Soap. 3 cents a ition the I addition ladies are I will not HO tewti'd, lip me at der very FFEN. ; Wash ix. ',e UraiKjt \-l, 188(5. ink it px- a family ^ the cuke, ound it ?tter and ; old way. UXIiEY, Wasc5©Ksii^ Staite fBiRAr^GE, ^^P of H -^ Mi««*f, S C. Ca». Miliofi J Ltctunit, t^mmmmt^ intcur/ra Commttfi WcrM«rv, H L HuVLlc, NmiwH. L C Kmif'In, ftwu PttrchAMlii Afttm. MllwtuliM It D r*o«T, M*.i.„,ii Tried With a Washing Ma- chine. No Bleaching or Blueing Required. Thk Ravkx Laundry Co., \ 349 Fulton St.. «r(M)klyn, N. Y. ( After liaviiifj: subjected to the most severe test the New J'ro(;ess lufjcersoll's Quick Actiiiff Soap, we pronounce it very nuich supei-ior to any other scjap for use in washing machines for these reasons: It saves a larpe amount of fuel and labor, as llie water recjuires to be only luke warm, and it takes only about one third of the usual quantity of wafer, and th(! nuurhine has to work about one (piarter of the usual time. In addition the clothes reorn, Mass., Feb. H, IHHC. Have used your soap for toilet and consider it unsurpassed. N. B. l)oi:«LA8, Sec. Ex. Com. Mass. State •• Grange, P. of H. Superior to any Soap. Hubbardston, Mass, Jan. 30, 1886. Mr. O. W. 1n«ersom,,— I have used the trial bar of soap Avhich my husband l)rought from Graf- ton, and flnd it superior to any soap I have ever used, for two reasons, namely— first, it takes less of the soaj) to do a washing ; secondly, it leaves the hands so soft and smooth. Mrs. Darius Parsons, Pomona Hubbardston Grange, No. 126. Best she ever used. O. R. Ingersoll,— Dear Sir,— I have tried the soap re- ceived from you at Grafton, and was very much pleased with it, tfiinJc it the best I ever used, shall order soon. Yours, fraternally, Mrs. a. Swallow, Pomona Dunstall Grange. Dear Sir & Bro.,— I have used the cake of soap that I received from you at the Mass. State Grange and will say it gave as good satisfaction as any I ever tried without scalding, but I do think there are pieces in every wash that require scalding. Yours with respect, Mrs. J. A. Dow, E. Pepperell, Mass. Does all the Hard Work. Middlesex Co., Mass. O. R. iNftERSOLL,— My Dear Sir,— The sample of your soap given me at Grafton, Mass., :^ave got)d satisfaction and was just what it was recommended to be. My wife said it did all the hard work and it was superior to any soap she had ever used for that purpose. Yours truly, Lucius P. Bent, Master Sudbury Grange, No. 121. ^i^mUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHUSETTS TESTIMONIALS- United. A Household Necessity. Inside a House Painted with Patrons' Paint. From the Secretary State Grange and Grange Editor, " Our Grange Homes.'" JAMES DRAPER, MjiHter, Worcestei" P. M. HARWOOD, Lecturei", Karret, A. A. BRKiHAM, Secretary, MarUioro. P7ITE SPfiGE OF P^g^^Cpn^ETTg, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY. Office of the Secretary, MarWoro, Mass., March 2, ISSG. PrKS. O. R. iNGKRSOLIi, Dear Sir and liro.—Xonr soap is a household necessity. Please send me a box; check inclosed. It is Indeed the "Ladies' Assistant," destroying dirt, les- sening labor, and nmst of necessity hasten the "good time coming." The good wife pronounces the soap all you claim for it, and a great labor diminisher. Yours in the P. of H. Arthur A. Brigjham. P.S.— I am writing this inside a house protected by the "Patrons' Paint." AVe have used the Patrons' Ingersoll's Paint f 1886, K. B.— UoBe7 OrAiir Offlce, Delaware, 0. Patrons' Soap Works,— My wife hfis no hesitancy in pronounoinK your soap an excellent article. It is tlie best soap we have ever used, and is just as you claim. Yours, very truly, T. R. Smith. From Lady Master Perkins Grange, C87. Sandusky City, March 0, 1886. Bro. Inoersoll, Past Master Knickerbocker GIrange,— Having tested the INGERSOLL gUICK ACTING SOAP IX the Laundry, the Bath, and for Gen- eral Cleaning Purposes, and es- pecially in the Sick Room, and finding it all you claim for it, I can but wish every sister under the Isational (irange could be induced to give it a fair trial. I have already banished the Wash Boiler, and will not let my help use it again. I am sure every matron will join me in thanking you for your work for the "GOOD OF THE ORDER." Fratern.iUy, Mrs. C. G. Norton. Both Soap and Paint. Mt. Ephraiin, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1886. Pear Sir and Bro.— My wife gave the soap a trial and says it will do all you claim for it. I was past secretary, I have been agent for your paint for several years, and your paints have always given satisfac- tion, and your soap will give equal satisfaction. Yours, fraternally, J. W. Williams, Past Secretary of Center (Tirange» No. 1191, P. uf H. It fills the Bill completely. Chester Cross Roads, Ohio, March 1. Sirs, — The soap is received, and I do not see but it fills the bill completely. W. Johnson. Seth, Clark Co., O., March 1, 1886. Patrons' Soap Works.— Bear Sir, — I gave the soap to 1). M. D. Baker for trial, he likes it very much; he has a store in the lower room of Beech Cirove. Grange Hall. D. M. D. Baker is our present Master of Beech Grove Grange, and he will re- port the good qnnlities of your soap. Yours, fraternally, S. V. BLACK. A 'X OHIO TES'l'IMONlALS. OHIO. A National Aijjricultiiral Paper.— jf'/c Amtrican Uinnye liullttin (ind (Hir Little Grangers. Cincinnati Office : S. E. cor. «th and Elm streetw, Cin- cinnati, O., Jan. IH, 1880. A Boon to Women. Patron's Soap Works NkwYork— 1 have tried your Koai) and consider it all that you have claimed for it. It is particularly nice for blankets and llannels, and cannot but prove a bo«,'i to women, especially that overworked class with lar{>ce fandlies and corre- spondingly small purses which pre- vents them from employinfr help. I. ^CKSIE PoWULli, Editor Home Dept. Am. Grange Bul- letin. Likes it so well that she Orders a Box. To O. W. INGKRSOLL— I was at the State Grange of Ohio, I got one cake of soap of your manu- facture, and my wife likes it so well that I have to send for one box of your soap. Please send to Moses Felnogel. North Jackson Station, Mahoning. A thorough trial. defiance, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1886. Dear Sirs— After a thorough trial of your t^uick Acting Soap I have no hesitancy in recommending it as being the very best. Fraternally, Frank Partee, Sec. Pomoma Grange, Defiance Co. It will do just what we claim. Plainville, Ohio, Dec. 30, 1885. Proprietors P. S. W.— My wife tried your soap to-day ac- cording to directions, and says it will do just what you claim for it. Fraternally yours, Chas. Nelson, Sec. of Jefferson Grange No. 1104. From the Worthy Ma.ster Htate Orange. Delta, Feb. 17, 1886. My wife reports favorably on the Soap. J. H. BINGHAM. It is all thar. is claimed for Laundry. O. W. iNriERSOI.L— ^Sf/,-_The bar of soap that was handed to my son at the Ohio State Grange was all yoti recommended it to be as far as I have tried it, that is as far as laundry is concerned; would have written sooner but was not well enough to try it when he came home. Mrs. Linda Frye, Lady Assistant, Lowell Grange No. 1035. Washington Co., Lowell. Therefore orders a Box. Bucyrns, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1886. O. R. INGERSOLL, Esq.— Please ship to B. Beal, Bucyrus, O., one box of Quick Acting Soap ; was handed a cake at Ohio State (irange ; my wife says it dots all that is claimed for it. Yours, &c., B. Beal, Sec. of Bucyrus Grange 705. Will surely send for a Box. ffgnts— At the Ohio State Grange meeting at Cincinnati,! received a cake of your Quick Acting Soap, and my wife gave it a fair trial soon after, and says it performs every thing claimed for it. Will surely send for a box of it as sooa as our present supply is exhausted. Yours fraternally, GUS. ROTHENHOEFER, M. of Ham. Co., O., Pomona Grange. MA INE TESTIMONIA L8. Falls in Line— Orders One Hundred Boxes. PATRONS' CO-OPERATIVE CORPORATION, No. 1 , O F M A I N B. C. E. KNIGHT, Age.it, 209 Commercial Street, Portland. „ ^ Prcshh'ul. Secretaw- Samukl SKH.MN. Wt'Ht Fahuoiitli. Samiikl Bkll, West Falmouth. Timmrei\ Hkn'RY A. Haut, Deering. Director*.— Samuel Skillin, West .Falmouth ; .T. O. Keys. No. Jay; Samukl Bell, West Falmouth. P. o. Box, 955. l\yrtland, Jem. 6, ISSG. O. R. iNGKUSOLL, P. M.— Beftr Sir and Thv.—Wo are receivinp nuiny ene Order, from the Hon. Oliver II. Kelly all down through to those of the present time, rather than these storekeepers, who have no interest in tho Order excei)t- ing to break doAvn the only concern that sells Patrons a pure article of paint at figures as low as possible consistent with the quality of the goods, and that will last, as many have testified, at least four times longer than any other paint. Such being the case, is it not the duty of all Patrons to stand by tho Patrons' Paint Works, and all similar concerns that stand by them? Tho l>ccluratiun of Purposes certainly sjiys so, in no uncertain language. ^\'e occa- DUTY OF PATRONS. sionally receive a letter from a Patron desiring to know if our paints are really what we claim for them. There is only one answer that can be made to sucli an apparently ridiculous question: If they are not all we claim for them then all the eminent Patrons who have testified and used our paint for the last twelve years, must be men entirely devoid of honor and self respect, for if the paints 'vere not good, they must have been swindled themselves, and then written testimonials to the efEect that the paints excelled all others in quality and clieapness. Why White Lead Does not Last One-Quarter the Time Ingersoll's Liquid Rvibber Paint Does. We are continually being asked by Patrons, why it is that car paint will lr.st in many cases, and look well on a house, for twelve years, while white lead and oil at tlie very best does not last over three years. Fifty years ago white lead and oil was considered good for ten years' service. The reason for this is very simple, the method of manufacture now is entirely different from that employed fifty years ago. Formerly White Lead was corroded by immersing in vinegar acidulated with acetic acid (which is only concentrated vinegar). This process required about eight weeks before the carbonate was ready for use; but this ])rocess was found too costly and the production too limited to supply the demand, and at the same time to compete with the many concerns that were manufacturing white lead all over the country with little or no capital. The old process required so long a time that parties were compelled to invest a large capital from which they covdd not receive returns for a long time. Thus those engaged in the old process have been obliged to change to the new process in order to meet the demands for a low priced article. Accordingly the ingenuity of inventors was taxed to invent some method by which carbonate could be pro- duced at a low price. Thus they have all adopted the present process, by which lead is produced by means of a strong acid in a very few days, but the lead thus manufactured retains in large quantities all these strong acids, which are acted on by the sun and water and soon become not much better than common white- wash, to be removed by rains and storms, and to chalk and rub off on the clothes. This cheapening process is also now used in the manufacture of leather. Formerly it required fifteen months to thoroughly tan a hide, now it is done in six weeks at the longest, and the result is the same as with the white lead, people are consfeintly complaining that the present leather soon breaks and lacks its original durability. If white lead was manufactured as it was fifty years ago, we would hear no more complaints about white lead and oil not being serviceable. Yet of course we iiud many sticking to white lead and oil because their fathers used it, although, let us hope, if their fathers were alive at the present time their in- telligence would teach them different. oar paints are really an be made to such laim for them then it for the last twelve !ct, for if the paints s, and then written liers in quality and 'ter the Time Does. that car paint will ars, while white lead ifty yeai's ago white 'he reason for this is different from that ded by immersing in ited vinegar). This iS ready for use; but limited to supply the r concerns that were } or no capital. The jlled to invest a large ig time. Thus those ;o the new process in rdingly the ingenuity rbonate could be pro- lent process, by which lys, but the lead thus icids, which are acted * than common white- : and rub off on the the manufacture of hly tan a hide, now it ime as with the white t leather soon breaks yo, we would hear no seable. Yet of course their fathers used it, present time their in- aL. j^!