Reunion Of Michigan Soldiers And Sailors

The followiug cail trom the Executive Committee oï the State Soldiere' and Sailors' Aasociation has been issued : Com&ades- It is our pleasant duty to remiudyouthat the eighth aunual reuniou of thü Michigan Soldiers' aud Sailors' Associatïoa will take place iu the City of Adrián, on Wednesday, the 3d day of May, 1877The oration will bc delivered by the Hon. J. U. Burrows, of Kalamazoo, and speeches witl be made by many of our favorites. The'programme will conclude wilh a banquet in the eveniug. h (Jomrades 1 We earnestly ask your preseace at this reunión. Let us brighten the links of our o!d iriendships and gather together iu social enjoyment, witn the same brotherly sentiraonts wlneh kept U3 ehoulder to shoulder m tho hour of danger. It will be a pleasure, whicii will more than compénsate you for the inuonvenienca of a hort journey, to look upon the familiar, welloved faces, and feel th hearty grasp of true hauda, which have been tried in daugei and not found wanting. To euable us to inake ampie arrangements or the occasion, we will thank you to adTise he secretary of the committee, at Adrián, diöliijian, of your purposea to be with us. Fraterually yours, HENRY M. DUFFIELD, Chairman. WM. H. WITHINliïOK, ROBERT BURNS, THOMAS SAYLER, Exccutivtí Comniftíeo. tj. E. Ci ra ves, Secretary. Tkial Of Plows.- At a recent trial of jlows at Hanover, Jackson County, the fel. owing was the draft of plows per 100 cubic nches : Advauce, No. 14, - - 557 lbs. Advauce, No. lü, - 490 " Oliver, No. 40, - - 594 " iale, No. 18, 615 " ïiye, No. 5, - - 595 " 'Sye, No. 6, ... 598 " Oale, No. 15, - - - 630 " Three Rivera, No. 5, - 630 " At a recent trial on the farm of Wm. fiuah, in Superior, between the Wiard and Advance plows, the Advance drew 118 Iba. less than the Wiard. At trials between the Advauce, Gale, and other plows, at Plyinouth, ïtedford. Readmg, Lawtou, aud Hastiugs the l Advance led thom all. The Advance plow is manuiactured by the Ann Arbor Agricultural Company, and is moeting with great favor nnd exteusive sales this spring. The company have disposd of their larga stock manufactured during the winter, aud are now depondent on their dally mannufactarea to ñil orders - and their daily orders are in excess of their abüity to manufacture. The company recently shipped a car load of tüeir plows to a. firin in f hiladelphia and within thirty days received an order for tho second car Joad trom the same firm.