The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1873-09-03
MatsteIIa"eons. q
'pHE ORANGES OF THE PA
TR0NS OF HHUSB

IL
| BY MRS. PAULINE SWAIN.
Tho idea Of tho ordor Of tho
Patrons Of Husbandry" was
diginally borrowed from associa.
tPn which for many years had
Maintained a fecblo existence in
acommunity of Scotch farmers in
\ North Carolina. Tho objects Of
tits Scotch society, so FIR as can
p ascertained, appear to havo
ben tho purchase of all needed
Supplies from first hands and at
Wholesale ratos, and tho cultivation
q moro intimate social relations
among its mombors; that is, it was
a, secret cooperation, industrial,
anl social association anon
th'so already allied by mutual
work and interest and sympathy.
TWAS mcagre in number, and mar
>roV in influence, to degree that
thu fact off existence was un-
known. beyond tho limits Of tho
little community affected by it's
institutions. Nor was it until tho
spnng Of 1868 that tho idoa of
th,se Scotch farmers first bognn
to be mooted abroad, and become
known to tho pooplo Of tho West.
During tho previous winter, Mr..
OH. KoIloy, of Itasca, Mimi, and
a dozon othor loading agricultural
i!ai is!s of. Of tho Il ~ West, happening TO-
quont interviews in relation to
tho interests Of tho farming popu-
'lation of>tho Groat West. 1t was
at this timo and place that tho
tarmors' movement first suggested
'tsclf to their minds, upon learning
Of the character and operation Of
the littlo Scotch society in North
Carolina, whenco sprung the agri-
cultural revolution in its present
shape. At once the idea was seized
upon, and adapted to moot tho
purpose Of IL national organization.
Garly in the year 1868 a "grango"
vas organized at Itasca, Mimi,
tnder the supervision of Mr.. Kol.
Icy. This was tho first grange
organization in tho United Safes,
except tho organic germ in North
Carolina. Another grange was
speedily organized at Newton,
!aspor county, To-; and in a short
lime u third ontorod upon a feeble
existence at Wankon, Allamakoe
county, 10. Hore and there in
7arious parts Of tho Wost and
Northwest, othor oranges were
organized from timo to timo bnt
;he movement had not yot takon
irm root, and it's existence was
still procarious. AT tho ond of
1871, tho order had boon intro
iucod into Iowa, Minnesota, Wis
eonsin, and Illinois; but, up to tho
close Of tho yoar 1871, it's entire
number in tho four States named
s estimated at not ovor sovonty-
five thousand. .... ...
Quickoncd by a now impulse,
and strengthened by a powerful
vitality, it's progross within tho
past twelve months, beginning
with the year 1872, has boon not
less than wonderful. From its
weak army Of sevonty.five thou
sand, it is claimed that, in tho
same four Statos, its membership
has swellod to tho moro formidable
number of four hundred and fifty
thousand, and is constantly IN.
croasing with the same rapid Wig.
or. At the same timo, the ordor
has been introduced into largo
proportion Of tho remaining States,
and somo Of tho Territories, and is
extending not only to the north
and wost, but also to tho cast and
south. IL is this prodigious
growth, rapid advance and goner.
al diffusion throughout the coun.
try, that gives tho deopost signif.
cameo t" this movement. In Ten.
nessoo, Alabama, Mississippi, and
particularly in Georgia, tho agri.
cultural classes are organizing
oranges with tho samo avidity
which characterizos tho movement
in the Northwest. Altogether it
is found in active operation at tho
present time in twenty States,
two or three Territories, and in
the Canadas.
THE GREAT PRINCIPLES OF THE
ORANGES.
PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION.
"Human happiness is tho acmo
Of earthly ambition. Individual
happiness doponds upon general