Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1873-02-28
General A9ritulture.
PATRONS OF HUsBANDRY.
THE LATE SESSION or THE NATIONAL
GRANGE.

One OF the most gratifying results Of
the late session Of the National Grange Of
the Patrons in Washington, ID. c., is the
fact thatall who participated in it are convinc-
ed that a general organization of farmers
throughout our great country is a fixed fact.
No possible opposition can now prevent it.
Any one present at the deliberations of that
body, representing nineteen or twenty states
Of this Union, Including all the territorial
looking upon the grave faces and gray hairs,
and calm, earnest expression of countenance,
and hearing the eloquent and earnest words
that fell from their lips, coming to any other
conclusion than this, would greatly surprise
me. These men were not theorists or spec.
uators, but men who have been through the
rough and dear school of experience. Earn.
talking about; aud meant just what they said,
and said what they had to say Just to the
point. The constitution, bylaws and ritua!
were referred to the appropriate committees
for careful revision. These committees la.
bored diligently almost day and night until
their work was most thoroughly accomplished;
and it is most remarkable fact, that with
all this labor by men most of whom were OF
most eminent qualifications for their work
so few aud trivial changes were made in the
organic laws of the order-thus showing the
ability Of the few origiuators of the work,
and the thoroug ghness with which they accom-.
pished it at the start. South Carolina leads
the order in the South, having now over ouc
hundred working oranges. This looks prtty
well for small state with its sparsely set
tied population, and nearly all this has beel
accomplished within the last year. She was
most ably represented by Col. d. Wyatt Al.
ken and Capt. Thomas Taylor, throug gh whose
active energy the order has gained its present
high status in the state. Col Aiken is man
OF fne abilities, earnest aud zealous--an elo-
qucnt speaker. He was left for dead, and
among the dead in the field of Antietam, with
bullet hole through his lungs and body
But he has long since beat his sword into the
plowshare, and buried all that animosity
that animated the bosoms of so many good
men those terrible days. He is noble heart.
ed generous southern gentleman. Mssissip
pi is second only to South Carolina as leader
in this cause in the south, and was ably rep
resented by Gen. A. j. Vaughn, who is mi
nus OF a limb as the result of the great civi
conflict. The general is not unknown il
Missouri having been employed as civil engi
neer in locating the Hannibal and st. Josepl
railroad. lie is very intelligent and pleas
ant gentleman.
But our neighbor, Iowa, leads all the res
by far in this great work of reformation
aaving now over seven hundred and 6ft,
working oranges aud a powerful state grange
She was most ably represented by Gen
William Duane Wilson, editor of the low
Homestead j. G. Abbott, Dudley W. Ad
ANS (the present worthy mastery and +, K
Shankand, one of the present executive com
mittee.
Minnesota comes next in order of members
having over hundred oranges, and wa
most ably and efficiently represented by Col
A. d. Robertson of st, Paul, highly edu
Gated and talented gentleman, and I. A
Thompson, a gentleman who has rendere,
most eminent services to the order, and ou
present lecturer,
Wisconsin comes next in order, having fl
W oranges, aud was most efficiently repre-
sented by John OOohrane, of Waupon, Dodg
county illinois should have been named be
fore Wisconsin, however, for she has nearl,
ninety oranges, aud has most able repre-
sentative in A. Colder, of Rock Falls. Ne
braska is far from being behind in the race
having hfty'three oranges, and ably repre-
sented by VIM. A. Porter, of Plattsmouth
Indiana is next in order, and represented b.
D. Denwiddie, Orchard Grove. She ha
forty'hve oranges. Vermont is pe4t in or
der, but had no representative present. Mis-
souri next, represented by your humble ser
want. Then we have Michigan, Oregon
Ohio, Kansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkan
sas' Georgia, New Jersey, represented by G
w. Thomson, New Brunswick Kentucky y
! Virginia, Pennsylvania and Tennessee, thai