The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-05-28

upon the condition that he should not
be compclledto. deliver an address;
that had be wished 50 to do his pres,
sing duties would havo.provented him.
but That as some remarks on this oc'
casion would be appropriate, he
would introduce gentleman we'll
known to his friends as . SCHOLAR and
an orator, the lecturer Of the Winns-
:borq Grange, Capt, H. A. Gaillard.-
Capt. Gaillard expressed great sur.
prise at this unexpected honor, as no
had positively dcclired to speak. Hc
oommcnded his predecessors conduct
in initiating the pubic tipiris of tho
i!lustriouS Artemus Ward, who was
willing to c.iGce tho last ono of
his wi'eS relatives in the glorious
cause. But ,his duty, howcvor, un-
cxrc,t'dly thrust upon him, he. as
a patron, could lot shik. lie then
in few eloquent impromptu, remarks S
spoke Of the ncossi,y existing FIR
an organic ,tion Of farmers aud tha
ends they wish to attain. lie said
that the whole system formerly exist
ing ut the South tended to individual
civilization, but that alta2agh this
produced glorious type Of mankind
the recent changes through which our
land has passed, have destroyed that
individuality. At the present day
every ,hjcct is accomplished by or"
gauizcd ,1furt. Railroads and canals.
and all the great monuments of in
dustry have been completed only by
cooperation of capital and labor
That in obedience to this universal
tendency of the timeo, movement
has been inuugurated to unite tho
the farmers, which movement is now
sweeping over the length and breadth
oi the land. lIe then closed after
other remarks upon the order of Pa
IRONS Of l1usbandryt.
Maj Woodward then, assisted by
Capt. Gaillard, duly installed the Of
ticers elect. After which j. X. Davis,
Esq, the newly, elected master, was
escorted to ,his seat and delivered an
address, of which the following is
~ynorsis.: He thanked the patrons for
having elected him a second time to
the officelof maater. Hoafelt sensibly
the weight Of responsibility resting
on him. md his ipcahac.ty: to dis
charge the duties of the office, ard
had he consulted his personal wishes
he would have desired the Of jog to 90
else ewhero. But having been rnaui.
mously chosen, he could not refusc.-
lie promised faithfully to discharge
his duties, hoping for forbearance for
imperfections.
Wherever great good has been ac-
complishcd it has been accomplished
by corresponding efforts. For every
work to succeed thoro must be a good
loader and good followers. He tborc"
fore entreated the cooperation of
every membe ber of the grange. Holy
Writ, the rrecepts of nature and the
experience of every day life proclaim
"By the sweat of thy brow thou shalt
eat bread" Even Adam was lot su fer,
cd to sit with arms folded, and With O
pipe in his mouth, idling away his
time. Neither can we expect this
This, however, was not tEe time tc
lecture the patrons; he would there"
fore wait until they woro within the
walls of the grahge.
lie then addressed q few remarks to
those present, not belonging to the
order. tlc said that similar organi.
cations had long existed, but nothing
was accomplished until about eighteen
months ago in tho northwest. Iowa
has now oHe thousand garages, and a,
a recent meeting of the State Grange
preparations were made for tho at
tendance of a thousand delegate:
from MI parts Of the State. Such q
body of men could not fail to accom-
plish good. In the South this order
is spreading. Through the active cx
ortions of his esteemed friend, Col
d. Wyatt Aiken, about one hundred
and twenty ive oranges havo bocn or
ganizcd in South Carolina. Some o
thosca he. regretted to say,,wero not il
a flourishing coEdltian. Perhaps Col
Aiken had raised tho hopes of tb,
patrons too high; and disappointment
produced y, laek Of zeal. Tho ir