The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-12
TEE PATRONS or 4 UseAN DRY.
A GRAPHIC DISCO ron OF T4E NV
SECRET osDL2 ~. PLANs Axo

A new secret society has sprung in.o
existence, apparently in the space of a
single night. The city of Washington was
its birth pace, and remains it's head center
but its branches already penetrate every
State in the Union. Even Canada bows
the knee to the ''Worthv Msstern vino
called this might organ cation into be ny
aud. as Superintendent Of the IA. s.cultnr
al grounds at tho capital, he may be seen
Gny day attend'ngto his duties, as the
fisherman who raised the box which
Contained the enormous gepii from the
bottom of the sea.
This society has nothing to do with
politics, except in an indirect way. It's
oranges are composed of all the eleiueats
which compose the different parties. 1t
IS simply union to promote the welfare
OF the tillere of the soil. The farmer
asked: "Wny sholld we be paid fifteen
cents bushel for corn when this same
article costs the consumer eighty
| five? @ u 5.
Why does poor widow pay sixss five
dollars for sewing machine that costs
the manufacturer only fifteen ? When a
man is nominated for Congress. the
| question - not asked whether be is
Republican or Democrat, but the grange
says: "Will he go for the ex.epsi n Of
patents? Is he liable to be bought by
the railroad? In osher words, is he the
staunch and loyal friend of the husband
man:" In this way, but in no other
politics sway the organization. an2
Years ago the spark which kinnled
this flame originated in Philadelphia, and
y came about in this way: The CITY oil
B"otherly Love was blessed with very
wealthy CITIZEN, who died one day &nd
hequeathed "A large fortune to bis son
! ow, the young man did not emu, ate the
majority of the rich mans sons who are
AGung their little part 10 various d,ssoIute
ways, but he sett ed himself in tho path
6f Vlr.ue,and made science his sweetheart
de adored chemistry and as be progress
ed IN bis studies he realized the intimate
relations that e. ist betv cen the cultiva
lion CT toe sol! and bis faVorite study
ed in bis Don Qairotc ensru,.asm be
de' ermined to start on lectur lg tour
to'the farmeis Of the West. Ia the mean
ripe he applied to Viii am Sunde.s, Esd.
the presnt founder Of tie PATRON az Hus-
landry, who was then the edito; of q
horticultural journal, to ascertaio by
whatmeans lie could call an audience al
sgricultutiss. Mr.. Saunders told hin
there was no way TO bring those widely
Scattered men together by any Ordinary
notice Living long diste noes part
removed from the railroads and D ming
/ offices, they were as iuaccess ib'4 o.,
Selkirk on Joan Fernandez, and in their
isolated condition as weak as the wrecked
mar'ner on his isc lat ed island. From
that hour Mr.. Saunders bent eve, epe-o
Tor his mind to develop a'plan by which
The husbandnleu might become powe. ia
by union alOue. He saw the iron anC
steel men. also the saving machine ant
/, and railroad men, strong as their owl
IRON and steel; and he SAID to bmse,t
+. The farmers must forge chain, and we
! must fight Satan with his own weapons
{; The poor farmer is ike tie slngl,
>kirmisher, brought down by the frs
sharpshooter Of the enemy. Let u
advance as an army" So Ear their blow,
have fallen heaviest on what are called
the "m;ddlemen." Iowa, who leads the
van, last year saved $3.50 900 IN Der pur-
chases Of agricultural implements. By.
means Of this order the farmer bought
direct fr"m the manufacturer, while the
middleman or agent had step aside In
the tall or early winter of 1857 small
knot of thinking men assembled in the
office of the Superintendent of the Agr.
cultural Grounds in Washington. These
men loved the earth for its own sake and
bhonored the men whose brown cheeks and
card hands make it possible for the other
kind to live. Organization became the
watchword, and 1T this meeting part Of
the ritual was formed. During the month
lof February name was found for the
baby, and 1t was decided to call the order
| "The Patrons of Hnshandrun md thnt