Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-12-18

der- lands his business, is sure 10 obtain
sOn.e item Of useful information. We
talk also of the best means TO protect our
owr interests. We elevate the intellect
of The initiates by the most sublime
less; IS impressed upon their mind by
appropriate emblemetical ceremonies. We
often crown our labors by feast which
brings about that friendly feeling which
gives way 10 an unbounded confidence.
In word the Grange strives directly to
make better farmers, and ot this there is
certainly need Who can doubt that an
occasional breaking away from work by
the farmer and his family, even though he
should set no new ideas, will improve
them all in health and make them better
able to perform their routine of duties
Those. Brothers aud Sisters, Ladies and
Gent.c.Dsn are the means put forward for
the improvement and reform OF the farm
ing community.
Ladies, you have heard what your
husbands brothers Of the Order, are doing
in this l.al. 0Sr few Sisters can tell you
win what eagerncss they wait ior the
neX coming meeting Of our social baud.
But as we have ilViied ynu in prefer
ence to our friends of yae stronger sex, it
Is bnt just that | should gay something
more for you. special interest and bene-
tt.
The Grange teaches your husbands and
fathers:
lst. To have faith and a never falling
confidence in God.
"a. To be horess and just in their
dealings.
"a. To love brotherly their neighbors,
to whom they are bound by a pledge of
honor.
4th. To be good. and to dispense char
ity to the needy.
5t,i. To give helping hsndto the un-
fortunate.
elh. To contract habits of thrift and
ecoaomy.
Eth. To buy and sell for cash, and a.
void debts.
S.h. To be orderly. Instead OF leaving
'4e o.OY in the last fuTrow. or let it hang
al winter on the fsace, 10 pat it under
cover, and 80 save enough Tor the sub
SCRIP tion Of good newspaper for the in
teilectual food of the family.
9Th. To be temperate IN eating, drink
ing and language.
10th. To ;reat animals with kindness
and affection.
1ith To educate their children. and
not get them to hard labor prematusely.
18Th. Ard TO I've gool, true and gener-
oos towards their wives and love them
ten1erly. To get .hcm members Of the
OIder,so they can be in the Grange hall as
in The home circle, a true heipmate to
their husband Aud % this, ladies'. | hope
asae shall raise al objection We er. IN
rtet Of your ssSisi,,rSe. you are the eesi
ornament tc cur Gocicly, ard If yovr
LOGes,y command you 20 differ there
With me, YOU shall az least ssSent that
you are the most sociahle par, of il. The
place of honor in the Grange IL held by
the sisters, and you cannot bat believe ne
when you contemplate sisters, persorify-
ing Ceres, Pomona and Flora, presiding
over us all; Ceres, the Goddess Of Agri
culture, Pomona, the Go ddess of Hcr;i-
culture and Flora, the Goddess Of I lowers.
That our meetings are not yet Tor the
sls,eYs as interesting ~ they should be,
will admit; and how should it be other
wise when We had t. turn our attention
TO our organization, 10 the reception of
many candidates and 10 the despatch of
the most important business. But, bv-
and by, topics interesting their every daT S
labor, topics more particularly attractive
10 ,heir sensitive and refined constitution,
such ss the culture Of flowers, sdcrnmcnt
oi homes, ct Get, xill be brought before
the Grange. We shall not always have
financial affairs pressed upon Us, and we
shall then haze also more time TO give 70
sociah.li'y..
Ladies, your co operation in the welfare
Of our Order is necessary. We know the
sluggish disposition OF the farmer -
move, if he does hut see immediate profit
for bis troGb.e, and il is on toe Sisters that
We depend 10 correct this esll disposition
Ne want you to bring yodr husbaad with
ron regularly. and not yoar husband bring
ais wife along when he feels so disposed
The Order making sure Of the Sisters. is
sure Oi regular attendance OF the breth-
Ien. Besides, the common roughness Dc
euliar to men in contact with eachother,
gives way il the presence of ladies, where
py indirectly you improve their social
habits, and you will be the first TO be ben
Fitted by it,
And what could the farmers wives not
Do when coalesced together. Hear what
they have doLe in Rushville, Ill. They
vent into a cooperative system, by agree
ing amolg themselves to take no more
butter into town, and to sell none for less
han % cents-ihe market price then be-
lng Is cents per pound After Going
without for day or two, the grocers sent
iheir teams into the country, which re-
turned empty, reporting no Is cent butter
10 be found. But when next day.. the
grocers, who began to see the point of
ihis joke, came round again and said
: Madam, have you any butter to sell, and
what is its price?' they got the pleasant
reply, 40 yes, I have some butter to sea-,
md its price is 25 cents per pound"
have now said enough on the chaTac-
Ter of our labor and of our objects in
view, to accept our pressing invitation TO
iein our Order.
But now, that we know the origin, the
teachings and the objects of the Order, let
Us follow up its progress.
No particular incident has stimulated it
to spasmodic vitality. II has never had
leader, and it hardly knows its own ori-
gin. 1t has grown by the process of ma
llre out of the pressing wants of the tims,
and il has spread steadily and rapidly ever
sinc. il came into existence. Everywhere
isfound enthusiastic adAerenis. Every.
where it found farmers who needed its
help; farmers wives and daughters who