, 1873-05-14
SOMETHING ABOUT ORANGES.
a Nano with I'M Ar1stocrntfo rrovo,
s-Ata occurrence in English Litorn.
turc and Elsewhere. @e@'oA'3'

l
mi From tho Boston TJort,r. ~
mo mola drango points to tho gonora1 prcdial
si.alactef I OF the movement initiated by North.
mossotn farmers. The word Ia from tic Latin
Xl Xnew ma.%inn %ilen or means grim but the Roma
tho modern grain family. They had no mora
iaea OF maize, Or Indian COLL than tbey hal ns
eoDa9eo 70 M j and Cato tho Cenaor, know as Tttlo
pnoI p1 .thaian-9rend ~ and Jolnny-cako as ho
amazingly now thing in tho civilized world now
la lnoiuded III grain. Grange has a variety al
meanings, OF. shades Of meanings, but all point
1nSon Ing 70 an Agricultural connection In French It
farmer; IN old Scotch It means a p]aco s wher" =
tno, tithoa and rcnts Of tho church woro roid in
emu and In modern Scotch 1T means crain-
farms eo1dangs sod Up it, n ordinary English it
from being limited to moro farm. seott nfto1, io,
uses 1t In TINT higher and moro nristooratica1 .v
eonse e, to which Il Is fairly entitod. Rotherwood
s oaoa apoe eeanas oSasoa Sa G1,on"ige te,. abode
Wbon Maurico do Draoy trioo S to
persuade tho Indy Rowens to consent to marry
n nS s1so nayng oae ebduotea ,a heF e ssks
herd With tho swine Which form their wcalth ?''
to which tho lady, rctcrrIng to Rothorwood, re.
pltes sir knight tie Grange which you con.
EHttsAA AtA pooA AuY 1IQW HnGTs' NOW:
= nowena is ropressnted au boing Of tho Old Saxon
biood;royal, and Codrio WAS Of Tho highest Saxon
birth baeath TINT Of Kings and tho Ea1ons.
though tho contrary bolief generally prevails,
betweon I" Ivanlloo " and Wavorloy" is about
tivo centuries and d half, aud in "Wavorley" tho
Grange iH Rpokon Of aa an arlHtocratical resi-
dence. az wo arc told TINT tho Weekly Intel2i.
gencet.-tho only journal that Sir Eyernrd va.
yorloy "patronizod" and "took in"-was tranp-
ferrod from Waverloy- Honor "to tho rectory.
from tho rectory to Squire stubb's ut the Grange,
from the Squire to tho Baronet'a steward ut hts
,ieat wllto house on the hoath," and so on /; and
u, y roign WIS person Of no slight consequence
in English society mud politics. In tho cloveroat
OF hlIs: Dennett's worry cloyor novels, Tho Bog
gar Cir, !" wrltton ut tho cloge OF tito last CEN
wero tho contompora.y mannors OF eighty years
since, Admiral Horbert's residence in York;
shire ia called the Grango; and 1t is described
as being Il "a homo whoro everything spoke
I saees e he s I'M IN %s feas aoro nobe
TT passing vera dsn 91s estan sst aps =
boat of herlater novolg, "Hockingtou." Hteham
Grange 10 tho family aeat of baronet and statoa.
m;I,,, mnn who, r. Wien ht made peer, bcoomes LORD
- Lady Anna"-tho publication Of which is 1nae
bogun III ud'pe,' Bdzar-Loyel Grange Ia said
to bo tho solo rcal estate owned by tic bad Earl
OF Loyol. Now, poems and plays, novels and
when written by persona Of huowl.
odgo and talonts, afford tito most corroct pir-
turos OF life aud habta in tho countries in which
their sconea aro laid. Wo all remember 1fnrf-
ana IN tho moated Grange, mud wo know how
common moatad Oranges once Wero; and
tho very fact TINT d building was moatod IN
the old days shows that il Has an odilco entitled
to no small measure Of distinguished copsiloro-
tlon. {" Duke = 1 will presently to
st: Luko's there, ut the moatel Grange, rcsidoa
this dojectod Mariana. "--lfeasnre for: Measure.
q. ill.,, 8. l. And tho editor BayB. "a Grange ID
SOLITARY fa11n-houae"- (which is ono of tho
Of tho word.) In Grania is the name
Of one Of tho tnost placos and palaces (san Ilde.
fonso) in SPUN, built q century and q half ago.
hy Philip v, first Of spain's Bourbon
Kings. La Grange ia tho namo OF Lnfay.
otto's elato4r. whore tho Vic dc chateau
Of ehrlier dnya WAS aa we'll kopt IN in
this century NJ if democracy neyor had beon
heard Of. Tho word has about tho Same moau~
ms III park, lodge, and hall, when applied to n
hgh.casH rosiaonco. Ii Grange and Lagrange
aro distinguished namos In tho SCIENCE, tho
scholarship. and the soldioFship Of France. Thua.
no 500 that tho name tho Northwestern farmers
>or drangiera) have adopted for their league has
Ill aristocratical flavor, and that thoro- s oven
'oyal twang about it ; hut it is to be noted TINT
{ is always connected with tho land, and with
arming and gardens an1 orchards, and the like
lico or useful thilga-au1 tho land is the haBiu
II arstocracy, aud Of ascendency, in I'LL contrloa
tut our own.