, 1873-10-18
Origin Of the Oranges.

Since the Patrons Of Hushandry have
commenced assuming such gigantic pro-
portions III the United States, newspaper
reporters and other writers have busted
themselves finding out It's origin, and as
most OF the readers of the STATESMAN arc
deeply interested in all that pertains to
the order, We present ,he bes, understand
ing we can sarher from the several sources
/ ot Iuforultion- S.rs. Pauline SwaI,
/ conri bUtes q Ter- interesting article to
D.a G1F -'ttr a reporter OF the New York
HTas5 interviewed Mr. Kelly, the Sscre-
tar Of the National Grange. and one Of
the founders Of the order, and a writer IL
the i,s7Ts ffos' aevotes . page 20 the ,ub-
/ isct- None Of these accounts auran IN
every P-rtlCGtGr, and We would Ike 70
! sec an authoritative statement bv Mr..
! Kelly himself According 10 OLIaad N(,e.
the idea Of the order was originally Dor
ro"cd from IN asSoci4tjoG which Tor many
yearS lad naiutaiurd a feeble existence
IN I community u Scotch furucrs In
North Carolina. The objects Of this
SCOtChSOcIcty, 50 Ear IL can BE- ascertained,
! appear 10 haVu been the purchase Of all
needed supplies fGOm first hands and at
wholesale rates, and the cultivation OF
more intimate social relations among its
nember- that is, it wIs 4 secret co-opera-
tive, industZ,.A and social association
among those already allied u mutual
work and interest and sympathy Ii wa~
meagre IN number, and narrow IN iuhu-
enoe tc degree that the fact Of its exis-
| teace was unknown beyond the limits of
! the little community affected by It's iusti-
tutions- Nor was 1t unsil the sprin. OF
lSGS that the idea Of these Scotch farmers
! first began 70 be mooicd abroad and be-
come known 70 the paople Of the West.
During the previous winter, Mr.. o. Il
Kelly, OF Itasca, Mimi, and Il dozen
| other leading a4SrIculturI5t5 of the West.
| happening together III Washington, held
| frequent interviews in relation 10 the
interests Of the farming population Of the
Great Asst. 1t was at this time and
place ,iat the farmers movement first
| suggested itself t. their minds, upon
learning IF the character and operation
OF the little S,oleh society in North Car
/ OllGa, whence sprung the agricultural
revolution IL is present shape. II once
The idea was seized IsPoa and adopted to
meet the purposes of 4 national organiza-
/ tiuu.
According to the same authority, early
In The year IS-S, q - gra2gc" WIS or
gOnized at Itasca. MINI, under the SUI
Pervi-ion of Mr- Keily. This, according
! TO Cd a'la -Aesc, was the first grange or
! gained itI The United Sites, except the
organic germ il North Carolina. An
| other grange was sooa organized at New
! ton, low az IN = hort sine a third
| entered upon a feeole existence mt WAN
kOu, Iowa Here and there. Il various
parts Of thu Vet md Northwest. other
| oranges were organized from tine 10
time; but the movement had not yet
taken firm root, and its exist.r,s,. was still
/ prccacSOus- 1t the end Of 1871, the or
der mad been introduced into Iowa, MiI.~
uesOta, Nisconsiun ano Illinois; but up
J to the close Of the year 1871, its entire
number in the four States named Is esti-
mated st not over sevcnty-fiye thousand.
According 70 the reporter of the Kyal2,
| the first grange, now the central organ
lZatlon, vas organized at Washington on
the evening OF December 4th, 1867, al
! the Office Of Mr.. Saunders, between Mis-
! SCUM Avenue aE3 the Cd canal, less than
twenty persons being present The Off
| GERS elected were-Master, Wm. Saunders,
D. C: Lecturer, J. r. Thompson, Vt;
| Oversear, AusJn Bar.l.tt, Ohio Steward,
| WIlhaHs Muir, No. Assistant Steward.
\. $. Moss, y. =; Chaplain, Rev. 4. e.
| Grosh, Pa; Treasurer, W;n- - Ireland,
Pa; Secretary, o. II Kelly, Iinn.; Gate
Keeper, Edward P Paris, Ill They
Were elected tor Eve ycars.
On the frst of April, 1868, Mr. Kelly
accepted the position Of travelling agent,
at salary of $1,000 year, provided BE
could make 50 much by the regular fees
for establishing the oranges According
to the HtyG!G the first subordinate grange
was established at Harrisburg, Pa, the
next at Fredonia, n Y, and 50 Mr.. hel-
! y worked his way west and established
/ Ten during the year. In 1860, 80 dis
| pruSAt!p!tS were gfaEtti IL LNIN, ~ II
ISTl, l25- Encouraged by this success,
Mr.. Kelly moved his headquarters at
! Washington. There are now over 81
.575lsE,ss oranges
The writer in the EagG! Press adopts the
statement Of OIL qg3 Var about the first
subordira-e grrnge having been establish
I 81 at trasca. TAe work having blgn faIr-
" initiated. SAYS tho Ryfg:
NTr. Kelly remained for some ti.acupo2
his farm, writing and talking Of the Or
Ge., and Organizing Subordinate Oranges
in that vicinity; while his co-worker, Nv
SAUNDERS, was engaged III delivering al
dresses on the Order I,fore the several
State agricultural : and Pomological SOcie-
,ies, in explanation and advocacy Of tn.
Order. He was cyldly received, in The
Ia.in, and by some vigorously denounced,
chiefly because Of the secret fa2tlra Of
the enterprise. Sill. 50 convinced was
he Of the value and virtue Of that feature,
that he never for a moment falte=ed IL
his determination 20 adhere ltEiotly to
the Vel considered plan, which had baen
originally devised, ead which subsequent
experience has proven TO be 50 perfect In
every form and feature.