The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-04-24
From the New Orleans Rake

From the New Orleans Rake.l
EDITOR RAKE.-The Oranges Of this
Parish (Tangipahoal have taken mi
tiatOry, steps for forming O Parish
(Grange) Council. Social No. 5 APP
pointed Delegates yesterday to meet
at Amite City mo. 6ts Roomsl on LIST
Monday in May.
I noticed an article iii the Home Jour
nal and Rural Southland, signed "Spec-
tacles" and dated in New Orleans. Now
as farmers do not usually date letters
from New Orleans it is a presumable
case that the writer of same is not a
farmer but perhaps a member of Or
leans Grange of New Orleans. Any
how it will not deceive many farmers.
"It is too thin.n Any n not blind
can see through "Speetacles." He must
have presumed that the farmers are
very verdant or he was looking through
green goggles, at all events he saw
through q glass darkly.
/ hope all the Patrons will read Bro.
Evans communication in the Rake and
have their Grange act on the subject
matter. | was glad to see Bro. Worthy
Master Day respond so promptly for
his Grange. But more light is our OBJ
iect. I agree with w. M. Day SO far as
regards Deputy bennett, Incorporating
improper material into the Order OF
Patrons of Husbandry, but no farther
in that communication of his. Brother
Day doubts the prOpriety of the cduStic
censure. / can inform him that Brother
Evans drew it rather mild as a COM
mittee of one, for the farmers in Social
Grange No. 5 are determined to stop
improper Oranges being organized, and
if there is any unity among farmers,
the Oranges of farmers known as
Patrons Of Husbandry, will see that
Oranges of professional me exclusive
ly, do cease to exist as Oranges of
Patrons of Husbandry.
IT professional men, /. e., say Polltl-
clans, Ministers, (Preachers) Physicians,
(Doctors) and Attornies (Lawyers) want
TO form Oranges they have now an ex-
cellent opportunity 10 to do, as the Or
der of Independent Oranges is
working in several of the States, and |
believe it was started by the Boston
Grange that was expelled from the Or
der OF Patrons of Hnsbandry for not
being composed of farmers, but mer-
chants.
/ do not object to these professional
men as such, for many of that class are
my particular friends, but | do firmly
ODtCSb ~ UilCUI Six lklIS tIA GppkISItbAOA
for membership and filing up the blank
for occupation, as d farmer that is not
honest, consequently | do not place
much confidence in such men that are
becoming Patrons through deception.
They ooiL4divide our house sure enough.
We want all honest farmers to join
our Order (and none others; but we
do n0twant to be high p~rivates' and
sec the professional men filling lucra-
tive and other Offices while WI are to
pay the shot. g f.
OF this we make no secret but want
all to know that we are trying to do
right ourselves and will not submit to
wr0ng,from others, and do not fear to
make known our views. /" Be Just and
fear not.o We are not SO weak as to
fear others, as we have done no wrong
in joining the Order of Patrons of Hus-
bandry. liz we keep quiet, and tamely
submit to such Oranges being organized
as No. 90 without O protest, Worthy
Master Lewis may be deceived into the
belief that the farmers endorse Ills ;c-j
ton i'm assisting or being personally
present at the organization of same. i
] am satisfied that if Worthy Master
Lewis viii cut loose some Baptist
Ministers and Politicians who seem to
love influence over Patrons of Hus-
bandry affairs, that he will do much
for the good of the Order. Only a few
farmers are Raptists, and only q very
few are Politicians, therefore, do not
like to be "r0ped" into either of those
Yside degrees
Ny ~neighbors who shipped cotton to
Messrs. w. Harrington Geo, are very
much dissatisfied with the account sales
rendered. Iknow n wrote to w. H..
g. Co, to that effect, he got "a seven
eights OF d cent d pound less than ii he
had shipped to q regular business house
Commission Merchant1j his loss was
equivalent to d loss Of 500 thirty pounds
on the bale. / refer to Bro. G. d., his
N brother likewise is not satisfied I
hear.
Rich. s. VEEABLEs.
independence, La, April 9Th, 1874.
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