The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-05-01
ITEMs FRoM rHE GRANGEs.

ITEHs FROM THE ORANGES.
A GRANGE Strikes ON COFFEE.
New Hartford grange, of Pike county,
Mo-. has resolved not to buy coffee on
and after the first day of April, unless
the usual high price of coffee is re-
duced to twenty-five cents per pound,
provided a majority Of the oranges con-
cur therein. Two other oranges are
recorded as g concurring."
AFTER SoHooI. OFFICERS AND SCHOOL |
Book MoNoPoLIEs.-The Clark county |
1nd. Council has resolved ssThat the |
Office of county superintendent of
schools is useless, and does not ad-
vance the interests of common school
education )" also, ''That the school
book monopoly is insufferable, and the
greatest swindle perpetrated on our
people" 1t recommends ''the immedi-
ate establishment OF state publishing
IA Ouse where books can be had at rea
sonable cost"
AVON INTERNAL. DIscoRDs. Mich
igau Patrons urges brethren to be
Blind to all opinions in discord with
the general wishes of the grange" He
adds: !" We are strong enough to meet
and have no fears of our outside foes.
But here is another, the most danger
Gus OF all foes, namely, internal dis
cord, differences of opinion which have
tendency to break down the unity of
action necessary to saccess." This adj
vice is given because of opposition in
some of the oranges to county purchas-
1ng agents and because of the tendency
to centralize power etc
The Social Influence OF THE GRANGE.
On this subject a Missouri Patron
says: The grange has already effected
great good to our part of the country
Its efficiency has already been attested !;
It's strength IS everywhere felt. Nor
does it show its power and virtue to a
better advantage In any other of its
works than Is exhibited in that pleasant
and genial sociability it causes to per-
wade society. The hand of friendship
is grasped with different feelings their
sympathies for each other awaken
TACT it is agrard medium through which
IS dlffused higher estimate of the Yir-
, tuss of our neighbor."
TELLING MERCHANTS WHAT TO Do
A Kentucky Patron thus advises mer-
chants " The great trouble with the
merchant would seem to be this How
am j to be supported il the farmer
from whom 1 get many of my supplies
VIII not IN turn purchase from me 2
now, cousin merchant, you must go to
work and cease to bea middleman and
become manufacturer; take you CAPT
tai and invest it in an enterprise such as
that to which refer. Make plows and
hats and coats and boots, and warrant
If you sell as cheaply and make as good
an article as can be obtained elsewhere,
the farmers will not only pay you their
money, but the money will be kept in
the state"
OYSTER SUPPERs AND DANCING IN THE
CtRANaE.-A Patron says in the Farm
er's Union "a picnic dinner occasion
ally IS right and very nice; but when
for amusements they bring in oyster
suppers, dancing, etc, I think it very
wrong and extravagant. AS I under
stand it, the object of the grange is to
teach economy, and if we pay out our
money for such purposes it is leading
the young astray and teaching them to
pay out money for what is worse than
useless, for dancing is very fascinating
and leads to almost everything that is
bad, and know of some that will not
join if such things are practiced, and
some that have joined will not attend,
therefore I hope such things will be
kept out of the order"
BEAUTIES OF GRANGE LIFE.-A Ken
lucky Patron says !: s'The Order of the
Patrons is the only association that
originates, exists and works with its
members in their daily Rvocations. It
is part of the farmers life. It does
not call him from his work to put his
mind on any other subject, but tends to
recreation IN his daily duties, and by
cheerful instruction to Tighten and ele-
vate his labor. It's teachings are the
Hottest man can seek. It does not In
terfere with his religious or political
views. In morality it seeks the highest
point. Honesty is inculcated, educa-
tion nurtured, charity is a prominent
characteristic, temperance is supported
and brotherly love cultivated. 1t is de
signed to bind the farmers together il
fraternity, and by encouraging educa
tion, advance toa higher state of perfec
ton the science of agriculture. We
aim to encourage the planting of fruit:
and flowers, by which to enhance the
value and increase the attractions o.
our homes-adorning them with those
beauties SO lavishly given US by the
God of nature. There is no calling
more elevating to the mind than agri
culture, when viewed as instructed il
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