The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-07-31
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A Lengthy Procession anu AN
Immense Crowd.
Ay OLD Fl SHTONED REIN ON AND 4
ELEASlNT I TINE

A Lengthy Procession anu ;,n
Immense Crowd.
Az OLD FASHIONED RELv oN AND 4
ELEAS i NJ TINE
Z N@nrIy OGO CONS Iu Procession and
20 OPeOpie in Attendance
| The most ~anguine u-Inb-r- Of the
| Order could hardly have anticipated
that such vast crowd of deopIe would
have turned out TO the Harvest Home
Pic nic which assembled at the Fair
Ground "Wednesday last. The fact that
! such ala assembly should come together
! AT sucl a busy SEASON Of the year can
; only be interpreted a. showing the ear
I nestness Of those engaged in the move
! meut. IL was undoubtedly the largest
asseInblag- ever held ia the county by
| the people Of the county. The Firemen's
{ Tournament. three years ago, may have
/ been Il larger crowd, Lut it included
( very large number from adjoining
/ counties. In the asseInblage Of Wednes-
day last, there were comparatively few
outsiders
The wagons began 10 pour into town
at an early hour, and by ten o'clock
Main Street was literally jammed. The
best directed efforts Of the Marshal and
assistants appeared to he powerless TO
get them into regular procession, so
dense was the crowd, but at last the long
line of wagons was turned toward the
Fair Ground, headed by the Findlay
Cornet Band, We learn from Il gentle
was one hour and twenty minutes in
passing given point, and this did not
include many teams that. in haste 10
reach the ground, did not form in pro
cession
Many OF the wagons were finely trim
med and decorated with wreaths of
grain. fruit and flowers Conspicuous
among the many, we noticed one in the
Sugar Ridge Grange, No. 31G, which was
very finely decorated with ash, hickory
and oak branches, corn, oats, etc, and
to crown all, an elegant wreath of flow
ers. We thought we recognized the
tasteful handiwork of Messrs. WRIGHT,
DDAvID CULP. \. CRUMRINE, and their
respective ladies. Each Grange bore
banners on which were inscribed mot
toes, among which we noticed the fol
lowing:
HANCOCK GRANGE. No. 81.
I'VE are opposed TO all Monopolics"
LIBERTY GRANGE, No. 4sl.
agriculture is the Parent of All Arts"
JACKSON GRANGE, No 22s.
''In Essentials, Unity; Non Essentials, Lib
crty; in all things Charity"
INDEPENDENT GRANGE, No. 7a3.
(Biglickl
Farmers Rights and no Monopolics"
AMANDA GRANGE, No. 13a.
Charity in all Things"
SUGAR RIDGE GRANGE, No. SO.
Honesty and Economy"
DELAWARE GRANGE. No. 100
Farmers Union"
RICHLAND GRANGE. No. -.
jWhartonsbrIgh-D
Industry, Economy, and Direct Trade"
MARION GRANGE, No. 117.
I'VE ask only Right; will submit to no
Wrong
MADISON GRANGE, No. poi
"Our Motto: Plow Deep"
PLEASANT GRANGE. No. 1G6.
Patrons Flow Deep"
patrons, Keep your burrows Straight
"lICaVcn Gives the Power To the Hand that
Holds the Bread"
ALLEN GRANGE, No. III
Right Harms no Man"
EAGLE GRANGE, No. 23G.
Farmers the Chief of the Nation"
NORTH PORTAGE GRANGE, No. Ga5.
Patrons, Speed the Plough.
OAK RIDGE GRANGE. No. 3G3.
The Farmer is the Chief of the Nation"
Mt. BLANCHARD GRANGE. No. 1:G5.
Equality, Elevation and Charity
CASS GRANGE, No. 3af.
welcome TO our Social, Friendly Order
JACKSON GRANGE, No. 2aS.
In Essentials, | nity."
The procession was in charge Of Capt
Sam. HOWARD, assisted by Capt. John
BoYLES, of Liberty, and VIII. y. BYAL,
of Findlay, i'll addition TO which each
Grange had n marshal
Arrived at the ground, after excellent
music by the band, and singing by the
Delaware GIee Club, MrS. J. y. Bun
NELL presiding at the organ, Cap.
HOWARD introduced Hon. d. &. RICH
MoND, of Erie, who spoke Il short time,
giving his views of the object and aims
of the Order, after which an intermis-
sion was given for dinner. The injunc-
ton was given to allow none to go
away hungry, and soon the baskets and
hampers We're brought forth in endless
profusion. We received 80 invitations
to dime-mOre or leSs-aHd we guess it
wasn't an extra day for invitations eli
ther.
After dinner, ana more music by the
Band and Glee Club, Master of the State
Grange, S. ii. ELLIS, of Springboro, was
introduced. Not anticipating such an
immense crowd, proper facilities for ac-
comodating them had not been provided,
and though every effort was made TO
give us comic able quarters, We found
it impossible to take down but mere
skeleton of the speech. Starting out
with an effort to make himself heard by
the whole of the large asSemblage, Mr..
Els voice broke down, and it soon be
came evident that many would be unable
to hear at ALL Mr.. Z. referred 10 his
visit to Findlay one year ago, TO organ
ize the first Grange in Hancock county;
how timid and cautious the farming ele
ment was then in regard to the Order;
how twenty farmers then met to consult
and form Grange; and now. in one
short year, there are over twenty Grang
es in the county, and this aSSemblage
was some Indication that they are by no
means weak in point OF members-iInd
composed of some-we do not say all
of the best men in the county. Then,
throughout the whole State there were
only eighty-two Oranges: now there
were trifie over one Thousand. The
speaker drew from this years history the
Inference that IlIe order was needed. eS
pecialy needed, AZ IA social institution.
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