The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-14
Ciaittcusiess Grange.

T. correspondent of the Rutland UeyaM
has seen iit so attack in n malignant man
ner The recent picnic of the Nickwackctt
grange Of the Patrons Of liusbandry in
Chiticndcn, which was unjust and uncalled
for. The UerGld has taken great pains
when the opportunity offers to mislepre-
sent ard bclitllc this order before lis read
ers 1t will learn OF its mistaken policy ere
long, although it is now feeding at the pub
lie crib, and is only the tool of the railroad
corporations of the state. The recen. cleo
ton held in our stale should point out to
the elecior The handwriting on the wall, and
he should take notice that the people have
been voting independently this year, and
that the lash of the party whip is not as
effective ms IN the past. The grangers of
Vermont, small in numbers us they may
be. have had voice in the elections and
their results both in this county and the
state. The people have been taught indie
pendence of action, and the principles of
the patrons of husbandry have materially
aided those teachings. II the editor of the
UeydN Wnnll study these principles he
| might learn useful lessons in Independence,
so that in future he would not sup
port one mau for governor in
his columns. and go to the state
convention and labor earnestly by
night and by day for another That in
the nomination for Il member OF congress,
he would not again pursue the policy of
| giving aid and comfort TO the incumbent
for denomination. and when the conven-
ton thought prop l. to present new can
didate purr like Il poor pussy at the feet of
n,.;,, l,n I,p1 ha.
silently operating 10 defeat rs we
understand start one man Tor representa-
tive of Ruiland. then desert him and sell
out 10 anolher--thus accomplishing
a defeat for the republican party.
Nor ioisl upon the county Il
man tor office whom the people
rejected at the polls by several hundred
majority These things have been noted
by the people, and it would he far better
for the man of the WcraM to be sitting
quietly down, counting over the victories
that perch upon his banner and how much
he has accomplished by his politi, al OK
ploits this year, rather than in spending
his time or opening hif columns to false
attacks upon our little band %. grangers
up here in Chittenden.
The Nickwackelt grange Of Chiltenden
has acc0mpli she'd good work for them
selves and the community since they were
oIganzed and are not justly chargcahe
with tie assaults of the HerdM. Socially
the grange has been the means of bringing
us together. healing petty jealousies which
have heretofore existed, and new bond of
friendship has been formed among the
people. 1t has improved the people men
tally in educating us by making us debat
ers, essayists, &C., relieving the embarrass-
ments inseparable from youth and
supplied lack of social culture.
1t has saved us hundreds of dollars in
money, through purchases of our state
agent Joseph III. Crosby of st. Adams, as
purchases have been made of almost every
article used at a reduced rate of from % to
40 per cent. and many articles still lower.
am aware that there has been Il very
liberal amount of indignation expressed at
our vandalism Gas it has been termed in
Selling and occupying the old Congrega-
tional church; but living within a short
distance of that edifice, know it has not
been used for religious purposes for the
last four or five years, but has been liter
all deserted, the windows broken. doors
wide open, the platform and steps in such
a state of decay that it was actually dan
gerous for any one to get in or out. Now
. this is all changed for the better. The
grangers have repaired the steps and win
, dows, the bats have been driven out, Inc
doors kept closed, and the religious ser
vices OF the grangers are regularly and
! seriously performed therein.
As a rule the complaints come from q
source that have no title or interest in the
church. A committee of the grange have
searched the records with the town clerk
diligently and can find no recorded title oil
conveyance to or in the name of the Con
, gregational society, one individual alone
held deed of slip and shed that was on
: record, and these have since been conveyed
in legal form to Il member Of the grange
I So ii is considered they have pretty goot
right to dance. Now the majority of the
! pretended owners gave consent to our oc
cupation, many of whom are members o
I the gran &c. The church on the hill, unit
further notice, will be called the lodge Of
Ncl,wackett Grange, Chittenden.
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