The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-11
PATRONS OF uUsBANDnY-
state Grange Meeting.

at 10 o'clock a. m. A very full delegation
was in attendance, one hundred and twcs-
ty-two oranges, of the one hundred and
ffty-four in the state, being represented by
their masters, who in many cases were ac-
companicd by their wives.
Worthy Master Hon. L. p. Cotton of
lrasDurgh, delivered very able address in
VIZ" ne I,rmvu 'no i"liu sroMlh Oh 'he
which further rules and rernlatlons sbdnId
be made, to wit the pay and duties Of
deputies ana inc executive committee, the
nris%,n,;n, nf ,So uVr,'',oii % tne
and duties of the rranac nnrchasinrs
agents also rules for the trial Of
members anu Tor scttiihS uililculiies by ar
nres nf ,bc nrnr H., "u , rIuI" . iea
grange of Louisiana had opnlicd for ' oiJ
and the patrons from every state except
vermont hau con rbitcd. lie all uen-
TONED the can from The grasshorpor-dcvae-
ta'eu poItion Oh Kansas ana Nebraska,
Closing WIN remarks upon Inc great advan-
,a"es ueri'eu from inc social features OF
the grange ana lhe constant advantages OF
having the ladies' associated in the work.
The address was referred to committee.
of whom Col l. y Mead ,r pondol,,h
W. ''''''''i"'
was chairman, to divide 1t into topi"', 10 he
assigned to different committees.
Tho ortorno,r soss;or oo,,n,onoo1 ..;,t,
a. '|1''O', N''''"' -''o'' " '''' :"
report from tAc worthy treasurer I. j.
Bell of Walden, from which it appeared
that the treasury was in remarkably
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II I,noson ,o,1, o.a.u.. ..
fro,, ,,o ovo,.,.;,.,, oa,,,,,;..a,
of which was especially the commercial
work of the oranges which report was ac-
ccpied and adopted.
+. V. Powers, OF Johnsbuiy, who was,
list may, "ppoinleu committee on ihsuI-
Aftor Which cpuni,ton from o "5 " ooip,t,
| was amounted IN cons;Jer # nav, n,,d hn;
| tor facilities fnr insurance nro ,on,,;,od
consis,;nr If g W Wnilor Of atd;Son
oonntv q noIster If pan,,;nnton
| Cunt, y T. Cornenior of Calad' ~
| oonnty r.. G. Narramore. of Cbittenaon
county ". II. McAllister of Franklin
| county w. Y. Hardy of Essex county
| r. Griswold. of Lamoille county II. d.
Abbott of Orange county: c. p. Owen. of
| Orleans county: r.. w. Barnard, of Rut-
| land county II. X. Chamberlain. OF
| Windham county J. X. Toby. of Wash
| ton county. and A. Dake. OF Windsor
county.
Tho or,,icc, r,,,tor of tho olaross nf IN,
worthy master was REFERRED 10 'hree com
mittees, as follows: G. c. Buck, o
| Chor,hor,o;r and N Nvo. L n Shedd
ID ~,
n. - Joslyh anu III" iioi''Vh d. ID Hie''
|. Il. Shcrwin and 5. NJ. Ferrin.
n,., rno,r
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After the appointment Of these commit
tees the renort of the secretary. f. |.
III - 9, 1ohrs,,rv wos ,ood y
no,e' VI o. 'o"''9
which the following Is prlci aosiact'
At the time of the temporary organza
ton of the state grange, which occurred
July 4th, 1878, there were thirteen subor
dinate oranges in Vermont. At the per
manent organization, December 10, on
new grange had been added TO the list
During the first half OF last year, ten ney
oranges were organized, and during TIL
last half of the year fourteen, maxim
altogether, at the time OF our annual meet
ing one year ago, ihirty-eight subordnat
oranges. Until about the end of the thir
: quarter OF 1873, the WORK Oh NgainAih
, WAS s'' E.rmers themselves havinr hoe
humbupged so much IN later times, locke
p upon the organization with suspicion an
=. | distrust but the greatest hindrancc Of a
was the almost united opposition of til
Z, press in this state ms opposition wa
S not on account OF any dlstrust that news
: paper editors might nave OF the farmers
or of our organization, but because the
thought our cause would meet with failure
j But the success attained during the preseI
= year must be satisfactory to every patro
q in the state. during Inc nrst quarter
the present year, torty-elght oranges wei
organized; during Inc second quarter lhl
> y-se'ch auiilig 'le ,n,lu pua u l'1 W.
becn twenty five oranges Organized. makir
h during the year 10 organizations, or Il
y in the state at this time. The membershl
1i .e oiu.a S - .fV H. um oso m, ,rus M
+ there should NOT he an occasional mistal
# in the reports from the secretaries of su
:, ordinate oranges would, indeed, be wo
II yer ; pui lhc slanui,s VI 'ne o,sahiAall'
h Woarlv ' ouerw arange Il tboronUhi,, S STv
and anvions ~ do lie whole dut,5 "''
:, "",' "nN'o ',,, w Wv w. ""V'. w.
y a committee on representation, mica
is and debentures was raised, consisting
y one from each county. as follows.
4 ,,1,aann,, u po,h;na
nuuisoi .oon'y 80 ~ f,,, iaoo oi!
" Den.lnS.oh uoun,9 ~ I n,,,iono''
of Chlttenden county,, J. d Hendee'
y T Tsnos ia',u ooun r - W ", ".1ne