Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1874-12-05
GRANGE ITEMS.

There was organized last year $500
oranges.
The Louisiana State Grange meets
at Baton Rouge, December 3.
A grange packing house of great
capacity will be built and operated
this winter by the Patrons at CoyiDg-
ton, KY.
One of the best planks in the Ma
tional Grange platform" Any member
found guilty of wanton cruelty to
animals shall be expelled from the
Order" sNt4
IF you want perfect harmony in
your grange, never, under any circum-
stances, speak i'll of brother orsister.
Cultivate only the kindest feelings and
sentiments.
One of the cardinal principles Of
the grange is TO buy nothing you don't
want, and nothing you can't pay for.
No man who always lived up to this
principle ever died in the poor-house.
The grange encourages the cash
system. Credit has been curse to
the country, and has ruined many a
farmer by obliging him to sell his crops
at discount to quidate debts. Pay
as you go.
The Patrons of Bracken county,
KY, once a month, carry up their
horses. cattle, sheep, wagons. and other
articles they wish to dispose of, and
sell them at auction, reseryipg the
right to reject the highest bid if sold
unreasonably low.
The Patrons of Husbandry are, not
opposed to railroads or any other pub
lie institution, so long as such instrtu
tons are not used as implements of
oppression. But like men all classes
they will not tolerate robbery or OPP
preston, in any form or any guise,
without at least 4 strenuous effort to
preserve their freedom.
The National Grange has the sum
of 81, 900 invested IN United States
bonds, which is held as a reserve fund
in case of great distress among the
members of the Order. There was
drawn from this fund in the spring
about s., 900 for Louisiana's overfowed
districts and equally as large sum
was donated to the farmers of the
west, whose crops were destroyed by
the grasshoppers.
The Earlville Qlls) Transcript has
! found Il cider maker who seems dis
posed to initiate the ways Of All Sin. :"
Zone of our grangers took forty-gal-
! lon cask to be filled with cider. The
cider maker charged for forty-three
gallons" How did you get forty-three
gallons into forty gallon cask?" asked
/ the astonished granger. The cider.
maker looked confused. Il am per-
fectly willing to pay for cider" said
our granger, but | hate to have the
cask crowded y
To succeed, the subordinate oranges
must keep up its meetings winter and
summer. The business demands it,
The social enjoyments require it. No
! one is so deeply immersed in business
that he can not give day or even two
or three days in month to social,
physical and business recreation. The
subordinate grange is the fountain
head of the Order. 1t is its life and
support. Unless this department is in
good working order, unless its mem
bers are thoroughly drilled in their
duties and privileges, harmony can not
prevail and all its unregulated strug-
giles will be in vain.-Fdrmer's ViRdi-
Gator.
There is one great law which can
not be changed-it is the base and
foundation of all commercial transac-
tons. 1t is this, the supply and de-
mand regulate prices on all things, be
they products of farm, factory, or any
thing else. The only advantage that
can be gained is to correct the evils,
reduce the friction, and promote the
healthy action of this land, and when
you are doing this you are protecting
the members from imposition and
make it profitable to be Patron. You
are also indirectly correcting social
wrongs and political evils. In these
] times a man gets a premium for dis
honest practices, whereas the honest
man lives poor all his life. There
must be some thorough commercial
system established or there will be a
loss of opportunities for good as well
of vital energy.-,S g. DOrr, IN Huncie
(Md) Times.