The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-22
THE CHANGERS
items OF Interest to Members of the

Order.
There are $50 oranges in Ohio. &C
cording to list lately compiled.
1t is estimated that there will not
be less than from so, 600 to rs. 600 gran
gers in Tennessee before next fall. The
order is experiencing a wonderfully
rapid growth, and soon there will
scarcely be a farmer in the state who
will not be a member of some grange.
As to the manifest dislike to cere-
monies, / find that those who are the
most inclined to do away with the rit-
ual are not the best Patrons. I now
and then find broken-down politicians
who are more anxious to ride over the
shoulders of the order into some office,
that are very much afraid of ceremonies,
and express themselves as being desir-
GUS that the organization beco ne a po-
litical one. This is not the sentiment
OF the Patrons as class.--RltraI World
The grange movement is still
sweeping Georgia. New oranges are
being organized every week. Thou
sands of the best and most solid farm
ers are joining them and working in
them with all their might and if you
could see how the grange meetings are
attended, how men and their families
cOme from a distance to be present,
and how resolute is their purpose when
they come, you would be convinced
that the oranges are a reality which
cannot be ignored or laughed or sneered
out of existence. There is hardly a
farmer of intelligence and influence in
the state, and have very widespread
acquaintance among them, who is not
working member of a grange. Most
heartily do / wish the movement God
speed. The more I learn about it the
more do l approve it and wish to see it
sweepthe land.-COr. Southern Farmer.
Our oranges need the soul-enliven-
ing influence of music, and each
grange should have a good instrument
and an efficient performer. Every Or
der should have music as a part of its
ceremonial, and our oranges need music
to make them more especially objects
of interest. We say to the farmer,
"Come and join our grange" H. re-
ply is, "Tell me what the grange bust
ness amounts to, and what are its priu-
cipal attractions?" We tell him, and
we also inform him how very interesting
our grange meetings are, and perhaps
We mention some of the most interest
ing features of these occasions but
why is it that we never mention music
In our opinion music is essential. in
every grange, and vocal music is always
obtainable, while with a little effort in
strumental music may also be procured.
Patrons, do not neglect to secure its
ennobling and enlivening influence.
The grange aims to increase knowl-
edge by stimulating mental uctivity and
aiding inquiry, to add dignity to labor
and elevate the social position of the
husbandman, to mutually relieve sick
ness and suffering among the fraternity,
to prevent cruelty to animals, to lessen
litigation and its consequent ills, to
collect accurate statistics of products,
and gain fuller knowledge of markets,
to give better understanding ot the
principles of business and the laws OF
trade, to overthrow the credit system
and encourage the practice of true econ
Omy, to bring the manufacturer nearer
the producer and foster varied home
industry, to place the producer and
consumer in nearer relation TO each
other, to teach better culture of the
soil, to surround our homes with beauty
and comfort, to avoid imposition and to
dispense with middle-men as far as
practicable, and to inculcate morality
and temperance, foster education, and
cultivate brotherly love among man.
kind.-Ipdidna Farmer.
The district council of Patrons of
Husbandry of the first congressional
district of Kentucky met at Benton,
April %, Hon. A. J. Ogilvie. of Nc
Cracker, president. Among the many
acts of interest, the following pream-
BILE and resolutions were passed ::
&" Whereas, tobacco is a luxury, and
not a necessity to human existence of
happiness, and planters are being very
poorly remunerated for its culture, and
the laws of demand and supply having
a controlling influence in establishing
prices for the same ; now be it resolved,
That in our opinion it would be best to
raise only One-half as much as we have
been raising, and that we recommend
to the growers of tobacco throughout
the Union the adoption of this course,
and that the Patrons of Husbandry are
requested to urge it upon the attention
of planters. We further recommend
to the farmers of this district that they
raise more grass and cereals, and i'm
prove the condition of and raise more
stock, thereby giving them more time
to make their home attractive by adding
comfortable, useful and pleasant i'm
prOvements ; and keep out of debt, and
adopt the cash system entirely"