St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-10
A Disbanded Grange.

A Disbanded Grange.
One "grangc" at least, has discovered
that it has been sold. and has not hest
tatcd to say 50. a meeting of Good
| Hope grange of McDonough county.
Illinois, on the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy Railroad, was held on the 10Th
inst, and Il vote WAS passed, only two
dissenting, to diSband. deliver up the
charter, and dissolve all relations, social
OF political, with the state grange. Ac-
complaining this vote was an arr;iign-
ment of the present government of the
order in the four following resolutions
!. That the original principles fnr
which the organization was instituted
bave been entirely overlooked and
ignored. in that the officers have as
Sumed powers that are tyrannical. ar
bitrary, and entirely subvcIsivc of good
order i'll the lodge and in the commun-
ity; that the officers composing our
grand or state organization are not the
true representatives of the members of
the order selected for that purpose, he
| ing eN-OfficiO members of the same : and
also, that the officers of the national
grange have arIogated to themselves
and that, too. under the workings of
the order -unwarIantcd and systematic
autocratic authority. ruling as with Il
rod of iron. from whose edictS there is
no appeal.
,. That large sums of money have
been land now. and in time to Gomez
collected 10y the several state oranges
and the national grange. for which no
adequate return has ever been realized
by the individual members of the
order.
3. And further. there has been. from
time to time. through the state and
other officers of the order. disposition
to change the organization from its
original plan of mutual benefits to the
members thereof, to that of Il political
party. thereby iniuring and destroying
all that WAS calculated to unite and
elevate the community it was designed
tn benefit.
!. 1t is burdensome and expensive
to the members of the order. without
adequate compensation. for money cX-
pen>cS: that it Is now cngcndcring Il
spirit of class legislation, mutual dis
trust between the agricultural and COM
mercial intercourse of the land. thereby
demoralizing and dehasing the standard
of relations the community bears to
each other. And further. that the or
der. as ruled 10y designing men connec-
ted Herewith. has been entirely pros
tituted from its original purpose and
brought into subsection to further THEN
personal and political intcreStS-to all
of which we do most sincerely and en-
phatically protest.
'lhn " hi..I h.s tIr,s
itself out of existence is said To have
been one of the largest in the country
The reasons given for the act of disSo-
luton are real reasons. and they are
not such as apply locally only. 1t is
not to he expected that the example of
the Good Hope grange will he at once
generally followed. but it is significant
nevertheless, and will set many mem
beers of the order thinking whether they
are treated just as they expected to he
treated. BOsfOR 1drertiscr.
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT. Shortly
before his departure for India. the lat
mentcd llehcr preached IL sermon, which
contained this beautiful sentiment
Life bears us on like the stream of il
mighty river. Our boat glideS down
the narrow channel through the play
full murmuIing of the little brook, and
the winding of its grassy borders. The
trees shed their blossoms over our
young heads. the flowers on the brink
seem to offer themselves to our Young
hands; we are happy in hope. and
grasp eagerly ut the beauties around us
but the stream hurries ON, and still
our hands are empty. Our course in
youth and manhood is along IL wilder
flood, amid objects more striking and
magnificent. We are animated at the
moving pictures of enjoyment and i'll
dustry passing lis, we are excited at
home short-lived disappointment. The
stream bears lis on, and our joys and
grictS are alike left behind us. We
may he shipwreckrd, we cannot he de
llyed: whether rough or smooth. the
river haStenS to its home. till the roar
of the ocean Is in our ears, and the toss
ing of the waves is beneath our feet.
and the land lessons from our ewes, and
the floods are lifted around us. and we
take our leave of earth and its inhabit'
ants, until of our further voyage there
Is no witness, save the Infinite Eternal
BREAKING THE News GENTLY
When the lamented Judge Baglev
slipped and fell down the court house
steps and broke his neck. it was il great
question how to break the news to poor
Mrs. Bagley, but finally the body was
put into Higgins wagon. and he was
instructed to take it to Mrs. Ba~ley.
but to be guarded and discreet i'm his
language, very. and not to break the