The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-03-26
PArnoxs OF lIusBANDRY.-On Monaa

| PATRoNs OF llUsBANDRY.-O Monday
lat n Ian. A. T. Thompson of Minnes ia
presenting the N1tionrI Grange Of Pa'roas
nr liusbaoiry addrts.el alb ,uf two hundred
C 'izens Of Augusta county in Town Hail.
Mr.. Thompson has the appearance of being
oar SO years of aye He talks WE'LL with
n eff,rt at display He represented HIM
se # a, having been educated to the farm, and
is a practical farmer though his hand d'j
not indicate thas he belonged to the horn=
handed pow singers.
lie briefly ske.ched the progress of the
or "a ',z4tion he presented, from its orr gin
10 Mines ha 10 1859 after several attempts
hAd failed to place it on a substantial basis,
nnt. now when the number is $4,000 gram
ses throughout the Un'tel Suites, aud "a
state oranges Lodges are ~ 'liplying rap
il'y in 81 Stats and especially had the
progress If the order had been satisfactory
IN Virginia, where in less t. IN twelve manth-,
be pre-" i rcd there you'd be 900 gra.ges..
lie aijui4d to the asss'aose that had bee
given 10y The press, which had in genera
teru,s app owed aud upheld the PURPOSES nf
the "ry4a,zltion even wh~re it WAS not fully
endorsed IN the details.
Mr. Thompson ague1 at some length to
SHOW the necessity of the order Of Pafrnns IN
q co.oD~rative movement for the benefit Of
the farmer. All other class s and trades had
their ORGANIC ton YET the fa' mer, represeD
ting the most important interest of the eoun.
" .upon which all others are dependent, hal
h+t,,re the institutions Of the Oranges, been
uithou. this essential rlrans of sci -nrotec-
ton. 3le then ueat on to shoy the advan-
tages aud benefits Of the order stating that
farm m chiner- could now b. purchased tor
one half what had to be paid COR it bpfore
the order was established aud that Sewing
machines coull be gotten for one-third In
fact. every thing from q hoe to a threshing
machine, could now be purchased through
the oranges for one.half of what it heretofore
cost. This was effected by dealing directly
with the maoufacurer. and dispensing with
the services and pref Of middemer.'
A. this point he defended the order f.om
as opposing the merchants AMI traders He
said they m ide war upon class, but IN
simplifying their hid of pnrch ises aud
getting nearer tn the fnu ,tan head TIE re-
suit " IS to dl-pen:e vuh SINE Of tn ,se WAC
had been heret"tuee EN-; 10y as gins OF
trade. This WAS mare business matter,
eff cted thr"a b the agency os c"-opera'ion
Bv it the fsrmsr who gas to utlize tn, ar,l-
c.e purchased g,t he batielif Of il, and those
WHO were thiis eft unemployed couii to
culfivatiny the earth and there was in Vir
ginia vast tracts of la i awaiting the haHd
Of industry He also defend d tt e s. cresy
feature Of the order by abiding TO other
organizations. and stating that in the Gran
ges it was only means Of recognition and
to pre- vent imposition
He stated that this was on age of brains
and hat it was BRAIN power tha6 moved the
world. It was important that every man
and especially every p .tron should be au-
formed by reading the newspapers. He Ak
pressed his surprise at not finding newspaper
more sene.ally circulated at the hotels a"d
wnsre he had Travelled. IN the Northw west,
you could not 90 int, f,rm house unless
You saw the local paper daily paper. and
frequently 40 agricultural jonrn.i. Fhe far
m.rs of that sect,on kept themselves post
as 70 everything that was going on, and
boasted as mues Intelligence epd curreut
i"tprnati"" as a:py other cl'ss
NJ. Thompson spoke tqr about an hour
|" his preliminary remark, gone OF his con
illusions were inaccurate av4 Illogical. bn'
these did act comprehend this pain object
of his address which was to p,esen, The
claims and explain the purposes Of the Pat
rnRs Of Hu>bandry THIS he did to lie SAT
jsfactiop OF most of his hearers, in plain
IN ei',gent and prae zeal manner, convincine
all that he was honest and ernest in what
he said. He has nothing about his STYLE OF
sneaqtking or method Of argument that lldl
Gates tlbs he il ANYTHING but what he pre-
tends fl mer. ~ EFFORT at oratorlca J.
d'spiay-ap whence of the professional
pclu'cia"--b q pain narrative of what
he knew ,rsm experience, constituted his
address.