The Grange advance., 1874-04-08

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sr. A little planning, . few moments liea
when bsby is asleep, will accomplish w.n-
ders in tho course Of year. Let tho ladies
write their troubles or their success in
household work. You shall always have
hearing in Tn GRANGE ADVANCE.
J. M. D. Of Woodville Grange, Wasess
county. writes: "Our Grange is growing
nicely. We have added ten new members
this winter, and there are more coming.
hope to send you larger club for your pa
per next year." Glad to hear SO good .
report from Weodville. The Patrons Of
"aseca county are, evidently, doing good
work. Hope to hear from woodville often.
We thank our Berlin correspondent for
her letter on flower culture are clad t..
give it place. Our columns are alv.v,
open for the ladies, and we deem few sub
Jecfs more important than the cultivation
OF flowers. Flowers are the expressions Of
tenderness and love, Of "all that ia hr;rht
and beautiful in nature all of which our
farmers, by their hard, unremittine toll
have crowded to too great an extent out Of
their lives
s. P. G. Of Renville county writes: "At
meeting of our Grange recently, broth
er made a motion to appoint an Assistant
Secretary, which was ruled out of order.
on the ground that we have no power to
create new Office. Please give US your
opinion ?" We doubt the power of q sub
ordinate Grange to create new Office. but
the Grange, if they think it necessary, can
certainly appoint q person to assist the
Secretary in his duties.
A. G. 8. Of Hennepin county writes:
" Your paper beats my expectations for
spice, pluck and power'' Thank YOU.
Your name is added to our list.
K s. 8. Your paper has been CHANGED
as directed. Can you not send us a club
from among your neighbors in your new
home.
Il. T. 6. asks what shall be done with 4
Master for communicating all the hipher
degrees, secretly in the woods, to member
Of the first degree? We answer nothins At
all. unless he makes it a practice. The
Order Of Patrons of Husbandry was organ
lied for the accomplishment of noble
work and there is no time for strife sbeut
technicalities. And there are cases wher.
the communicating Of the degrees may be
permitted. At the same time, q Master
who has the good Of the Order At heart will
do nothing to detract from the interest Of
the Grange meeting, or thst will weaken
the influence Of the teachings Of the Order
on members. We hold it to be very impor
tant for every member, where it is practi-
cable, to be initiated in due form with tn.
full ceremonies. The manual is full Of no.
bic and most beautiful lessons, and it is .
wrong to the candidate to deprive him Of
the benefit thereof and it is due to the
Grange, that the beautiful thoughts:shoxI1
be repeated in full Grange upon the ooos-
sion of each initiation and while va csr-
tainly should not advise the doing Of any,
thing that might result in discord, on &C.
count Of one such offence, we think Master.
should be very careful to do nothing to in
jure the harmony as to destroy the interest
Of his Grange. OF course constant NEGLECT
Of duty can be reached by removal from
office.
G. c. asks with regard to the cattle law
As we understand the law, it now stand,
the same with regard to cattle doing dam
age either by day or night, as it did with
regard to cattle doing damages in the night
time. That is cattle may be destrained for
damage done at any time, or suit may be
brought against the owner of the cattle for
such damage. Any trespass upon lands
would entitle the owner of the lands to
nominal damages.
?. H. inquiries with regard to the pros-
poets of higher price for wheat. This is
{. very difficult question to answer. Some
papers who wish to get great credit for
their wisdom, and are always ready to give
alvice, have rushed before their readers
with premature statements as to the GER
tainly of the decline Of wheat and advised
them to sell.
Last Fall we took cons derable pains to
ascertain the facts with regard to the pros
poets, and for the information of our read
ers had translated and published an article
on the subject from leading paper, and
felt justified in advising our readers to hold
for higher prices, those who took our ad