The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-08
THE CHANGERS.

Over b"e-ty oranges III IAe COuuGy at
this time.
The Patrons of Husbandry, of
Brownsville, No., are making a move
toward securing the location of the
State Grange mandatory at that place.
There are nineteen lodges of gran
gers in Sumner county, Tenn, and two
others about to organize, which viii in
crease the membership to about 1900
The Patrons of Husbandry of Holt
county, Mo, have purchased a Touring
mill and saw-mill at Forest City, and
Intend running them for their own in
teTest.
The grangers of Lawrence county,
Indiana, are taking an active part in the
politics of that section of country, hav-
ing called upon J. G. Houston, ESQ.,, to
represent them as auditor.
One writer says: "The word grange
is Roman by birth, English by associa-
ton, and American by adoption. 1t
signifed 'cOrn-farm where tithes and
rents due religious houses were kept ,"
At a meeting of Dora Grange,
Moultrie county, Illinois, a resolution
was passed that in all cases of dispute
between members, the parties shall try
TO settle by arbitration before going into
litigation.
The Maryland State Grange re-
quests manufacturers and dealers in ag-
ricultural and farming implements of
all kinds to discontinue the practice of
demanding exorbitant pay for separate
pieces or parts of such, when needed
for repairs.
An Oregon Patron tells the public
that he took the fourth degree at a GER
tain time and place, and adds: 81
have felt better ever since my clothes
hang better, and look like there was
some one in them. 1 would like to take
fourteen more fourth degrees"
The salaries of the Missouri grange
officers have been fixed as follows ::
State Master Allen. 81, 900 a year :;
Secretary Coffee, $500; Treasurer
Luesenberry, $500; members of the
executive committee, SO a day. The
committee on finance reported SC, 400 in
the treasury.
The Kansas Farmer says of the
prices asked for jewels for oranges, that
they are exortionate and a swindle, aud
objects to anybody attempting to be an
official jeweler, boot-maker or organ
grinder. Officers of the grange should
be the last men to lend themselves and
personal interests.
The master of the Missouri State
Grange, in answer to q correspondent
asking if grangers should take stock in
railroads, discOuntenances the idea as
antagOnistic to agricultural develop
ment and prosperity. He urges that oil
Erangers keep alOOf from entang ing al
liances with such monopolies.
"A Minnesota Patron thinks law
yers, merchants, grain buyers, ETC., be-
cause they have farms outside their
regular business, and have an annual
income therefrom, are not, therefore.
entitled to become Patrons of Husban-
dry. He believes in making the order
farmers organization, pure and simple.
The grange store house at Camden,
Tenn, was burned on Thursday morn
ing. Loss, 81, 600: insurance. 6. 800.
The fire is supposed to have been the
work of an incendiary, 1t was one of
the largest houses in that portion of
the state, and considerable business was
transacted through it by the grangers.
The Rockford CAlabama) grange has
adopted this resolution That we will
retrench our expenditures for dress and
living and cOntine them to articles actu-
ally necessary for decency, comfort and
good health, and will deny ourselves,
rs far as possible, the purchase of such
things, both as to dress and living, as
are superfuous.
"A California Patron saws of the re
suits of the organization in his neigh
bOrhoOd : "The discussions of cues
tions of practical interest to Patrons,
which forms feature of our grange, is
having tendency to develop not only a
better manner of expressing ourselves,
but greater willingness to make the
effort. Great improvement has already
been observed in even the little practice
we have thus far had"
At a meeting of the Patrons of
Husbandry, representing five counties,
held at Eutaw, Alabama, the 1st of
April, a series of resolutions were adop-
ted looking towards cheap transpor-
tatiOn. 1t was further resolved that
Delegates to the convention should,
on their return home, urge their res
pectlve councils to meet and mature a
plan embodying their views and wants,
and that convention of delegates from
the various counties interested, be, and
the same is hereby called, to a meet at
Demopolis, on the fourth Wednesday
in May next, for final action on this all
important subject of transportation.
The Charleston News and Courier
says: " At recent meeting of Ashley
Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, a COM
mittee was appointed to confer with the
agents of the steamships running north
to ascertain whether increased facilities
could not be given to the truck ship
pers by changing the days of the sail
ing of the steamers carrying vegetables,
so that steamships of the two lines
would depart on different days. Messrs.
James Adger & Co. agreed to send off
a steamer on every Tuesday, after the
18th, and VIM. A. Courtenay one on
every Saturday. This will enable the
farmers to make shipments twice a
week. so as to place a regular supply of
produce upon the northern market at a
seasonable time. and avoid a sudden
glut. The grange is endeavoring TO
make similar arrangements with the
northeastern railroad"
The executive committee of the Ma
tional Grange of Patrons of Husbandrv
are maturing plan for the formation
of a statistical bureau in connection
with the National Grange for the collec-
ton and dissemination of information
in regard to the condition of crops
throughout the country. The new bu-
reau will be located at Washington, D.
N.-s AL4NA IA CLidA St VI ~ w. Aiken, sec
rotary of the State Grange of South
Carolina. Subordinate oranges will re-
port direct to the State Oranges a in
formation of interest relating to the
crops, and the different State Oranges
will report by telegraph to the statisti-
cal bureau at Washington, which will
compile and summarize these reports
into a monthly report of crops in all
sections of the country, and will stimuli
taneously transmit report by telegraph
monthly to all State Oranges, which in
turn will furnish it to every subordinate
within their jurisdiction. This infor-
nation will not be furnished to the
press for publication, it being intended
exclusively for the benefit of the mem
bers of the order.
Poisonous Fly Papers.
Fly papers of different sorts are now
sold in immense quantities. and are
positively stated to be perfectly harm