The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-24
The Grangcrs.

Every town in Walworth county,
Wis.,, has a grange.
| Fifteen thousand Oranges have
oeen organized in the United States.
| The headquarters of Ohio G rangers
havo been established in Neuio.
! "A Grange paper is soon to be
started in Mcpherson county, KIM.
tsas.
| Neosho county, Kansas, Changers
plend their own eases in tho cou, ts.
| Clermont county, Ohio, Grangcrs
have been holding social festivities
lately.
Kansas Changers are beginning to
protest against horse racing at coun-
ty fairs.
The Grangers Of the First Con.
gressional district, Kentucky, will
meet at Paduoah on tho fourth
Thursday in July noxt. All farm.
| ers, whether they are grangers or not.
will be invited to attond. A bar.
beoue and picnic will be held OF the
Fair grounds.
The State Grange ut Nebraska "a
putting in machinery, ut Plattsmoutb,
ior the manufacture Of plows, Guilt.
sators, headers, htrvesters and other
agricultural implements. Th. bui'd-
ing Is two'story brick, 40 by lao
feet. Thirty heads Of families arc
employed to commence with. Steam
and blast power of tho necessary
quantity will be furnished.
1t is generally understood through.
out Kentucky that the Grungers con-
template the establishment of large
manufaotory of agricultural impic.
ments at some central point, favora-
bic for obtaining cheap coal, iron, and
timber, and also favorable for dis.
tributing the manufactured products.
Frankfort is moving for the location
of this establishment, and tho Yco-
man urges the projoot warmly. Ono
Of the Franklin county ORANGES has
already discussed the subject pnl ap.
pointed committee to bring it be.
fore the council, which is to be or.
ganised ut tho Capital Hotel on thc
first day of Juue,
But let us not forget tho Grange.
The old saw, that "all work and no
play makes Jack n dull boy," should
be borne in mind. Don't say to
yourself when Saturday afternoon
comes for grange meeting we'll, |
a,h 80 behind with my work | am
tired, and thoro will bo enough there
without without me l will not 70
this time: II all should happon to
come to this conclusion, what would
be the result Why, Of course your
grange would forfeit it's charter, bo
broken up, and you would lose all tho
beuetits OF membership in good stand.
ing. But suppose all do not follow
your example, but enough 90 every
time to keep tho grunge alive and in
good working order keep themselves
posted up in what is going on in the
order in oil parts of the State and
whole country, by hearing the impor.
tant circulars read that arc constant
ly finding their way to the secretary,
many of which require immediate
action on some subject or othcr-see
what you lose And what does tho
grange lose for want Of your sound
advice 7 A mistake is made, an or
ror committed that leads to unhappy
results, that might have been pro
vented had you been thero. But now
you ought not to complain. The
good brothers and sisters that were
there thought they were doing tho best,
and are, therefore, no more to blame
for doing what was wrong-but they
may have thought right-than you
for staying away. And that is not
oil, nor the worst wo are such
creatures Of habit, that if wo stay
away once, the tendency is, that wo
are apt to do 1t again and again, until
We lose all interest in the cause, and
thus commence process of disinto-
grafton in our order that may lead to
ruinous consequences. let us re.
member that continued vigilance is
just as much the price of success 10
grange duties, as anywhere else. 1t
has not been trifling matter, my
friends to get up this organization.
1t has been attended with muck
thought, labor, energy, perseverance,,
expense, fear, hope, faith, charity, and
now it must b. saved to bless ns and
the work. by fidelity.--1. Il. Allcn,
Master Missouri State Grange, in Ru.
rat Worid.
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