Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-02-05
The Granee--Objects and Benefits,

The Gra0Ge--OOJeCLS ana 0eu0HCSs
] Ar The recent installation Of the officers
Iof the NV Hampshire State Grange, an
lexcel.pnt address WIS deiiv red By Col,
IN. Wyatt Aiken. iro.G which We extract
The following paragraphs concerning the
10, iecis and benefits OF the Grang.:
.The founders. seeing how much Co
lJ;nraton AMI concentration were dong
itor every other ASSOCIATION, conceived
! the id-; that the same comparative prin-
lille might be employed for the ben, fiji
iof he f.lin!ny 81 s.; and the people fo,
whose benefit it wns conc. ived saw tina,
liz was good, and took hold Of it in earnest.
lone great object OF the Grange is to
ieleya,e the farmers. From the nature 81
l,r,r c.!ling n y are much isolated, ard
itlis isolation t-nis.O make them unsOcal
land selfish. The farmers vie never
lyus anywhere. because her husbanG
icannOt find time or disposition to go with,
Ircr, ard she becomes unsocial and S, lti.s
la:so. This is charact. istic OF the farm
Ing community from Maine 10 Texas.
lin the Grange they are brought tO2cthe,
land their social natarts are q. veiopeti
and elevated. He had been in mary
Estates, bur lie had found none where the
farmer aud his vile dill not find time 10
ITO go TO the Grange after they had once
,ent' red.
''Thcn the Grange Is an G 'ucat NJ pow
Ter. lie bell we'd it required more mind !,
thought. energy, to make . successful
farmer, than any other ayocatlon IN life
This is an aye Of progress, and IL man
who stands still and don't study to i'm
prove, will go backward. Farming must
be studied. Agriculture is a lar.e science
and the more we study i. the larger the
field spreads out before US. To be true
iarm.r, . man should study to prepare
himself AS much as for any of the profess
sons. In the Grange the latent intelIi
yrnce OF the farmer is brought out, and
each can learn ri the Other some bcw idea
or method. Two heads are always bet
ter than one. Not only does .hr Grangt
improve him tducationa'iy and socially.
but morally. The farmer ought above
al 9TH rs. to be Christian. lis avoca-
Itirn should pecuiliIly lead him to look
through nature up to natures God. Inc
Grange max, him Oh irritable.
Referring to the secrecy OF the Order,
,e said it was hat which gave il cohesion
and perman'n j.. III al tad nd2p oses-
>ions there is degree Of secrecy, ana
tile most successful man is he who keeps
his plans to bimScif. In the Grange
there is just enough secret 10 make it at
lgactive.
TIE Grange also does what no party or
or .anizatiOn has done, unites the people
Of all parts OF the country. 1t says to
every man in the Union: '.Cnne in,
aud will give you the hand Of friend !,
ship 1t knows no North, no South. (
10 East, no West. It bridges the bloody
chasm which has divided diff. .rnt Sec !,
ions. b
The constitution Of the Grange prohib- If
Is the discussion Of religion or politl.s S, !!
md neither political nor religious tests !
r membership are allowed. Yet this :,
reans to x-lEdc only sevtarianism anu .
,irtzans!i!p, for religion III its true sens. +
) always taught here, and .hcre is no il
tier subject than politics in its real
neanlng-ihe science Q! government :. =
or our cOnsid rai u. :,