Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-03-11
UNIONTOWN.

HAY-sEED MOvEMENT.-Ther wa.
no Grange established here on the %
inst. The PROMINENT Lecturer came
to time, but was not escorted in with
flags and banners, and a young man
who accompanied him would not ac
knowledge the fact. At the meeting
there iOds not one farmer present. Per.
haps half dozen persons, merchants
mechanics, and middlemen taking pi.
ty upon his lonely vigil at the school
house, called in to hear him express
his views of them, but he had lost his
voice, and could not Letter. The Call
for the meeting was not signed by even
one person. When men come into this
community upon similar errands they
sho'd be regarded in the same light as he
who wo'd privately injure your reputa-
ton by sneaking into your locality ,and
by series of mis-statements strive to
prejudice your friend against you, as
regards your honesty and fair dealing.
All hail y! to tire worthy farmers of
this community, who by their action
have asserted that they are capible of
acting as guardians of their own inter-
ests-and who feel that there is tie in
common with merchants, mechanics,
and middlenen, and that we are each
dependent one upon the other, and
should all strive for the common good.
And this evidence of good will on the
part of the farmers should be remem-
bered by those who have been the SUBJ
jects of censure and abuse while stri.
wing to earn an honest living. The
Western farmers who are now suffer-
it,fr hn Of in, ha, Il
outs, were the first to charge railroad
and middlemen with fraud and extor-
tion-eveD devising means to cut off
the supply of bread from their wives
and little children. Now these Rail-
road companies transport to them free
OF charge food and money, contributed
in part by the detested middlemen,
whom they strOve to crush. And of
this fund itna5 been proven that farm
ers who do not stand i'm actual need
have been supplied. The fact that
supplies have been sent from this
place may have had salutary effect
This Prominent Lecturer while
showing up the advantages of the
Grange, would have failed to tell them
that it was organized in Washington
City, or of the California fraud, where
honest farmers were swindled out of
ore7 one hundred thousand dollars, or
the hundreds of smaller frauds.
Continued action of this kind will
create war of classes; then will come
the "clashing of the pine against the
oak" When railroads, manufacturers
and middlemen organize for their pro-
lection, troublous state of affairs will
epSue. - -. p. /
REV. MCFARLAND, missionary, will
lecture according to announcement, in
the Church at this place, on Wednes-
day, the 18th inst, at O'Clock P. NJ.
Those who have not had an opportu-
nifty OF hearing this interesting lectu-
rer should not fail to attend.
On FRIDAY evening last, little af-
ter nightfall, Mr.. Knox Gregory, who
was returning from Wheeling with his
team, was struck on the head with a
stone, by two persons unknown to him,
just previous to entering this town.
He succeeded in keeping his seat, until
he recovered from the shock, or the
would probably have pro-
we'd fatal. This is most unwarranta-I
BILE outrage, as Mr.. Gregory is known
to all as young man ofIhe most peace
able disposition and courteous beha-
yiOr, III.