The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-07-09


Of course, gladly accepted II, for we
have had curious desire to see what
hey looked like a. We have had queer
ideas concerning ,,r-,i5,s.rs We rather
expected 10 -ee the men all attired in
| Kentucky jeans. and the women ar
rayed ia h"n.--spun iiannel and quaint
old Lonnets We confess that We were
mistaken in our idea oi q granger: for iS
early a. ten in the morning We arrived
at the grove, which is on Mr.. David
Dicks farm about :: mile east Of ihis
villa};-, and found two oranges on the
| ground. and Ne could ss-t. no particular
| difference between them aud the city
aristocracy, except that the grangers
were more costly attired. My idea of II
! grotesquely -attired granger vanished.
Tie stars and stripes, which told the
sentiments Of the grange, welcome
all, liaunted ia the breeze near the
main entrance to the grove. Ten o'clock
was the hour appointed for all the
oranges 10 convene The Cass grange
was the next to arrive at the grove. Ii
made quite a good sized procession.
The last and largest grange was the
grange from aud near Fostoria. 1t con
sisted Of about twenty five teams, pre-
ceded 10y Profs. Mungers brass band,
from jackson township, Seneca county.
The boys seemed brilnfull of music, and
as ali expected, showed off splendidIy.
AT about eleven i'll the morning the
crowd of about eight hundred or one
thousand was called to order by the
Chairman, Mr.. People, who then read
the programme of exercises. NothingOf
Importance WIS done before noon except
to sing "A song or two, and listen to some
music by the band The next and most
important feature of the programme
was TO see mot cat) granger dinner.
We had, perhaps, the strangest notion
of a grangers' dinner of any man III the
grove. Our idea was probably some
thing like this: Greal quantities of but
ternilk, corn bread, rusty bacon, roast
ed potatoes, and such varieties. The
only fear we entertained was that we
would not get IA Ibid" to dine We got
one, however. Imagine, if you can,
how profoundly ignorant We were of
what constituted a granger dinner. Just
think of half hundred tables (cloths)
spread upon the ground, and Just as full
of good and palatable things as they
could hOld-all that heart could wish.
Every body ate, or at least could have
done so, had they desired, and guess
they desired. a social hour passed away
i'll eating, drinking (water) and chatting.
A grange picnic is a poor place Ior
sweet-bread and peanut stand. We want
to be a granger, or at least we want to
hear of another picnic soon. We all
regretted TO learn that speaking would
begin soon. a speech is IL dry beverage
To wash down good dinner One thing
we would like to look ut before the
speaking begins is the speakers stand.
Any one cuuld easily see the refined
touch of the hands of ladies in almost
every thing about it. Flower pots Of
beautiful fragrant towers were placed
at the speakers feet and OH his stand at
either side OF him. Above his head was
an arch formed of evergreens, grains and
fruit of the farm. Hanging down IN
front of the speaker was a beautiful pen
sile basket constructed of golden grains
was II box containing specimens of grow
ing corn and all kinds of garden vegeta-
bles. At the right and the left the beau
tirul banners of the different oranges.
Their niott"es certainly expressed the
sentiments pI iiI.. Efdugers: ''Welcomc
to our social order. Our early dinner
being partaken of, we were all ready to
hear the speeches. A ''Gali' frCm the
bvgle announced that speaking would
soon begin. The meeting was again
called to order bv the Chairman, who
called ou air. Chamberlain, OF Carey.
Mr.. Chamberlain excused himself. Mr.
Rice, of Fiud!ay, County Deputy of the
grange, was then called upon and intro
duced MIR. Rice i nmtteT-of fact man,
and of course gave the grargers a plain
talking to. Hon. Jno. Sipes, Of Seneca
county, was ti;eG introduced to the at.
tentive audicnce. He delivered an en-
ergetic aud eloquent address. We
thought, before hc began to speak, that
we wpW'i take down" his speecL, but
forgot ii, and did nothing but listen.
We do remember one thing lac told the
people, ''stUdY Eolitica, not as the aItful
deniagOsue studies them, bat to study
in order to be Il free, independent, think
ing citizen" His speech was appreci-
ated, Mt least it appeared so from hearty
cheers that went up at its close. Some
very appropriate music was sung by the
Washington grange, Mrs. Thomas Hales
presiding at the organ. NJ. N.Switzer was
then called Oh and responded IN twenty
minutes speech, after which Munger's
band discouTsrd seine fine music, which
terminated the exercises Every body
seemed to enjoy the treat, and plainly
expressed by their beaning coumtenances
that it was "a good place to be.