Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-10
National Grange Meeting.

The national grange has been in session
since November IL, working steadily aud
uninterruptedly. Numerous amendments to
the constitution Of the national grange have
been proposed. The money loaned the state
oranges last year, being a greater part Of
the surplus in the national grange treasury,
was given to the oranges in the different
states, thus silenciug the howl set up about
a surplus in the national grange treasury,
and the probability that it would be stolen.
The officers Of the national grange were
elected Tuesday, November "a. as follows /:
John I. Jones OF Arkansas, master; j. j.
Woodman of Michigan, overseer; A. b.
Smedlsy of Iowa, lecturer A. j. Vaughn
of Tennessee was reelected steward Nor
timer Whitehead Of New Jersey, assistant
steward s. H. Ellis of Ohio, chaplain +.
NJ. Mcdowell of New York reelected treas
urer; o. II. Kelley of Minnesota, reelected
secretary o. Dinwiddie Of Indiana re-
elected gate keeper Mrs j. T. Jones, wife
of the master, Ceres Mrs Harvey Goddard
Of Connecticut, Pomona; Mrs Samuel u.
Adams Of Minnesota, Flora and Miss Car
rie Il. Hall was reelected lady assistant
steward; Alouzc Colder Of Illinois, aud w
ii. Chambers Of Alabama we're elected mem
bers OF the national executive committee.
Only Eve Of the fifteen were reelected
many of the officers not being candidates for
reelection as the remuneration did not pay
for the time aud expenses necessary to per-
form the duties Of the Office.
The secretary has held tho position since
the first organization of the national grange,
December 4, 1867, and was reelected on
the first ballet. He originated the grange
movement and worked INCREASINGLY almos,
alone until he made it success. Miss Hall
was valuable assistant, aud predicted a
bright future for the grange from the first
coaception of farmers movement. She rs.
sisted in writing the manual aud collected
and arranged the music aud songs in the
grange soEg book, and ably seconded Bro,
Kelley's efforts during his loug struggle tC
make the movement success.
| Of the new officers elected we desire e
say few words. Tho master, Bro Jones
is typical Southern planter, a man Of tai
ent, education, practical experience in agri
cultural affairs and acquaintance with pub
lie life an earnest worker and man o
sound, practical views. He has two large
plantations in Phillips county, Arkansas
cultivating yearly about 1000 acres, and
one on Red river Of 400 acres 10 cultivation
His first care is to have an abundant pro
vision crop in which he has never failed
He also produces annually about 800 bale
Of cotton, and other crops 10 proportion
Bro Woodman, the newly-elected oyerseer
was born in Sutton, Caledonia county, Yer
mont, in 1926. His father moved to New
York and from thence to Michigan forty
years ago, when that stats was wilderness
He has owned farm since he became o
age and nearly all the time has been activel.
engaged 10 farming. He has spent ten year
in teaching and two in the mines Of Calfor
MIA. He has been an earnest worker iu tn
grange movement 10 the West. Bro Smed
ley, lecturer Of the national grange, is widel
known as the author Of the manual Q
Grange Jurisprudence and Cooperation.
Many of the other officers are we'll known t
the grange world as earnest workers IN tn
Order aud men of unimpeachable honesty
The selection of such officers insares the GO I
tinucd success of the Order.