Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-10

encomiums Of honor and praise.
Who brayed The dangers of an unbroken
wilderness, conquered The savage foe, fought
the wild BEAST. subdned the forests. esteb.
lished homes ahd free institutions, laid the
foundation for government prosperous and
strong, two hundred years ago. under which
we meet to-day, and whose broad dominions
extend from shore to shore, and zone to zone |
They were the farmers, the noble minded |
men, and patriots devoted, and true, who
risked their lives in freedoms cause.
Let others boast of deeds OF valor done,
let others sing Of liberty and fame, let each
receive the honor he has won, while the no.
BILE farmer receives the crown Of glory, the
blessing heaven sends down. whatsoever
will be chief among you let him be your SER
want" ..I
After the reading of the essay the choir
sang (the people standing) "The Farmer the
Chief Of the Nation" Brother f. 2. Allen,
oversecr of Green Mountain grange, was
called out, who spoke briefly Of what the
farmers had been in the past, mere hewers of
wood and drawers of water for the m ercan.
tile aud professional classes that now,
through the labor Of the grange, they were
opening their eyes to the fact, and are deter
mined by cooperating together for their mu-
tual protection, to take that position in the
future that their number and Importance en-
title them to.
"Ihe Connecticut River Grange its past
and present" Responded to by Jonathan
Lawrence, general deputy of Vermont
State grange.
Brother Huntley, of Wideawake grange,
sang au original grange song, which was re.
eeived with loud cheers and renewed ap-
plause. ... .... ..
Dinner being announced, procession was
formed by the marshals and the visiting
oranges, escorted by the Connecticut River
grange, marched TO the vestry of the church,
all in full regalia, where the choir had pre-.
ceded them and we're discoursing sweet music
as the members were seated at the we'll loaded
tables. The blessing of God was implored
by the chaplain of the grange, where ninety
happy graugers satisfied the inner man from
the tables loaded with such an abundance and
variety as farmers alone can provide and
their wives aud daughters prepare.
Your reporter on seating himself was con.
fronted by handsome baked porker with
1 an ear of boiled corn in his mouth and with
heads Of wheat obtruding from his ears, and
he flattered himself that he had been seated
at the right table, but he learned very soon
that he had received no special favor, as eacE
Of the three tables were similarly furnished
To further describe the repast would be Q
, waste of time and space So fl ce it to say tina
. it was equal to the best grange dinner W,
ever ate, and the same opinion was expresse,
by all. Those who could not be seated fo
4 want Of room as ninety was all that coul,
be seated at once) nearly filled the table
again, and whatever opinion is showed by tn
community at large, the people of Lowe
Waterford are fully satisfied that the grang
movement in this section is not dead no
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sleeping. ,..
l. On repairing to the hall after song b,
the choir, with Mrs K. l.. HOvey at the or
v gau, Brother Damon, from Monroe grange
6 made some very interesting remarks upol
e farming, advocating top-dressing as the bes
y method Of using fertilizers, detailing the re-
l. suit of an experiment the past season. (Wil
Brother Damon write out in full his expert
e ment and send it to the VERMONT FARMEt
!. for pubication)?
connecticut River Grange Entertainment
= was responded to very happily by Brother
a l.. d. Stiles, lecturer of Wideawake grange
l Worthy Master Warden, OF Monroe grange
4 expressed the pleasure his grange had exper
}, fenced, first in receiving the invitation to at
i tend, aud second in the very handsome man
), ner they had been received. Yet he ha,
2 been in trouble all day In the morning h
. felt, as he counted twenty five teams full o.
{ grangers from his town following him, tia
r. their Vermont brethren would not be full
is prepared for such crowd, but when he en-
70 tered the dining hall that trouble was ban
q ished at once, and ever since he had bee
e, troubled to know what they could possibl
!, do with the abundance they had left.
e After another song by Brother Huntley
" The Grange as an Educator" was responde
n to by Brother f. l.. Hovey, lecturer
g Green Mountain grange, in his peculiar styl
lie of oratOry which was listened to with muc
81 pleasure. The singing of "Auld Lang Syne
- - by the entire congregation closed the Gomez
g ticut River grange festival for 1875.