The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-10-29
For the Jefersonisn-
ErnIn an Ex.Erangcr.

not substantiate. never have, nor will |
I ever take an obligation to lie or faisi- |
fv 10 INV neighbors, when interrOgated |
In a civil manner
Now, will state plainly ami candidly
what did say about the Grange. (aud
be IL understood that it i confined eXclu-
sively to Washington Grange, as | have
nothing disrespectful to say Of any 9th
er.D did say that the Grange was
s.bore, and did not amount 10 anything,
and my reasons for saying SO we're
First. They meet at their room and
occupy one half of the evening whisper
ing to each other in a foolish, childish
manner, and then depart without trans
acting any business of importance
. Second. l have assisted in the initla-
ton of members who were so full OF
"eorn tea" that it was with great diff
Guilty that we kept them right end up
till the ceremony was over. And, at al
most every meeting they hold, some OF
their members are so full Of benzine that
their tongues are scarcely able to be
about.
And further, Bro. Huffman, your
Grange has been known to meet on Sat
urday evening and spend the entire nlght
in frivolous nonsense, and in distributing
Grange goods, preventing some OF their
members from arriving at their homes
and with their families until o'clock
Sabbath morning. And, judging from
the number of people | see congregated
in and around your "Grange supply
store" on Sabbath day, |, together with
a number of others, have cone TO the
conclusion that you are doing big bus
iness.
Now, these are Il few of the reasons
why became offended and resolved 10
quit the Grange. About the goth Of
June, approached our Bro. of the Quill,
paid my dues, and requested that my
name be taken off the books. The Bro.
| of the Quill reported to the Grange Tor
| their consent to allow me to withdraw.
When some of the members, who are
/ better known for their low, selfish
| mean trickeIy, than they are foranything
] that is good or ennobling, took excep-
tions. and influenced by petty, low, sell
| fish, spiteful personel motives and diff
culties, have sought to injure my CHAR
acter by preferring charges against me.
| A charge was preferred. reported
promptly to answer to said charge, but
| failed to find any there. One Of the
| members man whom l respect-and
| one who has good sense, (avery rare arti-
| Gle iu Washington Grange), seeing that
the charges were trumped up for mali
| cious purposes, argued the matter in a
very sensible manner. However, 10 make
short work of it, told them in open
! Grange that | would never meet with
| them in a society where such ronIloolery
was tolerated. and the soon n'r they would
| vote me out the better | wou'a ike it.
Now. Bro Huffman, if il i, really so
that you and your Society have voted
L
my heartfelt thanks; and if have v!o-
lated my obligations to the Grange in
anything / have said or done, ! shall
| continue to violate them every DAY of
my life. and probably all day on Sunday.
| One very nice feature of the Grange is
the way they denounce agents and mid
dIemen. But are they consistent with
their profession? Not by any means;
for you can scarcely find Grange that
| is not blest with more or less Of them.
And believe Iwould be justified in say
ing, without fear of contradiction, that
there is not man in connection with the
Grange who would not take ar agency,
OF play middleman, if he was assured
that by so doing he could better bis con
dition without labor.
In conclusion would just say 10 tie
worthy Secretary that the zeal he ha
manifested in trying to traduce and vii
lily my character in such a malicious,
spitefuI manner, is very Characteristic
of the Grange of which h is IA member,
and in that particular d. most hearth
ly give him credit for being consistent;
and if know anything at ali about what
it takes to constitute true gentleman,
he has most assuredly failed TO estab-
lish his character as such.
October %, 1875. JAMES MOORE.
Mt. BLANCHARD, o., Oct. 25, 1875.
EDS. JEFF.: Our usually prosperous
town still moves.
We have routed the Democrats in old
Delaware, 'foot, horse, and Dragons"
There has been some bowling done about
illegal voting, but it is too ''thin" for
any intelligent person to think of. The
only reason we can assign, is, the DEM
ocrats are too sensible to be sold by the
Imitation" cry, and concluded to vote
Republicanisin straight.
Notbirg of startling nature has turn
ed up lately Most of our horse owners
are complaining of a slight attack of
epizootic among the horses, but not so
severe as So. e years ago.
DIR. Fiser reports Mr.. Josiah Bell, as
convalescing. We hope to see him Oh the
streets again soon.
Our schools are in full blast. Now,
MessrS. Editors, we find the Superintend-
ant introducing a new Arithmetic, and
throwing out the one we have been u.s.
ing, and compelling US to buy the new.
''Why is this thus" We find that he is
the man that sells the books. and no
doubt gets a good percentage on his
sales. We pay him a good salary to
teach our schools, and do not propose
to set him up as travelling advertise
ment for some book publishing house at
our own expense. We look upon this as
an outrage that should receive the at
tention of the School Board. We have
been using Rays Series, and they are
good enough.
We notice an article in the Courier OF
last week rejecting on the M. Z. Church
in regard to Rev. Priddy. Madame Ru-
NOR says lie has matrimonial intentions,
and we think the writer of that article
has been affected by "sour grapes"
We hear rumors OF another dry good
store TO occupy the Odd Fellows store
room-Messrs. Stockton & Co., of Forest.
We would give. you some items in re-
gard to business firms, but we know
newspaper men are not in favor of free
advertising.
II. H. Wise has bought the John |