Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1875-01-29
The Patrons of Husbandry in Brat.
tlebOrO
A LARGE GATHERING.

The mass convention Of Changers, held
at Brattleboro on Thursday of last week
was quite large, some 800, and included
many from New Hampshire and Massa.
chusetts.
The meeting was called to order at 10
A. NJ. by D. E. Boyden, who reported %
oranges in Windham county with an av-
erage membership of rs to each organ.
ization Windsor county has %, the
largest in the State. There are 17O
oranges in the State. He had seen the
oranges of the nation grow from a mere
handful to two millions of patrons. AT
first unknown, it was now giant organ
ization.
The master proceeded to call the roll
and the following oranges were repre-
sented in the convention:
No. Il, Putney Grange; %, Protect
i've, Brattleboro; 80, Waitsfeld; SO, St.
Adams 40, Burlington rs, Crescent,
Barre 50, Snowsville, Braintree 112,
Rising Sun, Ludlow lie, Fletcher,
Proctorsville; 118, West River, Towns
bend 119, Progressive, w. Dummer-
ston; 125, Glebe Mountain, Windham /;
1913, Williams River, Chester 129,
South Branch, Chester; 1877, Vermont,
Wardsboro; 140, Social, West Dover
141, Prospect, Williamsville 145, Olive
Branch, Rockingham 147, Sunny Side,
Jamaica 148. Friendly, East Dover /;
- Broad Brook, Guilford; - Fayet-
vile; = Evening Star, Dummerston !;
- Boyden, Westminster - Maple
Grove, w. Westminster Golden
Rule, Athens; = Sawdaga; - Col
den Wreath, Stanford Guiding
Star, N. Halifax; - independence,
Wilmington; North River, Jack
sonville; - Orion, So. Woodstock
- Deerfeld River Valley, Readsboro.
Also the three following oranges from
Mass, were represented, Northfeld,
Greenfield and Charlemont
The meeting was organized as follows
Master, d. E. Boyden of Waitsfeld
Secretary, G. w. Dimick of Windham
Overseer, T. w. Eason Of Brattleboro
Lecturer. |. B. Taft of Brattleboro
Steward, Il. r. Smith of Brattleboro
Assistant Stewards, Lorenzo Howard Of
Ludlow and H. X. Chamberlain of Brat
tleboro Lady Assistant Stewards, Mrs
Charles Harris Of Brattleboro, Mrs j
P. Liscomb, Brattleboro Committee on
Resolutions, III. C. Bacon of Putney
Asahel Upham of Windham, j. Noye
of Guilford.
Mr.. J. FL. Crosby of St, Adams, ex
planned the financial workings of tn
Order, and in showing $1,000 worth o
sample articles both for exhibition ant
sale, from pins and needles up to steam
saw mills He devoted two hours t.
giving price lists from different manu-
factories
AFTERNOON.
The afternoon session opened with al
address by Lawrence Brainerd of 81
Adams, who was on his way to atten,
the national convention of the Patron
at South Carolina, and he was follows
by Deputy d. E. Boyden, on the work
ing of the organization. Many of tn
leading farmers of the State were pre-,
emit, including Col. John b. Mead {
Randolph. An address was also mad
by Col. A. B. Franklin of Fayetteville
and the following resolution, offered
j. III. Blaisdell of Barre, was adopted /:
Resolued, That we hail with pleasul
our co-laborers in the great reform - Il
Sovereigns of Industry as we co
daily extend to them the hand of fello,
ship, we heartily bid them God-speed.
A. c. Parsons, Master of the Mort
field, Mass Grange, followed, talkiI
on the social and Intellectual features
the organization, declaring them par
mount to the financial features. T.
meeting then adopted the following r,
olutions
WHEREAS, We believe the farmers
the country, without organization. a
liable to be imposed upon by ring m
nopolists and quacks, and that in uni
alone is strength, and where, as we
lieve, we have perfect, Just and hon,
able right TO organize for our mutt
benefit and protection, therefore,
Be 1t resolved, That we, the memb,
of the order of the Patrons of Husbar
ry of Windham county, Vermont, pied
our cooperation with the Patrons eve
where for carrying out the princip
and objects of onr noble order; that
do not make war upon any class of N
who make their living by honest ind
try, and believing our cause to be
common cause of labor and honesty,
call on all good men and women to j
Us in this work of reform.
Resolvsd, That our motto be, - I
and let live" and while remember