Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-02-23
The Attendance of Ladies in the Grange.

| APaper Read Before the Georgia Grange.
| The attendance Of ladies is quite indespen
sable. The question then should engage our
attention, how we can best interest them anC
secure their attendance. Their restraining
influence and keenor sense of propriety i.
universally admitted. Therefore, if we heeC
their admonitions, aud strive to merit theil
appreciation we shall be sure to prosper
Their presence is sure guarantee of gooC
order and harmon y, without which we car
not hope for prosperity or real progress. lie
US then strive to make our halls as comforta
BILE and pleasant as possible. Let our meet
ings be conducted and our business transacted
with that degree of animation which shall
characterize noble efforts in the gloriou,
cause Of human advancement.
We should not only strive to improve oul
farming interests. become more industriou,
and economical, but learn to apply our Ia,
Dor more intelligently, noting carefully and
comparing the results of all the method,
adopted in all our domestic arrangements, as
we'll as in the barns and fields. There arc
very few farmers dwellings SO perfect and
convenient but that by trihing outlay Of
labor and money, an amount of labor and
time may DO saved to the ladies of the house.
hold which will more than compensate them
for their attendance ut our meetings Not
only arc our pecuniary interests to be looked
after aud our own minds cultivated, but the
broader, and more noble fields of morality
temperance, aud benevolence, where all who
will come exercising patience, forbearance
and perseverance, are permanently and use.
fully employed,
Nature has adapted our sisters to this
work; they are endowed to greater extent
with the above virtues than falls to the lot
of men. Their positions in life afford them
a more effective influence through social in.
tercourse, private example, and gentle per-
suasion than they are aware Of. 10 them
too, more frequently than in our sex,
we find an unassumed natural eloquence,
combined with native modesty, and gentiity
which characterize a real gentleman or true
lady. These virtues, when exemplifed in us
secure the esteem aud win the approval Of
the gentler sex. Then why not give them
due credit Why refuse to acknowledge
their equality. Does it lower us to exhalt
them to their true position in social or pub.
lie life. No! Let us be honest with our.
selves, and just to them. Admit their inau.
ence invite their criticism, heed their ad-
monitions, aud merit their approval
No wonder that the sisters watch our
every word in the grange with peculiar in.
terest, scanning our motives and anticipating
our thoughts. They are our sisters, our
wives and our daughters. They have es-
poused our cause their destines are linked
with ours hence they share our joys, glory
ing with us in our laudable achievements
On the other hand they pity our inGrma
ties, loathe and despise our iniq uities, or un
iaithlulness to our sacred obligations. w
need their admonitions, we need those re-
proving looks when We pass the bounds Of pro.
priety and when we by misdemeanor incur
their displeasure, it is very proper that we
should feel koener pang of sell.reproach.
And if we are not quite destitute of honor or
shame we shall avoid the repetition of similar
offences. Finally, sisters, as far as it may
be consistent with your home duties, please
favor us with your presence in our meetings.
For, as our homes are filled with gloom with
out you, so our halls loose most Of their at
Effectiveness when you are absent.
West Georgia, Feb II. w. " "Air'