Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-10-11
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

.IAlnUND UT lUDDANDAl
THE California State Grange met in San
Francisco Oh Tuesday, the I'd day Of Octo-
Der, 1877.
s~@..EspERAScE,'' i'll the Industrial Press,
says: 1T is now nearly ten years since the
first grange was organized. During the
first few years the order grew but slowly,
and met with the opposition with which all
reforms, all new improvements o~rinVentions
have been received. Still i'll survives it's days
Of trial, and within the past FIVE years it has
become an acknowledged fact, one of the
Institutions of our country, and has tar out
stripped the brightest hopes and dreams of
those who founded it, until to-day, in nearly
twenty-five thousand neighborhoods, have
the farmers come out from their isolation,
and under the fiaterna} ties Of the mystic
Grange are bonded together in our order,
existing and working harmonious and alike,
whether among the Mills and valleys Of the
Eastern and Middle Scates, the pines and
orange groves of the South, in the prairies
of the West, or the Pacific slope of our great
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BROTHERS WERSTER'S VALEDICTORY.@@
S. ". Webster, Master of the California
State Grange, took leave. Of his official posi-
ton in the following brief, but feeling
words:
At times we have felt wearied and des-
pondcnt in our work but words of sympa-
thy and encouragement have come to lis III
Our darkest hours, beaming through the
gloom and dependency about us like sun
beams darling through severed clouds. Our
associations and correspondence for the last
two years will never be forgotten. like the
poor, deserted harp, hung upon the willow
every breath will touch a cord which will
vibrate in our hearts forever.
Time has written everywhere eternal
change" but her saying can never affect
the pure images of loved ones engraven Oh
the heart. lIer calls may be loud, and her
burrows may be written deep Oh the brow,
but her voice can never drown the whisper
ings of consolation, which are the offspring
Of duty performed. We
Our official work in the Grange will close
with our present term Of office; we feel
that We have done our part in III official ca
pacity but whatever the future may have
in store for lis, however obscure our path
way in the years which are left us, the no
hle men and women which we have met in
the Grange, and their good words of cheer
aud kindly greeting will span and cheer the
future OF our lives as spans the lunar rain
DOW the gathering mists of evening.
Having been placed at the helm of our
Grange craft two years ago, we have en-
deavorcd to steer clear of distractions, hop
ing ultimately to reach port in safety. We
believe the eanse in which we are. engaged
will ultimately prevail and endure. for the
principles of the Grange are eternal in their
application to the wants of men. Our sue
cesses have been many and when we have
failed, ir has not been because our princi-
plies were at fault, but because of faulty APP
plieation OF them. aF ts1
Welook forward to the future of our Or
der with hope. We believe the present in
activity of Grange work is not indicative of
dissolution, but disqualification. The past
is at least secure to us, which, of itself, is
sufficient to make us proud Of our endeay-
Ors.
To the good brothers and sisters who
have labored with LIS in the work OF the
Grange, we, as Master and associate editor
OF Your official Grange organ, wish again to
return our sincere, thanks for past favors.
Although our official work is over in the