The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-12
Board Of Agriculture

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will tie held at Milton on Monday and Tues
day, January 15;h and 10th.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
l.. Opening address, John Upper, esq,
.. Hygiene Of the farm, DIR. L. c. But
Ter, Essex.
3 Bees and their management, o. C..
Waite, Georgia.
MONDAY EVENING.
3. Fruit culture, Thaddeus Kinney,
South Hero.
6. Corn, q forage crop, DR.. F. b. Hath
away, Milton.
TUESDAY MORNING.
c. Discoursgements of farming, Hon. G..
II Rice, Milton.
:. Have Vermont farmers cause for dis
|oouragement? Il. L. Wood, Milton.
9. Profits Of farming, l. T. Parish, Fair
fax.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
8. Flowing and manures, A. A. Allen,
Milton.
10. What ! saw on visiting a cheese fac
tory, Il. l. Hoxie, Milton.
Ii. Manner Of butter and cheese making
in Lamoille Valley factory, D.. l.. Field,
Milton.
TUESDAY EVENING".
II. Care OF Dairy COWS, A. Chapman,
Middicbury.
Is Selection Of dairy COWS, G. S. Fas-
set, E|nosburEh.
Al are invited TO take part in the dis
cuss!on.
MEMBER OF TIKI BOARD.
Horace Fairbanks ST. Johnsbury, pres
ilent, NJ. Il. Buckbam, Bennington. Henry
NJ. Sc ~ Middlebury, Gardner s.. Fassett,
LlosDurgh, John Il. Mead, West Rutland.
Albert Chapman. MiddleburY, one Paul
Pomfrct, Henry Chase Lyndon.
Similar meetings will be held in the diff
fereot counties Of the state.
The following week one will be held at
Waliingford, and one at West Rupert.
Fourteenth Annual Session of the
Grand Lodge Of Vermont l. O. Of
C, I.
The fourteenth annual session Of the
Grand Lodge of Yer mt was held at Ben
nington comm enCing I esdaY Janu ry 9th,
1877.
Forenoon.
The attendance was very good although
the severe storms Of Monday interfered Sc
riously with travel and delayed many OF
the delegates. Forty-six lodges were rep
reGclted.
The session convened in the chapel Of
the Congregational church at 10.3 q. m.
The forenoon was occupied with arrang-
ing and classifying the representatives and
transacling the opening business, appoint
in committees, etc. Adjourned at 12:1t
to 2 p. m.
AFTERNOON.
Opened formally at 2. p. M, G. w. Q.
T., j. b. Mead of Randolph then present
ed his annual report.
MIR. MEAD's REroRT
After referring happily to the pleasure
he TX perienCed 10 IN Get again the members
of the grand lodge and recognition of The
kind Providence that has spared us another
year and in bestowing upon us increased
prosperity.
He referred first to good templarism anC
TO It's having done much TO elevate and enoblt
the life OF It's disciples and lead them TO al
enlarged view Of the needs of our common
humanity, as well as to aid the poor un
fortunate, who may be in pressing need Of
it, restrain s and the @gis of its protecting
iOlds. II must not be mistaken for true
religion, which it is not, but it has many
OF the clements which go to make up NOR
al excellence, and may tr~uthfully be sale
70 be the handmade of religion. The meri
and the strength of good templarism, as i
seems to me, is that it undertakes TO do
much needed work in every communit'
where it goes, that IS not yet done, in al
cases, by The church.
TIE ORDER IN VERMONT.
AZ will be seen by the statistics of III,
Gecrttlry report, the membership of the or
der has lessened a little, though | think no
materially, during the year. Some lodge
nave lost and some revived a little Will
some new lodges have been organized.
| have found much interest manifested
in all the public meetings / have attended
ana in many localities where the lodges ar
most furnishing. There seems to be a set
tied purpose to make the same q permanen
NAN 50 HaNAAN ~ wv lluNts
Il ORDER AT LARGE
as We thought, had become almos
worldwide, yet there has been organ
lied since last we met in council, lou
grand lodges as follows. One in the far of
country OF India, one in Western Australi,
and one each in the states of Florida apt
Louisiana. Let us fondly hope that thos,
in the last two states may run more smooth
" than their political orders do, else per
adventure it were better they had not beer
born.
The thought of the rapid extension O
our noble order into almost every countr
on the globe, with great n variety of poo
pie of so varied o civilization, tastes an,
culture ia truly wonderful and inspiring
Reference was made to the secession 0
some of the grand lodges IN England, Scot
land and Ireland OF the 30 called ''negr
question"
ADVANCEMENT OF PUBL oPINIoS.
Notwithstanding d~issensions may arts
and threaten to overthrow what little goot
has beer accomplished, yet the car Of eter
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