Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1877-05-17
GEANGE ITEMS.

horse stealing by 1Hflll>nlhb ca'i ~"
with descriptions Of stolen property.
Mr.. J. Cory, Treasurer Of the Wisconsin
Patrons Mutual Aid Society. reports tlat
lis society has Il membership OF l.l4o'
The Patrons of Thomas county, Ca are
furnishing relief to their brothers, whose
crops and property were destroyed by the
recent cyclone.
The Patrons in Tallahatchie County, Miss.
having suffered severely from floods, Mas
ter William T.. Hemingway, of the State
c,onoe invites contributions for their aid.
The grange plaster mill has shipped 5000
tons OF plaster and secured lower rates over
the Michigan Central. Patrons, generally,
are standing by their contracts, despite Inc
reduction by the ring to -.
The State agent, Michigan, has arranged
N Detroit. with q commission dealer, Il hard
ware merchant, a grocer, three lulhoer
dealers. and traders in dry goods, oil. drugs,
boots and shoes and stationary, to trade
with Patrons at reduced prices.
Brother Henry Eshbaugll, master of the
Missouri State Grange, has laid out for him
sell an CAbGlfslNc lDttI alhoi5 ~ 49,
nate oranges of the State, having already
made arrangements fol tllirty-nine address
es. between lie 18th OF April and the lst
of July.
The f@raternal working Of the Grange, was
practically illustrated by the members OF
Burke Mountain Grange, OF New Hamp-
SHIRE. Their Master had been i'll AL winter
fZ4~ #..onA- tsbo loIna furnal ont
and cut. handled and piled up, a large sup
ply Of fire wood.
The Pennsylvania state agency has been
doing a large business. Last year It's snip
mel.ts included ? II tons OF pepper, 3 l-le
Of starch, S5,277 worth of salt, d tons o.
tea. ) / Of soda, GI OF tobacco, q OF prnnes,
sof soap, 131 of rice, AZ Of coffee, 100 OF
syrup, 21O Of sugar, besides 43l barrels o.
mackerel, grass seed to the value OF 1891
hardware valued ut IS, POP, and $6,633 worth
of boots and shoes.
The total cash assets of the Natlona
Grange semptember 30, 1876, amounted t.
ST. 40, of which $6S,0OO were invested
in United States bonds. and $780,. 40 wer
III currency. The total cash receipts OF 1t
financial operation, December l, 1867, nav
been S5I7, 075.T1. and the expenditures Sf15
3Gs. 81, leaving the balance as above Sll,7O7
40. Among the items of expenditure IS on
OF S7l,os3.2 20 donated to the several Stat
oranges.
The Grange Business Association, Califo
lila. las held its annual meeting. LA:
wears net profits amounted to SS, 296.3l, IN
those for 1877. the, 18th nltimo, to Sl,Oo
A dividend Of u per cent. was declares
The grange building 1T the corner of DAY
md California streets, is owned by Il
Grange Business Association, the Farmer
Mutual Insurance Company, and the Gians
Bank. each holding Il third. 1t cost 500 90
and SlO.G Q more was expended i'll fitting
up. The property is now valued at Sl3s
700.
If every farmer, or nearly every farme
lived within IL few hundred yards of 4 pn
lie library. and had time to read for iill
self all the books and papers that q IN;
needs TO know to be widely Intelligent n
Influential, and if nearly every farmer we
50 surrounded with social opportunltl
that some determination were necessary
avoid being too much drawn away from |
serious occupations; then there would
some excuse for allowing the subordin;
oranges to go down. But in the exist
circumstances abandonment OF the grane
wilhouk substituting similar orsanizatio
for them. promises return to the ploddli
narrow, unintelligent life that was, III