The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-05-23
The GranCerS.


The Patrons of Husbandry assembled
in mass meeting at Company Shops yes
,eriav. The Governor, Commissioner
of Agriculture and State Lecturer were
present and addressed the meeting.
Che Grange order has been of great
baueti; to the State. Nothing in which
tie farmers engage al possibly tend to
cyIl. They stand upon the bedrock oil
Of the country's existence, and are the
source and the sustenance Of life. They
:rc the chief stockholders i'll society.
They are the foundation and support of
al government. No harm can ever come
10 any country through its farmers.
z The good which the Grange move
Iment has done is not easy of estimation.
It's benefits have been social, educational
and material. Respecting politics 1t
has been of 40 perceptlbie significance.
the Grange meetings have brought TIE
armers together in frequent consulta-
ton and discussion, from which each
has impaired to the other varied and
valuable information. A spirit of rivalry
in improvement of lands, implements,
stock and increased production has
thereby been stimulated among them.
Intercourse has enlarged and improved
their social relations, tending to the
improvement of their homes.
Their daughters and the young farm
ers have met, become acquainted, liked,
lnved and welded. The grange is re-
,nonsible for many matches, and this Is
q GREAT compensation, for a country IS
in which marriages are oil Ire
uuent occurrence.
TIE cause of general education has
received it's contribution from the IN
ceased reading among h farmers and
tbe;r families. Many books, pamphlets,
c;rcnlars and papers have been issued
and circulated by the grange movement;
Called upon to participate IN the local
uapoe meetings, farmers ana 'heir
Sn;ueS and daughters and sons AVE ap-
nroc;ated the necessity of posting them
Lives. have been called upon to speak,
nns;toted stammered, and finally get
tho underway, have astonished them
saIvas There is no telling the amount
Of talent and latent intelligence the
ORANGES have been the cause Oh oeVeIop-
ing. .,o oood tle
GRANGE Order has done III Noith caro-
lima. in the short space OF SIX years
cannot be told in a newspaper article.
The good that will result thereiroin'
thenceforward, no man can approx
MAZE The Order must go on, I'M
moving it's own efficiency and contrib
pt;ng to the Improvement Of its mem
hers and, through them, the great
BODY of Agriculturists in State: NO
donht the Order is in better condition
TO-DAY than ever it was. A bee hive Is
fuller at the hiving than when the pc
rod of real work has begun. The
drones disappear. Many We're, no
Doubt attracted to the Grange, at first,
through novelty, and without definite
idea or defined purpose. Many non
wo, kers nave dropped off. Member
shin may thereby have peer dimin-
ished. but the real workers are there,
and in greater force thar ever. They
will 90 On, increasing and accomplish
ing greater purposes, for tie FARMERS
are not a class of people gwen TO
triling undertakings.
In tie great agricultural, manuiac
timing and commercial Industries and
interests of u people the News fore
sees a meat, and not far distant future
for Moth Carolina, a future this writ
ter has never for n movement
doubted, CT lost hope in, but always
maintained an abiding faith in the
grandeur and glory of the great and
good old State.-Roleigh Meas.