The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-12-01
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PATRONS OF HusBAnDRY
Masters Report Concluded.

Christian training. "Ninetv and
nine" never stray from the Shepherds
fold. F b 3
Now the farmers children arc
needed in our ark Of safety, where
they may be instructed in good NOR.
ais; where they may form correct
habits of thought, politenoss, and
lrugality, where tastes for reading,
discussion, and music may be cult
waited where love for rural pursuits
may be nurtured where home ties
may be strengthened, bcautiiicd, and
riveted, and where faith in God. hope
in immortality, and charity to all
mankind, may be brought to light
and practiced daily by Il fraternal
band. To some extent this necessity
has already been recognized.
Juvenile oranges havn been formed;
periodical meetings have been held,
when the children are generally in
vited to come together, and, in con-
sequence of judiciously-prepared
schemes, the impressions created are
invariably joyous, exalting, and last
ing.
''Tis education forms the comm5n mind,
Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined ~
Make the Grange attractive to the
youth. and they will soon learn to
love andreyere its teachings, to fol-
low its precepts, and to honor the
farmers vocation. This material
must be had to build up and to per-
petuate the Grange edifice.
The places You and | fill they will
soon be called upon TO occupy The
destiny of our order and our country
is to be placed in their hands, and we
are responsible to great degree for
the manner in which they shall dis
charge the duties devolving upon
them as Patrons and as citizens of this
republic.
therefore solomnly enjoin upon
YOU the representatives of several
States here assembled TO teach and to
enforce in your respective jurisdic-
tions, by frequent repetition, the in
finite importance of speedy enlist
ment of the farmers sons and daugh-
tiers of to-day under the beneficent
banner of our Society.
THE PAPERS
published in the interest Of the order
next received the attention of the
Master. He said: Oranges availing
themselves of reading matter, striv-
ing TO educate and inform themselves
upon subjects connected with agri-
cultural pursuits and the current
events of the day, have rarely ever
failed to be vigorous and prosperous.
Through these instrumentalities the
plane of usefulness and enlightcn-
mcnt has been elevated and the per-
manence Of our Society guaranteed.
The farmers vocation and its con-
coInitant interests require more
thought-more study-and unless
they are given, the probability Of a
relapse into ignorance, dependence,
and poverty is assured beyond II
doubt. Let us see 10 il as class,
then, that the Grange press is more
substantially and extensively sup
ported, making allowance, of course,
for occasional editorial liabilities.
Clubs should be formed this win
ter, and tangible help should be ex-
tended to those who would help us.
The grand columns on which the en-
tire Grange superstructurc rests are
intelligence, virtue, vigilance, and
charity, and these must never be per-
mittcd to corrode and perish through
our neglect. -a-
SUGGESTIONS.
The following remarks seem to sug-
gest themselves to me in closing:
First. This session should be as
short and inexpensive as possible.
Second. The wisdom of this body
should be taxed TO project plans for
the revival of dormant oranges.
Third. In every proposed change
of laws, opinions, regulations, ritual,
rcgalia, or anything else, the stabili-
~ of our order should be closely con-
suited.
Fourth. A new book has been pub
lished and circulated at very consid-
cradle expense, containing the Con-
stitution and Bylaws of the Nation
al Grange, ceremonies appropriate
for installation and funeral occasions,
for the dedication of Grange halls,
rules for the organization and gov
crnment of cooperative associations,
the declaration of purposes, a digest
of decisions and opinions, parlia-
mentary law, &C., sc. This will be
likely TO instruct and govern our
members for long TO come, and
hence the fewer alterations made,
consistent with our general welfare,
the more reliable and more valuable
will be this compendium. ..
fIfth. Article MI. of our Consti-
tuition reads us follows: .
"Religious or political questions
viii not be tolerated as subjects of
discussion in the work of the order,
and no political or religious tests for
membership shall be applied
Every single member has dedica-
ted himself by solemn act to an in
flexible support of this provision.
The pleadings of shrcwd dema-
gogues, tile towering ambition of
selfish, insidious leaders in times of
intense excitement, may create a
temptation TO cut loose the Grange
ship from her secure moorings, but
an answer wing fidelity 10 obliga-
tions assumed will prove an anchor
both sure and steadfast in seasons of
cajolery and trial. Every semblance
OF an infringement of our fundamen-
tai law should be sedulously avoided.
Fanaticisrn, politicalyor religious, If
given unbridled license, with torch
and axe in hand, viii sooner or later
seal the doom of a society or re-
public. 1eH.
Strth. Let the doctrines ennncia-
ted of the Declaration of Purposes"
be regarded as immovablc landmarks.
Sepenth. Standing as we do to-day
upon soil made illustrious as the
"Mnihnr of prnsidnnis . and nnnrnd-