The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-24
SENSIBLE WORDS FROM \ SEN.
SIBLE WOMAN

Every human act is governed by some
object; and what seems strange to me.
| that object is usually worldly gain. Yet
III do not know that it is so very strange
after all, for the urgency of material inter
ests in these days of financial excitement
is so great that it compels the majority Of
people TO think first and last if not all
the time, of gain. | do not believe that
| the present time is always the worst 1t
seems the worst to those only who have
an ideal view of the past and the future,
not as it was, not as it will be. The rea-
son that some of our members have
grown cold and there are such members
in every Grange, is because they expected
to become suddenly rich again, SO much
that they could see plainly that they were
gaming Socially, they expected to come
to the Grange and be entertained with
speeches, essays, etc, gotten up by the
other members, without doing their part
of the work. They expected to attend the
suppers and picnics and eat their fill of
the good things prepared for the occa-
sion, sit down and indulge in nodding or
talking politics until the tables are cleared
of and some told them it was time to 90
home. | believe that the great fault with
all is that we would like to have the ben
efits Of good Grange without doing the
work that a good Grange ought to do.
We must go. to work. in earnest All
need the benefits of the Grange socially
more than in any other way. Why do
farmers sons who have had the advantage
of a good education so quickly take them
selves Oft to the city Simply because
the majority of the farmers sons and
daughters cannot converse with them in
telligently upon any literary subject and
in their years of study they have become
SO accustomed to that, kind of conEersa-
ton that they can enjoy no other half SO
we'll. On this account they give up the
real pleasure that they might enjoy on
the farm by the study of the plants, soil
and many other things Some think that
the honest, farmers sons are ignored by
the girls throug ut~the-eountry. All
prefer some CITY. exquisite. / think that
q great mistake. The, sensible girls pre-
fer the, sensible farmers. But they want
a little sense and good manners as well as
the few acres of land to come with them
Women as rule, / believe and not the
ones that are over nice either) do not
care to have men call to see them iii the
old clothes they have worn in the harvest
or corn field all day, keeping their hats
upon their heads and placing their feet in
stead of their hats upon the.center table
Men will goto the meetings through the
week wearing the old clothes they have
worn for months. What would they saw
about the ladies if they went wearing
theirawash dresses or the one they wore in
the marniag, doing wa1k equally as dirty
All rules work both ways. g repeat It,
we need the. social benefits of the Grange,
All can help What we need is little
p practice Everything that raises us in a
social scale will raise. us in moral one,
tt we are what We should be, morally and
socially, we need not fear any trouble, let
It come in whatever way it will Grange
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