The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-05-24
FROM TEXAS.


|RHer1dHp I4tfW qISulsSs2Slaa ate otAf - w
not Ia thatB per- wHHRaVe 20 qslhlG
to 4da-So. II hRotzaffofd1 20 take PAPER
that, after appealing te~tRe PeopleSk4 Vi
anizs 'greenhack clubs all over eAe-osale
that they might be abfeto give en- exP
sion of their political sentmenss aild s altsi
Ethey had done so, and expreSsea 1 IS. q
selves IN the eonyentdon as OF tAe oP'nioh
that they Could not get reiiei lhsiee fli5
ranks ct the Old parties as Natiohaf, oIs4pp-
izatiens, and upon fneira aeelarin eatnpel lF
ives lndepeInHpent 81 81 me oia Pait'e,. 7!
stead OF that paper spaGAli -
g oisifs masters, anu .a
off1en pol .a e So 2 -
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r. l,ave,o,,e tbonsand comics INVITED for
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VII Lon. stresnass- ,,-s;vine
the news. as I think the Patrons in Texas
will investigate for themselves at the meet
ino of the State Grange next January.
Col Rose arrived at nv house on the
9TH, and the next morning he ard Invent
tothe. SheItonschool house. or rather Pros
pect Grange hall. to meet some of the old
members and re-organize. as the Granoe
had not had a noeetino in about eiohteen
months. The speakino was fpt1bl;t after
which we relotran;zed the Granere With ]
thirteen old members and five new ones
bv ;n,,t;at;on The mckee e. daf,,nc+
ID 90 tlat -, $500
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e ny
ri "i't'fH iliteen i!iieS "a
lNoeNual g Anas ioohs somewhat hke res
urFee,if9!i oay or year, goes II lhotf Amer
connPletl8ng our our Work YORK at 0hleiton school
mouse, ABOUT O'Clock that night, we
shared the hospitality OF our venerable
brother ], W. Shelton. - tr...fI
The next day we went to Milan Grange
hall,' one mile from Rockdale, where we
met representatives from four Subordinate
Oranges to1wit: Milan, Prospect, Liber-
Sun and San. Gabriel would have had rep,
resentatives there had It not Been for the
more important duty of killing weeds and
grass in their cro1s which have had an
abundancepefs ai,. Iatelv-~After tbe crowd
had assembled the meeting was 4orsran- |
lied and, Col. Rose called. to the chair.
The object of the meeting was explained
by the writer, who was requested to act
as secretary. The body proceeded to or |
ganize a cooperative association for the |
Immediate purpose of bulKing our orders
far aodcsaa,,d sb IRVINE. 49, $1,000 -
our State Agent at Galveston. We expect I
to save money, in thus cutting the middle
man, as the cross cut saw cuts the log. po-
inc and Coming. '-' 20
z9 INTENDED giving the full proceedings
or minutes of the meeting, but it would 7
make this article too long, This is the
Board Of Directors and their post office adj
dresses: w. P. Miles, Watson, left. Scott,
]. V. Shaw, Rockdale, Milan county, 7.
w, Dickey, n. M. Thornton, Hookerviie, +
Burleson' county, K. r. Shive, D. A. Cas-
.tleberry, Lexington, Lee county, A, g p.
Perry, San Gabriel, Milan county, w &C.
Shelton Milano, Milan county, The
Board then proceeded to , elect officers:
y, w T, Miles, President; ]. W, Dickey, /
Treasurer; N M.sThorntor, Secretary:
and Nv M Ferguson. "A oenf b / aTba
Roekdale, Coropefative Association', was 7
adopted as the name, and tile officers were
instructed to secure, a charter r. ~ /
a. Our Subordinate Grange met We, vesfe
and we had a very irlterestin,ot a and instrnc.
tive nieetingo w e. received one krofber T
by utilization and two applications. for I'M. +
,tiation. am not done. but close this art;-
Gle. Fraternally, w. M. FERGUsoN% |,
Master of Milan GRANGE III
~ Rockdale, MAY IT, YiafeI tteg 8 81 =
saiitozo 3nod3iI Ill iegit s5ll d2aoTd1
1iasalaisno2 BELL COUNTY. Uiae Cd
SO Edition. Pa1yoR::afI attempt to write not
ss, ma, I,Ft5, III, a. a. = - 49,