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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

There will always be differences of
opinion in the Order, but where the mem
bers ale actuated by the proper spirit this
will be no bar to the prosperity of the
Order. Some of our best leaders are op-
posed to the business feature and to the
establishment of cooperative stores, but
this in no way affects their zeal in the
cause or causes them to oppose the efforts
of those who favor cooperation. Two of
the staunchest and most active friends of
THE PATRON, Past Master E. S. Elan
and Worthy Master W. H. Nelson of
OF Shelby County Grange, Tenn, are we
believe, strongly opposed to cooperation,
but they have never offered a factious OPP
position to their brethren who have differ
ent views, and the result is that they are
among the most influential and efficient
Grange leaders in West Tennessee, pa
triots in the truest and best sense of the
term.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25
1.-THE PATRON

One of the most gatifying and encour-
aging features connected with our journal
is, that it seldom loses friend or subscri-
Der. Here and there some anxious office
seeker, who can get no aid and comfort
from its columns, may sometimes seize
his spleen upon and withdraw his support
from it, but the unsel6sh, patriotic men
who are not afflicted with the office rot
and who believe that the success of the
Grange is essential to their individual
prosperity and the prosperity of their
class, not only renew their subscriptions
but exert themselves to induce others to
become subscribers. Scarcely day passes
/ but we receive club from some Patron
who has been an active friend of the pa
per for years. The following letter from
Bro. A. F. league, leading Patron of
Texas, an old Grange Master and Presi-
dent of the Lee County Cooperation AS
ISOLATION, is one of a number of SINH
lar letters received during the past
week. Bro. league has been send
ing in clubs since 1875. What better
endorsement could public journal have?
Such evidences Of confidence and good
will from the noble spirits who have been
placed in leading positions in our grand
organization, inspire us with a zeal and a
strength in our work which outside oppo-
sition can never weaken or overcome.
"You may rely upon it that we have
some as live Changers in Lee county as
ever crossed the Threshold of Grange
hall, and Concord can boast of some OF
| the best.
"Bro. A. J. Rose is on the wing, and
will be in Giddings to-day, en- route for
Plum Creek Grange, seeking fields OF
usefulness. We are greatly blessed in
having such leader.
"You can have but little idea what
a great pleasure it affords us to receive
TIE PATRON and read the many valuable
pieces we find in every number. car
ried the copies you sent me to our meet
ing yesterday, and the friends were SC
hungry for them that they devoured them
in short order and wanted more, and the
result was that soon got a list of "a sub
scribers. Please forward as soon as pos
sible, as they are all eager TO get and read
THE PATRON"
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIS-
CICCIPPI STATE GRANGE.


MASTERS OFFICE, STATE GRANGE OF
MISSISSIPPI,
FAYETTE, Oct I3, 1879.
To Members of the Order IN Missfsstppi:
The next Annual Meeting of the State
Grange will be held at Forest, beginning
on the second Tuesday of December.
The good people of Forest have kindly
rendered the hospitality of their homes to
tbe members dSthe State Grange.
tits very desirable that we should have
q fnIl attendance at this annual meeting,
and I write to urge the members to see
that they are represented. In this connec-
tion desire to call your attention to the
action of the State Grange, which, at dit
ferent times, has urged the attendance OF
LADY, delegates 1t will require but small
contribution from each member to pay the
expenses of the two delegates from each
county, and trust that you will take steps
at once to raise the necessary amount. "A
number of counties have already made the
arrangement, and | am satisfied that the
suggestion is all that is necessary to arouse
the members in other counties to action.
During the months of August and Sep.
TENDER. I visited seventeen counties, and
can assure you that my intercourse with
the Patrons and Farmers was of the most
pleasant and encouraging character. | am
confident that | had the pleasure of speak
ING to a greater number of people during
this short time than during the entire year
of 1877, when / visited nearly every county
in the State. Many members were re-
stored, and a number of additions made.
find great opposition to our associa-
ton by members of other professions.
This should not discourage us, for. it is
natural for those to oppose us who absorb
the rewards of our labor and Cypress US
''by methods of law" The fault of the
languishing condition of agriculture is
ours. It is not right that we should find
fault with others. We ought to apply the
corrective, by making our organization
sufficiently strong and powerful to build
up a public sentiment that will give us
Justice in all things and the privilege of
enjoying 'the rev ards of our labor"
l have not seen a better spirit among
the people in our State for Grange work
since the early days of the Order, and if
our Lecturers and other leading officers
and members will make the proper effort,
there is no reason why we cannot regain
it has been done in other States.
In some localities, I find that erroneous
ideas prevail as to the objects of the
Grange: that it is antagonistic to every
other profession that it proposes to pro-
scribe all other classes, etc. Our organi-
cation is national, and through it we pro-
pose to fraternize the people of our com
mon country, for without peace there is
no prosperity for us. We propose to de-
velop agriculture as rapidly as possible,
and to protect it by all legitimate means
without encroaching upon the rights of
others. When properly understood, good
men of all professions will endorse and
encourage us.
Let us labor diligently and patiently
In due time we will reap our reward.
Fraternally, PUT. DARDEN,
Master Mississippi State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25
A FARMER s. DAY

Through the summer months, at least,
there is activity IN every well regulated
farmers household, and in most of them
nothing less than hard work for every
member after the first few years of child
hood; but work is blessing to those who
view it Alright. In labor every individual
has resource for physical and intellectual
development and a means of ministering
to the pleasure, comfort and happiness OF
himself and friends. It is true the results
of labor may be disregarded or they may
be perverted and their choicest benefits
lost and such loss is absolute; nothing
that can serve instead. This one commo-
ity, labor, brings everything else; it is the
one price of every conceivable acquire
ment and every convenience.
If farmers and their wives and children
work why should not the recompense OF
their labor be d fair share of the bounties
and pleasures of life that are to be had in
exchange? 1t must be remembered tina,
the laborer does not always enjoy the full
fruits of his toll; there are numberless
ways in which he is robbed oftentimes so
adroltly that he has but little idea when
or how he is despoiled. If it be wrong
to rob another it is also wrong for one to
SO neglect his interests as to invite depre-
dation @tE
1t is still worse for farmers to deny
themselves the enjoyment of what they
produce than to have it taken and used
by others. A man may be industrious
and able to accumulate, he may say to
himself, 81 will pull down my barns and
build bigger" but if he is actuated only
by sordid desire of gain his is barren
life and a failure. Ifhe don't use what he
has nor take any time to enjoy his posses
sions he may as well have none.
Farmers do the work, but why should
they make it one never ending tread-mill
IN which they never dare stop to look up
to get breath and see what is going on in
the world about them; why not enioy the
deWy freshness of morning and the gentle,
loving breezes ofeyening? Why Should
not farmers occasionally take a day to
freshen and invigorate their thoughts. and
gatherinspiration from one another. There
are, many societies that find it profitable
to have their regular weekly, monthly.
Quarterly and yearly meetings, and why
| should II not be so for farmers and the
Patrons of Husbandry?
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

The PATRON will have nothing to do
politics except to urge the farmers to unite
and organize and take control of their po-
litical organization. As long as they
submit to the rule of the town rings, they
will suffer from unjust and oppressive
laws. Whenever lawyer politician is
nominated for the Legislature who is
known to be incapable, we shall urge far
mers to vote against him; and whenever
farmer becomes the tool of one of these
rings" to get office, he is the very man
whom we shall urge the farmers to op-
pose.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25
during the early DAYS of the movement

during the early days of the movement
when the farmers focked to our standard
with SO much enthusiasm. And what
has been done here, can be done in every
neighborhood in the country. 1t takes
but little effort to arouse the Grange sem
timent of any locality and stimulate it INTO
effective action The advantage we now
enjoy is, that we have practical questions
before us and practical methods for car
rying them into effect In word we are
on solid ground, and the building up that
is now going on has foundation upon
which the superstructure can stand, de-
spite the winds and waves of opposion.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25
THE APPROACHING MEETING
OF THE STATE GRANGE.

Worthy Master Darden, of the Missis-
sippi State Grange, makes an earnest ap-
peal to the Oranges of the State to take
steps to secure full attendance at the an
nual meeting of the State Grange in De-
cember next. At no time since the or
ganization of the Order has there been
more propitious time for united effort
by the farmers of Mississippi to carry into
practical operation the reforms and
changes in business, social and pubhc
affairs generally, contemplated by the Or
der, and which their interests imperative
ly demand. The principles of the Grange
are better understood, at least by those
who have given them proper considera-
ton; its objects are more clearly defined,
and the methods to carry them into sue
cessful practice more practical and effect
i've; so that most of the difficulties which
so greatly hampered and retarded our OPP
erations few years ago and caused SO
many to lose confidence in the capacity OF
the Order to accomplish the ends for
which it was established, have been re-
moved, and the way to complete success
has been comparatively cleared of OBJ
structions.
A full attendance at the next meeting OF
the State Grange is of especial Importance
at this time. The Order in most of the
States is making fresh start, as it were,
and measures can be adopted at this meet
ing that will give new life and vigor to
every Grange in our State. There are in
fuences at work to destroy the organiza-
ton which must be met and crushed.
The professional politicians and the jour
mails they control stand ready to scatter
our forces whenever discipline is relaxed
and our leaders abandon their posts 1t
was but few months ago that leading
lawyer boosted, in his address before the
young men of our State University, many
of whom are the sons of farmers and will
themselves adopt the same avocatlon, that
the Grange is dead, and grossly misrepre-
sented the character and purposes of the
organization. The political press as rule,
never permit an opportunity to pass to
strike the Order blow where they can
safely do so, and the speeches of Worthy
Master Darden during his recent canvass
of the State, were misrepresented by these
journals and made the occasion for insid-
uouse attacks upon the Order,
To remove whatever of bad effects these
misrepresentation and attacks of the en-
envy may have produced, and to give
greater weight to the action of the State
Grange in the measures it may adopt
there should be a full attendance at this
meeting-every county in the State ought
to be represented. We suggest to oul
readers in this State to read the circular
of Worthy Master Darden, which appears
on this page, to their respective, Oranges
and that where action has not been taken
to appoint delegates, that the necessary
steps be taken to secure the representation
of their county. We would thank the
Secretaries of the County Oranges to for
ward us promptly the names of delegates
to the State Grange for publication.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

The progress of Col. .. R. Singleton,
who is a candidate for U. S. Senator,
through the State has been an ovation
The people admire the man for his ster.
ling worth and fidelity to principle Du-
ring his long public career, he never
stopped to the arts of the demagogue, and
when ne goes out among them they gather
around him in immense throngs If the
question were submitted to a popular vote
Singleton would sweep the State by 49,
900 majority.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

w nave an instance III InlS county OF
what can be accomplished by few reso
lutte spirits in restoring a dormant Grange
and reviving interest in the cause through
out an entire section of country. Up to
last July, Powell Grange had not held a
meeting in over two years. 1t was looked
upon as hopelessly dead. But few ear
nest Patrons, who had remained true to
the faith and felt the great need of an ac-
tive Grange in their midst, determined to
move for its reorganization. Worthy
Lecturer Boone, of the State Grange, was
invited to come down and make revival
speech, which he did with telling effect
The Grange was reorganized with II
| members; at the next meeting the number
was increased to A; and at each subse-
quent meeting from two to ten candi-
dates were initiated. The result is, that
Powell Grange is stronger and more eff
cient than ever, and there is deeper in
terest felt by the people of the neighbor-
hood in the cause than ever before.
| At the last meeting, on the 18TH, three
special committees made reports: one on
| Clement Attachment cotton factories, one
on cooperation, and one on selling cotton
seed Two of these reports are published
in this number of THE PATRON, and speak
for themselves. The report on co-opera-
ton will appear next week. These reports
will undoubtedly beget the desired action
A movement is already on foot to estab-
lish ''new process" cotton factory. One
member, with commendable public spirit
Bro. Gabe Shirley, has offered the free
use for two years of steam engine, be-
sides subscribing for stock. We regard
the success of this movement as beyond
all doubt.
A Cooperative Association for the es-
tablishment of cooperative store will be
organized at an early day. A large amount
of cotton will doubtless be sent to the
/ Grange business house at New Orleans
the Southwestern Cooperative Associa
ton. On this point, we feel safe in say.
ing that the facilities and advantages of
fered by this Association under the yer,
able and successful management of Bro
7. J. Carver, are such as will induce hun
dreds of our farmers to ship their cottor
to the Association and purchase thei1
supplies through it.
On the question of selling cotton seed
the members of Powell Grange have be
come deeply interested, and their investi
CATION of it has induced them not only te
retain their seed on their farms and use /
as fertilizer, but to urge their brothel
farmers in other sections to adopt SINH
lar policy. holland owner who will Civ.
this subject intelligent consideration. will
dispose of a bushel of seed to the oil com
panies at any price. t.r - as.
We send to thousands of Patrons iron
Maryland to Texas the cheering wore
that the Order in this section has been re
stored to life and action, and is now in !
more healthful, vigorous condition thar
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

We hope that our readers in Harrison,
Hopkins, Red River and Delta counties,
Texas, will take steps in time to secure
large turn outs at the appointments of
Worthy Overseer Rose, list of which
we print on our fourth page. We would
thank some brother at each point to sup
ply us promptly with an account of the
meeting
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

present. He says: prominent amorn
your object is to allay ill-feeling wb;cS
may remain between those who folloyoI
different flags, SO to unite all in prone
efforts for the general welfare of vpur
State. Nothing, surely, could be NOR
commendable than the object, and moth
ing is less Christian or more unsoldierl,,
than malice and a cherished desire for rc
vep0en
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

A cooperative store has been establish
ed at Alfalfa Grange, Hillborough county,
Florida. This movement was organized
by Worthy Secretary, G. w. Wells, and
the members were encouraged to engage
in it by the large savings which they
found they could effect by dealing with
the Southwestern Co operative Associa-
ton of New Orleans
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

The objects of the Grange are thus
tersely expressed:
First-The ennoblement of labor, and
the fraternity of the producing classes.
Second-Mutu instruction, and the
,,lghtenlng of labor by diffusing better
knowledge of its aims. e
lhlrd-Social culture, as also mental
and moral development
Fourth-Mutual relief in sickness and
adversely. anu
eitth-Ihe prevention of litigation.
mails ~ atii-
Seventh-Bringing more. nearly to-
SeIner the producer and consumer,
system eieui.
! Nlntth3Bullding up and fostering our
lenth.Mutual protection to husband
men against sharpers and middlemen.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-10-25

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llle managers of the proposed reunion of
confederate and Federal soldiers at Sal.
isDufy' N. Z, regretting his inability to be
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who Shal. be President?

EXTRACT from the speech Of General Tom Ewing In
Columbus, Ohio, January Slh.l
Who shall our leader be-? No man who
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money. Let Us have pllreaud brave man,
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Ii we could roll ten years off the old hcro's
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and throughout the United States stands
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