The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-06-26
WHOLE No. 565.

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WHOLE. No. 565.
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SISTERS: We greet you here tonight
and hid you, In the name Of our soci
ETY. and common Brotherhood, . hearty
I welcome. You have come from you
| pleasant homes to meet with us to
night and dasfwegazeinto each ether'l
faces, we can but feel that some electric
cord binds our hearts IN unison /; thai
j friendship, Ike the sweet spirit o
i peace. brppds over u.s.; and love. with
a.ingslie wing, hsps into life all the no
bier elements of the soul. You were
born and reared III fNature's Grand
Temple, and to yodi the sprowmAn'i
whistle aud the black Bird ichirp have
been the sweetest music..i Your farms
are rich with the products Of honest
labor, warmed by the eenial' sun and
moistened by the dewsz of heaven.
Your homes are rural gems set in q
framework of beauty, for what Patron
does not love the clinging vine and
lofty tree that shelters his own home
nest. And a. we gaze out tonight on
Natures Grand Temple. and behold
the vaulted. heavens ia whose vastnese
1nhumerable worlds move in their al
lotted places, we can but feel In spirit
renewed buoyancy and hope. AS q
cooperative society of loboring men
and women. imbued with the same
harmonic influence that pervades all
nature, We shall bring rich treasures
OF thought' to lay upon the altar or Our
country - future success. This grand
new century, 20 rich in the improve
nients 0f the past, f1dsi the Grange a
yet IN its infancy. Judging of the fn-
ture BY the past, knowing that AL
things pass through certain stages Of
development, the acorn must follow
the same law ere 1t cal, reach its UErI-
Ma THULE, in the staIwart oak, that
we would be deprived of noble man
hood and womanhood without fist
having childhood and youth, perceiv-
ing this law Of growth IN all things,
we propesy for this cooperative labor
movement bountiful harvest to be
reaped In the golden FUTURE It is not
an idle dream to vanish with the COM
ing morning. We may grow weary
and discouraged xfld not fully compre-
hend its practical results, but its march
lis ever onward through the cycles Of
coming time, for it is what this ad-
vanced age demands 1t Is the shining
light that is now dawning upon the
path of the farmer, Of which, ii he
will avail himself, will lead him to .
niger social pdsitionl as wsusas profit
him in the knowledge connected with
his vocation. lae i oal @S5I ~
5 The knowledge that brings practical
wisdom is the sure tfoupiation Of use
fulness and honor, The low state Of
agriculture aud the. want of respect
shown to it as profession inl the; past,
has originated from the lack of knowl-
edge, among farmers.i Of the scientific
principles which govern the soil they
till. In this age every farmer should
be q thorough chemist. be able to 'ex-
plain the laws that govern matter, and
in go doing to trace to their sources. the
elements of vegetable and animal nu-
triton. So with the kindred sciences
Of Botany and Entomology. Con-
stantly among plants, and compelled
to be familiar with insects, the farmer
is in part q botanist aud an entomolo-
gist from necessity, and,' were his OBJ
servations properly, directed, there is
nothing to hinder, but much to render
the farmer the most successful disc0v-
eree in these sciences. He should also
be familiar with many of the minute,
as. we'll as important changes that.mat-
ter underg0es in the. transf0rmati0H
from inert atoms. to- organised life.
There is as yet, perhaps, only. the al
phabet known with certainty of chem
ical analysis and vegetable phi hysiology.
Yet we think it is not -asdelusive hope
when we say that Ia years to come
books viii be found IN our common
schools and district libraries which
win awaken inquiry, aud aid in the
SUCCESSFUL pursuita Of these and other
sciences. The great defect in educe-
ton has been that the youth who has
expected to follow the pillow spent only
. few months in the public schools and
acquired but 2 limited knowledge Of
the common branches. On the. other
hand the professional or business man.
after availing himself Of all the advan-
tages of our common schools, spends |
years IN some higher institution be-
fore he could have any. hope Of sue
ceeding in his Calling This. defect,
and q serious ono too, the Grange will
in time reotify, and the mass will be
taught (what in fact Is the case1 true
and usefulness belong to the
laborer. that everything, from the tiny
blade cof s grass up to the countless
worlds that revolve in space, hymn
forth the universal song of labor. II
we have the greatness of our country's
future at heart, and feel the import of
what this life demands, we shall spare
no pains to add to its prosperity prac-
tical wisdom born Of labor. We have
opened before US vast fields for willing
hands and earnest hearts, and we feel |
that all must enter the ranks and help
tow the seed which the cleaners com
ing after us, may gather in q goiden
May the words of charity we
breathe, and the seeds Of kindness we
scatter in the pathway Of humanity,