The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-12-17
JOB PRKsg'TL.4'G
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to educate, train and qualify the
members, of our order, TO better,
more intelligently, D.; successfully
and proitably manage and pursue -
their individual occupations or
a7ocations; to educate, train and
qualify them to 60 out into the
outside world and more confident
ly, intelIigently and'indepehdently
transact business without a ruin.
Gus dependence: upon other classes
Numerically inimical to them ; to
take their appropriate places and
enact their parts in surrounding
society with ease ard grace; to
understand their civic. rights and
discharge their civic duties; Teach
them while punctiliously observ-
ing the mandates and restrictions
of our contributions against par
tisan politics and most sedulously
retraining from introducing upon
individuals political or religious
rights, to draw the proper wide
distinction and margin between
partisan politics and true political
and governmental economy to
| intelljgently consider and decide
upon: all questions of@great and
general interest. TO- ',' = u -, = -
| Then let Us combine all integral
| opinion and influence 5,intee one
great.aggregate OF public opinion
| thas with its power; and volume
| will be heard; and heeded1 BY any
official and party, great and small,
in counties and states that will
ring upon floors Of State and Fed
| eraI Legislatures and the depart
ments at the Federal capital. We
will not use this for the detriment,
wrong or oppression Of any man or
set of men, class, interest or section,
but for the good of ourselves, our
wives and children, our kindred and
friends our counties and States and
! ignoring g all North, South, East or
1 West, for any man, woman and child
:: in this whole country both within and
without our gates, regardless of class,
profession or avocation.: But while
earnestly attending to this, let US not
| look over or neglect the sentimental
and social features Of our order, which
should be e more no e highly priced ed than an,
any others: y.5-.,+. 49,, ,...-,
While we complete this strong and
beautiful temple, let us plant around
it in fraternal juxtaposition and pleas.
ing contrast the sigbing pines of Maine
and the towering redwoods Of Califor-
MIA the hemlock and naples Of the
great North with the magnolia, orange,
| live:oak and palmetto Of the sunny
South let US then entWine their
4 boughs with the grape tendrils Of
Ohio and Kentucky. Under these
graceful arches and umbrageous cano-
| pies i let Us, with our Worthy Master,
whose name typifes the father Of our
race, as the grand Patriarch Of, the:
family, spread our harvest feast, com
posed of the piscal offerings Of. Virginia,
Maryland, New England and their
lakes, the prairie-fed beef and game
of Texas and the great West, the
| luscious hams of Ohio and the pearly
rice Of the Carolinas, the sayory loayes
of the West and the golden butter Of
Chemung and Goshen, the rosy apples
| and pears of the North ard the or
! anges, bananas and figs Of the South !;
we win sip the wines Of California
and the sherbet Of Florida, cooled
with the Ice Of New England, and the
wbiskey Of Ohio sweetened with the
snowy sugar Of Louisiana; post-pran-
dially we will fill the calumut Of peace
and fraternal love with the fragrant
weed of Virginia anu Maryland and
light it from the petroleum Of lamps
of Pennsylvania, and while we smoke,
our choir will sing "Lapg Syne" led
by Texas, and "Woodmau Spare that
Tree" led by Michigan: Should; any
wish for more then we will call on
Maryland for "Moore." .~....-
Brothers of New York, but few
days since we were at our far distant
homes surrounded BY loved ones; to
those we babe farewell with quivering
lips and ebrimming eyes: We have
travelled many weary miles during day
and darkness, some from the extreme.
South, startled and shivering atsathis
:, snow shrouded, country, and IN obedi-
ence to duty We are here to meet
you. =. =.
This fraternal welcome has gone to
? our hearts, quieted our. quivering
nerves, cleared our eyes and warned
, US in spite Of wind and weather ard
= changes the name of this beautiful
city Canandaigua, where we meet, for
to the aborigines it was "set OFF, or
separate from the tribe, but We find it
in the center and heart, and the great
tribe of Patrons of Husbandry here
holding, not war dances but councils
, of peace and love. -,
Other brothers would command
! language that I do not, to properly
represent this National Grange on this
occasion but what need cfset phrases
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