The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-07-03
FROM MISSISSIPPI.
Newton COunty-"The bauner
Grange County"

Grange County.
ton county is seldom heard from
through your columns, although she
has won the en9ied title of the
s'Banner Grange County" of Missis-
sippi. Our silence is not to be at
tributed to lack of interest in the
success of our Order, nor to an ap-
probation of THF PATRON, for these
are here in great abundance. Now
that the busy season is nearly over
/ think we will be heard from occa-
sionally, and that too in way of
substantially building up, spreading
out, and in "a great effort to achieve
some of the principles of our Order;
and also in that way so well pleas
ing to editors, the receipt of new
subscribers, for | desire TO see one
thousand copies of THE PATRON
come into this county weekly. If
we could run your subscription list
up to this point the work would be
done. We would need no $1,000
teacher to educate the farmers to
attend to their own business. We
would then only need some pru
dent, competent person to direct,
and the work would go bravely and
VIGOROUSLY on.
We are looking forward with
good deal of interest to the ap-
preaching meeting of our County
Grange, which will be held at
Pinckney, commencing Thursday,
July sad Much important work is
in the tlands of eonintittess. Upon
the whole a great work is before us,
and | hope the County Grange will
come up to the expectation of the
Subordinates and the necessity of
the times, and devise ways and
means that will result in the up
building and permanent success of
the Grange principles in this county.
1t is hoped that each committee win
come UP with a carefully matured
report.
We would be exceedingly glad
to have you with us at this "happy,
glad, glad gathering" of the fratern
ity. | will assd,re you cordial wei
co,tte dniofts tie iioBle- Patrons of
Pinckney Grange. Come, aid
bring Bros. Darden, Maxwell, and
Macarthur, and any others from a
distance that will come, who feel an
interest in the success of thi grand
institution, aid laid US With your
COUNSEL" and | am sure the result
will be great revival here that
would be of incalculable benefit to
the cause, and you would return en-
couraged, with your arm strength
ened IN the great work in which
you are engaged.
The condition of the Order in
this county was never better than
now. Our membership as whole
is more active, energetic and enthu-
siasti6, ard there is d better appre-
citation of the great work before us
than ever before. Our membership
is increasing, back sliders are re-
turning, and many who never joined
before are coming up to the front
We are going to succeed. | see
signs of determination hanging out
all around The political press
may ignore us, and SANDER our lead
ers, but it will not lessen our zeal.
On the t0fitfary it will fire up our
determination and be a Benefit to
us in the end, for it will surely lessen
their circulation and influence and
give those papers battling for the
right a corresponding increase in
influence, one of the great necessities
of the times J
|, | would like to go into details,
and write of our cooperation enter
prises, but as cooperation on more
extended scale will be discussed at
the next meeting of our County
Grange, | defer. | would also like
to write Teach Subordinate Grange
and of its condition and prospects,
and of the leading Patrons in the
county, ETC., but this would take too
much of your space. Suffice to say
We have in this county a Bailey,
Stamper, Hardy, Murphy, Cooper,
Chapman, Freeman. French, and
host of others | would like to name,
who are pillars of strength, and
earnest workers.
| like the way they are doing
things over in Texas-getting up
Grange camp meetings. They will
do good. Suppose we try it in
Mississippi What say the Patrons
of Newton county?
Fraternally, S. B. GILBERT. ;.
Chunkey, June 20.
Let every farmuard be scraned To