Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10
VERMONT STATE GRANGE.
Ninth Animal se..inn.


Brattleboro, Wednesday morning, Dec. sth,
Worthy Master A. b. Franklin presiding.
About $50 delegates and members of the or
der were present at the morning session. On
the call Of the roll 81 officers and delegates
from the various oranges responded to their
names. The whole number of subordinate
oranges in the state whose charters are now
in force is 2O2. The remoteness Of Brattle-
boro from the north part of the state ac-
counts, in part, for the want OF fuller at
tendance from that section. The officers of
the State Grange in attendance were Master
A. b. franklin Lecturer A. Messer, Steward
w. L. Park, Assistant Steward E. W.
Goddard, Secretary j. X. Tobey, Gate
Keeper II. A. Adams; Ceres, Mrs. A. b.
Franklin Lady Assistant Steward Mrs. w.
Il. Park. The chair appointed TO fill the
place of u. E. Jameson, overseer, O. G. Whit
ney of East Bethel of Mrs. @. d. Parker,
Pomona, Mrs. Walker of Springfield; of
Mrs. j. X. Tobey, Flora, Mrs. @. @. Whitney
of East Bethel.
The following masters and delegates from
the oranges named were present at the COM
mencement of the session: No. l. Green
Mountain, st. Johnsbury, +. p. Allen, mas
ter; =, Rising Sun, N. Danville, ID. W. Hub
bard l6, Enterprise Lyndon, G. A. Hoyt
and wife; %, Protective, Brattleboro, O. w.
Sargent and wife 90 Independent, Sheffield,
II. p. King and wife 20, Malvern, Morris
vile, j. p. Davis 49, Lamoille Valley Jeffer-
sonville, II. f. Cady 3s, Duxbury, Water
bury, James Crossett; IL, Brandon, A. S.
Cook; A, Georgia, o. b. johnson 81, Yer
eli n MolN LII u
Warren; GG, Wide Awake, st. Johnsbury
Centre 10, Summit, Roxbury, Joseph Gold
90, Eagle, Berlin, E. G.. Andrews: %, Bar
net, McIarens q. w. Crane and wife; 9S,
Brookheld, t. Q. Sargent; 100, Harvest
Home, Rochester, Q. Morse 1903, Pioneer,
S. Reading, l.. L. Davis and Wife l0i,
Hinesburg, II. A. Beecher and wife 1OG,
Ascutney J. L. MIDGET and wife; 1O7,
Cleaner, Brownsville, w. 1. Kendall and
wife; III, Windsor, q. IL. Gilkey; 1l2, Rs-
ing Sun, Ludlow Slas johnson; III,
Springfield, Weathersfeld J. b. Walker and
wife; 1lG, Fletcher, Proctorsville, p. X.
Spauding aud wife lis, West River, Towns
bend, L. II. Fessenden; 122, Rescue, Nor
wich, Ct. NJ. Clark and wife 12j, Glebe
Mountain Windham, G. w. Hastings and
wife 12S, Williams River, Chester, j. II.
Marsh; 1871, West Branch, Landgrove, l.. +.
Woodland and wife 1856, Bromley, Peru, NJ.
G.. Walker and wife 1871, Farmers, s. Lon
donderry, ID. Batchelder aud wife; 1873,
Mount Home, Bondville, Z. p. Fuller and
wife; 1879, Vermont, Wardsboro, A. Wake
field l42, Floral, Sharon, G. b. Ladd and
wife; 145, Olive Branch, Rockingham, IL.
A. Adams 14G Connecticut River Lower
Waterford, A. b. Carpenter; l47, Sunnyside,
Jamaica. II. f. Spencer; l5l, Broad Brook,
Guilford Centre, Orson Thayer; 1853, Fay
etteville, Luther Osgood and wife lj4,
Evening Star, Brattleboro A. Bradley; loo,
Maple Grove West Westminster, r. Miller
l5s, Middle Branch, Royalton, G. G. Whit
ney and wife: lj9, Dog River Valley, Goulds-
vile, l.. N. Ellis and wife; 100, Golden
Rule, Athens, Il. II. Hall and wife 1863,
Guiding Star, West Halifax, Ira Barrabee ;
1914, Victory, Wilmington, j. Henry Stowe
and wife 100, North River, Jacksonville, Z.
S. Allen aud wife 1853, Bridgewster, G. T.
Josseln and wife.
After the completion of the organization,
the annual address of the State Master, A. b.
Franklin, followed. As we shall give an alb
stract of this address in our next issue we at
tempt no report of it in this place.
Col. Franklin was followed by the lecturer
of the State Grange, who read a carefully
prepared paper in which he recommended
that the lecturer be furnished with the means
to enable him to visit and arouse the dor
mant oranges and also advised the establish
ment Of an official State Grange organ.
The secretary's report was read and accept
ed and also the report of the treasurer. The
facts and figures given in these reports are
matters OF much interest to members of the
order. We do not feel at liberty to give
them here they may be obtained from the
official report of the secretary.
During the interim, while the chair was
engaged in making the list of committees,
the exercises were enlivened by several spir-
tied songs by the choir, led by Geo. W. Red
field of Willamsvile. After the appoint
ment of several committees the Grange pro-
ceeded to the election of officers for the en-
suing two years c. T. Josselin of Bridge
water, after few remarks highly compli-
mentary of the present head of the State
Grange, reuominated him for the next two
years. 1t was moved and carried without
dissent that the secretary be instructed to
cast the unanimous vote of the Grange for
Col A. b. Franklin for master The follow
ing is a list of all the officers chosen:
Overseer,C. c.. Whitney of Royalton; lect-
urer, @. II. Josselin, Bridgewater steward,
Z. w. Goddard, South Reading assistant
steward, w. L. Park, Lyndon Centre; chap
lain, f. f. Andrews, Berlin treasurer, c. j.,
Bell, East Hardwick secretary, J. X.
| Tobey, Calais gate keeper, II. A. Adams,
Rockingham Ceres, Mrs. A. b. Franklin,
| Newfane Pomona, Mrs. Josselin, Bridgewa-
ter Flora, Mrs. G. G. Whitney, East Bethel ;
lady assistant steward, Mrs. W. L. Park, Lyn-
don Centre. In place of the two members of
| the executive committee whose offices expire
| A. Messer of Rochester and A. S. Cook Of
| Brandon were elected.
| The report Of the executive committee
claims that although there has been decline
| in many respects among the oranges of the
| state, there has been an advance in the social
and educational features. 1t urges that
| something be done to revive the dormant and
delinquent oranges. The committee ar
ranged for the holding of the four field
meetings held last season at Royalton, Bran
don, Lyndon and Townshend
| E. W. Goddard reported the election Of Of
| ficers of the Patrons Aid Society as follows
President, A. b. Carpenter, West Waterford
| vice president, @. L. Josselin, Bridgewater
secretary, f. w. Goddard treasurer, c. j.
Bell, East Hardwick directors, T. A. Smith,
New Haven Mills; c. G. Whitney, East Bel
fast II. p King, Sheffieldi j. Woodruff,
| Dnuernul; y. L. DhNlS, mOIIlhNlhei OtO'
W. Whitney, Williston; 4. E. Jameson,
Irasburgh; Fred Campbell, Westminster
West j. II. Walker, Springfield; j. X. To
hey, Calais T. Sanderson, L. L. Kinney,
South Hero.
THE SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The forenoon of the second day was ocou-
pied with the reports of several committees,
together with remarks and brief speeches
from a large number of members. @. O.
Whitney of Royalton, from the committee on
cooperation, made report at some length, in
which he gave the term of cooperation abroad
significance. j. Brewster Of South Wood
stock made some earnest remarks concerning
dormant oranges and backsliding members,
dscouraging expensive efforts to get up re-
vivas among them, and recommending care
| for tha living rather than the dead s.