The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-07
DOMINION (CANADA) GRANGE.

The Dominion Grange met in Toronto,
December 9th, and all the reports show a
healthy growth and progress in the work
done during the past year. The secretary,
Brother Page, in his report, shows that
during the past year S subordinate and
Diviaio-, Grnrss.-s lra - E-- -si~l,
making 100 Subordinate and 81 Division
Oranges. Twenty one of the new Oranges
are in Nova Scotia. The number of mem
bers in good standing is about $1,000, an
increase of over 5000 in the year The
secretary says:
1--WE now have organization, and what
we require next is education in the man
ner of applying this organization to the
wants of its members. Time and expert
ence have already taught us that the mere
fact of the existence of the Grange is not
| the panacea for all ills, and it never will
be unless its principles be practically
applied. Time and experience have also
taught us that if its principles are applied
1t meets our requirements and fills long
felt want. 1t has awakened slumbering
knowledge of the dignity of labor" it
has aroused desire for identifying home
and its surroundings; it has animated, di
rected thought and quckened interest in
the general affairs of the country,
and by exciting spirit of inquiry has led
US to compare our position socially and
| educatlonally with that of others In fact,
1t tells the farmer that he is a man. and
bids him claim his rights and assert his
| position, and at the same time offers d
means, medium, through which to OBJ
tain these ends"
Brother Hilborn, the Worthy Master.
| presented an excellent address, from which
we make brief extract:
"As the representative farmers Of this
country, We no longer require to be per-
suaded that agriculture must occupy
| nlgner place among our national indus
| tries, that nothing short Of this will prop
erly promote our interests and protect our
rights; and we look forward TO the day
when the calling Of agriculture shall be
raised to the rank Of a recognized power
second to none in the land, when money
rings and railway rings and all combina-
tons which have hitherto held the farmer
beneath their iron grasp will succumb to
the popular verdict of the people, and
right shall rule
"While political partisans and party
leaders point us to their political banners,
and appeal to our party and sectional
feelings, and seek through weakness OF
our allegiance to our common cause and
the blind fanaticism with which we inn
bibe their fraudulent harangues to ride
into place and power, we the representa-
tive element of the great producing class
who are and are to be the hope and pride
of this great country should not only re-
main steadfast and immovable and utterly
deaf to their false alarms but should put
forth all our energies in endeavoring to
allay the heat of political passions and
strife thus engendered, and endeavor to
bring those having common interest
into one grand national organization,
through which we could make our power
and influence telt in the land, and for the
good of our common cause and the country
"Since our last meeting it has been my
privilege to visit, as your delegate, the
/ National Grange of the United States in
:heii thirteenth annual session held al
Canandaigua, New York; and the warm
interest manifested by that body in the
success and welfare of the Dominion
Grange as exhibited by the hattering re.