The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-05-21
Dp1cE OF SUBSCRIPTION:
FROM MISSISNIPPa.
HOA1nRS County.

Editor Patron. L have been a
.orstant reader of THE PATRON OF
u,sRANDRY for more than twelve
+,onths. have perused its pages close
II and have concluded as follow !;
That I could not do well without
=. secondly, | can't see how any
otber farmer can do without it, espe-
CiaTlv after once having read it
tyelve months. | think every far
,oer ought to take and read it.
have been a constant worker for the
naner and intend to keep it up in
his section. While soliciting sub
scriptions on one occasion | made
This proposition to a friend, that
would send him THE PATRON, and
f he did not think it worth the
money he need not pay for it. |
sent it to him and after reading two
or three copies he declared that he
had been more than paid, and that
man is to-day a reader of THE
PATRON. | could tell of similar in
c;dents, but suffice it to say that
THE PATRON is one of the best pa
perS published
The Grange in this county is in
GOOD condition. and our members
take more interest in the regular
meetings than heretofore. | know
of a Grange, which prior to the or-
ganzation of our cooperative store
at this place, was very poorly at
tended, so much so that it was diff
cult to get a quorum, and others
had to change their numbers from
fourteen to nine in order to hold
regular meetings. This is not the
case now. A full house, good din
ners and crowd of the most en-
thusiastic Patrons you ever met.
The change is attributable to CO.
operation. We organized coop
erative store here last September
with a small capital 10 commence
with bat with large stock of de
termination to succeed, which we
have done to our entire satisfaction
so far. We have had many obsta-
ceS to overcome, which we have
with some difficulty surrounded
1t was predicted that we would
break, in one, two or four months,
but we insisted we came to stay for
a longer period at least, which we
have done and still intend to re-
main. Our customers are true and
d. Some will go home without
an article if it can't be bought in
the Grange Store, provided there is
a possibility of getting it through
that channel. Only yesterday one
of our customers wanted corn and
meat, and he bought only a few
bushels to do him until, he said, the
Grange store could get corn.
Now, Mr.. Editor, isn't that the
way to cooperate?
We of course, have a few that
are not so true, but taking every
thing into consideration we feel en-
outraged with the prospect be
fore US.
| am clad to learn that Worthy
Master Dlrden will soon take the
field in the interest of the Grange.
We have met and listened to Bro
Darden, and know him to be the
right man in the right place. We
wish we had more Put Dardens
among us.
want to say something about
politics. | have heard and read 4
great deal concerning the best plan
to be pursued by the laboring classes
generally. Some say hold on to
the Democratic coat tail: others say
the Greenback party is the very
thing, while others claim that the
Republican party is the only true
party. They all may be very good
and | have no war to wage or
either, but so far as | am concerned
l shall support only such men as
am satisfied will work in the inter
ests of the farmers and laborers
without doing injustice to the differ.
ent professions. l prefer all can
didates to be farmers, and am rather
inclined to support none others.
nave written more than [ intended
Fraternally. S A MONTGOMERY.
Durant May II.