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The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
FOURTH DAY.
FRIDAY-MoRNING SESSION.

NiDAf -MORNING SESSION.
ne orange was called to order at az
p,'ny Master Darden in the chair.
a. brother Wilson, Chairman of the Committee
v1uucstIon, offered the following:
tba, "ur committee beg leave to report that
me- Is no feature of our Order that demands
TO- earnest careful aud deliberate considera>
.on tuan does its educational feature. The
ALI" aou daughters of our farmers are virtu-
hal, so"Ing up in ignorance, and instead of
hoods n'ted for higher manhood and woman
foro.5 our Order contemplates, they will be
o,o,'". 20 take lower station in life than was
SON P'eu oy their ancestors. How many Of our
cls.. ana daughters have graduated at hrst
DIM colleges and hold as an evidence of it
mr., %as from such institutionsf The answer
don. oe' gerry, rery JeU. While mnch is being
e. through the fundamentally of the
sdvins "a educating its members, thereby rem :
cas- TINS evil, nevertheless the whole work
taLs ~ DC oone there. We ask our members to
mo-. ~ SUBJECT home with them aud study it
the U suan they have ever done before, and by
abIs A' meeting Of this State Grange to DO
n. So lecommend something that will meet
wuemand of the times.
int point with pride to our cherished insti-
leva the Agricultural and Mechanical COL
eapao;. aeed at Starkville, and regret that its
who 10y Is not sufficient to accommodate all
'ugnrefOre be it
LepisIa.u' Ihat we memorialize the next
inepsao" a lt to make further appropriations to
NschaN the capacity of our Agricultural and
college, and call the special atten :
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
MISSISSIPPI.


Amite county,. R. Galtney, T. P. Street,
H. II Ratcliff j. F. Webb, J. L. Wilmington,
Liberty.
Attalla--A t. Middlebrook, Kosciusko.
Alfalfa and Lefors-Hen J g Hamilton,
Durant, and A Linder, Emory.
Calhoun. H. Allen, Banner.
Chickasaw-S. L. Wilson, Houston.
Choctaw- R Love, Chester
Claiborne-T. J. Ably, Hermanville.
Clarke-J. G.. Macarthur, Meridian.
Clay-Robert Hardy, J. o. Young, r. II.
Payne, Silaom.
Coahoma-Dr J. A. Peace, Clarksdale.
Copiah-J. F. Sexton, E. B. Conn, Crystal
Springs.
DeSoto-T A. Dodson, Horn Lake.
Franklin-J. G. King, Little Spring.
Grenada-B Taylor, Duck Hill.
Hinds-L. F. Afford, Jackson.
Jasper-W. e. Smith and F. NJ. Moseley,
Montrose.
Jeffel son-Joe D. S. Davenport, Fayette.
Kemper-J. G. Macarthur, Meridian.
Lafayette-Dr. Il. R. BRENNAN, Taylor's
Depot.
Laudcrdale--J. G. Macarthur, Meridian.
Lawrence-J. C. McLaurin, Mount Zion.
Iincoln-S J. Hodges, Summit; DIR M
Grafton, bennett, Brookhaven; Rev E P
Douglas, Wesson.
Leake-W. A. Patton, Oklahoma.
Lowndes-A. P. Leech, Colum bus.
Madison-W. 3. T. Barnett, Camden.
Montgomery-B. B. Taylor, Duck Hill.
Monroe-S. A. M. Saddler, aberdeen
Robert Gordon, 0kolona
Neshoba--J. G.. Macarthur, Meridian.
INSTRUMENTATION Cooper. Decatur.
Noxubee-H. NJ. Hunter, Macon.
0ktibbeha-Isaiah Medley, Double Spr 81
Panoia-G F. Scott, Wat err Valley.
Pike. NJ Causey, McCo NIB City.
S,mpson-J. C. McLaurin, Mount Zion,
Smith,. p. Segrist, Morton.
rate-M: G. Morrison, P oplar.
Union-W A. Funk, Ne W Albany.
Warren--D FL Alverson and w Gibson
Vicksburg.
Wilkinson-C. Netterv lille, Woodville.
Winston--M. c. Gage, Louisville.
Yalobusha-W. L. Woods, Water Valley.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
Master of Missouri State Grange.
The Practical I'm Farming,

Why is it that SO many men who
earn their living by cultivating
farms seem to feel a contempt for
advice on farming which appears
in agricultural or other journals? 1t
is true that this contempt has a var
nish of justificationin that this ad-
vice is sometimes not good to be
followed by every one, but it is
equally to be Stunned so far as
plans and methods of farming are
concerned. There is often too much
scorn expressed by our farmers for
articles appearing in print on the
apparent ground of the merely thee
retical character of the device or
plan mentioned. Those who speak
thus lightly of the written advice
often would accept it if it were
spoken. 1t is too often thought
that if a man tells his experience
through the paper that he is a
"book farmer" only, when the fact
is that such man has a double ad-
vantage over his conceited neigh
Dor, who imagines that nothing is
to be learned from reading, but only
by getting between the pillow han
dies. True, practice is necessary,
as no farmer will deny, but the ex-
perience of one farmer, if properly
detailed in the telling, is as valuable
on many points to his brother far
mers on grain raising, stock breed
ing, ETC., as would be the actual ex-
perience. We read short time
ago letter in an agricultural jour
nal in which the readers of the
paper were told that young man
by taking a hint from it acquired a
competency. If the farmers who
are successful in their different ope-
rations would occasionally give de-
tails of their plans it would make
them none the poorer and would
certainly do much to aid other far
mers. Then do not be afraid to put
on paper what you have tried and
found out true. Do not hesitate be-
cause you do not write very well,
or your hand is little stiff The
work of that hand, guided by an
active brain, will be the best testi-
mony of the value of your expert
ence, and this will be of practical
value to the farmer who has never
vet tried this particular method.
Experience is valuable both to the
person who has had it himself and
to the one to whom it is properly
told. The work of the practical
| farmer is of inestimable value to
others when it is properly detail
| ed Canadian Farmer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

honor to any county or institution.
1t would have done you good to
have been with me and enjoyed the
harvest feast, which was abundant
and good. You may be sure it was
relished, and the social enjoyment
of the occasion was a feast extra
that every lover OF his fellows could
enjoy.
Having already made this article
too long must wind it up, for
expect it will find its way into the
waste basket. / hope that your
noble PATRON OF HUsBANDRY will
continue to go forth dispensing
light and blessings. | want to see
The PATRON OF HUsBANDRY in
every farmers family in Texas.
Our cooperative store at Walker
Station is a success, and could
hardly be otherwise under the man.
agement of the wide awake, indie
fatigable Ben Hardison.
Fraternally, THos. c. Holt.
Walker Station, Dec. IS.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

success of these efforts. Lecturing
is needed, and this is a good way to
obtain it. This gives good op-
portunity to employ the right ma.
terial for this service. To have
good lecturing, you must have good
men. Pretentions, eloquence and
style amounts to but little. We
must have men of reputation, men
of truth, veracity, and answering
fidelity; men who have the best in
terests of the Order at heart; men
who love to labor in the'good cause
of elevating the farmers to a
higher manhood, instead of men
who labor only for self, or for what
pay there is in it, or for the purpose
CT advancing themselves to posi-
tons at the sacrifice of others. In
these district associations, you en-
ploy your own man, he is under
your control and subject to your
disposal at any time.
May the right kind of lecturing
go on, and Grange papers be circu-
lated until every neighborhood gets
its share of good Grange lectures
and every farmers family be sup
nlisd with good Grange literature.
Upon these two elements rest the
future of our Order and the welfare
of the farmers.
H. EsHBAUGH,
Master of Missouri State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

AS we look at the Order to day,
we find it has yielded nothing to
drones. 1t has disappointed those
whose chief idea was that it would
break down middlemen and be a
money making institution. But it
has in numberless instances, more
than fulfilled the expectations of its
best friends. There are fewer
Oranges to- day but they are better
ones. There are thousands of far,
mers to-day in the Order who have
learned to speak in public, to pre-
side at public meetings, and think
and reason as they never did before.
There are many who are readers
and thinkers, and who are becom-
ing leaders and educators through
the influence of the Order. A reg,
ular plan of work has been laid out
and questions of farm management
and home comforts are regularly
discussed in their meetings. More
agricultural papers are read, and in
many neighborhoods libraries are
established and lecture courses sus-
tanned by the Order. We speak
that of which we have personal
knowledge, in affirming that in
many neighborhoods the Grange
has accomplished wonders. 1t has
softened political asperities by
bringing those of opposite parties
together; it has cultivated the social
nature, educated the young in music
and to large extent in literature
Hundreds of Grange halls have
been built and furnished, and as the
object of the Order has been
shown to be the education of the
farmer, rather than war on other
callings, the public have come to
respect it Ohio Farmer.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

In England the Cengregationalists
are endeavoring to make $3.50 the mimi
mum salary of minister.
-Ex-President Enoch Pond, of the
Bangor (Me.l Theological Seminary, is
ninety-five years old, and says he has not
had headache in sixty-six years.
Miss Louise S. Baker, college
bred woman, breaches for the Congre-
gational Church in Nantucket, Mass.
She does not administer the comnun-
ion.
There is a congregation of colored
Catholics in Marion County, Kentucky,
with l79 communicates. Recently
jubilee mission was held for them, at
which all but five are said to have at
tended.
-Findlay, Ohio. has been condition
ally selected as the site of the college
general eldership of the Church of God
in North America-better known as the
Winebrennarian.
The ministers of the California
town of Los Angeles have signed an
agreement that they will in no case per-
form the marriage ceremony for di-
vorced persons, ''except the divorce be
obtained on Scriptural grounds. and
then for the innocent party only"
"A Methodist camp ground is to be
purchased, consisting of 900 acres of
land, on the top of the Allegheny
Mountains, midway between Deer Park
and Oakland, Maryland. 1t is to be a
National camp-ground, similar to Ocean
Grove and Asburv Park and Chautau-
qua. The ground is 5000 feet above
tide.
The way to keep Sunday-school
teachers meeting alive is to make it a
live meeting. Begin promptly, whether
few or many teachers are present.
Close promptly, however interesting
the lesson. Keep within an hour. Be-
gin with prayer. Break in the middle
with prayer or hymn occasionally.
Study the lesson spiritually, not tech
nically or professionally. Remember
what the Bible is profitable for: Doc
trine, reproof. correction and instruc-
ton in righteousness and use it accord
ingly. Give your teachers the ear,
throw away the husk, and they will
come again. So says one Sabbath
school Superintendent, an old subscrib-
or of the Christian Union. He has tried
1t and speaks out of three years of ex.
| perience.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
FROM TEXAS.
Red River County.

Editor Patron. On this Christ
mas Eve night when the old year is
going out with his grey locks to re-
turn no more, when old Time shall
soon have chronicled the events of
1881, undertake the task of writing
to you and telling you what we are
doing in the way of Grange work.
The Grange in my county is
steadily and surely building up, we
might say enjoying the pleasures of
a boom. Our State and Subordi-
nate work is onward and upward,
and Changers everywhere in my
State are becoming educated to
what are their duties, rights and
privileges.
AS County Lecturer, / visited
Woodland Grange, located in the
northwest corner of this county,
and was with them at their meeting
ON the 18th of this month. This
Grange is blessed with few who
are tried and true, and have breasted
the storms of opposition that have
constantly rolled against them until
their enemies have become their
friends, and the abating storm is
subsiding, ominous of serenity and
peace. The future of Woodland is
bright, having such pillars as it was
nv pleasure to meet feel sanguine
that they will succeed. They have
a cooperative store, which is be-
ginning to move off in the right di-
rection. They have suffered par
tial failure, which will be an expe-
rience by which they viii profit.
They have secured as business man
ager that enterprising young Gran
ger, Charlie Miller, who is wide
awake and on the move for bust
ness. This Grange is located in
one of the best sections of this
county, in fact it would be hard to
find better in any country. They
have elected their officers for the
coming year, and will have public
installation at their January meet
ing. Col. Boothe, of Paris, Lamar
county, is expected to be here.
lectured them in the unwritten
work and gave a public lecture on
our purposes and CO operation at
NIGHT. The audience was good,
and the attention was all | could
ask, and am led to believe good
was done. Jas. A. Tinsley. an old
charter member was elected Master,
G S Ridley, O., w. H. McLemore,
L., T. ]. Edmonson, S., 9. w.
Graves, A. S., Joseph Huherd, CHI,
T. A. Miller, Treas'r, D. B. Moore,
Sec'y, 7. w. Hufferd, 6. K, Mrs.
Fannie Miller, Ceres, Mrs. >; 4.
Ridley, Pomona, Miss y +. Tins
lev. Flora, Mrs. M. ]. Edmonson,
Il. A. 5. The above are the ofhcsrs
elect for the ensuing year. The
LADY members of the Grange are an
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

An election, like circus, is gener-
ally carried on under canvass.
ell Courier.
Every man has his forte. if he only
knew how to hold it.-Nea0 York Com
DlerciaL 4dUertiser.
Ambitious man: els there any
fixed rule for writing poetry" There
is! 't!-Boston Post.
A pleasantly attributed to M.
Theirs: "When | was very young ]
was so little-so little-that needed
pole to knock down the strawberries. :"
lie Figaro.
The average life of a circus actor is
forty years. The average life of cir
Gus joke is $50 years. The latter is
''worked almost to DEATH every year,
too.-NorriStoa0, Herald.
-Conjurors astonish an audience by
taking rolls of ribbon from their
mouths, but then it is common thing
to see a carpenter take hammer and
nails out of his chest. boston CONNER
ciGl Bulletin.
The Herdic coaches display sign
which says Full" when they are load
ed. The drinking man knows less than
a coach. He is full before he finds it
out, and always wants to take little
more abeard.-M o. Picayasrse.
Plumbers have resolved to maintain
their old prices during the coming win
ter. As heretofore their services will
be valued at fifteen dollars a minute.
while an ounce of lead pipe will be
worth its weight in gold. Philadelphia
Chronicle.
Talk about gossip. How could the
world dispense with it? A party of
men on the backyard fence. and a par
eel of women around the tea table,
would fall to sleep from mate stupidity
if there was no such thing as gossip
Nea0 Haven Register.
A correspondent asks: els the
watermelon fruit or vegetable"
That depends on how you acquire pos
session of the melon. If you buy it on
the street it is mere vegetable, but if
you have to crawl on your stomach
about half mile through high weeds on
q moonlight night to steal it, while the
old granger who owns it is asleep, then
It is a rich and luscious tropical fruit.
Your question is unreasonable. -TeEds
SJtings.
First boy" What ais YEP" Sec
ond boy" Naw-nawthing." q Yes
there is! You've been bawlingr' "No
l h-hain't." "What is it, thenp" 'Naw-
nawthing. only yesterday l gave that
Jones boy a licking, and this morning
his father bought him goat. All the
boys are over there, and the goat is
bunting all the boys and all the boys
and goats are bunting each other, and
I'm left out In the c-cold cause licked
the boy who runs the animals. "-Detroil
Free Press.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
AFTERNOON SESSION.

The Grange assembled pursuant to adjourn
ment, Worthy Master Darden in the chair.
Brother Woods offered resolution tender
ing thanks to those Railroad Companies that
extended courteses to the delegates attending
this meeting, which was unanimously carried.
The following was adopted:
Resolved, That the Executive Committee
be empowered to have printed with the Con-
stitntion and Bylaws reported to and
adopted by this State Grange at this meeting
the Declaration of Purposes, Constitution and
Bylaws of the National Grange and form
OF laws for the government of Subordinate
Oranges, provided the cost of printing them
with the Bylaws shall not add materially to
the cost of printing the same.
On motion, the Executive Committee were
instructed to make arrangements for the place
OF ne 1t meeting.
The laboIs Of the session having been com
pleted, the Grange was closed in due form at
5 Pm, thus ending the Eleventh Session of
the State Grange of Mississippi.
HELEN A. ABLY, Secretary.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
EVENING SESSION.

The Grange was called to order
by Worthy Master Darden, and
opened in the 9Th Degree.
Committee on Petitions for that
degree reported the following ap-
plicants:
Bros. F. M. Mosely, l. R. Robin
son, 7. B. Hamblet, J. w. McCor-
kle, ]. q. Montgomery, w. M.
Kethley, and Sister Kethley.
Moved and supported that the
petitions be received and ballotted
on. Adopted.
Worthy Master Darden then pro-
ceeded to obligate and instruct in
the 9Th Degree.
The Grange was closed in the 9Th
Degree, and opened in the 4th.
The discussion on cotton scaleage
was taken up and continued, and
the resolution adopted as amended.
The Committee on Constitution
and Bylaws begged leave to SUBJ
nit their report, when it was
moved and adopted that it be read
and adopted by article and section.
After reading it was moved that
they be adopted as a whole.
Adopted unanimously.
Bro. Gill in the chair.
Bro. Christmas offered a resolu-
non in regard to the Worthy Mas
ters salary for the coming year,
which, after discussion, was sub
St'tuted by the the following resolu-
tons adopted last year:
Resolved, That the salary of the
Worthy Master be raised by volun-
tary contribution. The sum to be
not less than $1,000, to be paid to
MIN within 60 days, and that he be
required to devote his time to the
interest of the Order in proportion
70 the amount so raised.
Resolved, That the Secretary be
structed to notify all the Subordi-
nate Oranges in the State of the
action of this State Grange in re-
gard to raising the Masters salary,
ana urge them to respond within
sixty days.
Inc Worthy Master then asked
tut Instructions as to how the can
va TaSS must be conducted. when Bro.
Dlxon made forcible address and
suggested that the Worthy Master
oonouct the next years canvass as
may to him seem best for the good
VI tne Order, which met a hearty
'eSPonse from all present.
Adjourned.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

GEORGIA.
Banks county,. D. Gunnels, BanksvIlle.
Bibb-William Davis, Macon.
Campbell. s. Dodd, Fairburn.
Clarke-B. F. O'Kelley, Athens.
Clay-P. B. Hobbies, Cotton Hill.
Clayton-L. D. Lee.
Cobb-D. W. Orr, Acworth.
Dade-W. A. Chambers.
Oawson-H. S. Jay.
Decatur county-W. Berrie Mcdaniel, Glen
Julia, Florida.
EIbert-H. R. Deadwyler, Doves Creek.
Early-V. Fl. Armstead, Cedar Spring.
Gordon-0. II. Davis, Sugar Valley.
Harris-J. A. B. Dozier, Cataula.
Harris-Major Finn Harget, Mountain Hill.
HART. z. Brown, Bowman.
Henry-T. E. Brown.
Lowndes-Wm. keigler, Valdosta.
Madison. B. Eberhart, Point Peter.
Miller-T. NJ. Brown. Coiquitt.
Montsomery--S. H. Clark.
Oglethorpe-J. W. Martin, Point Peter.
Polk--W Everett, Rock Works.
Pulaski-W. S. Lancaster.
Quitman-G. P. Dozier, Hatcher's Station.
Randolph-W. F. Davis, Coleman's Depot.
Spalding-H. T. Patterson.
Telfair- McRae.
Terrell-W S. Martin.
Thomas-Dr. J. P. Turner, Boston.
Walker--N. A. Keown.
Wilkinson-J. NJ. Langford, Gordon.
e. TAYLOR,
Secretary State Grange.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
An Unfaithful Shepherd.

FL. F. Galen's sheep herder deserts
his camp and flock, leaving the sheep
among the wolves of the mountains for
two weeks without a shepherd, steals
his employer fine herd horse and sheep
dog and runs away. The news of this
infamous outrage reaches us to-day by
Mr.. Galen, who comes to the city to
find herder to take the place of the
wretch, who has no doubt joined his
band of horse thieves, which is said to
extend from Utah to the Yellowstone
and the Northwest Territory. The horse
thief. who came in the guise of sheep
herder, is James Orion, and was hired
this fall by Mr.. Galen at Bozeman. He
moved out to the range camp driving
with him 1900 sheep, well supplied with
q good horse, tent, ratiOns, dog, bed
ding, etc.
1t appears from indications that Or
ton slept only one night at the camp,
and next day stole of, taking valua-
BILE herd horse and equipments and a
valuable shepherd dog. The man had
left the camp about two weeks, and it
was not known until last Monday, when
Mr. Galen had occasion to send out
eome supplies and it was discovered
that the camp was abandoned and the
sheep scattered all over the hills, sur
rounded by ravenous wolves. Mr. Galen
went at once to the cange and succeed
ed in gathering some eight or nine
hundred of his flock and bringing them
to his ranch-the Willow Springs. 1t
is believed that there never was such
wanton desertion practiced in Montana
before, and as it is the first instance of
such betrayal the guilty miscreant
should be punished by the first man
that could halt him with 'stop thief. !"
Pass his name around and inspect care
fully any man riding a fine bay horse
and having with him black and white
shepherd dog with tan-colored eye
brows.-Helefad Mon. Herald
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
From Worthy Master q. G. N

From Worthy Master a. 6. N.
Bentley, of Hopkins comfy, Texas:
"THE PATRON is much admired
and sought after here by Changers.
The cause is still prosperous in this
county. There is no canvassing 60
ing on, but we are reaping the re-
ward of the summer campaign
Many communities in this county
will soon be entirely and thorough
ly Grange communities. We hear
nothing but good reports from our
northeast portion of Texas:
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21
GRANGE DIRECTORY, Iss2.
NATIONAL GRANGE.

Master. !. Woodman. of Michigan.
Overseer-Put. Darden of Mississippi.
Lecturer-H. Eshbaugh, of Missouri.
Steward-Wm. Sims. Kansas.
Asst Steward-J. ]. Rosa, Delaware
Chaplain-S H. Ellis, Ohio.
Secretary-W. M. Ireland, Washington
City.
Treasurer-F. M. Mcdowell, N. Y.
Gate Keeper. v. Scott, Arkansas.
Ceres-Mrs. H H. Woodman, Mich.
Pomona-Mrs. M. L. Darden, Miss.
Flora-Mrs E. NJ Nicholson, N. ].
L. A. S.-Mrs. VIM. Sims, Kansas.
Executive Committed. Wyatt Aiken,
S. Carolina; ]. M Blanton, Virginia.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-01-21

Judge Horrigan. OF tho Criminal
Court of Memphis, Tenn, few
days ago issued an order directing
the Sheriff to visit all the hotel
keepers of the city and demand OF
them all the pistols and unlawful
weapons deposited with them by
guests. The judge says the wea
pons so obtained will be held and
impounded as evidences of crime.
This is a new departure in the
Southwest, and it's outcome will be
watched with interest.