Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-12-28

Minnesota Patrons OF Husba ntiry.
The grange " as CO He'd to order III secret
session at Minneapolis onithe 19sh, by Col.
S muel D. Adams, nlsster, and Prof. Porter
of the State university delivered brief ad-
dress of welcome to the visitors. Among
the state grange officers prese t, in addition
to the worthy master, were the following:
Steward-N. Small.
Assist Mt StewarC--N. II. Post
Chaplain~-James Sutherland.
TreasureI~-Ssrsh G. Baird.
S,cyetary-Thomas runis Smith.
Gate keeper. E. Hill.
Ceres-Agustua J. Adams.
Lady Assistant Steward-d. G. StaDch.
fed.
Executive Committee-W. S. Choven and
J. d. Scofeld.
Col. Adams, worthy master OF the grange
delivered bis annusl address, reviewing
the work Of the order during the year, and
making suggestions calculated to increase its
usefulness III the future. He touched upon
the encroachments made by the Corporations
Of the country upon the farming interests,
the cultivation of amb r cane, the adyar
tages to he derived from the agricultural
college, and ths amendment to the constitu-
tioD. etc. Mr.. Whitney, Of Iowa, also re-
viewed the transportation question at some
length.
The com mittee on the good of the order
submitted q report, in which the following
sugge iiopS were embedded.
A more thorough diSs aminatlon of grange
literature is Of vital Importance 70 the or
der, and lack OF it accounts for the sb.
s.nce OF great nuMeric.1 strength in Min
uesota. Tt, stimulate growth in the oranges
it was recommended that purely agrlcultur..
al publications be pisced in every farm
lpr}nrora tn wv sic oS.,f1
borhoods until the objects of the orGcr are
clearly understood by every farmer. There
snonld> be more Alteration paid TO the ad-
Veytissg Deetinss in daily palers aud
by posters, and tc still further the cause we
recommend that The ext cutive committee
pu el1sh quarterly bull Tin, which shall be
medium OF communication between the
officers OF state grange and the subordinate
grange, also between subordinate oranges
themselves. The necessity is apDal ent of
urging this body to use every endeavor to
place ii the lecture field those whose whole
soul is in the inte1e sts Of The order. Our
duty does not end here. Having secured
lecturers, every effort should he used by
each and all to secure large audience thet
Will carry home a new spirlt--a greater zeal
in this noble cause ! =. = 49,. -
We would also recommend that the
master and secretary OF this grange ascer-
are any DESTROYS of having their grange re-
stored to activity, and If so, that THIS body
assist all they can by sanding missionaries
into these fields r.
The good of the order re uires that every
encourage ment be given 10 the enlistrse nt
Of the young into our field. and that work
be assigned them. We advise that q course
OF study be inaugurated in every guh-grange
on scientific agriculture, and every measure
be taken for the advancement Of the soung,
At the suggestion Of Prof. Porter, Messrs.
seofield, Blaisdell, Adams, Smith, and
Cnowen We're appointed as standing COM
inittee on the Agricultural college and the
grange adjourned to meet at this ID stitution
on Dec. 9, 1884. - re "a -
I There were two failures reported on the
18Th at Albert Lea among the business d, men
OF that city. One WIS that of E. O. Hank
ness, dealer il agricultural implements.
The liabilities are understood to Be 81, 600,
while the asssts are not know MI. Hang
ness has long baen in business there and
his failure is great, Y regretted by all. The
other failure iatGat of G. G.. KIeYen. dealer
in groceries and crockary, the amount of
the liabilities being about So, 600, while the
assets are said tO5@be nearly equal. hfr.
Kleven has been ID business less than q
year, but is well known IN this part OF the
things SO as to resume business Both fail.
ures were voluntary assignments, Ct. Gull
brandson being the assignee. ma
NJ AT ID Presbyterian church fair il Red
Wing one OF the ttractions was the appear
ance Of the church choir, the male and ia
male members Of which BACKED thenlselYe