The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1883-01-20
COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI, JANUARY 1883.

in the discussion and solicit others
to follow, in order to have the sub
jects well considered. But we are
told in many Oranges if the Lee
turer attendsshe sits with his tongue.
tied, and, not word is heard from
him during his entire year of SER
vice. Does any one suppose that
the members of such a Grange are
edHeating themselves What is
the intellectual improvement at the
end of the year? Could anything
else but decline be expected under
such state of things? have even
found Subordinate Oranges whose
officers would not take any pains
to secure the new annual word, ap-
parently content with an old one,
which disqualified them from Wis
iting other Oranges or from receiv-
ing visiting members. Decline in
such cases is just as certain as that
neglect is practiced. 1t is fact,
established beyond all doubt, that
decline and dormaney are largely
attributable to neglect and irregu-
larities practiced by officers in Sub
ordinate Oranges.
Neglect of Grange literature i
the next prominent cause of decline.
Wherever Grange literature has
been neglected there you find the
Order at low ebb. On the other
hand, where Grange papers have a
good circulation, there do we find
the prosperous, live, working Gran
ges. | have found this SO often IL
lustrated, and in SO many places,
that am led to believe there is
scarcely any exception to the rule
gss-.1s--
80, >OS1.--. 49, -. -
-. ,s4Yssay' Master Rhone of the
Pennsylvania State Grange, has JUS
issued an address to the Patrons o.
his State, from which we take the
following. His suggestions will bs
interesting to the Patrons of Other
States:
You have of your own free vii
unanimously reelected me as th'
Executive officer of the Stat'
! Grange for the term of two years
Allow me to thank you for this re
newed expression of your conn
dence. 1t shall be my highest am
bition to perform the duties o
Master acceptably, and to the bes
interest of the Order. / hope tn
same spirit may pervade our entir
organization, from the highest t.
| the lowest officer and membership
IF we are united our Order mus
flourish. Let all private animosl
ties, therefore, if any should exist
give place to "peace and good fe
lowship." Let all true Patrons
with the close of the past yea
bury and forget its failures and mis-
understandings; and with tru
manliness and w0manliness forgiv
the faults of others, "rememberin
, that they who refuse forgiveness
break the bridge over which the
themselves must pass.
| We are entering upon a ne
: year, and / wish you an abunda'
: success. Important duties will d
! yolve upon every Patron. II
grand success of the past ye
should inspire every member to r,
!, newed effort. We can readily ad
: 1000 members to our Order
Pennsylvania during the comir
: year. If every Grange will on
: add FIVE or ten it will make mar
, more than the number name
. How easily we can do this! L
eyery member call on his neighb
II and have a friendly talk over {
!, matter. You will be surprised no
, nearly your views are alike, al
= before you leave he will be reao
- with his wife, to sign your pape
- Then there is your friend who
- been harrassed by same unpleasa
II II affair and has become delinque
- - He will come back il you will a
: proach him in a friendly way, a
:, have him reinstated. | almost +
: got to mention the children a
- Young folks. They wish to cor
ss and will if you truly encoura
- them. How many are over TO
~ teen years, the required age, t.
H. would rejoice TO be enrolled as
u ! irons! There is not a school w
= equal advantages to be found IN
= country where tuition is SO low
~ only sI.so year.
- This is a comparatively lels
a af time of the year among tarm'
- when they have time to meet
g gether and talk together over
- - bsst interests of their pursuits.
I'M DORMANT ORANGES.
pe Dormant Oranges should now
TO reorganized. where nine men
A four women can be found who
al desirous to be reinstated. Whe
nv dormant Grange can not be r
ers eanized, and there is not anoi
rer Grange convenient, those who v
l. to retain their connection with
,tv Order, not exceeding three in n
sn- Der from any one dorpant Gra'
ice NAV receive State Grange de
.ad BY applying to the State Secre