Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-10-24

nenneoec County Pomona Grange held il.
regular monthly meeting with Capital Grange
u TINS city yesterday. The day was unusual.
~ propitious and there was a very full and
sa'isiactory attendance, nearly every .ubor.
aihate grange in the county being renre.
scented Following are the officer, of The
county grange, all of whom we're preseu,
Win the exception of Oyerseer.
treasurer and Gate Keeper; NJ, H.
Ihing'Mt Vernon; O. Otis Meader, Albion
lecturer A.C.True. Litchfield; Chap, Henry
smith, Monmouth; Sec, L. K Litchfield,
winthrop; Treas, VIM. H. Keith, Winthrop
steward, Howard Stetson, Monmouth: A..;s.
tant Steward, y. A Benson, Sidney: OK
A. ID. KING, Winthrop; Ceres, Mrs. IR
Nelson. Winthrop; Pomona. Mrs. John
Scott, PItston; Flora, Mrs. A. c. True.
Litchheld; J.. s., Mrs. n. A. Benson. Sid.
hey. The grange ti,rouybou; the
county is Furnishing and the granger. have
been making constant accesslons To the If
membership There are Is grange. in the
county viz: Pittston, Chelsea: Cu,booc
-Vassaiboro; Cascade, Oakland; Albion. Mt.
Vernon, Fayette, Startling. Readfi.ld. Man.
chester, West Gardiner, Wintbrop.
Monmouth. Lirchf,ld and Sidney.
The total county membership amounts to
about 700 persons. The Pomona Grange is
an organization made up out of members Of
the subordinate oranges and is designed t.
strengthen and aid them and to plan and
carry out work for the good of the order.
This grange is fOurishpg better than ever
before aud there was much enthusiasm man.
lfested at the meeting yesterday.
The meeting was called to order at 1920 A
NJ Worthy Master Thing being in the chair
The entire forenoon was occupied in confer
ring the fifth degree. There were 81 candi-
dates admitted to this degree, 10 ladies and
IL gentlemen. AT one o'clock T. NJ. the
members sat down to a harvest feast. Long
tables groaned beneath a multitude If eatables
such as none know better how to prepare than
the ladies of the grange. These tempting
viands speedily disappeared before the sharp
ened appetites of the patrons. There were
about $50 persons sat down to the spread, in
all.
At o'clock p. NJ public meeting was
called to order, the hall being well filled
Mrs. J. f. Chandler delivered very appro-
pirate and gracious address of welcome and
Master ID. ii. Thing ftnngly responded in
behalf of the grange. Prof. c. l.. Whitney.
and one of the ablest grange speakers in the
country. and who is now engaged in lecture
work in Maine, was introduced. He pro
ceeded to d,liver an admirable address, oc-
a clear, forcible and eloquent manner he
showed the value OF organization to the far
mer, the objects of the grange and the losses
which farmers are subject to if not organized
The speaker was listened to with close atten-
ton by all present.
AT 30 Z. NJ, the meeting having ended,
supper ensued, the same tables in the anti
rooms used at noon being occupied.
Immediately following the evening meal
Capital Grange held a secret session. many
of the members of the county grange and
visitors, members of the order, being present
and Prof. hiiney proceeded 10 exemplify
the unwrtten work of the order in his own
telling way. The meeting adjourned at an
early hour so as to give members residing
some distance away an opportunity to return
home in good season. 1t WAS one of the most
successful meetings the Pomona grange has
ever had.
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