Milford chronicle., 1883-05-04

spa the miie VS. may cast, the casting must b
done. II nothing else, we can give our presenc
and thus show we are interested, ready anC
willing. Il we expect our grunge to live. active
and progressive, we must be wilngto work Ol
it work in it, work by and through il. 7 woult
not have you neglect any thing else for il, but
would have you taks it with you as the gTsa
auxiliary thar it is.
Only give il the portion Of time, thought and
talent due it, and it Will you 100 pereut I'M
/ proyement, refinement aud culture, Il is well
worth an eh1rt, then let US bs ready to do with
our might what our hands find TO do aud be
willing TO wait for results.
Are We 80 narrow raiuded aud mentally near.
| sighted that we can see no flIthcr than few
pal,ry dollars and great big present sell 2have
we no interest for the futurel do we not care
what becomes Of our great, active. noble country
after we are of the stage Of action2
Do we not care what kind Of monument We
are erecting to our owa memory It we do not
we are little or no better than the brute and As
blind as the man Who says he has no interest in
a school becaus he has 10 children to attend
it. That is case where self is so large as TO
hide self interest. lie had just as well say he
would as soon live in country whose inhabi.
tauts are banditti aud outlaws, as where they are
the most civilized characters. We sud in the
beginning that the future size and Importance VI
our grange is Tor our moulding depends on our
action and in our hands rests the success or
failure. Ifths be true what shall We do with il
shall we in digging for the almighty dollar,
Il a..
resurrection, with a wooden slab erected at It's
head by justice, having an epetaph written there
on whiih says "Died from csldness and careless
ness of its members who cared more for gold aud
silver than the tender bud Of improvement, |
which would one day have made an enormous
tree under whose foliage we might find shelter |
when commercial storms were raging and |
threatening to overthrow the whole body Of
farmers. Shall we let the beautiful bridge |
which VIC have erected to span come Of the
wrongs and expressions we suffer, topple and lall
under the dark river of opposition. Shall We l. t
monopoly grease the pole which the lahUnng
man must climb for bread? Shall we lst it he
read throughout the land in the weekly pre-,
hat the oranges organized in Delaware the
precious little Diamond State, the state first to
move ia SO many good causes, were a failure,
md tue members the cause ofjt Or shall we
make it a place where the young VIII love to
meet, place where they will learn that ugrl.
uliure is an honorable occupation, a place
0 learu that farmers ehdyei need and can use
N education as well as the children Of lawyers
Oetors, merchants or ministers. In fact shall
re make it more than any oae has aspired to he
hat will be high, tue landmarks are well up
Or what can BE- higher e. aohler than q desire ~
Envelope higher manhood and womsDbaod 70
lhqRseee--is. III. Comforts and attractions OF our
ZONES aud to rear the tender lwiggs and sapinRs
o they will make straight and beautiful trees
r0sments to the social forest, Which course
hall We take?
Miss. E. WHITE.