Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-10
CONNECTICUT STATE GRANGE.

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 and Influence.
 The members of the Connecticut State grange commenced their second annual meet ing at Unity Hall, Hartford, Tuesday morn ing. The annual address was read by Master J. H. Hale. Among other things he said: One year ago we had sixteen working granges, representing four counties; to-day we have thirty-four active working organizations, representing every county in the State, and an increase in membership of nearly 15O per cent. The eighteen granges organized the past year are: North Haven, organized De- cember 29, 1885; Little River grange, town of Hampton, December 30, 1885; East Hart ford, January 28; New Canaan, January 29; Burritt grange, New Britain, February 3; Senexit grange, Woodstock, February IF; Honomoc grange, Waterford, March 16; Mat tabesset, Middletown, March 24; Brooklyn, March 25; Newington, March 26; Harwinton, April 3; Ellington, May 15; Bolton, May 2l; Whigville, Burlington, June 3; Pennington, October 25; Westfeld, November g; Tol- land, November A, and Vernon, November 29 During the past week the first Pomona or District grange in the State has been or ganized, with Berlin as it's center and mem bership of 130, taken from the several granges surrounding Berlin.
 At the second days proceedings the at tendance was large. Secretary Gould offered prayer and after music the opening address was delivered by MT. J. B. Olcott, State lee turer.
 Grange means farm, and the Order of Pat rons of Husbandry is @ cooperative society of farmers who propose to work together; who mean to studiously learn how to work together for their own good and the welfare of r01Q ha desired then, in the form of public meet ing, to see and show what we are doing, as an absolute fact than to let each grange choose a delegate for this stage of action, and so demonstrate precisely what progress we are making and how harmonious we are. In the grange, as in the family, woman may have her say as in other public organizations. Modest, reticent, retiring men, too, grown wise and sGrong by much communion with the earth and heaven, will have something to say there. In the grange the very stones of an abused land may cry out and must be heard. Undoubtedly when these sessions are over, and while they are in progress, there will be room for the exercise of faith, hope and charity with fidelity.
 Concluding his address MT. Olcott called for reports from the granges. After the re- ports came short and interesting papers by members of the various granges.
 Miss Mary c. Ives, of Cheshire grange, read very interesting paper on "The Love of Nature" which argued that the farmer from his ample opportunities had better req son to stand near natures heart than were accorded townsfolk.
 Mir. A. T. Loomis, of Glastonbury, spoke of the evils of the gambling element that is so linked with the horse racing fairs.
 MT. Horace Vibert, of South Manchester, gave very interesting talk on ''Some Native Grasses'' and spoke particularly of four or five that are native American grasses, which he suggested might very proftably be more generally cultivated.
 A very suggestive paper was that by Mrs. Charles O. Wolcott, of Mapping. who spoke of the farmer as citizen. She defined good citizenship as not talking politics on the cor ner. but steady fight for good and against vice; good government at home as well as in the State.
 Mr. W. Frisbie, of Southington, had strong paper which closed with the opinion that the business outlook for 1887 and the grange were alike good, and the reminder that it is easier to get into trouble than to get out again.
 At the afternoon session seventeen papers, some of them spicy, were read.
 MT. Peck, of WhigviIle, spoke of "Rea- farmers need social life and get the need supplied by the grange. It rubs off their rough corners and creates brotherly feeling. It is g strong educational influence and teaches by intercourse what might take years of single experience to learn.
 Mr l.. J. Wells, of Woodstock. spoke of the future of the grange. Its dark days, he said, were past and it's good days coming. Its influence IS already felt and is constantly growing.
 Miss Mary G. Hinman, of Collinsville, had clear and very interesting discussion of ffFailure and Success on the Farm" She said the farmer who cursed his luck ought it was too ofsn5 shs aiS cs Rss 9n s.ll flesh and blood were cheap and bread dear. Mrs, H. D. Tinker, of Suffield, and clever versifcation, taking the candidate through the grange degrees, by Lebanon grange. A thoughtful paper was by Charles Car penter, of Bolton. He says that nature gives nothing away. All must be paid for, and, as far as the farmer is concerned, paid for in advance. Nature has written up every where in big letters ''No Trust" Mrs. H. W. Andrews, of Wallingford, spoke on the "Farmer's life life of useful ness" She dwelt with emphasis on the pride good farmer feels in his calling.
 MT. Gold gave one of his characteristic
 talks as to the increasing power and value of the grange.
 Miss Kimball, of Ellington, spoke on tenn perance, and was decidedly of the opinion that there was too much hard cider in Cen- necticut farmhouses. no..ye MT. J. M. Hubbard made an ene the speech on fUndeveloped Resources Farm" the oman
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 meetings that were very enjoy5gieh was y verv sre
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 aua,ence' nee >ession about 125 were ini-
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 ness g.1 p1affday morning unfinished business wae5omplsted, and in the afternoon at 3 o..oek there was public discussion of the .destien of free trade or protection for the interest of New England farmers. This dis cussion was very interesting.