Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-24
rATaoNs OF .sUsnANDRY
MORTIMER WHITEHEAD.


The object Of the Grange il not to an
iagonizs any other class. not TO wage
warfare against any otherintcrest; for
Il recognizes the right and Importance of
every legitimate enterprise and vocation,
and is quite willing to conceds to them
every right upon the principles of JUS
tise to which they may have claims
Farmers in the Grange will chserfally
aid in the advancement Of every useful
interest, aud shall strive to secure them
protection, justice and equal rights with
others.
We belive that stock gambling which
raises or lowers at the pleasure Of one
man the price Of fooG products is or ime.
So thought the National Grange at its
last session when It favored laws, both
State and National, prohibiting all deal
ings in futures"
"In the present industrial and politi-
cal crisis the voice Of agriculture, the
great conservative reserve power OF the
Nation, should not be silent, her infiu-
snce unfelt, her power unexpected, her
rights disrsgarded. her necessities unre-
lisved." Farmers believe this fully,
hence the Grange, with lite new lease OF
life, steadily grows and prospers. Farm
ers are looking to it as their only hope.
Every neighborhood that ought to
have a Grange will yet have one, even
il years ago one WAS organized and
failed. II is better understood now. Its
plans and lines OF action are we'll defined.
1t offers farmers the only organization
that covers the whole country. The
hundreds Of Oranges rsorganized during
the past year prove that farmers see In
it their best organizai ton.
Alta Grange, No. 1850, Illinois, is
trying the plan of Reading Circle in
connection with the Lecturers program.
They have taken up Nordhoff's Politics
for young men, and a member is APP
pointed to open the topic or chapter at
each meeting with a written essay.
Someone has wisely said: "The teach
ings Of childhood are the conner stone.
on which TO build the foundations Il
character. III these are laid in wisdom
and falthfulness we may look to see the
.uperstructure rounded and beautided
bv tho lesson of life's experience" The
Grange now admits young people Of the
aye of fourteen years and Its beautiful
and good lessons are helping to form
their characters and shape all their com.
ing lives.
Montrose Grange, Va, lately held 4
fair. On three sides OF the room Ceres,
Pomona and Flora presided ovar dis
plays appropriate to their own sphere,
while on the fourth side was dedicated
10 the babies OF the Grange and was
separated from the rest by lace curtains
and festooned with evergreens. On the
platform were two rows of seats, ons
above the other and filed with the little
ones. And sweet picture it was, with
two dozen ,miling little ones from three
months to four years old.
Chow much have the ties Of this
Order done TO harmonic aud unity
the people OF the various sections OF
this country; to obliterate and remove
all bitterness, hatred and jealously; I"
heal the breaches and wounds OF our lste
civil wal? So do you not see that in
the near future it will remove all sign
and resemblance Of sectional strife and
make us 4 harmonious and united peo-
ple.-J N Lipeom6, Matter South
Carolina State Grange,
At last there ar. signs of = Grange
awaking in Rhode Island. If the little
State wills il her farmers can take their
place alongside of those in all the other
States and help US in our battles for the
right. In our work we must not have
any States out of the Union. Brother
James Draper, Master OF Massachu
sets, has present oversight OF Grange
matters in Little Rhodie."
The late session Of the California State
Grange was most successful and profit
able one. Advance ground was taken
upon several important State questions.
Another victory was rejoiced over, that
OF the defeat Of the corporations on the
debris question" Whole hills and
mountains hal been washed down for
mining purposes for years and the soil
or debris carried upon the farming lands,
the utter ruin of thousands of acres. One
of the reports reads: "To convince all
Of the usefulness Of our organization ii
seems only necessary to refer to It's sc-
complishnents. when thoroughly united
and In earnest. Ii never attacked foe
that 1t did not subject 10 law and equity,
and which has maintained BY the high
est tribunals in the land"
DR.. Gross, physician at st. Vincents
Hospital, Baltimore, Nd, considers Red
Star Cough Cure perfectly harmless, be-
ing purely vegetable and entirely free