The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-09-05

she should work TO instruct the
fathers, mothers and children Of the
farm. Do her domestic tastes pres
dominate? The numberless obser-
vations and experiments she is cons
stantly making should be carefully
gathered "for the good of the Or
/ der" to communicate to her sisters
on Grange day, thus helping tne
inexperienced to attain to her own
exalted standard of domestic lite.
The most triAing duty, if it cons
tains the germ of new thuoght,
should not be overlooked, for, He
who seeks to pluck the stars may
lose the jewels at his feet Has
she a soul attuned to HARMONY
the Grange choir offers her the
gladdest pastime, and the sweet
songs may be brought to the fami-
ly hearthstone, and many a dark
winged care banished by them,
while the lisping voice of child
hood joins in the sacred work
of home-making. Is she imbued
with a spirit of devotten7
The spiritual wants of
her nature are not forgotten.
Does she delight in merry-mak>
ing? The festive days overflow
with gladness, and the otherwise
dull routine of farm work is so
broken by them that the wear and
grind Of perpetual toll as softened
and made light. Has sorrow laid
its heavy hand upon her? Frater~
nal hearts entold her in their sym<
pathies. Does she lack that knowl-
edge so essential to guide over the
rough places that all find on the
road Of life? Every Grange has
its members qualified 10 advise and
aid. And while she reaps spirits
ual and material harvest OF others
experiences every matron in turn
is pledged to contribute from her
store Of knowledge for the good of
others. This is the highest form
OF cooperation, and every one, how.
ever humble, has capital to in
vest.
''The smallest wave of influence
SET in motion,
Extends and widcus to the eter-
nal shore"
Woman's mission in the Grange
that underlies our social, civil and
political institutions, Is that deyel-
oplng and maturing of taste in
our youth for the pure pleasures
of country life; cultivating in them
habits OF industry, economy and so.
briefly, combating the modern idea
that manual labor is degrading, thus
strengthening the pillars on which
rests the superstructure OF our gov
eminent.
A forced growth Of the mental
powers and forgetfulness of the
moral nature is one of the COM
monest errors of the age, and calls
loudly for the coGnteracting ms
fuence of the Grange, storing the
minds Of the youth and knowledge
of the classics to the neglects OF
temperance, industry, filial respect
and honesty; giving them the OPP
portunity for social excitement
rather than instilling in their
young minds a love for the
healthful pleasures OF home life;
giving them access to poisonous lit
erature to the exclusion of useful
reading; nurturing a passion for
exterior display and disregard
for honest labor, is the tendency of
the time which the Grange may, if
it will, correct.
The farmers homes, through our
organization, presents the grandest
possibilities for reforming prevail,
ing social errors. Here is found
the "golden mean" between euslav>
ing poverty and enslaving wealth.
Here labor and rest may clasp
hands, and the ftfu, fever of speces
ulation fiLds no victims.
By>and-by, when cur politicians
are at their wits end to harmonic
the interest of capital and labor,
when our social science reformers,
our philosophers and philanthro--
pists, who look with dismay upon
the increased defiance of law, uns
certain where to look for
remedy, when our prisons and re-
form schools are uncomfortably
) filled, when the leaven of the
Grange will permeate the loaf of
society, and the uncrowned queens