Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-07
CHANGERS MEET AT SAvlN ROCK.

Several large parties were there, and among
them were about 400 members and friends
of Connecticut grange, New Haven county |
Pomona No. 5. An impromptu meeting was
held in the forenoon and speeches were made
by Hon. ]. 81. Brigham of Ohio, master OF
the National grange; ]. H. Hall of Glaston.
bury, master of the State grange; DR.. Barron
of Woodstock, lecturer of the State grange;
Lewis ]. Welles, secretary of the State
grange; the Hon. T. 8. Gold OF North Corn
wall, secretary of the board of agriculture.
Prof. Rooms Of the Storrs Agricultural school
at Mansfield; DR.. Jenkins OF the experiment
Milford, ex-Lieutenant Governor Hyde and
others.
At noon a recess was taken and a fine old
fashion dinner was enjoyed by the grangers.
Shortly after 2 O'Clock they again gathered
in the top floor of the octagonal pavilion.
Here the principal speaking OF the day was
heard. B. R. Townsend of Wsllingford
spoke upon GRAINS in the shade or muscle
in the sum-" He dwelt upon the great i'm
portauce of muscle in the developing of the
brain. A healthy mind and body, said he,
is to be acquired only by manual labor.
Labor is blessing and pleasure. ldleness
is the mood in which the devil throws evil
employment to mortals. Cultivation OF the
soil is one of the first preservers of our indie
p6nU6DC6. 1Qo SlOIy hHo ooAoASI1 Va eLio
republic depends upon our farmers. All OF
the ancient nations and great men of history
have been trained by conflict with labor and
nature.
Few farmers accumulate wealth in dollars
and cents; but they have wealth in compare
tive peace and fine health. The lawyer and
student, the brain worker labor principally
that they may finally gain competency to
retire TO some quiet country farm. They
have little pleasure save that from the acqui-
| sition of gain.
Mrs. Payson B. Orcutt, of North Haven,
spoke of "Woman's Place in Social History"
It is only in the nineteenth century; said she,
| that woman had ventured beyond her own
| home. It is in the onward march OF the gos-
pel and advance of civilization that woman
has been borne to the place she now
occupies. The social standing of the
women of France and Germany is perhaps
| higher than that of women in any other
| European nation. large number OF our
| young ladies seem to have nothing to do
! other that to put lovely piece of embroidery
| on yard of bright plush while mother is
hard at work in the kitchen. The speaker
ridiculed such girls. With the record OF ouI
many great women before you, she continued,
| it is needless for me to tell you what women
should be. She ended with quoting an APT
I stanza in which was the sentiment that men
are powerful to build temples and things OF
the world but could not build home.
The National master, J. q. Brigham Of
Ohio, was then called upon. He said that
New England's sons and daughters who had
gone out to cultivate the grand wild Wes
were working on the same line al
their old neighbors here. Organization
said he, is recognized by them al
by you. They see the need on every hand
Even the laboring classes are organized to-
commendable purposes. l believe that th1i
II e. ;ol,A l. ka1 fin,ao Tarr ar
| charged with selfshness in organizing il
grange associations to better our condition
| by every right way. Should we not enjo.
the fruits Of our laborss We are farmers
| representing the largest class of citizens II
| this country. We find ourselves at d!sad
vantage. When we investigate the matter WI
find it comes from the fact that we have no
learned to use the powers which we have
do not enter any bitter complaints. Blu
in many instances we are oppressed. Peopl
take advantage of us to build themselves ~
| financially and other ways. Knowing this
l seems to me we ought not to waste our tim
by complaint when other men make them
selves felt by organization. We lind our
selves surrounded by individuals. What ar
we going to do? We must in some way tax
| care of the agricultural interests of our coun
, | try. We are called grumblers and fault
finders. I don't think we have any sym
. patty from any source. People think we ar
! able to take care of our own interests
, We are big bodied and our more elegan
, neighbors are small. never say r" ff1napor
, | lance -t6at wasn't little man. They are tn
most self-conceited men EARTH Whel
they pitch into big fellow people say
"He's big enough to take care of himself,
, and so they let them alone. find every
where that farmers agree that 1t is wise TO
us to organize and make our power avail
, able. Let us do this, and see If we can Civ
| to the world in future years grander man
l hood from the farmers of the country. TIL
great problem before the world is to keel
few men from gobbling up all there is o
. / any value. 1t cannot be solved without tn
help of farmers. We must look t
, | the finances, and also to education
What we ought to do as class is to educat
, ourselves In anyway that will make us NOR
valuable as citizens. I am glad to see brain
! taking such strong foothold here in Ney
England. Men are coming here from ever
part of the earth. They do not come her
laws. They are becoming q power here
Some time there will be a great struggle be
tween these conflicting elements of society
, When the struggle comes, whether IL be Q
ballots or bullets, farmers will play a YER
important part. 1t was the strong limbed
free hearted, patriotic boys of New England
. the farmers boys, who fought so nobly TO
u
, | They carried their spirit of patriotism am
| independence from these New England hills
There will be a struggle of some kind, an
, | we can't do too much as farmers to eduoat
/ the farmers boy.
II In speaking of the political duties Of tn
farmer, he said that they had in some wa
let their power slip away from them.
} ! there q single farmer. in the senate of tn
United States. Have we any great represer
, | tativesa he asked. In the last legislature G
Ohio there was not single farmer. That
why we could not get any legislation. No,
i it's Doodle that runs the thing. We believ
, In equality and equal division of the benefit
and burdens of taxation. But unless we ar
there we do not get it. Everybody knows th
, great political power of the country
in the farmers. We ought to see to it ths
no man is elected to public position unles
we approve of him. When you do that 20
', break the power of the solons in politics. w
!. can make many things unpopular that ar
permitted to-day. We want also to kes
the agricultural colleges and experiment sts
tions. We should take the power into our ow
hands. don't think, If we searched the ae
ricultural department at Washington with
lighted candle, that We could find a singl
! real farmer there. Don't be discouraged
There are many disappointments. The cloud
will disappear and we will finally achieve jus
, appreciation.
: Itopert ". Eaton OF NORTH haven read
paper upon "Does Farming Pay." It is OF
ten said, he remarked. that farming does nc
pay. He stated that he had made many In
, vestigations and had concluded that farmin
does pay II conducted properly. There ar
not as many farms for sale as there were
, few years ago, he continued. 1t takes
, man, in the strongest sense of the word, t.
be farmer. l claim, even if young ma
has mortgage on his farm, 1t is often
blessing to him. A young man should no
hesitate to run a little into debt to procure
good farm. The great secret of success 1
! farming, believe, ia manure. Do not hest
tate to spend money for good fertilizers.
is only the irregular, unsteady farmer VIII
cries that farming does not pay. The farm
= or enjoys the best of life, health and home
= 1.-The Result of Womans Membership i
the Grange" was discussed by Mrs. Joel A
: Allen of Wallingford. When the great make
made the world, she said, he saw that it wa
/ not good for man to be alone, and so he in
, | troduced Eve into Eden. How much good
, then, does woman do in the granger
many subordinate oranges the Office of lee
turer is occupied by women. They ofte
, have more patience and endurance to carr
, out delicate enterprises. Many happy re
suits can be traced only to woman's connec
: ton with the grange. Whatever result
, have been accomplished in the past tn
future promises brighter ones. The presenc
is ours, and we should seek the good of th
order, make the grange an attractive plac
for children and do all we can for the grange
, Julian W. Tuttle of North Haven spoke Q
7 Temperance from a moneyed standpoint.
L a ooiI ha vuoo u1u .n;Jl1 ~.