Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-13
Intelligence From the Farm and Grange

Eight new members have lately joined the
grange at Harris Hill. New Gloucester.
Somerset County Pomona Grange will
hold its next meeting at Madison on Thurs
day, March It'll.
On Friday, Feb. 22, the members of the
Grange in Gray, propose to have an all day
will be associated dairying' and a lecture
will be given by DIR. Twitchell of Fairfield,
The Foxcroft butter factory has been
leased by Mr.. c. C. Nichols, who has man
aged it very successfully for four years to
Messrs. SWALLOW & Tweedy. The senior
member of the new firm has been conn ected
with the factory for a long time.
On the occasion of the last "harvesi
feast" ce ebrated by the members of Hebron
Grange six new members were added, and
the literary programme, which was very in
teresting, was devoted to the poet Whittier,
with readings from and studies upon his
poems.
correspondent writes us that on Wednes-
day evening the members of Harmony
Grange, +. of H., had a very fine entertain
ment consisting of essays, poems, readings,
recitations. songs, quartettes, exc, which for
intellectual merit would be hard to excel
anywhere. Another exercise of the same
kind will be held at the next meeting
"0ur dear native State of Maine has too
many horse diaries, as we have noted be-
fore but she is not all horse Butter dairy
ing is getting strong hold there and grow
ing rapidly. They know where TO send fo-
good instructors, too, and President Douglas
of our Dairy Mems Association has been
down there lately, on invitation, to deliver
ten dairy talks in the State.-Dr. T. III. Hos
kiAs in Vermont Wdtehman.
At the last meeting of Cumberland Pomo-
ma Grange which was held at Gray, nineteen
members received the fifth degree. The
new officers were installed, there were two
good meals, two food lecture. and one good
time all round. The Worthy Master Samu.
ell Bell was requested by merchants of Port
land ts have the grange take action so that
the Maine Central Railroad should run an
Eastman heater car, during the winter, be
tween Portland and Bangor and vice versa
for the transportation of perishabls freight
like fruit, eggs, &c, and a refrigerator car
in summer, this to be local. not a through
car, MIR. Bell will endeavor to have the
road adopt this arrangement
One of the Journals special correspondent.
sends us an account of the last meeting OF
SagsdahOc Pomona Grange, held at Wool
wich Over one hundred members were
present, Northern Star Grange leading
thirty-seyen being presen; from that grange
and thirty two from West Bath. The morn
| ing session was devoted to business, the
noon time to social cheer-not the leas
valuable department of grange work, The
/ literary entertainment of the afternoon was
/ furnished by West Bath and Northern Stai
oranges. From the former were three very
/ fine recitations by three young ladies', also
two original poems wittily describing the late
I Grange Fair" and an inimitable rendering
/ by Mrs Rich of The man in our town
| The Northern Stars, under the lead of Mr.
David Carter, with Miss Msrgie Preble at
tue organ, rendered some choice music. Mr..
I B. d. Farnham read fine original poem
melting to Perseverance. Miss Flors
Leonard's rendering of The Last Hymn
we never heard surpassed. Her voice is ex
ceedingly musical in recitation. Perha D,
the most popular feature of the programme
was the Glass in School" condu led by
Mrs. G. VI. PEBBLE. The bright scholar, tbs
/ lisper. the sufferer, the Ounce, the mischief
the dull boy, the bashful girl. all were pic
tured to the life and the mirth of the audi
ence vas unbounded. West Bath ia to b.
the place of the next meeting of the County
Grange. and her members will furnish tbs
{ literary programme.