Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27
STATE GRANGE.
Its lecture system Plenty of Work for Every
Tnn, Woman and Child.

Its Lecture system Plenty of Work for Every
Tnn, Woman and Child.
To Officers and Members OF Subordinate ard
County Oranges, to Dormant Oranges and
Dormant Patrons:
DEAR SISTERS AND BRETHREN-'There
never has been time more propitious
than the present to booom the grangei'
1t seems to ne have heard this ex-
| preston. The fact is, unless my
wrnkled old memory is OF fault, have
heard it periodically for the past twenty
years. I have reached this conclusion:
While the times may have been most
| propitious, it is dead-sure certainty
| that the grange has in no single year OF
that time rightly improved its opportun-
tiles. Officers and members have '.pa-
| lavered' Il great deal, gushed smaZ-
| ngly, and INDUCED in many pleasing
| platitudes and fearful reminiscenses-
| especially reminisceuses-but every tel
low has waited for some other fellow, or
| kind Providence, to do the work.
| move that we this year change the
| old 'chestnut' ana say: There never
has been a time in Texas Grange history
| when it was more the duty of every
| HFduEt Oibtff-eftIy GEduPe mPtD Der
| every man, woman and child believing
! i'll Grange principles-to do hard, per-
! s!stent Grange work and Grange lectur-
! ing, by word and act. - move, further,
that we not only say this, but that each
aud every one shall pitch right in anu
| do it.
Let no one wait for our good Brother
| Rose to take the lead. He has more on
his hands than any three men ca do
properly. He must now go to the
National Grange before he can do any
thing for the Texas Grange; and the
chunces are that OIL his return, before he
can start in for the order proper, his
duty TO the A. & NJ. college, or T. c.
A., or the insurance company, or the
Masonic fraternity. or the fair, or some
thug else, will call him off. Under the
circumstances the Grange has no right to
expect much of him. Do not walt.
either, for Brother Long to lead out.
He has his political fences as prospect
i've congressman to keep up. Do not
wait, either, for Harris or Stalworth, or
Buchanan, or Ray, or Isbeli, or Shaw,
or Jackson, or Rogers, or Mitchell,
or Kellar, or anybody else under the
sun. Many of these are already loaded
as the Grange is in the habit of load
ing the few-with double duty, and will
no doubt do the best they can, all of
them. But the many who are not loaded
at all should remember that those man.
toned have been leading and teaching
and booming-aud, as far as appear
ances and results Indicate, have miser-
ably failed. That's all there is about 1t.
Therefore the necessity of every body
coming to the rescue. Why not every
man, woman aud child this year lead
teach and boom for the Grange?
These are some of the reasons I make
an appeal to every subordinate Grange,
every officer and every member, every
dormant, to rally to the old Grange flag
this year.
Now is the time. The country is being
drummed TO death by the most arraut
charlatans and visionists, who are
greater enemies of farmers than wild |
beasts of prey. Yet farmers-their |
poor burdened hearts and minds CRYING |
for some sort of relief-are following |
these knnves snd frauds into all sorts of |
chmerical schemes; following them to |
the hurt of themselves, OF all farmers, |
aud of their country. Oh, brethren and |
sisters, let us beg them to come into the |
Grange As the only sure place OF refuge. |
The Grange hes never yet made O mis-
take IN Its policy, nor IN the advice 1t |
has given farmers. No man ever fol-
lowed lite teachings and lost either money
or character. In the name of our down.
;rodden, oppressed, and Lam bound
TO say, easily gulled farmers,
appeal to all to rally to
the Grange cause and help to save Texas
farmers from rum aud thralIdom. Help
us to reorganize every dormant Grange
in the state, aud to organize new
Grange wherever material is to be had.
Lit me hear from you Immediately with
ideas and suggestions. l want TO say to
every Grange, live or dormant. to very
farmer who is willing to aid ia this grand
Grange movement, that il you will in
form me rs to yonr needs aud wants,
will aid you to the full extent OF my poor
ability, in both information and personal
service. Tell me also what you are doing
and what you intend TO do-what your
Grange Is doing aud what 1t intends to do
in this Grange lecture work.
Brethren and sisters, can We do our
duty and not heed the mute appeals of
our distressed people? Fraternally yours,
A. Nj. KELLAR,
Lecturer State Grange, Temple Tex.
To Grange Officers.
Please have the foregoing read in your
meetings, and elsewhere that you may