Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-01
Turner Orange.


There are . good many ..banner" orange,
In Maine besides Capitol Grange in thi.
city, and one Of them. vithour doubt 1.
Turner Grange. How much Of tho high
that Its master 10 Hon. Rufus Prince mas
ter Of the State Grange Who has been for
the past Eve or six years the Lecturer of
his grsnge-we do not know. but we SUI.
pect much of the secret Of its .ucces.e.
in the past and the unaminits Of its
large membership. In due to this
fact The grange has . membership Of
about two hundred, owns one of the bes,
halls In the State. and hold. an .lI-d.v
meeting on the first and third SATURDAYS of
each month. These meeting. are grand
Affairs. The members make a business Of
them. surrenderipg everything In their per-
sonal endowment. and the success Of each
meeting. Bro. Bradford, stables are
crowded with teams. the good sisters bring
capscious lunch baskets boun,eou.ly filed,
and all make a field dsy Of the occasion.
Nor are these meeting, simply good times"
in a physical sense. A varied programme
/. arranged for each, and the occasion. are
looked forward to A. intellectual fessts n.
we'll A ..barvest fea,t.~ Re,de. the,a
are no late hours, as cannot veil be avoided
where meetings are held in the evenings
This il one great advantage of day meet
ipss, and Turner Grange i. not the oolv
one in the State that holds it, meetiny. in
the day time instead of evening. uiso often
the case where members have some distance
tn 40 To their grange halls. that il il little
late before the Master. snveI call. to
order Then if there is considerable bus
mess, degrees to confer, or an interesting
discussion. II i. late hour of niYht before
the grange closes. This makes it late reach
inn home and A late rising the following
morping. Hence. all thing, considered.
there /, much to be said In favor of An all
5ay or an afternoon meeting. Now lie, us
come back to our starting point.
Turner Grange ha. lust issued a very
neat programme of Its meeting for the year
1890. contained in little pocket brochure
of twenty pages, having an artistic cover
on which il An embossed cluster of field
daisies. Thi, little booklet is as inter-
eating ip.ide a, il ia neat outside.
Full programmes of each of it's
eighteen meeting. for the year are
given Two auestion, or subjects are
di.cu.sed At each meeting-oue in the fore
noon. the other in the afternoon. Then
member, are selected who lead Oh in the
discussion of each subject, presented by
an e,..v. there ia slxav. good music. or
..r .ol,. .o,y. due,t. . grange p.per
occasional question box, etc, so that the
interest never lays. One quarter Of the
wear il. nearly gone. but we give a
fsw Of IN. .ub;ect. IN be discussed at flu
,ure ms.tiny, with the hope that some Of
than NAV s,.o be chosen BY other oranges
.nn,;c.,ior ~ Manure Poultry Raising,
RI, p..;n, Shall Wa breed horses for
.ossa or ~ork7 Education for farmers.
The time and manner Of cutting grass for
h,, Canning Fruits, Lessons of our
r.;,. Picking storing and marketing
49, o..u - ,.;.. .xest n, veIlov
oo,n Rsnsa,, of the Grange. How to make
ST., liza mara attractive. Renovation of
..,n,., snse;.,t;.. in farming. Good
IL, conference.-the IN health. Shall We
.,icl 30 the farm, How shall we spend the
IT., an rho farm. Review of the year.
These are only par, of the subjects