Daily Kennebec journal., 1891-07-16

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When the Arooetook Pomona 6rAnge
held it, July meeting with Eureka
Grange, MspIeton, an address OF wei
come was given py James MeGlaGfhn
Esq.. Of Mapleton- This address con-
sAins 90 much that IL useful and sugges-
tive to members Of the order. as well a.
20 those who are not, that we publish
liberal extracts from it below.
The grange is composed OF the most
,nteIlieeut. industrious and enterprIsing
~ onr nopularion. OF men, women aud
children. sho are friends Of the school.
house and the newspaper. Of men ana
women who study 70 know, and know,
70 apply their knowledge 70 the best
advantage on the farm and In the house
hold. Of men who are capable OF con
eeiyfnz ideas which, when put intn
practice, will result In the greatest good
10 the greatest number. OF women VINO
are capable of putting their ingenuity 10
competition with that OF any otbef CLASS
Of women.
az men and women and children who,
though they may have the bone and
musele 70 do a great deal Of hard WORK,
vet are al readily adapted to the princi-
pies Of refinement
The grange ID very extensive organ
Izatjou. In our own county 1t Is nearly
"a hroad a. the land. 1t Is conservative
in irs thought and action, standing ~ II
xere a balance between extremes; not
as,Ilv Jumping at conclusions, like the
Farmers Alliance, and other combust-
ihle ORGANIZATIONS. that tend only to
sYcite The mind for while, and then
cbange for new and more absurd
ideas. nor like the ogher extreme that
would look quietly on and lesVe
everything 70 come by chance; pus
It's principles and actions are pefMa-
nent, being founded upon nature, deilo-
GRAFTON and enlightened Judgment, with
zeal enongh TO execute plans that nave
been deliberately matured- 30 That IL Is
not only learning how to raise the largest
,rops, and the best stock and ether
things on the farm, and how to DO every
thing else Not only to know how TO
produce In abundance, but how to mar
ket it as well.
Where to sell, when to sell, and last,
but not least, how to get 1t to market.
so we see the grange standing at, or
near to the trout in all enterprises which
we calculated to benefit the farmer or
The community where it is established
lr.adyocates the building of railroads,
and the establishing OF other means OF
TRANSPORTATION. and then labors for such
enactments, as shall give living rates via
such transportation. Then a. we look
nearer home, we fiud the same spirit OF
leading, in the planting
Of trees, raising flowers, repair
ing buildings, building FENCES,
a iudieious cultivation of the land,
raising extra calves and colts, set
ting fruit trees and caring for them to
the best advantage, and furnishing
with necessaries and conven-
lences, etc. In all these things the
grange either leads, or started in the
enterprise, BY means of which Others
were impelled to lead. Then the grange
has come even nearer home than that.
It has left all out OF doors, and entered
into the house. And there it has inaug-
urated a new era as relative TO better
understanding between men and women
for where there used to be the
yaguest ideas in relation to each
others part of the work, there Is
now more general understanding and
of the care and anxiety or
pleasure it may be, that each encounters
in his daily routine from year to year.
And this mutual understanding has lead
the husband and wife, and even the
whole family to try to bear one anothers
burdens. Then this mutual interest and
help has restful tendency, for where
people have an interest in each other,
they are continually introducing ideas
that tend to divert the mind from
the labor of work, so that it no
longer appears as mere drudgery
And so it has come to pass that more
is being accomplished on the farm and
in the home, with less WEAKNESS and
anxiety than ever before, then this same
principle is carried from the home into
the grange circle, there to be enacted on
larger scale. Mutual interest, inter
change of thought, eating and drinking
and laughing together, and other means
Of diversion, all tend to rest the body,
tone up the system, and refreshen the
countenance, leading to health, content
ment and happiness.
SO In behalf of Eureka Grange, and in
the name Of peace and good will, in the
name of enterprise and advancement, in
the name of education and refinement, in
the name of well cultivated farms and
abundant crops, in the name of well
regulated households, where peace and
health and contentment and happiness
abound, and finally in the name of all
that tends to make the world brighter,
and the people bettsr and more con-
tented, welcome you to our town
and vicinity, to our homes and to our
tiresides. to our hall where you can be
sheltered from the storm or cold, or
scorching heat and to our acquaintance,
which is not the least advantage to be
gained by our association, and to our
grange where you will mingle with us
in our recreations, and in the delibera
tions of this Pomona Grange, where
each of the great principles alluded to
will receive its proper attention in its
proper place.