Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-07-10
GOSSIP POP THE ORANGES.

West Bath Grange last Monday even
ing, voted TO suspend the regular weekly
meetings through the busy hayin2 sea
son. The next meeting will be the first
Monday in August.
A CORE spondent of the Belfast jour
nal says: - had the privilege of meet
ing with Albion Grange on Friday even
ing. July Sd. This is one Of the few
oranges which use no rituals in their
wo K They have their lessons well
learned. The question for the eve ning
was. What is the best way to XII
weeds! There were as many ways as
speakers, but all agreed in one thing
to put the cultivator in as soon as you
could follows the rows of the crops, and
repeat it often until the last hoeing
The hay crop in Albion is very promis
ing"
Paris Grange observed Children's day
most satisfactorily this year. At the
first table, which was set specially for
them, were sixty-two happy faces pres
ent, while others came later On. The
appointment OF committees proved the
right move as the children In each dis
trict showed that they had taken much
pains 10 prepare the exercises The
parts in District No ! were remarkably
well prepared and the singing by the
Young people from Paris Hill WAS fine
1.-The Broken Pitcher" sung by Mis-;
Marion W. Jones, added much to the en-
tertalnment.
At the last meeting of Northern Stai
Grange, June Both. the question, Ike
solved that the Influence of the writer
is greater than that of the public
speaker awakened an unusually ami
mated d scussion, and resulted in an over
whelming majority for the negative
The united efforts of Worthy Master J
A Stinsol, and Worthy Lecturer j. A
Thwing, have kept alive the interest and
enthusiasm of the members throughout
the busy spring. A short recess during
haying from July eth to August It'll was
voted atthe last meeting
As one of the many ways in which the
farmers are finding the benefits of co
operation, we note the fact that the pa
troas of Aroost BOG and Oxford countie;
by massing their VIC d in tue hands OF
an agent, received two cents pound
more than their neighbors outside tne or
gauization. Another patron reports that
the members of his grange sold tteli
wool for twenty six cents while theii
neighbors got only twenty. This but
illustrates the power there is in united
action. We do not begin to dream OF
the good which might be obtained by
working together and uniting togethe
to secure the results so easily obtained
through the order
Some of the oranges in Sagadahoc
county have not yet sent in to the county
lecturer programmes for the meetings
Of Pomona Grange to be held with them
in 1892. An early start has been made
in order to have plenty of tine and ge'
the books issued at the beginning Of
the year. At the last county meeting
which was with Enterprise Grange al
Richmond, the committee reported It's
dates for 1892, and the dates met the
approval Of the grange as follows: Jan
uary with Woolwich Grange, Febru
airy with Dromore, March with West
Bath, April with Merrymeetipg, May
with Bodwell, June with Enterprise
August 3D. with Sagsdahoc, August
3lst with Northern Star, September
with Merrymeeting, October with Pro
gressive, November with Topsham, De
eember with West Bath. Those of the
oranges that desire to make out a pro
gramme should seed in at once to J. F
Upton, Enterprise office, Bath, as the
committee will report programmes fol
the full year at the next meeting of Pc
mona Grange, which occurs Aug. 5tf
with Sagadahoc Grange.