The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-12-17

" Holmes was called upon o. ,ulaeize our
Pilgrim fnth,rs, hc refused 90 do 81. ~
they nd alre- lN been c mp m,ntel with
sufficient cloquerc' Int "a iii ,raak most
in h,h#sf u' the Pilgrim Moth r.,
~ hu hal born all Ia trails iht Pilgrim IA
Ihels had tNer eNp u.aeai. m the Phi
vrim faith r, tlam-. Ives desire 10 leave
other sublt,t- - s"rlh f. lev words of the
women tue SISTERS Of lie Grange. The
q anee ia It's sari,>t history made q new
d,parsuIr from every other organization,
and reeuenH i IN ITS { nsiitut on the
,ug4Hty ui both sexes thus opening wide
thr door t. weman as M equal t, man for
the .ujns mcut Of tn" fun rights of cit z,n-
ship FMS righteous dec aration need 10
CONNIE ntary, for II is a light light who's
RAYS hayc csrried eqnality, happiness aud
good cheer in thnus ,uds of rural homes.
While VT recognize the principle of fun
quality, lot Ms accept its logical conse
lu noes, and give to woman every ! gal
night aid privilege which n citizen Ola free
republic should enjoy.
We are apt 10 rejoice for what the
Grange. mas done for woman, but II Is IN
significant when compared with what wo
man has done for the Grange. The Good
Of the Order rests largely upon the ability
and faithful work of the sisters of tho Or
der, as excmplifed for the past twenty
live years.
A letter was read from Dr.. & VI T9it
chell. expressing regret that he was
prevented from being present by sickness
in his family.
Mr.. B W. Mckeen of Fryeburg, Mr.
Nelson Ham of Lewiston, Mr. f. IL Gre
CORY Of Bangor. Mr.. Geo. b. Stafford and
S w. Gould Ed, OF Skowhegan were
called upon by the chair and made brief
timely and very acceptable remarks, elicit
ing frequent applause. We regret
our inability to give outlines of these re-
marks, excepting those of Mr.. Gould, in
substance az follows
81 know You will pardon ne II 20 a
little outs de of what may be- considered
appropriate upon an ocess'ou like this
when tell yeu la, my heart is in your
cause, If point ont some of Your faults
aud ask YOU 10 find means to remedy them.
The first one that may be considered old
and threaibare, but none the less import
snt and that is, you don't keep the noy :
ut home o the farm, and 1T me tell YOU
here and now, that you never can so long
ms the farmer will sit down in his corner
every evening and read the advert sing
sheets sen. here from the Wes', aud tell
his sons of the fortunes easily made IN
that far of country, How can Won expect
the boys to settle down at home when the
father keeps up such mn everlasting growl
al, T..
next and perhaps equally rs important IS
to stop his immense flow of money on.
of our tate fer inv stment. And YOU.
Mr. Farm er are nS guilty of this rs any
You would be surprised if you could know
the millions upon millions that have been
dug from the rugged soil of Maine and
sent out to help build mp other states than
ours Turn back the tide of money that
has flowed fr IN ont Names borders for
the last twenty Yeas Give her back her
own i'll her IONS and daughters and her
mi lions of MONEY that have gone ont to
build up the great cit eS OF the West and
yon shall see her hills aud valleys golden
with the rpcued harvest snd the desert
ed farms" nee more the homes Of happy
ard conLonted peop'e
Music Wa furnished for the occasion
by the juvenile Orchestra. James Part
ridge, violin; Robert Wentworth, from
bone; Harry Smith, flute; Claude Bar
ker, cornet; Emery Fletcher, base viul ;
Miss Annie Partridge, piano; and by a
male quartet msde up of A. II. Smiley,
J. N. Smith, L. L. Stnrteyant and W. w.
Brown Miss Clara Vosmus niflrfstad ss
, a.
piauias' ID ~" uiVu'StIa anu 4utTtet re-
ceiYei ample evidence OF appreciatlon nv
4.
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The reception was success all around,
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I'M "P '" 'h' N'u'"i'ttee Vi
the Board OF Trade who had direction OF
il mud saannd In ba ennracistod a., o,,.
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guests.
Cohurn Hall Is nicely decorated with
p''o"oto VI lue nel'' oteharu auu RAruen
while the emhlemS of the order and han
arr .-,t
"e'7 VI ui"''on' 'oe'e''oS a"o'h the
stage and the walls The hall is most
conva,iap,lv a;tra,aa on noar.b n h,,o,,
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the passenger station, and Is exceedingly
well adapted to the necessitiea of tho
meetings.
BUSINESS SESSIONS.
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iue'o"S 'uo ''a.e 'i"hsefs were mere
in full numbers. The greater part of the
Eas,orn mo, bars din not .rriya mill ,h.
''' NV '''o "o''' ''e
J. n. M, train, when the ArOOstOOk,
Washipoton Hancock Wsljo and pisca,
onnia delayatinna swelled the crowd n,
49, 80 .isu. .t', VIZ .''"u ~
me note'S n1steria'lV' giving Ine energet-
&c nome committee on entertainment
plenty Of work, after the capacity of the
hotels to furnish rooms had been taxed to
the utmost. This was ACCOMPLISHED at
Inst and carly Tuesday afternoon oyory
y,si,ipg arang.r xaa com fnrtabl,, horssd
nd ,'"s ra,,,s had ha ho' ~.
auu al.aneeneh's Ia" ue'h niaue ior