The Republican journal., 1892-10-20
Meeting of Waldo County Grange.

meeting was called to order at the usual
hour by Worthy Master Mudgett, with every
officer present except Gate Keeper. The
weather looked threatening, which kept a
great many at home, yet the hall was we'll
| filled with patrons. Fifteen Oranges We're
reported, as follows: Northern Light, by
Geo. Ritche; Morning Light, 10y Sister Dur
| ham; Harvest Moon, by Brother Perley; Sill
yer Harvest, by Bro Mudgett; Comet, by
Bro. Mari; Honesty, by Sister Luce Mystic,
by Bro. Cammett; Union Harvest, 10y Bro.
Hartman; South Branch, by A. \. CHM
Seaside, hy Bro. Cunningham Ritchie, by
j. q. Harding: Stockton, by Bro. Colcord
South Montville, by Bro. Morse; Hillside,
by Bro. Harding; Granite, 10y Bro. Stinson.
All reported an increase in interest. The
| address of welcome was given by o. G. Hus-
sey. On motion of Bro. Perley ''Noted that
our society be instructed to have Bro Hus-
sey'S interesting address of welcome print
ed with and in addition To the usual report
of their meeting The address follows
Worthy Master and members of this Po-
mona Grange: 1t is With ii feeling of pleas
ure that | bid you welcome in behalf of
Comet Grange and while words often
| idle to express ourtrueSt sentiments | trust
| the welcome is something more than mere
courtesy.
From the earliest time to the present,
/ some vocation or business has been found
| necessary for all men ,and can see the good
| ness of God i'll placing us in world where
| we must labor if WE would live. ! would
not, if ] could, so change the elements that
| vegetation would he so luNuriant as to meet
| every want, or the soil so easy as not to re-
sist our strength and skill. Such world
| would present a shiftless race, as no bus-
ness or study which does not present OBJ
stacles to the mind and the will is worthy
of a true man. To me the honest laborer
has great dignity and | regard him as an
| important factor i'll creation. We owe our
growth our energy, chiefly to that striving
| of the Will, that conflict with difficulties.
| winch we call effort. Easy, pleasant labor
does not produce robust minds does not de-
velop the energy and power of endurance
so essential to us. The man who has not
| learned to work is an unfortunate creature.
| He depends ON others without capacity to
| return the support they give. Labor is d
| is great good, but in so SAYING would be
| understood as speaking of it in its Just pro
| portions IN excess it does great harm, as
| when it is the sole use of life to the eNclll-
sion of thought for better things. Life should
| be a course of employmentS so diversified
as t. call the whole being into action. There
is too general ii disposition tushun labor, for
| many would escape the plimeNal sentence of
| gaining their bread 10y the sweat of their
| brow. Not a few of the Wsest and bravest
men have toiled at the plow and there is
! but one elevation for all men, consisting in
| tile true development Ot the highest tacul-
ties of the individual.
| \ bird may he thrown into the air by some
| obscure force and only Wheni has proved its
powers OF Hight and uses its own wings can
| it claim prestige. SO ii man MAY he eltvat-
| ed into Il position by dimt uf circumstances
or accident and in time return to his level
/ again unless he grasps the situation, uses
! hiS latent powers of thought and energy and
| triunphs over all obstacles that may beset
| his course.
We are placed in this world to try and
master the situation. 1t is mind that has
| controlled matter: it is the highest power in
| the universe. 1t made the heavens and the
| earth. An engine moving ON long trains of
| cars with the speed of the wind illustrates
| the power of the minH, while the weary
Traveller with his burden shows the frailty
Of human strength. An ocean steamer dar-
| ing the power of the waves is work of ILL
| telligence and high civilization. as We're the
| birch canoe and the dugout signs of ignor-
| ance and harbarsn. The telegraph send
| lng Thought with lightning speed i'll contrast
with the bonfire that flashed from the hill
| Top i'll the past, shows the ingenuity of the
| mind.
|
| i'll its broadeSt and truest sense, then only
| can We expect as an order full share of
! influence by making the best of our calling
| and not trouble too much TO know what man
| thinks is right, but rather what God says is
| right. The tower of Pisa leans some thir-
teen feet from the perpendicular and peo-
| pie go many miles to see its graceful incin-
| alton, being kept in place from century to
| century by means of braces and various az
| chittctura devices of men is skill but there
| is one which does not need the skill of man
| to keep i'll place, it is the vertical tower ON
| Mt. Sinai with ten square blocks carved out
| OF the mountain OF Gods love to man. by
| which i'll our better moments with Divine
aid, we all feel we should attune our lives.
Bro. A, l.. Mudgett responded briefly,
| in we'll chosen words. \ class Of eighteen
We're instructed in the fifth degree. Re
| marks tor the good uf the order We're made
| by Bros. Hartman and Ritche Noon recess
| was declared. The afternoon session was OBJ
| ened with music by the choir The committee
on time, place and programme reported as
| follows: Time, Nov. Isl; place, Mystic, Bel
| mont: programme: LIST, opening exercises.
2nd, address of welcome, by Sister Ellen
| Hunt. 3D., response by j. Ellis. 4th, report
| of Oranges. 9TH, comforting fifth degree
| 9th, music by the choir. 7th, appointment
| Of committee. Sth, remarks for good of the
| order. 9th, noon recess. 10TH music 11th
| report OF committee on time, place and pro-
| grannne 18th, question: Resolved, That the
| press is more of an educator than the COM
mon schools. Aft. Bro. Ellis; neg, Sister
| Oracle Bowen. 18th, music by the choir
! l4th, question: Resolved, That the Austria
| liam ballot system is an Improvement ON the
| old system and should he continued. Aif
| NJ. b. Hunt: neg, j. G.. Harding. 18th, the
| remainder of the programme to be furnished
| by NJ ystic Grange.
| The question: Resolved, That shallow
, pl"wing is more beneficial to the average
farmer than deep plowing, was taken from
| the table and discussed by Brothers Camp
bell, Dyer, Shorey, Ellis, Durham and
Ritchie. Music by Hattie Phillips The
| topic, Resolved, That any sister should be
entitled to divorce if her husband signs
notes of surety without her consent, was
! opened by Sister Shorey, followed by Sisters
| Durham, Harding, Littetield, Beals, Went
worth and Levanseler, and Brothers Ellis,
| Harding, Shorey, Nicktrson and Hussey.
| Song by A. l.. Mudgett, encored Question:
Resolved That the President of the United
| ~ Foo.