Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-01-16
CLOSE OF STATE GRANGE
After a Week of Valuable Meetings.
The Old BOARD R e.eIected

After a Week of Valuable Meetings.
The Old Board Reelected.
ROCKVILLE, Jan. 15.-The seventh annual
convention of the Connecticut state grange,
Patrons of Husbandry, closes to-day one
of the most successful series of meetings
ever held by this young but powerful or
ganization. The weather has been un-
pleasant and has interfered somewhat with
the arrangements made by citizens to en-
terrain their guests, but many of them have
visited the public buildings and the manu-
featuring establishments of the city. A
large amount of important business has
been transacted and the public buildings
have served to instruct many people in the
valuable educational work being performed
by the grange. A few of the visitors de-
parted for home to-day, but nearly all the
delegates will remain until Saturday.
The forenoon session to-day was devoted
to the reports of the various committees.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
These officers were elected this after
noon:
Master-George Austin Bowen, Woodstock.
Overseer-Orson s. Wood, Ellington.
Lecturer-George A. Hopson, East walling-
fork.
Steward-H. F. Potter, Montowese.
Executive committee-B G. Patterson, Tor
rington; F. NJ Bartholomew was elected In place
of Richard Davis, resigned.
The session of Thursday afternoon was
an open one, and although the weather
was not as favorable as that of the day
previous the attendance was about 1900,
the largest of any day of the meeting. The
meeting was in charge of Worthy Lecturer
George A. Hopson. Mrs. Irena Wilbra-
ham sang solo. Miss Myra s. Barlow
read an essay on the "Good Time Coming"
and Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Cornish of Glas-
tonbury gave duet. Miss Jennie B. DID,
BILE sang recitation, entitled, "The
Whistling Regiment"
The essay of the afternoon were deliv-
cred by L. H. Healey,, Mrs. P. B. circuit
and Mrs: Jewell. Mrs. Healey is young
was to "The Young People of the
Grange" Many of the young peo-
pie, he said, especially our farmer boys
and girls, will, or have, ceased their edu-
cation between the ages Of fourteen and
10. This is the most receptive period of
brain growth. To stop your education
then is like farmer who brings his farm
to high state of cultivation and then
ceases to cultivate it. Such a course
Woulo result III d crop OF weeds far greater
than on less fertile ground. He pointed
out the dangers that bsset the path of
youth and said that the grange comes to
them as though sent from heaven. 1t gave
them society, and was a strong educa-
tional force. The grange is an ideal farm
home. Shall we not follow its example
and try to make our farm homes ideals of
love, honesty and truth2 Let us place our
star high, and whatever and wherever the
end let us be found working for the goal
on which our soul is SET
Mrs. P. B. circuit read an essay on
''Woman's Influence to the Grange" Mrs.
circuit spoke of the membership Of the W. |
@. T. o., and of the influence of that or
ganization. The grange was opened as q |
field for the influence of woman and it is /
the largest secret society in the world that |
admits women. The average attendance |
at the grange meeting would not be SO |
large but for the women. Mrs. Circuit spoke /
on the influence of women in the grange /
and closed by saying that the organization /
was q means of elevation and education.
Mr.. Jewell of East Haven read q paper
On the "Grange as a School," She spoke
IN the grange being open to scholars; that
t was school preparatory to hfe's work /
md that men and women stood on an equal
footing in it.
In the evening occurred the comforting
# the sixth degree and exemplifcation Of
he unwritten work.