The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-05-31
THE NEW GRANGE HALL.
Appropriate Dedication Ceremonies -
Gala Day for the Grange

Gala Day for the Grange.
Friday, May 20, was a notable day for
Wellington Grange, despite the dismal
weather, the occasion being the dedication
Of the new hall. At p. m. the visiting
and home members of the order, with
few outside friends were called to order
by the worthy master, W, D, Warren, and
the formal dedication of the hall took
place in the observance of the Grange
dedicatory ceremony. c. NJ. Freeman, Of
Rex, Miami county, o., acted as dedicat.
ing officer.
b. b. Herrick then presented the report
Of the building committee, after which
Worthy Steward Freeman gave the ad.
dress of the afternoon upon "The Achieve
ments and Purposes of the Grange" Mr..
Freeman is an enthusiastic Patron and
comes from a section of the state where
the Grange is well organized and where
much of the good work done by the
Grange In Ohio has originated. 1t is a
matter of history that the present agitation
on the subject OF pure food laws had its
inception in the Rex. o., Grange. DR..
McNeal, our dairy and food commissioner,
is member of that Grange and an inter-
esting account was given by Mr.. Freeman
5 in his speech after the banquet in the
D evening of how the bali was set rolling.
Some inside history of other good works,
2 both for farming and Tor public interest,
8 started by the Grange in Ohio, was re-
:. counted by the speaker in bis afternoon
address. In speaking of the influence Of
the order, the point was brought out that
among the first services of the order was
rendered southern farming In the deplora-
BILE condition in which it found itself at
Il the close of the war-the new Grange
= order had much to do with placing south.
U ern agriculture on its feet again. Indeed,
1t was largely due to the impressions re-
D ceived by o. II. Kelley, one of the found
e ers of the Grange, during trip through
IS the south at that time, Of the need Of such
a. an organization that steps were taken at
a Washington to affect ii. The speaker
contrasted wildly the conditions OF farm
life and interests before and since the or.
ganization Of the Grange and dwelt en-
phatically upon the necessity for more
i efficient cooperation and enthusiasm
among farmers in their calling. A prac
a, tical farmer himself and a thorough
b. student of Grange history and policy, hC
believes that the Grange Is better adapted
H. TO secure this intelligent organization an(
TO provide safe and efficient school fo
10 the economical, mental and social educa
ton of the falmer and his family thai
-, any other up to date. The Grange, by II
= constitution and practice is non politica
and has proven itself duly conservative II
its progressiveness and, almost withou
et exception wise in Its counsels and achieve
81 ments. Mr.. Freeman commands tn
closest attention because he has some
ry thing we'll worth saying and says 1t in
way we'll worth hearing,
ng w. /. Chamberlain, of the Ohio Farmer
,w followed Mr.. Freeman with short ad
dress respecting woman's position in th
mt Grange. Mr.. Chamberlain is favorit
speaker with Wellington Grange, and o
in. this occasion he in no way diminishe
the esteem lu which he is held. He pu
- the audience in good humor by relatin
% several loughable stories illustrative {
the conventional destruction that ever
speaker is supposed to experiance upo
'u' first facing an audience. In the course
his remarks he commented on the fact thi
\, the Grange was one of the first orders
admit women to an equal participate
In lis privileges and functions, and that
had always had occasion TO congratulaI
1ill itself upon the immediate availability {
woman's influence upon the discharge
its work The order that takes in n
Y, wives with the husbands, the sisters wit
ing the brothers and the children with IL
ing parents is nearer than any other to q
ia. ideal society. That the Grange has dor
much for the farmers wife was anoth'
fact noted. The social and literary educ
inc tion of the meetings in the Grange hay
.es. provided for her contact with outsit
opinions and with other people, which 81
often would otherwise have missed by b
generally isolated situation, and whit
ay- her husband would get by bis freque
! to going out among other. men. Under q
ysi- latter state OF affairs a woman at marrial
are ought to be better educated than her hu
!. band, which necessity is not so appare
If the wife be provided with means Of co
tin uing her education In some such ma
fed ner as offered by the work Of the Grang
bill The whole address was replete wi
FRS. salient thoughts thai were good to car
home with one.
[. At the close OF Mr.. Chamberlain's q
dress, the Changers and their friends a
journed to the front Of the building TO
was Included 10 photo taken Of the new hl
less and then dispersed.
The music was furnished by Mrs. b.