Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-27
CENTRAL POMONA GRANGE,
Attendance from Neghboring Places Light
on Account of Bad Weather.


The Worcester Central Pomona
Grange met at Auburn, Thursday morn
ing. The meeting was opened by Wor-
I thy Master L. H. Cudworth Of Oxford,
Owing to heavy fall of snow and the
hard travelling, the attendance was
light. After the transaction of the nee
essary business, the lecturer, s. A. Bur
CESS Of Worcester, opened the morning
session with the topic, Grange work
for the ensuing year"
The speaker emphasized prompt at
tendance to the meetings and expressed
the wish that all take the parts assigned
to them cheerfully, that interesting and
profitable meetings may be held through
the year. He then gave an outline of
the work as laid out by the literary
committee for the year ensuing. Re
marks in the same line were made by
James w. Stockwell.
! Mrs. c. r. Bracket read very in
! teresting essay entitled Which is the
best homemaker, the new woman or the
old woman, and why?' This was listened
| to with marked attention. Miss Josie
E. Prouty gave a reading How Mr..
Simonson took care of the baby" Re-
marks were made by H. ]. Marcy and
George NJ. Allen, worthy master Of Au-
welcome to all. There was reading by
Robert Stockwell, "A donation party"
The announcement of dinner ready
was then made. The grange was closed
and all adjourned to the well-filled ta-
bles.
The roll call showed the following at
tendance: Auburn %, Douglas 0, Graf
ton 0, Holden 0, Millbury IA, Oxford /,
Shrewsbury 0, Sutton @ Upton 0, Wor-
cester II, visitors 2. These were pres
ent at the morning session.
The worthy master, at the opening of
the afternoon session, made the
announcement that the first meeting of
the Oxford Agricultural Institute would
be held in connection with the Pomona
Grange, and that the speakers would
be John B. Bowker, secretary Of the
Worcester Agricultural Society, and c.
D. Richardson of West Brookheld, men,
Der OF the Massachusetts state board,
member Of the state dairy bureau, and
deputy Of the state grange.
The afternoon program opened with
music and an essay by John B. Bow
ker, on Care, handling and marketing
of milk" Although Mr.. Bcwker had
but short time to prepare his paper,
his essay showed him to be perfectly at
home with the subject; and the various
points were well covered.
Mis-. w. Il. stone READ selections from
Charles Dudley Warmers Being a
Boy" c. D. Richardson discussed
Dairy farm for butter" His was an
interesting essay, treating the subject
under two heads; first the Dairy
farm giving a description Of what a
dairy farm should be and the kind of
stock that should be kept to obtain the
best results; and, second, The making
and churning of the butter" He told
how the cream should be kept, the dairy
utensils cared for and the process Of
churning, sailing, putting up and mar
suits.
]. w. Stockwell moved, in behalf of
TINS grange, that vote of thanks be
given to the speakers.
J. IA. Prouty gave a reading, "Relig-
ion that parrot could scare.''
A vote of thanks were gwen to the
Auburn grange for their hospitality.
Remarks were made by ]. P. Eaton.
II. W. Carter, s. r. Burgess. Charles
greenwood, j. W. Pierce.
n answer to question, Mr.. Bowler
said that he thought the best way to
cool off milk was to set the can into
cold water He liked the Cooley system
the best
Nearly all of the speakers agreed in
the main with the essayists, and Thought
mat the subjects were well handled
MUSIC concluded the exercises.