Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-12-20

beginning and realize that the order
would become immensely strong and be a
onderful help to the farmers in many
ways ana no discouragements. though
they rose up sometimes mountains
high. could cause him to doubt or
Question for a moment the ultimate
success Of the grange. At one time
debts We're accommodating and payment
became very urgent
Kelly owned ten city lots where he
had made an investment for the bene-
fit Of his children. He gave the grange
full liberty to raise all they could by
mortgage on these lots and pay off the
more important debts. His wife fully
consented. as neither doubted for a
moment that success would crown their
efforts. Another incident which showed
something Of the grand spirit of those
noble men to whom We owe so much,
was when Kelly had been sent out by
he National Grange to enlarge the
order. 1t the second place he visited
he fail..I TO organize grange and
Wen see his friend. NJ. +. Mcdowell
at " lne, \. Y. whom he had previ-
ous!y met in Washington. A hard
snoW-storm came on and Mcdowell
took care of and carefully entertained
Kelly for three days when the storm
had sufficiently subsidized for him to go
on. At the departure Mcdowell gave
Kelly much encouragement and showed
his faith in his words by also giving
him $50 in money to help him on his
way. Glimpses like these show a little
something Of the heroic character of
those who labored so untiringly to es-
tabliSh the Order of the Patrons Of
Husbandry. | do not think that to any
other one man is due anything like the
amount Of praise for establishing our
order that we owe q. H. Kelly 1t
seems to me that his efforts were some
what of parallel to those of Cyrus
". Field in laying the Atlantic cable
AS We read the morning paper and
scan the war news from Africa we
hardly think of the great change
wrought in the civilized world by the
efforts of Cyrus w. Field. After max
ing large fortune and retiring from
business his attention was called to
shortening the time of communication
with Europe. and he gave IL years of
incessant labor, staked every cent of
his fortune. crossed the ocean more
than 30 times before he was able to
send the following dispatch to New
York: Thank God. the cable is laid.
and is in perfect working order" How
much we need in every grange of the
country. Jealous. earnest. capable men
and women who are enabled to see
what is best and noblest in life. and
are always ready to help the grange
to higher level. If Kelly, 80 years
ago. could see the need of united effort
among the farmers of the nation. it
must be ten times more apparent now
TO every Patron of Husbandry.
When we think Of the good the oranges
might do the thought becomes over
WhelmlnG There is much need upoq
every hand of united thought and united
action T. improve tn" various conditions
of the rural districts We should mt
forth every effort To- come in thought
ana action nearer together and BY in
creaSlng confidence in each other be able
to buy together. sell together ana Tins
make the considerable increase in tha
profits Of the farm. How much there il
in the social features Of the grange
to help us to realize that life is
really worth living. The great advan-
tages 81 the social features are too Well
understood ~ need further comment here
but to the educational features we can
n I give too much thought The time
when successful farmers could neglect thc
instruction IF the experimental stations