The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1900-01-26
SOUTH FAIRLEE.

Jan. g, 1898, at Fairlee, VT, with
nineteen charter members. During
that year twenty new members were
admitted. The first part of the sec
ond year brought several discourag
ing hanges-thirteen of the mem
bers-some of them being the most
helpful ones-being lost through
change of residence, etc. The latter
part of the year, however, has
brought many new members, and
added new life to the society.
There are now forty-six members,
and a number of Our best people
waiting for admittance.
There has been but one death
among the members since the organ
ization, that of Mrs. B. Adams, in
whose memory a chair is set apart,
draped in mourning, at every meet
ing.
The installation of officers for 1900
took place Thursday, Jan. II, Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Young, of B., acting
as installing officers in a very salts
factory manner. Master, F. w.
Pierce; overseer, B. w. Abbott;
lecturer, Mrs. Marie H. Pierce;
steward, H. p Warren; assistant
steward, L. S. Martin; chaplain,
E. P. Kendall; treasurer, F. w. Abb
bolt; secretary, Mrs. f. Holmes;
gatekeeper, Percy Switzer; Graces,
Mrs. B. w. Abbott, Mrs. E. p. Ken
dali and Mrs. F. w. Pierce; lady
assistant steward, Miss Ada McIn-
doe; organist, Miss M. C1osson.
A good number of visitors were
present from Bradford, Orfordville
and Lyme oranges. An oyster sup
per was served, which was pro-
nounced to be the best ever eaten,
H. P. Warren being chief in charge.
The following program, written in
the form of a large silver leaf, was
prepared by the new lecturer, COM
plimentary to the retiring one, Miss
C1osson:
Address, Brother and Sister
Changers. First, let me in the
name of Silver Leaf Grange express
the pleasure that the presence of so
many visitors gives us-also the
hope that your remembrances of this
evening will be so pleasant that you
all will wish to come again. My
friends, there is something fresh
and bright in everything that is
new. New faces, new pleasures and
that vanishes with age. There is
pathetic in the thought,
but it is human nature, and though |
we cannot alter the fact, we can
profit by the lesson it teaches-to |
make the most of the present. A
new year has begun in the history of
this grange, new hopes and new
are ours, and though we
cannot put entirely behind us the
year that has sunk into the past,
yet we are chiefly concerned with
the present. Each one of us will |
be responsible for the beauty or ug-
Illness of the structure. 1t will be
like a building erected from founda-
ton stone to turret, thought upon |
thought, act upon act, and the ce
ment which will hold these together
will be our own sense of response
bility. AS men and women of this
branch of the order of husbandry we
have a task before us-success can
not be counted as so many dollars or
cents. The condition of our treasury
is not a fair estimate of the good we
are doing for the cause. We must
teach our youths how farm life can
be made happier and better, and
that one of the great objects of the
grange is the development of noble
principles of manhood and woman
nood-for remember, that the future
If our nation depends on our youths,
md maidens. We have gotten them
INTO the grange, let us strive to
make it an object for them to stay
With us.
?, Duet, lin the Starlight, " Mrs.
Abbott and Miss Closson.
3, Original poem by H. P. War
EN-. (Lack of space makes it inn
to publish Mr.. Warren's
poem, which was received with
marked favor by those present
Recitation, ''His Second Wife"
Mrs. M. H. Pierce.
Reading, "a Little from the
Thoughts of Many" H. P. Warren.
Song, There's a Little Boy for
SALE" Mrs. M. H. Pierce.
Marie H, Pierce, Lecturer.