Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-03-25
GOSSIP OF THE ORANGES

The next meeting of Kennebec
Pomona Grange will be held with
| Clinton Grange, April 3.
State Lecturer Thompson will he at
Topsham, March 26; at East Dover
| April 5; and at Bridgton, April ).
Among the coming appointments of
State Master Gardner are, April 5-West
| Minot: April 17-Norridgewock; Anril
| 20 Neazie.
| Cornville Grange can now boast Of
having about 80 members. The meet
inss. which are held in the evening.
are greatly appreciated and well at
| tended.
| Sagadahoc Grange. Bowdoin Center.
will hold meetings every Tuesday after
noon, until April 18th. with the except
ion of April 2nd, and April 22nd. which
| will be all day meetings.
Fifteen members of Burnside Relief
| Corps in Auburn are to take the fifth
| degree of the grange in the next
pom ona meeting. 1t begins TO look as
| if the whole corps would join the order.
| AT the regular meeting of .Iohn
| Dority Grange Of East Sullivan. last
Friday night two candidates received
| the honor of the third and fourth de-
grees An interesting literary program
| was carried out.
| Limestone Grange, No. 272, situated
at Morris. has had a very prosperous
| winter having taken in a large num-
Der of new members. This grange has
nearly 250 members in good standing
and the meetings each Saturday even
| ing are full of interest.
| Lincoln Grange, Steuben, which was
organized about five years ago, has
already passed the century mark in
membership, and has the honor Of be
| ing the largest grange in Washington
county. This grange has never lost a
member by death.
| The first and second degrees will be
| conferred at the next regular meeting
of Pittsfield Grange to be held March
29. Two weeks following will be con-
| ferrcd the third and fourth degrees
upon glass numbering fifteen, to be
followed by a harvest feast.
| Pioneer Grange, East Union, con-
| ferred the first and second degrees up
on one candidate at it's last regular
meeting. F. a. Perry, District Depu-
| ty, of North Warren, was present and
exemplified the unwritten work of the
| third and fourth degrees in an able
manner.
| Topshan Grange will entertain Saga
dahoc Pomona at the X. of P. Hall,
] Brunswick, March 26. Prof l.. c.
Bateman and State Lecturer w. j.
| Thompson are expected to be present.
| ba
Of the future possibilities of agricul-
ture. what Our homes do for us, the
fundamental principles of taxation, the
| duty of Pomona Grange in the line of
education, success in the dairy, cost
and other information relative to a
silo, marketing to best advantage, the
culture of sweet peas.
| The fifteenth anniversary of Bodwell
| Grange, Phippsburg. was observed by
| large numbers of patrons from Ken
nebec, Parker Head and Sebasco, who
met with the brother and sister resi-
| dents of Ashdale, on Tuesday after
noon, the 18th inst. The meeting was
| called to order by Master A. C. John
son when an interesting program was
| carried out by the brothers, leaving op-
portunity for the evenings entertain
ment to be made by the sisters. At the
| conclusion of the entertainment rem
dered by the brothers a nice spread
was enjoyed in the lower hall. In the
evening the sisters had it their own
way under the leadership of the Lect-
urer, Sister ]. E. johnson. BodwelI has
only five charter members living NJ.
l.. Percy, Geo. N. Hosmer, L. c. Gil
man, A. HI. Foote, Augustus Percy.