Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-11
VDRMONT STATE GRANGE
Annual Meeting in Session at Morris
ville-Rsports of Officers Show
Growth in the Order.

Morrisville Dec. 10.-This morning at II
o'clock the Vermont State Grange COM
menCed their 3lSt annual session at this
place. The meetings arc held i'm the y. T..
q. +. hall. The Grange was opened in
| the sixth degree. after which the roll was
called and a committee on credentials
were appointed.
At 1:2C o'clock came the annual address
IF the worthy master, the Hon. c. j. Ben
of Walden. MIR. Bell spoke with pride of
the prosperity OF Vermont as shown in
the figures OF the last census. Aocordir !;
to that she is leading all the New ENGLAND
States in her dairy interests and her pro-
ducts by the acre OF corn, oats pota atucs
and hay is something others could follow
with profit. Maple sugar we should not
| forget, Tor like her fruit ii has tldVur
none others can possess. He next spoke
Of the Goth annual session of the National
ge in Lansing, Mich, the second " ed
nrsdaY in November. He then rcfcrro d
10 his work among the State Oranges in
particular during the past year ana to
their progress in general He spoke of the
good the State press could do and were
doing, the order. He paid a glowing tIi-
quite to the memory of Alpha Nesser, for
30 years co-worker in the Grange. In
concluding Mr. Boil said May our
motto be to add dignity to labor. May We
work with earnest minds and honest pur-
pose 10 build up our grand ordcr to greater
usefulness understanding that it is only
by organization and cooperation that our
expectations can be realized.
The secretary A. a. Priest of Ran
dolph. then submitted his report in which
he showed that there are now ~ Oranges
IN the State six being new the past year.
The total membership of Pomona Grange
is 3S and of the subordinate oranges
1884.
In his report, Treasurer +. Il. Pierce
of RawsonVille made the following state
inent of the financial standing of the
state organization:
Cash on hand, 1901 l..................$ g0L -
Received from sccretary........ / SGG %
| Interest on deposits ...........,.... 42.54
Total ,.,........ SlL23
Paid out on orders. ers.................. 1136. -
Balance ........... ..................S2G7 g6
THE BANQUET.
The evening was given up to the BAN
quet served in the town hail by the
ladies of the Woman's Relief Corps. CoV-
crs were laid for $50 and there were over
3N1 present. After the w-nts of the inner
man were properly attended, toasts were
proposed and responded to as follows,
&. f.. Smith of Morrisville acting ac-
ceptably as POSTMASTER: "The Order of
Patrons of Husbandry." Gov. y. J.
l.atchelder of Concord, y. H.. Grange
Responsibilities" the Hon. c. j. Bcll Of
Walden; Grange Energy" c, II. Morse
of Randolph; Natures Adjoining" Mrs
X. Il. Galusha of South Royaiton; Farm
crs' Needs" l.. NJ. Cregn of Spriugfeld
our Sister Of the Order" r. T.. Galusha
Of South Royalton; THE World Beauti-
ful," G. W. Scarf of Burlington; Farm
Homes and the Church." the Rev l. L.
Booth of Morrisvillc. There was also a
song and recitation by Miss LA Niles
Of Norrisvile and music was furnished
by George Elmores orchestra of Mont
pelier.
The sessions will be continued to-mor-
row with election of officers.