Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-08-14


tensive culture of the mind and soul"
Mr. COOK then mace an eloquent plea
for higher education for farmers. men
tally and socially. They should keep
on progressing in these lines. he said,
only faster. The English novel was
one of the strongest forces that they
could call to their aid in developing
their aesthetic tastes and in teaching
them higher ideals. This NAV shock
some of you, but Uncle Toms Cabin
cid more for the slaves than the eo-
quence of Wendell Phillips and Dick
ems did more for the English outcast
th&nc all the philanthropists of his day.
How's that?" asked Mr.. Cook. sud-
denly, and left the stage amid great
applause.
Miss Emily Larrabee of Revere,
Mass, then read selection, which was
so highly enjoyed that she was obliged
to give an encore.
Rev. Costello Weston was then called
upon. lie said his feelings reminded
him of the story of the country youth
who had been escorting home a young
lady, when she told him that he must
not say anything about it. ION
shan't." replied the gallant youth. I'm
as ashamed of it as you are
He suffered with the audience. es-
pecially since the master of ceremonies
had announced that it would be neces-
sary to kill time for an hour until din
ner was ready. He didn't sec how he
could say anything, after the preced-
ing speaker had covered the whole field
of human knowledge He hadn't had
time to listen to the agents for fer
tilizer and nursery stock, and wasn't
UP on modern farming, but he raised
a few apples, last year, and shipped
them to Liverpool. Now he wished he
hadn't had 50 many. His neighbors
who had raised more were poorer than
he Was.
lie felt it a privilege to speak to the
Patrons of Husbandry about the seri-
Gus duties which they had undertaken
by their profession to the world. He
hoped that the councils of Changers
might result in things definite and sub
stantial for the uplifting of the county
State and nation. The study of the
Patrons of Husbandry ought to be how
to make the most Of present opportuni-
les It was an easy thing to ask ques-
ions as to what ought to be done, he
5eid, but it was a different thing tC
lnswar them satisfactorily. Now were
The Patrons Of Husbandry to take al
these things out in talk, or settle down
to the honest, earnest work to which
they had pledged themselves? These
grange meetings were not merely holt
lay affairs, pleasant occasions, the sue
cess OF which was to be measured by
size.
They must result in increased earn
.stness and faithful effort if the New
England farmers We're to assume the
)lace in civic, religious and social life
which the Puritan fathers held. They
must strike hands with others to work
for the upbuilding of society, and make
t what they would have it, instead OF
,riticisinG it from their fences. Mr.
Weston. was the last speaker of the
forenoon, and after the applause which
followed his speech was over, the chair
nan announced dinner
Most of the crowd picnicked under thc
trees in open air. but a good many ate
1T the hotel. Dinner was one of the
most satisfying things on the program
Professor Allen E. Rogers, of the
University of Maine, was the first
speaker of the afternoon. He said hi
had attended seven Grange meetings
this year, and Master Gardner haC
told the same story on him every time
1t reminds him of Hans, the Dutchman
Hans asked Jake what this tramps-
migration of souls" was. "Trampsmi-
grafton, Hans? No, no, it vos trans
migrations. It's like this. You dies
ard they buries you down deep under {
tree Long in the spring you goes ooI
into the troonk an the branches ant
the, green leaves, an the birds come
an roosts among you. Bimeby yol
falls down and the next spring yol
comes oop leetle daisy. Oh it vo
great! I like this transmigrations
Then a jackass comes along an eat:
you, an you is a jackass. ] pats YOU
sides and pulls your ears, an says, Oh
| Hansic, you didn't change Il mite from
vat you used to vos." Professor Roger:
then dropped his jocose tone and begaI
| his address, which was a most scholar
| ly production He dealt first with the
question of Anglo Saxon supremacy
and analysed the causes for it. Tht
| race had become supreme, he said, be
cause it was law abiding and had tht
capacity for self government in {
measure possessed by no other people
The hest illustration of it was to b.
found in the old Puritans, unde
Cromwell, in the Pilgrim fathers, givins
themselves law before they had coun
try. The people of New England
| to lay, the Changers Of kennegec coun
ty, We're their descendants and imbueC
with the same spirit. And wherever
little grange is located, the same prin
ciples are being taught And they ar
needed The crises facing the Ameri
Fcan people, today, demand all the care
full consideration and intelligence which
can be applied.
'"rhe Importance of our order as
social and educational factor has pass
ed the period of debate" said Prof
Rogers. 1T has made the peopl
broader and more charitable; it ha