Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-08-26
GRANGE MEETING
At Bluehill Aug. IS Address of
Welcome by j. vi. Hutchins.


| but Aet ot us--{a t9eeFs with hands o.
braius-farruets, lewgsrs, doctors, mer
| chants-their eoroiaI welcome to his
iesfy temple fashioned by the Great
| Architoct Of the universe, aud gtorified
by the touch OF HIS unsurp ssssble genius
beside this beautiful spring, rich N life
giving properties
No better place, no more appropriate
and suggestive spot, could have been Sc
lected IN Hancock county for gathering
| OF this kind. For are we not toiers in
the vineyard of Mature, sod IS not this
beautiful grove screened with verdsnt
foliage tit place for days rest and re-
creation for those who love Nature in all
her Unaffected grsciousness:
| We as tillers Of the soil live close to the
bosom of Nature, and every throb OF her
heart should find response in ours. And
does not this beautiful spring, rich in
medicinal virtues, and famous as health
| ful beverage, remind as that our order is
a living fountain of mental strength, of
| Joy, OF social and moral lie that shall be
| for the healing of the millions of the till
ers of the soil of every cline and nation
| under the sun?
Yes, our order offers the best inspirs-
| tion and aid to the physical, intellectual
and moral life and development. Study
tue statistics of mortality in the ORDER,
and compare it with the mortusry record
OF the rural population outside, and |
have no doubt you will find 1t has ADDED
from five to ten per cent. to the length of
the lives of its members.
And how much 1t has increased the vol
ume and intensity of those lives no math-
ematician can compute. Grange gather
ings are the best tonic the farmer ever
took in, and it is rarely the case that q
perverted patron thinks it advisable to
take glass of intoxicants before enter
Ing into the spirit Of our occasions.
There Is no affinity between the spirit
OF our order and the spirit OF alcohol,
and it's members are the most temperate
and lsw.respecting class Of citizens on
the globe. The wine Of good feeling, OF
pure, wholesome friendship IL the best
tonic We offer 10 our members.
Our meetings take rs up out Of the
hurry and worry Of our intense struggles,
to live on the Mt. Pisgah Of rest where We
are momentariiy safe from the turbu.
lent surging waters below, and can battle
in the peaceful sunlight of the higher
life. Here we can rebuke ourselves for
having hated the world, and learn to love
mankind for the good We never discovered
before.
And while we have great respect for law
as law, and are taught to cultivate the
highest form of friendship, yet this or
der has such a horror of trying long
spun-out and expensive litigation
1t enjoins upon its members that the best
way out OF legal difficulties is to go round
them, choose arbitrators, shake hands In
good fellowship, and submit the matter in
dispute to those ar bitrators.
This is in harmony with the trend OF
the highest civilization of-day as between
individuals and individuals, as between
individuals and corporations, as between
nation and nation.
And, as much as love the lawyer and
admire his profession, I apprehend that
the time Is coming in the progressive
wisdom OF human nature when he will
become thing Of despair and his legal
nets will cover the rocks along the shore,
and rot in the burning sun OF higher
truth, for the fish will have disappeared
from his little miIlponds, HE harp will be
hung on the willow tree, for the glory
will have faded from his profession, and
man will have been taught to be q law
unto himself, and judges will again be
| appointed in Israel to try the peoples
cases, aud settle the peoples causes.
There is another mission we have to
| achieve, one which l don't remem Der to
have heard alluded to. We have uncon-
| sciousiy had placed in our hands, to a
| large extent, the initial training of the
next generation Of statesmen who Will
| guide this great republic in its upward
| and onward course of national glory.
1 do not know why farmers are not
proud of the record of their sons, and
the important part they have played in
the history of the nation. The rugged
hills and peaceful valleys of old Maine
are covered with the glory of her sons
who have wrought brilliant achievements
in every department of thought and ser
vice.
| Wherever In this broad land Fame has
lighted her fires and Success has cheered
mankind, and Art has wrought her mira
Giles, there you will find the rugged,
CHEEKY, indomitable face of farmers son
from our good old State of Maine.
Not long since distinguished speaker
from New York remarked to Ruckspori
audience that no great man was ever born
in city. Slightly modified, we admit the
truth of this statement.
II the country is pouring its brains and
its bread into the cities, and supplying
them with the energies of progress, Its
life, what should the cities do but pour
back their wealth into the country, auc
light it with the glow OF their borrowed
genius?
Now while more than three fourths Of
the leading men in our state Legislatures
and halls NJ (ynnprass governors q