Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1906-09-26
FIELD DAY.
GATHERING OF CHANGERS AT
LAMoINE LAST WEEK.
INTERESTING sPEEcHEs BY NATIONAL
AND STATE MASTERS AND THE
STATE LECTURsR.


LAAoiNE, SEPT. - tspee@i)-Sreen
Mountain Pomona eouid moi nave chosen
for its tirst field aAy meeting more de-
Ightfui day than inursoay, sept ~. The
clear blue OF June SKY ana tns snodned
heat OF a september sun combined TO
make weather conditions winch We're per-
feet.
About $50 patrons ana ir'ehos gathered
at Blunt's pond before .he noon hour'
representative F -, has
80, Sullivan. Pamela GRANGE
sa,.. sohooa;c GRANGE Franr,,in.
l,--.,,,.,,,,s Grange Eastbrook. Mar,avi,le
- o,a Iamoine yranve.
.alss. =, sav that tho p;c,,c din.
=, noon vxasn most ENJOYABLE feature
-. ,,.oas,o, Altar tho tahlax vers
- tho hmm of conversation ceazea
"a ~ connanv gathered In front 81 the
.oaalcr,s stand TO listen To the after
-. rro,,y.ume. Julien Emery. vrape.
a.r,,.y Tor Hancock county. presided
st,.r ,raver bv the Rev. Thomas Nc.
Ga ,,,,,on peclw With in heb.tf ~,
,,.,na ,,rang. .noke words os w.,co,,a
~. aectvi,h welcomed most heartily
.a.,hl;c., and democrat: probibitionis,
- -ns,hrrisa;oni.t gantlst and M.,ho.
AZ, vra,,er and non-pranver. He well
sor,s5 former governor Of New Harm
-, ,,e ,,rc.sn, national master. ths
s,.,n master and the state lecturer. His
1890 40 l.s. than IN. words tbemze,ves
nr,yovsd the feeling of eordiaIitv he
a.,,,,,, ,,,s xc,eome
M
state Lsstarer thompson lohoWea IN
the response ana remarks. Mf. ihomp-
son very nioaessiy chAfsc'esiAeo himself as
the accompaniment OF .ne "9Rrasseioh
Cndicatins the nstionai master ana the
State mss'erl whom the people haa gain
cred TO near ne referred 10 tine "eicone
extended 10 the visiting order as an
atmospheric c"nditioni something com
municated oy the medium OF inc sixth
sense. He continued somewhat as foi-
i'ss
eH''1'n, sAse, ~ ~.
A'AHous" 'n'' = -. AN 1"
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t"e "a
sr's' -,
'"e i@'"'o" " 80 ~ ""
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, "5a ~
r '"s ~. U.s." ' NAe' ,-aN
victims as we do to-day. But now il often
happens that those who are brought In are
the torturcrs and not the to1ured."
Closing this humorous strain, Mr..
Thompson spoke OF his work among diff
ferent oranges, and Of the strong fraternal
spirit which was everywhere manifest.
"Thc question before the grange now" he
said, sis, what is the next great step?"
lie recently attended meeting OF high
which they considered the question of a
curriculum for our high schools and col
leges.
In hls cnin,n, thru. irr,ortant .nbiects
should he emnhasiysa in The education
OF the you,h NJ TODAY. Mechanics. or the
mechanism Of thi,g.. the great question
OF biology. or the andy Of life and the
laws governing 4, socioioyv or the rela-
tiou ~ ,na,, 10 .,,.,s,r ..rhe in,or,a,c. n,
the first tSSo ia a,,v ,acoy,t,as and their
stndv ia fa,y,v advanced The vounp
men Of to-day In rapialv increasing num-
bers. are seer,n, ,r.cha,icaI eaneat;on
and auiny ,,,,.o,,.n, ros;t,ous in TN.
worlds work. The Edisons are giving US
the benefit OF their wonderful inventive
genius.
biology has revolutionizedl life. Whether
yous dealing with the germ diseases or
Studying forestry or developing new forms
OF vegetable life, you are still studying
biology. Probably half OF the people on
the earth owe their life to such men as
Thomas Huxley men who have given
careful study to the subject of germ dis
eases, their arrest ana cure. Why are
people to-day so interested in sociology?