The Republican journal., 1906-11-22

......,irt of bad weather Comet Grange,
... H. l.d not have meeting Nov. 10Th
.,..... ureting and supper last Monday
,.-.r lanes of Indiana has been APP
..,st .' iirman of a special committee OF
..4r,.rs to consider the question of
... life insurance system in the
.,-. ... report at the next annual meet
5..a National Grange some feasible
. u. Night was observed by Tran
- ..4nga, Lncolnville, last Saturday
... .ri fine program was given be
... ..-a aud appreciative audience.
..-...-.m consisted of dialogues, voca
..Dnpntal music. Some fine music
by the Misses Annis, the we'll
,rs.oguists, accompanied by Mrs. Liz
...H, who rendered some fine Sc
...- u the piano. Fred Miller was
ID. with his photograph, which
81. ...l Ia the evenings entertainment.
b. r.. .rugramme peanuts and candy
. sawed and games of various kinds
... .tJ and much enjoyed by all pres
range is in most prosperous
.. uuW and new members are adj
most every meeting. Characters are
au for a drama to be presented III
.-. nture. We wish them success.
n. . owing poem composed by Miss
dUpton was read at recent meet
. ..uuticook grange, Camden:
.... ta our hearts is the little brick
house,
LIZ tgl recollection presents to our
~. fl, around it, the broken old plat
tn,
.r. Oi the loved haunts of our early
looI-days,
IHus >hed-roof that we used to slide
leAu on,
.. othes that we tore, which made
mothers to Scold,
- .. l0ugh board fence, with the bur-
ts beside it,
.. aI the old prankS which our
memories hold,
..ttit old school-hOuse,
F gtgrIad old School-house,
red brick SchoOl-house
a ,tands by the road.
e old school-house is putting on
DOW,
isrd for grange hall and boasts
, Io hight,
dren of larger growth meet there
r easure,
a. be improvement, on each We'd
-- las night.
TO Worthy Master, our Lecturer and
-rAr,
l urmberS that number two hundred
.-. ushty wise, but we're really just
.."L,
me way we played in those last
nd
ME old school-house,
' "a old dollhouse,
Iu brick sch0ol-houSe
,,tnds by the road.
.-t Moon Grange, Thorndike, OBJ
H sd anniversary Nov. 18th. AS
.,ae. vas unpleasant and travelling
.. tendance was not as large as
fine dinner was served in the
10 by the ladies of the grange. The
Exercises opened with a song by
The anniversary paper by sister
)gnfOrth was then read and met
q i.. approval of all and she was re-
-.. Lave it printed in the county pa
.salI me New England Homestead. E.
0ay, Secretary of the Maine State
s-s- was then introduced and addressed
leh5erS in his usual pleasant manner
0a fgans of Waldo, one of the execu-
+ gm ttee of the Maine State Grange,
't.eH called upon and responded with a
Eattal talk Oh grange affairs. County
.g4,} g. J Webb was called on and gave
good dix on matters pertaining to the
90 i tie order. A humorous recitation
.,i-l Iennie Cox was finely rendered.
marks by brother Charles Smith and the
9lE cong finished the program. A vote
la0, was rendered brothers Libby,
el>au5 Webb for their attendance and
1a.0 eheer. AN then repaired to their
.@s, homes, feeling that the labors of the
! aIa complete. Following is the ami
Fl" oaper:
'etHY MASTER, BROTHERS AND SIS
IT, 4nG- more the seasons have gone
ul9, and we meet to observe the
rrpV of our Grange. Thirty-two
'f t-l harvest Moon was organized with
4 uembership. We think that not
,lu>e charter members is with us
= few severed their connection
.a- order during its early years, but
magnify were loyal patrons until, one
II they were gathered to the Grange
.'" tthough there are none here who
,r ne-n associated with Harvest Moon,
-- .r whole period of its existence,
.oe.r are some who have been members
han twenty years, and we have
= - changes that d score OF years