Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-22
cUSHNOC GRANGE.
All Day Meeting Neutrality-suspicious.
to Those Who Have Died.

An all day meeting of CUISINE |.
Grange. Riverside, was held Wednes-
| day with a good attendance. A pro-
gram of much interest was carried out
as follows:
Muse ny the Grange
Sister Mrs Oscar Brown
Memorial lynn Choir
Rea,!n: Sister Lucy Brown
Recitation Sister Lucy Stone
SoI.c Brother Harold Weeks
story Bother James Clark
| Readr.
Sister Mrs Forest Whitel.nuse
Music Brother Edward Forest
| Ouestion-"W Which are more Responsible
tor good Grange Meetings, the Officers
| or Tie Me,lbCrs"""
Following is the text of the tribute
! to the memory of the members of our
order have passed away during the
year read by Mrs. Oscar Brown:
1t seems fitting and is in accordance
| with a vote of our order that we de-
vote Il portion of one day in the year
to the memory of those who were ac-
custOmcd to meet with us in our
| grange home bringing the sunshine Of
their youthful presence to tighten our
cares and to cheer us on our way amid
the tolls and perpexities of our daily
lives, or whose wise counSelS. or time
ly, warnings. gained through many
years of experience served as guides to
point the way to smoother paths or
! more successful issues; but whose
presence we may longer hail with JOY
Their hand no more clasps ours in
fraternal greeting. Their life boat has
silently gIided over the invisible line
which separates the dwellers Of this
leeting and transitory life from those
! of a permanent existence in the great
beyond" The mercilesss reaper has
applied his sickle in our harvest field
and. while some heads We're already
| ripened by the storms and suns of
many days. vet others have been
sacrificed by his unrelenting hand. who
had felt only the summers sunshine
They had not been broken by the
storms that have rudely beaten upon
all our heads, who have reached the
summit, or whose shadows stretch far
toward the east, as we descend with
ever accelerating speed toward the
declining sun. We miss the voice of
him who was ever ready to lay his eX-
periences before us and point the Surer
way. to less accustomed feet. From
the life of our lamented Brother Cross
we may CLEAN much that would be use
full in our upward journey, or in our
declining paths and we would bring Il
tribute of immortal flowers to crown
the virtue of his life, and remind us
that the better part of our lives can
never die, that the thoughts of a pure
mind, and the deeds that are prompted
by a pure heart will live to brighten
many a life. Our brother was sud-
denly taken from the counsels of our
circle and we mourn his departure
while we grieve for those whose in
innate relations rendered him inds-
pensable to happiness. it is common to
look upon those whose heads
are bleached by the storms
think that they are ready for the
harvest and will soon be garnered; but
how many bright young flower may
be snatched from its stem while the
ripened grain is still standing. We
see this in the taking from us, those
who We're seemingly ready for the hay
day of life, with all its ripening glOries
stretching before them. We exceeH-
ingly regret that our young sisters
pleasant face will no more be seen in
our midst. And also the face of him
whom the inner gates of our grange
home had not opened to admit, but who
no doubt would have been an agreeable
and worthy brother Of the Order. We
would shed q tear over their sudden
and premature departure. And may
the fragrance of their noble deeds like
that Of the rose though broken from its
branch by ruthless hands. still linger to
cheer and bless those who We're their
companions: and may it sooth the
poignant grief of those to whom their
'ivcS meant SO much. And as we
brothers and sisters. one by one give
the SaIutation of the Order. and pass
out of these gates. to return no more
may each depart with the feeling that
our lives have been made better by
out meeting together in the bonds Of
fratarnal love May the order Of
Patrons Of Husbandry still grow and
prosper. and may its declaration of
purposes be fulfilled, and better and
higher manhood and womanhOod be de-
veIoped among its members. and in the
language of another Patron: Thus it
will be seen that the Grange is a family
where the fathers manhood. the
mothers devotion. the brothers affcc-
ton. and the sisters love are 50
cultivated and developed that they
reach out beyond the purview of the
family circle. and embrace with
fratcrnal kindness every member Of
the order. practically obeying the in
junction of our Saviour when he said;
'Th" second commandment is like unto
it; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thy
self"