Year: 1874




hills and throughout the valleys Of
our country, and their not distant roar
falls in pleasing accents upon the ear
of every land where the light Of civil
ization sheds its brilliant rays. Its de-
signs are for the amelioration Of man
kind, its comprehensive adaptation
meets the necessities OF every people.


It is moved by spirit as noble and
determined as animated that mighty
host that wended their resistless way
through the Imperial City Of the.
Island Kingdom, and will be unsa-
tiated until the high wrongs that have
crushed human hopes and paralyzed
human effort shall be swept from the
face Of the earth. Its majestic march
will continue in unrestrained power
until it embraces within its ranks the
sons Of every nations soil, and rallies
to its standard the toiling millions now
crushed beneath the relentless wheels
of moneyed juggernants.


When it accomplishes these high
aims. and has wrought its legitimate
designs, then will the fruits Of victo-
ries be reaped then will "swords be
beaten into plowshares and spears into
pruning hooks and on the crest Of
its loftiest wave will glitter, in rays Of
fadeless light, that devout sentiment of
refined philanthropy, ''peace on earth
and good will to man.


Such is the scope, and such the
manifest destiny Of the Order Of the
Patrons Of Husbandry.


We are admonished by the length
Of these remarks that we are taxing
your patieIce, and engrossing too
much Of your time. Our apology is
to Be found in the Importance Of the
subject and the interest that 50 pecu-.
liarly gathers about it.


We cannot, however, close without
a word in reference to Cincinnatus
Grange. Eight months ago we or
ganized, with scarcely members
enough to fill our offices. Since that
period our success has been creditable
and satisfactory. Our membership
now numbers nearly one hundred, and
we are rapidly Incorporating the de-
sirable portion Of our entire jurisdic-
ton.


Its effect in uniting our neighbor-
hood in the bonds Of social sympathy
IS signally gratifying; and the har-
mony that has marked our proceed
ings has demonstrated the fact that we
have no discordant elements.


An institution so promotive OF the
highest social enjoyment, so applicable
to inc best interests Of our community,
and SO well calculated to stear us
through the adverse circumstances that
surround us, must claim, in the future,
as it has done in the past, our warmest
support and most cordial appreciation.


/ think we may safely affirm, with
out undue assumption, that the Order
Of the Patrons of Husbandry has no
Grange that surpasses us in all that
makes UP genuine merit, and but few
that equals it in maintaining the true
snirit Of our excellent Order.


Let us, then, move forward, and
earnestly labor in the spirit whose
greatest aim is to excel, and that we
will illustrate, in all our proceedings,
that noble emulation Of "who can
lest work and who best agree" May
we press on, prospering and to pros
per. May our future be spanned with
The bright bow of promise. May We
SO conduct our Grange that no dis
credit will ever attach to the illustrl
Gus name we bear, and that Cincinat
tus will remain upon our seal for gen
erations to come, to sanction and au
thenticate her proceedings.