Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1873 — National Grange Patrons of Husbandry. [ARTICLE]

National Grange Patrons of Husbandry.

This body, to the number of twenty-four members, assembled at I Washington, D. C., January Bth, 11873, and was called to order by the Worthy Master, Win. Saunders, D. C. Front the Secretary’s report wc learn that there have been one thousand find fifty new Granges established during the year.— There have been eight State Gr a nges qrga njzed_ all reorganized, viz: in Illinois and Wisconsin ~(reorganized), Indiana/ Vermont, South Carolina, Mississippi and Kansas. Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee are ready to be admitted. lowa takes the lead with seven hundred and fl ft y ■ four Granges; Son th Carolin a next, with one hundred aud two. The Auditing Committee present the following estimate of expenses for the National Grange for the I ensuing year: Expense for mileage and board o?_ members of the present ___ session, - - ~ - $3,000 Expense of Executive Committee, - - - - - 3,000 For printing, - 5,000 For stationery, postage, and expressage, ’ - - £ LOOP For salary of Secretary/ - 3.500 For rent of office, - - 500 Eor salary- of Treasurer, who shall give bond for SIO,OOO to be approved by the Executive Committee, - - 1,000 Contingent expenses, - - ' 3,000 Your committee recommend that the appointment of and pay to Deputies at large for the benefit of the Order be left to the joint consideration of the Master and Executive Committee. (Signed) Wm. Saunders, D. Wyatt Aiken, E. R. Shankland. The following are the Standing Committees: Committee oil Constitution —Aiken, Adams, McDowell, Golden and Vaughn. _ Committee on Ritual—Thompson, Minn, Grosh, Robertson, Abbott, Wilson and Saunders. Committee on Transportation and Corporations—Robertson, Shankland, ami Porter. ——■ • •- Committee on Finance —Wilson, Abbott and Cochrane Committee on Good of the Order— D. S. Curtiss, Thompson, Oscar Dinwiddie, A. J. Vaughn D. W. Aiken. Committee on Publication and Printing— Adams, Aiken and Allen. The “Farmers? Bank and Trust Company/” of N. Y.,. was selected to be the financial depository of the National Grange. The following are the new officers elected—Win. Saunders, the long-honored chief officer, becoming Past Master:— : For. Worthy Master,- Dudley -W. ! Adams, of lowa. ; For Overseer, Thomas Taylor, South i Carolina. I Executive Committee, Wm. Saun- : ders. District of Columbia, three i years; D. W. Aiken, South Carolina; ■ two years; E. R. Shankland, of lowa, : one year. / For Lecturer, T. A. Thompson, i Minnesota. f For Steward, A. J. Vaughn, Misis1 sippi. . . . For Assistant Steward, G. W. Thompson. New Jersey. For Chaplain, A. B. Grosli, District of Columbia. 4 For “ Treasurer, F. M.-McDowell, New York. For Secretary, O. H. Kelley, District of Columbia. For Gatekeeper, O. Dinwiddie, Indiana. Ceres, Mrs. D. W, Adams, lowa. .* Pomona v Mrs. O. H. Kelley, District of Columbia. Flora, Mrs. .1. C. Abbott, lowa. Lady Assistant Steward, Miss C. A. Hall, District of Columbia. The next session will be held at St. Louis, in February, 1874. AU kimds of plain printing done at this office as cheaply and in as good mdniier as it can be done in thp West. Do not send orders and money. away from home, but call and see James 4 Healey, Rensselaer, Indiana.