Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1874 — Jasper Grange. [ARTICLE]

Jasper Grange.

Editors Union:—On the 20th instant I started to Keener township in the extreme north of Ja,sper comity, to organize a Grange oi Patrons of Husbandry. Traveled through Walter and Wheatfield townships and found everybody as busy as bees, plowing,, and planting corn. Finally I got inttfTittTe Keener and expected to sec business going slowly so far away from market, but to my great surprise they arc among the most energetic and wideawake people of our county, frugal, industrious ami intelligent. Notwithstanding they had labored all day planting and plowing, the house where We met by appointment was filled. After a few remarks relative to the objects of our Order, I organized Jasper Grange with an unexpectedly large. mcmbersJiip of thirty; W. J. Granger, Worthy Master, and E. D. Fairchild, Secretary. Now every township in the county is represented with a Grange. We can give the Patron’s grip to farmers in every township in the county from Keener to Carpenter, ami from Newton to Hanging Grove. May God speed the time when the same may be done from ocean to ocean, and hasten the day when monopoly shall respect labor and farmers have justice and equul privileges with ail mankind!

J. G. CULP,

Deputy.