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were given, and the work on the ritual at last became so far 

 advanced that it was imperative that a fitting and suggestive 

 name should be decided on for the new Order, still, as it 

 were, in embryo. 



About forty titles in all were received for consideration. 

 Among these were, &quot;Agricultural Lodges,&quot; &quot; Bee Hives,&quot; 

 &quot; Knights of Husbandry,&quot; &quot; Knights of the Plow,&quot; &quot; Tern-, 

 pies of Industry,&quot; and &quot;Tillers of the Soil.&quot; But the 

 name that has since made the Order so famous, and which 

 is so expressive of the true nature of the association, 

 &quot; Patrons of Husbandry,&quot; was happily adopted, as the title 

 of the members, while another term, equally expressive, 

 was decided on to indicate the hall or place of meeting, and 

 thus the word &quot; Grange &quot; was wedded to enduring fame. . 



It would be well for all to remember this fact, and not 

 mutilate the English language by calling the individuals 

 Grangers, as is so often done, not only in contempt of 

 the Order, but often, for want of knowing better, by 

 those who do not feel inimical to the Order. The individual is 

 a &quot; Patron of Husbandry ;&quot; the place of meeting, a &quot; Grange.&quot; 



ORGANIZING THE &quot;NATIONAL GRANGE.&quot; 



On the fourth day of December, 1867, the National Grange 

 was organized. Less than twenty persons assembled at the 

 office of Mr. Win. Saunders, in Washington, on 4J Street, 

 between Missouri Avenue and the old canal ; but these were 

 individuals from various States, who were actuated by a 

 feeling unanimous in its resolve, to draw together the agri 

 cultural masses throughout the whole country, and endeavor, 

 by precept and example, to show the necessity of such a 

 thorough organization as should enable the fraternity to 



