CHAPTEE XIII. 



AIMS AND OBJECTS OF THE ORDER. 



SALIENT FEATURES OF THE ORDER. 



Three salient and distinct features of the Order of Patrons 

 of Husbandry are, respectively, its social, intellectual, and 

 business elements. 



The feature first named aims to bring together men and 

 women, young and old&quot;, who, in social converse, may discuss 

 whatever pertains to the well-being of the community. 

 Purity of thought and expression are inculcated ; and, while 

 any question pertaining to innocent gossip may be broached, 

 coarseness and backbiting are allowed no place. 



In 1870, Mr. Saunders, at the annual meeting of the Na 

 tional Grange, of which he was then the Master, expressed 

 himself as follows : &quot; To make country homes and country 

 society attractive, refined, and enjoyable, to balance exhaust 

 ive labors by instructive social amusements and accomplish 

 ments, is part of our mission and our aim.&quot; 



Among the pleasant social features are the feasts pro 

 vided, once a month, by the ladies in summer, not unfre- 

 quently taking the form of pic-nics in some grove. It is 

 pleasant to record that this idea originated with a lady, 

 Miss Carrie A. Hall, of Boston, Mass., who, with untiring 

 zeal and self-abnegation, has devoted herself to the further 

 ance of the best interests of the Order almost from its incep- 

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