CHAPTEB XV. 



LAWS AND BY-LAWS OF THE ORDER. 



OFFICERS AND CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL 

 GRANGE. 



The officers of the National Grange, at present, are as 

 follows : Master Dudley W. Adams, Waukon, Iowa ; Over 

 seer Thomas Taylor, Columbia, S. C.; Lecturer T. A. 

 Thompson, Plainview, Wabasha Co., Minnesota; Steward 

 A. J. Vaughan, Early Grove, Marshall Co., Mississippi; 

 Assistant Steward G-. W. Thompson, New Brunswick, 

 New Jersey ; Chaplain Rev. A. B. Grosh, Washington, 

 D. C. ; Treasurer F. M. McDowell, Corning, New York ; 

 Secretary 0. H. Kelley, Washington, D. C. ; Gate-Keeper 

 0. Dinwiddie, Orchard Grove, Lake Co., Indiana; Ceres 

 Mrs. D. W. Adams, Waukon, Iowa; Pomona Mrs. 0. 

 H. Kelley, Washington, D. C.; Flora Mrs. J. C. Abbott, 

 Clarkesville, Butler Co., Iowa; Lady Assistant Steward 

 Miss C. A. Hall, Washington, D. C. ; Executive Committee 

 William Sounders, Washington, D. C. ; D. Wyatt Aiken, 

 Cokesbury, Abbeville Co., S. C. ; E. E. Shankland, Du- 

 buque, Iowa. 



PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION. 



Human happiness is the acme of earthly ambition. Individual 

 happiness depends on general prosperity. 



The prosperity of a nation is in proportion to the value of its pro 

 ductions. 



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