PRESENTATION TO BRO. GARRETSON. 149 



Napa. Flora Mrs. K. S. Hegeler, Bodega. Lady Assistant Stew 

 ard Mrs. S. M. Gardner. 



A recess was ordered, during which Worthy Master elect, on 

 behalf of committee appointed for that purpose, presented to 

 Bro. N. TV. Garretson, Deputy Master of National Grange, a 

 beautiful silver service, as a testimonial of appreciation and 

 fraternal regard. Bro. Garretson responded briefly as follows: 



Accepting then this precious offering as a testimonial, not only of 

 your loyalty to the principles that I officially represent, but also of 

 your kind appreciation of my feeble services in their establishment 

 on this coast, I tender you in the name of the National Grange of 

 our Order, and also in my own behalf, unaffected and unmeasured 

 thanks. I shall preserve with care this gift, that is rendered thrice 

 precious by the recollections of this day, and the noble patronhood 

 of California. With this valued token of your regards I shall soon 

 pass your great mountain chain, from the lofty summit of which I 

 may for the last time look into the valleys of this coast; the abodes 

 of those I have learned to love so well. The thought of parting 

 with them saddens me, even now, for I shall leave my heart behind. 

 I shall go from you to gather with the patron hosts of the great 

 Mississippi Valley, to join in their harvest song and to sit down at 

 their harvest feasts. Then, I will speak of you, and of your loving 

 hearts, and words of cheer. And when old winter shall gather 

 about him the northern winds, and sweep down in snowy tempests 

 upon my prairie home, I will gather my little ones around the fire 

 side and talk of this coast. I will tell them of the loving and gen 

 erous dwellers here, and how pained I was to part with them. I 

 will show them this beautiful cane, from the brothers of the State 

 Grange of Oregon, and also these jewels, the gift of my sisters 

 there. I will then point to this solid silver bar, the product of your 

 own fair State and the valued and valuable testimonial of your re 

 gards, and before laying my little ones down to sleep, and while 

 their infant lips are employed with their evening prayer they will 

 think of you (and lisp my fathers friends). And when months and 

 years shall have come and gone, and I perchance shall be forgotten 

 here, if in the stillness of the night, you should hear whispered at 

 your pillow in accents of gratitude and love a friendly presence 

 near be not afraid, for it will be me. God bless you. 



The silver service was all of modern style and of exquisitely 

 wrought patterns, consisting of forty-three pieces, the whole 

 laid in a large and substantial leather-bound case. In addition 

 to this was a butter dish which attracted much attention for its 

 elegance and novelty of construction. 



After recess the Grange proceeded to elect an Executive Com 

 mittee for the ensuing term, as follows : 



J. M. Hamilton, W. M., chairman, Lake county; J. G. Gard- 



