422 HISTORY OF THE GRANGE MOVEMENT; OR, 



OFFICERS OF NATIONAL GRANGE. 



Elected at Sixth Annual Session. 



Master DUDLEY W. ADAMS, Waukon, Iowa. 

 Overseer THOMAS TAYLOR, Columbia, South Carolina. 

 Lecturer T. A. THOMPSON, Plain vew, Wabasha Co., Minn. 

 Steward A. J. VAUGHAN, Early Grove, Marshall Co., Miss. 

 Assistant Steivard G. W. THOMPSON, New Brunswick, N. J. 

 Chaplain REV. A. B. GROSH, Washington, D. C. 

 Treasurer F. M. McDowELL, Corning, N. Y. 

 Secretary O. H. KELLEY, Washington, D. C. 

 Gate-keeper O. DINWIDDIE, Orchard Grove, Lake Co., Ind. 

 Ceres MRS. D. W. ADAMS, Waukon, Iowa. 

 Pomona MRS. O. 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 SAUNDERS, Washington, D. C. 



D. WYATT AIKEN, Cokesbnry, Abbeville Co., S. C. 



E. R. SIIANKLAND, Dubuque, Iowa. 



The membership of the Order is confined to persons 

 engaged in agricultural pursuits. This limitation is 

 necessary as the success of the Order depends upon the 

 unity of interests existing among its members. There 

 must be a common object, and a common incentive to 

 attain the fulfilment of that object. 



The term Grange, which is applied to the various so- 

 cieties composing the Order, is particularly appropriate. 

 It is derived from the Latin granium, and means sim- 

 ply a farm. 



The membership of the Order includes both males 

 and females. The former must be over eighteen years 

 of age, and the latter over sixteen. These constitute a 

 secret society, which is divided into local or subordi- 

 nate Granges, State Granges, and a National Grange. 



According to the Constitution of the Order, the officers 



