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delight by the Patrons ; and, after the tests mentioned, 

 was presented td the Executive Committee of the 

 Order, by which it was formally adopted, on the 9th 

 of August, 1871. Up to the time that Mr. Thompson 

 took it in hand, the work" had been crude and unsatis- 

 factory to the Order; but since 1871, it has remained 

 a perfect and harmonious system, which, by its beauty 

 and impressive grandeur, has been one of the chief 

 causes of the remarkable success of the Grange move- 

 ment. 



Mr. Thompson is now in his 53d year, but is hale 

 and vigorous, and as enthusiastic as ever. He has won 

 for himself, by his own unaided efforts, an enviable 

 position in his State, and in the Order. He resides at 

 Plainview, Wabasha county, Minnesota, where he pos- 

 sesses one of the most delightful and attractive homes 

 in the West, and where he hopes to enjoy a peaceful 

 and happy old age, surrounded by the love of his family 

 and the admiring esteem of the people "he has served 

 so well. 



O. H. KELLEY, 

 Secretary of the National Grange. 



Mr. Kelley is a native of Boston, Massachusetts, 

 and has been for some years a clerk in the Bureau of 

 Agriculture at Washington, D. C. He is about forty- 

 six years of age. In appearance he is a man who would 

 be singled out of a crowd as a thinker. His high bold 

 forehead, large earnest eyes, long white beard, and 

 generally scholarly appearance, would seem to stamp 

 him as a philosopher rather than a man of action. He 

 is eminently fitted for the position he holds in the 

 Order, a position involving an infinite amount of detail, 



