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 CONCORD, N. H. : 
 REPUBLICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION.
 
 THE NATIONAL GRANGE AT CONCORD, N. H. 
 
 HE NATIONAL GRANGE, Patrons of Husbandry, 
 was organized in Washington, D. C., December 
 4, 1867, in the interests of agriculture, and to pro- 
 mote the material, social, and intellectual welfare 
 of farmers and their families. Laboring under vari- 
 ous disadvantages, but impelled by a resolute spirit 
 and working fora noble object, the founders of the order, 
 their associates, and successors moved forward, under 
 varying conditions of adversity and prosperity, until 
 at the present time the organization is the strongest 
 and most substantial among all agricultural associa- 
 tions, numbering a membership of hundreds of thous- 
 ands, commanding the respect of all classes of people, 
 and universally recognized as a potent influence for 
 good in the soical, industrial, and political life of our 
 great republic. 
 
 NATIONAL GRANGE SESSIONS. 
 
 Twenty six sessions of the National Grange have been 
 held. The first opened at Washington, April 19, 1869, 
 William Saunders, Master, presiding. The second ses- 
 sion was held in the same city, December 8, of the 
 same year, when, on account of the inability of the Sec- 
 retary to attend, an adjournment was made, subject to 
 the call of the Master. At the third session, in Wash- 
 
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 ington, January 25, 1870, the Secretary reported 49 sub- 
 ordinate granges and one state grange that of Minne- 
 sota organized. The fourth and fifth sessions were 
 also held in Washington, the former January 4, 1871, 
 and the latter January 3, 1872. The sixth session, held 
 in Georgetown, D. C., January 3, 1873, was the first at 
 which state representation was had, eleven states being 
 represented by seventeen members. At this session 
 the seven founders of the order turned over their entire 
 work to the National Grange, and a complete reorgani- 
 zation was effected. Officers were elected for a term of 
 three years, with Dudley W. Adams of Iowa, as Master. 
 The seventh session opened at St. Louis, Mo., Febru- 
 ary 4, 1874, and thirty-two states and two territories 
 were represented, New Hamp hire being represented 
 for the first time, in the person of Dudley T. Chase, of 
 Claremont, State Master, and Mrs. Chase. At this 
 session the declaration of purposes was adopted. The 
 eighth session opened at Charleston, S. C., February 3, 
 1875; ninth, Louisville, Ky., November 17, 1875 ; tenth, 
 Palmer House, Chicago, 111., November 15, 1876; elev- 
 enth, Cincinna i, O., November 21, 1877; twelfth, Rich- 
 mond, Va., November 27, 1878; thirteenth, Canadaigua, 
 N. Y., November 19, 1879 ; fourteenth, Washington, 
 D. C., November 17, 1880; fifteenth, Washington, D. C., 
 November 16, 1881 ; sixteenth, Indianapolis, Ind., 
 November 15, 1882; seventeenth, Washington, D. C., 
 November 21, 1883 ; eighteenth, Nashville, Tenn., Nov- 
 ember 12, 1884; nineteenth, Boston, Mass., November, 
 n, 1885 ; twentieth, Philadelphia, Pa., November 10, 
 
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 i886; twenty-first, Lansing, Mich., November 16, 1887 
 twenty-second, Topeka, Kan., November n, 1888 
 twenty-third, Sacramento, Cal., November 13, 1889 
 twenty-fourth, Atlanta, Ga., November 12, 1890 ; twenty- 
 fifth, Springfield, O., November u, 1891. 
 
 At the Springfield meeting, the place of holding the 
 next or twenty -sixth session was left to the subsequent 
 determination of the executive committee. But a sin- 
 gle session, thus far, had ever been held within the 
 limits of New England, though the membership of the 
 Order had become relatively greater in this section 
 than in any other part of the country, and New Hamp- 
 shire had become the banner state of the Union in this 
 regard. At the meeting of the New Hampshire State 
 Orange in Manchester, Thursday, December 17, 1891, 
 the following resolution, presented by C. C. Shaw of 
 Milford, was unanimously adopted : 
 
 Whereas, We, members of the New Hampshire State Grange, 
 assembled in its eighteenth annual session, have learned that the 
 National Grange at its last annual session voted to leave the sub- 
 ject of the place of holding its next annual meeting in the hands 
 of its Executive Committee, and in view of the long and pleasant 
 associations that have existed between the two Granges, and the 
 steadfast moral and financial support that this Grange has ren- 
 dered to the National Grange, be it 
 
 Resolved, That the Executive Committee of this State Grange, 
 should they deem it advisable, be and are hereby authorized to 
 invite the said National Grange to hold its next annual meeting in 
 this state, and that said Executive Committee be further authorized 
 to perfect such arrangements as may seem best calculated to ren- 
 der said meeting pleasant, profitable, and an honor to our Order. 
 
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 A general interest in the matter was manifested at 
 once, not only by the Patrons of the state, but by the 
 general public, and the feeling was universal that no 
 effort should be spared to secure for the Granite State 
 the next annual session of so important a national 
 body. Meanwhile an earnest rivalry immediately ap- 
 peared between the two cities of Concord and Manches- 
 ter, each desiring the location should it finally be deter- 
 mined to hold the session in New Hampshire, and the 
 Concord Commercial Club and the Manchester Board 
 of Trade, representing the business interests of the two 
 cities, promptly directed their attention to the matter. 
 
 ACTION' OF THE CONCORD COMMERCIAL CLUB. 
 
 At a meeting of the Concord Commercial Club, Geo. 
 F. Page, President, held December 22, 1891, five days 
 after the meeting of the State Grange, the subject was 
 introduced, and a special committee of five members, 
 consisting of Hon. Moses Humphrey, Hon. Stillman 
 Humphrey, Arthur C. Sanborn, Austin F. Ranney, and 
 George F. Page, was appointed to take the matter in 
 charge. 
 
 At a subsequent meeting of the club, held January 
 26, 1892, it was voted that "the special committee ap- 
 pointed to extend to the National Grange an invitation 
 to hold their next annual meeting in this city be 
 instructed to make the invitation a very cordial one, 
 tendering the hospitality of the club, including the 
 offer of all necessary facilities for holding their daily 
 
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 meetings, and extending every reasonable and proper 
 inducement, the expense attendant to be borne by vol- 
 untary subscriptions." 
 
 Meanwhile the committee acting in co-operation with 
 the Master, N. J. Bachelder, and the Executive Commit- 
 tee of the State Grange, took such measures as seemed 
 advisable to accomplish the object in view. The invi- 
 tation was extended, and the inducements in favor of 
 its acceptance duly presented. 
 
 The places competing for the location of the Na- 
 tional Grange meeting were Springfield, 111., Bingham- 
 ton, N. Y., and Concord and Manchester, N. H. There 
 was also a sentiment in some quarters in favor of Wash- 
 ington, D. C. The Executive Committee of the Na- 
 tional Grange very properly called upon the Executive 
 Committee of the New Hampshire State Grange to 
 decide which of the two cities, Concord or Manchester, 
 should be considered as the New Hampshire candidate, 
 and the committee composed of N. J. Bachelder, chair- 
 man, D. W. Rugg, E. C. Hutchinson, exofficio, Charles 
 McDaniel, secretary, and John M. Carr, voted unani- 
 mously in favor of Concord. Subsequently the follow T - 
 ing communication, announcing the settlement of the 
 question of location, was received by State Master 
 Bachelder and its substance communicated to the com- 
 mittee of the Commercial Club, and to the public : 
 
 PAW PAW, MICH., April 25, 1892. 
 
 X. J. BACHELDER, Master of New Hampshire State Grange, P. of H. 
 DEAR SIR AND BRO. : The following is a true copy of the order 
 of the Executive Committee of the National Grange : 
 
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 PAW PAW, MICH., April 2oth. 1892. 
 
 The undersigned, acting for and by authority of the National 
 Grange of Patrons of Husbandry, do hereby select the city of 
 Concord. New Hampshire, as the place for holding the next 
 (twenty-sixth) session of the National Grange, which will com- 
 mence on Wednesday, the i6th day of November, 1892, and the 
 Executive Committee of the New Hampshire State Grange is 
 hereby authorized to make all necessary arrangements for the 
 same, in conformity with the proposition of said committee and 
 the Master of the N. H. State Grange, now before us in writing 
 
 I.KONARD RHONE. \ Executive Committee 
 
 X. X. CHARTTERS. (. of the 
 
 J. J. WOODMAN, ( .\ationalGrangeof 
 
 J. H. BRIGHAM,,.r0$f<-/0, ) Patrons of Husbandry. 
 J. J. WOODMAN, Secy of Committee. 
 
 At a meeting of the Concord Commercial Club, held 
 May 10, 1892, it was voted " that the selection of sub- 
 committees to make the necessary arrangements for 
 the entertainment oi the National Grange, and the 
 choice of some person to canvass for subscriptions for 
 the funds needed, be left with the special committee, 
 with full power in the matter." The committee selec- 
 ted Henrv H. Metcalf as canvassing agent for subscrip- 
 tions, whose solicitations were generously responded to, 
 nearly twelve hundred dollars being subscribed alto- 
 gether, of which amount Capital Grange, No. 113, of 
 Concord contributed $100, and Rumford Grange, East 
 Concord, 126.25. 
 
 At a meeting of the special committee of the Commer- 
 cial Club, on the evening of October 3, 1892, held at 
 the office of the State Board of Agriculture, State 
 Master Bachelder, H. H. Metcalf, and F. E. Brown, 
 
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 General Passenger Agent of the Concord & Montreal 
 Railroad, being present by invitation to co-operate with 
 the committee, the following sub-committees were 
 appointed : 
 
 Committee on Entertainment and Information with power to 
 employ assistance H. H. Metcalf. 
 
 Committee on Decorations Arthur C. Sanborn, L- S. Richard- 
 son, James C. Norris, Ben C. White, W. A. Thompson. 
 
 Committee on Banquet George F. Page, Charles C. Danforth. 
 John M. Mitchell, E. N. Pearson, C. H. Amsden, Paul R. Holden. 
 Charles E. Staniels. 
 
 Committee on Excursions Frank E. Brown. D. C. Prescott, N. 
 J. Bachelder, Albert B. Woodworth. 
 
 Committee on Reception President of the Commercial Club, 
 Mayor and Board of Aldermen and Ex-Mayors of the city. 
 
 Committee on Music A. S. Ranney, N. J. Bachelder, John C. 
 I,inehan. 
 
 Committee on Halls Stillmau Humphrey. 
 
 Committee on Estimates Moses Humphrey, N. J. Bachelder. and 
 H. H. Metcalf. 
 
 It was voted to give the use of the club rooms in 
 Opera House Block for headquarters for a Bureau of 
 Entertainment and Information, and for reception pur- 
 poses at the time of the National Grange Meeting. 
 
 The several sub-committees attended diligently to 
 their work, meeting occasionally with the special com- 
 mittee for conference, and upon the opening of the 
 third week in November everything was in readiness 
 for the reception of the National Grange and the con- 
 venient prosecution of its work, so far as the efforts 
 and obligations of the Commercial Club and the citi- 
 zens of Concord were concerned. Representatives Hall 
 
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 in the state house, the use of which had been freely 
 tendered by the Governor and Council on behalf of 
 the state government, was properly arranged for the 
 business sessions of the Grange, and the front of the 
 building was tastily decorated with the National col- 
 ors. Elaborate decorations were also disylayed upon 
 the front of White's Opera House, wherein the public 
 session and the degree meetings were to be held, while 
 the interior was also tastefully decorated. The Eagle 
 Hotel, wherein the officers and members of the Na- 
 tional Grange were to be quartered, was also hand- 
 somely adorned with flags and bunting, as were a large 
 portion of the business blocks on Main Street and adja- 
 cent thereto in the central part of the city while a 
 large arch, erected at the foot of Pleasant Street near 
 the railway station, was also gaily decorated, and 
 bore the inscription "Concord Greets the National 
 Grange." 
 
 OPENING OF THE 26TH SESSION. 
 
 Officers and members began to arrive some time 
 before the opening of the session, Hon. Aaron Jones 
 of South Bend, Ind., Master of the Indiana State 
 Grange, with Mrs. Jones and daughter being first on 
 the ground, and Secretary John Trimble of Washing- 
 ton, D. C.,the next, with frequent succeeding arrivals, 
 all being cordially greeted by representative citizens 
 and Patrons, till the opening of the session in Repre- 
 sentatives Hall, at ii o'clock, Wednesday A. M., Nov- 
 ember 16, with the W r orthy Master, Col. J. H. Brigham of 
 
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 Ohio, presiding. There was a good attendance, which 
 was increased by arrivals during the day and the morn- 
 ing subsequent, and included altogether the following : 
 
 OFFICERS. 
 
 .\fastei-, J. H. Brigham, Ohio. 
 
 Lecturer, Mortimer Whitehead, New Jersey. 
 
 Steward, Ava E. Page, Missouri. 
 
 Assistant Stew'ard, O. E. Hall, Nebraska. 
 
 Chaplain, Charles McDaniel, New Hampshire. 
 
 Treasurer, F. M. McDowell, New York. 
 
 Secretary, John Trimble, Washington, D. C. 
 
 Pomona, Mrs. E. Bowen, Connecticut. 
 
 Flora, Mrs. E. P. Wilson, Mississippi. 
 
 Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. Laura C. Douglass, Massachusetts. 
 
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Leonard Rhone, Pennsylvania, chair- 
 man ; J. J. Woodman, Michigan, secretary : X. X. Chartters, Vir- 
 ginia ; J. H. Brigham, e.r officio. 
 
 Mrs. Brigham of Ohio, Ceres, was absent on account of illness, 
 and her chair was filled by Mrs. Rhone of Pennsylvania. L. F. 
 Batchelder of Tilton, N. H., occupied the post of Gatekeeper in 
 the absence of W. N. Nelson of Tennessee. 
 
 STATE REPRESENTATIVES. 
 
 [Masters of State Granges and their wives.] 
 Connecticut G. A. Bowen and Mrs. Boweri, Woodstock. 
 California E. W T . Davis and Mrs. Davis, Santa Rosa. 
 Colorado E. W. Working and Mrs. Working, Denver. 
 Delaware John C. Higgins, Delaware City. 
 Illinois J. M. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson, Joliet. 
 Indiana Aaron Jones and Mrs. Jones, South Bend. 
 Iowa J. E. Blackford, Algona. 
 
 Kansas A. P. Reardon and Mrs. Reardon, McLouth. 
 Kentucky}. D. Clardy and Mrs. Clardy, Newstead. 
 Massachusetts Elmer D. Howe and Mrs. Howe, Marlboro. 
 Mississippi S. L. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, Okoloma. 
 
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 Missouri Ava E. Page and Mrs. Page, Appleton City. 
 
 Maine M. B. Hunt and Mrs. Hunt, Belniont. 
 
 Michigan Thomas Mars and Mrs. Mars, Berrien City. 
 
 .\fbraska-O. E. Hall and Mrs. Hall, Pawnee City. 
 
 AViv Hampshire X. J. Bachelder and Mrs. Bachelder, East An- 
 dover. 
 
 Xe-tL 1 Jersey John Statesir, Colts Neck. 
 
 .\fu' )'urk W. C. Gifford and Mrs. Gifford, Jamestown. 
 
 .\orlh Carolina Vf. R. Williams, Falkland. 
 
 O/iiS. H. Ellis and Mrs. Ellis, Springboro. 
 
 Oregon R. p. Boise, Salem. 
 
 Pennsylvania Leonard Rhone and Mrs. Rhone, Centre Hall. 
 
 Rhode Island A. M. Belcher and Mrs. Belcher, Arnold's Mills. 
 
 Texas John B. Long and Mrs. Long, Rusk. 
 
 Vermont Alpha Messer and Mrs. Messer, Rochester. 
 
 Virginia X. X. Chartters and Mrs. Chartters, Fredericks- 
 burg. 
 
 Washington D. L. Russell and Mrs. Russell, Vancouver. 
 
 West Virginia C. H. Knott and Mrs. Knott, Molers. 
 
 Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Maryland, South Carolina, Ten- 
 nessee, and Wisconsin State Granges, from sickness and other 
 unavoidable reasons, were unrepresented. 
 
 Many visiting Patrons were in attendance from abroad, 
 including very large delegations from Massachusetts, 
 Rhode Island, and Connecticut, with many from Maine 
 and Vermont, and some from New York, Pennsylvania, 
 Ohio, Michigan, and other states, and, although a 
 severe rain storm prevailed nearly the entire week, 
 greatly to the regret and disappointment of all con- 
 cerned, there were a large number of New Hampshire 
 Patrons present during the more important days of 
 the session, which continued through the week, and 
 until Friday evening following, November 25. 
 
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 Occasions of particular interest in connection with 
 the session were the public meeting, the Sixth and 
 Seventh Degree meetings ; the excursion through the 
 Crawford Notch, White Mountains ; the banquet and 
 reception complimentary to the National Grange by 
 the Concord Commercial Club ; the trip to Manchester 
 and visit to the mills in that city, and the conferring 
 of the third and fourth degrees of the order before the 
 National Grange in Phenix Hall, by Capital Grange, 
 No. 113, of Concord, upon invitation of the State 
 Grange. 
 
 THE PUBLIC MEETING. 
 
 The public meeting, or open session, in White's 
 Opera House, opening at 2 p. M., on Thursday, was 
 attended by an audience which filled the spacious hall 
 and balcony to its utmost capacity, while many went 
 away because of inability to get within hearing distance 
 of the stage. Many of the most distinguished citizens 
 of Concord and of New Hampshire were present, and 
 the exercises continued from two o'clock until half 
 past five without the slightest relaxation of interest. 
 National Master Brigham presided, and the order was 
 as follows : Music by Blaisdell's orchestra ; address 
 of welcome on behalf of New Hampshire State Grange, 
 N. J. Bachelder, Master ; response, Hon. S. L. Wilson 
 of Mississippi ; welcome on behalf of the state, Gov- 
 ernor Hiram A. Tuttle ; response, National Master 
 Brigham ; original song, written by Mrs. H. A. Hill of 
 Derry, by Grange choir ; welcome to the city, Mayor 
 
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 H. \V. Clapp; response, by Mortimer Whitehead of 
 New Jersey, lecturer of the National Grange ; welcome 
 to New England, Past Master James Draper of Massa- 
 chusetts ; response, S. H. Ellis of Ohio ; song, "Hur- 
 rah for New England," choir; address by Senator \V 
 E. Chandler ; response by Judge R. P. Boise of Oregon 
 address by Ex-Governor D. H. Goodell of Antrim 
 response by J. C. Higgins of Delaware; music bj 
 orchestra ; address by Hon. Warren F. Daniell of Frank- 
 lin, Congressman from Second New Hampshire Dis- 
 trict ; response by Hon. John B. Long of Texas ; sing- 
 ing, " America," by the audience. 
 
 DEGREE MEETINGS. 
 
 On Thursday evening, in the Opera House, and on 
 Friday at i P. M., the sixth degree of the order was 
 impressively conferred upon two classes, numbering 
 together upwards of seven hundred, while at 4 and 8 
 p. M. on Friday two classes received the seventh and 
 highest degree of the order whose combined numbers 
 were 1,441, being by far the largest number ever induc- 
 ted into the mysteries and clothed with the solemn 
 obligations of this degree, at any session of the Na- 
 tional Grange, and this, notwithstanding the fact that 
 the rain fell in blinding sheets nearly all the day and 
 evening. 
 
 On Friday morning, in acceptance of the invitation 
 of Hon. William E. Chandler, the members of the 
 Grange inspected the fine new printing establishment 
 of the Republican Press Association. 
 
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 While the degree work was in progress in the Opera 
 House, Friday P. M., an open meeting was held in 
 Phenix Hall, at which S. H. Ellis, Master of the Ohio 
 State Grange, presided, and brief addresses were made 
 by Messrs. Jones of Indiana, Clardy of Kentucky, Hale 
 of Connecticut, Williams of North Carolina, Mars of 
 Michigan, Gifford of New York, Reardon of Kansas, 
 Long of Texas, Knott of West Virginia, L,yman of New 
 Hampshire, and others. 
 
 THE WHITE MOUNTAIN EXCURSION. 
 
 Saturday, November 19, had been set apart for an 
 excursion to the White Mountains and through the 
 Crawford Notch, arranged by the Commercial Club, 
 whose invitation was unanimously accepted by the 
 Grange, and no little anxiety as to the state of the 
 weather had been manifested throughout the week. 
 But the furious storm which had been prevailing ceased 
 at midnight, Friday night ; the morning broke clear 
 and beautiful, and one of the most delightful days of 
 late autumn followed. Shortly after seven o'clock the 
 special train provided for the occasion by the Concord 
 & Montreal R. R., steamed out of the station for the 
 northward, with nearly every member of the National 
 Grange, in attendance, aboard, accompanied by promi- 
 nent officers and members of the State Grange, visiting 
 Patrons from many states, and citizens generally, to 
 the number of about three hundred, altogether, es- 
 corted by a committee designated by the Commercial 
 Club, under the chairmanship of Hon. Moses Humphrey. 
 
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 Many of those on board the train were on their first 
 visit to New Hampshire, and others still had never 
 seen the mountain region of the state, and it was spec- 
 ially fortunate that, considering the lateness of the 
 season, the day was so favorable for observation. The 
 atmosphere was particularly clear. As the train sped 
 along the different points of interest were pointed out 
 to the visitors, the Grange State Fair Grounds at Til- 
 ton first coming in for general observation. Lakes 
 Winnesquam and Winnepiseogee appeared to excel- 
 lent advantage, and the grand mountain ranges of Car- 
 roll county were clearly outlined beyond the latter. 
 The camp grounds and cottages at Weirs were noted, 
 the beauty of the Pemigewassett and Baker River val- 
 ley enjoyed, the grand form of Mt. Moosilauke and 
 the broad meadows of the Connecticut at Haverhill and 
 Newbury, contemplated with pleasure ; but it was not 
 till the detour to the right was made at Woodsville, 
 and the excursion took its way up the valley of the 
 dashing Ammonoosuc, past Lisbon and Littleton, into 
 the very heart of the mountain region, that the deep 
 springs of wonder and admiration in the hearts of the 
 visitors were fully moved. 
 
 A caterer had been provided and a generous lunch 
 was served previous to the arrival at Fabyan's, at which 
 point a short stop was made for a fair look at the 
 mountains in all their grandeur. The presidential 
 range was slightly capped, but, fortunately, at this 
 very time the fleecy cloud which obscured the summit 
 of Mt. Washington parted, fairly disclosing the hoary 
 
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 head of the mountain monarch, and leaving the hotel 
 at the summit plainly in view. Resuming the cars the 
 journey was continued and the train moved slowly on 
 down through that grandest of our eastern mountain 
 passes the Crawford Notch the objective point of the 
 journey, Upper Bartlett, being reached about 2 p. M. and 
 the return journey commenced about half an hour later. 
 The mountain forests were relieved of their foliage, 
 and the rocky formations stood out in more striking 
 relief than is the case at earlier periods in the season. 
 There was more of grandeur, and a different type of 
 beauty was presented. The heavy rains had swollen 
 the mountain streams and they fell over the steep 
 ledges in foaming cascades at numberless points on 
 either side, appearing as lines of silver in the distance 
 while the towering mountain masses awakened vari- 
 ous sensations in the minds of the observers. Some 
 who had passed through the canons of the Rockies 
 declared that they had seen nothing grander or more 
 striking in nature than was here presented, while it 
 was generally conceded that this trip through the heart 
 of the White Mountains was alone worth the journey 
 to New Hampshire, even from the most distant state. 
 The return trip was mainly devoted to sociability, and 
 the time passed most pleasantly until the arrival home, 
 shortly after seven p. M. 
 
 SUNDAY SERVICES. 
 
 At a number of churches in town, reference was had 
 in the service, Sunday morning, in oneway or another, 
 
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 to the occasion of the National Grange meeting, the 
 attention of the several pastors having been called to 
 the matter by the Commercial Club committee, and 
 the visiting Patrons very generally attended, many 
 seeking churches of the particular denomination with 
 which they were allied, but nearly all the National 
 Orange members being present at the Universalist 
 Church where the pastor, Rev. T. W. Illman, preached 
 an eloquent and forceful sermon upon the "Signifi- 
 cance of the Grange," which was so greatly admired 
 that the Executive Committee secured the manuscript 
 and ordered 1,000 copies printed in pamphlet form for 
 the benefit of members and general distribution. 
 
 On Sunday afternoon at three o'clock, in Represen- 
 tatives Hall, the Grange held impressive memorial ser- 
 vices in honor of the members w T ho had died during 
 the year past viz.: William M. Ireland, one of the 
 seven founders of the order, and William G. Wayne, 
 past master of the New York State Grange, the same 
 being open to the public, and attended by many inter- 
 ested visitors outside the membership of the order. 
 
 THE COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET. 
 
 On Monday evening, November 21, at eight o'clock 
 occurred the banquet and reception in honor of the 
 National Grange, tendered by the Commercial Club at 
 the Eagle Hotel. Music was furnished by Blaisdell's 
 orchestra, H. G. Blaisdell, director. Col. C. C. Dan- 
 forth, chairman of the banquet committee, was master 
 of ceremonies. Harley B. Roby, the newly elected 
 
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 president of the Commercial Club, presided, Rev. T. W. 
 Illman was chaplain, and Col. John C. Linehan offici- 
 ated as toastmaster. Many distinguished citizens, in- 
 cluding Governor Tuttle accompanied by Mrs Tuttle, 
 were present, and at half past eight, after the usual 
 exchange of courtesies and greetings, the march was 
 led to the dining hall by President Roby and wife, fol- 
 lowed by the governor, National Master Brigham, the 
 speakers of the evening, members of the National 
 Grange and Commercial Club, and guests, to the num- 
 ber of about 150 persons altogether. The tables were 
 finely arranged and decorated, and the menu, as desig- 
 nated upon neat and novel cards making a handsome 
 souvenir of the occasion, was thoroughly creditable to 
 Manager Pelren, as testified by the interested attention 
 paid to the same by the company, for an hour or more, 
 after which the feast of reason and flow of wit was in 
 order. 
 
 President Roby called to order, and, after an appro- 
 priate address of welcome, introduced Col. Linehan as 
 toastmaster and under his happy and inimitable direc- 
 tion the balance of the evening's program was carried 
 out, as follows, all the responses being most felicitous 
 and holding the undivided attention of those present : 
 
 " The State of New Hampshire." Responded to by Governor 
 Hiram A. Tuttle. 
 
 "The National Grange," Col J. H. Brigham of Ohio, Master. 
 
 " New Hampshire as a Summer Home," Hon. N. B. Bryant, East 
 Andover. 
 
 " Woman's Work in the Grange, "Mrs. M. H. Woodman of Michi- 
 gan. 
 
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 " Education," Hon. J. W. Patterson, State Superintendent of Pub- 
 lic Instruction. 
 
 'The.- Farmer in Congress," Hon. John B. Long of Texas. 
 
 "The Young Man of the Day," Hon. Moses Humphrey, Chair- 
 man State Hoard of Agriculture. 
 
 I'oem " The Granger Boy," Rev. S. C. Keeler, Concord. 
 
 " The Relation of the Grange to Other Industries," Hon. Aaron 
 Jones of Indiana. 
 
 " The New Hampshire State Grange," E. J. Burnham of Man- 
 chester, Lecturer. 
 
 " Politics of the Grange," Hon. E. W. Davis of California. 
 
 "The Pioneers of the Grange in New Hampshire," Hon. John 
 I). I.yman of Exeter, first master of Gilman Grange, No. r. 
 
 " A Voice from the Nutmeg State," Mrs. George Austin Bowen of 
 Connecticut. 
 
 "The Concord Commercial Club," Ex-President and Chairman 
 of the Special Committee, George F. Page. 
 
 The speaking concluded shortly after midnight, and 
 a notable evening in the history of the Commercial 
 Club and of the National Grange was pleasantly ended. 
 EXCURSION TO MANCHESTER. 
 
 Again, Tuesday afternoon, the Grange accepted the 
 hospitality of the Commercial Club, in an excursion to 
 Manchester, to inspect some of the great mills of that 
 city, which was also a new experience with many of the 
 members, who had never before been inside a cotton 
 factory. Going down at two o'clock the delegation 
 which, including Patrons and accompanying citizens, 
 numbered about 150, were met at the Manchester sta- , 
 tion by a committee from the Manchester Board of 
 Trade and Amoskeag Grange, headed by Secretary H. 
 W. Eastman of the former and Master E. J. Burnham 
 of the latter, and, by courteous permission of the man- 
 
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 agers, escorted through some of the larger mills of the 
 Amoskeag and Manchester corporations, the first im- 
 portant point of interest being the monster new West 
 Side gingham mill of the Amoskeag, the largest cot- 
 ton factory in America, which was inspected from the 
 basement to the roof, while in full operation, and from 
 the latter, which by the way is three acres in extent, a 
 fine view of the city was obtained. The different pro- 
 cesses of manufacture were witnessed in the Manchester 
 mills, and a visit to the Print Works concluded the 
 tour of inspection in time to return to Concord at 5 : 40. 
 
 At eight o'clock that evening the members of the 
 National Grange and many visiting Patrons witnessed 
 the work of the third and fourth degrees of the order 
 at the hands of Capital Grange, in Phenix Hall, the same 
 being admirably done, a brief entertainment following. 
 
 The business sessions of the Grange continued through 
 the week, until Friday night, various questions of im- 
 portance being discussed and acted upon, except that 
 the forenoon session on Thursday Thanksgiving Day 
 was omitted, the members largely attending the Union 
 service at the Universalist Church, where an appropri- 
 ate sermon was preached by Rev. C. B. Crane, D. D., 
 pastor of the First Baptist Church. 
 
 CLOSE OF THE SESSION. 
 
 As the final session was nearing its close, Friday eve- 
 ning, all business having been completed, Worthy 
 Master Brigham expressed his pleasure and satisfac- 
 tion with the meeting and its outcome, and especially 
 with the generous hospitality and kind attention be- 
 
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 stowed by the Commercial Club and the Concord public, 
 and all with whom they had been brought into relation- 
 ship during their sojourn in New Hampshire, and con- 
 cluded by calling upon a representative of Capital 
 Grange, and presenting through him, to that organiza- 
 tion, the beautiful rosewood gavel which he had used 
 during the session After the brief words in accept- 
 ance of this token, Master N.J. Bachelder, on behalf of 
 the New Hampshire State Grange, expressed his thanks 
 and those of the order in the state for the pleasure and 
 honor accorded and experienced in this visit of the 
 National Grange to New Hampshire, and bade all the 
 members a God speed on their homeward journey. 
 Various members of the National Grange were briefly 
 heard in expression of their individual satisfaction with 
 the session and all its pleasurable incidents, and at 
 half past ten o'clock the twenty-sixth session of the 
 National Grange, holden in Concord, New Hampshire, 
 was declared adjourned, and passed into history. 
 
 On the morning of the day following, another clear 
 and beautiful Saturday in November the members of 
 the Grange remaining, a portion having already taken 
 their departure, bade adieu to the many friends they 
 had made in Concord, and started on their return jour- 
 ney to their various homes in the different states of the 
 Union, from the Atlantic seaboard to the "Golden Gate," 
 bearing, as is confidently hoped, pleasant thoughts of 
 New Hampshire, of her beautiful capital city, and of its 
 people, who will remember with pleasure for years 
 their visit and sojourn here. 
 
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