Broome county . outen masse. The speaker, a tall, well-formed man a littlepast the middle age and a fluent speaker, showed his hearersthe advantage of organization of the farmers, the advantage ofthe Grange and what it hopes to accomplish. The seed thussown began to bear fruit, and in a short time a Grange was or-ganized at East Maine, another at East Union, and in k-ss thana year others at Hawleyton. Tracy Creek and in the city ofBinghamton. The National (irange in the meanwhile, seeing the need ofbetter work and a more cordial and fraternal feeling among theGranges of counties, urged and san
Broome county . outen masse. The speaker, a tall, well-formed man a littlepast the middle age and a fluent speaker, showed his hearersthe advantage of organization of the farmers, the advantage ofthe Grange and what it hopes to accomplish. The seed thussown began to bear fruit, and in a short time a Grange was or-ganized at East Maine, another at East Union, and in k-ss thana year others at Hawleyton. Tracy Creek and in the city ofBinghamton. The National (irange in the meanwhile, seeing the need ofbetter work and a more cordial and fraternal feeling among theGranges of counties, urged and sanctioned the formation of Po-mona or County (Tiranges. The Granges of Broome county responded and chose dele-gates to attend a meeting at East Union on September 4, 1875,at which time the Broome County (irange was organized, withA. K. Park, of Kirkwood, as Worthy Master; and Gerard Bid-well, of East Union as A\orthy Secretary. But the (irange likeall other organi. itions, had its times of prosperity and its times. ( A C. :\ll\K. (iallatia (. \alHMtine, of I lei osil, the present Overseer ofBroome County Iomona Grange, was botn in Meredith, Dela-ware county, in lS-1!), lie is a practical farmer and 1887 he was elected supervisor of the town of Sanford. Heis active in Grange work ; was a charter member of DepositGrange, No. 582, of which he is the present Master. KKOOME COUNTY ILLUSTRATED. of adversity. New Granges were organized during the nextfew years, while some of the old ones became dormant. In thefall of 1882 the State (Grange sent its Lecturer, J. B. Whit-ing, into the northern portion of the county, and several newGranges were organized. The history of the organization dur-ing the next ten years was that of prosperity, (iranges havebeen organized in all parts uf the county, ami the membershiphas reached the thousand line, and Broouif has become one of the banner counties of the state in Fomona membership. Inits membership it includes Lieut. Gov.
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