SOCIETY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 248 



THURSDAY MORNING. 



• Meeting called to order by the President at 10:30, as per adjourn- 

 ment. Father Minkler offered prayer, after which the following let- 

 ter was read by the President, from L. S. Pennington. 



Sterling, III., Jan. 9th, 1889. 

 Mr. a. R. Whitney, 



Dear Sir : It had been my purpose to call on your venerable father and 

 spend a short time with .the old friends of the Northern "Horticultural 

 Society, on my way to Chicago, but the inclemency of this day prevents that 

 pleasure. Extend my kindest regards to your father, and to those that have 

 long labored with us in our cause. It is now a few months more than fifty 

 years since with others we comm*^nced the work of horticulture in North- 

 ern Illinois, but owing to old age that work in my own person is about fin- 

 ished. We leave to our younger men a work which we commenced, but for 

 those that come after us to complete. I shall hope and expect to see you in 

 Sterling with many of the friends at our coming Farmers' Institute. Please 

 find inclosed .fl to secure my membership in the Society for 1889. 



I remain faithfully yours, 



L. S. Pennington. 



The chair announced as Committee on Final Resolutions, Messrs. 

 James Judd, E. W. Graves, Jonathan Periam. 



The next thing on the programme was the election of officers 

 for the ensuing year and the chair announced that they would at 

 once proceed with that, the election was harmoniously conducted 

 with the following results: 



President — A. Bryant. 

 First Vice-President — A. Dunning. 

 Second Vice-President — J. V. Cotta. 

 Third Vice-President — N. A. Whitney. 

 Secretary — E. W. Craves. 

 Treasurer — L. Woodard. 



Mr. Cotta stated that owing to the death of President D. W. Scott, 

 we only had two members on the executive committee, and moved that 

 the First Vice-President act in that capacity for the ensuing year. 

 Motion prevailed. 



