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WAUKESHA. 



In this county a meeting was held at the Court House in the ullage of 

 Waukesha, October 11th, 1851, for the purpose of forming a County Agricul- 

 tural Society for the county of Waukesha, at which Aai-on Putnam, of Vernon, 

 was called to the chair, and Henry D. Barron, of Waukesha, appointed Secretary. 



A. W. Randall, Esq., from a Committee appointed on that subject, reported a 

 Constitution which was adopted, and the following officers were elected : 



President, T. C. Dousman, of Ottawa; Vice Presidents, Aaron Putnam, of 

 Vernon, and George McWhorter, of New Berlin ; Recording Secretary, G. C. 

 Cone, of Waukesha ; Corresponding Secretary, A. W. Randall, of Waukesha ; 

 Treasurer, H. N. Davis, of Waukesha; Executive Committee, Martin Field, of 

 Mukwonago, John Hodgson, of Pewaukee, G. C. Pratt, of Waukesha, E. W. 

 Edgerton, of Summit, and C. H. Purple, of Brookfield. 



On motion of A. W. Randall, it was Resolved, that the Executive Commit- 

 tee correspond with the Agricultural Society of Milwaukee county on the subject 

 of an imion of the two Societies, and report at a special meeting to be called by 

 the Executive Committee. 



This union was subsequently brought about, and the Society is now known as 

 the " Milwaukee and Waukesha Countv As;ricidtural Society." 



WISCOXSIX HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 MILWAUKEE AXD WAUKESHA. 



With a view to an organization for the piu-pose of advancing the interests of 

 Horticulture in the above counties, and the State generally, a caU was issued 

 about the middle of October, 1851, for a meeting of Citizens, to be held at the 

 rooms of the Merchants' Insurance Company, in the city of Milwaukee. The 

 following account of the proceedings, under the call, has been furnished us by 

 by the Secretary : 



At a meeting of the Citizens of Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties, held in 

 pursuance of a call, at the rooms of the Merchant's Insurance Company, on Tues- 

 day afternoon, October 27th, 1851, L. H. Cotton, Esc|., was chosen Chairman, 

 and W. H. Watson. Secretary. 



The object of the meeting wa*; stated to he for the formation of an Hortictil- 

 turnl Society. 



