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Mr. Goodman was, for a few moments, overcome by his emotions,, 

 and " America " was beautifully and very appropriately rendered by a- 

 quartette of male and female voices. He then very feelingly replied, 

 telling of the history of the Society, its progressive work, its exhaust- 

 ive efforts to serve the State and the horticulturists thereof, and how 

 far all this had his most hearty sympathy, and had had during the many 

 years of his service as Secretary of the Society. No synopsis of his 

 reply could possibly do him justice, and our only regret is that it was 

 not caught verbatim by a short-hand reporter and placed on record. It 

 was a gem — exhibiting character, earnestness and unbounded interest 

 in the well-being and welfare of the Society, and its influence upon the 

 commercial prosperity of the State. 



The service was of seven pieces, the salver bearing the inscription^ 

 " Presented to L. A. Goodman, by his friends of the Missouri State 

 Horticultural Society, December 5th, 1894," and was one of the most 

 beautiful designs ever seen in the State. 



At the close of Mr. Goodman's address he was warmly congratu- 

 lated by Mr. Goodrich of Illinois, Mr. Morrill of Michigan, Mr. Hoi- 

 singer of Kansas, and most of the leading men of the State present ; 

 and the ladies, of whom there were scores present, were invited to come 

 to the platform to view more closely the beautiful service. 



Horticultural Society. 



From the Trenton papers. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the Horticultural Society of Mis- 

 souri has been in existence for 37 years, the people of Trefaton and 

 Grundy county know but little of the workings of the organization ; 

 but they now have an excellent opportunity to become better acquainted 

 with it, and we predict they will find that it is of much greater im- 

 portance and involves many more matters of interest than they ever 

 supposed. 



In choosing Trenton as the place of its 37th annual meeting, the 

 Society paid a compliment to the city and county, in that they con- 

 sidered Grundy county a fruit-growing section of sufiBcient importance 

 to warrant a little missionary work being done within its borders ; and 

 it is more than likely that when this State meeting adjourns, Grundy 

 will have a strong and enthusiastic county organization of fruit-growers. 



The first session of the State meeting will be called to order at 

 Library hall, at 7:30 this evening. All sessions will be open and every 

 one is welcome to attend them. From the appearance of the gentlemen 



