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lioincs ;m in<lustrions ])oople are huildin^' for tlicnisolves. roiulors m 

 locality even in the eourse of a score of years scarcely reco<4"ni/al)le. 

 Tinil)er will be i)lantecl in the future far more than in the past, not 

 so much the sort fibred cottonwoods and poplars, but trees of hardy 

 <i^rowth like the oak. the walnut and the ma])le. (rroves. with the 

 easy cultivation they recpiire, will become far more abundant in the 

 future, and the ^ifreat })rairies as they were known to the <i^eneration 

 of pioneers now fast passing away, will soon become a thing of the 

 past and its history. 



At the conclusion of the essay the regular order of business was 

 taken up, and on motion of Len. Small the Society resolved itself 

 into a committee of the whole, with Wm. Cooper in the chair and 

 H. S. Bloom as secretary, for the consideration of the revision of the 

 constitution and by-laws. After one and a half hour's deliberations 

 the committee arose, and the house was again called to order by 

 President Barnard, and the committee's report, consisting of the re- 

 vised constitution and by-laws^ was read by Mr. Bloom, and on 

 motion the same was unanimousl}' ado])ted. with an additional 

 amendment, fixing the annual meeting on the first . Saturday in 

 December. 



Report of committee on vegetables was called for and submitted. 



VEGETABLES. 



My report for the last two months may be summed "up very briefly. 

 Taking the county over the potato crop is no donlit the largest in 

 the last eight years, and conse(|ueutly very cheap. The late cabbage 

 cro]) ])roved very light in the cai)bage growing districts. The mid- 

 summer vegetables were fully up to the average. Strawberries, 

 ra.spberries, grapes and cherries are evidently g(»ing into winter quar- 

 ters in fine condition. L. K. (JUisNINUHAM, 



Commit fee. 



An essay was then read on 



THE POWKR OF ORGANIZATIOX. 



liV MISS HELEN N. I'ECK. 



■■Jn union there is strength," is a inaxiin, llu' truth oi' which 

 has been demonstated in all ages. In every nation, so long as the 

 people or the ruling party are united, the government stands: and 

 just so soon as dissensions arise among themselves the nation (U" 

 government falls. 



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