WINTER MEETING, 1877. , 55- 



CANNED FHUITS. 



Fine specimens of cherries, whortleberries, strawberries, peaches, and maple 

 syrup in cans are shown by Edwin Phclp.^, of Poutiac, and ^Ir. W. Beatty has 

 canned raspberries, peaclies, crab apples, all good of their kind. Fine speci- 

 mens of dried fruit by the Williams process are sliown, to which we only need 

 invite your attention. 



CIDER. 



Fruit in liquid form — from previous pressing, and not a little worked in spite 

 of efforts to the contrary, and sliowu and called cider by the label. But it was 

 not such as we used, when boys, to draw through the lengthened tube whose 

 first service was to hold up Avheat and rye, nor such as we used to extract from 

 beneath the bruised. skin of an apple. Now we think of it, it is unfortunate 

 the cider is classed as "otlier things," as all your committee are G. T.'s, and 

 not J. T.'s, and so cannot appreciate the fine qualities and powers of the arti- 

 cles on exhibition, but by a little strategy we have been able to judge that the 

 quality of all these specimens is good, — each, perhaps, having particular friends, 

 as, at every recess, tlie quantity of each has lessened, making friends cheerful 

 and willing to aid us in making out this report; hence we say that C. W. Ben- 

 jamin, of Pontiac, has a good article, with age, body, and high color. The 

 Pontiac Cider-mill Company has an excellent specimen made by the cloth 

 straining process, while A. N. Gable, of Pontiac, shows a good quality of cider 

 wine. 



THE LAST AMONG OTHEE THINGS 



on exhibition is a specimen of hen fruit. This puts your committee in fault. 

 The exhibitor don't say whether it is a vegetable or an animal product. If 

 the fruit of the Qgg plant, of what variety; if animal, then with the present 

 raging "hen-fever" we should knoW whether of the Asiatic, Polish, French, 

 English, or game breeds ; then we should need to look for the number of toes, 

 the plumage upon the body and legs, examine the hackles, comb, grills, etc., 

 but being without data upon this subject, your committee leave each person free 

 to look up the matter for himself. 



C. L. WHITNEY, 

 A. G. GULLEY. 

 VVM. CALDAVELL, 

 Committee. 



The special committee to report resolutions upon the loss of certain members 

 of the society by death, made the following report: 



Whereas, During the past year John Gilbert, of Ovid, Judge Monroe, of South 

 Haven, William Bort, of Niles, and Henry Seymour, of Grand Rapids, four prominent 

 members of our society, have been removed by death, 



Resolved, That we hereby express our profound sorrow, and extend our heartfelt 

 sympathy to the relatives of the deceased. 



liesolved, That our Secretary be instructed to forward a copy of these resolutions 

 to the immediate relatives, together with a copy of our next annual report, contain- 

 ing the following more extended notice written by our former Secretary, J. P. 

 Thompson. 



" I was hoping to be present when the convention was bearing testimony to 

 the virtues of our lately deceased venerable brother, Mr. John Gilbert, of Ovid, 



