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places where these meetings are held, the option of the court house 

 or the opera house. Circumstances seemed to compel us in that di- 

 rection, although we didn't want to have the meeting on Memorial 

 Day. It is gratifying to us to have so many requests for the meet- 

 ing, but that offer should always be made with the understanding 

 that we can have either the opera house or the court house, so that 

 we may have no difficulty in arranging the date of the meeting. 



MR. HERR: I know that we can have the court house at any time 

 we want it, if it is the desire of the board to meet at Lock Haven, 

 which is just as accessible, and where we will be entertained just as 

 well as at any other place, and even a little better. We have no 

 desire to crowd out any other place, but if it is the desire of the 

 Board to meet at Lock Haven we shall be glad to have them. 



MR. SEXTON: I wish to ask the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, 

 in fixing the day, not to fix it on the day devoted to the memory of 

 my fallen comrades, so that we can all attend the meeting. Now, 

 at the meeting at Clearfield, we lost a day of good work that we 

 should have had, by attending a memorial meeting away from home. 

 We could not hold the interest of the people; their hearts w'ere else- 

 where, and I am sure, Mr. Secretary, that if we hold this meeting 

 at that time again we shall have the same trouble. People want to 

 attend the memorial services, and want to do so at home. 



MR. FENSTERMAKER: I am heartily in accord with the senti- 

 ments of that gentleman, but we have memorial services at Allen- 

 town, too, and those who wish to attend them can do so, and still 

 go to Coopersburg to the sale. And I will guarantee a hall for any 

 date you set, if you come to Allentown. 



The SECRETARY: If you come to Somerset you will find a new 

 court house and a good opera house, to either of which you will be 

 welcome. 



DEPUTY SECRETARY MARTIN: Just a word of explanation. 

 With the exception of one place of meeting held in Pennsylvania, 

 we had the opera house or the court house free of charge, and it is 

 important that we should have it free of charge. The people of 

 Clearfield were very kind and very generous, and it was understood 

 that all we were to pay there was to see that the janitor was reward- 

 ed for his services in the matter of light and heat. It was the same 

 at Huntingdon, and all other places except one, and I wish the gen- 

 tlemen requesting us to meet with them would bear in mind that 

 we expect to have our meeting place free of charge. 



MR. FENSTERMAKER: You will not be expected to pay at Al- 

 lentown; I will guarantee a good hall in w^hich to hold the meet- 

 ings free of charge to the Board. 



MR. HUTCHISON: I move that the roll be called and each mem- 

 ber answer to his name. 



Duly seconded and agreed to. 



The ballot resulted as follows: Allentown, 21 votes; Somerset, 4; 

 York, 4; Butler, 1; Lock Haven, 1. Allentown having received the 



