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3Tr. Lau(]hlin — Coudemned*the loafer who roams over the country 

 with a six-bits shot gnu. The only good he does is to kill a few rabbits. 



Mr. Fresidoit.— When I see one I go to him with a piece of paper 

 and ask him " What is your name f and the next one 1 ask " What is 

 your name f I do that and they never come back. 



Mr. Laughlin. — I think we ought to enforce the law and stop this 

 nuisance of trespassing. 



Mr. Maitland. — I thing the county court should pass a law for- 

 bidding shooting upon the public road. You can't stop them from 

 trespassing upon your premises as long as they are allowed to shoot 

 upon the roads. 



UTILITY :N^0T the ONLY EEQUISITE. 



PROF. GEO. L. OSBORNE, WAERENSBURG. 



AVhen I received a letter from the secretary of this society asking 

 me to write something upon this subject I thought I would do it, but 

 before I had had time to consider the subject I found my name down 

 on the programme. I have been so busy with making reports and 

 other labors that I have not had time to write anything. This is my 

 apology. 



What I may be able to say upon this subject will be of an exceed- 

 ingly rambbng nature. I presume there is something in store for us 

 in the near future as those tables over the way are still full. 



"Utility not the only requisite " seems to suggest that utility is the 

 only requisite in the early ages of civilization. The caves our ances- 

 tors inhabited seem to have been occupied only for their utility as a 

 shelter from rain and snow, heat and cold. As civilization advanced 

 we find them ornamenting their homes, dressing the stones, frescoing 

 the walls and hanging pictures on them. Let us examine the wooden 

 structure and its progress, beginning with the wigwam of the Ameri- 

 can Indian. From the wigwam of poles and bark to the unhewn log" 



