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Field Meeting at Asbury Grove, Hamilton, 

 Wednesday, August 8, 1877. 



The third field meotiiio; the pi'esent season was held, 

 this day, in this very pleasant grove, a place dedicated 

 by the Methodist denomination, a few years since, for 

 their yearly ont-door meetinirs. Some spent the forenoon 

 in roamiiio^ over these ^rounds and noticing? the imiirove- 

 ments in progiess, the heantifying of the cottages, the 

 erection of new ones, and the construction of avenues 

 and paths. There are now nearly 275 cottages built here, 

 and about 850, including the wooden frames which are 

 covered with canvas at the time of occupancy. Many 

 persons, owning or hiring cottages, occu[)y them during 

 the season, particularly duri ug the heated months of July 

 and August. There is (nie week of cani[)-meeting, nsu- 

 ally in August, and religious services on Sundays, which 

 are well attended. 



Others visited the botanical places in the woods and 

 me:idows adjacent, and collected many interesting speci- 

 mens. 



The afternoon session was called to order at 2.45 

 o'clock at the preacher's stand. The President in the 

 chair. The records of preceding meeting read. 



The President referred to the fact that it was eleven 

 years since the Institute held a meeting in this i)Iace, and 

 on this occasion our associate member, James F. Almy, 

 gave an interesting history of the Association, the owners 

 of this grove, and paid a fitting tribute to the memory of 

 Francis Asl)ury, who came to this country in 1771, the 

 first Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church ordained 

 in America, and a zealous missionary for forty-five years 

 until his death, which occurred in Spottsylvania, Va., 



