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Sec. 6. The Editor shall copy, and arrange in a collected form, all communications 

 received by him, excluding such as may be deemed by him unpleasant personalities, or other 

 wise unsuited to the time and place, and shall read the same at every alternate meeting of the 

 Society. He shall maintain secresy concerning the authorship of all communications, and 

 insert them without addition or alteration. Such periodical shall be called the . 



Sec. 7. The Tellers shall canvass the votes cast at all elections ; shall immediately make 

 known the result of same, and render a true written report at the meeting following such 

 election. 



Sec. 8. The Board of Directors shall be a Standing Committee to manage the affairs of 

 the Society, holding meetings at least once a month. They shall decide upon all questions of 

 debate offered in the Society, and shall examine and inquire into the standing of all persons 

 proposed for membership, and at the next regular meeting report the result to the Society, 

 who shall determine upon their admission. 



Sec. 9. The Board of Directors and Treasurer shall present to, and read before the 

 Society, reports at the expiration of their terms of office. 



ARTICLE IV. ELECTION OP OFFICERS. 



Section 1. All Elections for Officers shall be held at the last regular meetings in June and 

 January. The term of each shall commence at the meeting following his election. In case 

 of a vacancy occurring in any office, the Society shall go into an immediate election to fill the 

 same, and the officer elect shall take his seat immediately after such election. 



Sec. 2. All elections for officers shall be made by ballot, and shall be determined by two 

 thirds of the votes cast. 



ARTICLE V. MEMBERSHIP. 



Section 1. Any member may propose a person for membership at a regular meeting, by 

 giving his name, residence, and occupation, and after being reported upon by the Board of 

 Directors, the Society shall determine his admission by a three-fourths vote of the members 

 present. 



Sec. 2. Any person may be elected an Honorary Member of the Society, by a unanimous 

 vote at a regular meeting. He shall be entitled to all the privileges of a member, except 

 holding office, or voting upon any question or motion, and shall not be fined for absence, nor 

 called upon for the initiation fee or dues. 



ARTICLE VI. AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION, ETC. 



Every proposed alteration, amendment, or addition to this Constitution, By-Laws, and 

 Rules of Order hereunto annexed, must be handed to the President in writing, who shall 

 publish the same to the Society, and at the next regular meeting, it shall be adopted by a 

 two-third vote of the members present. 



ARTICLE VII. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 



A motion to change the Order of Business, or to postpone the performance of the regular 

 duties, shall require, for its adoption, a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 



ARTICLE VIII. SUSPENSION OF BY-LAWS. 



A By-Law or Rule of Order may be suspended in case of an emergency, by a two-third 

 vote of the members present, but only for a sinele evening. 



Social Life in the Country. The meagreness in social and intellectual influences, 

 as compared with most occupations, that is commonly found in farming districts, is one of 

 the grave objections made against farming as an occupation. The pursuit itself, as commonly 

 carried on, does not bring the farmer in contact with other minds, as does that of the 

 merchant, the lawyer, the physician, the mechanic, etc., a contact which has a tendency to 

 develop the social element in a man s character. In most farmers houses there is a 

 comparative isolation of each household, which becomes to a certain extent a little society 

 or world of its own, while the farm-house with its surrounding out-buildings stands 

 conspicuous in its independence, and may be compared to a feudal castle in the midst of 

 its dependent cottages, giving a peculiar charm to country scenes. Farmers and their 

 families are also so busily occupied, that they seem to find little time for social recreation ; 



