388 THE GROUNDSWELL, 



EDITORIAL CONNECTIONS AND FURTHER HONORS. 



In 1869, Mr. Flagg became editorially connected with 

 Hearth and Home, as its western correspondent, and since 

 1872 has edited the horticultural department of the Prairie 

 Farmer. In 1872, at the meeting of Farmers Clubs, held 

 in Kewanee, Illinois, he was appointed on the State Central 

 Committee, and in pursuance of the duties assigned him, 

 and in association with Mr. S. M. Smith, General L. F. 

 Boss, and others, aided in calling the Bloomington Conven 

 tion, at which the Illinois State Farmers Association was 

 organized, and of which association Mr. Flagg is now Presi 

 dent. 



At the late biennial meeting of the American Pomological 

 Society, held at Boston, Mr. Flagg was unanimously elected 

 Secretary for the ensuing two years. 



Such, in brief, are a portion of the life and services of one 

 who unites to high culture a most practical view of that 

 which interests men in every-day life. Always willing to 

 acknowledge a wrong, but strong in his convictions of what 

 constitutes right, as he himself acknowledges, his education 

 had tended to lead astray from rural life ; nevertheless, his 

 honest mind has always kept him in the ranks of the people 

 battling for right, although his wealth, inherited as well as 

 earned, has never made him feel the need of labor to supply 

 either the necessities or elegancies of life. 



