Lake Shore Grape Growers' Association. 



greatest assortment of American 

 wiues^ comprising about 30,000 gll's. 

 gave evidence of the importance 

 ■\vhich this branch of domestic indus- 

 try has already acquired. 



The next morning, we were agree- 

 able surprised by a delegation of la- 

 dies, the represe)itatives of the agi- 

 tation for womans rights and female 

 suffrage. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 

 Mrs. Phelps & Miss Cozzens, escorted 

 by Hon. H. T. Blow. As these ladies 

 also advocate the cause of temperance, 

 we consider it very appropriate that 

 they should visit this, as we flatter 

 ourselves, one of the most active tem- 

 perance institutions in the State. We 

 are sure that they would have con- 

 curred with us in this opinion, had 

 they met with as many of those who 



were at the collars the day before, 

 and had seen them all good natured 

 and joyous,following their every day 

 occupation, a sure sign that good wine 

 is a promoter of health as well as 

 happiness. 



May this be only one of many sim- 

 ilar establishments, which we hope to 

 see established and multiplied through- 

 out the Country, and which are a sure 

 token, that civilization, thrift and 

 development of our natural resources, 

 have taken the place of semi-barbar- 

 ism, slavery and intolerance, preva- 

 lent in our State but a few years ago. 

 Wo hope soon to see the day, when 

 every laborer can enjoy his glass of 

 good, cheap, native wine, and when 

 America will be counted among the 

 wine exporting countries of the earth. 



TiAKE SHORE GRAPE GRO WEES' ASSOCIATION. 



Although the Lake Shore Grape 

 Growers' Association is but about four 

 year old, it ahvady reckons nearly 

 three hundred members, and the bene- 

 ficial effects of the annual meetings, 

 discussions, grape exhibitions and 

 visits to various vineyards to observe 

 the different modes of cultivation are 

 already noticeable in the vineyards of 

 the members, and in the general cul- 

 ture of grapes along the whole lake 

 shore. Several visits have been made 

 during the past year, including trips 

 to Collamer, Avon point and Dover 

 Bay, and during the month of October 

 an excellent grape show was held in 

 Painesville. 



The fourth annual session of the as- 



sociation commenced on Wednesday, 

 at Temperance Hall, No. 184 Superior 

 street. The meeting was called to 

 order at half-past eleven o'clock by 

 the president. Dr. J. W. Dunham of 

 Collamer, who delivered the annual 

 address. In his remarks he referred 

 with tender regar-l to the death during 

 the year of two of the members. Dr. 

 B. Taylor, of Cleveland, and Mr. J. A. 

 Requa, of New York state. He briefly 

 reviewed the transactions of the so- 

 ciety since the last annual meeting, of 

 the visits to different points, of the 

 condition of the grapes and vines 

 throughout the district at various 

 times, and of the circumstances which 

 injured the crop, the blight and frost. 



