vs. Stt. 14. 



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ii.N.M, iSOLllOTV DT AtiKlcn.TI'KK. 

 ■tss lo tht t'ritmh of the Mtasure Ifirough- 



oul Ihe I'niled Stutes. I 



ll.-i\ jiip arrivoj in \Viisliinj;l(in City, upon iiiv j 

 posed tour of »bscrvalion, niul li.aviiijr fnuiid by 

 lotial interview nml extensive correspondence, | 

 alniiial unbounded desire lunon^tlic Agricullur- 



'I'lic Cliairinan announced the names uf tlio ful- 

 lowiiig gentleman us the Connnittcc : 



lion. Henry L. Kll.-<wortli, District of Columbia ; 

 lion. Jniiies M. Oiirnelt, Vir|;inia ; Hon. Cliilt(m 

 .Mien, Kentuci<y ; Hon. Oliver H. ijiiiitli, Indiana ; 

 Hun. Tliomat* S. Hind, Illinois: Hon. I<ewi.t K. 

 I. inn, Missouri ; Hon. Francis H. (Jordon, Tcn- 

 , , , ».■>,,• , ,, i nesse ; M. W. Pliilliiis, Esii., Mississippi ; Hon. 



of tlie country tnot a Notiona Society should i ri hi .i i u w ^.^ ... . 



, , , , ■ , , , ,, ni.xion H. Lewis, .Mabnina ; Hon. y\lex. Moutmi, 



fiirnicd at «n early day, it «a8 concluded lo call r u wr ^ v \, \ \ ii . 



. , , ,. -.. ' , - , , LoiiismiiQ; Hon. Will. b. tultoii, Arkniisas ; Hon. 



.'w ol tlic Icadin? tnonds of the cause togellier , . <> n i , i ,• i w vt ... 



, * " Augustus C Dodjfe, loiva ; (lov. Jninca 1). Uoty, 



consultation. . ,, Wisconsin ; Hon. William \Voaubrid(.'e, Michigan ; 



\!:recnb y to notice eiven on thcmornm'' of the ■,- «, ,,. « ,-.1 ,,. i> l- p u 



r •' '', , ■,...., >> III. ISull, Esq., Ohio ; W m. I'. Kinza, Esq., Penn- 



iiist. a very rc«pcctablo niectinjf of ;fn/ /rienrfi, , , . l' i i n *i p v~ i .»„... 



, ,. , ^ , '^ -^ ifvlvnnia; Ldniund I). Morriss, bs(|.. New Jersey ; 



I ho d in the atternoon in the preat entrance i', , ,,, „,, ,. , ,, , . 



. , ,, _ . ■ , , I >r James W. I hompson, Delawnre : Hon. John 



ol the I'atont office : every laciity for that 1 q o, m i i h i- i i r> i 



. I r 11 tr I I 1 Skinner, .Maryland; Hon. l>,(iniiind Ueberry, 



Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of 

 ents, of whom the country can truly boast a 

 t decided friend of agricultural improvement. 



'he following are uiinnles of die proceedings. 

 The meeting was called to order by the Hon. 

 Ellsworth, who stated to the assemblage that 

 in Robinson, Esq., of Indiana, was then present 

 nd that as Mr Robinson was looked upon as the 

 inal projector of the niea.«iire upon which those 

 ent had met to consult, he moved that the meet- 

 be organized by calling Mr Robinson to the 

 r. The motion being seconded by Mr Callan, 

 put by Mr Ellsworth, and carried by acclama- 

 Whereupon Mr Robinson took the chair, and 

 • otTering his thanks to the meeting for the 

 ir conferred upon a stranger in the city of 

 diington, at the solicitation of several gentle- 

 present, .Mr Robiuson before taking his seat, 

 ly stated the object of the present meeting to 

 mere primary one, for the purpose of consiilt- 

 ogether upon the expediency of calling a meet- 

 )f ALL favorable to the object of organizing a 

 onal Society of Agriculture, and should those 

 here present deem it e.xpedient, to fix upon a 

 and adopt some preparatory steps towards 

 .ng a constitution. Whereupon J. F. Callan, 

 lohn A. Smith, Esq'rs. were appointed Secre- 

 i of this meeting. 



•e following Resolution was submitted by Mr 

 orth, and after several gentlemen had expres- 

 heir views very freely, it was unanimously 

 solved, That the interest of Agriculture im- 

 usly require the co-operation of its friends 

 liout the Union, to concentrate their efforts 

 e formation of a National Society, for the pro- 

 n of National Industry, and " to elevate the 

 cttr and standing of the cultivators of , 'liner- 

 oil." 



motion of the Hon. A. O. Dayton, it was 

 solved, That [blank] be a Committee to pre- 

 draft of a Constitution for a National Socie- 



N'ortli Carolina; Hon. Francis W. Pickens, South 

 C.'irolina ; Hon. Win. C. Dawson, Georgia ; Gov. 

 (^all, Florida ; Caleb N. Dement, Esq., New York ; 

 Solomon W. Jewett, Esq, Vermont: Hon. Levi 

 Woodbury, New Haiiipshire ; Hon. Genrgu Evans, 

 Maine ; B. V. French, Esq., Massachusetts ; Wil- 

 liam C. Cliapin, Esq., Rhode Island ; Hon. Thomas 

 B. Osburn, Connecticut. 



On motion the meeting adjourned. 



SOLON ROBINSON, Chairman, 



J. F. Cali.an, 1 „ , . 

 , . o ■ Secretaries. 



John A. f-MiTH, | 



yfashington City, Sept. 4th, 1841. 



By this, my friends, you will see that the ball is 

 now fairly in motion. I hope I have been fortii 

 nate enough in making a selection upon the spur of 

 the moment, of the gentlemen named as a Com 

 niittee, lo secure the services of such as will act 

 promptly for the good of this great cause. I hope 

 they will interchange views with one another, and 

 at the day appointed fur tliu meeting to organize 

 the Society. I hope they will come together, and 

 have the satisfaction of meeting the largest body 

 of the real friends of agricultural improvement over 

 collected together. 



I most earnestly hope that every individual 

 friend of a National .'\grioultura! Society, whom 

 bounteous nature has provided with the means, will 

 attend the lirst meeting. I hope every Agricultur- 

 al Society in the Union, will send special delegates 

 to the National Society. 



I have and shall recommend that the price of 

 membership be fixed very low, as the great and 

 grand object is to enlist a great number in this 

 bond of brotherhood, and by concentrated etfort of 

 mind more than with money, to produce a happy 

 effect upon society. 



A large meeting at the organization is highly 

 important, to give tone and effect to the measure, 

 and to encourage one another. It is probable also 

 that steps will tiicn be taken to found an institu- 

 tion where a course of scientific and agricultural 



Agriculture, to be submitted to a meeting of | lectures will be delivered every winter, free toe\e. 



ry farmer's sou or daughter in the United States. 



Many of my friends have expressed a wish that 

 the first meeting might be held in the present au- 

 tumn. But it is tlioiioht by those with whom I 

 have advised here, that the time of a session of 

 Congress would be the most interesting. In fact, 

 every freeman of this country ought to have the 

 opportunity at least once in his life, of visiting the 

 Capitol of his country at such a time. There is 

 then enough to be seen and learned, sufficient to 

 repay all the trouble and expense of such a visit. 



The Patent Oflicc alone is the greatest and best 

 niuaeum of useful curiosities in the Union. 



lends of such a Society, from alt parts of the 

 1, to be held at the city of Washington on the 

 d Wednesday of the ensuing session of Con- 

 motion of the Hon. T. S. Smith, it was 

 svlred, Ttiat the chairmonfill the blank in the 

 Dsolution with the name of one gentleman 

 the District of Columbia, and one from each 

 and Territory, 

 motion of Mr Ellsworth, 

 iolvtd. That the name of the chairman of this 

 g be added to the Committee for fraiming the 

 itution. 



The Hull of .Mnnufacluros, 27:1 feel long, wil' 

 be filled with ten thousand curious and wonderful 

 things. It IS already worthy of great intcrunt, and 

 before next winter will be much more so. 



No doubt manufuclurers and iiivchunics will 

 tnko advniilage of the liiiie of the Hireling of llio 

 friends of a National Society of Agriculture, (o 

 make exhibitions thai will be sutiicieiit lo induce 

 great atlenlion, and from which a mass of uicful 

 iiiforinution will bn gathered. 



I cannot but li.ok upim the first meeting of the 

 friends of a National Agricultural Society, as an 

 epoch in the history of my country that will long 

 be remembered. 



I hope all of my correspondents to whom I have 

 promised information upon this subject, will take 

 tlii." oddress as particularly addressed lo them ; and 

 I hope that every paper in the United Stalca that 

 is friendly to that interest which is the base of all 

 others, will make known lo its readers what is now 

 doing for the promotion and organization of this 

 Society. I am confident that every agricultural 

 paper will afford the information to its readers, and 

 I hope in particular that every editor of such papers 

 will attend the first meeting. 



From Washington, I shall continue my tour 

 through the Eastern States, and I hope to have a 

 personal interview with many of my agricultural 

 friends. 



But above all things, let all remember " now is 

 the time" for them lo say that " something can, 

 something must, something shall be done," to ad- 

 vance the interest of agriculture in the United 

 States. 



Be assured that I remain your earnest agricultu- 

 ral friend, SOLON ROBINSON. 



Ifashhigtun City, Sept. C, 1841. 



EXERCISE. 



Games out of doors seem so wholesome and ex- 

 hilirating, that the old grow young, and the young 

 forget to grow old when practising them. Active 

 habits prolong tlie enjoyment of boyish spirits, long 

 after a man of mere clubs and newspapers has sub- 

 sided into liis fireside arm chair, as a fixture for 

 life, and every man who wishes well to himself, 

 should cultivate a taste for whatever energetic 

 amusement takes him ofi" the hearthrug. A cler- 

 gyman in the Highlands lately objected so strongly 

 to a cricket-ground being established in his parish, 

 that the party of gentlemen who had begun the 

 plan rerm(iuished it. But if more innocent recrea- 

 tions were encouraged lor all classes in Scotland, 

 there would probably be fewer vices. It is amazing 

 how creditably some persons get through their lives, 

 without any exertion of any kind, by rising late, 

 dosing in the evening, and lounging all day, actu- 

 ally doing nothing. 



The very essence of health and usefulness is 

 found in the 'antivity with which we devote a duo 

 portion of time to all things that can lawfully occupy 

 it, not allowing relaxation to interfere with bus- 

 iness, and least of all, with religion, but making it 

 consistent with the rest which our minds require 

 for entering on the duties of both. — Miss Sinclair. 



The poorest and humblest man that lives, has an 

 interest in preserving the earth's wealth. The pos- 

 sessions that now create a self-importance in their 

 present owners, will soon be no longer personally 

 theirs, and may hereafter bear the now unknown 

 names of his children's children ! 



