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indeed to know that I was here, and represented them before 

 yon, and gave you their hearty greeting. We have become 

 pretty well acquainted with some of your Connecticut men over 

 in our country, and appreciate their cjuality. AVhen we want a 

 little spice at our meetings we send over here to South Glaston- 

 burv, and we are always glad to see Brother Hale, as he never 

 fails to give us some good things. I thank you very much. 



The Secretary : I have a little matter that I wish to announce. 

 We have had on our membership list for the last three or four 

 vears a gentleman in Middletown, who joined the Society on 

 the invitation of Brother Gilbert — ]\Ir. Samuel Russell, Jr. 

 This morning this Society was presented with a check for $25 

 from Air. Russell, and I think we should recognize it by a direct 

 vote of thanks. And I wish to say further, that on talking 

 with some of our leading members, the suggestion has been 

 made, and it seems to me as though it might be a good plan to 

 use this gift to start a fund with for some special object. Not 

 to put this $25 into the general funds of the Society, but to 

 make it the nucleus of a fund for some specific purpose. I 

 move, Mr. President, that we present our thanks to Air. Russell 

 for this gift. 



Alotion seconded and passed. 



Prof. Britton : I would move, Air. President, that this sum 

 of $25 be placed upon interest, the income to be used for some 

 specific purpose, which may be determined later. 

 Alotion seconded and passed. 



Secretary PIall of Western New York Society : This sug- 

 gestion of vour Secretary reminds me. that the year before the 

 late Patrick Barry died, he presented our Society with a dona- 

 tion of $2,000, to be placed at interest, and the interest to be 

 used for some specific purpose. We had a committee appointed 

 to see how the money should be used, and they designed what is 

 known as the Barry medal, valued at $50. This year, two of 

 those medals have been presented. About the same time we 

 had another donation made to us of $2,000, the interest of which 

 was to be given in three prizes, one for the best plan of a 

 country home, another for the best plan for caring for an 

 orchard, and another for some new plant or shrub which had 

 good recommendations with it. Following that, the fund was 

 supplemented by subscriptions, which aggregated some $1,500 



