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to witness the first public operation of this wonderful instrument, at 

 a meeting, a report of the proceedings of which was sent abroad as 

 the first public message by the telephone. 



RESOLVED, That we are gratified to learn that these experiments 

 are to be repeated in Salem ; and to them, as at once instructive and 

 astonishing, we invite the attention of the public. 



HKSOLVED, That these resolutions be communicated to- Prof. Bell 

 and to Mr. Watson by the Secretary ; and offered to the press. 



The committee who reported these resolutions consisted 

 of Eev. E. S. Atwood, Rev. fi. C. Bolles, A. 0. Goodell, 

 Jr., D. B. Hagar, and Wm. D. Northend. 



Before putting the question President Wheatland, after 

 alluding to Prof. Bell's recognition of our late townsman, 

 Dr. Page, as the discoverer of the transmission of sound 

 by the electric current, related some very interesting 

 reminiscences of his school and college classmate, Dr. 

 Page, and of those other Salem gentlemen, the late Jona- 

 than Webb, Thomas Cole and Francis Peabody, who had 

 many years ago distinguished themselves by their investi- 

 gations and experiments in relation to electricity and- elec- 

 tro magnetism. 



The resolutions were then unanimously adopted. 



Mr. F. W. PUTNAM presented a communication enti- 

 tled "Notes upon the Birds observed in Southern Illinois, 

 between July 17 and September 4, 1875, by E. W. Nel- 

 son." Referred to the Publication Committee. 



