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WlSGONSm STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
“ Sunday evening when as a family the voice of praise and 
thanksgiving is heard. We would that the Sabbath evening might 
be sacred to the family circle. That there the cheerful, happy 
group, father and mother, brothers and sisters, might together keep 
holy day, speaking loving words of wisdom, and singing the glad 
songs of Zion. Surely those fifty-two evenings of every year would 
prove so many bars against the temptations of life, the dangers 
which will beset your children on going out into the world. After 
books and flowers, pictures, games and music have made your home a 
pleasant one, give to each member of the circle some duty peculiarly 
his or hers. Do not bring up your children to the selfish thought 
that all must be done for them. Give them the satisfaction of 
knowing that they are needed for the help, each of the other; that 
there is a missing link when they are not there, to take their own 
part, not only for the family, but themselves. Occupy them for 
their own good, and the good of others. So do we believe that 
mingling duty and enjoyment in their lives, they will look back to 
the home of their childhood, as a truly pleasant one. 
Secretary Field moved a vote of thanks to the ladies who con¬ 
tributed these papers, which he characterized as “ so full of beauti¬ 
ful thoughts,” and the motion was carried with much enthusiasm. 
Mr. Kellogg moved that the ladies be constituted honorary mem¬ 
bers of the State Horticultural Society, which was unanimously 
carried. 
Secretary Field said he had observed during the reading of the 
papers that many in the back part of the room could not hear, and 
kept telegraphing to him to ask the ladies to speak louder. This 
furnished him an excellent text to urge the more extensive publi¬ 
cation of these papers, and their wider dissemmination through the 
volumes of the Transactions. Neither the number of volumes nor 
of pages should be cut down, as was threatened by some members 
of the legislature; the people said “louder.” 
Mr. Finlayson said these papers alone were worth $5 to anybody, 
and he looked to the senate to see that our proceedings were not 
cut down. 
Mr. Plumb hoped the ladies would continue to study the nature, 
habits and characteristics of plants. We should not be taken up too 
much with fruits. The foliage plants furnished an artistic study. 
