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3d mo 16 1867

Club met at Edgewood.
All the members were present except Thos.
J. Lea and Roger Farquhar. The guests were Warwick
P Miller, William Lea, and Walter H Brooke
At about five o'clock B. H. Miller was chosen foreman
and he having as yet possession of the Secretarys
book, read the minutes of the preceding meeting and
then handed over the Archives of the Society to the
Secretary elect who received them in a most profound
manner. Our foreman then called our attention to
the duty of inspecting the premises, a most solemn
undertaking considering the State of terra firma,
which was indeed soft. We passed along by the wood
shed, there found plenty of wood sewed & piled for
rainy days. The hoes, snades, & picks &c. were nicely
arranged along one side & upon examination it was
found that even the dust was not allowed to rest on
them. The corn house was next inspected & then the
pigs; the latter showing one reason for the
fulness of the former. The carriage house nicely built
containing a new vehicle attracted a passing notice.
The newly erected barn is built upon the combined
plan of convenience & economy. Our host only needs
a pump in the well & a more extended bridge way
to make his barn & surroundings complete.
It was too muddy to examine the orchards & fields
and we were not reluctant in obeying our
foremans summons to return to the house.

The following Questions were asked:
Ques. 1st Robert M. Stabler asks whether to hang up his

3d mo 16 1867
Club met at 26
Edgewood. All the members were present except Thos. J. Lea
and Roger Farquhar. The gaests were Warwick P
William Lea, and Walter H Brooke At about five o'clock
B. H. 14iller WPS chosen foreman and he having as yet nosLsjession
of the Secretary[I]s book, read t'-e minutes of the nreceding
meeting and. then hpnded over the Archives of the Society to the
Secretary elect who received them in a most nrofound manner.
Our foreman then called our attention to the duty of inspecting
. the premises, a most solemn undertaking considering the State
of terra firma, which was indeed Soft. We nassed alon by the
wood shed, there found plenty of wood sewed & piled for rainy
days. The hoes, snades, & nicks &c. were nicely arranged along
one side & unon examination it was found that even the dust was
not allowed to rest on them. The corn house was next inspected
& then the pigs; the latter Showing one reason for the fulness
of the former. The carriage house nicely built containing a
new vehicle attracted a passing notice. The newly erected barn
is built upon the combined plan of convenience 1 economy. Our
host only needs a pp in the well 1 a more extended bridge way
to make his barn & surroundings complete. It was too muddy to
examine the orelprds & fields and we were not reluctant in
obeyin- our foreman[l]s summons to return to the house.
Ques. The following Questions were asked:
1st Robert M. Stabler asks whether to hang up his