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5^thmo. 26^th 1877
The Enterprise Club met at W^mS [Bonds?]
Twelve members presents. The most of whom were
on hand in good time, a circumstance, worthy
of note, of this body. W^mLew & Dr Thomas were
our guests. R. M. Stabler was selected foreman
and proceeded to business at once As business
comes before pleasure, it was necessary to hurry
up the Club this time, so as to allow us the
pleasure of congragulating one of our only two
remaining bachelor members, upon at last
having left that half complete state of existence,
to enter upon, such a life, as only the companion
ship of a good wife can make.__ After reading
minutes of last meeting here, we started for a
short walk The lone will was looked at with
longing eyes, by our foreman, time being too short
to pay our usual visti there, and examing last
years contributions to the scrap pile. The flowers
and vegetable gardens were in good order. The
wheat was looking well. The fields east of the
house, which was nearly bare of all kinds of vegetation,
was the one that our host had [?]
once to, at our last meeting,when it was thought
by some, that a succession of crops would put
it in a good condition again, provided oats had
a chance, to add their fortifying qualities to it.
We next examined the water works which were
discharging a stream of pure spring water as
the stable. A new ice pond was seen, also what
looked to be a valuable juice from the line mill,