Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1871 — Agricultural Society. [ARTICLE]

Agricultural Society.

• The citizens of Franccsvillo and vicinity mot at the Seminary, Saturday evening, July Ist,. 1871, for the purpose of taking the nreliiuary steps leading to the organization 6f an Agricultural Society, to be composed of the citizens of Pu laski, Jasper and Stark counties. The meeting was organized by electing J. J. Fairchild, chairman, and J. 15. Letter, secretary. After the objects of the meeting were explained, it was moved that a committee be chosen, consisting of four from Salem township, and two to four from adjoinining townships, according to number of population, whose duty it should be to consult with the citizens of their respective townships with regard to the proposed project, and to urge a unanimous turnout of the farmers at a general meeting to beheld in Franccsvillo on a day yet t.o be determined upon, for the purpose of perfecting an organization. Carried. On motion of J. C. Wincgarden, the following named gentlemen were chosen committeemen from their respective townships: _ -rULASKI. ___ Salem—Samuel Rishling, John C. Brewer. Hob. Cissna, Kudolph High. Beaver—John W. Vint, Eli Dickey, Abner Coon. ' White Post, No. I—W. T. Elston, Richard E. Williams. No. 2 —Samuel Higgs, Jacob Byers. Cass—F. It. McCay, James Swisher. -Jefferson—T. LizzCnby, J. N. Applegate. Winamae and vicinity—W. Barnet, Joseph Agnew, L. W. Estes, Tims. Keyes. n JASPER. Hanging Grove—David Gray, I. Parker, John L. Robinson, John Phillips, Sr. Barkley—John G. Culp, George 11. Brown, Henry Barkley, James Handle. Giliam—George Mason, Samuel McCullough, IL_ Johnson. Esip, John Query. Rensselaer and vicinty—Alfred McCoy, Chas. Watson, Thomas Robinson, Wm. Bedford. STARK. San Pierre and vicinity—Dr, Glazcbrook, Frederick Van Patt en.' WIUTK. Bradford and vicinity—S. M. Ward, Robert Brown, L. Low.’ . Moved and adopted that this corpmittce be instructed to notify their neighboring townships in the respective counties of this enterprise. . On motion a committee of seven was' chosen to draft a constitution and rules and regulations for the organization and government of the society, to be submitted to the action of the general meeting of the citizens interested, to be held in this place cn the 15th inst., at 2 o'clock P. M. The following committeemen were chosen: C. G. Hartman, Ad. Parkinson, J. J. Fairchild, J. C. Faria, W. N. Jones, Dr. Thomas, Robert Dwiggins. On motion the Secretary was di-. rected to notify the respective committeemen of their election and of the duties incumbent upon them. Moved that the meeting adjourn until the loth inst., at 2 o’clock P.

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J. J. FAIRCHILD,

J. C. Leflf-ii, Sec’y. Ch’n.