Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-12

Burgess; Treasurer, w. o. Patten; Directors,
T. HARDWOOD, S. Mawhiney, b. c. Moore, John
Peacock, C. s. Goddard, E. Churchill, T, NJ.
Marble, j. c. Adams.
Interesting speeches were made by Mr.. Moses
S. Johnson, Henry L. Parker, Esq, and J. +.
Manning, Esq
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AGRICULTURAL
SoCIETY.-The Worcester agricultural society
held its annual meeting for the election of Off
GERS yesterday forenoon, at Horticultural hall,
the president, Solomon H. Howe, Of Bolton, in
the chair. The first business of Importance was
that of listening to the report of Winslow S. Lin
coin, secretary. 1t shows the receipts from May
g. 1870, to Jan. /, 1871 to be S5249, and expenses
during the same time of S4ss7 16, leaving bal
anCe Of 1851 "a. The receipts of the tair last
autumn were S469ss1.
The following named officers were chosen for
the ensuing year
PreSdent-Charles Pratt
Vice PreSidentS-J A Fayerweather of West
borough, John Brooks of Princeton
Secretary and IreasWrer-F Thayer
IrHStees-Auburn, d q Aldrieh j Eaton; Ash
burnham, Samuel L Woods; Barre VIM Robinson,
Jr, Peter Harwood, J T Ellsworth; Berlin, A Bah
cock, Diver Carter; Bolton, Roswell Barrett, II
BroOkfeld, Francis Howe; Clinton, 2 Howe;
Charlton, David Carpenter, d N Carpenter, E Il
Carpeuteri Douglas, Abijah Bigelow; Dudley, H II
Stevens, Daniel Dwight; Fitchburg, Augustus
Whitman, E Miles; Grafton, Adams, Esek
Saunders, H S Warren, F NJ Wood, Jonathan
d Wheeler; Hardwick, Moses Smith; Harvard,
Trumbull Bull, A saweyr, George Burt; Holden,
Archelaus Putnam, Nj Jefferson, VIM II Walker,
John Adams, j II Gleasonj Leominster, Oliver
Hall, l. Burrage; Lancaster, L L Farwell Leicester,
Billings Mann, J II Wall Jr, A Dewing; Mendon,
Perry Wood; Millbury, John G Wood, Nelson
Walling, George HastiI g, Peter Simpson; Mil
Moses Pollard B Hamilton Northboro George
%diIn Il 9ssood; EO oFtRO'i BFo;okfeid,
ford, George Hodges, Marshall Pratt; Princeton,
3 A Hastings, VIM B Goodnow, B Reed. E
Merriam; Rutland, j W Bigelow; Shrewsbury,
Thomas w Ward, L Hapgood, S d Ward, J II
Nelson, Thos Rice, Walker, w Maynard;
scarborough, Joseph Burnett, j c Converse;
Southbridge, George A Dresser; Sterling, Ezra
Sawyer, Otis Howe, Rufus Hastings; Sturbridge,
Bella j Stone; Sutton, Harvey Dodge, Putnam King,
Stephen Marsh, Lyman Putnam, Rufus King
Tempeton, John w Work; Upton, VIM Knowlton,
d W Bachelor; Uxbridge, Edward Thayer Chas
Messenger; Webster, II n Slater, Solomon Shum-
way; Warren, r Burroughs; West BroOkfeld,
c 2 Rice, Arson Warren, NJ G Davis, Jonas Stone,
Lyman Belknap, Ii Hero Geo Harrington; West
Boylston, Lyman Pierce, A F Knight, Chas Goodell,
Worcester, Stephen Salisbury, D Waldo Lincoln,
Geo Howe, (grocerl, John Barnard, VIM Eames,
VIM $ Lincoln, Salisbury, Jr, o L batch, w T
Merrifeld, Samuel Ellsworth, j L Baker, w We'll
lngton, d w KnOwlton, I L Hall, ID w Bemis, II
Very, l. HartshOrn, james Pierce, j S Perry,
W Clark, Charles NJ Miles, Hadwen, George
Spur, w Abbott, Chamberlain.
j. A. Fayerweather, of Westboro, received
fifty votes for president, and J. H. Thompson
received twenty-three for secretary. The thanks
of the meeting were voted to the retiring prcsi-
dent and secretary.
Messrs. o. L. Hatch, T. w. Wellington and
James R. Pierce were appointed a committee to
confer with the executive committee of the New
England agricultural society in relation to hold
ing its next annual fair on the agricultural
grounds in this city, the committee to report at
the next meeting Of the trustees. Other COM
mttees were appointed as follows: Messrs. S.
Salisbury, Jr., of Worcester J. A. Fayerweath-
or of Westboro, and Maj. T. f. Hall of Worces-
ter, auditing committee; Thomas W. Ward of
Shrewsbury, j. A. Fayerweather of Westboro,
and o. B. Hadwen, G. NJ. Miles and T. W
Wellington of Worcester, committee to revise
the by laws of the society; ]. A. Fayerweather of
Westboro, and o. B. Hadwen and Gen. VIM. S.
Lincoln of Worcester committee on grounds.
The meeting adjourned to Feb. Sth, at 10 IL
O'Clock A. M, at the Office of tie Worcester NIu-
tua fire insurance company.