The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1875-10-05

toutlnut hLIt0 AMIts u0 IN0ult WI
better than We expectsd. Gross re
ceipts S2,S72, expenses S,525, leaving q
balance sufficient 70 cancel all claim,
on account OF land aud which were ap
piled and deeds taken therefor.
:. Nintesnth th Fair. 1859. Gen. Geo. O.
Munro, President; Hon. n,Alexandsl
Hewitt, Vice President: Daniel Bcebe,
Treasurer; +. N Holloway, Secretary.
The important work OF this year was
ths building Sf the Dining hsIi. ofice.
dwelling aud cattle stables: this wss
done at "A cost Of SO. .I72, for which the
Board issued six bonds Of $500 each,
with annpAl Interest at ten per cent.
the last ons OF which will be cancelled
from the reeaipts Of this Pair; "a .
further result of our labor, we. were en-.
abled to call in all notes outstanding
for Floral hall, amounting to 81 ,Sl7. 80;
our receipts were In gross 50, 036; ex-
ponses in full a, 900, 80, as u'iA 40, ,
Twentieth Fair, 1870, Henry u.
Hall, Presidept., w. s. Hosmer, Vics
President; Daniel Beebe, Treasurer;
i. III. Holloway. Secretary. The i'm
proyements Tor this year was the build
ing OF Mechsnic.' aud Agricultara
Hal, ticket Office for dining hall, four
out-houses and the sinking OF . well,
at An expense 81, $50. for which time
loans we're made on the Society 3
bonds. . part OF which canaot be re-
deemed before maturity, IN two years
asnce ss ace The receipts for IBIS bis year were
sgain q very sna bslsncs to bic, i ! tbe
cssdit ~ ths Soe;etv ~ Woal FiT
Trsnfv-s,st FaI 1s7i Cols7F,,d.r
Fa~Ie Pr.s;dan,. Hon RobArt Wos.
Ian w. fpras,dsnt. SDsn;sl'fp.sb.
rras s,,rer nr r. NJ Tailov.y S.crstsyv
Tha I.hor. ani .0,rt, ~ tbs Soc;etx :
for th;. yasr ~ iarreiv tnrneS IN 'tbe
nayms,y oftsa S.h, 6s,.toSo,s crs.tsS
Tor bnild;ng Surn,,.es NJ II /. slso to
ha rs,nante . fths x..s;, vn,,.h
ali ,ba p;nrasr. oStha co,,ntv rs.;a ~ ~
on Ill IL, ,sas vsr. ~. fin,;t.d
sn.s,s al. snc;a,x ana Vie rscjr.
,sn,. ~ nnhl;c iJinnsr. ,rom vh;r6
sa.her;n inrsnv p ;ntn he;n, th. Hin.
e. go s spi,,n a. Soc;sts -frh. Es;,
:. I'll ;,s -. e. a.. rtha -.
In 81. tss. ss 80 80 -, Ia
Sy,.vI,, ~ ~ M Mp.e
~ s'.' ~
one oaianqe " HPPs ToHf 'ne in 'PooiA'
worA peiors VS., ,o
twenty rseoonu r, .o'<, hon'
nooert woraes' rfosi1ens'Ceonn =
SooA, vice iirsipen,, fflpeli, =, Seui 1e1ree y
munro, lreaSursr, M. noiio"ay'
SsSe9'sIn sseg lf;,.,v m ng imnrovements t On fhe
tr.ck and the builainr of fine Grand
Il. : - = -
sociation ' and in part by the Common
Council of the city of Hillsdale. Great.
ING an Improvement to the value and
cost OF ~ 500. the Society having
a. 700 of the same. The rccs,pis OF
the Fair. for this wear were ~ 2yl. 10.
expenses and premiums. s2 100 leay.
ing a net of nearly 81. coo. 10 improve.
ment account.
Tweuty.third Fair. VIM. J. Barnard.
President. Charles R Corvell Vice
President. Gen. Geo. @. Munro. Treas.
urer, a NJ HoIlowav Secretary Tb.
imnrovs,n.nt. for thus wear consisted
mainly i'm providing water for the
grnnnds onr svstem is not as elabor.
ate and EXPENSIVE as the Holly water
works. but sufficiently large and con-
veuient for our purpose. aud we doubt
not they are appreciated by you when
YOU meet here un occasions like this. -
The cost of these improvements was
about 81, 100. The receipts from the
Fair, 80, ,69i. 20: expenses and premi.
ums, 81, 100; having o net balance OF
81 .59A. 20 to improvement account.
Twenty-fourtn Fair, Pred. Z. Curtis,
D.o..lu.... Al. u.x,,, ". D..
dent; Chas. IA. Winchester, President;
+. NJ. Holloway, Secretary. The prin.
cipal improvements for this year were
In the dining hall and kitchen, aud
general repairs. all of which weIe
charged TO expense account. The re-
ceipts Of the Fair we're 81 65S 10; the
expenses for improvements. premiums
aud Fair expenses, 81, 400, leaving a
balance Of 81. 900. .65 for building fund.
We have, In these sketches gwen you
q brief statement OF the principal act.
ors from year to year, and the success
and rsverses, financially, chat attended
their efforts to build up the Society. -
We would like TO have mentioned the
great body Of directors, who have aid
ed by their counsel in this work. who
are really the main spokes in the wheel.
lbut il would have made our remarks
too long. Suffice it 10 say, that there
are more than hundred now living
who have worked aud sacrificed for the
society in years past, but for their en-
liehtened views, their interested efforts
your society would not have been be.
yond the bounds Of tho county, its in.
flueuce no more felt than therrnmblins
of the distant thunder.
But We cannot stop here; the ones
tions NAV be asked. 10 Yankee sitnplic.
~ "a i. true vhat OF the fruit of AL,
AZ. .ff,rt. ~bat I'm ratnrn Tor ali the
tima and money spent. IN the purchas,
81 ,he.e grounds in the erection al
,besa hniHdinus in the coming toestl,.
a. .nnnsllv ss -. have. + for The Ia :,
ousrsar 81 a csntnrv We answer
,nnch eysrv vsy We mr.. .ociaI bsino,
anJowed With .ociai natores and ",
caa No morn attain the high,~t ends oi
orrl .xistence or eyen onr organized
sx istepce a. a county. lby dwelhpc
sIon. than conld Adam in the. sol,.
,na.. "a Ea.n We mu,t he brouoh,
,cg.,h., man with man family witI
fsm;ly neighborbood will p.,phbor
haod fyee from all formal restpsints
In an import.nt sense. AS citizeus o,
,bs ronniy vo are member. Of onr
ba,,v1 honnd Together law common tia
mt &c are 40 p,.caliar,y situated wit,
,a, hn.ines. centre, that the tendeoe,
!, ,a cast n, asnnder In the Agricii.
,,r.l S,,c;atv alone We have a corntnat
rs,,,.r and a common band. here ia J,
,,s.,snrm on which We NAV meet with
cheerful counteusnccs and corslis
ssse,iese. Hors all inc.l interests mr..