The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-01-21
Address TO the Members of the r. c.
L. >. A. 4 NJ. A. u. Society.

By vir;ue of our offices. 20 which We
were recently elected by the stockhoId-
er@ OF the P. c. L. 5. \. & VI. A. [. So
ciety, we have been enabled TO acquaint
ourselves with the financial condition of
your Society
With a feeling of regret, we are COM
PEELED 10 make the following announce
ment TO the citizens of Northern Perry.
We find the Indebtedness of your socie-
ty, including premiums. to he twenty
three hundred dollars lin round nnm-
bersl, all of which is now due and de
manded In fact, some Of onr enihusi-
astics citizens and stock holders have
placed their accounts in the courts for
collection, on which after due proceed
ings jnda ment will be obtained We have
no reflections TO cast upon the manage
ment of our predecessors; rather land
them lsome of them at leaSt) for their
liberility and untiring zeal in their en-
deavorS to sustain not alone the credit of
o'Ai ~'ftiVlh bit tti'ii Va At4t al
and mechanical interest of Northern
Perry. Before retiring from office, our
pr, decesnrs passed resolution, in order
TO liquidate the Indebtedness of your
Society, that Subscription lists should he
circHlated for the purpose of securing
one hundred names of men who would
be willing to lend the Society twenty
dollaas each, for a term Of three years,
without interest, taking the Society's
notes secured hy mortgage on their real
estnte for same as1 by 50 doing liberia te
your Society from the present emIarrass-
ment, and at the sameiime placing it
upon sound and prosperous basis.
The snbscriptinn lists are in the conn
try, and ut present We are unable To an
nounee the exact progress made, but can
say it Is flattering, and, in a great meas
ure, success. We have every reason
to believe there is certainly enough in
terest, ambition, pride and money in
the very garden spot of Perry county to
liquidate this comparatively trifling in
dehtedness. Then, lef us wake up; let
Us keep pace with other not so highly
prosperous or favored localities and So
cieties; let us not permit the lack of the
paltry sum of twenty dollars to cause
our beautiful and substantial real estate
to fall into the hands of spoilers; but let
us come up full of zeal, self-priie, am
bition and dignity of which the agri-
cnlturalist profession so abundantly
has reason To possess.
We have briefly set forth the facts in
the foregoing, as we believe them to ex-
ist, for the consideration of our neigh
bors and constituents.
Additional subscription lists have
been placed in the hands of earnest, en-
terpriSing men, who will call npon you
for loans. Feeling prompted by a sense
of duty, We will here to say what is to
be done to save the Society from bank
ruptcy should be done promptly, as the
demands are urgent and must be met
We are satisfied, from past ex perience,
that it once upon square, solid base
that is with this asked for loan the So
cietv will not alone sustain ITSELF, but
after payment of its premiums, be ena-
bled to erect much needed commodious
buildings, and otherwise beautify the
grounds and we then will be enabled to
look upon it with pride rather than as
now with shame and regret. No never let
the index TO the thrift and ambition of
our agricultural and mechanical inter
ests become obliterated as chaf before
the winhs,-not bit of it. Let us ex
tricate ourselves from this unfortunate
embarrassment manfully, and resolve to
have something on exhibition at the
next annual meeting of our Society, and
there npon the hotly contested field of
enterprise surpass, if possible, our less
ambitious neighbors. and thereby en-
courage the spirit of friendship and am
bition, and say with pride ''by liberality
and industry we thrive"
Respectfully,
A r. YosT. Secretary.