Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-17

NJ. ia young paper quiOO JO""s
paper. a Uery young paper-and while he
cared nothing about the attack on himself
he considered it duty he owed an old
and honorable society 10 notice the re-
marks. He first asserted the falsity of the
assertions concerning the effort of 1872.
He went to Washington to urge Mr.. Will
der's name for the place; he also made
some very severe remarks on the then
Commissioner of Agriculture Watts. He
was most indignant at the charges against
the New England society. lie was sick
and tired to death of hearing the name of
rings There are no such things as rings
in great public service, and man crying
out against - rings prays day and night
that he may get into one. The accounts
Of the secretary and treasurer are audited
every year and SO careful and so particu-
lar are they that no officers of the society
audit the accounts, but a board of bankers
outside the society do the work. He spoke
in the highest terms Of the work of the
society. They had united with state
societies, and had always put them in the
front rank, while they had supported them
as well as they were able. If he had any
ambition, it was not in the direction of
politics; he had been through that mill
and now the question to settle was CT the
" citizen proprietors," the small land
holders. whether they could get living,
give their children some education, have II
lew books in the house, and II second
hand piano for the girls, to keep them
quiet. He believed the duty of larger land
owners who had wealth was to teach men
who had suddenly acquired farms how to
maintain their places in society. These
remarks were given with considerable
earnestness and at considerable length
and it was pretty evident the extract hurt
some.
After the remarks of DR.. Loring money
matters were taken up, and it appeared
the meeting was in debt; an expense of
about 800 had been incurred and it was
estimated that $1,000 would be required
to pay all expense, and the donations Ind
not covered half of this. Other gentlemen
walked up and put down their five dollars
to what extent we do not know. One
old farmer sitting behind us leaned over
and said, " Amt that pretty steep for the
expense of such II meeting rs this? If
this meeting costs thousand dollars what
will II general meeting cost?"
The committee reported as president,
John Merrimon of Md. senior vice presi
dent. N. S. Townsend, o.; vice presidents
for New England: Vermont, Hon. j,
Gregory Smith; New Hampshire, Moses
Humphrey; Connecticut, E. II. hyde :;
Massachusetts. Daniel Needham and E, D..
Pierce for Rhode Island. Maine we did
not get. Directors for New England for
the one year term. n. 7. Sprague of YER
ment; two year term, Prof. Alvord of
Massachusetts; three year term, eXGov.
Smyth of New Hampshire.
A letter was read FROM President Hayes
in which he regretted his inability to be
present, for which he was elected an honor
AIRY member, and Marshall Z. Wilder was
also elected an honorary member. Presi-
dent Merrimon was here conducted to the
chair, and thanked the society for the great
and unexpected honor; after which, he read
as some of the objects to which the societ y
might properly direct its attention; an an
nual show of fat cattle to be held in the
city of New York commencing on the Mon
day next after the first Tuesday in Deem
Der. He spoke of the show he saw at Smith
field, Eng, last year; also to take some
steps toward the discrimination of veteri-
nary science, and toward securing compe-
tent veterinary surgeons. After this the
president, senior vice president, secretary,
DR.. Loring and Thos. Armstrong of New
York, were appointed committee, to
draft and secure charter for the society
from congress. At this point this society
adjourned to meet in the afternoon to hear
lectures from Prof Atwater, and others
In the evening DR.. Loring delivered IN adj
dress before the society at the dairy fair