The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-19
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ffs@ aalnfllte boz Iasilsrts iaf teen nfl cssartlY
fst1r|ir.f By fnr aufk un Co., .sf"nd volume nt
cor Ufaislrr. the uau.s r'rt iuf that volume
va r,sfl.lff..I g. It.t Yi November. ~infr mat
tufr co. r.fuHIIffff htlr hrli four mcgunss 30
two fafs rsfn. no whIrh uHtst ui tie unfk that
usrs aaaiunE action Htrv con.ifirrcii tnd such
a. uere foun,i uofths were Horepte'i. such a.
rfsaifli furtiirf utf-iig tiinu were lali over uu
"a sch luNesfiEatiuu Cuuld lie made. Nearly
thrss tiinu-and persons have made applications
during the year 10 have new hocss recorded.
uart 10 tlsn1 living OF stofk or Increase non reg
i.tarsail siTes aul dams hat ran lie and have
teen acceytc,i 10y The secretary. The whole
unulbef that have been accepted by the commit
lre on pesiirrr and The secretary has been over
80 making nearly nine hundred that have been
,erepte,i for record since the organization OF the
association. kleven docks have been rejected;
about " have been laid over for more thorough
investigation. AMI some 20 are still awaiting the
consideration OF the committee on pedigrces. or
the secretary The report Of the auditors will
-hJNa very gratifying condition OF the finances
at the association. Notwithstanding an advance
payment ct s50O towards the printing OF the
second volume, we have q little over 500 TO add
to our cash on hand at the beginning OF last year.
The remission Of The annual membership fees
Tor lsSs made a practical dividend 10 the old
M. mers OF about 81 40, and IL Is estimated from
the cash on hand, accounts due the association
tor registry fees for lambs and new locks and
cash from the sale of the second volume, there
OF the current year and still leave balance
In the treasury, without collecting the
membership ices for lsS3 from any but new
members. The committee on publication very
much regret that they are not able to have the
second volume ready TOR distribution at this
meeting. An explanation is due you for the
continued delay OF Its publication. At the be-
ginning OF the year we hoped TO have IL com
plc,ed and ready to be delivered before the
commencement OF the extraordinary extra work
Of receiving the lambs for the year, the aces
sion of new fiocks and members that we usual
ly have received in August in each year; but the
accession of new members began with the year
AS well as an unusal am cunt of correspondence
Ii was also found that much that had been pre-
pared tor the book had TO be rewritten, and that
some forty of the older members had failed TO
return tbs manuscripts of their hocks sent out
the year before. AS the rule that such could be
dropped from their places had n OF been in force
ut the time they were sent out, we could not
drop them; but were obliged to again look them
ali up and rewrite them. Notwithstanding we
gave every moment to the work we possibly
could, and all the strength we had, the very
busy season OF the summer was upon us before
we could get any part of 1t to press. or the vast
amount of work in August and continued into
September think only need say that Tor sew
fifty letters day. the larger tpart with remit
tances inclosed. The receipts for a month, en-
bracing the last of August and fore part OF Sep
tember. IN these small sums amounted to over
that time than to keep accounts, file papers, take
care Of the money and acknowledge its receipt
we commenced printing! tne lore part Oh Octo-
per and we supposed we SHOULD De aoie 10 mt
lsn py December - put inc PRIMERS nnu una
prin sheep Register wherc tnere ID sucn
vast amount OF hgures, on lne accuracy Oh winch
SO mueh uepehus, is BLOW WoIk compared WIN
ordinary pook prihuhS Wneh .lS Legisiatu re
ADJOURNED, they hau pul htlie over zoo pages
prlhteu. Inc Wholc copy was hhlsheu' anu the
most OF IL hau peeh ioIWarueu 10 theih on
december l, eNceptth me lnueN, Which coulu mol
ne prepared untll me remaining pages were
printed. soon alier me nrst OF december me
printer wrote us that tneY were oDllged 10 lay IL
ASIDE anu put their ehire force anu machinery
on thelr contract Tor pruning the STATE laws,
when they had gwen heaNy bonds TO nave com
pleted Dy Inc lotn oil thls month"; aller when
they VIII resume me work on our X gister. IL
may De asked why we uid not employ more help
anu get the WORK along iaster. we can say In T. =
ply to this, that we nave employed all the extra
Lelp mat we could Utilize IN our work the past
year. In all kinds OF business, inexperienced
peip that requires constant supervision IS worth
put little In an emergency; we have used all
that we couu procure that dlu not need such
cohstsnt supervision.
1 might say here that our second volume
Wouid nave bee publisned long ago, had we
been willing 10 mp at conclusions, instead OF
reaching them by thorough investigation, care
lui slitng ana comparing oialllthe facts possible
10 ma IN regard TO Hooks and historical matters.
In order 70 MAINTAIN our leaoing and influential
position, the amount Of this Kind OF work done