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not addicted to this practice, are poor & thriftless, it by
no means proves, that some thrifty ones who are,
could not more generously expend the means in their power
& become even more prosperous than they now are.

The use of Tobacco like every other unnecessary self indulgence,
demands that we should raise our voices against it,
& do what we can, as a society, & as individuals to check the
increase of any custom which lessens our purity, & lowers the
plane to which we wish our children to aspire.
Alban S Thomas & [...] were requested to
to furnish reading at our next meeting to be held at
Sunnyside Fed 17^th 1877.

73^rd Meeting

A pleasant meeting of the "H I" convened at Sunnyside
Fed 17^th 1877. The afternoon was blistering & cold
but the good cheer in parlor & dining room were none the less
enjoyable on that account. We still have to note the non
attendance of one fifth of our number, whose absence however
was much less felt, by having present several entertaining guests.

Tho' the weather still forbids our going out to make inspections,
yet as we drove to the house on this occasion, we could
but note the heavy obligation to the barn yard, under which
the new lawn rested. We admired too, the high board
fence which was doing duty in excluding from new all
manner of things unsightly. We also noticed a large zinc
platform for flowers, which stand on end in the front porch