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81st Meeting

Our meeting at W. H. Brooke's, held Oct
13^th 1877, was called to order at 2.30 o'c with W^m W.
Moore as foreman. Sixteen members present, and
Sam'l & Pattie Hopkins, Mary B Kirk, Sallie &
Sadie Pleasants were our guests. After the minutes
of the last meeting at this place were read,
most of the company started on a tour of inspection,
keeping together as far as the garden,
where they divided, to visit respectively
the Dairy, found to be in perfect order and
a pig pen or house, in course of erection. But
three members got as far as the garden, where
were to be seen long rows of fine looking winter
vegetables, the evidences of an abundant summer
garden, and a few flowers that looked
worthy of a warmer bed. The specimens exhibited
on the parlor, were some beautiful flowers from
White Hall-- peaches from Lucknow and pears
from Willow Heights. After reading minutes of our
last meeting, the following questions were discussed.

1^st Is celery a foot hight now, worth taking care of?
Yes - Hill up

2^nd What are the most desirable colors for rag
carpet warps? No color permanent as brown
and green among the best. A bright stipe
of woollen warp, if it can be had of good