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H/7/1883 -1-

Riverside

July 3rd 1883

Noon Temperature 92°

Our President called the meeting
to order at the usual time, all families
except Rock Spring being represented. Our
guests were Annie Hartshorne, Mrs. William
Hartshorne Miss Annie and Miss Elma
Chandler Mr. & Mrs. Zack Waters Mrs. Chas
Stabler Mr & Mrs Uriah Kirk, Mrs Gerard
Hopkins Mrs. George Stabler & Mrs Sleighmaker

Our President called attention to Mrs.
Waters's fine egg-plants. She reported
them of the Burpee early variety and was
requested to report later on their success.
Samuel Hopkins advised the us of Kohlrabi
as tasting very much like cauliflower; he
also drew attention to the fact that red flags
about a foot in size, placed around a
poultry yard would effectually keep the
crows off. Rachel Gilpin told us that strips
of paper put around a flower bed would
keep the chickens off.

Mrs. Samuel Hopkins then read an
article from a magazine published 40 years
ago stating that the honey from the Catalpa
tree is poisonous, also the original name of
the tree to be Catawba. Our second read
-er did not respond to the call made upon
her; our President read for her an article
on the snail nuisance; old lettuce left in
a damp place will collect them then spinkle