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119th mg The evening of the 12th Mo.4th found our society represented at Mt. Airy in rather an unusual manner every member being present, excepting three with the addition of eight guests. The minutes of last meeting having been read, cause us to feel ourselves in a more dreadful condition than we were aware of, in fact on the brink of that awful plunge into dissolution, from which nothing can save us but prompt and immediate measures. Our last meeting being unusually small we are accused of lack of interest in our society, when realy it was in most cases excess of interest in our horses, many having slight [Epigootz?], and we feared the steady cold rain might injure them, so let us have credit for any good actions. We find on discussing the subject of some change in the H.I. that a few of us would like all play and no work, but are still willing to esert ourselves to make our society a better one than it has been, and would take "onward and upward" from our motto. A committee of six, 1/4 of our members was appointed to discuss the question and report to our next meeting. We tremble to know our fate. But a word to the wise in sufficient and such an increas