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April 29th 1882 the Club met at
Edgewood, -- and organized with [Fran?]
Farquhar as foreman, 12 members being
present . -- After reading the minutes of
the last meeting held here, we started out
for a general inspection of the farm. --
Our attention was called to two fine
young horses our host had recently purchased
in Va., - they showed plainly that they had
found a good home, as they had a comfortable
look, and like the sleek fat cows we saw
a little later, proved that on this well regulated
farm, " the eye of the farmer fattens the ox". --
The garden as usual showed that it had
received a full share of the host's attention, as
he like all good husbandsman knows that it
is the best field he has. ---
Some beautiful Berkshire shoats &
pigs reminded us forcibly of the pictures
we see in agricultural papers. -- ---
In passing over the fields we pronounced the
farm as being well set in [goars?] . --- .
The [granary?] was fwell filled with corn .--
W. H. Brooke, W. M. Stabler R. H, Miller and
H. H. Stabler were present as guests, and helped
to dispose of a bountiful supper, which we enjoyed
all the more by being waited upon by the
hostess and several of her daughters . ------
After the minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved , the following questions
were asked and answered . --------
Notes and Questions
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On line 1, the # '120' is stamped in the color charcoal gray on the upper left-hand corner of the page.
In line 2, underneath the superscript what appears to be a single double quotation mark sits on the line.
In line 3, after 'Edgewood,', there is a line about 1/8 above the bottom line. The line is unbroken.
This also occurs in lines 5,7,14,18,21,23,24,29 and 32. In line 21, the line may be broken in the middle, or the ink needed to be refreshed. In line 23, there are marks (periods probably) on either end of the line, that could give it extra meaning, or not. In line 29, the end of the line starts to slope down at the end.
In line 11, the words 'a good' are connected due to continuous pen stroke. the author does this occasionally in his writing. I have separated the two words because it is evident to me that the writer has a space between them.
In line 12, the words 'fat cows' appear to be hyphenated. I believe it is actually the writer crossing the 't'.
In line 16, after the word 'attention,' the comma is upside down backward.