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Ans --- A majority would ring them .
Question 12th Will the programme at Rockville on
June 4 th be a benefit to farmers ?
Ans --- 20 of those present think it will . ----
A. M. S ----
Norwood , May 10th 1884 ----
The Enterprise Club met at [?] [?].
Mona's on this date. Chas.H. Brooke was
chosen foreman ; Most of our members present,
as also several invited guests . After reading
minutes of last meeting here we started
out to inspect the premises . The most prominent
among improvements was the new
wind - mill , all the fixtures of which were found
very complete . ---- Water is dischrged at eight
different places ,in pipes leading from the
large tank in the tower. there is no doubt
but this will add quality to the healthy and
comfort of the house hold, as , also to the stock
which will quench their thirst from this
fountain. A large supply of corn was
still on hand , this being of ,one of the leading crops
of our host last year . The numerous pens of
hogs were examined and found to be [in?]
[?] conditions ; while some did not
seem to thrive , others were growing and
fattening as well as could be expected . One
lot ready for the butcher at any time . The
dairy cows were in fine condition , showing
Notes and Questions
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In line 4, the three dashes after 'Ans' are actually one solid line that is about 1/8 above the bottom of the line. This is the same after all the 'Ans'.
This also occurs at the end of lines or sentences sometimes. This occurs in lines 5, 6,9,18
In line 3, there are two small marks that lie side by side by side under the underlined superscript.
Sometimes there is only 1 mark. This mark appears as a single double quotation mark.
These marks resemble periods, single quotation marks, double quotation marks, or even mini dashes. These mark/marks will be present under all underlined or not-underlined superscripts unless otherwise noted.
In line 21, in the word 'add' the writer has started the 'd' before the 'a' and brought the line across the 'a' into the 'd'. This is the first time I have encountered this.
The writer put what resembled a small backslash before the letter 'a' in previous pages.
In previous pages, a writer has put similar marks before the 'o' in the words 'of', 'our', and 'old'.
This is the same mark the writer uses to start the letter 'a', the difference being the mark sometimes flows into the 'a' but so far, has never crossed the 'a' to the next letter. Not sure how the writer came to use this technique. I will not be using the marks before the c's, o's, or a's nor noting them from here forward. Other letters may have the same mark before them.