Athens County Agricultural Society’s early ambitions and fair
The article recounts the 1828 organization of the Athens County Agricultural Society, its aims to improve soil culture and domestic manufacture, and the 1829 expansion of its scope. It lists inaugural officers, committees by district, and a plan for premiums including a $3 prize for proving the greatest number of wolves killed.
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First Agricultural Society of
Athens County
Athens County Agricultural Society
Ohe
Hocking Valley
Agricultural Society of
Ohio
Ziba Lindley, Jr
Christopher Wolf
Athens
Samuel McKee
Alexander
Abel Glazier
Ames
James Dickey
Bern
Joshua Hoskinson
Cat Rounds Up Cows and Catches Three Mice
In Rutland Vermont a versatile feline named Marcus owned by Louise Boule helps her round up cows each afternoon. Marcus reportedly set a record by catching three mice at once as they tried to mass escape in front of him.
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Rutland
Marcus
Louise Boule
Boule
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Athens, Ohio
S. B. Pruden
R. J. Davis
Charles Shipman
Alexander—Ziba Lindley, Jr
Asa Stearns
Daniel Dudley
cColonel A. Boyles
Geo. Walker
Jacob Boarman
Bern—James Dickey
Wm. T .Brown
Robert Henry
Canaan
Parker Carpenter
Martin Mansfield
Harry Hennshaw
Carthage
Francis Caldwell
B.B. Lottridge
Milton Buckingham
Dover
Josiah True
Daniel Herrold
John Pugsley
Elk—Thomas Johnson
James Bothwell
Edward Dodge
Homer
R. S. Lovell
Selah Hart
Wm. Hyde
Lee
Jacob Lentner
Michael Danny
Wm. Brown
Lodi
Joseph Thomson
Rufus Cooley
Elam Frost
Rome
Elijah Hatch
Daniel Stewart
John Thompson
Troy
Charles Devol
Alfred Hobby
Wm. Barrows
Trimble
Wm. Bagley
Samuel IB. Johnson
James Bosworth
Vinton
Daniel H. Horton
Isaac Hawk
Samuel Zinn
Waterloo
Joseph Hewitt
Nathan Robinett
Alexander Young
York
James Knight
Joseph J. Robbins
Robert Terry
Fr. Caldwell
John B. Johnson
Justus Reynolds
Elk
H. Alderman
Jacob Leatner
J. Thompson
Geo
Utsler
Thomas Brice
A. G. Brown
Levi Booth
Absalom Boyles
Robert Linzee
Calvary Morris
Isaac Baker
Dwight H. Rutherford
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