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New York
1837
II. M. Osborn
40 Penn
Indiana.
1847
Steph. n Jnnes.
52 La Grange.
Ohio ..
1829
Elias Pardee.
19 Pokagon.
Ohio ..
1844
C. C. Allison.
34 La Grange.
Illinois
184-
Josiah Kinnison
67 H.ward
Maine.
1828
Mrs. Julia Blish ..
58 Dowagiac
New York ..
Henry Michael
49 Silver Creek
Ohio.
1830
Catherine Roof.
59 Porter.
Pennsylvania
1836
llugh C. McNeil.
55 Mason ...
New York
1835
Joseph Spencer.
66 Wayne.
New York
1837
P. W. Southworth 64 Volinia
Vermont.
1837
Isabella Batchelor. 16 Milton
New York
1835
Mrs. J. A. Southworth 54 Volinia.
Vermont.
183 ;
1. A. Goddard 72 Mason.
Connecticut.
1836
(. W. Morse.
51 Dowagiac.
Vermont
1851
L. B. l'atterson. 40 Pokagon
Michigan
1838
William Allen
43 Porter
Obin.
1848
Hannah M. Patterson .. 33 Pokagon.
Cass County
1845
Lyman B Spalding.
37 La Grange.
L'i Grange Vermont.
1835
Jacob Tittle. 57 Milton.
Ohio.
1830
ITenry W. Smith. 58 Volinia.
Ohin.
1832
llenry Harmon
.,S Porter
Ohio ..
1840
Henry Bloodgood
, 59 Cassopolis.
New York
1838
Asa B. Wetherbee ..
. 54 Newberg.
New York
1833
Abram Fiern. 51 12 tirange.
New York
1853
NAMES ADDED IN 1877.
John M. Truitt. 58 Milton
Delaware 1831
Ann E. Truitt.
47 Milton.
Delaware
1835
/ .. Tinkham
72 Pokagon
New York
1852
Leander Bridges. 51 Marcellus
New York
1845
John T. Miller.
. 67 Jefferson
Pennsylvania 1830
W. I1. Smith
60 Volinia.
Ohio
1832
Mary J. Kenmerle ...... 40 La Grange.
La Grange ..
1838
Robert D. Merritt.
39 Porter.
Michigan
1.ife.
Ira J. Putnam. 51 Pokagon.
Cass County
1827
Mrs Robert Merritt ... 40 Porter
Life.
Nathan Skinner.
55 Porter.
Ohio.
1845
Mrs. Nathan Skinner .. 53 Porter.
Ohio.
1845
W. G. Beck with
67 Jefferson
New York
1836
J. M. Jewell ..
42 Wayne.
Ohio ..
1×36
Elias Jewell
66 Wayne.
New Jersey
1837
James L. Odell.
47 Porter.
Michigan.
Life. 1842
Mrs. W. H. Smith. 4 Volinia.
Ohio.
1836
John Williams
42 Jefferson
Michigan.
Life.
Emmett Duoning. 45 Howard.
l'ennsylvania
1835
P. A. Tharp 53 Calvin
Ohin
1843
Dyer Dunning.
422 Milton
Pennsylvania
1834
Emily Taylor
61 Wayne
New York.
1846
K. P. Clisbee.
57 Oberlin
Ohio .. New York
1838
() lean Putnam
70 La Grange.
Aurelia Putaam
62 La Grange.
New York.
1828
James A. Lee.
62 Dowagiac
New York
1838
l'atience Lee ..
61 Dowagiac
New York.
1858
John Bedford.
73 Dowagiac
England
1852
Nathan Phillips
85 Pokagon.
New York
1844
47 Mason
New York
1854
James P. Smith. 52 Ontwa
New York
1840
Edwin T. Dickson
53 Berrien County. Indiana.
1828
J. E. Garwood. 45 Pokagon.
Michigan
Life.
1828
Mrs. J. E. Garwood. 38 Pokagon,
Ohio.
Delaware
1832
H. S. Rodgers 32 Volinia
Ohio.
1833
W. J. Griffith. 31 Milton.
Indiana.
Michigan.
Life.
Thomas J. Foster. 34 Nt. Joseph Co, Ind. Michigan
NAMES ADDED IN 1878.
Amos Smith. 48 Penn Pennsylvania 1848
William Condon 62 .Jefferson Ireland
1838
Mrs. L. Goodspeed 48 Volinia. New York.
Daniel Blish 66 Dowagiac ... New Hampshire
1839
Hiram Lee.
57 Calvin
l'ennessee
18:5
David B. Copley
:9 Penn
New York
1835
Laura Spencer.
64 Wayne.
New York .. 1837
H. A Chapin 63 Niles.
Massachusetts ..
1836
Samuel Decou
65 l'enn.
New Jersey
1849
Asa Huntington 57 Wayne
Vermont ..
1842
Zeva A. Tyler 66 Wayne
New York
1839
William Hicks 56 Milton.
England.
1886
David Gawthrop. 13 La Grange.
Michigan ..
18.3
llenry Fredricks 66 Porter.
l'ennsylvania
1836
Mrs. Nancy J. Smith .. 43 Volinia Ohio
1836
Eli Benjamin 54 Ontwa
Massachusetts ... 1854
Hannah Henshaw .. Volinia.
Indiana.
1830 1836
Eli Bump 59 Penn.
James Pollock. 56 Penu ..
Ohio ....
1830
llarriet A Bridges* .. 43 Newberg.
New York
1835
John F. Dodge Avril Earl.
,66 Newberg
New York
1835
68 La Grange
New York
1836
Canada West
1826 1831
P. P. Perkins
55 Howard.
North Carolina .. New York
1834
Mrs. John L. Odell 39 Porter.
Obio
Gamaliel Townsend ..
.. 76 La Grange.
John Ilain, Sr
78 La Grange.
1825
Mrs. M. S. Robinson .. 47 Nile -...
New York.
1835
Mrs. Abbey HI. Copley 54 Pean
Michigan
18:4
Matilda P. Griffith 54 Milton ..
D. A. Squier. 40 Decatur
1837
Mrs. Harrison Adams. 45 Jefferson. 51 Penn.
1845 Aun M. Hopkins.
Mrs. W. J. Griffith .. 29 Milton
Life.
* The first white child born in Newberg Township.
Ohio.
Michigan.
1846
1836
G. A. Meacham
Date of Settl'mt in Cass Co. for of birth).
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HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE BURN.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE. BORN.
Cass Co.
AGE.
AGK.
George Rogers 49'Ontwa
New York
1844
Elizabeth D. Keeler 59 Porter
New York
1835
Abraham Rinehart 61 Porter.
Virginia ...
1829
Joshua Richardson .. 60 Porter
Ohio ...
1846
Ilannah E. Rinehart 52 Porter
New York
1836
Eveline E. Richardson. 49 Porter
Michigan
John Lybrook. 8 La Grange ..
Virginia.
1823
Thomas Stapleton ...... 45 Cassopolis
Ireland
1851
Joseph Lybrook 33 La Grange.
Cass County.
1846
Mrs. C. J. Greenleaf ...
.. Dowagiac
Dowagiae
Ellen P. Hibrey
83 Cassopolis
Wales.
1835
Maryette H. Glover ... 33 Cassopolis.
Cassoplis
1846
Adelia T. Merritt.
66 Bristol, Ind
New York
1830
Thomas Odell
47 Porter
Porter
1833
Daniel MeIntosh 74 Penn
Maryland.
1829
llenry J. Brown ..
49 Porter
Michigan
1830
Hugh P. Garrett 48 La Grange.
Ohio.
1×48
Sadie Huyek
40 Marcellus
Michigan.
1838
William Yonng. 81 Howard.
Vermont
1831
Sarah M. Breece. 58 Jefferson.
Pennsylvania 1838
John A. Jones 33 Cassopolis
Pennsylvania
1846
Aaron J. Nash 58
New York 1854
Margaret R. Nash .. . 56
New York.
1844
Roderick L. Van Ness .. 33 Cassopolis Howard
1845
NAMES ADDED IN 1880.
William H. Olmstead .. 57|Milton
New York 1846
Sarah A. Olmstead.
50 Milton.
New York.
1835
Jacob Suits.
New York ..
1835
Mary Reames.
72 Jefferson
Ohio .. .
Ohio.
1833
Lovinia Reames
83 Jefferson .
Kentucky
1833
Samuel Ingling
52 Dowagiac
Kentucky
1845
Charles R. Poe 57 Newberg Ohio
1835
John C. Carmichael
48 Edwardsburg Ohio
1836
Samuel Morris.
55 Volinia Ohio.
1828
David Beardsley. 55 Mason
Ohio
1832
Mrs. Mary Dewey. 62 Pokagon
Indiana
1829
Valentine Dyer.
54 Edwardsburg
New York
1835
Uriel Enos
75 Milton
Vermont
1835
Reason S. Pemberton.
5>|Vandalia ..
Indiana. .
1836
Polly M. Shellhammer 52 Porter Ohio
1834
James W. East. 51 Calvin
Indiana.
1832
Frank Savage 33 Marcellus
Mareellus
1846
Archibald Dunn 69 Newberg
New York
1835
Henry Aldrich 66 Milton
Rho'e Island
1834
George Smith 68 Milton
Delaware.
1828
Milton Hull
William Lawson 55 Calvin
North Carolina ..
Ephraim Hanson 46 Oatwa
New York
1835
Jonathan Colyer 69 Jefferson
North farolina .. 1831
Sarah At wood. 71 Dowagiac
Pennsylvani . ... 1831
Catherine Colyer 65 Jefferson
Ohin
1832
Arthur Smitb.
45 Dowagiac
Pennsylvania
1858
Mary Jane Smith
16 Dowagine.
New York
1837
Salicia Emmons. 66 Howard
New York ..
1822
Gabriel Eby 63 Porter Ohio.
1837
l'aroline Ehy.
54 Porter
Germany
1848
Iliram N. Woodin 54 Mason
New York
1846
Martha C. Wodin
47 Mason
New York. 1847
Il. H Poorman 6-1 Marcellus
Pennsylvania 1858
llenry E. llain
45 Edwardsburg.
Michigan
1836
William M. Hase
18 La Grange
Illinois ..
1853
Nancy Simpson
57 Pokagon
Virginia
1827
J. M. Huff.
17 Vollnia
Ohio
1834
Charity Rich 72 Volinia
Ohio ..
1829
Josephine B Smith
.47 Milion
Delaware
183-1
U. B. Goodenough 40 Volinia
New York
1846 Perry Curtiss.
43 Silver Creek
Michigan
1838
G. W. Smith
50 Milton
Delaware
1854
Margaret Leaves.
63 La Grange.
Pensylvania
Alfred Sbockley 5% Milton
Delaware
1833
11. B. Shurter. Jeffer-On
New York
1856
Elias Morris.
47 Volinia.
Van Buren Co
Charlotte Morris 47 Volinia ..
Pennsylvania
Elijalı Goble 74 Dowagiac Ohio
(. M. Odell.
43 Iloward
Michigan
1837
Kinney Shanahan. 27 Ontwa
Michigan.
1854
Braddock ('arter. 71 Porter
New York.
1844
Jacob Reese ..
59 Milton
New York
1834
Caroline Carter 69 Porter
Vermont
1844
Auselm Jessup 51 Calvin.
Indiana.
1833
II. D. Bowling. 38 Pokagon.
Ohio
1849
Richard C. Ross 65 Mason
Ohio
1832
Mrs. Mary Childs
38 California
Indiana
1847
Mehitable Ross 64 Mason
New York
1829
A. J. Ditz.
39 Mason
New York
1847
William Hitchcox. 44 Mason
Michigan
1848
George Bement 37 0)nt wa
Mason
1841
Mrs. Betsey Gardner .. 86 Mason David T. Truitt 53 Milton
Delaware
1831
Enos Rosebrangh
41 Jefferson
Michigan
1839
A. J. Gardner. 53 Mason
New York
1832
David Beardsley 53 Mason
Ohio .
1838
12 foward
Delaware
1839
Mrs. Belinda Miller ... 69 Mason
New York
1835
John less ..
10 Jefferson
Ohio
1841
Ann C. Miller 45 Mason
New York
1835
Henry D. Goodrich ... 38 Jefferson
Illinois
18.4
Lewis H. Miller .... 34 Mason
New York. 1835
John O. Polloek 51 Penn
Ohio
18:0
Virgil Turner.
43 Outwa
New York.
1854 William D. Fox 38 lloward.
Delaware.
1816
Arietta Van Ness 59. Howard
New York.
1846
Julia A. Parsons 33 Wilton
Michigan
1848
Ohio
1845
Cynthia Bilderbaek
37 Silver Creek
Michigan.
Eleazer Hammond
72 Milton
New York
1844
Margaret Pemberton .
59 Vandalia
Germany 1842
Erastus Z. Morse,
70 Porter
Vermont
1845
Israel P. Hutton
48 Berrien County.
Pennsylvania
1846
John H. Hutton -46 Porter
Pennsylvania
1846
Anne Moorlag .. 54|Penn
Holland
1844
Sarah Ann Moorlag ... 20 Penn.
Pennsylvania
1833
Mary Loupe
36 Porter
Michigan
1843
lantha Wood 53 Howar 1
New York.
1841
William H. Doane. 71 lloward.
New York 1835
Lois A. Doane. 58 Howard.
New York.
1832
Uzziel Putnam.
86 Pokagon
New York
1825
James B. Treat
54 Silver Creek
New York
1834
Elizabeth Grubb. 70 Calvin
Ohio .
1830
Nathan Norton. 66 Calvin
Ohio
1832
John A. Reynolds. 65 Jefferson
New York 1848
Laura J. Reynolds. 61 Jefferson
New York 1849
Joshua Leach 67 Penn
Vermont 1833
A. F. Northrup. 53 Calvin
Vermont 1838
George Long-(nff
... Vandalia
Pennsylvania
George L. Stevens, 31 Mason
Mason
Martin Stamp .. 35 Penn
Michigan
1845
A. D. Thompson. 4> Milton
Delaware
1836
Eliza Goble, 66 Dowagiac
Ohio ..
Levi Springstine 64 Wayne
New York. 1836
Samuel A. Breece. 38 Newberg
Michigan
1842
Marcus Sherrell. 41 Jefferson
Jefferson.
1840
William W. Carpenter. 51 Milton
Delaware,
1830
Elizabeth llitehcox 38 Mason
Indiana
George W. Williams ... 42 Howard Jasper K. Aldrich 32 Milton
Michigan
1849
Mrs, Emily Curtis
38 .Jefferson
Michigan
1842
tleorge Tharp Peter Fox
... Newberg
Delaware
1838
New York
1832
Julia E. Van Ness. .26 Cassopolis
Volinia
1852
Joseph L. Jacka. 75 Edwardsburg ... Pennsylvania 1829
Dr. C. J. Boughton 66 Wakelee
1836
NAMES ADDED IN 1879.
Amos Jones. 58 La Grange. Ohio.
1830
William Reames 71 Jefferson North Carolina ..
1828
Jane D. Ingling 15 Dowagiac
New York.
1845
Jos. H. Burns ..
60 Mason
New York 1847
Ann E. Burns.
57 Mason
New York. 18)4
John McPherson ... 54 Jefferson.
Ohio.
1899
Jacob B. Breece 63 Jefferson
Pennsylvania
Zora E. Jones .. 25 Cassopolis
1828
John E. Reames 48 Jefferson.
John Bilderback 37 Silver Creek
Indiana. 1870
1853 William Loupe. 46 Porter
NAMES ADDED IN 1881.
Date of Setil'mt
Date of Setti'mt in Cass Co. (or of birth).
(or of
birth).
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HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY. MICHIGAN.
NAME.
RESIDENCE.
WHERE BORN.
Date of Settl'mt in Cass Co.
(or of birth).
AGE.
Nathaniel B. (Crawford 61 Wayne.
New Jersey. 1855
Byron H. Casterline ... 33 Penn.
Michigan.
1847
George S. Bassett ...... 51 Dowagiac
Ohio
1842
David D. Brady 50 Penn.
Ohio ..
1835
Horace Warren. 44 Newberg
Michigan 1837
Harvey Depuy. 54 Penn ..
New York 1851
George B. Crawford. 3- La Grange.
Ohio
1855
Asher J. Shaw. 34 Howard
Michigan
1847
Robert N. Martin 65 Penn
Ohio.
1861
John R. Everhart. 67 Porter.
Pennsylvania
1832
Sarah Driscol Everhart 59 Porter
Ohin.
1929
John Manning 47 Porter Co., Ind .. Michigan 1834
Richard M. Williams .. 40 La Grange ...... . Ohio.
1851
The total number of names registered is five hun- dred and ninety-one.
CHAPTER XXI.
AGRICULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES.
Organization of the C'ass County Agricultural Society in 1851-Tbe First Fair Held-A Speech by Reman Redfield-Condition of the County Thirty Years Ago-Horses, Cattle and Sheep-"'Ten Thou- sand Things by Wolverine Audacity Called Swine "-Complete Premium List of the Fair of 1851-Brief Subsequent History of the Society-Cass County Bible Society Organized in 1831-County Med- ical Societies-Farmer's Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
THE Cass County Agricultural Society came into
existence in the spring of 1851. and the first fair was held in the fall of the same year. The exact date of organization cannot now be ascertained (the records having been lost), but it was probably in March or April. The President was Justus Gage, and the Sec- retary, George B. Turner.
May 13, the National Democrat made a strong ap- peal to the farmers of the county to become members of the society, and pay into its treasury the sum of 50 cents each, thus enabling the society to make out a good premium list.
On the 24th, the Executive Committee held a meet- ing in Cassopolis, at which Judges were appointed for the different departments of the proposed fair, and the President, Justus Gage, was authorized to procure some suitable person to deliver an address, on the oc- casion.
It was resolved that the first annual fair be held at Cassopolis on the 18th day of September, 1851, pro- vided the citizens of the place would, at their own ex- pense, prepare the grounds, pens, etc .. and, in case they should not accede to this arrangement, it was pro- vided that the committee, having the matter in charge, should select some other place the citizens of which would be willing to make all of the necessary prepara- tions free of charge.
The following committees of arrangements were ap- pointed :
Gentlemen's Committee-Asa Kingsbury, G. B. Turner, James Sullivan, Joseph Smith, E. B. Sher- man.
Ladies' Committee-Mrs. James Sullivan, Mrs. W. G. Beckwith, Mrs. Jacob Silver, Miss. A. M. Redfield, Miss. E. Sherman, Miss. Sarah Lindsey, Mrs. Barak Mead and Mrs. S. F. Anderson.
The fair was duly held, and in Cassopolis, hence it is to be presumed that the people of the village made sufficiently liberal preparations. The show grounds for stock were "south of Joshua Lofland's premises and east of Mr. Root's," and the hall of the court house was used for the display of fruits, vegetables and articles of domestic manufacture, and was under the charge of ladies. The attendance was quite large and the exhibition was generally pronounced a success. The National Democrat said "it vastly exceeded our expectations, not only in regard to quantity of stock and number of articles exhibited, but in the superior quality and excellence of both. We venture the assertion" the writer continued, "that no one county in the State can bring forward as good stock as Cass. This is saying much for her but no more than she is able to back up by an actual showing."
An interesting feature in the programme of this first fair was an address by Heman Redfield, delivered before a large audience at the court house. The con- cluding portion of the speech makes interesting read- ing at the present day, and gives a good idea of the agricultural condition of Cass County in 1851. Mr. Redfield said :
" That the experiment has been successful and that our society is established upon a permanent founda- tion has been most amply demonstrated. May we not now indulge the agreeable conviction that each returning exhibition will derive additional interest and value, until our county shall assume that position to ' which by nature it is entitled, as the first among the agricultural districts of our beautiful State ?
" The variety and fertility of our soil, the abun- dance of our water privileges and the unlimited mar- kets almost surrounding us, in connection with the energy and enterprise of our population, as this day witnessed, would seem to indicate the possibility of such an event at no distant period.
"A reference to the statistical report of the Secre- tary of State to the last Legislature, discloses the fact that few counties in the State in proportion to the territory and number of population, produce an equal amount of wheat and other grain, and very few, if any, excel us in this respect.
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" Now we have in our county about 60,000 acres of improved land, something less than a quarter of our
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HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY. MICHIGAN.
territory, and the total value of our property of all kinds, is, as assessed, about $800,000, with a popula- tion of 11,000. In 1849. we raised from 18,000 acres about 160,000 bushels of wheat, something over thirteen bushels to each individual, and yet this was only an average of about ten bushels per acre, for a soil of the most productive character ; not over half a crop at the best calculation. I believe it is gener- ally admitted that our soil must be deepened before it can be permanently improved, and that one acre of soil twelve inches deep, is worth more to make money from by cultivating it, than four acres six inches deep. Admitting that under the best circumstances an acre of soil six inches deep will produce fourteen bushels of wheat, and that twelve bushels will pay the ex- penses, and we have two bushels as profit. Now double the depth of the soil and the amount of the crop, making the former twelve inches instead of six and the latter twenty-eight bushels instead of four- teen ; fifteen bushels instead of twelve will now pay all expenses and leave a net profit, not of two but thirteen bushels to the acre. Manure well, plow deep, sow in good season, then trust in Providence and instead of selling $60,000 worth of wheat we can market three times that amount.
" There was raised in our county two years ago 600,000 bushels of other grain, of which at least one- half was a surplus, worth as much as the wheat crop, and susceptible by good' husbandry of equal augmen- tation in amount and value.
" We own three thousand horses, worth on an aver- age say $40 or a total of $120,000. Now it costs no more to raise a colt worth at four years old $80 than one hard to jockey off at $40. And a little re- flection will convince any one that the above value can be doubled in five years.
"The enterprise of a fellow-citizen offers you a stock of as good blood and reputation as can be found, and which he has, I think safely, challenged the State to equal. And there are several other excellent breeders of that noble animal among us. We certainly should exert ourselves to patronize and sustain them.
" We possess 8,000 head of cattle, generally of an inferior size and quality, and are selling the average of our young cows and steers at from $8 to $10. when in good condition, and 1 am fully satisfied that the value of this stock can be casily doubled by an importation of thoroughbreds, the judicious patronage of those we have and a more general at- tention to care and keeping.
" We have likewise 17,000 sheep, shearing in 1849, 44,000 pounds of wool, about two and a half pounds per head, and worth that year an average of 30 cents per pound, a gross value of about $14,000. We
have in our limits as good stock sheep as can be found in the country, and a general attention to this depart- ment of our industry will enable us to increase the weight of the fleece to four pounds, worth 40 cents per pound, and the value of the carcass proportionally.
" In addition to the above list, we have among our grubs and in our puddles, about ten thousand things which Wolverine audacity has denominated swine --- variously known as Naragansetts, alligators, land sharks, and flee breeders. In one sense indeed this class of our domestic animals has received much at- tention, but that attention has resulted from wonder and disgust, and has been expressed in unmeasured ridicule, sarcasm and invective. It is well known that a well-bred and well-kept hog can be easily made to weigh, in eighteen months, 400 pounds, worth $3 per hundred weight, while it is a hard matter to make the critters I speak of ever weigh 200 pounds, and a harder matter to dispose of the compound of acorns, ground nuts and carrion for $2 per hundred weight."
There has been an improvement in Cass County swine during the past thirty years.
Following is a complete list of the premiums awarded at the fair of 1851 :
CATTLE.
B. W. Philips, La Grange, for best Durham bull, cash premium.
Joseph Smith, Jefferson, for second best Durham bull, diploma.
James E. Bonine, Penn, for best bull under two years, cash premium.
Thomas Tinkler, Wayne, for best grade bull, di- ploma.
William Jones, Pennsylvania, for best milch cow, cash premium.
David Brady, La Grange, for best yoke work oxen, cash premium.
B. Bullard, Mason, for second best work oxen, di- ploma.
Jesse Jones, Mason, for third best work oxen, diploma.
HORSES.
B. W. Philips, La Grange, for best stallion, cash premium.
Lewis Rinehart, Porter, for second best stallion, cash premium.
Archibald Jewell, Wayne, for best brood mare, cash premium.
A. J. Luther, Ontwa, for best span matched horses, cash premium.
James Townsend, Penn, for second best span matched horses, cash premium.
Isaac A. Huff, La Grange, for best colt under two years, cash premium.
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HISTORY OF CASS COUNTY, MICHIGAN.
David Finch, La Grange, for best colt under three years, cash premium.
M. Rudd, Penn, for best single horse in harness, cash premium.
SWINE.
Joseph Smith, Jefferson, for largest hog, cash premium.
James E. Bonine, Penn, for best boar, cash pre- mium.
Justus Gage, Wayne, for second best boar, diploma.
Daniel McIntosh, Penn, for best breeding sow. cash premium.
Edward Beech, La Grange, for second best breed- ing sow, diploma.
Nathan Aldrich, Ontwa, for third best breeding sow, diploma.
Daniel McIntosh, Penn, for best lot of pigs, diploma.
Nathan Aldrich, Ontwa, for second best lot of pigs, diploma.
GRAIN AND VEGETABLES.
Benjamin Gage, Wayne, for best wheat, diploma. Archibald Jewell, Wayne, for second best wheat, diploma.
William Allen, Mason, best lot of beans, diploma.
D. T. Nicholson, Jefferson, for best lot of sweet potatoes, diploma.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, ETC.
Morris Custard, La Grange, for best two-horse wagon, cash premium.
Nathan Aldrich, Ontwa, for best two-horse plow, cash premium.
Heman Redfield, Mason for best beehive, cash premium.
Heman Redfield, for best straw cutter, cash pre- mium.
C. Smith, Mason, for best cheese press, cash pre- mium.
SHEEP.
John Gage, Wayne, for best Spanish Merino buck, cash premium.
J. E. Bonine, Penn, for two best Spanish Merino bucks, cash premium.
F. Brownell, Penn, for four best Merino yearlings, diploma.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
Daniel Carlisle, La Grange, for best ten pounds of maple sugar, diploma.
Amos Northrup, Calvin, for best lot of honey. cash premium.
Philo White, Wayne, for second best lot of honey, diploma.
Mrs. E. Thomas, Ontwa, for best worsted work, diploma.
Mrs. E. Thomas, Ontwa, for best paintings, di- ploma.
DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES.
H. Thompson, Ontwa, best embroidered shawl, diploma.
Mrs. E. Thomas, Ontwa, for best linen hose, diploma.
Mrs. E. Thomas, for best table spread, diploma.
Mrs. Beckwith, Jefferson, for best quilt, diploma.
Mrs. E. Thomas, best bureau cover, diploma.
Mrs. Sullivan, La Grange, best hearth rug, diploma.
Mrs. A. B. Copley, Volinia, best five yards of flannel, diploma.
George Meacham. Porter, for three best cheese, diploma.
PLOWING.
Benniah Tharp, Calvin, for best plowing with oxen, diploma.
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.
Heman Redfield, for best and largest variety of apples, thirty-four varieties, cash premium.
Miss Julia A. Redfield, Ontwa, for best fall apple, cash premium.
A. A. Goddard, Mason, for fourteen varieties of apples, diploma.
Miss Julia A. Redfield, Ontwa, for best winter apples, diploma.
D. T. Nicholson, Jefferson, for four varieties winter apples, diploma.
Mrs. McKyes, Wayne, for best lot of peaches, diploma.
Heman Redfield, Mason, for three varieties of quinces, cash premium.
The Committee also noticed favorably fine speci - mens of peaches offered by C. C. Landon and others ; some apples exhibited by D. T. Nicholson, and a variety of pears by Nathan Aldrich.
The Committees of Judges who made the awards were constituted as follows:
On Horses-Arch. Jewell, P. Norton, Wm. Jones.
On Cattle-Moses Joy, Reuben Allen, B. W. Phil- lips.
On Sheep-A. Redding, John Nixon, George Red- field.
On. Swine-James Bonine, O. Drew, Jonathan Gard.
On Agricultural Implements-Gideon Allen, Na- than Aldrich, Jesse G. Beeson.
On Grain and Vegetables-Hiram Jewell, M. Sher- ill. W. G. Beckwith.
On Plowing Match-David Brady, Joseph Carpen- ter, T. M. N. Tinkler.
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On Miscellaneous Articles - William Allen, B. Hathaway, S. T. Read.
On Fruits and Flowers-Heman Redfield, E. S. Smith, D. Jewell, Mrs. E. S. Smith, Mrs. G. Sher- wood, Mrs. J. Gage, Mrs. G. B. Turner.
On Domestic Manufactures-Lewis Edwards, A. B. Copley: Cyrus Bacon, Mrs. G. Allen, Mrs. A. Redding. Mrs. S. F. Anderson, Mrs. L. Edwards.
The second annual meeting of the Cass County Agricultural Society, for the election of officers, was held at the office of George B. Turner, Esq., in Cass. opolis. on Monday, the 1st of March, 1852. The following officers were chosen for the year : President, Justus Gage, of Wayne; Treasurer, Joseph Smith, of Jefferson ; Secretary, G. B. Turner, of La Grange; Corresponding Secretary, D. M. Howell, of La Grange; Vice Presidents-John S. Gage, Wayne; Sullivan Treat, Silver Creek ; William L. Clyborne, Pokagon; Hiram Jewell, La Grange; John Nixon, Penn; Ira Warren, Newberg; Oscar N. Long, Por- ter; J. S. Bennett, Mason; S. T. Read, Calvin ; Pleasant Norton, Jefferson ; Henry Heath, Howard ; A. Redding, Ontwa; Peter Truitt, Milton ; H. Mc- Quigg, Marcellus; B. Hathaway, Volinia.
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