1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="mAFIKfyxgm"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/amvegsoc1850/">American Vegetarian Society 1850 & Remembering Rynn Berry – by Martin Rowe</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/amvegsoc1850/embed/#?secret=mAFIKfyxgm" width="600" height="338" title="“American Vegetarian Society 1850 & Remembering Rynn Berry – by Martin Rowe” — HappyCow" data-secret="mAFIKfyxgm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1850-newspaper-top.jpg580105Daily Evening Transcript ~ Boston, Massachusetts ~ Monday, May 20, 1850   The editorial is a journalist’s ‘take’ on the inaugural meeting of The American Vegetarian Society of Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th May 1850! Quite a cutting / sarcastic piece of journalism! ……but we are are very glad that it was written. Prior to today, this has appeared nowhere else on the Internet. This is the last item which we were discussing with our friend Rynn Berry, before he  recently left us. ——— Rynn Berry discussing the veg history of – New York, the US – & also this 1850 meeting. Veggie Pride Parade NYC 2012 ~ The Next Veggie Pride Parade NYC will take place Sunday, March 30, 2014 – click HERE for more details ~ Underneath this we are posting Martin Rowe’s piece in which he remembers Rynn. We have embedded several links into this post, to assist scholars. The Ernest Bell Library has original books & papers by several of the people who attended this 1850 meeting. They all had very strong links with the London, UK ‘vegans’ of the period. The original newspaper was found in the collection of a US dealer – it only arrived at […]