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"Along thy steps fair orchard hill, 

 Climbing high and higher still, 

 The fruit trees reach in lines of green. 

 Like burnished warp of emerald sheen. 

 Through which Pomona's lavish grace 

 Woof of richest fruits have traced." 

 In addition to the above which is kindly contributed by Mr. 

 Leland's son, Will E. Leland, the secretary will say that he was 

 much respected by the members of the society, and at the time 

 of his death was one of the vice-presidents of the society. His 

 work for the industry in Piscataquis county especially was very 

 great. 



LEMUEL GURXEY. 



Lemuel Gurney, one of the best known citizens of Hebron, 

 died at his home in that town Sunday, February 8, 1903, at 

 nearly seventy-seven years of age, after an illness of several 

 weeks from a heart trouble. Mr. Gurney was born in West 

 Minot. In his earl}' years he worked for a while at shoe manu- 

 facturing in Natick, Mass., but more than fifty years ago he 

 returned to Maine and settled on the farm in Hebron where he 

 has since lived. He has added considerably to the original 

 acreage of his farm, and by making a specialty of fruit raising 

 has given his farm quite a reputation as a fruit farm. His 

 maple syrup and sugar were of a quality which gave them a 

 fame beyond the limits of the State, and his only difficulty in 

 disposing of these products was to know which orders to fill. 

 He was a regular exhibitor at county and State fairs, and no 

 long-familiar figure will be more missed at those fairs than that 

 of Mr. Gurney. 



Mr. Gurney was twice married. His first wife, Calista C. 

 Barrows, died in 1881. In 1892 he married for his second wife 

 Mrs. Lavina J. Haskell, who survives him. He leaves an 

 adopted son, but has never had any children of his own. He 

 was a regular attendant at the Baptist church, though not a 

 member. He was an active worker in the grange. 



Mr. Gurney's most prominent characteristics were his honesty 

 and uprightness of character and his unfailing pleasantness of 

 disposition and kindness of heart, known to all who had any 



