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in his literary work, honest and courteous in his dealings with men, or of 

 more sterling moral worth. His busy pen has forever been laid aside ; 

 but his green memory will last in the hearts of all who knew him. 



Now, that he is gone, what shall we say? I can not say it better 

 than in the words of a journal whose editor knew him well : " How faint 

 must seem the praise that our poor words can utter. For nearly a score 

 of years wc have known him personally — known him as a friend — 

 admired his enterprise and energy, which seemed to halt at no under- 

 taking, however difificult — admired the ability and zeal with which he 

 labored with his pen — admired the devotion and patience with which 

 he sought to instruct his less informed brethren in the noble pursuit 

 of agriculture — admired the enthusiasm and pride with which he 

 followed the business of farming — admired his integrity as a man, his 

 enterprise and example as a citizen, and the pride which he had a 

 right to feel in gifted daughters and a large family of sons, nearly every 

 one of whom is well settled in life, and an industrious, worthy, honorable 

 citizen. The full and proper eulogy of this good man can not be pro- 

 nounced now. It will be sounded in time to come, when his memory 

 will be handed down as one of the foremost workers among the few who 

 devoted their lives to ennobling the art of agriculture." 



Thus, Mr. President, have I briefly sketched something of the life 

 and services of our lamented co-laborer ; one who was ever earnest in 

 fostering industrial pursuits, and as earnest in his efforts to induce educa- 

 tion to the industries ; acting always in antagonism to evils ; asserting 

 always the honorable dignity of honest labor; laboring always himself 

 with pen and plow; striking strong and stringently against horticultural 

 heresies; striving always in the strict line of what he deemed his duty ; 

 an honest man, fearing none, yet loving antl upliokling all who strove for 

 the right. He was firm as a friend ; genial in his nature ; hospitable at 

 home and abroad ; and with a hand never closed to the wants of the 

 worthy poor. 



Warriors and statesmen have marble monuments reared to perpetu- 

 ate their names, and the memory of their deeds ; but marbles and sculp- 

 tures crumble, are broken, fall, and. lying in the dust, the warrior and 

 statesman are alike forgotten. Our friend has left a more enduring record 

 — one which will stand when models of the sculptor's art alone remain 

 to be admired of men who have failed to keep the memory of those for 

 whom they were reared. His memory will be kept green in the daily 

 record of his pen, tluring a long and active life, in which he labored for 

 the advancement of his chosen profession — Horticulture. Monuments 

 to his memory and glory are as numerous and various as the green trees 

 he has planted. 



When sculptured obelisks shall have crumbled and fallen to the 

 earth ; when they shall no longer give record of those for whom they 

 were reared ; these trees, growing as time grows, and wa.xing strong, will 

 become landmarks on the prairie; in their green tops the birds of heaven 

 will build their nests and brood their callow young ; the summer breeze 

 playing among their leaves will rustic them into soft murmurs of praise ; 



