i:o, 7. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 401 



MR. HERR: I move the adoption of the resolutions as read. The 

 motion being seconded, it was agreed to. 



Vice President Sexton resumed the chair. 



MR. HERR: I think the older members of the Board will remem- 

 ber ''Squire" Henry, as he was known everywhere in the State, as 

 being an active, progressive member of this Board; and long before 

 he was a member of this body, when Mr. Shanafelt was a member 

 of the Board in his county, he had sufficient interest to accompany 

 him and attend our meetings, and was one of the most active work- 

 ers that I know of in our country. More than once I have traversed 

 the county with him in the holding of farmers' institutes. He was 

 a man of unswerving integrity, commanding the respect of every 

 body who knew him, and an earnest champion of our cause every- 

 where; therefore, these resolutions are well merited, and we concur 

 in the report. 



The SECRETARY: I wish to emphasize what has been said by 

 Brother Herr about our deceased brother and friend. It was my 

 pleasure to travel with him years ago. I doubt whether I have 

 ever seen any one who manifested a deeper interest in his work than 

 did Mr. Henry. He was not only recognized as being an earnest 

 advocate of better methods on the farm, better farming, but recog- 

 nized as a man who was thoroughly honest in his convictions, a man 

 who was ready to give expression to his views in suc;]i a way that 

 he should not be misunderstood, and I think that anybody who had 

 his disapproval had no trouble to know that he disapproved the 

 course pursued. I think that this Board, not only in Clarion county, 

 but over the Commonwealth generally, sustained a loss in his death, 

 and I am heartily in sympathy with the resolutions that have been 

 offered by the committee. 



MR. STOUT: I wish to ask w^hether that is the only resolution 

 that has been offered by the committee. 



The CHAIR: In this case, yes. 



MR. STOUT: I want to call the attention of the Board to the fact 

 that one of our best friends — I think he was a member of the Board 

 in the past — president ex-officio — Ex-Governor Pattison, who was 

 one of the best friends we had, is also deceased. I think it would 

 be appropriate for the same committee to bring in a resolution in 

 regard to his death. Therefore, I move that the Committee be in- 

 structed to also make a report on Ex-Governor Pattison. 



Several members seconded the motion. 



The CHAIR: The resolution is now before the Board. 



The question being put, it was agreed to by a rising vote. 



MR. HERR: I am very glad that our friend Stout brought to our 

 notice this omission, and I would suggest that the same commit- 

 tee be appointed to take into consideration the death of Governor 



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