2 REV. JONES VERY, IX MEMORIAM ; 



themselves a home ; and for several generations members 

 of this family cultivated these acres, until a desire for a 

 change or otherwise prompted them to remove elsewhere. 

 Similar indications may be noticed, in rambles through 

 the woods in this vicinity, of a previous occupancy by 

 some of the old settlers ; the depression in the earth, vine- 

 covered rocks scattered around, and a few plants that follow 

 in the footsteps of man, still linger and seem to flourish 

 amidst those indigenous to the soil. The construction of 

 new roads, and the discontinuance of some of the old, 

 probably necessitated this change. It is not our intention 

 this evening to give a sketch of the family, — this has been 

 done, in part at least, by other hands, — but to present to 

 your consideration several communications, verbal and 

 written, commemorative of the life and service to litera- 

 ture of a descendant, who was a fellow-towosman and 

 one whose familiar form we had long been accustomed to 

 see in our streets and at the meetings and gatherings of 

 the Institute ; though dead, his works survive and will 

 long keep his memory green. 



REMARKS OF MR. ANDREWS. 



The President then introduced Mr. William P. An- 

 drews, who spoke of the familiarity of the audience with 

 Mr. Yery's personal appearance, recalling the many oc- 

 casions upon which they had seen him enter the hall in 

 which they then were, and modestly seat himself at the 

 feet of men greatly his inferiors in intellectual and spir- 

 itual attainment. A remark of Mr. Charles T. Brooks 

 was alluded to, to the effect that Mr. Very's townsmen 

 had seen him so often they had become perfectly familiar 

 with the stalk, but extremely few knew the beauty of the 

 flower. Mr. Andrews expressed the hope that something 



