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live long enough now to accomplish what is desired in the way of 

 fruit development in this state, yet what he did he did disinterestedly, 

 conscientiously. He was ever industrious in his work and faithful 

 in the discharge of his duties imposed upon him. He was always 

 a public spirited mftn, with an especial enthusiasm in the way of 

 helping to beautify and improve his town and making it a pleasant 

 abiding place, and in that work he did what should commend itself 

 to us and make us esteem his memory more faithfully. He may 

 have had some characteristics that were not pleasing to everybody, 

 but who of us have not? We must not judge a man by those quali- 

 ties, no more than we must judge a man by physical peculiarities. 

 Men are born with both of these peculiarities, and they are no more 

 responsible for the one than for the other. I can remember nothing 

 in relation to Mr. Dartt that was not of the most pleasant kind. To 

 me he was always genial, affable, cheerful and humorous, and his 

 deportment was all that any one could ask of a Christian gentleman. 



With Mr. Grimes I had perhaps the least personal acquaintance 

 of any of the three, but I do not see how any one, even a stranger, 

 could look into that pleasant, genial face of Mr. Grimes without 

 being able to say to himself, "Here, I am sure, I have met a man." 

 His work, just what he did or what he accomplished in his particu- 

 lar line of fruit growing I should have to leave to others to speak of 

 who knew him better than I did and who knew his work better 

 than I. But as for the man, his characteristics, his character, his 

 principle, too much cannot be said. It is something pleasant and 

 ought to be for all of you to think that we have had a man of such 

 character, such usefulness, such commendabJe qualities generally, 

 associated with us. In fact, it is such men that have made this so- 

 ciety what it is ; that have made it an eminently useful and helpfvd 

 society, as it is, and have enabled it to do the work that people who 

 are to live after us will enjoy for long years after all of us are gone. 



What I have said in this connection of these men who have gone 

 before us I can say of many who are yet living; they who are men 

 with whom we are all proud to associate, they who are going on 

 and doing the work which we always commended so highly in those 

 who have gone before ; they who, we do not know how soon, will 

 be the subject of a memorial occasion like this; and it will do no 

 harm if we say or think of them a few things now that we would 

 say and think of them at that time. 



Let us participate in this occasion with more unction, with more 

 feeling, inspired by this thought, that many of the young are coming 

 on ; in fact, the element of youth in this society is very much larger 

 proportionately than it was years ago when I first became familiar 

 with the society. Then the faces of the young was a very small 

 element, indeed, in the makeup of its audiences, but now, I am happy 

 to say, it is a large element. And let us all commemorate these 

 workers who have gone before and by thinking more kindly of 

 the aged who are still with us encourage the young to emulate 

 their example, with the consciousness that they too will be similarly 

 remembered when their whitened hairs are finally laid low. 



We have much in an occasion of this kindi to give us thought, it 

 causes us to realize that there are things on earth of more importance 



