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its management. He was ever ready to take any place and to do 

 anything that was suggested to him as the thing to do to promote 

 the institute interests and the interests of horticulture. He repre- 

 sented a high type of Christian character in that in a cjuiet but firm 

 manner it was inade manifest that his conversation and his work in 

 life was governed by strong principles. He was generous in his 

 thoughts and charitable in his interpretation of the acts of others; 

 he was always courteous in his intercourse with the members 

 of the corps and with the people that he was among from 

 time to time. He used every opportunity to assist those who be- 

 came interested in horticulture. He was willing to visit farms and 

 gardens with those who wished his assistance and never hesitated 

 to spend time outside of the institute sessions in giving such infor- 

 mation as people wanted from time to time upon any department of 

 the work which he represented. 



I do not write these things because Mr, Cutte is gone so that some 

 might construe them as a fulsome eulogy, but they are plain, simple 

 statements of fact which describe his life as we came to know it in 

 connection with our work. Already arrangements had been made 

 for him to continue with us during the coming winter and j'car 

 No small part of the task which we now have on hand to equip our- 

 selves for the coming year's work is found in the fact that we must 

 find an efficient man to take up the work that Mr. Cutts has laid 

 down. I speak not only for myself but for every member of the in- 

 stitute corps, when I say that we all shall hold him in respected 

 meiMory and that the remembrance of our intercourse with him will 

 always have an elevating effect upon our thoughts and future ac- 

 tion. O. C. Gregg, Supt. Minn. Farmers Institute. 



Mr, Cutis became enrolled as a member of our society in 1891, 

 and retained his membership thereafter continuously. While 

 he could hardly be called an old member, referring to the years 

 of his union with us, yet he has long held our love and esteem. 

 Modest and unassuming, ever ready to take up any duty as- 

 signed and acquitting himself in a manly way in his service, he 

 held an assured place in our hearts. It was with our ful est 

 acquiesence that he was selected to represent our interests in 

 the farmers' institute and we had every reason to be satisfied 

 with the result. Mr. Cutts has been removed from our midst 

 in the very height of his usefulness, and we shall miss his help 

 sadly. In such a loss it is hard to say "It is well," Though 

 not ripe in years, he was fully so in a well developed christian 

 character, and in his death he may truly be said only to have 

 been "called home," though in very truth he still lives in the 

 shining example of his upright life. Sec'y. 



