﻿ACADEMY 
  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  387 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  resolutions 
  offered 
  by 
  the 
  Trustees, 
  were 
  read 
  by 
  

   the 
  Secretary, 
  and 
  unanimously 
  adopted 
  by 
  the 
  Academy 
  : 
  

  

  Whereas, 
  The 
  will 
  of 
  a 
  Divine 
  Providence 
  has 
  taken 
  from 
  our 
  midst 
  our 
  

   fellow-worker, 
  Hiram 
  G. 
  Bloomer 
  ; 
  therefore, 
  be 
  it 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  this 
  Academy 
  desires 
  to 
  record 
  its 
  sincere 
  and 
  earnest 
  regret 
  

   at 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  members, 
  so 
  honored 
  for 
  his 
  gentle 
  and 
  kindly 
  nature, 
  

   so 
  respected 
  for 
  his 
  principles 
  of 
  truth, 
  so 
  worthy 
  of 
  admiration 
  for 
  his 
  enthu- 
  

   siastic 
  love 
  of 
  science, 
  and 
  his 
  generous 
  desire 
  ever 
  to 
  impart 
  information, 
  as 
  

   the 
  friend 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  recently 
  called 
  away 
  from 
  us 
  ; 
  and 
  its 
  belief 
  that 
  by 
  

   the 
  unexpected 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Bloomer 
  a 
  gap 
  has 
  been 
  caused 
  in 
  the 
  ranks 
  of 
  its 
  

   officers 
  which 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  fill. 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  in 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Bloomer 
  we 
  recognize 
  the 
  departure 
  from 
  

   amongst 
  us 
  of 
  a 
  brave 
  and 
  noble 
  spirit, 
  who, 
  amid 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  hardships 
  of 
  

   life, 
  clung 
  persistently 
  to 
  the 
  pure 
  love 
  of 
  the 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  who. 
  in 
  his 
  unself- 
  

   ish 
  devotion 
  to 
  his 
  favorite 
  pursuits, 
  has 
  left 
  an 
  impress 
  upon 
  th; 
  future 
  of 
  our 
  

   State 
  which 
  in 
  after 
  years 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  fully 
  recognized 
  and 
  known. 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  we 
  deeply 
  and 
  sincerely 
  sorrow 
  over 
  the 
  sad 
  and 
  sudden 
  be- 
  

   reavement 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Bloomer's 
  family 
  have 
  sustained, 
  and 
  offv 
  to 
  them 
  our 
  

   heartfelt 
  sympathy 
  in 
  the 
  hour 
  of 
  their 
  afiHiction. 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  these 
  resolutions 
  be 
  printed 
  in 
  the 
  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Acad- 
  

   emy, 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  copy 
  of 
  them 
  be 
  forwarded 
  to 
  the 
  immediate 
  rrlatives 
  of 
  the 
  

   deceased. 
  

  

  In 
  moving 
  the 
  adoption 
  of 
  the 
  resolutions, 
  Prof. 
  Bolander 
  re- 
  

   counted 
  the 
  great 
  services 
  the 
  deceased 
  had 
  rendered 
  the 
  Acad- 
  

   emy. 
  His 
  devotion 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  science 
  had 
  doubtless 
  hastened 
  

   his 
  death. 
  Mr. 
  Bolander 
  made 
  a 
  supplementary 
  motion 
  that 
  a 
  

   committee 
  of 
  five 
  be 
  appointed 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Bloomer's 
  

   library 
  and 
  herbarium, 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  purchase. 
  This 
  motion 
  was 
  

   adopted, 
  and 
  the 
  Chair 
  appointed 
  as 
  such 
  committee, 
  Prof. 
  Bolan- 
  

   der, 
  Dr. 
  Kellogg, 
  Henry 
  Edwards, 
  R. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Stearns, 
  and 
  W. 
  G. 
  

   W. 
  Harford. 
  

  

  Peoc. 
  Cai. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  Vol. 
  v.— 
  25. 
  Deckmbee, 
  1874. 
  

  

  