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him here, as a friend and as a co-worker with us in the objects 

 of this Club. 



Prof. Nash. — I most heartily concur in all that has been said, 

 I hear of the death of that good man, so devoted to agriculture, 

 with uncommon grief, though he had lived to a good age, and 

 has been long useful. I hope that the motion will prevail. 



The motion was agreed to, and the Club accordingly adjourned. 



May 27, 1861. 

 Prof. J. A. Nash in the chair. 



DECEASE OF JUDGE MEIGS. 



Dr. Waterbury. — We have met with a very severe loss in the 

 death of the secretary of the American Institute and of the 

 Farmers' Club, Judge Meigs. Other gentlemen here may have 

 had a longer acquaintance with him than I, but few have been 

 more intimate with him. He was a man of more than ordinary 

 capacity; his great age gave him experience, while the powers 

 of his mind were undimmed. Slower, he might have been, in his 

 later years, in coming to his conclusions, but never, when reached, 

 were his conclusions more sound. His experience followed 

 the whole existence of our republic. Judge Meigs was educated 

 very thoroughly, in the old-fashioned time, and there are few in 

 this country whose learning extended over so wide a field. With 

 classical matters he was perfectly familiar. When you carried 

 him back into the Hebrew or the Sanscrit he was not lost ; yet 

 lie brought his powers to bear upon the most common affairs of 

 life ; nothing relating to industry or economy was beneath his 

 notice. I feel that every member of this Club will respond to 

 the following resolution : 



Resolved, by the Farmers' Club of the American Institute, That 

 the loss of its secretary, Hon, Henry Meigs, is one that cannot 

 be repaired. As a body we can only join Avith the family and 

 friends of the departed, in mourning the loss of a man whose 

 whole energy of life has been for years devoted to the best inte- 

 rests of agriculture, and whose extensive learning enabled him 

 to do much for the cause to which this Club has long been de- 

 voted — improvement and extended information in agriculture. 

 As friends of that cause we sincerely mourn the loss of our 

 friend — the friend of humanity. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 



