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many of the depositors have Uved to bless him for his 

 sympathy in their distress, and for the sound advice 

 by following which their little all was preserved. 



Thanks to Colonel Wilder and his associates, the 

 Bank survived ; and its books show that in the thir- 

 teen years of its life it has received over eighteen 

 millions of deposits, has paid out about two millions 

 in dividends, averaging SyVV P^^ cent, and that no 

 depositor has suffered a loss by any misconduct of 

 the Bank ; and it has to-day a deposit of nearly two 

 millions, and a surplus of over two hundred and 

 thirty-one thousand dollars. All this is due to the 

 faithful and persistent labors of Colonel Wilder and 

 his colleagues ; and in behalf of the Trustees, and 

 of the poor people who have been benefited thereby, 

 I present to him the assurance of our profoundest 

 gratitude. 



Such services as these, the only reward for which 

 is the consciousness of well-doing, entitle our guest to 

 have his name enrolled with the public benefactors 

 of the State. 



