1-44 NOTICE OF MR. COLMAN. 



We would that our own minds may be impressed with the great 

 lesson of our lamented friend's life and death ; — a life of pre-eminent 

 usefulness — a death of calm submission and enduring hope. We 

 would commend his example to all whom our pages may reach ; and 

 especially to the farmers of our own county, in the belief that by 

 copying his virtues they will best honor his memory, and promote 

 their own usefulness. 



It grieves us to reflect, that we shall see his face no more forever. 

 It pains us to remember, that his bones are mouldering in a land far 

 away, " by strangers honored and by strangers mourned." With 

 grateful acknowledgements to the kindness that watched and 

 soothed his dying bed, and closed his " dim eye on life and pain," 

 and to the noble generosity that solicited the privilege to rear a 

 monument over his mortal remains, we respectfully suggest to the 

 farmers of our own Commonwealth, whose citizen he was by birth in 

 her metropolis, and by adoption in all her borders, that a monument 

 be reared in their midst, Avhich, with a generosity as noble, and a 

 grief no less sincere, shall point to the world the name and the mem- 

 ory of the Farmers' Friend. 



Resolutions. 



Resolved^ That we cherish with great regard the memory of the- 

 late Henry Colman, who, during many years, and until his decease, 

 was a member of this Society, and distinguished for his zeal, activity, 

 and intelligence in the cause of agricultural improvements ; for his 

 various and persevering efforts to obtain and communicate informa. 

 tion concerning the practice and present condition of agriculture, in 

 other States of the Union and in foreign countries, as well as our 

 own Commonwealth ; and for his numerous and valuable publications, 

 tending to promote and diffuse among his fellow citizens the knowl. 

 edge of this most important department of human industry. 



Resolved, That we sincerely sympathize with the family of the 

 deceased, in the painful bereavement they have sustained. 



Unanimously/ accepted by the Trustees, and ordered to be pub- 

 lished in the transactions of the Society. 



Attest: 



ALLEN W. DODGE, Secretary. 

 TT.imilfnn. Nov. 2^. 1849. 



