XXll EULOXIY. 



prehensible in themselves, and conveyed in the plainest 

 and most intelligible terms. 



His writings are principally to be found in the many 

 addresses he has delivered ; in the six volumes of his 

 ' Cultivator ;' in the small volume (made up, however, 

 principally or entirely, from materials taken from the 

 ' Cultivator,') published by the Harpers, of New York ; 

 and in the ' Farmers' Companion,' the last and most per- 

 fect of his works, containing, within a small compass, the 

 embodied results of his agricultural experience, — a rich 

 legacy, to which the great extent of our farming interest 

 cannot remain insensible. This work was written ex- 

 pressly for the Massachusetts Board of Education, and 

 constitutes one of the numbers of the larger series of 

 that truly invaluable District School Library, now is- 

 suing, under the sanction of that Board, from the press 

 of Marsh, Capen, Lyon, & Webb, of Boston ; which, for 

 the extent of the undertaking ; the great caution exercised 

 in selecting the material ; the talent enlisted in furnishing 

 it ; and the durable manner in which the books are exe- 

 cuted ; so richly deserves the patronage of the whole 

 American Nation. I deem it really the most fortunate 

 circumstance in his life, that he should have been permit- 

 ted, so immediately previous to his departure, to furnish 

 just this volume, for just this purpose ; and I shall confi- 

 dently expect, that the coming generation will be better 

 farmers, better citizens, and better men, from having had 

 the formation of their young minds influenced, to some 

 extent, by the lessons of experience and practical wis- 

 dom, derived from the last, best, most mature, produc- 

 tion, of this excellent man. The several district schools, 

 throughout our State, will, undoubtedly, feel it due to the 

 important trusts they have in charge, to secure this among 

 other valuable publications, to aid in composing their re- 

 spective District School Libraries, from which so much 

 good is expected to be derived. 



The example of Judge Buel affords practical in- 

 struction, as well as his works. There is hardly a situa- 

 tion or condition in life, to which some incident, event, 

 or portion, of his existence, does not apply, with peculiar 



