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my grandfather and then by my father, and from him I in- 

 herited it — consequently I have kno\ni it from my earliest 

 recollection, and I do not think that in all that time a bushel 

 of cranberries has grown upon it before the year 1861, when 

 I first prepared it for the cultivation of the cranberry. 



Last year there were but few small spots upon the meadow 

 where the vines were sufficiently matured to produce berries. 



TRIBUTE TO COL. DANIEL ADAMS. 



Remarks of Hon. David Choate, and r'^solutions adopted 

 by the Trustees, on the death of Col. Daniel Adams. 



It is well known that an Ex-President of our Society, Col. 

 Daniel Adams, of Newbury, has deceased since our last an- 

 nual meeting. 



To recognize the services and review the lives of the 

 founders and distinguished men of our Society, after all that 

 is mortal of them has passed away, is a duty we owe alike to 

 the living and the dead. Shall we not therefore arrest our 

 business matters for a moment this morning, and listen to the 

 voice of that Providence which has so recently *^ broken the 

 strong staff and the beautiful rod ?" 



A chair, rarely, if ever vacant at a meeting of this Board, 

 is to-day a vacant chair. That voice, and those words of 

 wisdom which we have been so accustomed to hear, and 

 which we delighted to hear, coming from Col. Daniel Adams, 

 we shall hear no more forever. 



Our meeting comes late for this duty, for the Press has long 

 since forestalled any action or resolution of ours, and public 

 opinion was even in advance of the Press. The funeral eulo- 

 gy has be6n pronounced, the solemn procession has moved, 



