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I do not forget that his pretensions to eiucation, in its com- 

 mon acceptation, were small. The common school and his 

 favorite Dummer afforded all the advantages which the press- 

 ing occupations of his father's farm would allow him to em- 

 brace. Like many others of our distinguished men, he was 

 self-taught and was the architect of his own fame. 



I have left myself room to speak of but one trait more i^ 

 the character of our departed friend. That one trait, how- 

 ever, was the only one he could carry with him as he went 

 over the " rolling river." His earthly honors he had done 

 with, having deposited them where envy could not tarnish 

 them — "where malice could not blast them." But wow, as 

 the life of the Christian had been his life, so the death of the 

 Christian, we fe6l assured, was his death. During his last 

 year, it was but too evident that the grasshopper was becom- 

 ing a burden, and that he would soon go to his long home, 

 and the mourners would go about the streets ; but during this 

 year's decay, and while " the keepers of the house were 

 trembling," the traits of the Christian character developed 

 themselves more and more, till his vision, it is believed, was 

 swallowed up in fruition. He died on the 16th of October, 

 and now rests from his labors, and his works follow him. 



I would respectfully move the Board to adopt the follow- 

 ing resolutions : 



" Resolved, That in the death of Col. Daniel Adams this 

 Board is called to mourn the loss of one of its earliest friends 

 and brightest ornaments, and that we shall ever retain a lively 

 recollection of his many virtues and his active labors for the 

 promotion of the cause of Agriculture. 



" Resolved, That we tender our sympathies to the relatives 

 and friends of Col. Adams on the loss, which both they and 

 we have sustained in this bereavement. 



" Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to forward a 

 copy of these resolutions to the family and friends of the 

 deceased." 



