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Duncan, and wherever lie concentrated his efibrts he was 

 .sure to excel. 



For many years at these annual gatherings his eloquent 

 words of counsel and cheer have been considered almost 

 a necessary part of our entertainments. But, Mr. Pres- 

 ident we shall to-morrow sadly miss those clear melodi- 

 ous utterances of practical good sense. 



Having served his day and generation, through a long 

 and eminently useful life, marked by inflexible integrity 

 in all his relations to men, and with piety towards God, 

 which makes his memory fragrant, he has yielded to the 

 great Harvester like a shock of corn fully ripe. 



I will offer the following 



RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolved, That as it has pleased Almighty God to re- 

 move from this Society our late esteemed associate, Jas. 

 H. Duncan, we hereby express our sorrow for the great 

 loss we have sustained. 



Resolved, That we shall ever retain a lively recollec- 

 tion of his many virtues, and active labors in the cause 

 of agriculture. 



: Resolved, That we tender our heart-felt sympathies to 

 his bereaved family in their grief for his sudden death. 



RESOLUTION 



On the death of Jonas Holt, of Andover. 

 Hon. George Foster, of Andover, announced the death 

 oi Jonas Holt, of that town, and paid a fitting tribute 



