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Rev. O. S. Butler, of Georgetown, presented resolutions 

 on the death and character of Allen W. Dodge and D. H. 

 Stickuey, with the following remarks : — 



Mr. President : — It has been our custom since the earliest 

 history of our society, at its annual meeting, to mark with 

 suitable resolve and reference the decease of our official mem- 

 bers. During the past year, two of our official members 

 have died, the Hon. Allen W. Dodge and the Hon. D. H. 

 Stickuey. It seems to me eminently proper that we should 

 stop a moment at this juncture of our business and record 

 with tearful interest our just estimate of their lives and char- 

 acters. 



We have come up to our annual feast ; we shall take each 

 other by the hand ; we shall look into the faces of these stal- 

 wart men ; we shall walk among the flocks and herds of our 

 noble animals ; we shall go into the hall across the way and 

 gaze with unmingled delight upon fruit and flowers, as well as 

 the handiwork of man and maiden. But the noble, manly 

 form, the genial, glowing countenance, the words of wisdom 

 and sparkling wit, of our old friend and co-laborer, will not 

 be seen or heard among the living, for Allen W. Dodge is no 

 more here. 



And we shall nowhere meet our familiar and loving friend, 

 D. H. Stickuey. That tall and graceful form is low in the dust. 

 No, my fellow laborers, they are not here ; they have entered 

 upon a higher and nobler life, and are now engaged in the 

 activities of the great beyond. 



At the request of the officers of the society, I have reluc- 

 tantly consented to prepare and present to your attention the 

 following resolutions, as expressive of our regard and esteem 

 for these our brethren, whose loss we greatly deplore : — 



The Essex Agricultural Society has learned with profound sorrow 

 of the decease of two of its oificial members, durin^^ the past year, 

 the Hon. Allen W. Dodge and the Hon. D. H. Stickney, In view 

 of this sad bereavement it is therefore resolved : — 



First, That we recognize the goodness of our Heavenly Father in 

 giving unto us such honorable and useful lives, as well as we do His 

 hand in that mysterious providence that has removed ihem from our 

 midst. 



Second, That we recognize and record our highest appreciation of 

 the service rendered to our Society in particular, and the cause of 



