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agriculture in genersil, in the county and state, both in their private 

 membership of the society, and in their official capacity so long and 

 so foithfully filled, — Mr. Dodge having served the Society as Trustee, 

 Orator, Secretary and President, and Mr. Stickncy as Trustee and 

 Vice-President. 



Third, Thai we recognize with unmingled pleasure, tlieir ardent 

 love of agriculture, horticulture and floriculture, in all their refining 

 and elevating influences, that invite our admiration and excite our 

 emulation. 



Fourth, That as man is more than his accidents, so the purity of 

 their lives and the true nobility of their natures, have impressed us 

 Avith their worth while living, and of our irreparable loss iu their 

 death. 



Fifth, That we tender to their bereaved families our warmest sym- 

 pathies, and commend them to the mercy of our God, and to the 

 hopes and relationship of the world to come. 



Sixth, That a copy of these resolutions be placed on the records of 

 the society, and a copy sent to the families of the deceased members. 



After presenting the above resolutions Mr. liutlcr pro- 

 ceeded to say : — 



Mr. Dodge was my friend, long cherished and dearly 

 beloved, the first to turn my attention and interest towards 

 this society, in whose prosperity and success lie took so great 

 an interest. For from his earliest years he showed a fondness 

 for agriculture, horticulture and floriculture. His fondness 

 for these i)ursuits 2,re\v witli his ijrowth and strengthened 

 with his strength, so that when quite a young man he became 

 a member of this then young but growing society, whicli 

 relation continued until his death. 



Among the early compeers and fellow-laborers were the 

 Hon. Daniel P. King, Hon. James H. Duncan, Hon, John 

 W. Proctor, Hon. Joseph Howe, Dr. Andrew Nichols, Gen. 

 William Sutton, and Gen. Josiah Newhall. 



Such was his interest and activity in the cause of agricul- 

 ture, that as early as 1842 he was invited to deliver the annu- 

 al address before the society, which he did, to their delight 

 and satisfaction. The subject of the address was "The cul- 

 tivation of the apple," a subject upon which he was thorough- 

 ly conversant at that time, and at the time of his death there 

 was no man in the county so well informed in regard to the 



