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ditiorent v;irioties of tipples, their inethods of culture, their 

 iid:iptatiou to soil luid climate, and everything that pertained 

 to the cultivation of apples. 



Mr. Dodge continued to manifest his interest for the socie- 

 ty to such an extent that in 1844 he was chosen Secretar}', 

 with very great unanimity, and continued to serve in that 

 capacity for seventeen years, or until 18()1, when he was 

 elected President, in which capacity he served us for two 

 years, when he declined a re-election, and for the remainder 

 of his life he sustained the relation of Honorary Trustee. 

 But Mr. Dodge was more than an agriculturist, he was a man, 

 a true nobleman by nature, and one of the most thoroughly 

 cultivated men in our society, if not in the state. 



His character as a friend and neighlwr, as a man of the 

 strictest integrity in all of his official relations, as a devout 

 and faithful christian, has been most justly and worthily em- 

 balmed in the memories of the public, whose servant he was, 

 and I will not repeat them here. Peace to his ashes and 

 honor to his memor^^ 



Of Mr. Stickney it may be said that he was very active 

 and useful to our society from the first of his membership, 

 devoting his time and money to the best interests of the soci- 

 ety. Although not a large farmer, his knowledge of the sci- 

 ence Avas evinced by the productiveness of his land, and the 

 variety of his production of the grape and the pear. He was 

 for several years one of our Trustees, and in interest or ac- 

 tivity was not excelled by any other member; in many re- 

 spects he was harder worked and better known than any 

 other member of our society. At the time of his decease he 

 was one of our Vice-Presidents. 



Mr. Stickney was one of the most companionable of men. 

 warm in his attachments, zealous in his defence of the inter- 

 ests of his friends, wise in council, persistent in his efforts to 

 secure his ends, of necessity his life was a success. Begin- 

 ning life in comparative obscurity, he, by his own unaided 

 efforts, became the peer of his superiors, until he sat beside 

 Governors and Councillors, and was consulted by some of 

 the foremost men of the nation. 



When he was unexpectedly cut otF in the prime and 

 strength of his manhood, it was proper that business and 

 pleasure should cease in the village where he was born, on 

 the day of his funeral, and that the whole community should 



