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sary deeds therefor, and to discharge said committee from the 

 duty imposed upon them. 



A committee of one from each town in the county was 

 chosen to solicit new members. 



The Society then proceeded to the choice of a Board of 

 Trustees, and at 1 o'clock, P. M., the meeting dissolved. The 

 attendance was very large, and the proceedings throughout 

 were entirely harmonious. Although deep regret was expressed 

 at the determination of Mr. Wilder to retire from the office of 

 President, yet the assurance that the condition of his health 

 absolutely required cessation from labor, made it imperative 

 upon the Society to accept the resignation of their beloved and 

 honored head. The cordial and hearty manner in which the 

 retiring President welcomed Mr. Eldridge to the chair, which 

 had been so ably and honorably filled for many years, and the 

 peculiarly felicitous speech in which the latter gentleman ac- 

 cepted the position, furnished a most happy augury of the 

 future success and prosperity of an association dear to the people 

 of Old Norfolk. 



