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Ill the death of Mr. Saltonstall, the Essex Agricultural Soci- 

 ety mourns the bereavement of one of its earliest and most in- 

 fluential members — the Legal Profession, one of its brightest 

 ornaments — the Commonwealth and Country, an enlightened 

 legislator — the Church, a valued member — the Poor, a sympa- 

 thising, open-handed friend — and the family circle, a devoted 

 husband and father. 



" O 'tis well 

 With him. But who knows what the coming hour 

 Veiled in thick darkness, brings for us." 



May the mantle of his virtues fall on each member of the 

 Society over which he so usefully presided, and his example 

 lead them to look upward with hope. And while they sorrow 

 for the breach death has made, may they be consoled with the 

 promise, that " they that sow in tears shall reap in joy." and 

 that "he that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, 

 shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves 

 with him." 



