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pass by the present pastor of the First Church (the Vil- 

 lage Church), of Danvers, and mention his predecessor, 

 the sturdy leader of Orthodox thought, the preacher of 

 the faith of the fathers, the Rev. Milton P. Braman. 

 And there is also recalled, that pious scholar, wit, and 

 humorist, the Rev. Dr. Leonard Withington, of Newbury, 

 who described himself as '' a modified Calvinist."' 



The Bar has been drawn upon for its leaders from " the 

 silver tongued " James H. Duncan, and his cousin, the 

 courtly ^Leveret Saltonstall, to the time of Judge Otis P. 

 Lord and General Benjamin F. Butler. Caleb Cushing 

 obeyed [-your call, he, of whom Isaac O. Barnes wittily 

 and truthfully said : " There is a living, self-moving cyclo- 

 pedia, from whom you can obtain information upon every 

 question that has interested any people in any age of 

 t'le world.'' 



Gen. Henry K. Oliver, the versatile, the teacher, the 

 sweet singer, the mayor of two cities, made his contribu- 

 tion and the fluent, ever ready Dr. George B. Loring was 

 here, as everywhere among farmers, the popular favorite, 

 for he delivered the annual address on three occasions. 



This is not a catalogue of names of those who have ad- 

 dressed the Society, but I cannot refrain from naming 

 two who were zealous in the cause of intelligent forestry, 

 lien : Perley Poore made Indian Hill a magnet that drew 

 wits, savants, and practical men of affairs from the world 

 over. Richard S. Fay made Lyunmere an earthly para- 

 dise. He created a forest which has become a profitable 

 woodland. It is a stately memorial of the taste and gen- 

 ius of a man who Avas devoted to the deveh^pment of ag- 

 riculture. 



