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successfully, beautifying the town by setting ornamental 

 trees on the public streets, and on that beautiful summer 

 day when we laid him away to rest, the trees and shrubs 

 and plants were in full foliage and flower, and were 

 a more fitting eulogy for the dead than any words from hu- 

 man lips. . Mr. Hill's decease was sincerely lamented by 

 all his townspeople. 



Edward S. Knight, of Newbury, was one of the most 

 enterprising and prosperous young farmers. Educated 

 and cultivated in many directions, especially in music, 

 possessed of many sterling qualities of head and heart, 

 a universal favorite with his fellow citizens, his robust 

 health and youthful prime gave promise of many years of 

 usefulness, but he was suddenly cut down in the morning 

 of his life, and was followed to his burial by as sincere 

 mourners as ever wept for a departed friend. 



(). S. Bailev, of Amesbuiy, in his younger years had 

 been a very active member of our society, serving as trus- 

 tee, and on many important committees, but of late years 

 he has been less active, giving way to younger men. He 

 was an upright and an intelligent citizen, very useful in 

 his day, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of his 

 townspeople, and his memory is cherished by them with a 

 just appreciation. 



A. J. Hubbard, of Peabody, was not a fanner in the 

 general acceptation of the term, but he was interested 

 largely in small fruits, such as grapes, plums and pears, 

 and was quite an expert judge of the different varieties. 

 His services were very valuable on our committees in that 

 de[)artment. For several years before his death, he was 

 engaged in selling and adjusting tree protectors, and was 

 thus brought into close contact with our farmers through- 



