157 



volume will be considered one of the best that has been 

 issued. 



For the committee, 



Gilbert L. Stbeetee, Chairman. 

 G. L. Streeter, Daniel E. Safford, Nathan M. Hawkes, 

 David W. Low, — Committee. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Seldom, if ever, has the Essex Agricultural Society been 

 called to mourn the loss of any member whose services 

 have been so closely connected with its success, so much 

 respected and beloved, as that of Charles P. Preston, of 

 Danvers, who died Oct. 27, 1887. He was elected secre- 

 tary for twenty- rive successive years, and until his failing 

 health compelled him to decline further service. The 

 annual edition of the society's transactions, published 

 under his careful supervision, has gained for him and the 

 society an enviable reputation in the cause of Agriculture, 

 second to no other in Massachusetts. He was a successful 

 farmer, managing the farm of his father and grandfather 

 before him, with much care, and keeping fully up with the 

 progress of the age. His sound judgment and honesty of 

 purpose was appreciated by the community, therefore, he 

 was elected a member of the legislature, and of the board 

 of County Commissioners ; was appointed a trustee of the 

 Danvers Asylum when it was first established by legislative 

 act, and in his public positions contributed to the public 

 welfare much that his experience and practical knowledge 

 enabled him to render as but few could. 



At a meeting of the Trustees of the Society, held at 

 Salem, Nov. 14th, the following resolutions were unani- 

 mously adopted : 



