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:ancl a member since 1875. He was one of the most suc- 

 cessful of Marblehead market gardeners, and was a fre- 

 quent and successful competitor at oar exhibitions ; quiet 

 and unobtrusive in his manners, a good citizen and a kind 

 neighbor, his example as a farmer and citizen was valu- 

 able in the neighborhood in which he lived and he is 

 missed and lamented by all who knew him. He was a 

 member of the Masonic Fraternity and Knights of Pyth- 

 ias. 



Charles Adams, of Newbury, a member of this So- 

 ciety since 1869, was born May 18, 1824, and died April 

 -30, 1888. Mr. Adams lived all his life upon a farm in- 

 herited from his father, in the centre of that town. He 

 was a good citizen and a good farmer and he will be 

 thought of as one who rose in our esteem as we came to 

 know him better. His peculiar taste, one which may be 

 too rare among us in like circumstances, was shown in the 

 beautiful bank of flowers between his house and the road, 

 -cultivated each year with care, by him, for many years, 

 which came to be a pleasing land-mark on the way from 

 Dummer Academy to Newburyport. He left a widow 

 but no children. 



HlRAM YOUNG, of Newburyport, was born in New- 

 bury, Nov. 18. 1834, and died in Newbury, Feb. 12, 1888. 

 Though always dependent upon his own labor for support 

 •of himself and family, neither owning nor managing a 

 farm, Mr. Young was always noted for his interest in all 

 agricultural affairs, and for his skill and capacity in all 

 farm work. That skill is shown by the award to him, 

 from 1855 to 1880, of 15 first, 4 second, and 1 third pre- 

 miums for his work upon the ploughing fields, at this So- 

 ciety's Fairs: in a larger part of these eases with a single 

 •ox-team, as driver and also holder of the plough. He 

 joined this Society in 1858. 



William II. Husk, of Newburyport, Mayor of the city, 

 Editor of the Newburyport Herald, member of this So- 

 ciety, died suddenly March 28, 1888, aged 64 yrs., 3 mos., 

 '2?> days. He became a member in 1855, and has always 



