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efficiency. Since his service in the army lie has suffered 

 from malarial poisoning - , especially in the later years of 

 his life. He was a warm supporter of the Union cause 

 and carried his spirit of enthusiastic loyalty with him into 

 the army. He was connected with, and a warm friend of 

 the Major Boyd Post of the Grand Army in West New- 

 bury. His death will he a recognized loss to his family, 

 his comrades, and to the public. 



Hon. Chables S. Bradley, of West Newbury, died 

 April 29, 1888, aged 08 yrs., 9 mos., 19 days, in New York 

 City. He was formerly Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Court of Rhode Island. Judge Bradley was born in 

 Xewburyport, July 19, 1819; Avas a student in Boston 

 Latin School, and graduated with highest honors from 

 Brown University in the class of 1838, which graduated 

 so many distinguished men. He studied law in the Har- 

 vard Law School, and in Providence. He had his farm 

 at Crane Neck Hill, West Newbury, and was owner of a 

 fine herd of Short Horn Cattle, for specimens of which 

 a number of premiums were awarded at the late Fair. Dur- 

 ing his life Mr. Bradley vras interested in the Society, and 

 frequently exhibited stock. He became a member in 1875. 



Again we have been called upon to record a large death 

 roll, and that not only of men prominent in the affairs of 

 our Society, but also occupying important stations in other 

 walks of life, showing that a good farmer is reliable any- 

 where. Another point will be noticed, the advanced age of 

 those who have left us, confirming the statistical fact that of 

 those who die in Massachusetts, above the age of twenty 

 years, the farmer lives eighteen years longer than those en- 

 gaged in any other occupation or profession. 



This Society tenders to the relatives of its deceased 

 members its deepest sympathy in their affliction, which is a 

 mutual loss. 



Beni. P. Ware. David W. Low — Committee. - 



