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a regular and as sound a source of income as stock rais- 

 ing and farming, and fish farming, as it has been called, 

 now takes its place among the regular resources of our 

 country and state. 



MR. JAMES H. EMERTON exhibited several specimens 

 of native plants collected during the forenoon and made 

 some remarks in relation to the same. 



Dr. HENRY WHEAT-LAND alluded briefly to some his- 

 torical associations connected with this parish of Beverly, 

 which was organized in 1714, and was for some years 

 known as the " Precinct of Salem and Beverly" The 

 first minister, 



REV. JOHN CHIPMAN, 



son of Deacon Samuel Chipman of Barnstable, born Feb. 

 16, 1690-1, a graduate of Harvard College in the class 

 of 1711, ordained over this parish, Dec. 28, 1715, and 

 after a pastorate of nearly sixty years, the longest in 

 Beverly, was gathered to his fathers, on the 23d of March, 

 1775, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. During 

 this long period, noting transpired to disturb the harmo- 

 ny that prevailed ; lie was faithful in the discharge of 

 every duty incumbent upon his ministerial office ; and was 

 the honored and beloved pastor, who, on each returning 

 sabbath, gave words of counsel, sympathy and wisdom to 

 his people, who were wont to assemble within these vener- 

 able walls; uninterrupted prosperity followed, the church 

 enlarged her borders, and the society flourished in all its 

 interests. 



A correspondent in the "Essex Gazette" says : 



"Beverly, March 29,^1775. 



On Thursday last died, the Rev. John Chipman, in the 

 85th Year of his Age ; and Yesterday was decently in- 



