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us, in this very room, to participate in our deliberations. As we took 

 liim by the hand it was plain to be seen that death had marked him 

 for his victim. And it is befitting that strong men, who are rejoicing 

 in the full glow of health, should pause for a moment amid the whirl 

 of business and bustle of life, when a comrade falls, to glance at the 

 past, to think seriously of the present, and to contemplate the reali- 

 ties of the future. Our departed friend was no idler. He did what 

 he could to render the world wiser and mankind better. Work, for 

 the night is coming, was his motto. Perhaps few men, who have 

 done as much as he accomplished, made less mistakes than he. With 

 the shield of faith in one hand, and the apostle's helmet of salvation, 

 he fell at his post, like a valiant soldier, with his armor on, and his 

 record is on high. Who will fill his place with more acceptance ? 



" As we are now, so once was he ; 

 And, as he is, soon we must be." 



He died as he lived, in hope of a glorious innnortality beyond the 

 grave, with unshaken confidence in Him who is the resurrection and 

 the life of the people. A large circle of friends, beside the Farmers' 

 Club, will ever cherish his memory and mourn his loss. 



The excellent little books entitled Tfte Sunday School Worker and 

 the Sabbath School Index are from his pen ; and the little treatise 

 known as Pardee'' s Manual for the Cultivation of the Strawberry^ 

 Blachberry, Raspberry^ &g., of which he was the author, is one of 

 the most useful books in our agricultural and horticultural literature. 



The chairman then named P. T. Quinn, A. S. Fuller and Sereno 

 Edwards Todd as a committee to report resolutions at the next meet- 

 ing in regard to his death. 



Adjourned. 



February 16, 1869. 



Mr. Xatiian C. Ely in tlie chair ; Mr. Jomsi W. CiiAiiBEES, Secretary. 



The Crab Apple. *■ 



Mr. D. F. Averill, Northfield, Vt., asks whether the so-called 

 " transcendent " crab apple is as much superior to the others as its 

 name would indicate. 



Mr. A. S. Fuller. — The variety I consider the best kind in cultiva- 

 tion. 



Mr. W. S, Carpenter. — There are, perhaps, a dozen new varieties 

 of the crab apple. I have tested most of them, and have come to 



