Proceedings of the Farmers' Club. §95 



views, and if his argument did not upset bis opponent, his ever-ready 

 sarcastic wit often discomfited. I had great respect for him while he 

 lived, and I honor his memory. I offer for your consideration and 

 adoption the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That, in the removal by death of Mr. J. W. Gregory, the 

 Farmers' Club, of the American Institute, has lost a most valuable 

 member — one who was ever ready to meet and discharge fully his 

 duty. 



Resolved, That while we deplore his sudden death — stricken down 

 at one stroke by the angel of death without warning, and taken at 

 once to his eternal home beyond the clouds — we bow in submission 

 to the will of Him who doeth all things well. 



Mr. J. B. Lyman — I indorse every word that Chairman Ely has 

 said. I would add, that few men were inspired with a more unselfish 

 public spirit. Soon after the war, Mr. Gregory traveled over the 

 south, urging upon the people of that section, especially of Texas, 

 the importance of diversified industry, and urged them, particularly, 

 to the culture of ramie and castor bean. He devoted much time to 

 this labor, and had never realized any pecuniary benefit therefrom. 

 The people of Texas and Florida will hear with regret of the death 

 of one so earnestly devoted to their interests. In his early life, Mr. 

 Gregory was a farmer of some wealth and standing in England, and, 

 coming to this country, he brought with him, and freely imparted to 

 others, much valuable information. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn — One point in Mr. Gregory's life has not been 

 alluded to. He was one of the founders of an establishment now 

 known all over the world. He referred to the Wells, Fargo & Co.'s 

 Express. 



Mr. F. D. Curtis — Mr. Gregory was of an unselfish and genial 

 nature. He was one of those men we rarely meet with, who never 

 think of their own interest first. 



Prof. H. E. Colton — Mr. Gregory was one of a class of men who 

 are ever the pioneers of civilization, and the leaders in all great enter- 

 prises, and, like that class, he died poor, while those who came after 

 him made fortunes. As the founder of the great express company, 

 he at that day handled more gold than any other man in the 

 United States. By nature he was warm-hearted, unselfish and 

 impulsive. He had his faults, but there was no meanness in him. 

 He was a man we could ill afford to spare in this generation, when so 

 few think of anything other than money-getting. 



"The resolutions were unanimously adopted. 



