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advocate, tliis community a valued and blameless citizen, this Club a 

 most useful member and a warm-hearted friend. 



[Resolved, That we tender to his bereaved widow and children our 

 heartfelt sympathy and sorrow for this great affliction. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be properly engrossed, 

 and transmitted to the family of the deceased. 



Mr. P. T. Quinn — I sincerely mourn the departure of our late and 

 highly esteemed associate. His loss is a loss not only to our Club, 

 but to the hundreds of thousands of those who for years have felt a 

 strong personal interest in our proceedings and have been instructed 

 by them. To this instruction Mr. Lyman largely contributed. Per- 

 sonally, he was frank, open, direct and intelligent. He impressed a 

 stranger as a man of weight. As managing editor of Hearth and 

 Home, in the early days of that excellent journal, I had opportunity 

 to judge of his capacity in a field other than agricultural. What he 

 has done since his connection with the Tribune we know well. His 

 place cannot readily be filled. His like we shall not soon see. 



Mr. F. D. Curtis — It is but two hours since I heard of the death 

 of our friend. I ean verily say that I was never so shocked as by 

 this sudden announcement. I have known Mr. Lyman for three 

 years. Circumstances made me know him intimately and confiden- 

 tially. In a business way I have frequently been connected with him, 

 and in all that intimacy I never saw or heard anything, not even a 

 single expression, from our friend that I could disapprove of. I 

 spent Sunday week with our friend. We had visited the home of 

 William Crozier for the pui*pose of inspecting his farm and his 

 farming operations. He was remarkably active in gathering ideas 

 and information of value to his constituents. His mind was not a 

 common one. He had a grasping and comprehensive intellect which 

 could not be taken up with details ; these he left for others to fill up. 

 I must speak of him as a husband, a father. In that capacity he 

 illustrated most beautifully his character as a gentleman and a Chris- 

 tian. He took pains to make his home lovely, and instruct his chil- 

 dren in the way they should go. His young family of children and 

 his bereaved wife have experienced a loss which can never be replaced, 

 which no other can ever fill. He was a purely Christian gentleman, 

 and in the trying hours of disappointment, which occasionally occurred 

 to him, his character shone out brightly. He never experienced the 

 feeling of revenge, but a true Christian charity radiated always from 

 him in all his dealings and intercourse with others, and this was one 

 of his brightest qualities. My heart is too full for utterance when I 

 look on this vacant seat. 



