A Tribute to Hon. E. E. Bryant 
BY GEORGE F. PEABODY, APPLETON, WIS. 
Mr. Peabody: (Before reading paper.) The older mem- 
bers of the society who have been in the habit of attending the 
meetings, are familiar with the cheery personality of Gen. 
Bryant. Those who have not had the pleasure and opportunity 
may learn something from what may be said regarding him, of 
his hfe and character. 
I have been asked by the President, and the executive com- 
mittee, because of my long acquaintance, to say a few words in 
memory of our late President and active member, General HE. E. 
Bryant of Wisconsin. 
I wish that I were better fitted to perform this duty, and 
that I were better able to choose fitting words to express my sor- 
row and grief for the loss of such a friend, and my admiration 
for his admirable qualities. 
A year ago we parted at Providence with one who had en- 
deared himself to every member of the American Fisheries So- 
ciety with whom he had come in contact. 
General Bryant left us to go to his old home in Vermont for a 
brief visit, was taken ill, recovered sufficiently to accompany 
home his son-in-law (a physician) who came on from Wisconsin 
to care for him. ‘The General died suddenly and peacefully in 
a sleeping-car between Toronto and Chicago. 
As President of the Wisconsin Fish Commission, his interest 
in fish culture and encouragement had advanced the commission 
and its work to the highest rank. 
So interested was the General in the work of the American 
Fisheries Society that he attended regularly every meeting, urg- 
ing the other members of the commission to attend. 
Resolutions adopted by the Rhode Island Fish Commission : 
Providence, R. I., Sept. 10, 1903. 
At the regular meeting of the Commissioners of Inland Fish- 
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