298 Bibliography. 
21. Darius Larnam.—Mr. La pham, at the time of his death (August 
of the present year), was Canal Collector at Cincinnati, and member 
of the State Board of Agriculture. He had charge of i pieierathoh 
of - grounds for the State Fair, to be held in Septem | 
In the death of Mr. Lapham the State Board of Agriculture has lost BL 
f its most valuable members, and the State one of its best citizens. | 
portment. It is but a few days ago that we received a letter from him, 
_ giving quite an encouraging account of the progress he was making in 
“the extensive preparations for the State Agricultural Fair. To-day he 
is eae ne the dead.— Ohio Statesman. 
ost.—Gerard Troost, M.D., Professor of Chemistry, Ge- 
“gee aod Mineralogy i in the University of: Nashville, after a protractiy 
illness, departed this life on the 14th of August, at lo *cloc 
Born and liberally educated in Holland, ‘he early vocnifeated a zeal- 
ous devotion to Natural History and Chemistry, and more especially to 
the then infant sciences of Geology and Mineralogy. Witha view to 
_ the more successful pipe cates of his favorite studies, he visited Paris, . 
and, for several years, was a pupil of the celebrated Hatty. He Te- ‘ 
SE Mmoved to the United’ States about forty years ago; and, in due time, 
~ became an American citizen. His éntire life was consecrated to Ge- 
ology and the kindred sciences. With what ability and. success, his 
_ published writings and his well- earned réputation at home and abroad, BES. 
eo, ae! pine 4 testify. ¢ 
Seat as the State Gdilenia'o st of Tennessee rie most part of that sori6d; 
he won the eho enee and Feaiedt “of the community, by invaluable 
services in bo acitiés, as well as by the _—. modesty, kind- 
= and Gite courtesy of his deportment towards all men. In the 
‘Various stations and relations of life, public and- Riise, he was without 
ae” nasi honored, venerated, 
ssociated with him, he could 
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