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ject. His greatest pleasure was to 

 wander along the by-paths, trough 

 field, forest and thicket, in search for 

 the bird-life to be found there. Here 

 too, he came to know and realize that 

 all that is beautiful, was placed there, 

 by an all wise Creator, whom to know 

 is to fear and love. 



Many happy days he spent, paddling 

 his boat up the stream to the lake, 

 where he would tie his boat to a tree, 

 on the anks of the pond and wander 

 along through the woods, drinking in 

 the pure air and the beauties found 

 there, his eye ever alert for some 

 new or rare species or investigating 

 the nests placed in the stubs or on the 

 marshes that bordered the lake, and 

 collecting what material he needed, 

 to carry on his studies and investiga- 

 tions. 



One of his strong characteristics 

 was his care and pains to fully iden- 

 tify every bird or nest that came to 

 his view. His aim in collecting materi- 

 al was not how much he might get 

 together, but how careful he might be, 

 to have everything done right. His 

 series of Warbler sets soon grew to 

 be one of the finest in the State, and 

 contained several very rare sets. Wil- 

 son's Black-cap and Yellow Palm were 

 among those rarities that he took 

 pleasure in showing to those who could 

 appreciate what they meant to him. 

 While still in school, he began to 

 write articles on his pet subject, both 

 for publication in the local papers and 

 in the bird magazines. He wrote in 

 a very pleasing manner, and always 

 on a subject of which he knew. Sev- 

 eral papers of interest appeared from 

 his pen in the Oologist, Auk, Nidologist 

 Osprey and later, in our Journal. Af- 

 ter graduating from the Maine Central 

 institute he taught classes of students 

 and teachers there, in Botany and Or- 

 nithology, for several terms. In 1896 



he became an active member of our 

 Society and at once took an active part 

 in the work. Well do I remember with 

 what pleasure I grasped his hand, en 

 our first meeting, at the 3rd annual 

 meeting, held in Waterville in '98. 

 For I felt I had known him, as a friend, 

 a longer time, as I had corresponded 

 with him for some time and also hav- 

 ing read his papers, with interest, that 

 had been published from time to time. 



He was, that day, chosen editor of 

 the new formed Journal and at once, 

 entered, as was his custom, with his 

 whole soul, into the work, to make 

 our new publication a success. How 

 well he suceeded, you all know, for 

 the pages of Vol. I stand today as a liv- 

 ing monument to his earnest efforts. 

 At the close of Vol. I, his health not 

 being good, and the confining work of 

 his store duties, as head clerk in one 

 of the largest retail flour, grocery and 

 grain stores in the state, as well as 

 a feeling that there was a little lack of 

 support on the part of the other work- 

 ing members, prevented him from ac- 

 cepting the duties of editing Vol II of 

 the Journal. But he never lost 

 his interest in the Journal and ever 

 was anxious for the welfare and pro- 

 gress of the young official organ. 



He was ever, even up to his demise, 

 very deeply interested in it and its wel- 

 fare, and was ever ready to do what he 

 could, to lend his support to its col- 

 umns, and wrote frequent articles for 

 it. His paper on the life histories of 

 a pair of Pileated Woodpeckers, which 

 he had watched nesting near his home. 

 for several years, was received with 

 applause, when read at the meeting in 

 Waterville, and later with additional 

 notes, it was published in the Journal. 

 This was a beautifully written article 

 and called forth much praise from bird 

 lovers, the whole country over, and 

 some very favorable comments from 



