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much superior for our use, to a foreign bred tree, as a native buffalo 

 was, in hunting its subsistence on the plains, to an imported shorthorn. 



The sudden death of our esteemed co-laborer in forestry and or- 

 charding, Hon. Samuel Barnard, is a calamity to the whole common- 

 wealth. His precepts and practices had always been, in private and 

 public life, such as his conscience approved. He was a good man in 

 the broadest, widest sense. And his end came as though he, like a 

 luscious mental and moral fruit, had been gathered for the garners of 

 the Great Ruler who ever knoweth and claimeth His own at the right 

 time. His memory will be fragrant as long as flowers bloom and 

 fruits ripen in our fertile state. Yours truly, 



J. Sterling Morton. 



To Mr. W. R. Harris, Tecumseh, Neb. 



