IN MEMORIAM. 



It is with deep sorrow that I record the 

 death of Mr. Lorenzo Prouty, for many years 

 at the head of the fishing-tackle department 

 of the house of Bradford & Anthony, Boston. 

 For nearly a score of years had I known 

 him, and never in any other character than 

 as a courteous gentleman, a devoted angler, 

 and an honest man. 



Amid the din of the busy town, at his 

 duty, it was my pleasant privilege to " drop 

 in " for a few moments and exchange words 

 with him about babbling brooks and secluded 

 lakes, and the fish thereof; and to see him 

 no longer as of yore is another bitterness 

 added to life's fast increasing tally. His loss 

 will be deeply felt by all fishermen who were 



wont to replenish their kit at his deft hands, 



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