HON. JOHN V. ELLIS. 
July 10, 1913, will be a day of sad remembrance to the 
Natural History Society of New Brunswick, as that on which 
we lost our honored president, Senator John V. Ellis, who, 
for the past thirteen years, has presided over its formal 
meetings and other gatherings. Senator Ellis was elected 
president of the Society in 1901, and from that time forward 
has occupied the chair at meetings of the Society and of its 
Council until the close of the last session. 
Of our late presidents’ public life and literary career more 
can be learned from other sources, but we are chiefly con- 
cerned here with his relation to this Society, of which he was 
for so many years the presiding officer. It may be said, how- 
ever, that he was born in Halifax, N. S., and came to St. 
John as a young man to engage in newspaper work. A 
pamphlet which he wrote on “New Brunswick a Home for 
Emigrants,” which won a prize offered by the Director of the 
Mechanic’s Institute of St. John, and which abounds with in- 
formation on the resources and attractions of the province, first 
drew attention to the young author. Being intended for those 
seeking a home in this young province, it was written in simple 
phraseology suitable for the readers for whom it was intended. 
Senator Ellis for many years conducted an evening paper 
published in St. John, — the “Globe” — -which was valued for 
its high moral standing and firm adhesion to principal which 
its editorials displayed, as well as for its carefully selected 
news items and correspondence. 
The late Senator was well known to the public of St. 
John. He has represented the city in legislative bodies, was 
at one time Postmaster of St. John, and, at the close of his 
life, one of the Senators for New Brunswick in the Federal 
Legislature at Ottawa. 
Senator Ellis was elected president of the Natural History 
Society of New Brunswick in 1901. At that time the meetings 
of the Society were held in the City Market building, where 
the Society had the use of several rooms, granted them by the 
City Council. It was during the presidency of Senator Ellis 
