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Seite 63 - Statesman, yet friend to truth! Of soul sincere; In action faithful, and in honor clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end; Who gained no title, and who lost no friend.
Seite 66 - Resolved, That as a further mark of respect for the memory of the deceased, this House do now adjourn.
Seite 44 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings.
Seite 256 - Making peaches a speciality, he has not failed of a crop for fifteen years, although there have been a few seasons when the yield was not more than one-half or third of a full one. He places the Early and Late Crawford and Barnard at the head of his favourite varieties.
Seite 222 - ... and in regard to the production of fruit, is very marked, and ought to be encouraged by every means within the ability of the State Agricultural Society. The State Pomological Society was organized in February, 1870, at Grand Rapids, and during the year a number of very interesting sessions were held. In September it held its first annual fair, at which there was a very creditable display of fruits and flowers.
Seite 253 - This Constitution may be amended at any regular meeting of the Society, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, provided such amendment shall have been first recommended by the Board, or a year's notice shall have been given.
Seite 241 - Dean, from the Finance Committee, made the following report : The Committee on Finance...
Seite 49 - ... common schools. Congress had already set apart one section of land in each township for this purpose, and the new State was not slow to avail itself of the advantages of the donation. In March of the same year another act was passed establishing the University of Michigan. As a separate chapter will Living in a country neighborhood, his advantages for education were limited to three or four months in a year at a district school, but being of a studious turn, and quick to learn, he supplemented...
Seite 9 - ... all of them are esteemed as upright, honorable, industrious, intelligent citizens. The graduates of 1870 consisted of twelve gentlemen from nine different counties of the State, with an average age of 22 5-12 years. The whole number of graduates is 56. Two of these died in the army, and one at his home on his farm. Of the forty-one living graduates of the classes previous to the one just graduated, sixteen, or more than two-fifths, are farmers. Five others are superintendents of gardens and orchards...