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RESOLUTIONS ON THE DEATH OF WEBSTER SMITH. WHEREAS, By the decree of an all -wise Providence, after a long, hard battle with a wasting disease, aur fellow townsman, Mr. Webster Smith, has been called to the higher life beyond the grave, where suf- fering, pain and trouble no longer afflict, and where the reward has come which has awaited the culmination of a grand, noble, useful life, devoted to public spirit in its highest sense, to good citizenship in the broadest possible measure, and to the cultivation of the sterling man- hood in its best development, and WHEREAS, The town as a body has had occasion far many years to rely on the clear-headed, far-seeing judgment of this remarkable public officer, and to feel the greatest confidence in his personal honor and integrity, an well as to glory in the firmness, determination and cour- age which has characterized his official acts for two generations; be it RESOLVED, That the example of such a life is a standard set like a star for the emulation of all public servants in the present and future; that the self-sacrificing devotion to duty and the courageous exemplifi- cation of the manly qualities which earned the endearment of friends and the complete respect of foes, has left us with an indebtedness to his memory that time cannot efface and that no consideration can re- pay; that his especial service to the town during the dark days of the civil war as Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, where responsibili- ties were created in an hour and precedents were established in a day, cannot be overestimated or too highly valued; that every board of town government can appreciate in the fullest degree the many land- marks of decision, opinion and action bequeathed in our records, di- rectly emanating from his hand and brain; and, be it further RESOLVED, That in placing upon our records this official recognition of his worth, ability and manhood, the town of Lexington is paying but simple justice to the memory of Webster Smith. EDWIN S. SI'AULDING, GEORGE W. SAMPSON, GEORGE W. SPAULDING, Selectmen of J,exingi'on. LEONARD A. SAVILLE, MUM. Clerk.