CLASS OF 1861

It is the sad duty of the Bi-MONTHLY to record the death of the secretary of 1861, the Honorable George A. Marden, on Wednesday, December 19, at his home in Lowell. The following editorial from the Boston Transcript expresses the place which Mr. Marden held in public esteem:

"The death of Assistant United States Treasurer George A. Marden is an event of sorrowful significance to a great many circles in this part of Massachusetts and in his native state of New Hampshire. Pew men had taken more numerous parts in life's higher and more responsible activities, and he carried them all faithfully and efficiently, and some of them brilliantly. His own efforts were the ladder upon which he climbed to more than an ordinary level of distinction. He rose by performing well the duty that was nearest to him. As a journalist he won a reputation that made his Dame familiar to other journalists all over the country. His knowledge of the legislative machinery of his state was exhaustive, and of her financial system and condition not less so, and in his relations to both he made records that were models for his successors. At the head of the subtreasury in this city he has satisfied two administrations and the business public. Perhaps he was most widely known as a campaign speaker, or a speaker of any occasion that he would consent to serve. His wit was spontaneous and genuine, but not cruel, and it freshened and relieved many , a dead level of political or social platitude. It flashed forth in his newspaper work as well as from the platform, and was a ready resource at all times. Such a man could hardly help being a valued friend and a charming companion. With all his versatility he was a man of rare modesty, and ever generous in his estimates of others."