. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . alue to the farming community. As a farmmanager he is undoubtedly oue of the most proficientin this part of the State, and his services are in greatdemand. He is one of the organizers and charter members of theCentral Michigan Agricultural Society, and has probably done more to advance its interests than any othef memberof the organization. The society was born under adversecircumstances, and has had to contend with many difficul-ties and embarrassments, and its success is largely attributa-ble to the untiring efforts of its present superinten
. History of Ingham and Eaton counties, Michigan . alue to the farming community. As a farmmanager he is undoubtedly oue of the most proficientin this part of the State, and his services are in greatdemand. He is one of the organizers and charter members of theCentral Michigan Agricultural Society, and has probably done more to advance its interests than any othef memberof the organization. The society was born under adversecircumstances, and has had to contend with many difficul-ties and embarrassments, and its success is largely attributa-ble to the untiring efforts of its present superintendent,James N. Smith. The exhibition of the Centennial yearwas highly , and the officers of the society,—business men of the city of Lansing,—knowing that it wasdue largely to the efforts of Mr. Smith, and to show theiresteem and appreciation of his services, presented him withan elegant cane suitably engraved. Altogether, Mr. Smith is one of those leading spiritswhose identification with any community is always produc-tive of MRS. JOHN JOHN Saltmarsh was born in London, England, , 1815, and is one of a good old-fashioned family of fif-teen children. His father was a dairyman. John startedfor himself when eighteen years old, although consideringhimself an inmate of the parental home until he was twenty-three years of age, when he secured a helpmeet by marryingMiss Mary Foster, also of English extraction. This unionwas blessed with two children. Mrs. Saltmarsh had pre-sided over her home only five years, when death called herto try tlie realm of the unknown. Mr. Saltmarsh, afterleading a lonely life for three years,—the loneliness of whichonly those who have experienced it can realize,—marriedhis wifes bister. Miss Sarah Foster, and soon after,-withhis family, set sail for America; this was in July, a tiresome voyage of six weeks he reached the UnitedStates, and immediately proceeded to Pontiac, Mich.,where he
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