SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 701 



every solicitation of the husbandman; rocks and banks but to strike, thence 

 flows the golden stream. 



First settled by a people strong in physique, broad in mind, liberal in 

 culture, undaunted in courage, boundless in faith, lovers of their country, 

 may their children perpetuate their virtues, and make these counties the 

 abode of peace and plenty. 



•• Hail, thou prolific soil, thou blessed spot, 

 Whose equal all the world aiibrdeth not! 

 show me, who can?so many crystal rills, 

 Such sweet clothed valleys, or aspiring hills; 

 Such wood ground, pastures, quarries, wealth, mines, 

 Such rock-, for whom the diamond fairly shines. 

 And if the earth can show the like again, 

 Vet will she fail to match our stalwart men." 



