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mind" he will know and realize the importance of his position and 

 calling, and the nature of that calling will afford him continual 

 satisfaction. In connection with it he can notice and study the 

 order and succession of the seasons as they come and go, agreeably 

 to the laws which regulate them. As the long winter draws to a 

 close, and the frost-bound earth begins to feel the warmth of the 

 genial sun, he hears music in the voice of the swollen brooks, the 

 softened winds of spring, and the grateful songs of birds, returned 

 from their winter flight to their summer homes. He watches the 

 opening of leaf and flower and grassy blade, in field and meadow, 

 and studies the beautiful and mysterious laws which govern them. 

 He looks at his flocks and herds as they graze on hill side or lawn, 

 or seek shelter from the noonday sun in some embowering shade, 

 and takes pleasure in noticing their habits and understanding their 

 nature. The germinating seed, the opening bud, the fresh green 

 stocks, the ripened fruit, the full ear, the waving grain, are all 

 watched to their maturity and harvested with the greatest care and 

 interest, and the laws which govern each sought out and studied. 

 His life is spent midst the beauty, harmony, and sublimity of na- 

 ture, and he can see the certainty of her laws regulating and gov- 

 erning all created things. For him the laws which control the 

 humblest flower by the wayside, the stream that winds through 

 meadow and forest, the bird upon the wing, the cloud that floats 

 above him, eVery material thing may be full of wisdom and speak 

 of divinity ; so that when time, the great reaper, shall come to the 

 harvesting of death, he may bow to his scythe without fear, con- 

 scious that he has performed the part assigned him on earth. 



LIVE STOCK. 



Horses. Best stallion, Harvey McManus of Brunswick. 

 Second best, C. Weston of Brunswick. 

 Best two years old do., John H. Millay of Bowdoinham. 

 Best breeding mare, Joel Curtis of Bowdoinham. 

 Second best, Isaac Wilson of Bowdoinham. 



Bulls Best two years old, Collamore Mallett of Topsham, for 

 Devon. 



