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a vote of thanks to the citizens of Waltham, and particularly 

 to the Waltham Farmers' Club, for many kind attentions 

 which visitors here, not members of the State Board, have 

 received at their hands. I think it is certainly due to the 

 citizens of Waltham. I have travelled a great deal, a 

 stranger almost everywhere ; and I must say, that in all my 

 travels, and in my visits to different parts of the world, I 

 never met with a better state of feeling, never received so 

 many kindnesses and so many favors, or made so many 

 pleasant acquaintances, as I have the last three days in the 

 town of Waltham. And, Mr. Chairman, there is nothing 

 that I know of that gives so much satisfaction in passing 

 through the world, where we rub against one another so 

 hard, and frequently have the skin taken off as it were, and 

 our feelings lacerated, and dark shadows come over us, as to 

 remember those sunny spots which shine down upon us, and 

 make life pleasant, and lead us to forget all those little 

 troubles and difficulties that occur when we meet one 

 another. I pray and trust that the farmers of Waltham, and 

 the citizens of Waltham in general, will live, if not to treat 

 me in the same manner as they have done, to treat in the 

 same manner thousands who may come after me when I 

 have done on the face of the earth. 



Mr. Chairman, I second this motion because I feel that we 

 have been so well treated. And I want also to express my 

 satisfaction at the close of these meetings with the manner 

 in which they have been conducted, and the large amount 

 of information that has been presented, and the good feeling 

 that has been manifested throughout. Last night I said that 

 it was rarely that I attended a mass meeting of this kind, 

 where so many came together from different parts, and so 

 many different views were entertained in regard to different 

 subjects, where there was so little said that any one could 

 wish had not been said ; I said then that I could not place 

 my finger upon a sentiment that had been uttered, or any 

 thing that had been said or done, that I would desire to have 

 stricken out. That was a great thing to say after two days. 



After some further remarks by Mr. Wetherell and others, 

 the Chair stated that he fully concurred with the views 

 of the gentlemen who had expressed themselves so elo- 

 quently. 



