14 BOARD OF AGEICULTURE. 



From the summit of Christian Hill, commanding a view, not onl}' 

 of these streams, the falls in the Merrimac and Concord rivers and 

 the rapidly extending cit}-, but also of the towns in the vicinit}' and 

 the broad-spreading landscape from Lawrence and Andover, on 

 the one hand, to the Wachusett, the grand Monadnock and the 

 Peterborough Mountains, on the other — the spectator obtains a 

 breadth and beautj^ of view which well repays the toil' of the as- 

 cent. Yet how few of our citizens ever take the trouble to enjo}' 

 this vision of beauty ! A tower of moderate height on Christian 

 Hill would bring the White Hills, the ocean and the city of Boston 

 into view, and its erection is only a question of time. It is inter- 

 esting to notice that the population of Lowell to-day outnumbers 

 that of Boston in 1830, and that its rate of increase was never 

 greater than at present." 



Mr. Yarnnm's address was admirably illustrated vv^ith views 

 of historical scenes, buildings, and portraits of persons, 

 thrown on canvas by means of the stereoscope, which greatly 

 increased the interest and pleasure of the large audience. 

 At the conclusion the chairman said : — 



Ladies and Gentlemen, — Meeting here, as we have to-day, 

 in the great manufacturing city of Lowell, it is eminently 

 proper, and I know it will be your pleasure, to listen to its 

 Mayor, and with that view I have the pleasure of introduc- 

 ing to you the Hon. John J. Donovan, Mayor of the city of 

 Lowell. 



ADDRESS OF MAYOR DONOVAN. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the 

 Stale Board of Agriculture, — I greet and bid you welcome 

 to the city which one of our local poets has termed " the 

 Queen City of the Merrimack Valley." I exceedingly re- 

 gret my inability to discuss agricultural topics from any 

 practical stand-point, for my previous training has not been 

 in this direction ; but I fully appreciate the inestimable value 

 that the Board of Agriculture has been to the State and its 

 people, for good fruits are always the legitimate result of 

 well-directed labor. It is only necessary, in order to raise 

 farming from the position of hard manual labor that it now 



