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commodations. Art has added little to nature ; we have few imposing 

 public buildings or palatial residences, although the foundation of a 

 spacious and beautiful building for municipal purposes has been laid. 

 We have respectable church editices, in which talent and learning- 

 minister; convenient school houses, where good schools are liberally 

 supported and ably superintended ; a public librai-y of three or four 

 thousand volumes ; a flourishing agricultural and horticultural society, 

 and vai-ious other social, industrial and moral associations. We have 

 by estimation a population of above four thousand, and do an annual 

 industrial business of more than $2,000,000. Our numbers, resources 

 and improvements, are increasing. 



Daniel Allen, Esq., of Wakefield, in response to a call from the 

 chair, expressed his gratification at the visit of the Institute to the 

 town, and eloquently spoke of the great perfection of the works of 

 nature in comparison with man's handiwork. He spoke of the im- 

 portance of these meetings as promotive not only of social feeling, 

 but also of a higher degree of general culture and refinement. 



Dr. Geo. B. Loring of Salem, gave some Interesting reminiscences 

 of the town as he remembered it, drawing a fine contrast between the 

 schools of former days and those we find in Wakefield at the present 

 time; and in other departments than that of education, he- said, cor- 

 responding progress had been made. 



Remarks wei'e also made by Hon. P. H. Sweetser, Rev. Dr. Chick- 

 ERiXG and Rev. Mr. Bliss of Wakefield, and Mr. E. N. Walton of 

 Salem. 



On motion by Dr. A. H. Johnson, a vote of thanks was unani- 

 mously given to Messrs. Cyrus Wakefield, Edward Mansfield, J. D. 

 Mansfield (President of the Wakefield Horticultural Society), Wra. 

 Martin, Thomas Emerson, Eugene Emerson, Greeley Merrill, James 

 Eustis, L. B. Evans, James F. Woodward, Richard Brittan, Stanley 

 Dearborn, A. Bond, E. S. Upham, Deadman & Perkins, John G. Aborn, 

 John White, S. Kingman, William H. Hutchinson, G. H. Sweetser, 

 E. G. Mansfield, Daniel Allen, C. W. Eaton, H. A. Mansfield, J. H. 

 Carter, W. G. Skinner, Mrs. Wakefield, Mrs. Hutchinson, the Misses 

 Allen, and other ladies and gentlemen of Wakefield, for their kind 

 attentions to the Institute during the day. 



The meeting adjourned. On the way to the depot many of the 

 members visited the elegant grounds of Mr. Wakefield, where noth- 

 ing seems wanting which refined taste could suggest or wealth pro- 

 cure to render them attractive. 



The Salem delegation reached home about six o'clock, having 

 highly enjoj-ed the first Field Meeting of the year. 



