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and urging for study of new methods and use of brains, rather 

 than manual labor, in order to attain better results. He told 

 of the debt the Massachusetts Society owes to the Worcester 

 Society, and the success the exhibitors from Worcester have 

 had at Boston. 



Prof. F. A. Waugh, Horticulturist at Amherst College, was 

 the next speaker, and he kept the party laughing most of the 

 time by his admonitions to always stand up for one's own 

 methods and ways, and he illustrated how this could be done 

 to the confusion of the outsider who tries to get ahead of the 

 New England man in horticultural matters. 



President Burton W. Potter of the Worcester Agricultural 

 Society got square with the toast-master for a starter, and 

 then dwelt on the changes in the itleals of the people, who 

 formerly regarded a residence in a city as the better thing, 

 but who have learned to regard the country as the place afford- 

 ing true living. He gave figures to demonstrate the superiority 

 of the country as a place of residence over the city from many 

 standpoints. 



Joseph K. Greene was called on, and he kept the gathering 

 amused by his observations on horticultural and other topics. 

 He regretted one thing, which has not been preserved or canned 

 up to the present, the boyish appetite. 



There was applause at this point for Rev. Dr. Willard Scott, 

 pastor of Piedmont church, who came in late and took a seat 

 at the head table. 



Mrs. George S. Ladd, Sturbridge, was called on to speak 

 for the State Grange, as her husband, who is the head of the 

 order, was unable to do so. She spoke for the Grange and 

 its usefulness, from the standpoint of the farmer and his wife 

 as well, and eulogized it as a great factor in the country's life. 



Rev. Dr. Scott was the next speaker, and he briefly told 

 of his pleasure at being present, and then got after the toast- 

 master in a keen and witty style which brought out laughter 

 and applause. 



Michael Sullivan, Chairman of the Revere Selectmen, who 

 is trying to combine horticulture and politics, told cheerfully 



