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TRIENNIAL FESTIVAL. 



On the evening of Friday, the first of October, the members of 

 the Society met at a social festival. It is proposed, that, with inter- 

 vals of three years, such festivals shall be regularly held under the 

 auspices of the Society. More than three hundred ladies and gen- 

 tlemen were present. 



The festival was held in the Society's Hall, which was beautifully 

 ornamented with evergreens and flowers. An elegant supper was 

 served, and a quartette club of singers added to the enjoyment of 

 the evening. 



Hon. Benjamin F. Thomas presided, and in the course of the 

 evening called upon Hon. Henry Chapin, Hon. Emory Washburn, 

 Rev. Dr. Smalley, J. M. Earle, Esq., Hon. A. H. Bulloch, H. S 

 Washburn, Esq., Hon. Isaac Davis, Dr. Workman, Francis Way- 

 land, Esq., Samuel Hathaway, Esq., and Rev. Mr. Le Baron, to 

 speak. Their addresses, and his own, were heard' Avith lively inter- 

 est. 



The followmg poems were written for the occasion, and sung in 

 the course of the evening : 



HYMN. 



When from the hand Divine, the earth. 



To light, and life, and beauty sprang. 

 Rejoicing in its wondrous birth. 



The morning stars its welcome sang. 



The sons of God, on radiant wing. 



Floated above its Eden bowers. 

 Shouting for joy, as they drank m 



The fragrance of the fruits and flowers;. 



