ADDRESS. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Essex Agri- 

 cultural Society : 



When I received your invitation to give the Annual 

 Address before this Society, I accepted it with many 

 misgivings. It seemed to be a hazardous experiment 

 for an ordinary farmer but little used to the pen, and 

 still less accustomed to the rostrum, to attempt to fill a 

 place in the long line of distinguished orators, statesmen 

 and agriculturists, whom the Society have honored b}- 

 calling to this duty, and who hate honored the Society 

 by accepting it. 



But we farmers know that a luxurious diet, although 

 very pleasant and appropriate to Thanksgiving and 

 Christmas, does not, after all, fit us for active duty in 

 the field so well as a judicious mixture of Johnny cake 

 or brown bread. So perhaps it may be as profitable for 

 us to-day, if the quality of our intellectual entertainment 



