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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



After coursing about the room as if to bathe it- 

 self in the warm air, it quietly selected its place, 

 and depositing ita head under its wing, went to 

 sleep. It is diiBcult to say which of the occupants 

 of the same apartment felt better ' satisfied with 

 themselves, or slept more peacefully through the 

 night. As tlie day broke, out broke the bird's 

 greatful acknowledgments to the Protector of all, 

 in a song, which for so tiny a body and a stran- 

 ger, was remarkably loud and ecstatic. It was 

 nearly famished, and ate and drank with an envia- 

 bly appetite for its breakfast. Being now able to 

 take care of itself, and not choosing to be depend- 

 ent longer on charity, the little fellow insisted 

 on being released ; the window was opened, and 

 out he went, to share his fortune with his tribe, 

 thanking his friend as well as he could for his hos- 

 pitality. — Alb. Argus. 



LEVEE OF THE AMERICAN POMOLOG- 

 ICAL SOCIETY. 



We were prevented by a pressure of duties from 

 attending this banquet, which was as intellectu- 

 al and harmonious, as the fruits and their juices 

 were rich and rare. 



Leyeb of the American Pomological SociErr. 

 — By invitation of the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 President of the American Pomological Society, 

 now in session in this city, the delegates in attend- 

 ance were invited to a levee at the Revere House. 

 Many prominent citizens and official personages 

 were also present. After an hour of social inter- 

 course, the company marched into the dining hall, 

 where a splendid repast was spread. The tables 

 were loaded with the most tempting fruit, and or- 

 namented with the magnificent flowers ; from the 

 ehandeliers clusters of superb grapes were suspend- 

 ed, and added a crowning decoration to the fes 

 tival. 



Mr. Wilder welcomed the strangers from dis- 

 tant States to Boston, and expressed his gratifica 

 tion at meeting in a social manner the members 

 of the Pomological Society. He said it was not 

 his purpose to call upon his friends for formal 

 Bpeeches, nor to summon "spirits from the vasty 

 deep" — nor to invoke the presence of the "rap 

 ping spirits" — nor should he, in these days of 

 temperance and of the Maine law, before the Gov 

 ernor and Mayor, offer ardent spirits; but it was 

 bis purpose to place before the guests a specimen 

 of American fruit — the berry and the juice. He 

 expressed his indebtedness to generous and thought- 

 ful friends in Ohio, who had forwarded some rich 

 specimens of the juice of the grape for the pur- 

 pose of liaving it tested by the members of the Po- 

 mological Society ; he proposed, therefore, that 

 the company resolve itself into a "Tasting Com- 

 mittee of the Whole" upon the Ohio vintage, and 

 be would propose — 



The Vintntrs of Ohio — By never allowing the 

 juice of the grape to be distilled or adulterated, 

 may they prove to the true promoters of temper- 

 ance that it can produce joy without sorrow, and 

 health witliout detriment to the public weal. 



This sentiment was followed with a general re- 

 port from bottles of "Longworth's Sparkling Ca- 

 tawba," " Works's Isabella Wine," and Ameri- 

 can Hock. Short and appropriate addresses were 

 made by Gov. Washburn, Mayor Smith, Hon. Mr, 



Benson of Maine, Ex-Mayor Seaver, Mr. Prince 

 of Long Island, Mr. Barry of New York, Hon. 

 Samuel Walker of Roxbury, W. S. King, Esq., 

 Seth Sprague of Duxbury, Charles L. Flint, Esq., 

 Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agricul- 

 ture, Hon. E. L. Keyes of Dedham, Hon. J. W. 

 Proctor, and others. The Levee passed off in the 

 happiest manner, and was in the highest degree 

 creditable to the taste and liberality of Mr. Wil- 

 der. 



We also copy below a vote of thanks of the Po- 

 mological Society, to its President. Col. Wilder, 

 — and he justly merits every word said. No man 

 has given his life more earnestly toa cause than 

 he, and every lover of fruit and flowers, and all 

 the sweet influences they exert upon us, will do 

 something to sustain and promote the causa in 

 which he is engaged. 



Resolved, That the thanks of the society are 

 most cordially presented to the President, Hon. 

 Marshall P. Wilder, for the prompt, able, and im- 

 partial manner in which he has presided over its 

 deliberations ; and we hereby assure him that the 

 members will long cherish a lively recollection of 

 the pleasure enjoyed at his bountiful and brilliant 

 festive entertainment with which he compliment- 

 ed the society. 



Mr. Lines of Connecticut was unwilling that 

 this resolution should pass with a single vote. It 

 was due to the gentleman who has presided over 

 the discussions of the society with so much digni- 

 ty and ability. He considered that the position 

 in pomology which the President had reached, 

 conferred more honor upon him than the Presiden- 

 cy of the United States could do. A gentleman 

 who confers such immense benefits upon the whole 

 country, — he might say the world, — as Hon. Mr. 

 Wilder does, is entitled to distinguished honors. 

 He hoped this resolution, too, would be passed by 

 a 6ta,nding vote. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 



President Wilder made the following happy re- 

 sponse to the last resolution : — 



Gentlemen, — The resolution which you have 

 just adopted awakens in me feelings of gratitude 

 and afi"ection. The interest which I have ever felt 

 in the prosperity of this Association, has induced 

 me to accept of your suffrages and to occupy the 

 chair for another term. 



I beg to tender you my grateful acknowledge- 

 ments for your co-operation and support, and to 

 assure you of my unabated interest in the objects 

 of the Society and in your personal welfare. May 

 you go on, prospering and to prosper, and when 

 we have done cultivating the fruits of earth, may 

 we have the unspeakable felicity to meet in celes- 

 tial fields, and gather ambrosial fruits from the 

 Tree «f Life. 



There being no more business before the conven- 

 tion, it adjourned at a quarter past two o'clock, 

 to meet in Rochester, N. Y., in September, 1856. 



J^ In Chili it does not rain because the trade 

 winds, wliich are necessary to agitate the watery 

 and the atmosphei-ic oceans and keep them pure, 

 sweep the clouds past South America, and drive 

 some of them up against the Andes, where they 

 are condensed by almost continual thunder show- 

 ers and run down across the level country in co- 



