ADDRESS. 



UTILIZATION OF LABOB. 



BY HON. P. A. CIIADBOURNE. 



PiL^LCE as well as War has its triumphs and its days of ovation 

 In time of war there are days of review when the hosts are mar- 

 shalled, not for conflict, but to show what they have done and what 

 they are ab]e to do. Then it is that the brave leader glories in the 

 empty sleeve, and the flag, soiled and scarred by the storm of war, 

 is more honored than the richest silken folds that have never cheered 

 the soldier on the battle field. Every symbol of work accompHshed 

 is an earnest of work that will yet be done. But now in the lull of 

 arms, peace marshals her forces out and from time to time brings 

 together the products which she has to offer instead of the mere 

 pomp and" devastation of war. 



In such a review of her labors, in New England, if in no other 

 portion of the world, we may see what men enjoy under a free 

 government, and what varied sources of enjoyment may be found 

 for every citizen even on this hard soil where fi'ost and drought 

 and rain have each in turn the mastery. 



It is a happy thing that toil may be suspended and that no favored 

 class, but the great community, may join together in a gi'and review 

 of the labors and triumphs of the year. This is the object of 

 Agricultural Fairs throughout our country. They are not simply 

 agricultural fairs, though they bear this name, but exhibitions of 

 evei'y form of honorable industry in the section which they repre- 

 sent. The farmers come bringing the finest of their herds and 

 flocks, the housemfe spreads the rich products of the dairy and the 

 mechanic bi'ings his wares. Wood and iron and brass and wool and 

 flax and cotton are shown in the thousand forms which civilizaton 



