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ing the long period of my service. Especially would I render my 

 sincere thanks to my official associates for their hearty cooperation 

 and assistance in the discharge of duty, and to the Secretary, Mr. 

 Henry O. Hildreth, with Avhom I have been more intimately asso- 

 ciated, my heartfelt obligations for numerous acts of attention and 

 assistance. And I beg to assure you of my sincere desire for the 

 happiness of all, and for the prosperity, perpetuity and usefulness 

 of the Society. In the language of my address twenty years ago, 

 " May the latter end of this Society be as glorious as its commence- 

 ment was ausj^icious, and may our neighbors say of us as was said 

 in the mother country of an English agricultural society, ' Look at 

 Norfolk!'" 



And now gentlemen, farewell ! Farewell to the honors which 

 you have conferred on me for so many years. And when a man of 

 threescore and ten bids farewell to official life, it must be a long 

 farewell ! But wherever you may go, wherever you may be, my 

 heart will still be with you, and my blessing will ever follow the 

 Norfolk Agricultural Society. 



On motion, a Committee of seven, consisting of the following 

 gentlemen, was appointed by the Chair, to report a list of officers 

 for the ensuing year: — F. P. Denny, Brookline ; E. C. R. Wal- 

 ker, Roxbury ; A. W. Whitcomb, Randolph ; J. D. Bradlee, 

 Milton; A. L. Smith, Dover; A. B. Balch, Medfield; H. O. 

 Hildreth, Dedham. The Committee, after deliberation, reported 

 the following list of officers, which was unanimously adopted 

 by the meeting : — 



President — Hon. John S. Eldridge, of Canton. 



Honorary President — Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Dorchester. 



Vice-Presidents — Hon. Amos A. Lawrence, Brookline ; Hon. 

 Otis Cary, Foxborough; Stephen W. Richardson,. Franklin ; 

 Elijah Tucker, Milton ; Henry Grew, Hyde Park ; Eliphalet 

 Stone, Dedham. 



Corresponding mid Recording Secretary — Henry O. Hildreth, 

 Dedham. 



Treasurer — Chauncey C. Churchill, Dedham. 



Executive Committee — William R. Mann, Sharon; Aaron D. 

 Weld, West Roxbury ; Francis P. Denny, Brookline ; Truman 

 Clarke, Walpole ; Charles Breck, Milton ; Alfred W. Whit- 

 comb, Randolph ; E. C. R. Walker, Roxbury ; A. B. Balch, Med- 

 field ; William E. Coffin, Dorchester. 



