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Whose triumphs never cease, 

 And time will but increase, 

 Shall hence abound. 



All that we see, to-day, 

 The beautiful display 



To us revealed, 

 Assurance, Lord ! from Thee, 

 To grateful hearts shall be. 

 That peaceful Industry 



Her fruits shall yield. 



Lord ! bless, we supplicate. 

 All that is dedicate 



To Husbandry ; 

 Let blast nor wrong despoil 

 Eewards of honest toil ; 

 Grant tillers of the soil 



Prosperity ! 



Let peace and happiness, 

 Sure fruit of righteousness, 



Our Country bless ; 

 Her rulers just men be. 

 Keeping integrity ; 

 And, fearing only Thee, 



Crowned with success. 



The President then announced the following toast : — 



Massachusetts : 



The far-famed State, whose scanty, grudging soil 

 Rich harvests yields to busy, skilful toil ; 

 Where civic rule, large trusts, and honored name. 

 Freemen bestow on him of well-earned fame ; — 



Governor Claflin. 



In the absence of any representative of the State, the Presi- 

 dent called upon Dr. Loring, who made a graceful and admira- 

 ble speech of five minutes, which was most heartily cheered. 



The second toast called forth great applause, and was re- 

 sponded to in an eminently appropriate speech by Col Wilder. 

 It was this : — 



" The Hon. Marshall P. Wilder— ^hose name is known and honored 

 wherever horticulture and agriculture are known and honored; preemi- 

 nently distinguished as the first and only President of the American 



