123 



of irrigation in which Boston was not behind her neighbors, and that a 

 cattle show dinner-table was not the only place which could furnish the 

 choicest specimens of spouting. [Laughter and applause.] 



Mr. Winthrop concluded his excellent remarks -with the follow- 

 ing sentiment : — 



Suffolk and Norfolk — The ancient homestead and the modern 

 country seat of the same harmonious family : They were one for a century 

 and a half of the glorious past, may they be one in devoted attachment to 

 the best interests of our beloved union lor uncounted centuries to come. 



The next toast was : — 



The Orator of the Day — One who in the various fields of litera- 

 ture, science and religion, has adorned the rich fruits of knowledge with 

 the beautiful flowers of language. We honor him as a scholar and a Chris- 

 tian, and love him as a true and zealous friend of our Society. 



Rev. Dr. Lamson excused himself from making a speech, and 



gave this sentiment — 



The Religion of Labor — God commanded, saying, " Replenish the 

 earth and subdue it, and have dominion over it." 



The President said he knew of no better time to bring out the 

 clergy, and he would call on the Rev. E. B. Willson of West Rox- 

 bury. He responded in a humorous vein, saying that he was the 

 son of a farmer, and it was somewhat singular that he should have 

 been any thing else, except upon the principle of following the 

 custom of the fathers to turn over to the uses of the church those 

 of their children who promised not to be accomplished in any 

 other calling. He related some of his early experiences in farm- 

 ing, to the amusement of his hearers. 



The next toast was : — 



The Quincy Farmer Senior — The patriarch farmer and the patriot 

 citizen, whose name is as dear to every son of Norfolk as it is illustrious in 

 the history of our country. 



Josiah Quincy, Jr., was called on to respond. 



Mr. Quincy said that he was glad he was announced as 

 " Quincy, Jr." He had often been mistaken for his venerable 

 father — so often that his father had come to say, as a standing 

 joke, that " he wondered why people would mistake Alexander 

 the coppersmith for Alexander the Great." But leaving per- 

 sonal matters, he would turn to the topic of the day. He com- 

 mented at length upon the advantages of the agricultui'al pro- 

 fession over other pursuits, in all points of view. He closed by 

 giving this sentiment : — 



