ORDER OF EXERCISES 



AT THE 



TWELFTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION 



OF THE 



NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



At Agricultural Hall, Sept. 26, 1860. 



It having been ordered by the Society, that the Address should 

 be delivered in its Hall, instead of a church as heretofore, a Pro- 

 cession was formed on the Fair grounds at llj o'clock, under the 

 direction of Col. Charles H. French, of Canton, Chief Marshal, 

 and his Assistants. This was preceded by the Dedham Brass 

 Band, and after marching around the Common, entered the Hall, 

 where tables had been spread for seven hundred and fifty per- 

 sons. After this large audience were seated, and quiet restored, 

 the President of the Society called upon Rev. Andrew Bigelow, 

 of Mcdfield, to invoke the blessing of Providence on the occasion. 

 Mr. B. made a fervent prayer " to the God of harvests," for the 

 manifold blessings he had bestowed on his creatures during the 

 past year. He concluded by asking the Deity to " cheer us in 

 life, be with us in death, and to gather us all, at length, to the 

 fields of the Heavenly Canaan, whose harvest of delight shall be 

 gathered in with shoutings of eternal joy." 



The Dinner having been disposed of, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 the President, rose and addressed the Society. 



He spoke of the great importance of Agriculture, and the spe- 

 cial blessing which Heaven had vouchsafed to this calling. Twelve 

 years had completed their course since the organization of the 



