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Then grateful we will be and glad 



On this our festal day ; 

 No hopes destroy'd, — no heart made sad, — 

 Our thanks to God we'll pay. 

 Chorus. We'll use our store, so we may more 

 His bounteous jiitts receive ; 

 And, as before, till seed time's o'er, 

 His promise we'll believe. 



The President then ])roceecled to call on the guests of the So- 

 ciety, which he did in the following order. 



The first sentiment offered was in honor of the Commonwealth. 

 In the absence of Gov. Banks, Hon. Geo. Marston, delegate from 

 the State Board, responded. He thought the company had as- 

 sembled on that occasion to hear the thorough-breds of Massa- 

 chusetts and the representatives of her colleges, rather than him- 

 self. He was happy to meet those gentlemen, and to know that 

 they sympathized with him as to the paramount importance of 

 Agriculture. He dwelt at length on matters pertaining to its 

 advanced state at the present time, and attributed no small share 

 of this to the influence of the Norfolk Society. 



President Felton, of Harvard University, responded to a toast 

 in honor of that institution. He expressed himself as deeply in- 

 terested in the cause of Agriculture, and not only intended to 

 give it his personal approbation, but to write an address himself. 

 He Avas devoted for life to the advancement of education in its 

 broadest sense, and recognized a scientific knowledge of agricul- 

 ture as important to the cultivators of the soil. His speech was 

 full of wit and humor, and gave manifest delight to all who 

 heard it. 



Appropriate speeches were also made in response to toasts by 

 the orator, Mr. Hillard, Rev. Andrew Bigelow, chaplain, and by 

 Dr. Jos. Reynolds from the Middlesex Agricultural Society, 

 after which the company adjourned to witness the display of 

 horses on the track. 



