FLOWING-DOUBLE TEAMS. 



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spirits, offer them anew^ as memorials of His unfailing 

 pledge to man, that " seed time and harvest, and sum- 

 mer and winter shall not fail." 



As the orator and the statesman, the merchant me- 

 chanic, professional man and farmer, all mino*led too-ether 

 on return of this great festal day of the nation, so now 

 we are happy to greet and welcome men of every grade 

 and calling in life, to participate in this grand jubilee 

 that recognizes nature's bounty and God's providential 

 love and care for man. ♦ As our eyes have run over the 

 various specimens of grain, vegetables, and luscious 

 ^ruit to-day, we have been led to wonder at the power 

 and forces "of nature that have furnished such beautiful 

 specimens of her handi-work and skill. We have 

 hardly stopped to think but what this power was inhe- 

 rent, and wholly independent of human agency ; but 

 such is not the fact. A long process of careful culture 

 and training has been requisite to bring about these 

 desirable results. Among these has been the frequent 

 use of the plow — ^in fict no article on exhibition to-day 

 can stand independant either of a near or remote rela- 

 tionship to this pioneer of civilization, without beino- 

 robbed of its brightest jewels. To the ploiu then, should 

 our ^rst and most respectful obesience be paid as the 

 " Alpha and Omega" of all that we have, or hope for, in 

 the full development of the resources of a wise, profita- 

 ble and successful agriculture. 



Men of lofty genius and world-wide renown have 

 turned aside from their ordinary pursuits to give it the 

 mede of their grateful praise, — while Poets of every ao-e 

 and clime have tuned their lyres to a loftier note, as 

 they have attempted to ^' speak its worth" and power. 



