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stock. I care not what may be their pedigree, or -where they may be 

 ranked in the Herd Book, if they do but fill the pail through the season of 

 milking. 



The President responded to a toast in his honor, and after a 



parting sentiment to the ladies, the exercises were closed by the 



singing of the following ode, written for the occasion by a lady of 



Boston. 



A welcome to these Autumn days 



AVith all their lusty cheer, 

 Wlien every plant its tribute pays 

 For blessings of the year. 



For we've a land to save, my friends, 



A noble land to save. 

 And in this sunset of the year 

 We'll dig Rebellion's grave. 



Let thanks for these go up in deeds — 



'Tis but the patriot's part ; 

 Each stalwart arm our country needs, 

 And every stalwart heart. 



For we've a land to save, my friends, 



A blessed land to save ; 

 Our monument of praise, my friends, 

 Shall be Rebellion's grave. 



PREPARED BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE REQUEST OF THE TRUSTEES. 



Died in Dorchester, July 10, 1861, Thaddeus Clapp, aged 50 years. Mr. 

 Clapp received a collegiate education at Harvard University. He attained 

 to a high rank and graduated in 1834 with the second honors of his class. 

 In 1838 he received the degree of Master of Arts, and for many years took 

 an active part in advancing the cause of education in his native town and 

 State. In consequence of ill health he was obliged to relinquish, in a mea- 

 sure, his literary pursuits and to apply himself to the employments of rural 

 life as a means of restoring it. 



From the year 1840 to the time of his decease, he devoted most of his 

 time to agricultural and horticultural pursuits. In both of these depart- 

 ments he soon became distinguished. He was a member of the Supervisory 

 Committee and a Trustee of the Norfolk Agricultural Society. As a culti- 

 vator of fruits he took a prominent stand, and for years received the highest 

 premiums for the best collection of apples, both at the Exhibitions of the 

 Norfolk Agricultural and the Massachusetts Horticultural Societies. To 

 the cultivation of other fruits, especially the pear, he had given much atten- 

 tion, and had produced from seed more than twenty varieties, some of 

 which promise to be valuable. To one of these he was so much attached 

 that he gave it the name of" Clapp's Favorite," and of which an outline has 

 been engraved on the marble under which he sleeps. Mr. Clapp was a 

 gentleman of modest demeanor, amiable disposition and sterling worth. 



