ORDER OF EXERCISES 



AT THE 



^aRICXJI.TUIlA.L H^LL, 



ON THE OCCASION OF THE 



FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 



OF THE 



NORFOLK AGEICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



Friday, September 25, 1861. 



At 12 o'clock, a procession was formed on the grounds under 

 the direction of Rufus C. "Wood, of Canton, Chief Marshal of the 

 day, assisted bj the following gentlemen as Aids : — Joseph W. 

 Wattles, Frank M. Ames, and George A. Fenno, of Canton ; Hi- 

 ram Gay, J. R. Gay, and Bradford Kinsley, of Stoughton ; and 

 Chas. G. Mackintosh, of W. Roxbury. Preceded by the Dedham 

 Brass Band, which furnished excellent music for the occasion, 

 the procession marched to the upper hall, where, after an appro- 

 priate prayer by Rev. Jonathan Edwards, of Dedham, Chaplain of 

 the day, the audience proceeded to partake of the collation. 



At the conclusion of the dinner, John Gardner, Esq., of Ded- 

 ham, senior Vice President of the Society, who occupied the chair 

 in the absence of the President, made a brief and appropriate in- 

 troductory address, in which he paid a feeling tribute to the 

 distinguished services which the President had rendered to the 

 Society, and alluded to the deep interest which, though absent, 

 he felt in its welfare and prosperity. He closed by introducing 

 Rev. Dr. Putnam, of Roxbury, as the orator of the occasion. 



Dr. Putnam then proceeded to deliver the instructive, beautiful 

 and impressive address, which may be found in the preceding 



