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ORDER OF EXERCISES AT CHURCH, 



ON THE OCCASION OF THE 



SIXTH ANNUAL EXHIBITION 



OF THE . 



NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



At Dcdham, Sept. 27, 18§4. 



At half past eleven o'clock, A. M., a procession was formed on 

 tlie Society's grounds, consisting of the officers and members of 

 the Society and invited guests, under the direction of Col. Thomas 

 Adams, of the city of Roxbury, and marched, escorted by the 

 Dedham Band, to the church of the Rev. Dr. Lamson, where the 

 following exercises were performed. Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, 

 President of the Society, presided, and introduced the services by 

 the subjoined remarks : — 



Farmers and Friends, 



Again the earth hath yielded her increase and the trees of the field their 

 fruit. Again we assemble in this consecrated place to receive instruction, 

 and to render thanks to the Giver of all good for the blessings with which 

 He has rewarded industry and enterprise in the arts of life, and to cele- , 

 brate, by these and other appropriate services, the Sixth Anniversary of the 

 Norfolk Agricultural Society. 



To Him our gratitude is especially due for the uninterrupted harmony 

 and prosperity of our Association, and particularly for the preservation of 

 the life and health of its members, this day living witnesses of the divine 

 goodness. 



Fellow Laborers — By your presence and counsels our Society has 

 been elevated to its present flourisliing condition, and upon your examples 

 and cooperation will depend much of its future usefulness. Let us rejoice 

 in the progress which has been made since the organizatior» of our Society. 

 This is apparent in better cultivated farms and in the great increase of crops, 



