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Spring's living green that decks the fields, 

 The golden glow the harvest yields, 

 And sun and rain that earth expand, 

 Are gifts from Ilis all-bounteous hand. 



Still Peace her angel-wing outspreads, 

 And o'er our land her influence sheds ; 

 From other climes compelled to roam. 

 Here Truth and Freedom find a home. 



May Plenty smile on all around, 

 And labor with success be crowned ; 

 And while these blessings we implore, 

 O, may our hearts Thy name adore. 



And when Life's Autumn comes at last — 

 Seed-time and harvesting all past. 

 May deeds we've sown in faith and love. 

 Ripen to glorious fruit above. 



The Annual Address was then delivered by Rev. J. M. 

 Merrick, of Walpole. He treated his subject in an able and 

 interesting manner, evincing much practical knowledge. It may 

 be found in the preceding pages. At the conclusion of the 

 address, a voluntary was performed by the choir, and the bene- 

 diction pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Lamson. The Society, with 

 the invited guests, were formed in procession again, and marched 

 to their Agricultural Hall, to partake of the banquet which had 

 been prepared for the occasion. 



EXERCISES AT THE DINNER. 



The assembly being seated, the blessing of Heaven was invoked 

 by the Rev. Dr. Hitchcock of Wrentham. After a suitable time 

 had been devoted to discussing the products upon the dinner- 

 tables, which had been prepared by Mr. J. B. Smith of Boston in 

 his usual good style, the President introduced the intellectual part 

 of the entertainment with some brief congratulatory remarks on 

 the progress and success of the Society. He then announced the 

 first sentiment as follows : 



Old Massachusetts, the nurser)- of industr}-, enterprise, talent and 

 patriotism ; her plants have been widely disseminated, and have been found 

 to flourish and bear fruit in every soil and every clime. 



