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read to us, so full of rich thoughts, most beautifully 

 expressed, has been referred to them ; and they do with 

 great pleasure unanimously recommend to Mrs. Charles 

 Mason a gratuity of Ten Dollars, feeling that those of 

 us who were present, will not soon forget the delight 

 with which we heard it, and that all of us may never be 

 unmindful of the lesson it teaches — that 



" Man ripens and decays ; his glorious powers 

 " Dim 'neath the shade of his declining hours. 

 " Age dulls his eye ; and ere his knell is rung, 

 11 Palsies the cunning of his glowing tongue. 

 "'Man, man decays; but earth is ever young." 



For the Committee, 



E. TORREY, Chairman, 



FRUITS. 



PEARS, 



We presume that among the large majority of our 

 farmers, little or no interest is felt in the general sub- 

 ject of fruit culture ; and perhaps lowest in the scale, 

 stand those noble and lucious fruits, Pears and Grapes. 



And why this neglect ? Undoubtedly the same rea- 

 sons exist for it, that prevent other classes of men from 

 readily engaging in what is a deviation from their 

 usual customs and habits. The conservative element 

 in man is generally a tenacious one, and in none more 

 so, than in the very respectable class of our staid and 

 solid farmers. This is a virtue we would not eradi- 

 cate, and which we will not undervalue , but simply 



