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In conclusion, I would say, adopting the sentiments of one oi 

 the most extraordinarily gifted writers of the present day, "As 

 we thus read lessons from the great book of visable matter, in its 

 infinitely varied characters, let us not neglect that other Book 

 which has been given to man to study his progress through life, 

 to secure his happiness on earth, and to enable him to die in the 

 hope of an interchange of pure intelligence ! " 

 I beg to subscribe. 

 My dear sir. 



With must respect, 



Your very ob't serv't, 



E. G. LANGDON, 

 Jfew- York^ Sept. 2, 1851 . 545 Hudson-st. 



OSWEGO COUNTY. 



To the queers of the American Institute^ 



Gentlemen : In compliance with your invitation, I attended as 

 a delegate from the Agricultural Society of Oswego county, your 

 24th Annual Exhibition. held in October last. It was to me a plea- 

 sure to be present as a guest at the National Banquet which you 

 had prepared, and to which you invited, not only the family of 

 New- York, but the numerous family of the entire United States. 

 On looking round, it appeared to me that every branch had re- 

 sponded, even distant California was there with specimens of her 

 mineral and vegetable treasures, and all contributed something, 

 so that the entertainment was varied and bountilul,eacli particu- 

 lar taste must have been suited, and I trust all received plea- 

 sure and profit therefrom. 



I came as the representative of one ot the youngest sisters of 

 the family of New-York ; who, though she has barely passed her 

 minority, desires to be received into your society and become a 

 competitor for those })enefits which you are so liberally dispen- 

 sing through all our wide and extended country. We cannot, like 

 the balmy regions of the south, present you with the spices, nor 

 with the luxuriant fruits of the tropics. We are from the extreme 

 north of our vast possessions, where we have a hyperborean cli- 



