64 Anniversary Address. 



Providence during the successive seasons of the year. The 

 past harvest betokens abundance and plenty, and the Autumn 

 promise is all that could be desired. It is stated that the 

 potato crop has suffered in many parts from that mysterious 

 disease with which it has been attacked for some years past. 

 The appearance of the comet too, so plainly visible to the 

 naked eye at nightfall, is a phenomenon to be recorded in our 

 pages. We may number amongst our associates some whose 

 knowledge of astronomy may tempt them to dilate on the 

 peculiar characteristics of these heavenly bodies. It now only 

 remains for me to wish, which I do in all sincerity, that the 

 measure of success which has hitherto been accorded to the 

 Club, may still attend our proceedings and enable us both to 

 maintain the proud position we occupy, and to realize the 

 brightest anticipations of our Founder, for generations to 



