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Having again assembled on this twenty second anniversary of our society, and brought up hither the choice and beautiful fruits of the earth, together with the firstlings of our herds and flocks, it becomes us to render the tribute of grateful hearts to the Be neficent Author of all these gifts, who has caused his sun to shine, has given us the early and the lat ter rain, and has crowned the year with ample and abundant rewards of the labors of the husbandman.
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