Year: 1875




serenaded by the United States Naval Band Of Ports
mouth at the residence Of Ex-Governor smyth where
he was entertained during his stay in Manchester,
the honored guest OF the New England and New Hamp-
Ehtre Agricultural societies Governor Smyth be-
half Of Beecher thanked the band and the citizens,
gathered in front Of his house the OCCASION
for the graceful compliment They were also favored
with an amusing speech by the well known Major Ben
Perley Poore. This afternoon a lunch given by
Governor Smyth Mr. Beecher at which were present,
besides Governor Smyth and wife and Mr.. Beecher
and wife, Hon. George b. Loring, President
Of the New England Society and wife; Colonel
Daniel Needham. Secretary OF the New England
Society; General Matt Head President of the
New Hampshire Society Aaron Young Secretary Of
he New Hampshire Society, and wife, Mr. Lyon,
President of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Rail-
road; Major Poore, wife and two daughters and
others. The lunch being over Mr. Beecher, accom-
panied by the named ladies and gentlemen,
escorted by the marshals and the band the fair
grounds where covered platform had been erected
for his use, and where audience Of some - 900
Ia people had gathered to listen to his address So
large an audience was before assembled the
day OF any previous fair Of these societies. when
lhe exhibition being practically over almost the only
attraction annual address The great size Of the
gathering the remarkable from the fact that
early the morning the weather had been very threat
ening, with frequent showers


The proceedings at the speakers stand opened
by inspiring and highly appreciated singing by the
celebrated Hutchinson family after which tho Presi-
dent of the New England Society few appropriate
remarks introduced Mr. Beecher TO the audience a
gentleman emnenty worthy to stand in the place OF
The illustrious Governor OF Massachusetts who de-
vered the address the first meeting OF the New Eng
land Society.


MR. BEEcHER's


AS Mr. Beecher to speak he greeted with APP
plause He said:-


congratulate you that you have had so much pleas
ant weather on this OCCASION that this last day should
be overcouded and that there should be wind
and rain would to be necessary since in the cup
OF life however sweet il NAV be at the hrm there is
almost always one drop Of bitterness Since you have
bad proptous weather for your horses for your cows
for your oxen for all the machines and their inventors
for the buyer and seller and since you have come down
at last 10 nothing but minister it is not Of much
sequence. take 1t that no man is fit to speak to a
New England audience who Is afraid Of wind and
weather.


At this point Mr. Beecher's attention was attracted
by cries of Hats onl and some little confusion back
OF the platform, and he stopped speaking. Around
him. spoke were the officers of the societies and
other distinguished persons, who, the wind swept
between the platform and the above driving
rain them kept their hats on and obstructed she
view Of many who stood the ground. Thereupon
two long settees placed side by side and Mr.





quiesced, saying, as he did so -


81 am you doubt that I am right now,
Is the way is straight and narrow on which am stand
ng | will begin again. All that have said throw
IN for nothing | profoundly Interested in every
thing that indicates the thought the genus and the
creative force of men, for though all things last
from the great creating hand of Cod he works through
men in producing the things which most worthy
of admiration There has not been department
of this great fair which / have not desired 20
examine There is probably not one thing ip il
IN which should not take profound interest
II / look all your catte-rhe working oxen the
attened and the deep mixers feel profoundly
Interested in them am at least, much OF farmer
As that know about them and have them, but look
upon them with something than a farmers eve.
The wilderness brought forth such cattle the
skill OF man has reared see in them thought and
perience. In short, between the broad brows and
horns Of these | hundreds Of years
OF experiment and OF skilfuly applied labor.
Who Is there cultured or uncultured that docs
not rejoice in the horses and when you have brought
together, as here, such admirable specimens Of this
animal which, next to the dog, ranks nearest to
who does not take interest in the horse whatever he
uay be- However good be may be to build upon in
his wild state the horses that merit approba
hon ana are most our delight are those that the
children Of men, for they sired partly
by the human brain and they have been
ton Of the stable, If / might SO call IL
by which the thought of man has made selection and
adaptation and so Improvement The educated herd
anu he educated horse are as really the creatures Of
education as are men. And so Of every machine that
look upon-it has history. There is a nail driven
IN the boards that has not pedigree; II came from less
perfect forms and those from still less perfect
forms. II was through years Of trial and
experiment that brought gmlets and
Rugers and saws and planes aud EVEN
more complex machines, which are compound tools to
the perfection which they now have attained and
when look upon these things they oak aud
iron 70 me; they not physical forces; they are
strangely written histories They represent what
humanity has done and what in certain minds il has
thought for society itself The town, the city the
commonwealth, with all its laws and customs with us
houses and their furniture all and all nstru
ments Of industry we're mere dead matter They have
been evoked and made shapey and useful by the fash
onng brain Of man they all witnesses OF mankind
ana testimonies to his power Of thinking, shaping
adapting and using On this


PRINCIPLE WORK


The speaker said heshould say word and since there
was election, and he not a candidate he should
not praise work and the workman demagogicaly. He
should not undertake to advance unduly the husband
man nor the field Of his industry He should regard all
men in their several spheres working and all men AS
deserving sympathy and honor In the just proportion
IN which they we're working skully and we'll Work
he defined 70 be compressing by the human mind Of
matter 10 the uses of Whoever knows how 10
make clod HIM, knows how TO touch clay
and make II into vessel knows how to work;
whoever knows how 10 save his hand bv In,
venting machine impresses matter with mind Tie
fundamental conception Of work Is that il is the appli.
cation OF human force to matter the COMPELLING niat
ter TO assume shapes OF convenience and usefulncsg
The different kinds Of work here described y the
speaker The lowest he said was muscular, for II bad
Just enough Of mind 10 teach a TO use hand and
foot. He ranked low in wages and low in estimation
whoonly knew how to work with his hands. When men
began TO classify things in their minds to their
10 approach skilfu labor, to help themselves by
thinking then they began to redeem work from
urudBefy. II the world were judged Dy TINS test "
would be found that there about 600 900 drudges
70 every honorable worker He was not speaking Of
New Hampshire


NRw ENGLAND tNDUsTRY-rHE INDUSTRY or BRAIN.


II he were he should, perhaps put the proportion
lust inversely; no was thinking Of China Of Asia
Probably three quarters OF the globe to-day far
civic uses were concerned and judged by the values
political economy, were not worth much as the leaves
mat would fall this autumn, for the leaves would make
manure but men buried. The great bulk Of the
human race we're men that worked by bone and muscle
and not by brain II was the Distinguishing peculiarly
OF New England that her industry was FOR the most
part the product OF the brain When our fathers came
they had little doctrine which was desplsed by phi.
0sophers, by potcntacs by priests and Dy herarches
That doctrine was the doctrine Of manhood. OF the
manhood Of men, OF the essential dignity OF hu-
manty in men. This as eaven loa7ened tho whole
hump.


In celebrating this branch Of his subject Mr. Beecher
said;-''lf you count what New England by the mum
O q Nh iNu IcI III