ded a brilliant oration
by the Hon. William P. Sheffield, chairman of the Perry statue
committee, this oration by courtesy of its author being printed in full
in this number of the Bay State Monthly; other addresses at the
unveiling were made by Governor George Peabody Wetmore and Mayor Robert
S. Franklin. At the banquet among the speakers were the Governor, Hon.
George Bancroft, the historian, Mayor Franklin, Judge Blatchford, Chief
Justice Durfee, Admiral Rodgers, and Admiral Almy. The occasion was an
exceedingly notable one.

September 12.--The two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
incorporation of the town of Concord, Mass., was celebrated with
appropriate military and civic exercises. There was first, a procession,
reviewed by the Governor and invited guests. At the town hall an oration
was delivered by Senator George F. Hoar, and other interesting literary
exercises took place, at the conclusion of which the line was reformed
and the march was taken up to the Hall where the dinner was served.
Judge John S. Keyes presided, and the principal after dinner speeches
were made by William M. Evarts, George William Curtis, George F. Hoar,
E. Rockwood Hoar, James Russell Lowell, and others.

September 15.--The town of Hingham, Mass., celebrated the quarter
millenial of its incorporation as a town. Business was generally
suspended, and all the prominent residences and public buildings were
elaborately decorated. There was a procession at 11 A.M. to the "old
meeting house." The order of exercises at this place included an oration
by Hon. Solomon Lincoln. A banquet was spread in Agricultural Hail,
attended by ex-governor Long and many other notables. The bells on all
the churches were rung at sunset and as darkness settled over the town,
bonfires were lighted upon Baker's, Otis, Planter's, Turkey, Liberty
Pole and Prospect Hills. The Hingham band gave an open air concert, and
in the evening the citizens and invited guests held a social reunion at
the hall.

September 16--The annual Salisbury beach gathering opened and continued
through the 17th. About five thousand persons attended. The exercises
consisted of band concerts, base ball, illuminations, etc.

September 16.--The great race in New York harbor between the Yankee
yacht "Puritan" and the English yacht "Genesta,"--the second in the
contest was won by the former, thus deciding that the America's cup
shall remain in America. The sailing tune was: Puritan, 5.03.