OXFORD COUNTY SOCIETY. 23 



The display of garden vegetables was good. There were twelve en- 

 tries for butter and cheese, nine for bread, and two for honey. The 

 exhibition of agricultural implements, of domestic manufactures, 

 needlework, &c., was a credit to the Society. 



On Thursday, the last day of the fair, we had a rain storm and 

 consequently a smaller number of visitors. And as our principal 

 means of raising funds has been the sale of tickets of admission to 

 the fair grounds, our fair of the present year has failed to produce 

 a sum sufficient to pay the current expenses of the Society, con- 

 sequently the debt of the Society has been increased more than the 

 amount av/arded for premiums. On the first day of our fair, there 

 was a town show in an adjoining town, where the people were so 

 liberal as to give a dinner to visitors, to induce people from a dis- 

 tance to attend their fair. 



Now, if those people continue such liberality, and continue to 

 hold their fairs on the same day of ours, it will materially affect 

 our receipts. 



