32 PISCATAQUIS COUNTY SOCIETY. 



excitement of the people, with the anxiety for friends iu the 

 army, together with the large drafts made upon the people in sup- 

 port of the war, while seven-eighths of the soldiers are taken from 

 agricultural pursuits, this Society has held its own in point of 

 numbers and interest, and our nation must acknowledge that it is 

 through the influence of the agricultural societies in the north, that 

 the granaries in the land are filled to overflowing in this time of 

 her greatest need. 



Lyman Lee, Secretary. 



