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not by proxy ; fashion will make their presence commendable. And there 

 worthy youths will gather to behold the finest specimens of the last and best 

 finished work of creation. 



Here is a large and respectable assembly now ready to embark in this im- 

 portant work. We are late in commencing ; our district of country has been 

 long settled; our two counties are politically allied ; we will strengthen the 

 alliance by a friendly strife and competition, and that strife will be, to arrive 

 at the highest attainable point in beautifying the earth, and rendering it still 

 more and more subservient to human happiness. 



PARKE COUNTY. 



REPORT OF THE PARKE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To the Indiana State Board of Agriculture : 



In compliance with the provisions of the law, the Board of 

 the Parke County Agricultural Society report: 



That the society numbers about ninety members, a ma- 

 jority of whom take a great interest in the doings of the 

 society, which seems prosperous, and bids fair to do much 

 good in the county. This society was first organized in the 

 year 1837, but there being so little interest manifested, 

 soon went down, and was again re-organized in 1844; since 

 that time it has kept up an organization, having its regular 

 meetings, annual fairs, &c. During the present year, there 

 have been many additions of members. The fair of the pre- 

 sent year, exceeded any previous one, in the number in 

 attendance, and in the enthusiasm manifested. There was a 

 large amount of stock exhibited, also, many articles of do- 

 mestic manufacture, including mechanical articles, fruits and 

 other productions of the soil, a display of which our citizens 



