160 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



To be distributed at the discretion of the awarding committee, - . - 5 00 



DAIRY PRODUCTS. 

 To be distributed at the discretion of the awarding committee, - $5 00 



FARMING IMPLEMENTS. 



To be distributed at the discretion of the awarding committee, - 5 00 



W. A. BARNES, ) 



W. G. TALCOTT.V Commissioners. 



A. FREEMAN, S 



THE FAIR—OUR PROSPECTS— THE PREMIUMS. 



Our agricultural fair on Wednesday last went off in better 

 style than was anticipated by its most sanguine movers, 

 although the rain fell continuously, from morning till night, 

 there were as many persons present as we expected to see, 

 had the day been most favorable, and the spirit, which char- 

 acterised the proceedings, " speaks volumes " for the future. 

 We may now consider our society on a firm foundation, with 

 every prospect of being as good as any if not the Banner 

 society of the State, therefore, let every resident, and par- 

 ticularly every farmer, become a member at once, and next 

 year we will have a fair which will make us feel proud that 

 we are citizens of Porter county. If we go to work with 

 energy, we may have from two to four hundred dollars 

 next fall to be awarded in premiums. Let us all be 

 "/i??e" members and contribute our mite to the encour- 

 agement of those who solicit from our common mother 

 the nourishment which sustains us all, and may the 29th of 

 October be an era in the agricultural history of our county, 

 long cherished and remembered, as the dawning of brighter 

 and better days. We should be glad to speak of some of the 



