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The flowers were tastefully arranged, beautiful to look upon, 

 and admired bj lovers of the beautiful. 



There were numerous articles of worsted embroidered 

 work, bed-quilts, rugs, and rolls of rag-carpeting, of neat pat- 

 terns, well made and useful, and some of them by ladies of an 

 advanced age. 



The butter and cheese were worthy of the reputation of the 

 county. 



The honey was inviting ; and the wine, of which there were 

 ten samples, was tempting. A committee of the society pro- 

 nounced it good, and a number of other committees, self- 

 appointed, agreed with them in judgment. 



The rain on the second day of the exhibition was unfavor- 

 able for a large attendance, but the show was a fair success, 

 and worthy of the enterprise of its energetic officers and 

 members. 



The address was by T. S. Gold, Secretary of the Connecti- 

 cut Board of Agriculture ; subject, " The changes of the 

 passing century." No comments need be made upon it, but to 

 recommend its publication for the benefit of the community. 



Your Delegate was courteously received by all, and had the 

 pleasure of enjoying the hospitalities of the President of the 

 society, Robert Little, Esq., at his home in Salisbury, and of 

 viewing his large, excellent, and well cultivated farm. 



ALBERT DAY, 

 Delegate to Litchfield County. 



VALLEY PARK ASSOCIATION. 



By request of Messrs. Hyde and Day, I visited the annual 

 fair of the Valley Park Association, held at Wolcottville on 

 the 11th and 12th days of October. 



The morning of the 11th opened with a heavy rain storm, 

 which continued till midday, followed by northwest squalls 

 and occasional flakes of snow and rain. It was two o'clock 

 before the Secretary had completed his entries. 



There were between forty and fifty yokes of oxen and steers 

 of very fair quality ; a pair of Durham three years old steers 

 from the town of Litchfield, which stood quietly unyoked and 



