520 



hona fide tho property of members whose subscription stall have been 

 paid" at the time of exhibition. 



Measures were also taken at that meeting for the payment to Messrs. 

 Fenton & Bishop of $200, on account of the principal, and the whole 

 of the interest, due on the purchase money for the fair grounds. This 

 leaves only $100 remaining due of the price of the land, and doubtless 

 the funds of the Society will admit of the debt being fully paid oflf ia 

 1856. 



Under the terms of the agreement upon which the land was pur- 

 chased, it was not necessary to have paid the money at this time, and 

 the amount might have been appropriated to increase the premium list, 

 by allowing the debt of the Society to remain; but the committee were 

 unanimously of opinion that it would be for the best interest of the 

 Society, on many accounts, to have their grounds paid for and free from 

 incumbrance, at as early a day as practicable; and they have acted ac- 

 cordingly. $300, besides interest, have now been paid on this account, 

 in less than two years, and after the remaining $100 shall have been 

 paid, there will be a proportionate amount, annually available for other 

 purposes of the Society — if supported by the citizens as well as hereto- 

 fore — coupled with the unincumbered ownership of a very valuable 

 piece of property. 



On the 30th of August the committee held another meeting, when 

 the usual viewiug committees were appointed to act as Judges at the 

 annual fair, and Lyman G. Buckingham, Esq., appointed Marshal 



thereof. 



Our sixth annual fair was held on Wednesday and Thursday, the 

 10th and 11th days of October. The weather was as fine as could be 

 desired, the attendance much larger than ever before, and except that 

 the competition was limited in some few classes of stock and articles of 

 manufacture, the exhibition at this fair was far in advance of all pre- 

 vious ones held in our county. 



In the important classes of cattle and horses, the numbers brought 

 upon the ground largely exceeded those of any preceding year; while 

 the quality and blood of the animals, exhibited a most marked and grat- 

 ifying improvement; showing that our farmers fully understand the 



value of superior stock. 



The display of fruit was fine, particularly apples; but the viewing 



