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genial climate and fruitful soil as can be found nowhere else in the world. 

 Let the fame of this Fair go forth, either in the official reports or by the 

 accounts of visitors in attendance, and these home-seekers will be attracted 

 spell-bound hitherward, and though they seek the whole world over, no 

 more favored spot can be found than Chico, embowered among its roses 

 and watered by its crystal streams. 



We hope, ladies and gentlemen, that you will profit by the lessons incul- 

 cated here, find a satisfying and refined pleasure in these associations sur- 

 rounding for the brief season of this harvest festival; and on behalf of the 

 Directors, I again extend a hearty welcome, and thank you for your atten- 

 tion. 



