126 N, II. STATE AGEICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Fair went off well, in spite of mud and rain. 

 Neither the fat oxen — nor the good sensible flesh and blood 

 men and women of Rockingham county are made of sugar 

 or salt — so, notwithstanding the rains descended and the 

 floods came, and the mud was as thick and black as if it 

 was made on the banks of Lethe, instead of the Squam- 

 scot — the quadrupeds and bipeds began to congregate on 

 Tuesday evening, and their faith in a good time coming, 

 was, as usual, not without its reward. The weather 

 through Wednesday and Thursday was as bright and glo- 

 rious as the heart of man, or woman either, could desire, 

 and everything passed off exactly comme il faut. The re- 

 ports of the different committees supersede the necessity 

 of our attempting a specific enumeration of the animal or 

 vegetable riches exhibited on the field or in the Town Hall. 

 We know little of fowls till they arc ready for culinary 

 martyrdom ; less of oxen and swine till they have seen 

 "the last of earth;" and nothiog of vegetables, only that, 

 like Topsy, they "growed." Everybody says that all 

 these departments were very full, and so far as the places 

 provided for them go, we add our solemn testimony to 

 the truth of the assertion, and there leave the matter in 

 the hands of more skilful chroniclers. The general pro- 

 cession was not as full as usual, owing, we suppose, to the 

 state of the road and the bad weather of the preceding 

 days. Those towns, who did send their icrme representa- 

 tives, did well. We endeavor to be very impartial histo- 

 rians, l)ut it seemed to us, Exeter took the lead in this 

 department, in numbers and quality. The music was 

 grand, and we can never be sufficiently thankful to the So- 

 ciety for the rich treat they provided for us two whole 

 days and evenings. It was furnished by Flagg's Cornet 

 Band. 



The Town Hall was, through both days, the great centre 

 of attraction, and it reflected great credit both on the con- 

 tributors and the fair hands who arranged the different 



