GKAFTON COUNTY. 



The Fair in this county was held at Haverhill on the 

 23d and 24th days of September, in the midst of a severe 

 rain. The grounds were well prepared and suitably fenced, 

 the building for the display of articles closely constructed,and 

 the entire preparation for the show ample and satisfactory. 

 The exhibition was much beyond the expectation of the 

 managers, and notwithstanding the rain, the attendance 

 was very large. We have no report from the Society, and 

 no record of the premiums awarded, and consequently 

 can give but a limited account of the proceedings. In the 

 absence of the transactions of the Society, the space is 

 occupied by the annual address delivered on that occasion. 



ADDRESS, 



Delivered before the Connecticut River Valley Agricul- 

 tural Society, at the Annual Fair of 1856, hy James 0. 

 Adams, Secretary of the New Hampshire State Agri- 

 cultural Society. 



"We possess a love for the soil — a love which originates 

 in the morning of life and is cherished through all coming 

 years. From the day when our feet first pressed the green- 

 sward, and our hands plucked the ripe fruit of tlie orchard 

 and the garden, onward through years of care and toil, 

 has that love grown strong. The earth is our mother, and 

 we regard her with a filial affection, which neither time nor 

 place, nor any circumstance can materially change. 



This love has a universal existence. It is felt alike on 



