COUNTY REPOETS. 471 



Two addresses were delivered, one hy J). S" Curtiss, Esq., and 

 tlie other by Prof. J. "W. Hoyt, both decidedly good 

 and highly interesting to those who heard them. Mr. 

 Curtiss' address will be found at the close of this article. Also 

 the closing remarks of the President, Hon. P. W. Matts. A copy 

 of Prof. Hoy t's is not furnished for publication. 



The amount of premiums awarded and paid was about $500. 



The Annual election of officers for 1858 was held according 

 to the provisions of the constitution on the 2d day of December, 

 and the following board of officers elected for the following year ; 



President — Hon. ^Y. E. Taylor, Cottage Grove. 



Vice Presidents. — Hon. L. B. Vilas, Madison ; J. Greening, 

 Mazo Mania ; Prof J. "W. Hoyt, Madison. 



Executive Committee. — W. Coleman, Oregon ; E. D. Mon- 

 trose, York ; S. W. Field, Fitchburg. 



Secretary. — E. W. Skinner, Madison. 



Treasurer. — J. H. B. Matts, Yerona. 



At the close of the election the following resolution was offer- 

 ed by D. J. Powers Esq., and unanimously adopted. 



Resolved, unanimously. That the thanks of the Society be 

 tendered to the Hon. P. W. Matts, for the able and indefatigable 

 manner in which he has discharged the duties of President for 

 the entire period of his office. 



The Society then adjourned sine die. 



Note. — This report should have appeared in its alphabetical order, but the copy 

 was not received in season. The writer tells so much truth that some, perhaps, will 

 feel aggrieved but we thought it too good to suppress. "We hope there will be less 

 cause for similar fault-finding in the future. Ed. 



We publish below the remarks of D. S. Curtiss, Esq., on the 

 first day of the Fair, and of Hon. P. W. Matts, President of the 

 Dane County Society, delivered at its close. 



ADDEESS OF D. S. CUETISS. 



Mr. President and Fellow Citizens : 



Although I did not, until within half an hour, determine to 

 appear before you, I will not offer the apology of being wholly 

 unprepared — for no mind of ordinary reflection — no thinking 



