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tained many views and suggestions -which were not only creditable to the 

 speaker, but which Avill be found useful to the Society, and to the com- 

 munity. 



Immediately after the delivery of the Address, the Treasurer made his 

 report, by which it appeared that the receipts during the Fair amounted 

 to nearly $350, making the amount in the Treasury $430. After paying 

 premiums, and all other expenses, there is now in the Treasury about 

 i70 00. 



It is estimated that three thousand persons were present on the Fair 

 grounds. The exhibition passed off well — the utmost good feeling pre- 

 vailed, and it is believed that the multitude, after a friendly and praise- 

 worthy competition for the prizes, dispersed, fully convinced of the utility 

 of the Society. We feel that the people of Beloit deserve the thanks of 

 all for the hospitable manner in which they entertained their numerous 

 visitors, and the exertions they made to make the Exhibition interesting 

 and to contribute to the comfort of those who attended it. 



At our Annual Meeting, the Board of Officers was chosen for the ensu- 

 ing year, as follows : President, Josiah F. Willard ; Vice Presidents, 

 Charles R. Gibbs, Ezra A. Foote, Daniel Bennett, S. P. Lathrop, Jesse 

 Mills and E. A. Rowland ; Recording Secretary, Orrin Guernsey; Cor- 

 responding Secretary and Librarian, Mark Miller; Treasurer, James M. 

 Burgess. A Board of Directors was also appointed — one from each 



town in the county. 



I am, Sir, truly yours, 



ORRIN GUERNSEY, 



To Albert C. Ingham, Esq., Rec. Sec. Rock Co. Ar/r. Society. 



Sec. of the Wis. State Agr. Society. 



SHEBOYGAN. 



Sheboygak, December 21, 1853. 



Dear Sir : — The Second Annual Fair of the Sheboygan County Agri- 

 cultural Society was held at the town of Plymouth, on the 13th day of 

 October last, but owing to the very bad state of the weather and the 

 roads, the attendance was not large, nor the entries as numerous as they 

 otherwise would have been. 



The entries were composed almost entirely of agricultural products, 

 and the marked improvement that was manifested over the display of the 



