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entries, exclusive of animals, poultry, fruit and vegetables.. 

 Among the cattle there were 2 Durham bulls, 4 Durham heifers 

 and cows, and 2 Durham calves, 7 native bulls, 35 native cows, 

 16 pair of working oxen, 3 Ayrshire bulls, 1 Ayrshire cow, 2 Suf- 

 folk hogs, 1 Leicester buck and 2 Leicester ewes, 2 South-down 

 bucks and 4 South-down ewes, 4 sheep from the Spanish Main, and 

 several Merinos. There was a very large exhibition of fowls of 

 all kinds, equalling our own show- at Utica in all respects. The 

 Creoles, or Bolton Greys, and the Chittagongs, seemed to be the 

 favorites among the farmers. The exhibition of fruits, flowers 

 and vegetables was very large, considering the limited area of the 

 State. The exhibition of apples was superior to ours ; that of 

 grapes was very much inferior. 



Among the new inventions brought into public notice for the 

 first time here, two stood pre-eminently conspicuous for original- 

 ity, ingenuity and practical utility. The first was a newly in- 

 vented spinning machine, exhibited in operation by Yates & Jenks, 

 of Centerville, R. I. It had ten spindles, and could spin No. 

 200s with ease. While I was examining it, it spun No. 80s yarn 

 at the rate of 75 inches per minute. Its introduction will mate- 

 rially cheapen the operation of spinning in our factories. The 

 other machine is called the Indian Rubber Peacemaker Washing 

 Machine. It is not saying too much to assert that the machine 

 perfectly imitates the action of a woman's hand, both in the de- 

 gree of pressure and the mode of rubbing. It is precisely the ar- 

 ticle needed by farmers, and will be as cordially welcomed by 

 their wives and daughtCiS, as the best mowing and reaping ma- 

 chines have been by themselves. It is sold at $10, and invented 

 by E. L. Evans. 



The display ol manufactured goods was, as might be expected 

 from the reputation of the State, of the very highest character. 

 The brown and bleached shirtings and sheetings 3 the printed cal- 

 icoes and muslin de laines, were got up in the very highest style 

 of art, and the cassimeres, broadcloths, and other manufactures of 

 wool were equal, if not superior to those that I have seen at any 

 exhibition 



