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This will always prove the safest reliance for the preservation of 

 free representative government. 



In the next place Gov. Hunt discussed briefly the peculiar 

 advantages of country life, for an orderly development of the 

 intellectual powers and moral qualities which, in harmonious 

 combination, create the noblest character attainable by man, 

 until his mortal nature shall have " put on immortality." 



In conclusion he congratulated the society upon its success in 

 having permanently secured the beautiful and commodious 

 grounds upon which the fair was held, and which is now dedica- 

 ted to its future uses. It was in all respects fit and proper that 

 the agricultural society of such a county as Monroe should become 

 the proprietor of land and buildings, suitable for the annual 

 exhibition of its progress in improvement, convenient for compar- 

 ing the varied productions of industry, and for displaying the 

 wonderful bounties of nature, manifested in the golden fruits and 

 the specimens of animal strength and beauty, which greet the eye 

 on every side. 



The location and the arrangements, so creditable to the society, 

 excited his warmest admiration. The farmers of Monroe had 

 presented a noble example to their neighbors, and he expressed 

 the hope that it might be imitated by his own, and all the coun- 

 ties in Western New- York. 



MONTGOMERY. 



The annual fair and exhibition of the Montgomery County Agri- 

 cultural Society was held at Canajoharie village on the 25th and 

 26th days of September, 1856. 



The fair grounds and other arrangements for the accommoda- 

 tion of exhibitors and spectators, got up by the officers, with the 

 aid of the citizens generally, were all in excellent order, anr* the 

 number in attendance, especially on the first day, which was 

 devoted to the exhibition of stock, was unusually large. 



The exhibition of stock was very respectable in qualitj , ^ut 

 not as good as should be from a county like Montgomery; anl in 

 numbers we had more than at any annual fair for several yea-^, 

 and I regret very much to be compelled to say that a county 

 that has as many wealthy farmers as ours, and who can produce 



