NORTH AROOSTOOK SOCIETY, 



The Annual Show and Fair of this Society was held at Fort 

 Fairfield, October 6th and 7th. The weather was fine and the 

 exhibition a very creditable one. 



Some of the premiums awarded were as follows : 



Horses. Daniel Chandler, for best stallion, (Morgan and Mes- 

 senger.) 



Amos Bishop, for best breeding mare ; Stillman Gordon, second 

 best do. 



E. S. Fowler, for best three years old colt. 



A. C. Johnston, for best two years old colt. 



Sumner Whitney, for best matched horses ; Amos Bishop, second 

 best do. 



George H. Freeman, for best horse of all work. 



Bulls. Owen McShea, for best improved bull ; J. ^Y. Haines, 

 second best do. 



James Johnston, for best grade bull. 



"VYoRKixa Oxen. Thomas Hoyt, for best working oxen ; M. C. 

 Bolster, second best do. 



This Committee suggests (Ednd the suggestion is worthy of con- 

 sideration by other Societies also) "that the Society purchase a 

 Dynamometer, for the purpose of testing the relative strength of 

 teams, which might be done in some field, near the show ground, 

 without blocking up the highways, and thereby endangering the 

 lives of travelers. A few posts driven into the ground, enclosing a 

 circle with chains or rope, would much obviate the difficulty of 

 spectators crowding on to the teams and load ; and if there is some 



