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holden in Portland, would make the task of managing your affairs 

 a comparatively easy one for the ensuing year. 



"We were aware that many changes were necessary in the general 

 management of the Society, which the experience of the past year 

 most clearly pointed out. Many of these have been effected, but 

 the. Board still feel that much time must elapse before the Society 

 can perfect its rules and plan of operations so as to be most useful 

 in encouragino; agriculture and the mechanic arts. 



We have found that holding the Show and Fair in different places 

 has rendered the management somewhat more difficult ; and although 

 careful notice and advertisement of rules and plan of action were 

 distributed throughout the State, yet, the mass of the public in the 

 vicinity where the Show is held, are hardly prepared to fall in with 

 and accept arrangements until they have had at least one year's ex- 

 pei'ience. 



At a meeting of the Trustees, holden at Augusta during the last 

 session of the Legislature, several committees from different cities 

 waited upon us with invitations to the Society to hold the next Show 

 and Fair within their limits. These invitations were also accom- 

 panied by offers of material comfort and assistance. 



After considering the several propositions, we thought best, from 

 geographical reasons, added to the offers of the citizens of Bangor, 

 to hold the next Show and Fair in that city, which was accordingly 

 done. 



Thus, the Middle, Western, and Eastern portions of the State 

 have enjoyed the advantage of having the Show and Fair holden in 

 their midst. We believe that satisfactory results will follow the 

 efforts of the Society this year. 



While a much larger and more varied Show might have been 

 made in the more densely populated portion of the State, and the 

 results to the Society, financially speaking, more satisfactory, yet, 

 the legitimate object of the labors of the Society is better answered, 

 and, we believe, appreciated, by our Eastern farmers and mechanics. 



The weather the week of the Show and Fair, until Friday, Avas 

 favorable, and the city of Bangor was literally overrun with 

 strangers. The hospitalities of the citizens were freely offered to 

 hundreds who found it impossible to obtain lodgings at the hotels. 



The Show commenced on Tuesday, the 29th of Sept., and up to 



