CUMBERLAND COUNTY SOCIETY. 



The twenty-ninth Annual Exhibition of the Cumberland County 

 Agricultural and Horticultural Society was held in Gorham, on 

 Wednesday, Thursday .and Friday, the 19th, 20th and 21st of Oct., 

 1859. 



The Secretary says : The show of cattle, horses, sheep and swine, 

 was on Wednesday, and was the largest in extent and in variety of 

 the different kinds ever got up in the county, embracing many pure 

 blooded animals of the Devon, Durham, Hereford and Jersey 

 breeds ; the number of heads of neat stock, was 412, entered by one 

 hundred and twelve competitors. Of horses, there were 84 entered 

 for premium. The sheep and swine were more numerous than on 

 former occasions. The show, both as to numbers and quality, 

 showed a marked improvement over last year. 



The exhibition of manufactured articles, farm produce, &:c., was 

 in the town hall ; it was opened to the public, Wednesday afternoon 

 and continued open until Friday evening. The large hall was well 

 filled. The show of fruit was quite large — that of grapes, was the 

 best ever shown at our annual fair. The whole number of entries 

 was 401 — a larger number than before. 



The Annual Address was delivered by John Neal, Esq., of 

 Portland, Wednesday evening, to a very large audience. 



Some of the premiums were as follows : 



LIVE STOCK. 



SlaUmis. 'Nicholas Rideout, New Gloucester, for " Young 

 Paragon," weight 1250 pounds, 5 years old, first premium. 



William Lawrence, for •' Boston Morgan," second premium. 



Several young horses were very fine in appearance. One was 

 presented by G. and L. P. Warren ; and one by William Lawrence, 

 the " Fire Fly Morgan ;" and another, by E. Moses, the "Gray 



