HANCOCK COUNTY SOCIETY. 



The Secretary writes as follows : 



" This Society now embraces 400 members — 119 new ones having 

 been added during the past year. 



Its second Annual Exhibition was held upon the Fair grounds, 

 Ellsworth, on the 11th, 12th and 13th days of October, 1859, and 

 were fortunately favored with good weather during the entire exhi- 

 bition. Whole number of entries, three hundred and ninety seven. 



The show of working oxen on the first day was good ; showing 

 that Hancock County is not behind the more favored counties in the 

 State in producing superior stock of this kind. Of bulls, steers, 

 cows and heifers, there was a good display — the Durhams and Devons, 

 many of them showing full blood with grades and natives competing 

 successfully for many of the premiums offered. The show of horses 

 was far better than last year. 



The vegetable and fruit departments were creditable to the county. 

 Amongst the vegetables we noticed many samples of potatoes of 

 large size and excellent quality ; long blood beets, turnip beets and 

 mangold- wurzels; orange and white field carrots; red, white and 

 yellow tomatoes ; yellow flat onions of large size and well ripened. 

 Specimens of wheat, winter and spring rye, barley, oats, beans, peas 

 and corn, in abundance. 



There were water-melons, citron-melons, apple-pie-melons, egg 

 plants, apples, pears, plums and grapes, a good variety, — together 

 with the farming implements and household manfactures in the hall, 

 rendered the exhibition one of much interest to all concerned. 



The Society now hold a lease of thirteen acres of ground about 

 three-fourths of a mile from this village (Ellsworth) for a term of 

 twenty years, with the privilege of buying at any time within four 

 years, at a stated sum specified in the lease. The grounds have 

 been enclosed the past season with a neat and substantial board 



