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from the trees, also turning up large numbers of them by the 

 roots and otherwise doing great damage. John Currier, Esq., of 

 Waldoboro', made a very handsome show, exhibiting eighty-five 

 varieties of apples, thirty-eight of pears, eighteen of native and 

 six of foreign grapes. Henry Ingalls, Esq., of Wiscasset, exhibit- 

 ed seven varieties of foreign and eleven of native grapes ; the 

 fruit was fully ripe and the berries large and fine. 



Mr. Lyman H. Winslow of Nobleboro, had a very handsome 

 display, exhibiting forty -five varieties of apples. Thomas I. Sim- 

 mons, Esq., of Waldoboro', also made a good show, having thirty- 

 three varieties of apples on exhibition. 



The money expended by this Society in accordance with the 

 direction of the Board of Agriculture for the promotion of agri- 

 cultural information, the formation of Farmers' Clubs and lectures, 

 was not as beneficial as Ave could have wished, for the reason that 

 the gentleman who had been selected for this duty disappointed 

 us on account of sickness, and we cuold not procure in the limited 

 time left so efiicient a lecturer as we could have wished. There is 

 one suggestion, if not out of place, I wish to make, and that is, 

 that the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture should have the 

 whole matter of making the arrangements Avith lecturers in his 

 power, as by that means there might be more uniformity and more 

 general success. 



I cannot close this report of the doings of this Society for the 

 year 1869, without paying a tribute of respect which this Society 

 owes Col. Thomas Simmons, and can do it no better than to copy 

 the preamble and resolutions offered immediately after his death, 

 by Hon. E. W. Farley of Newcastle, which were unanimously 

 adopted : 



Mr. President : — Since our last annual meeting an aged citizen 

 of this county and one of the pioneers of this Society, Col. Thomas 

 Simmons of Waldoboro', has deceased. Col. Simmons was among 

 those who originated and obtained the act of incorporation of our 

 Society, and from time to time filled nearly every official position 

 at its disposal, and at the time of liis decease was its President for 

 a second or third time. His zeal and interest in belialf of the 

 Lincoln Agricultural and Horticultural Society was proverbial. 

 He was a constant attendant of our annual meetings and always 

 present at our annual fairs, with specimens of the products of his 

 farm, his garden and his dairy, furnishing ample evidence that his 

 interest in agricultural pursuits Avas of a practical character. To 



