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determined to give their ideas on the "goose question," — to 

 discuss the fate of "Turkey," — to enter protests against the 

 picking' of the public purse, — and to take into serious considera- 

 tion the condition of their own crops. 



At Huntington hall there was a display of fruit, flowers, 

 vegetables, domestic products, fancy articles and manufactures, 

 which was well worth the inspection of the throngs who visited 

 it, about six thousand contributing "material aid" to the 

 amount of a dime each for the privilege. I doubt whether 

 there has been a superior exhibition of fruit by any society this 

 year, and congratulate the fruit-growers of Middlesex North on 

 the success which has attended" their labors. The vegetables 

 and the flowers were by no means remarkable, but there was a 

 good show of bread and butter, and some first-rate knives to cut 

 and spread it with, from a cutlery establishment in Pepperell. 

 Several of the great establishments of the "City of Spindles" 

 contributed displays of their manufactures, and there was no 

 lack of the delicate handiwork of female ingenuity, or of the 

 substantial products of the workshop, or of works of art, or of 

 many other articles, the names or destined use of which it was 

 difficult to determine. 



The address, by the Rev. E. B. Foster, proved the correctness 

 of the lamented Henry Colman's views upon agriculture and 

 the clergy. " If," said he, " instead of preaching theological 

 mysteries, which narrow the mind, and too often curdle all the 

 milk of kindness which a man has in his heart, they would 

 occasionally give them a discourse on natural science and good 

 husbandry, and show them the Divine Providence as it operates 

 every where around them, they would be more likely to make 

 good men and good Christians." 



A boiuitiful dinner was served at an early hour, and followed 

 by brief addresses from W. Spencer ; Sheriff Keyes, of Concord ; 

 A. W. Dodge, of Hamilton; Editor Varney, Tappan Wentworth, 

 of Lowell ; Otis xidams, of Chelmsford ; B. F. Cutter, of Pel- 

 ham ; Secretary Flint, of the Board of Agriculture, and other 

 gentlemen, called iip in turn by the witty toast-master, W. B. B. 

 Wightman, of North Chelmsford. 



The reading of reports made by committees, and the election 

 of officers, closed this interesting exhibition. Every thing which 



