296 BOAPwD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The tendency of this was somewhat noticeable at Worcester, as 

 the " beginning of the end." 



The fair contiiiutsd three days, but no time was found for a 

 public address, nor at the dinner any time for " table talk." 

 As soon as the dinner was ended, — which, l)y the way, was a 

 sumptuous repast, worthy the substantial farmers of the Wor- 

 cester Society, — the reading of the reports was commenced ; but 

 the trotting had also begun, the seeing of which had so much 

 greater attraction than the heai'ing of reports, that in a short 

 time the hall echoed to the voice as the reports were read, witli 

 but few listeners, and these few were mostly looking out, while 

 their ears were within, thereby evidently trying to " serve two 

 masters." Governor Lincoln with much truth remarked, 

 '' These horses have run away with us all." 



The president of the society, John Brooks, of Princeton, 

 labored perse veringly, and with good success, to make the show 

 pleasurable and profitable, and he can well feel the satisfaction 

 of having had the largest and best show ever held by this 

 society. 



Francis DeWitt. 



WORCESTER SOUTH. 



The undersigned, by the direction of the State Board of 

 Agriculture, attended the annual cattle show and fair of the 

 Worcester South Agricultural Society, held at Sturbridge, on 

 the first and second days of October. 



The weather was favorable, and every thing in nature seemed 

 to combine to render the occasion one of pleasure and useful- 

 ness. The cattle pens were conveniently located on a pleas- 

 ant green in the centre of the village. The show of stock was 

 for the most part good. The cattle had evidently been selected 

 with much care and good judgment. Daniel D wight, Jr., of 

 Dudley, exhibited a bull fifteen months old, which was a supe- 

 rior animal of his age ; his weight was nine hundred and sixty- 



