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fed, and fattened. From liim and the commercial interests he 

 has mainly contributed to establish, has grown a mighty State, 

 scarcely second to any in this confederacy ; from his ashes 

 has ai'iscn a new order in society — the Bristleocracy of the Great 

 West. 



A broad levee bustling with business, lofty and spacious stores 

 and slaughter houses, crowded pens, and a river bearing on its 

 bosom steamboats in fleets, all attest the influence which the 

 pig has exerted on the agricultural and commercial interests of 

 the great state of Ohio. He has filled the coffers of her bank- 

 ers, and has bought the silks which cover her belles ; he has built 

 the beautiful palaces which adorn the qiieen city of the west, 

 and feeds the princely luxury of those who inhabit them. There 

 he is almost an object of worsliip, and his possession is consid- 

 ered as about equivalent to a patent of nobility. Fancy dimly 

 paints the picture, when a few years hence, the wealthy pork 

 merchant, who justly boasts his numerous quarterings, shall, in 

 the true spirit of heraldry, paint on the panel of his carriage, and 

 the escutcheon over his doorway, a lustrous shield bearing in 

 brilliant colors a single pig — his bristles all rampant, his tail 

 closely curlant, and his mouth widely opant, till the lions, the 

 griffins, and the unicorns of the old world shall fade into insig- 

 nificance before the heraldic devices of the new. 



George S. Taft, Chairman. 



W^ORCESTER WEST. 



From the Report of the Committee. 



Your committee having attended to the duty assigned them, 

 would say, in the outset, that they regard the duty of awarding 

 premiums as important, and requiring the closest and most 

 candid attention. 



Immediately after the creation of man, God gave him a right 

 to make use of the animals that were below him in the scale of 

 organization, to enhance his comfort, pleasure, and gratification; 

 and also for sustenance and the purpose of labor. Man thus 

 became lord of the animal creation ; he accordingly uses one 

 animal to warm him, another to furnish sustenance, and still 



