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The ladies also exhibited many fine articles of their handi- 

 work with some very handsome pyramids and bouquets of 

 flowers. 



There were somo fifty entries of butter, and thirty of cheese. 

 Of the butter it was all nice enough to grace Queen Victoria's 

 table. Cheese I have seen better. The exhibition in the hall 

 as a whole was a fair one, but I was told not equal to some 

 former ones which, I was sorry to learn, for our motto ought 

 to be, Excelsior. 



The second day at 9 o'clock the ploughing match came 

 off, occupying some one and a half hours. There were nine 

 entries of ox-teams. Of horses I am unable to say, as they 

 requested me to act as one of the committee on the ox-teams. 

 The ploughing was well done, and showed the skill of the 

 ploughmen. This part of the exhibition generally attracts as 

 much attention as any part of it. After this was finished, the 

 members assembled in their large hall to listen to the address 

 of Hon. H. W. Bishop, which was a well written production, 

 which I think but a few heard, owing to the great amount of 

 noise in the building which was not much to the credit of our 

 southern friends, after which the reading of the reports of the 

 different committees by the secretary, and delivering of the pre- 

 miums to the several successful competitors, the proceedings 

 closed. 



Taken as a whole the exhibition was a good one, but not 

 quite what I expected from our southern friends, and it may 

 have been owing to a show of horses which was to be the next 

 day, and at which 1 have learned the receipts were large, and 

 was gotten up for the purpose of carrying out the show the 

 three days, which, as I was informed, many were desirous 

 of not having it continued but two. Such a division ought not 

 to exist, but ought to be perfectly united in order to succeed 

 well. 



I must express my kind regards to our kind friend S. H. 

 Bushnell for his hospitality on the occasion. 



Charles K. Tracy. 



