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hall at a bounteous repast, and after a practical support was 

 given to the constitution, a succession of short speeches, historical 

 reminiscences, anecdotes and humorous statements followed, 

 until the declining sun admonished the prudent farmer of 

 "chores" at home, when all left greatly delighted with their 

 two days' entertainment, such as they never before had enjoyed. 

 Thus, happily, ended the first exhibition of the Martha's 

 Vineyard Agricultural Society, which, in the short space of 

 eighteen months, finds itself in possession of property to the 

 amount of $1,500, and has awarded $400 in premiums and 

 gratuities. With the blessing of a kind Providence, I trust 

 that this humble effort is but the dawn of a bright day of ben- 

 efit to the people of the county, and that it will add something 

 to the advancement of the noble science of agriculture. 



Charles B. Allen. 



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