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 illation of the different classes of horses and colts. After dinner it 

 was announced that ex-Governor Claflin had arrived, and would 

 atone for the previous da^^'s disappointment. He spoke a half hour 

 upon the advantages our farmer boys would enjoy by remaining at 

 home ; he said our Yankee boys were giving their inheritance to the 

 foreigners generally. The next attraction was a trial of speed of 

 horses, followed by a sack-race ; and a ball in the evening in Agri- 

 cultural Hall closed the festivities. 



Your reporter would acknowledge the bountiful hospitality and 



coui'tesj^ received on this occasion. 



T. L. Allis. 



ESSEX. 



The Essex Agricultural Society held its fifty-second annual 

 exhibition at Gloucester, September 24th and 25th, 1872. The 

 delegate selected by the Board of Agriculture to attend and report 

 upon the proceedings of this societj^ was S. B. Phinney, Esq., of 

 Barnstable ; but he having been unavoidably detained from being 

 present, the undersigned has been requested to make this report 

 for him. 



The exhibition, which was held for the first time in the history of 

 the society at Gloucester, was in all respects successful. The inter- 

 est manifested by the members was unabated— indicating the good 

 effects of that change of location which has been adopted by this 

 societ}^ from its foundation. The committees were promptl}' filled : 

 the trustees were chosen in a harmonious spirit, and the venerable 

 president discharged his duties with his usual promptness and 

 liberalit}', and * entered upon another year of service with new zeal 

 and devotion to the interests of the association. 



The people of the town took a great interest in the fair, and 

 added eighty-five names to the list of members from Gloucester. 



The grounds on which the cattle-pens and the tent for implements 

 of husbandry were located were very beautiful and attractive, com- 

 manding a delightful view of the harbor of Gloucester, and possess- 

 ing a deep historic interest from the fact that it was the spot on 

 which the earliest pilgrims to Essex County pitched their tents, and 

 respond^ across Massachusetts Baj^ to the bold and true-hearted 

 who were struggling through the painful trials of the first years at 

 Pl^-mouth. On these grounds were collected many praiseworthy 

 specimens of the domestic animals of Essex County, and a fine col- 

 lection of the results of mechanical ingenuity and skill applied to 

 the improvement of the implements of agriculture. The working 



