XXX EEPORTS OF DELEGATES. 



ers that nature has with so lavish a hand strewn about them, to add 

 to the enjo3*ment of all. We commend this spirit and hope to see 

 it diffused through all ranks and classes of society. 



There were many magnificent baskets of flowers that would have 

 done credit to the tables of the proudest horticultural society of the 

 world. 



Finer fruit is rarely seen than was here found. The apples were 

 remarkably good, reminding us of j-ears gone by. Peaches and 

 grapes were shown, of fine quality, and in considerable quantity. 

 Our friend, E. W. Bull, Esq., exhibited fine seedling grapes, some 

 of which, if WG mistake not, are of great value. We shall watch 

 them with interest. 



In the vegetable department there was a goodl}^ show, though we 

 thought it not superior, if equal, to what we have seen there in former 

 years. The ladies' department was well supplied and attracted the 

 attention of many. We think the contributors are entitled to gi'eat 

 praise for their successful efforts. 



Specimens of butter, fresh from the dairy and good enough to 

 please the most fastidious, were found upon the tables. But we can 

 not take time or space to enumerate all the good things that 

 contributed to make the show in the building, like that outside, a 

 success. 



The arrangements for dinner were excellent, and the tables boun- 

 teousl}^ supplied with comforts and luxuries pleasant for the eye to 

 look upon, and good to the taste. 



After dinner remarks were made by President Cummings, who 

 is the right man in the right place. Judge Hoar, C. M. Hovey, Esq., 

 and your delegate, which, with the music of the band, all contrib- 

 uted to make the occasion a pleasant, and we hope a profitable one. 

 We left this old society with the feeling that it was well worth}- of 

 the State aid, that it had not outlived its usefulness, but that it had 

 still a long lease of life, which we hope may be as useful to the 

 county as the past years of its existence have been. 



James F. C. Hyde. 



MIDDLESEX NORTH. 



Pursuant to appointment, 5'our delegate visited Lowell on the 

 4th of September, 1872, pm-posing to perform the duties devolving 

 upon him by virtue of your appointment. 



It is hardly necessar}" here to say (what every member of this 

 Board knows) that for the past two years the exhibitions of the 



