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address of Hon. P. A. Chadbourne on " Utilization of Labor." After 

 the address, a poem was read by Prof. H. W. Parker, of the Agri- 

 cultural College, followed by remarks by President Clark and 

 the delegate from the State Board. The athletic games on the 

 programme did not take place, because of the inclement state of 

 the weather. The rain continued and the people left for their homes 

 weary with the duties of the day and depressed at the gloomy pros- 

 pect for the morrow. We enjoyed for the night the kind hospital- 

 ities of our esteemed friend, Col. Clark. Contrary to expectation, 

 the morning dawned gloriously; the sky was clear and the sun as it 

 rose over the hills bathed the world in a flood of light and warmth. 

 What a glorious sight was presented from the hill where we 

 stood and gazed ! Far off in the distance could be seen Mounts 

 Tom and Holyoke, standing as grim sentinels as though to guard 

 the river passage ; villages with their clean white houses, with here 

 and there a church spire, pointing, faith-like, upward ; banks of lazy 

 fog lying along the course of the Connecticut, soon to be dissipated 

 by the rays of the rising sun; acres of scarlet oaks and maples 

 with their gorgeous robes of many colors; the buildings of the 

 Agricultural College in the valley at our very feet, — all helping to 

 form a picture that will not soon fade from our memory. We 

 visited the College, the farm and greenhouse connected therewith, 

 and though our visit was a hasty one we were well pleased with 

 what we saw. There were some acres of sugar beets being culti- 

 vated for the purpose of testing their value for sugar making. We 

 noticed a marked improvement all about the farm since our former 

 visit. On our way to the farm we saw a scarlet majne standing by 

 itself that was one of the finest sights of the kind we ever beheld ; 

 nothing could exceed it for brilliancy and beauty; the foliage of the 

 main body of the tree was still green, while all the outer branches 

 were gorgeously colored, growing brighter and brighter to their 

 very tips. Would that those who see little to admire in nature, 

 could have been with us and looked as we did upon this tree with 

 all its wealth and profusion of beauty. 



The forenoon at the fair grounds was principally devoted to the 

 games of which we have before spoken, affording much enjoyment 

 to the large numbers assembled. These games were followed by 

 the exhibition of horses on the track, which we are told was quite 

 successful. We left our Hampshire County friends with the feeling 

 that they are doing well and that it is a good thing to be with them 

 once in a while. 



James F. C. Hyde. 



