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Several lots of honey bespoke the character of the makers ; so 

 also did the remark of J. M. Godfrey, one of the exhibitors, tell of 

 his kind regard for a personal friend, when he said to me, " I intend 

 to present one jar of honey to the president of the society." 



Of farm implements there was a great variety, not to say assort- 

 ment. True, some pieces were duplicated ; generally single patterns 

 represented the kind, from the mowing machine down to the seed- 

 sower and clipper-wheel hoe for the garden ; — tools of almost every 

 description that are used on the farm, showing the interest taken in 

 these occasions by the mechanic, whose labor and skill aid the agri- 

 cultural and horticultural interests of the State and of the world. 

 If he is to be honored who doubles his crops, of how much praise is 

 he worthy who puts into the hands of the husbandman facilities for 

 accomplishing a purpose so desirable ? 



Your delegate was exceedingly pleased, after two days' tiresome 

 labor, to find in the department of agricultural implements a ham- 

 mock, suggestive of rest, which the weary frame was glad to seek, 

 not in it, but at the house of the society's worthy president. 



Thomas W. Ward. 



PLYMOUTH. 



The farmers of the Old Colony assembled under the inspiration of 

 a delightful September day to celebrate their fifty-second annual 

 festival, September 28th. Their fair grounds at Bridgewater are 

 located about half a mile from the railroad station, and are all that 

 could be desired for the purpose for which they were designed. 

 They contain about sixty acres, surrounded on three sides by a 

 branch of the Taunton River, and the balance by a substantial 

 board fence. 



The hall, although spacious and well arranged, is not equal to 

 the ambition of the society, and large improvements are contem- 

 plated. It is located on an eminence, near the entrance, and over- 

 looks the whole ground. A grove of several acres in the rear of 

 the hall, well supplied with seats, furnishes a grateful shade to the 

 weary. 



The spacious cattle-pens are conveniently arranged, and in this 

 case were filled to overflowing. 



A spacious horse barn, with ample sheds for storage of carriages, 

 has been erected for the accommodation of persons visiting the 

 exhibition with their own conveyance. 



